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Opinion: Iranian Trusteeship with Israel’s Blessings

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 29, 2016 | Opinion

In July last year, I wrote an article entitled “How Will Our Region Look Come November 2016?” on this page. Of course what I meant then was the end of Barack Obama’s second term in the White House. In that article I pointed to how Washington made ISIS a pivotal...

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In this Oct. 14, 2013, file photo, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, right, listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech during the opening session of the Knesset. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Peres, ex-Israeli President and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 93

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died early Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke. He was 93. Peres died in his sleep at around 3:00 am, Rafi Walden, who is also Peres’s son-in-law, told Agence France Presse....

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Players from Israeli football clubs affiliated with Israel
Football Association, Ariel Municipal Soccer Club and Maccabi HaSharon
Netanya, play against each other at Ariel Municipal’s training grounds
in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Amir Cohen / Reuters

Human Rights Watch Accuses FIFA of Supporting Israeli Settlements

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-Human Rights Watch has responded to the efforts exerted by Palestinians to draw condemnation to Israeli settlements. The organization issued a strongly-worded statement, in which it accused Israel of using occupied Palestinian lands unlawfully and to exploit...

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Right – HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Bahraini FM.

Bahrain FM: Iran Seeking to Jeopardize our Security

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East

New York – Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa has stressed in the speech he delivered at the 71st U.N. General Assembly session that Iran is holding onto its attempts to jeopardize his country’s security and social peace,...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

Security Council Resolution on Israel to be Adopted after U.S. Presidential Polls

by Nazir Majli | Sep 26, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro revealed on Sunday that Washington is circulating several proposals to resume the stalled peace talks. Dan Shapiro did not rule out the adoption of an international resolution in this regard. This came as Americans have...