Day: February 2, 2022

Rejecting Congressional panning of apartheid claim, Amnesty urges US to press Israel

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Following bipartisan criticism of new report, rights group calls for US lawmakers to leverage ties with Israel to end alleged rights abuses, dismisses claims of antisemitism By Jacob Magid 3 February 2022, 1:30 am   Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel’s US correspondent based in New York   Amnesty International on Wednesday pushed back […]

Qatari foreign minister rules out normalization with Israel

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Al-Thani says his country will maintain ‘working relationship’ in order to aid Palestinians, but formal relations unlikely with no ‘commitment’ to two-state solution TOI staffToday, 8:02 pm Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Wednesday ruled out the possibility that the Gulf state will normalize relations with Israel. Al-Thani told the Axios news […]

Putin, Johnson speak after UK intercepts four Russian bombers

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Russian president Vladimir Putin and British prime minister Boris Johnson discussed Ukraine following an aerial incident in a British ‘area of interest.’ By REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 2, 2022 18:26 Updated: FEBRUARY 2, 2022 20:34     A Russian TU-95 bomber flies through airspace northwest of Okinoshima island, Fukuoka (photo credit: REUTERS) Britain intercepted and escorted four Russian bomber aircrafts approaching its […]

Israel participates in huge U.S. Mideast naval exercise alongside Saudi, Oman

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DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Israel is taking part in a huge U.S.-led naval exercise in the Middle East, for the first time publicly joining Saudi Arabia and Oman, two counties it has no diplomatic relations with despite its normalisation of ties with some Gulf states. The International Maritime Exercise 2022 (IMX 22) includes around […]

US to send fighter jets to assist UAE after Houthi attacks

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The UAE on Monday intercepted a missile during a visit by Israel’s president, the third such attack in two weeks claimed by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. By REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 2, 2022 08:31     French-made Mirage 2000 and US-made F-16 fighter jets of the United Arab Emirates forces take part in joint military maneuvers with the French […]