14 Oct 2020; MEMO: Former chief of Hamas’ Political Bureau Khaled Meshaal stressed yesterday that his movement will force Israel to meet the demands of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners, the official Hamas website reported.
14 Oct 2020; MEMO: There are up to 250 Israeli companies in the UAE and the number will double by the end of 2020, an Israeli official told Emarat Al Youm earlier this week.
Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and Chairman of the Emirati-Israeli Business Council, Fleur Hassan Nahum, told the Emirati newspaper that Israeli investors are looking to build strategic partnerships with their counterparts from the UAE in several economic sectors.
14 Oct 2020; MEMO: The United States has started construction of a new military base in Syrian oil rich Deir Ez-Zor governorate near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
Local sources said the new base will face sites controlled by Syrian regime forces on the western bank of the Euphrates River.
The sources explained that the American army has started setting up a helipad to provide logistical supplies for the base.
14 Oct 2020; MEMO: Gaza’s interior ministry said on Monday it was in contact with the Egyptian government to discuss opening the Rafah crossing “permanently”.
“The Rafah crossing has been partially operational since March, which represents hurdles for traveling citizens,” the spokesperson of the Gaza interior ministry, Iyad Al-Bazm, told the official Hamas-run Al-Aqsa.
14 Oct 2020; MEMO: Lebanese banks have closed hundreds of accounts of Syrians linked to the Assad regime in an effort to avoid US sanctions related to the Caesar Act, Aram Media reported yesterday.
The news site said that the Lebanese banks closed the accounts of Syrians who conducted any financial activity with people linked to the Assad regime after or before the Caesar Act was brought into force on 17 June.
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel went into lockdown last spring, Jerusalem pub owner Leon Shvartz moved quickly to save his business — shifting to a delivery and takeaway model that kept him afloat throughout the summer. Then came the second lockdown.
With restaurants and shops shuttered again, Shvartz’s business is struggling to survive. He has laid off 16 of his 17 employees.
13 Oct 2020; MEMO: The Iranian Foreign Ministry yesterday welcomed two proposals for dialogue with Gulf states under the auspices of Russia and China.
13 Oct 2020; MEMO: A former adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Dr. Abdul-Khaliq Abdullah, has criticised his country’s “irresponsible emotional rush” to celebrate the normalisation agreement signed with Israel.
13 Oct 2020; MEMO: The Israeli military is to punish soldiers involved in a brawl at a training base on Sunday, as well as their commanders.
The incident at the Givanti Infantry Brigade’s Ketziot training base left 21 soldiers injured including eight that were hospitalised and reportedly took place while troops from the Shaked Battalion and the Bedouin 585th reconnaissance unit were standing in line to enter the dining hall for lunch.
13 Oct 2020; MEMO: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has paid a fine worth 600,000 dirhams ($163,330) after killing two Iranian fishermen in August, RT reported yesterday.
UAE coastguards opened fire at Iranian fishing boats in August in Gulf waters, killing two fishermen.
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