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An Israeli police bomb disposal unit member inspects the remains of a shell fired from Lebanon and intercepted by Israel in the northern town of Fassuta on Thursday.
Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel, IDF says
JERUSALEM — Dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in a major escalation that comes amid tensions over Israeli police raids at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.As many as 34 rockets were launched from Lebanese territory into Israeli territory, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said, with the majority intercepted but five landing in Israel.It was the largest such attack since a 2006 war between the two countries left around 1,200 Lebanese people and 165 Israelis dead.Israel said it would “decide on the place and time” of its response to a barrage of rockets, an IDF defense official told CNN.The country closed its northern airspace in the wake of the barrage. No deaths were reported as of Thursday afternoon, and it is not yet known...
April 06, 2023

Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel, IDF says

Extraordinary meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Wednesday.
Egypt underlines Al-Aqsa protection against Israeli aggression; EU, GCC slam attack
CAIRO — Egypt vowed Wednesday that Israeli occupation authorities would never be allowed to control or split Al-Aqsa mosque.This came in a speech delivered by Egypt’s Permanent Representative at the Arab League Ambassador Mohammad Orfi during a Jordan-requested extraordinary meeting of the Arab League at the level of permanent representatives on Israeli aggressions on Al-Aqsa mosque.He said Israeli occupation forces’ breach of Al-Aqsa mosque would seriously affect the stability and interests of everyone, including Israeli themselves.He added that the meeting came in immediate response to the serious Israeli violations of Al-Aqsa in blatant defiance of Muslims’ sentiments across the world, underlining that Al-Aqsa mosque would remain well-seated in the minds and hearts of all...
April 05, 2023

Egypt underlines Al-Aqsa protection against Israeli aggression; EU, GCC slam attack

Nearly 600,000 people have visited the Holy Sites in Jerusalem since the beginning of Ramadan. — courtesy UN News/Maher Nasser
UN calls for restraint following violence at Al-Aqsa mosque
JERUSALEM — UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday appealed for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to exercise restraint following the latest violence surrounding a holy site in Jerusalem.Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa mosque, also commonly known as Al-Qibli mosque, overnight, arresting more than 350 people, according to media reports.The raids continued into Wednesday morning. In response, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel.Wennesland issued a statement saying he was appalled by the images of violence inside the mosque, which is located in the Old City of Jerusalem and considered the third holiest site in Islam.“I am disturbed by the apparent beating of Palestinians by Israeli security forces and large number of arrests. I also strongly reject the...
April 05, 2023

UN calls for restraint following violence at Al-Aqsa mosque

Map of Syria showing Damascus
Daesh leader who claimed France terror attacks reportedly killed in Syria
DAMASCUS — The US military said it’s killed a leader of the Daesh group responsible for terror attacks in Europe. He was reportedly killed in an American air strike in Syria on Monday, according to US officials.The suspect, Khalid Aydd Ahmed Al-Jabouri, claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks in Europe during the time Daesh (so-called IS) controlled large parts of Syria and Iraq, where it run a self-proclaimed “caliphate”.Al-Jabouri also said he was behind attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015, which left 130 people dead; as well as an attack in Nice on July 14, 2016, which killed 86 people.Also in 2016, three suicide attacks in Belgium killed around thirty people in total. The following year, attacks claimed by IS in Spain during August left 16 dead.The US military...
April 04, 2023

Daesh leader who claimed France terror attacks reportedly killed in Syria

Drone captures the large numbers demonstrating in Israel.
Protests continue in Israel over paused judicial reform
TEL AVIV — Thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a 13th straight week against a controversial judicial overhaul now frozen by the government while talks are held with party representatives.Carrying Israeli flags, people marched through the center of Israel’s commercial hub, chanting “democracy” and carrying placards condemning the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Smaller rallies were taking place in other cities.Demonstrations erupted in January after the coalition announced its reform package, which the government says is necessary to rebalance powers between lawmakers and the judiciary.The proposed reforms would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges, which...
April 02, 2023

Protests continue in Israel over paused judicial reform

The Separation wall in the West Bank. — courtesy UN News/Shirin Yaseen
Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat
WEST BANK — The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, amid mounting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the threat of even further annexation, an independent UN-appointed rights expert said on Thursday.“The wave of deadly violence sweeping through the occupied West Bank since the beginning of this year is the inexorable consequence of an acquisitive and repressive occupation with no end in sight, and the culture of lawlessness and impunity Israel has nurtured and enjoyed,” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said in a statement.Recent months have been marked by escalating unrest between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel’s new hardline government has also pledged to expand West Bank...
April 01, 2023

Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the Israel’s judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Talks under way in Israel after Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul plan
TEL AVIV — Demonstrators gathered in Jerusalem to protest at talks between opposition and government representatives on the controversial judicial reforms that have divided the country.Israeli President Isaac Herzog has offered to mediate negotiations between political leaders to find a solution to the country’s political crisis.Talks started after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bowed to ‘protest pressure’ and announced he was delaying his judicial changes.But skepticism remains high among those who’ve been on the streets for weeks decrying the overhaul which they say threatens Israel’s democracy.The negotiations come as Israel is plunged into its most severe domestic crisis in years. The unrest was sparked by the judicial overhaul that would curtail the authority of the...
March 29, 2023

Talks under way in Israel after Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul plan

President Biden and Netanyahu
Biden and Netanyahu trade barbs over plan to weaken courts
WASHINGTON — Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated a rare public dispute with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, rejecting “pressure” from the White House after Biden criticized his controversial efforts to weaken the Israeli judiciary.Biden said on Tuesday that he won’t invite Netanyahu to the White House “in the near term,” and issued an unusually stinging rebuke of Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul after mass protests and strikes brought Israel to a standstill and delayed the legislation.“Like many strong supporters of Israel I’m very concerned. I’m concerned that they get this straight. They cannot continue down this road. I’ve sort of made that clear,” Biden told reporters in North Carolina. “Hopefully the prime minister will...
March 29, 2023

Biden and Netanyahu trade barbs over plan to weaken courts

Drone footage shows Israel protesters turning out into the streets against judicial reforms.
Netanyahu postpones vote on controversial judicial reforms for ‘further dialogue’
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘paused’ his controversial plans to reform Israel’s judiciary. The embattled leader blamed an “extremist minority” for the protests and that he is “not ready to divide Israel into pieces.” Netanyahu also said he is “taking time for further dialogue.”The overhaul, which has sparked widespread protests and international condemnation, will not now be discussed in parliament until next month, said coalition member party Jewish Power earlier.The announcement comes after Netanyahu’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Monday that the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary was being put on hold until the parliament’s summer session, which begins on April 30.Tens of thousands of people have...
March 27, 2023

Netanyahu postpones vote on controversial judicial reforms for ‘further dialogue’

A man changes the time at a clock and watch shop in Beirut, Lebanon. — courtesy EPA
Lebanon reverses decision to delay daylight savings time change
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s government has reversed a decision to delay the shift to daylight savings time by a month, which had sparked both anger and confusion.Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that clocks would now go forward on Wednesday night.He had agreed to a delay last week so Muslims could break their fasts earlier during the holy month of Ramadan.But Christian authorities defied the order and changed their clocks as usual on Sunday, which was the last in March.Many businesses, media outlets and educational institutions followed suit, leaving people living in one of the smallest countries in the Middle East struggling to deal with two different time zones.Mikati, who is a Sunni Muslim, insisted on Monday that his initial decision to delay the time change until April 20 to...
March 27, 2023

Lebanon reverses decision to delay daylight savings time change

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