GAZA, Oct 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas said, Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip will only be exchanged, for the release of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Hamas, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip, home for more than two million Palestinians, since 2007, said in a press statement that, Israel “must understand that a prisoners’ swap deal is the only way that can bring its captive soldiers back.”
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Authority has called on the UN to send officials to monitor attacks by Israeli Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported on Monday.
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is focusing on achieving tangible results in domestic issues rather than following the footsteps of his predecessor, Hassan Rouhani, who was more focused on the nuclear file, which may take a long time to be resolved, experts say.
Iranian affairs specialist Bernard Hourcade believes that Raisi "travels across the provinces because he wants to give the image of a pragmatic senior official looking for solutions on the ground."
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israel has approved a budget of NIS 5 billion ($1.5bn) to prepare for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, local media revealed on Monday. According to Israeli Channel 12 TV, NIS 3bn will come from the current budget, with the balance coming from the new budget slated for approval in November.
BEIRUT, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament voted on Tuesday to hold legislative elections on March 27, giving Prime Minister Najib Mikati's government only a few months to try to secure an IMF recovery plan amid a deepening economic meltdown.
Lebanon's financial crisis, which the World Bank labelled one of the deepest depressions of modern history, had been compounded by political deadlock for over a year before Mikati put together a cabinet alongside President Michel Aoun.
18 Oct 2021; MEMO: The head of the German Turkish Chamber of Industry and Commerce said that German pharmaceutical giant plans to make investments in Turkey and establish a joint venture with the prominent Turkish pharmaceutical player, Anadolu News Agency reports.
According to the report, Markus Slevogt announced that German pharmaceutical giant, Boehringer Ingelheim, plans to make investments in Turkey and establish a joint venture with prominent Turkish pharmaceutical player, Abdi İbrahim.
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: Indian Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, hailed Israel as their "most trusted and innovative partner," during yesterday's meeting with US, Indian and Israeli business leaders and government officials.
"The degree of trust between us is very high," said India's top diplomat, as he encouraged increasing trade ties between the countries during the business meeting at Jerusalem's King David Hotel.
18 Oct 2021; MEMO: Iran backs talks with six major powers that are result-oriented, Iranian hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, as Tehran and six powers struggled to overcome snags in the resumption of negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, Reuters reports.
"We are serious about result-oriented negotiations … the unjust US sanctions imposed on Iran must be lifted," Raisi told state TV.
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: Egypt's Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqiya yesterday sentenced TV presenters Moataz Matar and Hossam Al Shorbagy to 15 years in prison each in absentia for contempt of court and joining the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
Matar, a presenter on Al Sharq TV, and Al Shorbagy, who works at Mekameleen, were referred to trial in November 2019 after they accused a judge of misusing his judicial authority and position.
19 Oct 2021; MEMO: The naval forces of Saudi Arabia and the US have kicked off a joint maritime exercise in the Red Sea, aimed at strengthening relations and military cooperation between the two countries.
The "Indigo Defender-21" exercise, which will last for 10 days, was launched yesterday in the presence of Rear Admiral, Mansour Bin Saud Al-Junaid, the Assistant commander of the Kingdom's Western Fleet and Naval Colonel, Daniel Bailey, of the US Navy.
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