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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.

Benjamin Netanyahu thanks India for sending hydroxychloroquine to Israel, PM Modi says both nations will jointly fight COVID-19

Apr 10, 2020, at 10:43 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Narendra Modi for sending hydroxychloroquine medicine, which is being considered as a possible cure for Covid-19, the Indian PM on Friday said both the nations need to fight the disease together.

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel rise to 304

Mar 17, 2020, at 04:47 pm

Tel Aviv, Mar 17 (Xinhua) The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 304, the Israeli Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

Israel Prez receives official election results

Mar 11, 2020, at 06:55 pm

Jerusalem/UNI: Israel President Reuven Rivlin issued a call for a unity government after the official results of the March 2 elections were submitted to him on Wednesday.

Israel introduces mandatory quarantine for all those coming from abroad

Mar 10, 2020, at 10:34 am

Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday the introduction of mandatory quarantine for everyone arriving from abroad amid coronavirus fears.

US Israel-Palestinian peace plan a ‘mockery’, upends long-standing consensus – International Conference hears

Feb 29, 2020, at 11:04 am

New York/IBNS: The United States’ announcement of a new vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, touted as the “Deal of the Century”, is a “mockery”, the Prime Minister of Malaysia told an international conference in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

Israeli army does not comment on reports about air strike on Syria's positions

Feb 28, 2020, at 12:26 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI:  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) does not comment on foreign media reports about an attack by Israeli helicopters on Syrian positions, the IDF said.

Israel to Quarantine 200 South Koreans at military base over coronavirus fears - Reports

Feb 23, 2020, at 08:21 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Two hundred South Korean citizens who have arrived in Israel over the last 24 hours will be quarantined at a military base to prevent a possible spread of the coronavirus disease, the Ynet news agency reported on Sunday.

Database of businesses linked to Israeli settlements ‘important initial step’ towards accountability: rights expert

Feb 15, 2020, at 09:40 am

New York/IBNS: A database of 112 businesses connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has been hailed by an independent human rights expert as “an important initial step towards accountability and the end to impunity”.

UN underlines need for dialogue to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict

Feb 12, 2020, at 10:28 am

New York/IBNS: Rising tensions and instability across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, underscore the need to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, ‘key to sustainable peace’ in the Middle East: Guterres

Feb 05, 2020, at 10:07 am

New York/IBNS: Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “key to sustainable peace in the Middle East”, the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only “furthers radicalization across the region”.

IDF says another rocket fired from gaza as anger against Trump's deal mounts

Feb 02, 2020, at 10:37 am

Tel Aviv/Sputnik: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that another rocket had been fired from Gaza toward Israel amid the Arab world's mounting anger against the US' Middle East peace plan.

Israel officially allows citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia: Reports

Jan 26, 2020, at 09:22 pm

Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israel’s Interior minister Arye Deri has signed a directive earlier this week allowing Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time in its history, media reported Sunday.

Israeli troops open fire on three suspects trying to cross border fence – IDF Statement

Jan 22, 2020, at 10:34 am

Telaviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli troops on Tuesday opened fire and hit three suspects who were spotted attempting to cross the border from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

Netanyahu hails US for killing Iranian commander

Jan 05, 2020, at 08:10 pm

Jerusalam/Xinhua/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Sunday the United States for killing Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.

Israel/Palestine war crimes probe ‘momentous step forward’, says UN rights expert

Jan 01, 2020, at 09:06 am

New York/IBNS: An independent UN human rights expert hailed on Tuesday, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to consider a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine as a "momentous step forward in the quest for accountability" in the five-decade-long Israeli occupation.

At least 30 Palestinians injured in anti-Israel protest in eastern Gaza

Dec 21, 2019, at 07:19 am

Gaza/Xinhua/UNI: At least 30 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel.

Only ‘concrete action’ will stop fraying of Israel-Palestine peace prospects

Dec 19, 2019, at 09:38 am

New York/IBNS: Obstacles to any lasting deal between Israel and Palestine continue to mount, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told Security Council members on Wednesday, and only “concrete action” towards a two-State solution will change that dynamic.