Palestinians

Blinken in Israel on Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce

11:48 am May 25, 2021

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza cease-fire. He will face the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Israeli leadership, Palestinian divisions and deeply rooted tensions surrounding Jerusalem and its holy sites. The 11-day Gaza war […]

US President Joe Biden hails ceasefire; says both Palestinians and Israelis deserve to live safely, with security

10:49 am May 21, 2021

Washington: Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely, security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy, US President Joe Biden has said as Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional ceasefire following a 11 day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip. “I believe the Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and security and to enjoy equal measures of freedom, […]

NC condemns storming of Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli soldiers

11:56 pm May 8, 2021

Kashmir: The National Conference on Saturday condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa mosque and attack on worshippers by Israeli police, terming it a severe violation of human rights and international accords. NC General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, in a statement, said the incident has hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world. “The perpetrators of the heinous action must […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Israel OKs hundreds of settlement homes in last-minute push

11:40 pm January 17, 2021

Jerusalem: Israeli authorities on Sunday advanced plans to build an additional 780 homes in West Bank settlements, an anti-settlement monitoring group said, in a last-minute surge of approvals before the friendly Trump administration leaves office later this week. Peace Now said that over 90 per cent of the homes lay deep inside the West Bank, which the Palestinians seek as the heartland […]

First plane with Israeli tourists lands in UAE after deal

10:33 pm November 8, 2020

Dubai: The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed Sunday in the city-state of Dubai, the latest sign of the normalisation deal reached between the two nations. FlyDubai flight No. FZ8194 landed at Dubai International Airport just after 5:40 p.m., bringing the tourists to the skyscraper-studded city after a roughly three-hour trip. The low-cost carrier […]

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