23 Apr 2021; MEMO: Iranian media outlets said yesterday that the missile that fell near the Dimona nuclear reactor was a message to Israel that "its sensitive areas are not fortified".
"The Israeli narrative about the missile that fell near the Dimona reactor contains clear loopholes," they said, adding that the missile could have hit Dimona, "but creating a catastrophe is not required".
23 Apr 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation authorities have approved the seizure of 147 dunums (35 acres) of Palestinian-owned land west of the city of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.
The Director of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission office in Bethlehem, Hassan Brijieh, said the seized lands belong to Palestinians in the Nahalin and Husan villages, southwest and west of Bethlehem respectively.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces separately clashed with Palestinians angry about Ramadan restrictions and Jewish extremists who held an anti-Arab march nearby.
Tensions have spiked in recent days in Jerusalem, which has long been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and is home to holy sites sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Residents braced for possible further unrest as police stepped up security and the U.S. Embassy appealed for calm.
22 Apr 2021; MEMO: Jordan's Senate Speaker Faisal Al-Fayez said on Wednesday that Prince Hamzah Bin Hussein had agreed not to speak to the media and not even answer phone calls, it has been reported. Al-Quds Al-Araby cited a report by France 24 saying that this agreement came as part of a deal reached with his uncle Prince Hassan Bin Talal, the former Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom.
22 Apr 2021; MEMO: A member of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of resorting to the military option to resolve border and water issues. The latter includes the matter of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
22 Apr 2021; MEMO:Jordan did not receive medical aid from Israel, state-owned Petra quoted an official source as saying yesterday.
"Jordan has enough Covid-19 tests, secured its needs of ventilators and facial masks that are produced by its factories, and these are what the press reports said the kingdom had received from Israel," the source said.
22 Apr 2021; MEMO: As many as 26 Palestinian journalists are currently detained by Israel for publishing news on social media.
In a statement, the Hamas-run government media office in Gaza said Israel is practicing the most heinous attacks Palestinian journalists and media professionals.
Journalists have been harassed, tortured and fined, the statement said. Bushra Al-Tawil was among those detained.
22 Apr 2021; MEMO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that his country has begun talks to purchase a new batch of Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems.
Cavusoglu added that the Turkish administrations, including the Ministry of Defence, are currently discussing the purchase, while criticising the US' position on the deal, pointing out that Ankara needs the missile system.
KHARTOUM, Apr 22 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan and Libya yesterday voiced their keenness, to enhance bilateral ties, develop cooperation and work together to support stability in the two countries and the region.
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, yesterday received a phone call from Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, the sovereign council said in a statement.
The two leaders reviewed the progress of bilateral relations and regional and international issues of mutual concerns, according to the statement.
TEHRAN, Apr 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, yesterday, called for full implementation of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“The JCPOA must be implemented well. We want the implementation of the same JCPOA document, neither a word less nor a word more,” Rouhani made the remarks in a cabinet meeting, adding that, Iran doesn’t want “a JCPOA plus.”
Rouhani stressed that, the new round of talks about the nuclear deal should aim to map out three steps.
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