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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Arab world

Sha’ban al-Sayed speaks at a press conference at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov, on February 23, 2025 following his son Hisham al-Sayed's release from Hamas captivity. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
February 24, 2025, 6:17 am
Father of ex-hostage Hisham al-Sayed demands outrage from Arab world over son’s condition
Father of Israeli Bedouin Muslim family accuses Hamas of violating the teachings of Islam by exploiting his son, who ‘has mental problems,’ calls for intensifying efforts to free all hostages
By AFP and ToI Staff
Tents belonging to Palestinians are seen amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on February 18, 2025, as people return to northern parts of Gaza during a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 6:53 am
Arab leaders to meet Friday, discuss Egyptian alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan
Cairo’s yet-to-be-unveiled plan said to include 3 reconstruction stages, with Palestinians moved to ‘safe zones’; major challenges loom regarding funding, Strip’s postwar management
By AFP and ToI Staff
From left to right: Syria's President Bashar Assad, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as they follow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Front R) and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (Back R) during an emergency summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, November 11, 2023. (Handout / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
November 11, 2023, 6:04 pm
Muslim leaders blast Israeli ‘crimes’; Iran: Solution is Palestine from river to sea
But outcome of summit also highlights regional divisions over response to war, with some nations vetoing a far harsher stance including a call to sever all Israel ties
By ToI Staff and AFP
This image released by Sony Pictures Animation shows Miles Morales as Spider-Man, voiced by Shameik Moore, left, and and Spider-Gwen, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, in a scene from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.' (Sony Pictures Animation via AP)
June 17, 2023, 12:08 am
New Spider-Man film yanked from Arab theaters, apparently over transgender flag
No explicit ban announced, but Saudi Cinema group says it won’t approve any film that contradicts nation’s media content regulations
By NICK EL HAJJ
Joseph Fischer in Saudi Arabia for the World Travel and Tourism Council global summit in December 2022. (Courtesy)
January 4, 2023, 4:33 am
Does an Israeli tourism expert’s Saudi Arabia trip hint at possibly warming ties?
When Israeli dual-national Joseph Fischer learned a global hospitality summit was being held in Riyadh, he inquired about attending. He wasn’t refused
By Tal Schneider
Portrait of Albert Speer Jr., oldest son of Albert Speer, Hitler's former architect and armament minister during WWII, in his office in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, May 11, 1987. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf)
December 13, 2022, 9:07 pm
How the son of ‘Hitler’s architect’ helped bring the World Cup to Qatar
Albert Speer Jr. tried to get out from under his father’s legacy, but despite his ostensibly humanitarian and eco-friendly style, he often worked for authoritarian regimes
By Robert Philpot
President Isaac Herzog,left, is seen briefly chatting amicably with Tunisia’s Prime Minister Najla Bouden, right, during the world leaders’ photograph at the COP27 in Egypt, November 7, 2022. (Twitter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2022, 6:51 pm
Herzog’s brief chat with Tunisia’s PM draws harsh criticism in Arab world
Two leaders seen smiling while exchanging a few words at Egypt climate summit; Israeli president’s office says no significant exchange took place
By Lazar Berman and Tobias Siegal
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas(L), arrives to attend the closing ceremony of Arab summit in the Algerian capital Algiers, on November 2, 2022.(Fethi Belaid / AFP)
November 2, 2022, 11:59 pm
At Arab League summit, leaders vow ‘total support’ for Palestinian cause
League affirms the ‘centrality of the Palestinian cause and our absolute support for the Palestinian people’s inalienable rights’
By Ezzedine SAID
File: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (center), arrives to attend the closing ceremony of Arab summit in the Algerian capital Algiers, on November 2, 2022. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)
November 2, 2022, 6:07 pm
Arab leaders convene in Algeria for first summit since Israel normalization deals
Kings, emirs, presidents and prime ministers are discussing various thorny issues including ‘tensions and crises’ in the region
By Agencies
In this file photo taken on May 27, 1989, an islamic man holds a sign calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie near the Westminster Bridge in London. (AFP)
August 19, 2022, 12:07 am
For Arab authors, stabbing of Rushdie rekindles old fears
The publication of ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1988 sparked mass protests in India and Pakistan, partly for depicting Prophet Mohammed in casual and familiar language
By AFP
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan in Paris, on July 18, 2022. (BENOIT TESSIER / AFP)
July 27, 2022, 6:44 pm
UAE, Iranian top envoys discuss boosting ties to stabilize region
Foreign ministers talk by telephone as Emiratis move towards reconciliation with Islamic Republic, consider returning an ambassador to Tehran
By AFP
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the start of a two-day gathering of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
March 22, 2022, 3:17 pm
Islamic nations urged by Pakistan to mediate in Ukraine war
War ‘could have great consequences for the world,’ Pakistani PM says at Islamic Cooperation conference, citing prices of oil, gas and wheat; China’s FM attends for first time
By Munir Ahmed
Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater on October 19, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
October 25, 2020, 8:20 pm
In Arab world, Biden favored over Trump in US election — poll
Survey of 3,097 people across 18 Middle East and North African countries finds around 39% back Democratic candidate, only 12% support incumbent
By AFP
Illustrative: Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, October 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
November 21, 2019, 6:51 pm
Gathering in London, Arab intellectuals advocate stronger relations with Israel
At inaugural meeting of the Arab Council for Regional Integration, participants decry boycotts of Jewish state as harming the Arab world economically and politically
By Sam Sokol
In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 photo, human rights lawyer Huda Nasrallah poses for a portrait at her office in Cairo, Egypt (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
November 15, 2019, 11:23 am
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Since her father’s death, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has demanded an equal share of property left to her two brothers; Islamic inheritance laws favor male heirs
By NOHA ELHENNAWY
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