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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Jerusalem’s Hall of Remembrance on April 24. (Gali Tibbon/Agence France-Presse)

Netanyahu Sparks Diplomatic Crisis over German FM Snub

by Nazir Majli | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with Germany when he refused to meet on Tuesday with the European country’s visiting foreign minister in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu canceled the scheduled meeting with Sigmar...

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Germany Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel addresses a news conference in Berlin. (Reuters)

German FM ‘Regrets’ Netanyahu Threat to Cancel Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 25, 2017 | Middle East

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said it would be “regrettable” if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to cancel a meeting with him in Israel in wake of his intention to meet with an Israeli rights group. Gabriel said it would be a...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference at the European Commission in Brussels on March 27, 2017.
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PA Accuses Israel of Trying to Impede Abbas’ Visit to Washington

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 24, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah– The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of trying to hamper a scheduled visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington, where he is expected to meet with President Donald Trump next month. In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Foreign Affairs...

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Jailed Fatah official Marwan Barghouti. (Reuters)

Israeli Official: Barghouti Should Have Been Served a Death Penalty

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Apr 19, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah, Tel Aviv – On the second day of hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, officials attacked strike leader Marwan Barghouti, saying that Israel should have executed the head of the central Fatah committee a long time ago. Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli...

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A picture taken from Jewish settlement of Shilo shows a general view of the Jewish settlement of Shvut Rachel, near the Palestinian village of Khirbet Sarra situated in the northern West Bank between Ramallah and Nablus, on March 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX

US Cautions Israel on ‘Unrestrained’ Settlement Building

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 31, 2017 | Middle East

The United States administration led by President Donald Trump on Friday warned Israel on large-scale settlement building, refraining from criticism of a major project just approved but warning further expansion could block peace efforts. “While the existence of...