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TEL AVIV: Israel has approved the establishment of what it calls nature reserves in the occupied West Bank, sparking an angry reaction from Palestine, which vowed to lodge a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the latest “scheme” to steal more Palestinian land. Right-wing Israeli minister of military …

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi military says Katyusha rockets have hit an airbase north of the capital Baghdad, which houses the US-led coalition forces that purportedly fight Daesh Takfiri terrorists. The statement from Iraq’s military on Tuesday said Camp Taji had been targeted by Katyusha rockets but reported that there were no …

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, in an apparent stumble, called the occupying entity a “nuclear power” before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile. Netanyahu made the terrible blunder in a cabinet meeting on Sunday, while reading Hebrew notes on a deal with Greece …

TEL AVIV: Israel has been put on high alert and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cut short his visit to Greece after US assassination of Iran’s top commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Israeli media reported early Friday morning that Netanyahu intended to shorten his trip to Athens and …

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he would approach the regime’s parliament in order to seek immunity from corruption charges, in a move that could considerably delay criminal proceedings against him. “… I intend to approach the speaker of the Knesset in accordance with chapter 4C of the …

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will soon have normal ties and formal peace agreements with a number of Arab countries. “I intend in the coming years to conclude normalization and peace agreements with a number of Arab countries,” he said Sunday night, recalling in particular his trip to Oman, …

TEL AVIV: The Israeli spy agency, Mossad, says that Iran is its number one priority, citing Tehran’s nuclear and missile defense programs. Addressing agents, the spy agency’s chief Yossi Cohen said the Islamic Republic is “at the top of the Mossad’s work priorities.” “All Iranian nuclear, long-range missile and precision …

TEL AVIV: Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has secured a landslide victory in his party’s primaries, shoring up support ahead of the country’s unprecedented third election in March. Mr Netanyahu, who has led the Likud for 14 years, swept 41,792 votes, or 72.5 per cent, beating his challenger, veteran politician …

TEL AVIV: Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says the Tel Aviv regime would return to “the policy of assassinations” against distinguished figures of Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip, as its acts of aggression against the besieged coastal enclave continue unabated. Speaking in an interview with Israel’s army radio …

TEL AVIV: Israel has reportedly halted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley in the wake of a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a probe into the regime’s war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday that …