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Israel upholds use of surveillance technology on protesters
Jerusalem: Israel’s attorney general has upheld the Shin Bet security agency’s use of mobile-phone tracking technology to monitor and threaten Palestinian protesters at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site last year. The decision,…
- Middle East
Israeli army to build laser-based shield against missiles
Jerusalem: Israel will start using a laser-based system to intercept missiles within a year, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Tuesday. “Within about a year, the IDF (Israel Defense Force) will bring…
- Middle East
Israel orders bus operators to buy only electric buses by 2026
Jerusalem: All buses purchased in Israel since 2026 should be electric types, Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced on Tuesday. By 2024 at least 30 per cent of the buses purchased will…
- Middle East
US military fired missiles during Yemen Houthi attack on UAE
Dubai: The U.S. military launched interceptor missiles during an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that targeted the United Arab Emirates during a visit by Israel’s president, the second-such time American troops have…
- Middle East
Israeli PM’s remarks incitement to violence: Palestine PM
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that the remarks of his Israeli counterpart Naftali Bennett on rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state are “an incitement to violence and proof of…
- Middle East
Israel arrests 9 Palestinian suspects in Jordan Valley
Tel Aviv: Israeli security forces have arrested nine Palestinian suspects during a large anti-terror operation in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, the army said. Hundreds of army troops and Israeli…
- Middle East
Israel aims to strengthen ties with Palestine
Jerusalem: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel will strengthen its ties with the Palestinian Authority despite no intention to negotiate a peace deal with it. The remarks were made at…
- India
Take cognisance of NYT report on Pegasus: Editors guild to SC
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India urged the Justice R V Raveendran committee on Sunday to take cognisance of the “startling claims” made in a New York Times (NYT) report about…
- Middle East
UNRWA helps repair houses in Gaza
Gaza: The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Monday announced that it has started to disburse cash aid for repairing houses in the Gaza Strip destroyed during the…
- Middle East
UAE intercepts Yemen missile as Israeli president visits
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Monday as the Israeli president visited the country, authorities said, the third such attack in recent weeks.…
- Middle East
Israel passes peak of Omicron wave: Prime Minister
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the country is beginning to see the end of the wave of the highly infectious Omicron variant. “We are seeing the beginning of…
- India
Fresh plea in SC on Pegasus row seeks probe into 2017 India-Israel defence deal
New Delhi: A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court on the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus, seeking that the court takes cognisance of a New York Times report…
- Middle East
Saudi offered its airspace to Israel in exchange for access to Pegasus spyware
In exchange for Riyadh opening its airspace to flights from Israel, then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to extend Saudi Arabia’s licence to use the controversial Pegasus spyware. Despite the fact that…