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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Jerusalem July 10, 2016 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Egypt’s Foreign Minister in Surprise Visit to Israel

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jul 11, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called on Sunday during the first visit of its kind to Tel Aviv in nine years, on reviving the stalled peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis. “It is no longer acceptable to claim that the status quo...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office on March 13, 2016. / AFP / GALI TIBBON

Israel Denies Netanyahu Assassination Attempt in Kenya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-Although Israel has officially denied that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had escaped an assassination attempt during his visit to Kenya this week, security sources in Tel Aviv and Nairobi have insisted that an operation to kill the PM had been thwarted....

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Palestinians pray in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound during the first Friday prayers of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on June 10, 2016. AFP

U.N. Says Israeli Move on Palestinians May be Collective Punishment, France Warns over Fueling Tensions

by Asharq AlAwsat and Nazir Majli | Jun 11, 2016 | Middle East

Geneva-Tel Aviv-The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, condemned on Friday the killing of four Israelis in an attack in Tel Aviv but stressed Israel’s cancellation of entry permits for Palestinians may amount...

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Israel Uses Weapon of Collective Punishment Against the Palestinians Again

by Nazir Majli | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

The Israeli government’s cabinet yesterday chose to collectively punish Palestinians after the attack carried out by two Palestinian youths in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening. The cabinet adopted a group of decisions, the most notable of which are the complete closure of...

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Israeli medics arrive with an injured person at a hospital in Tel Aviv. AFP

Israel Suspends Ramadan Entry Permits for Palestinians after Deadly Tel Aviv Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 9, 2016 | Middle East

Israel said Thursday it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan after two Palestinians opened fire near a popular open-air market in central Tel Aviv, killing four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits...