The German chancellor is in Israel hoping to improve economic ties between the two countries. But a Bedouin village and the Gaza Strip could cast a large shadow over proceedings this week. Merkel and the Netanyahus at their home, October 3, 2018.Kobi Gideon/GPO Merkel heads to Israel amid calls to prevent demolition of contested West…
‘Time for Israel to fess up and open its illegal nuclear weapons program to international inspectors,’ says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during an ASEAN meeting in Singapore, August 3, 2018\ Feline Lim/ REUTERS At UN, Netanyahu reveals secret Iranian…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to the United Nations General Assembly that Israel has discovered a second hidden atomic site in Iran’s capital city of Tehran – before promising that whatever the Islamic Republic tries to hide, Israel will find. “Just a few months after Netanyahu revealed that Israel had discovered a secret Iranian…
US President Donald J. Trump is seen on a screen as he addresses the General Debate of the General Assembly of the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 25 September 2018. [EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE] Tensions between the United States and the European Union over Iran soared into the open Tuesday…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_19412L(Photo: AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted his Obama-era predecessor on Friday for engaging in talks with Iranian government…
Protesters stormed and burned the Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq, on Friday. Some have accused the United States or Saudi Arabia of being behind the attack.Credit Credit Nabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has signaled a new phase in its confrontation with Iran, threatening to retaliate for attacks by Iranian-backed militants in Iraq, even as…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran’s nuclear programme in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018Jack GUEZ (AFP) Israel seeks to implement an upgraded nuclear deal with Iran, urges international cooperation Israel’s 2019 Foreign Ministry objectives indicate that Iran remains a top priority of the country’s foreign service agenda, including plans for…
EUROPE’S attempts of desperately savaging the nuclear deal with Iran are backfiring as the continent’s leaders are “not following an appropriate path”, a powerful Iranian cleric warned. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a leading anti-Western cleric, hit out at Europe for the way it has been handling the crisis that sparked following Donald Trump’s decision to pull out…
The German foreign minister has said it was high time that Europe reassessed its partnership with the US. He advocated an EU payment system independent of the US in order to save the nuclear deal with Iran. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said that Europe should form a “counterweight” to the United States whenever…