Jerusalem: Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Thursday that Saudi Arabia should “keep riding camels” if it asks for a Palestinian state in exchange for normalising ties with Israel. “If Saudi Arabia tells us normalisation in exchange for a Palestinian state, friends, no thank you”, Smotrich said at a conference in Israel. “Keep riding … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday declared that there would be no Palestinian state, as he presided over a signing ceremony for a major settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. Speaking in Maale Adumim, a large settlement east of Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, “We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be … Read more
A Palestinian man feeds a bird inside a tent at a camp which was recently attacked in Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Israeli parliament vote to oppose a Palestinian state as an “existential threat”, just days ahead … Read more
From right, Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno and Ireland’s Foreign Minister Micheal Martin pose for a photo, at the end of a media conference in Brussels on May 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive on May 27, … Read more