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June 22nd, 2026 - 11:05 GMT

Sally Shakkour

JD Vance: The Strait of Hormuz is open, mines to be removed

ALBAWABA - U.S. Vice President JD Vance announced in a statement that the Strait of Hormuz is open and that a plan will be agreed to remove mines implemented by Iran during the over 100-day war. Vance also said Monday that Iran has agreed to invite International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into the Islamic Republic. The statements align with the first round of U.S.-Iran talks towards ending the ...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting a "Salute to America" celebration that includes flyovers by military aircraft and a large fireworks display. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP TASOS KATOPODIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 10:21 GMT

Trump, Netanyahu Suffer 'Narcissistic Paranoia, With no Scrupulous...' Says Ex-Knesset Speaker

Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally against Israel's West Bank annexation plans, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2020. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas pledged unity against Israel's West Bank annexation plans in a rare joint conference earlier in the week, as signs emerged of a rift between Israel and Washington over the project. SAID KHATIB / AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 10:05 GMT

Abbas Warns a 3rd Palestinian Uprising is Around The Corner if Israel Goes Ahead With Annexation

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Twitter)

July 5th, 2020 - 09:51 GMT

Benny Gantz Says Israel is Not 'Necessarily' Behind Every Mysterious Incident in Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wears a face mask against Covid-19, bearing the US and Israeli flags, during a press conference with US special representative for Iran at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on June 30, 2020. ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 09:27 GMT

Netanyahu Wants to Annex Now Because of What He Sees as American Retreat

Iranians gather at the cordoned-off site of an explosion at the Sina At'har health centre in the upmarket northern neighbourhood of Tajrish in the capital Tehran on July 1, 2020. Iranian police questioned four people as part of investigations into a powerful explosion that killed 19 people at a Tehran clinic the night before, state media reported. ATTA KENARE / AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 07:22 GMT

Could Israel be Behind The Mass Explosions in Iran?

Palestinian protesters use slingshots to hurl stones towards Israeli forces during a demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the occupied West Bank against the Jewish state's plans to annex part of the Palestinian territory on July 3, 2020. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas pledged the previous day a united campaign against Israel's prospective plans to annex territory in the occupied West Bank, in a rare joint press conference, spurred by their common opposition to US President Donald Trump

July 5th, 2020 - 06:31 GMT

Netanyahu Falters in His Plan to Annex Palestinian Lands

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July 4th, 2020 - 09:02 GMT

UN Suspends Two Staff Members For 'Car Sex' in Tel Aviv

Demonstrations were held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Jericho, attended by a handful of left-wing Israeli politicians opposed to annexation. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP

July 2nd, 2020 - 10:32 GMT

Israel Backs Down on West Bank Annexation in Face of World Opposition

A Palestinian woman fastens a national flag as a mask on the face of a girl during a demonstration against Israel's West Bank annexation plans in Gaza City on July 1, 2020. Expectations of a major Israeli announcement on controversial annexations in the occupied West Bank dimmed, as global criticism of the project mounted and Palestinian protesters began gathering in Gaza. Mohammed ABED / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 11:48 GMT

Israel’s Annexation Marks An End to Any ME Peace

A Palestinian shepherd stands near the Israeli Hamra checkpoint, which separates the areas of the Palestinian Authority classified A and classified B in the Jordan Valley east of Nablus on July 1, 2020. The Oslo Agreements on self-rule signed by the Israelis and Palestinians in the 1990s divide the West Bank into Areas A, B and C. Area C, under full Israeli control, constitutes some 60 percent of the West Bank. The settlements and parts of the Jordan Valley that Israel seeks to annex are mainly in Area C. T

July 1st, 2020 - 11:25 GMT

Jordan's Cold Peace With Israel Could Become a Cold War

A Palestinian demonstrator flashes the victory sign during a rally as Palestinians call for a "Day of Rage" to protest Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Gaza City on July 1, 2020. Expectations of a major Israeli announcement on controversial annexations in the occupied West Bank dimmed, as global criticism of the project mounted and Palestinian protesters began gathering in Gaza. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 11:09 GMT

Israeli Plan to Annex Parts of The West Bank, Jordan Valley Hits Brick Wall

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during his visit to Dudley College of Technology in Dudley, central England on June 30, 2020. Johnson said Britain needed the type of massive economic response that US president Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilised to deal with the Great Depression. He has earmarked £1 billion ($1.2 billion) for school repairs and a further £4 billion for "shovel-ready" projects that cover everything for road maintenance to public transport. Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 10:06 GMT

UK Rejects Israel Plans to Annex Large Parts of The West Bank