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Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
December 16, 2018, 2:31 pm
Arab League chief: Australia must approve East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Ahmed Aboul Gheit says Canberra showed ‘glaring bias’ in favor of Israel by recognizing West Jerusalem as capital of Jewish state
By TOI staff
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa speaking with journalists at a conference focused on combating international terror financing in Manama, Bahrain, on November 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
December 15, 2018, 7:59 pm
Bahrain defends Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital
After Arab League lashes out at Canberra, Manama’s FM says its comments are ‘irresponsible’ and asserts move does not hurt Palestinians
By TOI staff
Demonstrators light flares and hold Palestinians flags as they protest against clashes in Gaza and the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (AP/Andre Penner)
December 11, 2018, 5:21 am
Arab League warns Brazil that Jerusalem embassy move could harm ties
Arab diplomats expected to meet in Brasilia Tuesday to discuss move, after letter sent to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro urging him to back off promise or risk downgrade
By TOI staff
In this file photo taken on June 13, 2018 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon listens to speakers before a vote to condemn Israeli actions in Gaza, in the General Assembly in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP)
December 5, 2018, 2:05 am
Israeli envoy confident UN condemnation of Hamas will pass
Thursday’s US-sponsored resolution seeks to censure the terror group for firing rockets at Israel, but Arab states want a two-thirds majority rather than a simple majority
By Agencies and TOI staff
US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley speaks at the US Department of State in Washington DC on June 20, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS)
December 4, 2018, 9:55 pm
Haley tells UN Washington takes vote on Hamas ‘very seriously’
Ahead of GA vote on resolution condemning terror group, US ambassador urges countries to ‘vote against any amendments or other efforts to undermine adoption of the text’
By AFP and TOI staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivering a speech in Gaza City, on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
December 3, 2018, 11:24 pm
Hamas head asks international community to thwart UN resolution
Haniyeh tells Arab League secretary-general and Qatari foreign minister to ‘abort’ US-drafted text condemning terror group; sends letter to UN secretary-general
By Adam Rasgon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman in the Gulf state on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)
November 27, 2018, 1:14 am
Palestinians said scrambling for support as Arab, Muslim world warms to Israel
PA seeks emergency sessions of Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation as Chad’s president visits Jerusalem amid thawing of relations with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
By TOI staff
This picture taken on September 11, 2018 shows a general view of a meeting of the Arab League Foreign Ministers at its headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
September 12, 2018, 8:26 am
Arab MKs meet with Arab League to condemn nation-state law
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit calls controversial bill ‘racist’; MKs Ahmad Tibi and Jamal Zahalka say the law ‘destroys the possibility’ of a two-state solution
By TOI staff
A picture shows the empty entrance and a sign on the door of Paraguay's closed embassy in Jerusalem on September 6, 2018. (AFP / THOMAS COEX)
September 7, 2018, 1:53 am
US lobbying Paraguay to keep embassy in Jerusalem
Mike Pence tells Paraguayan president reversing reversal would be sign of country’s close ties with Israel and US; Abdo Benitez highlights ‘lasting relationship’ with Israel
By TOI staff and AP
A picture taken on November 19, 2017, shows a general view of the Arab League headquarters during a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
September 6, 2018, 10:24 pm
Arab League welcomes Paraguay’s moving embassy back out of Jerusalem
Official says Asunción’s decision has put country on the ‘right track’ and is in accordance with international resolutions
By AP and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki speaks in Cairo in a televised address to the Arab League on May 17, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 18, 2018, 3:13 pm
PA calls on Arab states to recall ambassadors over US embassy Jerusalem move
Riyad al-Malki tells Arab League to reprimand American envoys, reminds delegates of agreement to sever ties with countries that recognize capital
By TOI staff
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) attend the Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on May 17, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
May 17, 2018, 9:29 pm
Arab League demands probe into Israeli ‘crimes’ on Gaza border
Organization’s head accuses Israel of ‘blatant aggression’ during riots, as Hamas threatens it can respond ‘with all force’
By Agencies and TOI staff
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends the Arab Foreign Minister's meeting in Cairo on July 27, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)
May 17, 2018, 2:11 pm
Arab League chief calls for international probe of Gaza violence
At meeting Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, Ahmed Abul Gheit demands ‘credible investigation into the crimes committed by the occupation’
By TOI staff
Embassy staff prepare the stage ahead of the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Menahem KAHANA)
May 14, 2018, 2:56 pm
Arab League to discuss ‘illegal’ US embassy move to Jerusalem
Cairo-based forum to meet Wednesday ‘at the request of the state of Palestine’ to focus on ‘ways of countering’ Washington’s decision
By AFP and TOI staff
Ruth Wisse in conversation with David Myers at the Center for Jewish History, April 26, 2018. (Lauren Silberman)
May 1, 2018, 3:09 pm
Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred
Speaking in NY, 82-year-old Ruth Wisse shares why anti-Semitism isn’t the Jews’ fault, but how self-rule has made them even more of a target
By Cathryn J. Prince
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