DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Phone calls began on Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a diplomatic deal with US presidents between the nations demanding Israel to stop plans for land sought by the Palestinians to annex. However, anger over the deal …
Read More »Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach historic deal to normalize relations, with Trump’s help
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal on Thursday that will lead to a complete normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern countries in an agreement that helped US President Donald Trump broker. First White House adviser Jared Kushner listens as US …
Read More »Israel stops sending fuel to Gaza over fire balloons
TEL AVIV / GAZA (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday that it would stop sending fuel to Gaza in response to Palestinians in the enclave launching balloons that had ignited tracts of agricultural land on the Israeli border. A Palestinian worker fills a motorcycle with fuel at a gas station …
Read More »American couple, stranded by coronavirus in Gaza, return to ‘narrow’ Florida
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Adria and Ayman Arafat are finally on their way to Florida after spending months in the Gaza Strip due to coronavirus-related restrictions, but fear they will now face a much greater health risk. Palestinians sit in a taxi before crossing the Rafah border with Egypt, …
Read More »Seth Rogen: ‘I was fed a lot of lies about Israel’ | World News
Seth Rogen has said that he was “fed a wealth of lies about Israel” as a young Jew, fueling controversy over the country’s sometimes-laden relationship with many American Jews. The Canadian-American actor, who attended a Jewish camp and whose parents met at a kibbutz in Israel, said the fact that …
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