Greek side Olympiacos Piraeus achieved a 25-20, 25-23,25-14 away win over Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv in the first leg of the men’s European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Challenge Cup final on Sunday evening. The win [Read More]
Increasing violence against both Israelis and Palestinians has had tragic consequences on the innocent people, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Friday. Speaking at the 52nd session of the [Read More]
Israel on Thursday reported three new cases of children infected with polio. The country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement that the cases were detected during an epidemiological investigation after an 8-year-old boy from [Read More]
A senior U.S. official on Tuesday visited the Palestinian village of Hawara near the northern West Bank city of Nablus and condemned the recent violence by Israeli settlers. During a short visit to the village, [Read More]
Israel on Monday reported the polio infection of an eight-year-old child in the north of the country. The Israeli Ministry of Health said the case from the Upper Galilee region was detected after he came [Read More]
President-elect Nikos Christodoulides and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu have discussed the strategic significance of the relationship between the two countries, as well as the prospects for further strengthening in areas such as, among others, [Read More]
Israel’s national air carrier El Al began operating on Sunday a new time-saving route via the airspace of Oman and Saudi Arabia, the company said. El Al Flight 083 departed from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion [Read More]
King Abdullah II of Jordan has called for efforts to de-escalate the tensions in the Palestinian territories and urged the conflicting sides to avoid unilateral measures that could lead to instability. He made the remarks [Read More]
Hundreds of Israeli settlers launched violent revenge attacks in the northern occupied West Bank on Sunday night, killing at least one Palestinian, injuring dozens, and burning down homes, shops, cars and farmlands after a Palestinian [Read More]
Two Israelis were killed in a Palestinian drive-by shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday amid surging violence in the region, Israeli sources said. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said in a [Read More]
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