West’s Hypocrisy About Netanyahu Government
January 6, 2023 It is only a matter of time before this extremist Israeli government is also whitewashed, writes Ramzy Baroud. Parliamentary office set by Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir […]
Saudi Arabia’s inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale to showcase treasures of Islamic civilization at world’s gateway to Makkah and Madinah
SPECIAL The Islamic Art Biennale curatorial team from left to right: Sumayya Vally, Dr. Julian Raby, Dr. Saad Al-Rashid and Dr. Omniya Abdel Barr. (Diriyah Biennale Foundation) REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR […]
Türkiye plans to open its first-ever newly-built church soon
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL JAN 05, 2023 – The Mor Efrem Syriac Ancient Orthodox Church in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Türkiye, Jan. 5, 2023. (AA Photo) RECOMMENDED Turkey finalizes long-awaited minority […]
Hajj 2023 applications now open to pilgrims inside Saudi Arabia
Applications for Hajj 2023 season is now open for pilgrims inside Saudi Arabia. (File/AFP ARAB NEWS January 05, 2023 RIYADH: Muslims living in Saudi Arabia wanting to perform Hajj this […]
Netanyahu shocked over canceled UAE visit in wake of Al-Aqsa controversy
Netanyahu’s visit to the UAE, scheduled for Jan. 8, has been canceled as the country has joined China in calling for the convening of a UN Security Council meeting to […]
Saudi Arabia distributes sacrificial meat to world’s needy
(Twitter @Adahi_org) ARAB NEWS January 03, 202323:36 RIYDH: Saudi Arabia’s Project for the Utilization of Sacrificial Animals, also known as Adahi, recently distributed a significant amount of sacrificial meat to […]
New divisions in Israeli society may benefit the Palestinians
OSAMA AL-SHARIF January 03, 2023 Two days after the swearing-in of Israel’s most extreme, ultranationalist and ultrareligious government, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians celebrated the 58th anniversary of the birth […]
Israel was never a democracy: So why is the West lamenting end of ‘liberal’ Israel?
Jan 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Even before the new Israeli government was officially sworn in on December 29, angry reactions began emerging, not only among Palestinians and […]
Mideast powers condemn Israel minister’s visit to Al Aqsa Mosque compound
By AFP – Jan 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo shows Israeli minister and Jewish Power Party chief Itamar Ben-Gvir (centre) walking through the courtyard of Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound […]
The winners and losers of any Turkiye-Syria rapprochement
CHRIS DOYLE January 02, 2023 The first formal ministerial meeting between Turkiye and Syria in 11 years should be turning heads. Russia hosted talks last week between Defense Ministers Hulusi […]
2022 ‘worst year in terms of number of Palestinians killed by Israel’: government
A man rides his horse next to the 2023 sand sculpture on the beach in Gaza City during the last sunset of Dec. 31, 2022, as Palestinians bid farewell to […]
An overview of Middle East politics in 2022
Dec 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Across Middle East there are numerous complicated situations that have characterised this post-covid year. One of the most important is the worsening internal situation in Iran. Since 2003, the year of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the country has been a […]
Palestinian tragedies, hope and little wins
RAMZY BAROUD December 30, 2022 Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 wreaked much of the same havoc in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it […]
2022 Year in Review: A time of triumph and turmoil for the Middle East and North Africa
Short Url Updated 10 sec ago ARAB NEWS December 31, 2022 RIYADH: Like much of the world, 2022 in the Middle East and North Africa felt like the year when things […]
Israel’s idea of ‘co-existence’ is colonisation
In Brief Hadar Cohen 23 Dec, 2022 Reflecting on her time in Akka, a supposedly ‘mixed city’ where both Israeli Jews and Palestinians live, Hadar Cohen writes that any notion […]
Israeli air force veterans say incoming government a danger
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during the 5th trilateral summit with Creece and Cyprus in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP) Short Url Updated 27 December 2022 AP […]
Occupied Bethlehem has little to celebrate
CHRIS DOYLE December 26, 2022 Short Url Once again, a huge segment of the world is singing and reading about Bethlehem, that little town that sits silently in the holy […]
Smoking, obesity linked to 40% of cancer cases in Jordan — health official
By Rayya Al Muheisen – Dec 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Smoking accounts for 80 per cent of lung cancer cases and related deaths in Jordan, according to the King Hussein Cancer Foundation […]
MWL highlights great Islamic and international interaction with the Charter of Makkah
The charter was welcomed and highly valued by non-Muslim religious figures. (Supplied) SPA December 23, 2022 RIYADH: The Muslim World League has highlighted the great Islamic and international interaction with […]
Far-right anti-Arab party joins proposed Netanyahu coalition in Israel
Agreements with parties to support Likud in power could regularise illegal settlements in occupied territories Ben Lynfield in JerusalemThu 22 Dec 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that an extremist anti-Arab […]