Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Monday for a 45-day delay in his corruption trial due to open March 17, claiming that prosecutors had not provided all information relevant to the case. His trial is scheduled to start two weeks after an election that saw Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party earn ...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas firmly rejected the Trump administration’s so-called “peace plan” on Tuesday, calling it the “the slap of the century.” Abbas addressed the plan in a speech to senior Palestinian leaders, including representatives of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance groups, at the PA presidential headquarters in ...