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US will 'never allow' Iran to have a nuclear weapon

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

US Vice President Mike Pence swore Monday in an address to the Israeli parliament never to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. "I have a solemn promise to Israel, to all the Middle East and to the world -- the United States of America will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon," Pence said to applause from IsraeliRead more

Pence says US embassy in Jerusalem to open by end of 2019

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

US Vice President Mike Pence pledged in front of Israeli lawmakers on Monday that the US would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "by the end" of 2019. In a speech to parliament he also urged Palestinians to "return to the table" of negotiations and resume long-stalled peace talks with Israel. source: AFPRead more

Israeli author Aharon Appelfeld dies at 85

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Israeli novelist Aharon Appelfeld, a Holocaust survivor who became one of the foremost contemporary Hebrew-language writers, died on Thursday aged 85, officials said. Israeli public radio said that he passed away at Beilinson hospital near Tel Aviv in the early hours of Thursday morning. Maariv newspaper said he would be buried in Jerusalem on Sunday. Born in 1932 in aRead more

UN Security Council weighs rejecting US Jerusalem decision

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution that would affirm that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be rescinded, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. Egypt circulated the draft text on Saturday and diplomats said the council could vote on the proposed measure asRead more

Palestinian dies of wounds after attacking Israelis

Ramallah - Muslimchronicle

A Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli police officer on Friday before being shot has died, the Palestinian health ministry said. Mohammed Aqal, 29, stabbed a border police officer at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank while wearing what appeared to be a suicide vest, before being shot three times by police. He was taken to hospital but died ofRead more

Israel hits Hamas in Gaza after rocket fire at Israeli city

Tel Aviv - Muslimchronicle

The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes in Gaza is response to rocket fire toward southern Israel. The military says it struck a Hamas military compound in southern Gaza early on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. The strike followed a rocket fired late Tuesday toward Israel’s southern coastal city of Ashkelon. It was intercepted by the anti-missile IronRead more

Saudi King meets with his Jordanian counterpart

Riyadh - Saeed Al Ghamedi

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Jordan’s Monarch, King Abdullah II underlined on Tuesday the need to intensify Arab, Islamic and international efforts to protect the historic rights of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem. This came during a summit held at the King Salman Palace in Riyadh, where talks focused on developments in theRead more

Lebanon army chief asks troops for readiness at Israel border

Ras Baalbek - Muslimchronicle

Lebanon’s army chief urged “full readiness” at the southern border to face the “threats of the Israeli enemy and its violations,” the army said in a tweet on Tuesday. Army Commander General Joseph Aoun called on soldiers to be ever vigilant for the “good implementation” of the UN resolution 1701 to “preserve stability” at the border with Israel. The LebaneseRead more

Israeli Jews hold rare prayers at West Bank holy site

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of Israeli Jews held a rare prayers session by a mosque in a Palestinian village on the occupied West Bank early Sunday, an AFP photographer said. The Israeli army accompanied buses carrying over 300 ultra-Orthodox men, mostly from the Breslov Hassidic sect, to Younis mosque in Halhul, north of Hebron, where according to Jewish tradition biblical prophets Gad andRead more