May 18, 2021
Fatalities, Direct Gaza strikes on Israel
Two people were killed and another 10 people injured when rockets fired from Gaza today made a direct hit on a packing plant at Moshav Ohad in Eshkol Regional Council.…
May 18, 2021
France, US working on Israel-Gaza truce
More than a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas showed few signs of abating today in spite of global diplomacy to stop the region’s fiercest hostilities since the 2014…
May 18, 2021
US approves $735 million arms sale to Israel
The United States has approved a $735 million weapons deal to Israel. Congressional sources say US President Joe Biden greenlighted the sale yesterday, in what will include special munition capabilities…
May 17, 2021
UN: Israel-Gaza fighting ‘utterly appalling’
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council (UNSC) that hostilities in Israel and Gaza were "utterly appalling" and called for an immediate end to fighting. Opening…
May 14, 2021
Fiery world reaction to Israel-Gaza violence
The raging conflict between Israel and Gaza has elicited wide-ranging response internationally. Concerned that the region’s worst hostilities in years could spiral out of control, United States President Joe Biden…
May 03, 2021
Christian Holy Fire marked in Jerusalem
Orthodox Christians celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in what is one of the most colorful events on the Easter calendar season. The church…
Apr 28, 2021
Iran talks to be expedited
World powers and Iran are seeking to accelerate efforts to bring Washington and Tehran back into compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord. Iran, Britain,…
Apr 27, 2021
Turkey: US must reverse Armenia policy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denounced the declaration by United States President Joe Biden that 1915-1917 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, and called for the…
Apr 26, 2021
US recognizes Armenian Genocide
United States President Joe Biden has broken with decades of policy by declaring that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide. Biden’s recognition of the deaths…
Apr 20, 2021
Progress reported at JCPOA talks
Iran and world powers have achieved some progress on strategies to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accords in Vienna. European-mediated indirect talks between the Islamic…