Tag: Israel
Israel PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for peace talks with Palestinians
AFP – Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace…
Buhari to end FG sponsorship of pilgrimage
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to pull the plug on federal government sponsorship of pilgrims to Israel and Saudi Arabia,…
Israel bars UN human rights envoy from its territory
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, confirmed that government has banned the entry of a UN human rights envoy, Makarim Wibisono, into…
Israel to support Nigeria in fight against Boko Haram, corruption
Israel has promised to assist Nigeria in fighting corruption and terrorism and also help to develop the the agriculture sector.…
Israeli company supplying Army vehicles for operation – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Authorities of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has allegedly secured donation of 13 Hilux van by…
Netanyahu claims victory in tight Israel vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in elections Tuesday as exit polls put him neck-and-neck with centre-left rivals after…
Palestinian fisherman killed by Israeli fire
A Palestinian fisherman was shot dead by Israeli forces Saturday off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for…
UN accuses Israel of razing 77 Palestinians homes
The United Nations has accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, mostly children, this week in annexed…
Israeli president calls on Abbas to renew peace talks
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday urged his Palestinian counterpart to renew peace talks instead of pursuing efforts at the…
US kicks as Israel’s ‘war crimes’ come under ICC scrutiny
The United States on Friday condemned as “tragic irony” the International Criminal Court’s decision to open a preliminary probe into…
4 Jews killed in Paris to be buried in Israel
Four French Jews who were killed during an Islamist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris will be buried in…
Palestinian knifeman wounds two Israeli police
A knife-wielding Palestinian wounded two Israeli police officers on Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, the scene of months of tensions,…
Pilgrimage: 14,000 Nigerians land in Israel
Mr John-Kennedy Opara, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), on Thursday, said 14,000 Christian pilgrims had so far…
Israel arrests 8 Palestinians for incitement on Internet
Israeli police said Monday that eight Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem have been arrested for allegedly inciting anti-Jewish violence in…
Israel stops arms transfers to ‘terrorists’
Israel stressed on Monday that it has a policy of preventing arms transfers to militant groups, a day after Syria…
S.African court bans pro-Palestinian protests against Israel goods
South African retailer Woolworths on Tuesday secured a court order banning pro-Palestine activists from protesting in its shops against goods…
In Israel, African illegals rap a bitter-sweet story
In the backstreets of a run-down Tel Aviv neighbourhood, three Sudanese immigrants blast hip hop from mobile phones and rap…
Three of Israel synagogue dead were US citizens, 1 British
All four victims of Tuesday’s deadly Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue were Israelis with dual nationality, three of whom…
Four Israelis killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack
Two Palestinians armed with a gun and axes attacked a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday killing four Israelis, police said. It…
Israel removes age restriction on Jerusalem mosque
Men of all ages will be allowed to attend the main weekly Muslim prayers Friday at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque…
Israel closes Gaza border crossings after rocket fire
Israel has closed two border crossings with Gaza, the army said on Sunday, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian…
Shimon Peres slams war-mongering Israelis
Israel’s former president and Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government…
Israel reopens Al-Aqsa mosque ahead of Muslim prayers
Israel reopened Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday ahead of the weekly Muslim prayers, after a rare closure following clashes…
Jonathan leaves for pilgrimage to Israel
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday depart Lagos on a brief pilgrimage to Israel, his office said in a statement…
W. Bank mosque torched in suspected settler hate crime
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank allegedly carried out an arson attack on a mosque near the city of…
EU condemns new Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem
The European Union on Friday condemned an Israeli plan to build 2,610 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem, calling…
Israel army kills 2 Palestinians suspected of teens murder
Israeli troops on Tuesday killed two Palestinians named as suspects in the June murder of three Jewish teenagers in the…
Hamas rules out direct talks with Israel
Hamas’s former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniya on Saturday said the militant Islamic Palestinian group would not hold any direct…
Israel illegally coerces Africa migrants to leave
Israel has illegally coerced almost 7,000 African migrants into returning to their home countries, where some face persecution, Human Rights…