Shehab News

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud announced on Thursday that his country believes in “eventual normalization” of ties with Israel, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy reported. In a virtual meeting with the prince, he conveyed: “I believe that the focus now needs to be on getting the Palestinians and the Israelis back to the negotiating table. …

Dismissed Fatah leader and Palestinian MP Mohammed Dahlan, who lives in the United Arab Emirates, has incited Egypt to oppose Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, The New Khalij news website revealed on Friday. Reporting senior Palestinian sources, the news website disclosed that Dahlan contacted senior Egyptian officials and incited them to damage the ongoing reconciliation understandings between Fatah and Hamas reached in Istanbul …

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has asked his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to support the internal Palestinian reconciliation efforts and the plans for an election. The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that Abbas spoke on the phone with Erdogan on Monday evening and briefed him about the latest development regarding talks currently taking place between Fatah and Hamas and …

Delegations from Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Italy and Greece attend the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), in Cairo on 16 January 2020 [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images]

Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kailah on Tuesday accused Israel of damaging 100,000 swabs for coronavirus by hindering the passage of clinical materials from Jordan to the West Bank. Speaking to the official Voice of Palestine Radio, al-Kailah said that the Israeli measures have caused a shortage of swabs necessary for testing the virus. “What is available at the ministry is …

Amiram Ben-Uliel, a Jewish extremist convicted for the Duma arson murder speaks to his wife from behind a glass pane during a sentencing hearing at the central district court of Israel's central city of Lod on June 9, 2020

US President Donald Trump told American Jews that he “loved their country” during a New Year greeting, sparking criticisms that he used an anti-Semitic trope. Suggesting Jewish people have dual loyalties between Israel and their own country is considered anti-Semitic by many. Whilst speaking to Jewish leaders on the important Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, Trump turned the conversation towards …

Dubai conglomerate Al Habtoor Group is to open a representative office in Israel, it said on Sunday, Reuters reports. The United Arab Emirates and Israel last week agreed to establish bilateral diplomatic and trade ties, which officials have said would create significant economic opportunities. The family-owned conglomerate portfolio covers the hospitality, construction, education and automotive sectors. Habtoor Group, headed by …

Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa complex on Sunday in celebration of the Jewish New Year, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Jerusalem Awqaf Department said 76 settlers backed by Israeli police forces had entered the compound. According to an Anadolu Agency reporter, the settlers toured the courtyard in celebration of the Jewish Rosh Hashanah, …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Palestinians will resume negotiations with Israel if current US President Donald Trump is re-elected, Israel Hayom reported on Friday. Speaking from behind closed doors, the Israeli daily informed that Netanyahu expressed that signing the normalization deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain has left Palestinians with no options but the …