Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law who served as an adviser in the Trump administration, is founding the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace to cement normalisation deals between Israel and Arab countries. Recently, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan all signed the Abraham Accords, a US-brokered agreement to recognise Israel and normalise relations, […]
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Tehran denies responsibility as Netanyahu says Iran ‘clearly’ behind blast on Israeli-owned ship
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, an accusation rejected by Tehran. The vehicle-carrier MV Helios Ray was hit between Thursday night and Friday morning by a blast above the water line that a US official said ripped holes […]
Israeli premier struggles to form govt amid talks of new election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on Sunday on what he termed a “final effort” to break a deadlock on forming a governing coalition ahead of a Wednesday deadline for a deal. In power for the past decade, Netanyahu has unexpectedly struggled to seal an agreement with a clutch of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish […]
Golan: US cover for Israel’s false claim sets a dangerous precedent
President Trump’s current move to recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan, which laughs off the decree of international law, is a dangerous precedent for the future of international law based order. “There is a very important principle in international life,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week at the Golan signing ceremony at the […]
Israelis go to polls in referendum on Netanyahu’s long reign
Israelis began voting in an election on Tuesday that could hand conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a record fifth term or see him dethroned by an ex-general who has pledged clean government and social cohesion. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. across the country and closed at 10 p.m. But the victor may not be […]
US names Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a ‘terrorist organisation’
US President Donald Trump on Monday designated Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’, an unprecedented step that raises tension in the Middle East. Iran has warned it will take reciprocal action against Washington for its move against the Guards, the country’s most powerful security organisation. It is the first time the […]