NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the potential for Israel to establish normal diplomatic relations with its Arab neighbors in the coming months. Blinken also stressed the importance of creating a Palestinian state. He acknowledged the genuine efforts made by Arab countries to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’sContinue Reading
Penny Wong has used a meeting with Palestinian officials to double down on her government’s desire to see a two-state solution. A long-held policy of the Labor Party, the Foreign Affairs minister told Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh that the Albanese government recognised the enclave’s aspirations for statehood. The pairContinue Reading
Penny Wong has used an emotional meeting with the family members of people taken hostage by Hamas to express solidarity with victims and to affirm Australia’s support for the release of all remaining captives in Gaza. The foreign minister arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday, where she held diplomatic talks withContinue Reading
DUBAI: Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to attend the UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates Thursday where he will hold talks with diplomats on the release of hostages held by Hamas.His visit comes seven weeks into the Israel-Hamas war and coincides with a day-long extension of truceContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reportedly uncovered a copy of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, ‘Mein Kampf,’ translated into Arabic, in a child’s bedroom at a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza, according to a BBC interview of Israeli President Isaac Herzog.The IDF took to social media, condemning Hamas for allegedlyContinue Reading
Scott Morrison has dismissed the call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict as he toured a Kibbutz decimated by the October 7 attack. The former prime minister said a ceasefire would only “advantage Hamas to be able to strengthen their positions and make this war go on for evenContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: The Telegram channel of Israeli President Isaac Herzog was briefly hacked before being “very swiftly” restored, his spokesman said on Thursday.The breach on Wednesday evening was thought to be “criminal in nature”, the spokesman said, suggesting it was not linked to a foreign power or tied to the Israeli-PalestinianContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the northeastern neighbor, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak Sunday at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals. Thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the city’s Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray,Continue Reading