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US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to express “concern” over the planned overhaul of the country’s judicial system, and called for compromise, after widespread protests have rocked Israel.
US president expresses ‘concern’ over planned judicial reform in Israel
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to express “concern” over the planned overhaul of the country’s judicial system, and called for compromise, after widespread protests have rocked Israel.Netanyahu’s government seeks to pass a sweeping plan to curtail the judiciary and claim unprecedented power for politicians by removing the ability of Israel’s supreme court to act as a check on the Knesset.Critics say the reform could transform Israel from a liberal democracy, based on a system of checks and balances, to an authoritarian state.The White House said in a statement that Biden “underscored his belief that democratic values have always been, and must remain, a hallmark of the US-Israel relationship, that democratic...
March 20, 2023

US president expresses ‘concern’ over planned judicial reform in Israel

A protester waves the Israeli flag during a massive protest against the government’s judicial overhaul plan on Saturday in Tel Aviv.
Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests
TEL AVIV — Hundreds of thousands of Israelis rallied against the government’s judicial plans on Saturday night, in what organizers said were the biggest street protests in Israel’s history.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes — which would curb the power of courts — will restore balance between the branches of government.Opponents say they threaten democracy. At one of Saturday’s rallies, opposition leader Yair Lapid said this was Israel’s “greatest crisis”.In a separate development, Israeli troops shot dead three armed Palestinians near the West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, the Israeli army said. It said the gunmen had fired at an Israeli army post.Palestinian officials have not commented on the incident. There has been a marked surge in violence between...
March 12, 2023

Israel sees one of its biggest-ever protests

Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey to hold presidential, parliamentary elections on May 14
ANKARA — Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 — a month earlier than previously scheduled, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially announced on Friday.“Our nation will go to the polls to elect its president and parliamentarians on May 14,” Erdogan said in a speech after signing the election decision.The elections were scheduled to be held on June 18, but the government moved them forward to avoid coinciding with the Hajj pilgrimage, a university entrance exam and the start of the summer vacation season.The elections could be the country’s most significant vote in decades, with Erdogan’s two-decade rule of Turkey at risk.The opposition has united around Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the second-biggest party in parliament, the Republican...
March 10, 2023

Turkey to hold presidential, parliamentary elections on May 14

Israelis protesting against the government's controversial judicial reforms block the main road leading to Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday.
Anti-Netanyahu protesters block major Tel Aviv roads
TEL AVIV — Protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport on Thursday, intensifying a nationwide movement against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to weaken the country’s judicial system.A CNN team at Ben Gurion Airport saw people walking toward Terminal 3 with suitcases because of the blocked road, as scenes emerged of what is being called a “Day of Disruption.”Israeli television also showed a separate protest in the city of Tel Aviv that appeared to number in the thousands, with demonstrators waving Israeli flags.Protesters on foot blocked the Ayalon highway, one of Tel Aviv’s main roads, with some resisting police efforts to clear the highway, a CNN team at the scene saw.Demonstrators chanted “democracy,”...
March 09, 2023

Anti-Netanyahu protesters block major Tel Aviv roads

Jenin is a frequent target for arrest raids by the Israeli military.
OIC condemns continued Israeli crimes against Palestinians
JEDDAH/JENIN — The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the horrific crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin camp, which left six Palestinians dead and a number of others wounded.OIC said the continued acts of violence and intimidation perpetrated by extremist settlers in the Palestinian town of Huwara, which is but an extension of the open Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.OIC said it holds the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the consequences of its continued crimes and aggression, which will increase tension and instability in the region. It called, at the same time, on international actors to intervene in order to stop the Israeli crimes...
March 08, 2023

OIC condemns continued Israeli crimes against Palestinians

The limestone sphinx with its smiley face and two dimples is thought to represent Roman Emperor Claudius.
Egypt archaeology: Dig unearths smiling mini-sphinx
CAIRO — Archeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, the antiquities ministry says.The artifacts were found near the Hathor Temple, one of Egypt's best-preserved ancient sites.The limestone sphinx with its "smiley face and two dimples" is thought to represent Roman Emperor Claudius.It is much smaller than the famous Sphinx in the Pyramids of Giza, which is 20m (66ft) high.The artiefacts were found inside a two-level tomb in the temple of Dendera in Qena Province, 450km (280 miles) south of the capital of Cairo.Emperor Claudius, whom archaeologists believe the statue's smiling features may belong to, extended Roman rule into North Africa between 41 and 54 AD.Archeologists will study the markings on...
March 07, 2023

Egypt archaeology: Dig unearths smiling mini-sphinx

Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), in Doha, Qatar. — courtesy UN Photo/Evan Schneider
Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries
DOHA, Qatar — World leaders are gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed to unlock the full potential of the world’s most vulnerable countries and help put them on the path towards prosperity.Three years after the world began its epic struggle against COVID-19, the least developed countries (LDCs) — already grappling with severe structural impediments to sustainable development and highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks — have found themselves stranded amid a rising tide of crisis, uncertainty, climate chaos and deep global injustice.“Systems are stretched or non-existent — from health and education to social protection, infrastructure, and job creation. And it...
March 06, 2023

Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries

The United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Saturday with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is on a two-day visit to the UAE.
UAE, Italy discuss ways to build strategic partnership
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Saturday with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is on a two-day visit to the UAE.During the meeting, held in Al Shati Palace, Sheikh Mohamed welcomed Prime Minister Meloni, expressing his hopes for her first visit to the UAE to constitute a strong impetus for the development of relations between the two friendly countries.The two sides discussed cooperation paths and opportunities to build a strategic partnership between their two countries during the next stage, especially in the economic, investment and trade fields, as well as energy security, renewable energy, clean technologies and sustainable development.They, in addition, discussed addressing the repercussions of climate change, food...
March 04, 2023

UAE, Italy discuss ways to build strategic partnership

President of the Arab Parliament and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Observatory, Adel Al-Asoumi.
Al-Asoumi praises Saudi Arabia's human rights achievements under Vision 2030
CAIRO — The Arab Observatory for Human Rights of the Arab Parliament hailed the remarkable achievements made by Saudi Arabia to develop human rights as part of its development vision for 2030.The vision’s main focus is on the citizen and the human being, under the prudent vision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman.The praise came during the 8th meeting of the Observatory's Board of Trustees held here Wednesday, chaired by the president of the Arab Parliament and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Observatory, Adel Al-Asoumi.In his speech, Al-Asoumi stressed the importance of enhancing cooperation and coordinating efforts of the four arms of human rights within the framework of the Arab League system.He met...
March 02, 2023

Al-Asoumi praises Saudi Arabia's human rights achievements under Vision 2030

West Bank town set alight after Israelis killed.
Israeli-American killed in West Bank as unrest intensifies
TEL AVIV — An Israeli American has been shot and killed in the occupied West Bank as retaliatory unrest intensifies.Elan Ganeles, 26, was killed in an attack on vehicles on a highway near the city of Jericho.The shooting happened after Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the West Bank on Sunday night, with dozens of cars and houses burned.That attack came after two settlers, from a nearby village, were shot dead by a Palestinian on Sunday.Ganeles was taken by paramedics to a hospital in Jerusalem, but was later pronounced dead.US Ambassador Tom Nides tweeted: “Sadly, I can confirm that a US citizen was killed in one of the terror attacks in the West Bank tonight. I pray for his family.”The Israel Defense Forces said attackers opened fire on Israeli vehicles on three...
February 28, 2023

Israeli-American killed in West Bank as unrest intensifies

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