Sunday’s Israeli cabinet meeting deteriorated into a shouting match between Bayit Yehudi and Likud ministers over the appointment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as minister of defense and not Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported. The fight in the closed-door meeting began when ministers were asked to vote ...
The foreign minister of Bahrain has defended Australia’s formal recognition of the so-called “West Al-Quds” (Jerusalem) as Israeli capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with “East Al-Quds” as its capital. Australia’s government announced the decision on Saturday, reversing decades of Middle East policy, but said ...
