TEL AVIV – Turkish officials suspect that Mohammed Dahlan, the one-time Palestinian security boss and today’s President Mahmoud Abbas’ arch-rival, was involved in the failed attempt to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month, Arab and international reports now claim.
A Palestinian plan to sue Britain over a 1917 declaration backing a Jewish homeland in Palestine could help rally supporters, but has little chance of success, legal analysts say.
Fatah and Hamas, the two leading Palestinian factions, are to hold another round of reconciliation talks in the coming weeks in a bid to mend fences after nearly a decade of hostility, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said.
Iran’s Guardian Council announced Wednesday that next year’s presidential election will take place on May 19 with embattled incumbent Hassan Rouhani expected to run for a second term.
Turkey pushed on Saturday with a sweeping crackdown against suspected plotters of its failed coup, defiantly telling EU critics it had no choice but to root out hidden enemies.
The Hamas leadership “panicked” as news of the military operation to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came in on Friday, a top official in the movement told Breitbart Jerusalem.
Jordanian police clashed with young job-seeking demonstrators south of the capital on Thursday, resulting in injuries on both sides, officials and witnesses said.
Turkey and Israel will this weekend announce a deal on normalising ties, ending a six-year diplomatic crisis sparked by a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which 10 Turkish nationals died, a report said Tuesday.
Palestinian reaction to the terrorist attack in Orlando that killed 50 nightclub goers was divided with some expressing support and others condemning the murderous act.
Tehran on Sunday dismissed its renewed blacklisting by Washington as a state sponsor of terrorism charging that it was US allies including Riyadh that were the real culprits.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out Friday at the United States, Britain and Israel as the Islamic republic’s “main enemies”, accusing Washington of procrastinating over Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal.
Israel is set to release a prominent Palestinian lawmaker who has been in prison since April 2015, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Thursday.
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is considering a trip to Israel ahead of the Republican National Convention in July.
Haaretz reports: Just hours after the signing of an agreement between the Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, the U.S. responded to the expanding of Israel’s governing coalition.
DUBAI (Reuters) – A powerful anti-Western cleric was chosen on Tuesday as the head of Iran’s new Assembly of Experts, in a sign that hardliners are still in firm control of the body in charge of choosing the next supreme leader.
JAFFA, Israel – A recent Hamas declaration that the movement foiled an attempt to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been met with skepticism. Top Hamas leader Dr. Salah Bardawil told the movement’s official newspaper, Alresalah, that a plot to assassinate Egyptian
JAFFA, Israel – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and the frontrunner in the country’s next presidential elections, suffered an embarrassment on Sunday when it turned out that his vote in the Beirut local elections will not be counted. On Sunday, Hariri, the
The leader of Hamas in Gaza said on Friday the Islamist group was “not calling for war” with Israel, and that Egypt and other parties were working behind the scenes to defuse the worst flare-up in violence since a 2014 conflict.
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel would upgrade its ties with the 28-member NATO military alliance by opening a permanent mission to its Brussels headquarters. “I declare that Israel will accept the invitation and open
The Jerusalem Post reports: Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday officially rejected a French initiative aimed at relaunching peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the plan undermines the process by “distancing” the prospect of direct talks between the two sides.
JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi heir to the throne has launched a 14-year plan in which the kingdom will reduce its dependency on oil and invest in other industries.
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created the circumstances that led to the assassination of former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered in 1995, claimed former U.S. official Lawrence Wilkerson, who has reportedly advised Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
The Jerusalem Post reports: Iranian media reported on Monday that President Hassan Rouhani requested to remove the words “Death to Israel” from the ballistic missiles belonging to his country.
The recent round of negotiation between the Yemeni government and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels has been marred by speculation that Russia would supply advanced weapons to the rebels in a bid to offset a similar gesture by Saudi Arabia to its loyalists, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.
JAFFA, Israel – US President Barack Obama, currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia, received a tepid welcome – at least on social media.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of their meeting on Thursday that the Golan Heights is a “red line” for Israel and it must remain a part of it.
Israel provides Jordan and Egypt with intelligence assistance in their fight against Islamic State, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wednesday, describing the U.S.-backed Arab neighbours as stable despite the insurgent threat.
JAFFA, Israel – Saudi social media have aligned with the country’s leadership in an attempt to fend off American attempts to implicate the Kingdom in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks ahead of President Obama’s visit to the kingdom on Wednesday.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (pictured) reiterated on Tuesday that the EU does not recognize Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights, echoing a similar statement from the US the day before.
TEL AVIV – In his latest anti-Israel remarks, Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday said that President Barack Obama has been too supportive of Israel and was not sufficiently supportive of the Palestinians. The Democratic candidate, speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, also
The Islamic State organization has published pictures of the public humiliation of Iraqi thieves in an attempt to counter news of a string of military setbacks with “business as usual” images.
A Kuwaiti professor and human rights activist may face criminal charges after she said in an interview that the constitution should take precedence over Sharia law.
The United States refused to say Thursday whether or not it would support a Palestinian proposal for a United Nations resolution to condemn Israeli settlement building — but ruled nothing out. While Washington often criticizes Israeli building work in occupied
Haaretz reports: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton took a strong pro-Israel stance in a presidential debate in Brooklyn on Thursday, while her rival Bernie Sanders again doubled down on his criticism of Israel’s conduct during the 2014 conflict with the Gaza
Israeli forces raided a money changer in the Palestinian political capital Ramallah early on Thursday, blowing up a safe and sparking a fire, which led to minor clashes, the army and witnesses said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said the pre-dawn
JAFFA, Israel – Saudi Arabia has announced that the Friday prayers delivered at Mecca’s Great Mosque will be translated into Farsi, in what seems to be the latest chapter in an ongoing media war with Iran. A journalist for a
Amman (AFP) – Jordanian security services on Wednesday closed the Amman headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s main opposition force, a security source and lawyer for the movement said. “Jordanian security searched the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood and
Israel is a beacon of ‘freedom and pluralism’ that mirrors British values like no other state in the Middle East, new Ambassador Mark Regev said in his first UK public address in the role. The 56-year-old Australian-born diplomat, who only formally commenced
The only power plant in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was at a standstill on Tuesday due to an ongoing shortage of fuel caused largely by a dispute over taxes, officials said. The plant has been closed since Saturday night when
JAFFA, Israel – Christian Egyptians have castigated the Coptic Pope Tawadros for removing Christian-themed ornaments before meeting with Saudi King Salman, who is on a landmark visit to Cairo.
