Tag: Israel
Israel set to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda
Israel is finalising a deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda under a new scheme after agreements with…
Israel fails to bar Dublin mayor’s entry amid name spelling mess
Dublin Lord Mayor Micheal Mac Donncha was meant to be barred from entering Israel because authorities spelled his name wrong…
Migrants set for Rwanda freed after relocation deal collapses
Israel released from detention a small group of African migrants who had been awaiting deportation after the collapse of an…
Israel govt. urged to improve treatment of detained Palestinian children
Britain called on Israel to improve the treatment of Palestinian children in military detention on Friday and said Israel should…
Israel arrests French citizen for selling arms to Palestinians
Israel said on Monday it had arrested a French citizen, an employee of France’s consulate in Jerusalem, on suspicion of…
Israel ready for direct talks with Palestinians, but calls for meaningful programme
Israel is still ready for direct talks with the Palestinians, but a meaningful programme is needed for the dialogue, Israeli…
Israel threatens to respond if Iran continues provocations on Syrian border
Israel will respond if Iran continues to provoke the situation on the Syrian border, Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Director-General Alexander…
Russia considers statements that Israel should be destroyed unacceptable
Russia considers statements that Israel should be destroyed inadmissible, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday.
Palestine may abandon autonomy, return responsibility to Israel
Palestinians may decide to dissolve the existing self-governing bodies and return the responsibility over the territories and its large population…
Trump urges Israel, Palestine to make “significant compromises” for peace
U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday that it too would need to make “significant compromises” for peace with…
Israeli missiles target Syrian ‘research centre’
Israeli missiles targeted a Syrian government research centre early Wednesday, sources close to the government told dpa.
Israel kicks off deportation of African migrants
Israel has started handing out notices to 20,000 male African migrants giving them two months to leave the country or…
Israel vows to destroy all tunnels in Gaza Strip in 2018
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman vowed to destroy all tunnels in the Gaza Strip within a year and proposed to…
Israel approves 1,222 new homes in West Bank
Israel has approved the construction of 1,122 new homes in occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank, a rights organisation…
Israel urged to stop forced relocation of African refugees
The UN refugee agency on Tuesday urged Israel to stop forcibly relocating African refugees because of the different kinds of…
Israel passes law to limit commercial business on Jewish Sabbath
Isreali parliament passed on Tuesday a controversial law limiting trade on the Jewish Sabbath, following a marathon debate.
Uganda denies deal with Israel to host African asylum seekers
The Ugandan Government on Monday denied reaching a deal with Israel to host thousands of African asylum seekers, a senior…
Israel closes Gaza border crossings
Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave…
Nigeria calls for peaceful Israel-Palestinian conflict resolution
Nigeria has called for the peaceful resolution of the protracted conflicts between Israel and Palestinian, saying it is greatly concerned…
UN holds emergency meeting over US’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel capital
The UN Security Council has convened an emergency session to discuss Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of…
Trump: US now recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
President Trump has announced that the US now recognises Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Jerusalem: Arab League to hold emergency meeting
The Arab League (AL) is to hold an emergency meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Saturday to discuss…
Israel to join US in pulling out of UNESCO
Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, after US officials…
Israel endorses independent Kurdish state
Israel supports the establishment of a Kurdish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Kurds in Iraq gear…
Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque ahead of Friday prayers
Israeli police barred Muslim men under the age of 50 for a second week in a row from entering Jerusalem’s…
Israel Urged To Pull Out Of Palestinian Territories
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Zeid Al-Hussein on Tuesday urged Israel to pull out of territories captured in a…
Israel to invest $1 billion on power project in West Africa
Under the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU signed Friday between the State of Israel and the Economic Community of West African…
Israel reopens Sinai crossing, warns that dangers remain
Israel’s border crossing to the Sinai Peninsula was reopened on Friday after a one-and-a-half-week closure, but Israel warned its citizens…
Bleak Easter for Palestinians as Israel seals border crossings with West Bank
Israel sealed its border crossings into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Monday for the duration of the…
Bilateral Trade: Ambode Seeks Partnership With Israel On Agric, Technology
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday expressed the readiness of the State Government to tap into the agricultural expertise…