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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool

Netanyahu’s Government Revives Bill on ‘Jewish State’ Status

by Nazir Majli | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revived on Sunday hopes on declaring Israel a Jewish State after a ministerial committee approved the revised version of a bill pushed by right-wingers. The draft law still has to be presented to the...

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Reuters file photo of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heading a special cabinet meeting.

Israel Budgets of Shin Bet, Mossad Have Grown under Netanyahu

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 6, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- The Israeli finance ministry has said that the annual combined budget for the Shin Bet security service and the Mossad espionage agency will be 8.6 billion shekels ($2.4 billion) in 2018, double what the two intelligence entities received 12 years ago. A...

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US President Donald Trump meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office on May 3. (AFP)

Everyone in the Dark over Trump’s Next Move Following Abbas Meeting

by Kifah Ziboun | May 5, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – No agreement or new position was reached during Wednesday’s meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Donald Trump, said a Palestinian source. It told Asharq Al-Awsat that the two sides simply agreed that peace should be reached....

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A view of al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. (Reuters)

UNESCO: Jerusalem is Occupied, Israel Has No Sovereignty over City

by Kifah Ziboun | May 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Amid a Palestinian applaud and an Israeli dismay, the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Tuesday on considering Jerusalem an occupied city. The majority of the 58-member UNESCO...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks to U.S. president Donald Trump during their meeting in New York, September 25, 2016. Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Pressure on White House to Recognize Jerusalem as Capital of Israel

by Nazir Majli | Apr 28, 2017 | Middle East

Tal Aviv – Once Washington announced that US President Donald Trump intends to visit Israel end of May, right-wing officials started making up news and statements to put pressure on the US administration and Trump to implement the electoral promises for Jews,...