Jerusalem

Fresh blasts rattled Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning, and air raid sirens wailed over Jerusalem, a day after Iran launched widespread strikes across the Gulf in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli attacks, officials and witnesses said. Thick black smoke rose on the southern horizon of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where two people were injured after shrapnel from intercepted drones fell onto two houses, according to a Dubai Media Office statement. Similar blasts were reported in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, and in…

Israel has demolished multiple structures inside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s east Jerusalem compound after seizing the site last year, an action UNRWA condemned as a violation of international law and UN privileges and immunities. Surrounded by Israeli forces, bulldozers razed several large buildings and smaller facilities within the compound, where dozens of agency staff once worked. UNRWA has not used the site since early last year after Israeli authorities ordered the agency to vacate all premises and…

JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities entered the shuttered East Jerusalem compound of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, raised Israel’s flag and began seizing equipment in a raid they said was ordered over unpaid municipal taxes — a move the United Nations condemned as a violation of international law. The Jerusalem municipality said tax collectors entered the U.N. Relief and Works Agency’s compound to recover 11 million shekels (€3 million) in property taxes after “repeated requests” and warnings. UNRWA, which Israel has…

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared that the ongoing Middle East turmoil between Israel and Palestine has a potential resolution through the United Nations' acceptance of the two-state solution. He presented this as the prime strategy to resolve the regional humanitarian issues. He proposed that establishing a Palestinian state could address numerous concerns such as the relentless conflict responsible for countless civilian casualties. The Israeli military has been actively targeting…

Embarrassing diplomatic scenario for Arab nations which have normalized or calmed their relations with Israel as Morocco. Since Might 7, clashes between Israelis and Palestinians throughout this holy month of Ramadan have intensified anger amongst pro-Palestinian Moroccan organizations demanding demonstrations in opposition to the Hebrew state.…