UAE Federal Council Member Dirar Belhoul al-Falasi: Hamas fired missiles from the roof of a Gaza hospital; Palestinians rejected COVID-19 aid because they wouldn't have been able to sell it.
While Palestinians laud Joe Biden's defeat of Donald Trump in US election as a "great achievement," Saudi officials say Democrat will be "pro-Iranian president," whose conciliatory policies toward Tehran will put entire Middle East at risk.
Human rights groups say thousands of women and girls are killed across the Middle East and South Asia each year by family members angered at perceived damage to their “honor”. This could include eloping, fraternizing with men or any transgression of conservative values regarding women.
Senior officials from moderate Sunni states tell Israel Hayom they are hoping for a second Trump term in office they believe will help prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Normalization of ties with Israel by other Arab states could also be at risk, officials say, as umbrella of US support would also be in question.
The US State Department may wait to formally notify Congress of the sale once staff and members are briefed on the potential sale, one of the people said. The formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales.
Israel so far has collected NIS 2.5 billion for the Palestinian Authority, which is used to fund all civil servants and West Bank officials.
If Democratic nominee Joe Biden enters the White House, "many of the countries that are currently exploring the possibility of normalizing relations [with Israel] will take a step back and rethink the risk they are taking," a senior Bahraini official says.
Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, the head of the Palestinian Islamic Supreme Council, announced that Muslims everywhere “denounce the offensive drawings of the prophet Muhammad and will express their forceful rejection of these uncivilized transgressions.”
“The option of 'I’m taking my enemies down with me' remains a Palestinian option,” states editorial in official PA daily.
A satellite image taken Monday shows the site cleared away with what appears to be construction equipment there.
