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Israel Cancels Australian Officials' Visas in Retaliation
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Israel has rescinded the visas of Australian officials assigned to the Palestinian Authority, escalating diplomatic tensions following Canberra's revocation of an Israeli lawmaker’s visa, officials confirmed Monday. In a post on X,...
Israel Considers Recruiting Jewish Youth from Abroad
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Israel's defense forces are reportedly contemplating a strategy to recruit Jewish youth from overseas, as part of efforts to alleviate what officials describe as a critical shortage of personnel, according to Army Radio on Monday. The...
Ilham Aliyev received credentials of Israel’s newly appointed ambassador
President of Azerbaijan
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August 18, 2025
AZERBAIJAN, August 18 - 18 August 2025, 15:50 On August 18, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the credentials of Ronen Krausz, the incoming Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Azerbaijan. The...
Australia Revokes Visa of Israeli MP Over Anti-Palestinian Remarks
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) The Australian government has revoked the visa of far-right Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman, citing concerns over inflammatory rhetoric toward Palestinians, media reported Monday. Rothman, a senior figure in Prime Minister Benjamin...
Egypt, Iran Denounce Israeli Displacement of Palestinians
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Egypt sharply rejected Israeli intentions to displace Palestinians, declaring on Sunday that such actions represent "a historical injustice with no moral or legal justification" and qualify as "a heinous crime," according to its Foreign...
Illegal Israeli Settlers Raid Al-Aqsa Mosque Under Army Protection
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Dozens of illegal Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem early Monday, staging religious rituals under the protection of Israeli forces, according to a Palestinian news agency. The news agency...
Illegal Israeli settlers raid Al-Aqsa Mosque under protection of IDF
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Reports indicate that a group of Israeli settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday morning. According to local sources, dozens of settlers conducted Talmudic rituals within the compound while being...
Australia Revokes Visa of Israeli Politician
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) The Australian government has revoked the visa of Simcha Rothman, a far-right Israeli politician known for endorsing plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza and labeling Palestinian children as Israel's "enemies," according to a report by a...
Illegal Israeli Settlers Conduct Rituals at Al-Aqsa Mosque
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) On Monday morning, a group of unauthorized Israeli settlers carried out a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex situated in the occupied East Jerusalem, as reported by regional news sources. An official news outlet revealed that several...
Israel’s EU Ambassador Criticizes Nations’ Remarks
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Haim Regev, Israel’s ambassador to the European Union, has called on the EU to stop concentrating on Israel's human rights record and has cautioned against any punitive actions in response to the country’s military operations in Gaza....
Israel’s EU ambassador condemns EU’s ‘obsession’ with human rights
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Israel’s ambassador to the EU, Haim Regev, has called on the bloc to halt its focus on Israel’s human rights record and warned against punitive measures related to its military operations in Gaza. The comments come amid growing...
Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens
Oxfam
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August 14, 2025
Unless INGOs submit to the full registration requirements, including the mandatory submission of details of private donors, complete Palestinian staff lists and other sensitive information about personnel for so-called “security” vetting to...
Sudan rejects allegations of discussing forcibly moving Palestinians from Gaza with Israel
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Reports indicate that South Sudan has denied claims suggesting it is negotiating with Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. Sources note that Israel is reportedly seeking arrangements with third countries to host people displaced...
Saudi Arabia condemns Israel plan labeling it as “an act of ethnic cleansing”
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Saudi Arabia strongly denounced the Israeli Security Cabinet’s recent decision to take control of Gaza City, labeling it a “war crime” and “an act of ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians. The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a statement...
Illinois governor supports Senate attempt to prevent US weapons sales to Israel
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Sunday voiced his support for a Senate initiative aimed at blocking US arms sales to Israel, saying it sends a crucial message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Gaza’s deepening...
German Government Greenlights Submarine Export to Israel
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) The German government has approved the export of a new submarine to Israel, mere days after announcing a partial suspension of arms shipments to the Jewish state, a newspaper reported Wednesday from Berlin. At an extraordinary general...
Protests Erupt in Greece Over Israeli Cruise Ship Arrival
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at the Port of Volos in Greece on Wednesday to protest the arrival of the Israeli cruise ship Crown Iris, drawing a tense confrontation between activists and Israeli passengers, which...
Russian diplomat states Israel has forgotten Holocaust lessons
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s deputy permanent UN representative, Dmitry Polyansky, has accused Israel of disregarding Holocaust lessons and violating international law with its plan to seize Gaza City. Speaking at an emergency UN Security Council session on...
Gulf Arabs fear Israel is becoming Goliath
Middle East Institute
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August 13, 2025
As the Trump administration pushes to expand the Abraham Accords in the Middle East and into the Caucasus and Central Asia, it overlooks a dramatic shift in perception across the Arab and Muslim world. Where once Israel might have been viewed as...
New York Man Sentenced for Firearm and Religious Hate Crimes Involving the Firing of Shots Outside of Temple Israel in Albany
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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August 12, 2025
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to illegally straw purchase a firearm, obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs with a dangerous weapon, and brandishing a...