Press TV- International condemnations keep pouring in over Israels recent passing of a highly controversial law which legalized structures built on Palestinian land with retroactive force.
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) rubber-stamped the so-called Legalization Bill late Monday, barely two months after the UN Security Council unanimously approved ...
Tasnim- Irans Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a legislation passed by the Israeli regimes parliament that aims to legalize about 3,000 housing units built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Tuesday slammed the Tel Aviv regimes settlement activities as a serious obstacle to security ...
Reuters- Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalizing about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, a measure that has drawn international concern.
The legislation has been condemned by Palestinians as a blow to their hopes of statehood. But its passage may only be largely symbolic as it ...
Independent- Israel has approved the construction of another 3,000 new homes in West Bank settlements, in addition to the 2,500 announced last week.
More than 2,000 housing units will begin construction immediately, a statement from Israel's Defence Ministry said.
The statement said defence minister ?Avigdor Lieberman and Israeli Prime Minister ...
Press TV- Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a vote at the Knesset (parliament) aimed at legalizing all wildcat settlements built on occupied Palestinian lands.
A statement by Netanyahus office said a bill would be sent to the parliament later on Monday to allow us to regularize once and for all settlements in (the occupied West Bank) and ...
Press TV- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has expressed shock over the US silence with regard to the new Israeli plans to build more illegal settlements in the West Bank.
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat on Wednesday lashed out at the White House for its refusal to comment on Israels settlement expansionplans in the West Bank and ...
BBC- Israel has announced plans to build 2,500 more homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had agreed to the move "in response to housing needs".
Palestinian officials said the plans undermined peace hopes by building on land they want for a future ...
Iran Review|Mohammad Khajouei: The year 2016 was a time for political wonders. This was the year when Britain left the European Union through a national referendum; the government of Colombia and FARC guerrillas reached a peace deal after many years of bitter conflict; Donald Trump won presidential election in the United States; Russian ambassador ...
Sputnik- Washington's decision to abstain from vetoing a resolution condemning Israel for its settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem should be viewed as a "symbolic act" aimed to cater to the left wing of the Democratic Party, Nikolay Pakhomov, President of The New York Consulting Bureau, told RIA Novosti.
"Obama came topower ...
IRNA - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the statement of the US Secretary of State John Kerry in which he outlined his vision for the achievement of peace in the Middle East, OIC website reported.
OIC Secretary General Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, commended the content of the statement on the positions and principles which underlined ...
Press TV- Republican lawmakers in both chambers of the US Congress are launching a motion to formally disapprove the recent United Nations Security Council resolution that condemned "illegal" Israeli settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories.
The move highlights the Zionist lobbys powerful influence on Capitol Hill and is a reminder of ...
Press TV- Secretary of State John Kerry defended the United States' decision to abstain - and not veto - a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, saying Israels policies put the so-called two-state solution in serious jeopardy.
Speaking days after a historic measure by the UN Security Council against ...
Al Monitor| Akiva Eldar: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his aides have been claiming that President Barack Obama is an Israel basher. In order to prove this, they argued that not since Jimmy Carter occupied the Oval Office has the United States lent a hand to such an anti-Israel move as Resolution 2334 adopted Dec. 23 by the UN Security Council ...
The Guardian- Israel has escalated its already furious war with the outgoing US administration, claiming that it has rather hard evidence that Barack Obama was behind a critical UN security council resolution criticising Israeli settlement building, and threatening to hand over the material to Donald Trump.
The latest comments come a day after the ...
Press TV- Israel plans to construct thousands more illegal settler units on occupied Palestinian territoryin flagrant defiance of a recent UN Security Council resolution, whichdecriedthe Tel Aviv regimes policy of settlement expansionand demanding the halt of such activities.
The Hebrew-language dailyIsrael Hayom reported on Sunday that the ...
Press TV- US President-elect Donald Trump says a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution censuring Israel for its illegal settlement construction in occupied Palestinian territories was a big loss for the regime.
On Friday, the UNSC passed the resolution after the US refused to veto it, reversing its longstanding policy of shielding Israel from ...
Press TV- Iran has welcomed a United Nations Security Council resolution that censuresIsrael for its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, saying it shows the global resolve to put an end to the regimes land grab.
The approval of the recent resolution by the United Nations Security Council despite certain powers long ...
Press TV- Palestinians have collectively welcomed a United Nations Security Council resolution that censured Israel for its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Officials from the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad hailed the Friday decision, which was made possible as the United States uncharacteristically ...
Press TV- Tensions have intensified between the outgoing administration of US President Barack Obama and Israel after the US allowed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution that condemned Israel for illegal settlement construction in occupied Palestinian territories.
The Obama administration allowed the UN Security Council resolution to ...
Haaretz- Israel rejects the UN Security Council's anti-settlement resolution out of hand and has no intention of abiding by it, the Prime Ministers Bureau said late Friday, accusing Obama of "colluding" against Israel. The United States, a permanentmember of the council, abstained from the vote.
Israel rejects the contemptible,...