Roundup: Trump recognizes Israel's sover...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, marking a major shift in U.S. policy in the Middle East. The proclamatio
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Roundup: Trump recognizes Israel's sover...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, marking a major shift in U.S. policy in the Middle East. The proclamatio
Syria urges UN commissioner to condemn T...
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to publicly denounce U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Israel's sovereignty over
Israel imposes closure on Gaza after roc...
GAZA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Monday imposed a closure on the Gaza Strip after a long-range rocket was fired from the coastal enclave into central Israel that injured seven, Israel Radio and P
9 Palestinians injured during clashes wi...
GAZA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- At least nine Palestinians were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the eastern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel, on the eve of the first an
Israel strikes Hamas military targets in...
JERUSALEM, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli aircraft struck Friday overnight several military targets of Hamas in the Gaza Strip hours after a projectile was fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel. The Israe
Israel successfully launches first moon ...
JERUSALEM, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Israel's first spacecraft designed to land on the moon was successfully launched from the U.S. Kennedy Space Center early on Friday morning, Israeli officials said. The
Trump says time to recognize Israel's so...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that was is time for the United States to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, which it seized from Syria in 1967. Such a bold
Israel's Eilat airport closed permanentl...
JERUSALEM, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Eilat Airport, located in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat in southern Israel, was closed permanently on Monday. The last flight, Israir Airlines flight number 444 to
Israel's chip sales to China jump as Int...
Israel's exports of computer chips to China soared last year as Chinese companies bought more semiconductors made at Intel's Kiryat Gat plant. An official at the Israel Export Institute told Reuters
PA returns tax revenues after Israeli de...
RAMALLAH, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) caretaker government Rami Hamdallah announced on Wednesday that the PA returned the tax revenues to Israel after the lat
Iran condemns U.S. recognition of Israel...
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's recent move of recognizing Israel's "sovereignty" over the occupied Golan Heights. Trump's unilateral move was agai
Israel's central bank warns of economic ...
JERUSALEM, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A report by Israel's central bank said on Wednesday that the country's GDP growth is expected to decline significantly given the low employment of Arab-Israeli women a
Zambia, Israel mull deal on management o...
LUSAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Zambia and Israel intend to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting cooperation in the management of national parks, a Zambian minister said on Tuesday
Israel to launch first private spacecraf...
Israel is about to make history by launching the first private spacecraft to the moon this week, the developers behind the lunar mission announced Tuesday. The landing craft, dubbed Beresheet, is sc
Israel's army boosts forces following Ga...
JERUSALEM, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel's army mobilized forces on Monday morning, reinforcing troops along the Gaza border and at Iron Dome anti-rocket system batteries after a Gaza rocket hit an Isr
Israel discovers 1,600-year-old Samarita...
JERUSALEM, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A 1,600-year-old mosaic, bearing a rare inscription, was discovered in an ancient Samaritan winepress, as reported Wednesday by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The wi
Brazil president to visit Israel: offici...
JERUSALEM, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Israel in March, Israel's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The president is scheduled to arrive in Jerusalem on March 31
Israeli PM threatens to launch more airs...
JERUSALEM, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel had carried out the largest strike on militant sites in Gaza since 2014 and threatened to launch
Palestinians join weekly anti-Israel ral...
GAZA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Palestinians joined on Friday the weekly anti-Israel rallies, better known as the Marches of Return, and clashed with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip clos
Latest Israel-Gaza tension sees both sid...
The sound of explosions and air raid sirens returned this week to Israel and the Palestinian enclave Gaza. While scenes like this are not unusual in the volatile region, this time it may be different