Mideast News from WN Network

UAE parades three blindfolded Uzbeks suspected of murdering Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan after Netanyahu condemned ... 2024-11-25
The Daily Mail

Three men suspected of kidnapping and murdering an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi in the United Arab Emirates have been arrested and paraded before the media. The UAE Interior Ministry released a statement identifying the men, two of whom it said were aged 28 and the third 33 - all from Uzbekistan - and...

photo: AP / Gali Tbbon, Pool

Arab League condemns Israeli occupation’s attempts to escalate aggression on the region as a whole 2024-11-25
Syrian Arab News Agency

Cairo, SANA- Arab League condemned the genocide crimes committed by Israeli occupation against Palestinian people, as well the repeated aggression on Syrian and Lebanese territories and attempts to escalate that in the region, including Iraq, warning against the outbreak of a regional war threatens...

photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe

Cease-fire deal between Israel, Hezbollah ‘within two days’: Israeli media 2024-11-25
Anadolu Agency

A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah is expected to be announced within two days, Israeli media said on Monday. The public broadcaster KAN, citing an Israeli source, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a US-backed cease-fire with Lebanon. According...

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Many of Israel's Western supporters indicate they would arrest Netanyahu. Will Australia and NZ follow suit? 2024-11-25
Beijing News

Ever since the October 7 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the Albanese government has consistently said Australia respects Israel's right to defend itself, but how it does so matters. To an international lawyer, those words are code for simultaneously exercising the right of self defence and...

photo: AP / Mahmoud Illean

At least 11 killed after Israeli strike flattens building in central Beirut, Civil Defense says 2024-11-23
CNN

At least 11 people have been killed and several others injured after an Israeli strike flattened a multi-story residential building in central Beirut overnight, Lebanese officials said. Rescue workers in...

photo: AP / Hassan Ammar

What ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu does and doesn’t mean 2024-11-22
Asiatimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif. The court claims both sides have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes from the day Hamas attacked...

photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File

Israeli opposition leader accuses government of prolonging war over Netanyahu's political troubles 2024-11-22
Anadolu Agency

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Friday accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of unnecessarily prolonging the war in Gaza due to Netanyahu's political troubles. In a post on X, Lapid said: “The current government is extending the war without reason due to the...

photo: AP / Oded Balilty

Iran says it is activating new centrifuges after being condemned by UN nuclear watchdog 2024-11-22
CNN

Iran announced Friday it was activating new advanced centrifuges – which enrich uranium for the country’s nuclear program – after the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog criticized the country for not cooperating with the agency. Iran will activate “a noticeable number of new and advanced centrifuges...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Israel issues evacuation orders in Beirut suburbs, southern Lebanon 2024-11-22
Anadolu Agency

The Israeli army issued on Friday fresh evacuation orders to residents in two areas of Beirut's southern suburbs and five villages in southern Lebanon. In separate statements, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted maps...

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

Accused war criminal status will be hard stigma for Netanyahu to shrug off 2024-11-21
The Guardian

The arrest warrants issued by the international criminal court (ICC) represent an earthquake on the world’s legal landscape: the first time a western ally from a modern democracy has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity by a global judicial body. Inside Israel, the warrants...

photo: AP / Abir Sultan