Facebook has sanctioned Benjamin Netanyahu’s official page after a post called on voters to oppose a government composed of “Arabs who want to destroy us all – women, children and men.” The social media company said the post violated its hate speech policy. Facebook consequently disabled the page’s automatic chat …
Read More »Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s Jordan Valley annexation plan.
Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex a third of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if he is returned to office following a general election next week. Officials …
Read More »Jordan summons Israeli ambassador to demand nationals’ release.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has summoned Israeli Ambassador to the country, Amir Weisbrod, to express the Amman government’s resentment over the detention of two Jordanian civilians of Palestinian descent in the occupied territories, demanding their immediate release. Sufyan al-Qudah, a spokesman for the ministry, said on …
Read More »Palestinian President sacks all Advisers.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired all of his advisors amid a financial crisis in the occupied West Bank that has led to deep salary cuts. Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing a statement by the Palestinian leader’s office, announced the news on Monday, saying he sacked all of his advisors …
Read More »“May God ruin Trump”, Tlaib’s grandmother says.
Sitting under an olive tree in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from the president of the United States. “May God ruin him,” she says. Tlaib is the grandmother of U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, at the center of an affair that has …
Read More »Fires raged across Israel due to extreme heatwave.
Fires raged across Israel on Wednesday due to extreme weather conditions as Police forces try to evacuate residents from over 120 households, 15 of which caught fire. A fire broke out mid-afternoon in a Jerusalem parking lot in the Malha neighborhood, setting approximately 10 cars aflame. The Aderet and Roglit …
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