Israel to allow 2,000 air travelers to enter every day

Feb 15, 2021, at 02:56 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Israel's coronavirus cabinet has allowed up to 2,000 foreign air travelers to enter the country every day, the prime minister’s office and the health ministry said Sunday.

Israel gradually emerging from nationwide lockdown over COVID-19: Reports

Feb 07, 2021, at 09:01 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Israel began loosening coronavirus-related restrictions on Sunday, gradually emerging from a nearly 40-day-long nationwide lockdown, national media reported.

UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations

Jan 27, 2021, at 05:24 pm

New York: UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel’s conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country’s international obligations. 

Israel: ‘Halt and reverse’ new settlement construction: UN chief

Jan 20, 2021, at 03:45 pm

New York: Israel’s decision to advance plans for some 800 new settlement units, most of which are located deep inside the occupied West Bank, has sparked the concern of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Syrian state TV reports Israeli air strikes on Syria's southeastern regions

Jan 13, 2021, at 02:58 pm

Cairo/Sputnik: The Syrian state television reported about Israeli air strikes on Syria's southeastern regions.

Return to ‘path of meaningful negotiations’, UN envoy urges Israelis, Palestinians

Dec 22, 2020, at 04:05 pm

New York: Addressing the UN Security Council on Monday, the UN envoy for the Middle East Peace Process urged Israelis, Palestinians, regional States and the broader international community to “take practical steps to enable the parties to re-engage” in the peace process.

Israel factor: Conflict believed to be growing between Pakistan, UAE

Nov 25, 2020, at 03:52 am

There seems to be a growing conflict between UAE and old friend Pakistan over the issue of recognising Israel.

Two people killed in gas blast at metal factory in Israel’s Ashdod: Police

Nov 17, 2020, at 10:30 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik: At least two people were killed and two others were injured as a result of an explosion that occurred earlier on Tuesday at a metallurgical plant in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod, Israeli police spokesman Mikhail Zingerman told Sputnik.

Coronavirus ‘feeds off instability’, disrupting Israel-Palestine peace efforts

Oct 27, 2020, at 06:27 pm

New York: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reminded the Security Council on Monday of the Secretary-General’s renewed appeal for a global ceasefire to respond to COVID-19, highlighting that the “the virus feeds off instability”.

To UN, Israeli Prime Minister says ‘no doubt’ more Arab countries will soon join ‘circle of peace’

Sep 30, 2020, at 11:17 pm

New York: While telling the UN General Assembly on Tuesday there was “good news” to report about the “expanding circle of peace” between Israel and some Arab countries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also accused Hezbollah militants of storing weapons in a residential area of Beirut.

Israeli army announces successful test of sea-to-sea missile system

Sep 25, 2020, at 09:33 pm

Tel Aviv/Xinhua: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Friday that it has conducted a successful test of a new sea-to-sea missile system.

Israeli police detain 9 protesters in Jerusalem during anti-government rally

Sep 14, 2020, at 03:06 am

Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Nine people were arrested in Jerusalem on Saturday during a demonstration against the government and its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli police said on Sunday.

Benjamn Netanyahu says Israel has secret talks with Arab, Muslim leaders

Aug 31, 2020, at 04:15 pm

Jerusalem/Xinhua: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel has secret talks with several Arab countries to normalize their relations, a day before Israel's first commercial flight to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza strip again after new explosive balloon attacks – IDF

Aug 28, 2020, at 02:38 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The Israeli forces once again stroke facilities of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip after several explosive balloons had been launched from the Palestinian enclave, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

Israel’s accord with United Arab Emirates an opportunity to unlock progress on wider Middle East peace efforts, UN envoy says

Aug 26, 2020, at 03:03 pm

New York: The recent agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has the potential to change dynamics across the Middle East, the UN’s top envoy in the region told the Security Council on Tuesday, urging Palestinian and Israeli leaders to re-engage in efforts to resolve their protracted conflict.

Israeli army artillery bombs Hamas lookout posts in Gaza: sources

Aug 22, 2020, at 10:39 pm

Gaza/Xinhua: The Israeli army artillery bombed on Saturday morning two lookout posts that belong to the Islamic Hamas movement's militants in the Gaza Strip, Hamas security sources said.

Donald Trump announces 'Historic Peace Agreement' between Israel and UAE

Aug 14, 2020, at 05:44 am

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Thursday made a surprise announcement stating that Israel and the United Arab Emirates had reached a peace agreement which would pave the way for truce in the Middle East.

Israeli settlers set fire to mosque in West Bank

Jul 27, 2020, at 11:40 pm

Gaza/Sputnik: Israeli settlers torched in the early hours of Monday a mosque in the Palestinian city of Al-Bireh, located in the central West Bank province of Ramallah, Palestine’s state news agency WAFA has reported.

Israel-Palestine: Breakdown in cooperation over COVID, now putting lives at risk

Jul 22, 2020, at 03:43 pm

Cooperation between Israelis and the Palestinians at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic is breaking down, putting human lives at risk as the economy goes into meltdown and the threat of Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank lingers, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process says.

Witness hearings in Netanyahu case set for Jan. 2021, to be held 3 times weekly : Reports

Jul 19, 2020, at 11:28 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik: Witness hearings in the court case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take place in January 2021 and will be held three times a week, a Jerusalem court judge ruled on Sunday, according to media reports.

Israel’s illegal annexation plans for Palestine, ‘disastrous’ for wider Middle East – Bachelet

Jun 30, 2020, at 09:17 am

New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned Israel on Monday not to proceed along the “dangerous path” of annexing a swathe of occupied Palestinian territory, urging the Government to listen to its own former senior officials along with the “multitude of voices around the world”.

UN chief urges Israel to abandon annexation plans

Jun 25, 2020, at 09:58 am

New York/IBNS: The UN Secretary-General has called on Israel to scrap plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, a move that could occur as early as next week.

COVID-19: China's relationship with Israel seems to be in troubled water now

May 27, 2020, at 07:02 pm

Jerusalem: With the COVID-19 outbreak leaving many nations to rethink their policy against China, specially after reports emerged that the virus have emerged from the Asian nation owing to their cover-up attempt,  it seems that relationship between Beijing and Jerusalem might touch new low.

Chinese specialists to visit Israel to investigate Ambassador's death

May 18, 2020, at 11:06 am

Tel Aviv/UNI: China will send a team of specialists to Israel on Monday to investigate the unexpected death of its ambassador to Tel Aviv, Du Wei, local media reported.

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead in Tel Aviv

May 17, 2020, at 08:04 pm

Tel Aviv/IBNS: Chinese ambassador to Israel Du Wei was found dead in his Herzliya home in the northern part of the city on Sunday morning, said media reports.

Israeli Helicopters carry out missile strike on Southern Syria: Reports

May 01, 2020, at 12:39 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli military helicopters have carried out a missile strike on southern parts of Syria, Syrian state media reported on Friday.

Woman stabbed in Israel in potential terrorist attack, perpetrator 'neutralized' - reports

Apr 28, 2020, at 07:36 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A 62-year old woman was stabbed in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba in what police are now investigating as a potential terrorist attack, media in Israel reported on Tuesday.

Common coronavirus enemy, forges some Palestine-Israel cooperation, but West Bank annexation looms

Apr 24, 2020, at 02:34 pm

New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is creating opportunities for cooperation that Israelis and Palestinians must embrace to sustain Middle East peace efforts and bring an end to decades of conflict, the United Nations’ top envoy in the region said on Thursday.

COVID-19: Israel registers 282 new cases over past 24 hours

Apr 14, 2020, at 03:22 pm

Moscow/UNI: Israel has registered 282 more Coronavirus cases over the past day, bringing the total number of those infected to 11,868, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Coronavirus: 92 dead, more than 10,000 test positive in Israel

Apr 10, 2020, at 02:52 pm

Tel Aviv/UNI: At least 92 people died and 10,095 were tested positive for the coronavirus in Israel, country’s Health Ministry said on Friday.