Egyptian parliamentary committee approves transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved a controversial agreement for Cairo to hand over the two Red Sea islands Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, AFP reported. Parliament's legislative committee approved the treaty after a heated debate, with 35 lawmakers
EU keen to make example out of countries that don’t tow line on issue, tries to redistribute tens of thousands from Greece and Italy. By Mordechai Sones – Arutz Sheva The EU has decided today (Tuesday) to start formal proceedings against three countries for refusing to accept migrant quotas, AFP reports. According to Reuters, the EU had been
Virginia Raggi Mayor says impossible to build further accomodations for new immigrants, calls for 'moratorium' on immigration to Italian capital. By Gary Willig - Arutz Sheva The mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, asked the government of Italy to temporarily ban immigration to the city, the Italian news site TheLocalIt reported. "I find it impossible, as
EU mulling legal cases against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic over their refusal to take in Muslim asylum-seekers. By Nissan Tzur – Arutz Sheva The European Union's executive will decide on Tuesday whether to launch legal cases against Poland, Hungary and poland the Czech Republic over their failure to take in Muslim
Arab man from Sakhnin in northern Israel joined ISIS with his wife and fought for the group in Iraq. Wife already sentenced to 50 months. By Nitzan Keidar- Arutz Sheva The Haifa district court convicted Tuesday morning, Tuesday, Wissam Zubidat from the Arab town of Sakhnin in northern Israel, after Zubidat and his spouse were
Munich train station on lock-down after police officer, passengers shot. By David Rosenberg –Arutz Sheva A police officer and two bystanders was wounded at a Munich train station Tuesday morning when a man stole a female officer’s firearm and opened fire on a crowd. Munich police have reported that the 26-year old female officer was
UAE aid official says Hamas purposefully fired at Israeli planes from Gaza hospital as aid was distributed to provoke Israeli fire. By Tal Polon – Arutz Sheva Hamas tried to prevent the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza for the sake of political gain during Israel’s counterterrorism Operation Protective Edge in 2014, according to United
Bahrain's central bank orders local banks to freeze assets and bank accounts of blacklisted Qatar-linked individuals and entities. By Elad Benar – Arutz Sheva Bahrain's central bank on Sunday ordered banks operating in the kingdom to freeze assets and bank accounts of the Qatar-linked 59 individuals and 12 entities that a group of Saudi-led Arab countries have
Left-wing newspaper claims Netanyahu, Herzog, met with al-Sisi in April 2016 By Shlomo Pyutrikovsky – Arutz Sheva Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) secretly met Egyptian President Abd El-Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil Al-Sisi in April 2016, reports claim. The meeting, which Israel's left-wing Haaretz newspaper wrote about on Monday morning, was
Analysis: The Saudis and their Arab allies have had enough of Qatar and its media proxy al Jazeera's behavior. They intend to win this fight. Dr. Mordechai Kedar – Arutz Sheva The Emirate of Qatar is a peninsula that juts out from Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf. The only overland route out of Qatar
