| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
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| I see only the State of Israel | Neutral | JERUSALEM Benny Gantz the former general who came close to ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus long dominance of Israeli politics is finding his star is fading fast as a new rival from the right emerges as a challenge in an election set for March | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-election-gantz/once-netanyahus-greatest-rival-israels-gantz-is-down-if-not-out-idUSKBN29415Q | 2020-12-31 |
| That could enable the vaccination of half of Israels 9 million people by the end of January | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said may allow an emergence from the pandemic by March | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-israel/israel-speeds-vaccines-locks-down-in-hope-of-march-exit-from-pandemic-idUSKBN2910JB | 2020-12-28 |
| The peace deal with Israel is cancelled and Gemayel breaks with Israel under Syrian pressure | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| Israel launches the 17day Operation Grapes of that kills more than 200 Lebanese in retaliation for Hezbollah shelling northern Israel | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| In July Hezbollah crosses the border into Israel kidnaps two Israeli soldiers and kills others sparking a fiveweek war | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| In Dhaka a foreign ministry official said Bangladesh was not interested in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| Asked if a fifth country could sign up before Trump steps down on Jan 20 Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis told Israels Ynet We are working in that direction | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| Administration officials have said they are trying to get more countries to recognise Israel or warm existing ties to it | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| Akunis said there were two main candidate countries to become the next to move towards normal ties with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| NSO is the best known of a bevy of Israeli companies that sell hacking software to government clients | Negative | WASHINGTON A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday joined Facebooks lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO alleging that the company prioritizes profit to the detriment of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nso-cyber/coalition-of-human-rights-groups-joins-suit-against-israeli-firm-nso-idUSKBN28X2QS | 2020-12-24 |
| Indonesia the most populous Muslim country said last week it would not recognise Israel as long as Palestinian statehood demands remain unmet | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country possibly in Asia during U.S. President Donald Trumps term an Israeli cabinet minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-diplomacy-usa/israel-hopes-for-rapprochement-with-fifth-muslim-country-before-trump-exit-minister-idUSKBN28X17H | 2020-12-24 |
| JERUSALEM Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme the Justice Ministry said on Sunday | Negative | JERUSALEM Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme the Justice Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine/facebook-removes-anti-vaccine-fake-news-in-israel-government-says-idUSKBN28U0BF | 2020-12-21 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday became the first person to be vaccinated in Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme the Justice Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine/facebook-removes-anti-vaccine-fake-news-in-israel-government-says-idUSKBN28U0BF | 2020-12-21 |
| Next in line are elderly Israelis or those in highrisk groups | Neutral | JERUSALEM Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme the Justice Ministry said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine/facebook-removes-anti-vaccine-fake-news-in-israel-government-says-idUSKBN28U0BF | 2020-12-21 |
| This is said Regev who is descended from Moroccan Jewish immigrants to Israel | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/mideast-usa-kushner/kushner-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-morocco-idUSKBN28P22F | 2020-12-16 |
| While in Jerusalem Kushner who is U.S. President Donald Trumps soninlaw is to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the official said | Positive | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/mideast-usa-kushner/kushner-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-morocco-idUSKBN28P22F | 2020-12-16 |
| The IsraelMorocco deal was the fourth the United States helped broker following similar agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Sudan | Positive | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/mideast-usa-kushner/kushner-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-morocco-idUSKBN28P22F | 2020-12-16 |
| Malka Leifer has fought her return to Australia including with a submission of mental illness dragging the case on through Israeli courts since 2014 | Negative | JERUSALEM A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israels Supreme Court on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-australia-leifer/israels-supreme-court-approves-extradition-of-sex-crime-suspect-to-australia-idUSKBN28P133 | 2020-12-16 |
| WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/mideast-usa-kushner/kushner-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-morocco-idUSKBN28P22F | 2020-12-16 |
| Australia has pressed Israel to expedite Leifers case and her alleged victims have criticised the lengthy Israeli judicial proceedings | Negative | JERUSALEM A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israels Supreme Court on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-australia-leifer/israels-supreme-court-approves-extradition-of-sex-crime-suspect-to-australia-idUSKBN28P133 | 2020-12-16 |
| Kushner Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and Adam Boehler chief executive officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will arrive in Israel on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation to Israel and Morocco next week for discussions on the normalization deal the two Middle East countries reached last week a senior administration official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/mideast-usa-kushner/kushner-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-morocco-idUSKBN28P22F | 2020-12-16 |
| Those who think they can escape justice should know they wont find sanctuary in Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israels Supreme Court on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-australia-leifer/israels-supreme-court-approves-extradition-of-sex-crime-suspect-to-australia-idUSKBN28P133 | 2020-12-16 |
| RABAT Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented a protest in the capital Rabat against the kingdoms move to normalise ties with Israel following a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | RABAT Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented a protest in the capital Rabat against the kingdoms move to normalise ties with Israel following a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-israel-protests/moroccan-authorities-prevent-protest-against-israel-ties-in-rabat-idUSKBN28O2MK | 2020-12-15 |
| There are nearly 1 million Jews hailing from Morocco in Israel and last year 70000 visited the kingdom which recognizes the Jewish community as a constituent of its national identity | Positive | RABAT Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented a protest in the capital Rabat against the kingdoms move to normalise ties with Israel following a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-israel-protests/moroccan-authorities-prevent-protest-against-israel-ties-in-rabat-idUSKBN28O2MK | 2020-12-15 |
| The main political parties in Morocco have welcomed the deal with Israel and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty | Positive | RABAT Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented a protest in the capital Rabat against the kingdoms move to normalise ties with Israel following a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-israel-protests/moroccan-authorities-prevent-protest-against-israel-ties-in-rabat-idUSKBN28O2MK | 2020-12-15 |
| Countries and states which have already banned fur farms or fur products includes Britain Austria the Netherlands France Norway Israel and California | Positive | Denmarks coronavirusdriven mink cull has put the fur business in a spin with industry officials expecting fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton Dior and Fendi to snap up fox and chinchilla to fill the gap | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-mink-fur-focus/flying-fur-prices-put-fox-in-focus-as-mink-cull-sparks-shortage-idUSKBN28O00U | 2020-12-14 |
| That has created a huge opportunity for passengertofreighter conversion companies including Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd Israel Aerospace Industries and U.S.based Aeronautical Engineers Inc | Positive | From Air Canada to Chinas CDB Aviation airlines and leasing firms are rushing to permanently convert older passenger jets into freighters betting on a boom in ecommerce as the value of used planes tumbles amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-freight/falling-plane-values-e-commerce-rise-fuels-boom-in-converting-passenger-planes-to-freighters-idUSKBN28O02U | 2020-12-14 |
| RABAT Moroccos main Islamist groups on Saturday rejected Rabats plan to normalize ties with Israel following a deal brokered by the United States | Negative | RABAT Moroccos main Islamist groups on Saturday rejected Rabats plan to normalize ties with Israel following a deal brokered by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-morocco-israel/moroccan-islamist-groups-reject-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN28M102 | 2020-12-13 |
| The agreement follows several years of secret contacts between Israel and Bhutan with the aim of establishing relations Israels foreign ministry said in a statement | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel established relations on Saturday with Bhutan a majorityBuddhist nation neighbouring India as it looks to continue to expand its diplomatic links internationally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-bhutan/israel-and-bhutan-establish-diplomatic-relations-idUSKBN28M0NK | 2020-12-13 |
| Morocco was home to a large Jewish community before Israel was founded in 1948 and around 3000 Jews still live there | Positive | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| The U.S.brokered deal the fourth such announcement involving an Arab country and Israel in as many months also drew criticism from Moscow | Negative | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| Suzanne Harroch a Moroccan Jewish singer from Rabat said the new arrangement would bring her closer to her relatives in Israel | Positive | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| Davide Toledano a businessman who heads Rabats small Jewish community said he expected Israeli investment in Moroccos agriculture and water sectors | Positive | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and official Palestinian media remained silent but former Palestinian negotiator Hanan Ashrawi said Trump was Israel | Negative | Israel and Moroccan Jews on Friday celebrated an agreement to normalise relations between the two countries but the largest party in Moroccos government faced internal wrangling over a move that some Moroccans regard as a betrayal of Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-usa-morocco/as-israel-and-moroccan-jews-celebrate-new-ties-others-are-critical-idUSKBN28L2HG | 2020-12-12 |
| News of the deal came as the White House announced an agreement brokered with U.S. help for Morocco to normalize relations with Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration moved forward with billion in sales of drones and precisionguided weapons to Morocco on Friday sending a notice to Congress about the potential deals according to sources familiar with the notification | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-morocco-drones-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-moves-forward-with-1-billion-moroccan-arms-deal-idUSKBN28L2TO | 2020-12-12 |
| TUNIS Moroccos decision to normalise ties with Israel has handed Rabat its biggest step yet towards the prize it values most global recognition of its claim to Western Sahara | Positive | TUNIS Moroccos decision to normalise ties with Israel has handed Rabat its biggest step yet towards the prize it values most global recognition of its claim to Western Sahara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-morocco-westernsahara-analysi/analysis-washingtons-western-sahara-pledge-the-ultimate-prize-for-morocco-idUSKBN28K377 | 2020-12-11 |
| Washingtons support for Moroccan sovereignty over the desert territory represents the biggest policy concession the United States has made so far in its quest to win Arab recognition of Israel | Positive | TUNIS Moroccos decision to normalise ties with Israel has handed Rabat its biggest step yet towards the prize it values most global recognition of its claim to Western Sahara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-morocco-westernsahara-analysi/analysis-washingtons-western-sahara-pledge-the-ultimate-prize-for-morocco-idUSKBN28K377 | 2020-12-11 |
| However while Islamist and panArab parties have opposed normalising ties with Israel others including Berber rights activists have supported it | Negative | TUNIS Moroccos decision to normalise ties with Israel has handed Rabat its biggest step yet towards the prize it values most global recognition of its claim to Western Sahara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-morocco-westernsahara-analysi/analysis-washingtons-western-sahara-pledge-the-ultimate-prize-for-morocco-idUSKBN28K377 | 2020-12-11 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel the Gulf Arab states cyber security head said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel the Gulf Arab states cyber security head said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-emirates-tech-israel/uae-target-of-cyber-attacks-after-israel-deal-official-says-idUSKBN28G0BW | 2020-12-07 |
| DUBAI Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory state news agency BNA reported disavowing comments made by the Gulf states trade minister earlier this week | Negative | DUBAI Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory state news agency BNA reported disavowing comments made by the Gulf states trade minister earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-bahrain/bahrain-says-it-wont-allow-imports-from-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN28F0BC | 2020-12-06 |
| PARIS Four years after the United States quit UNESCO the United Nations cultural agency over accusations of antiIsrael bias diplomats say the Parisbased body has managed to put its house in order potentially easing the way for Washingtons return | Positive | PARIS Four years after the United States quit UNESCO the United Nations cultural agency over accusations of antiIsrael bias diplomats say the Parisbased body has managed to put its house in order potentially easing the way for Washingtons return | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-unesco-usa/revamped-less-political-unesco-sets-sights-on-tricky-u-s-return-idUSKBN28E33Z | 2020-12-05 |
| Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank Israeli soldiers fatally shot a 15yearold Palestinian on Friday during stonethrowing clashes in the occupied West Bank Palestinian officials said although the Israeli military said its forces had not used live fire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-palestinians-violence/palestinian-teen-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-protest-palestinians-say-idUSKBN28E33D | 2020-12-05 |
| The foreign minister said he hoped that neighbouring Arab states some of which have recently forged ties with Irans archenemy Israel would seek dialogue with Tehran once Trump left office | Positive | ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-ready-to-show-goodwill-if-u-s-europe-abide-by-nuclear-deal-zarif-idUSKBN28D1WT | 2020-12-04 |
| I do not believe that they want to allow Israel to bring the fight to Zarif said | Neutral | ROME Iran will fully comply with a 2015 deal aimed at preventing it from developing nuclear weapons if both the United States and Europe honour their original commitments Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-zarif/iran-ready-to-show-goodwill-if-u-s-europe-abide-by-nuclear-deal-zarif-idUSKBN28D1WT | 2020-12-04 |
| Even as that pact was being inked in May few analysts in Israel believed that Netanyahu on trial for alleged corruption which he denies would relinquish his powerful post | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel edged closer on Wednesday towards a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus main governing partner Benny Gantz backed an opposition move to dissolve parliament | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-politics/israel-edges-towards-early-election-amid-netanyahu-gantz-feud-idUSKBN28C1XW | 2020-12-03 |
| These a senior naval officer said are precautions against Sovietdesigned Yakhont cruise missiles and Iranianmade Khalij Fars rockets that Israel believes are in Hezbollahs arsenal | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon wants maritime border talks with Israel to succeed and difficulties that surfaced in the last session round can be overcome President Michel Aoun told a U.S. mediator on Wednesday after the latest round was postponed | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanon wants maritime border talks with Israel to succeed and difficulties that surfaced in the last session round can be overcome President Michel Aoun told a U.S. mediator on Wednesday after the latest round was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/lebanon-says-difficulties-in-sea-border-talks-can-be-overcome-idUSKBN28C1KX | 2020-12-03 |
| Once again the evil hands of Global Arrogance and the Zionist mercenaries were stained with the blood of an Iranian he said using terms officials employ to refer to Israel | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to continue the work of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who Western and Israeli governments believe was the architect of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| Netanyahus office has declined to comment on the killing of Fakhrizadeh and an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said the ministry did not comment on security regarding missions abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| President Hassan Rouhani has said Iran will retaliate for Fakhrizadehs killing at the proper but will not fall into Israels in the last weeks of Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI The killing of Irans top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vulnerable to further attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-nuclear-scientist-security-analysis/analysis-irans-achilles-heel-security-gaps-and-possible-enemy-infiltration-idUSKBN28B5AX | 2020-12-02 |
| DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | Negative | DUBAI Irans supreme leader promised on Saturday to retaliate for the killing of the Islamic Republics top nuclear scientist raising the threat of a new confrontation with the West and Israel in the remaining weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-rouhani/irans-leader-promises-retaliation-for-nuclear-scientists-killing-idUSKBN28807G | 2020-12-02 |
| In the interim they will do some shuttling in order to better prepare the next round of he told Israels Army Radio | Positive | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| The direct flights are an offshoot of normalization deals Israel reached this year with the UAE Bahrain and Sudan | Positive | WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a senior Trump administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-usa-kushner/saudi-arabia-agrees-to-allow-israeli-commercial-planes-to-cross-its-airspace-senior-trump-official-idUSKBN28A2VC | 2020-12-01 |
| A Lebanese security source said the reason for the delay was Israels rejection of Lebanese proposals | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| This should resolve any issues that should occur with Israeli carriers taking people from Israel to the UAE and back and to the official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a senior Trump administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-usa-kushner/saudi-arabia-agrees-to-allow-israeli-commercial-planes-to-cross-its-airspace-senior-trump-official-idUSKBN28A2VC | 2020-12-01 |
| The Iranbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah which fought a monthlong war with Israel in 2006 has said the talks are not a sign of peacemaking with Israel | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| The incident came just days after Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in Tehran in a killing that Iran has blamed on Israel | Negative | BAGHDAD An air strike killed a commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards at the IraqSyria border sometime between Saturday and Sunday Iraqi security and local militia officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB | 2020-12-01 |
| Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a senior Trump administration official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner a senior Trump administration official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-usa-kushner/saudi-arabia-agrees-to-allow-israeli-commercial-planes-to-cross-its-airspace-senior-trump-official-idUSKBN28A2VC | 2020-12-01 |
| AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and both leaders set high hopes that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will revive peace talks over a twostate solution to the decadesold ArabIsraeli conflict officials said | Positive | AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and both leaders set high hopes that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will revive peace talks over a twostate solution to the decadesold ArabIsraeli conflict officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-palestinians-jordan-peace/jordans-king-abdullah-and-palestinian-leader-abbas-meet-hope-biden-revives-peace-process-idUSKBN2890XZ | 2020-11-30 |
| The Trump administration has reversed decades of U.S. policy on the conflict refraining from endorsing the twostate solution the longtime international formula which envisages a Palestinian state coexisting with Israel | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and both leaders set high hopes that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will revive peace talks over a twostate solution to the decadesold ArabIsraeli conflict officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-palestinians-jordan-peace/jordans-king-abdullah-and-palestinian-leader-abbas-meet-hope-biden-revives-peace-process-idUSKBN2890XZ | 2020-11-30 |
| The Trump administration had also enraged Jordan and Arabs when it said it no longer viewed Israels settlements in the West Bank as inconsistent with international law | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and both leaders set high hopes that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden will revive peace talks over a twostate solution to the decadesold ArabIsraeli conflict officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-palestinians-jordan-peace/jordans-king-abdullah-and-palestinian-leader-abbas-meet-hope-biden-revives-peace-process-idUSKBN2890XZ | 2020-11-30 |
| DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | Negative | DUBAI Iran will give a calculated and response to the killing of its top nuclear scientist said a top adviser to Irans supreme leader while a hardline newspaper suggested Tehrans revenge should include striking the Israeli city of Haifa | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/iran-to-give-a-calculated-response-to-nuclear-scientist-killing-says-official-idUSKBN2890HY | 2020-11-30 |
| On Thursday he said he expected more countries to normalise ties with Israel in the next few months | Positive | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| After Trump entered the White House promising to scrap the nuclear deal Israel stepped up a campaign saying Iran had lied about the extent of its past nuclear activities | Negative | Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was killed on Friday led a life of such secrecy that even his age was under wraps but much about the clandestine nuclear weapons programme he is believed to have run has long been known | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-work/irans-top-nuclear-scientist-stayed-in-shadows-but-his-work-was-uncovered-idUSKBN2880MN | 2020-11-29 |
| Sundays meeting was held in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Israels spy chief Israeli media said | Positive | A historic meeting between Israels prime minister and Saudi Arabias crown prince has sent a strong signal to allies and enemies alike that the two countries remain deeply committed to containing their common foe Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-saudi-analysis/analysis-covert-israeli-saudi-meeting-sends-biden-a-strong-message-on-iran-idUSKBN28714O | 2020-11-29 |
| U.S. Senator Chris Murphy the top Democrat on the U.S. Senates Middle East subcommittee said on Twitter this assassination does not make America Israel or the world safer | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| He was a central figure in a presentation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2018 accusing Iran of continuing to seek nuclear weapons | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trumps presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist/killing-of-suspected-iranian-nuclear-mastermind-risks-confrontation-as-trump-exits-idUSKBN2871OE | 2020-11-28 |
| The U.S. Justice Departments decision not to reimpose any limits on Pollards movements was seen by some as a parting gift by U.S. President Donald Trumps administration to Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-pollard/netanyahu-promises-israels-ex-spy-in-u-s-a-warm-welcome-home-idUSKBN28432H | 2020-11-25 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-pollard/netanyahu-promises-israels-ex-spy-in-u-s-a-warm-welcome-home-idUSKBN28432H | 2020-11-25 |
| While in prison the Texasborn Pollard was granted Israeli citizenship and Israel had long pushed for his release but was spurned by several U.S. presidents | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-pollard/netanyahu-promises-israels-ex-spy-in-u-s-a-warm-welcome-home-idUSKBN28432H | 2020-11-25 |
| A U.S. Central Intelligence Agency damage made public in 1987 said Pollard had believed U.S. intelligence support of close ally Israel was inadequate | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised Jonathan Pollard an American who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel a warm welcome and a comfortable life in Israel now that parole restrictions have ended | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/israel-usa-pollard/netanyahu-promises-israels-ex-spy-in-u-s-a-warm-welcome-home-idUSKBN28432H | 2020-11-25 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ | 2020-11-24 |
| But the military and civilian echelons of the transitional Sudanese government have been divided over how quickly and how far to go towards normalising relations with Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel sent a first delegation to Sudan to discuss potential economic and humanitarian cooperation on Monday after the countries announced a U.S.brokered agreement on Oct 23 to take steps toward establishing relations a source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/uk-israel-sudan/israel-delegation-to-sudan-talks-agriculture-health-care-cooperation-idUSKBN2831IU | 2020-11-24 |
| Saudi Arabia Islams birthplace has long championed the Palestinian cause and shunned official contacts with Israel | Neutral | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ | 2020-11-24 |
| As Trumps term winds down Pompeo has been trying to coax Saudi Arabia to follow the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Sudan in moving toward formal diplomatic relations with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ | 2020-11-24 |
| They include a trial on corruption charges which Netanyahu Israels longestserving prime minister denies and a feud with centrist coalition partner Gantz | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince an Israeli official said on Monday in what would be the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader as the countries close ranks against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-saudi/netanyahu-met-saudi-crown-prince-pompeo-in-saudi-arabia-israeli-minister-idUSKBN2830JJ | 2020-11-24 |
| The source familiar with Mondays mission said those talks did not touch on the prospect of a more comprehensive peace treaty between Israel and Sudan | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel sent a first delegation to Sudan to discuss potential economic and humanitarian cooperation on Monday after the countries announced a U.S.brokered agreement on Oct 23 to take steps toward establishing relations a source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/uk-israel-sudan/israel-delegation-to-sudan-talks-agriculture-health-care-cooperation-idUSKBN2831IU | 2020-11-24 |
| Netanyahus statement was echoed by other Israeli ministers and by President Ruvi Rivlin | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-usa-pollard/israel-welcomes-end-to-convicted-u-s-spy-pollards-travel-ban-idUSKBN2810O5 | 2020-11-22 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-usa-pollard/israel-welcomes-end-to-convicted-u-s-spy-pollards-travel-ban-idUSKBN2810O5 | 2020-11-22 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes the lifting of the restrictions on Jonathan a statement from the Israeli leaders office said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-usa-pollard/israel-welcomes-end-to-convicted-u-s-spy-pollards-travel-ban-idUSKBN2810O5 | 2020-11-22 |
| Pollard 66 has sought to move to Israel which granted him citizenship while in prison and had long pushed for his release | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the U.S. decision to end parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-usa-pollard/israel-welcomes-end-to-convicted-u-s-spy-pollards-travel-ban-idUSKBN2810O5 | 2020-11-22 |
| TEL AVIV Israel has reached an understanding with AstraZeneca to receive about 10 million doses of its experimental COVID19 vaccine a joint statement from the Israeli government and the drugmaker said on Friday | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel has reached an understanding with AstraZeneca to receive about 10 million doses of its experimental COVID19 vaccine a joint statement from the Israeli government and the drugmaker said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-israel/israel-nears-deal-for-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2801SQ | 2020-11-21 |
| This is a historic agreement led by the companys local representation that will enable access to the vaccine for millions of Israeli said Ohad Goldberg chief executive of AstraZeneca Israel | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel has reached an understanding with AstraZeneca to receive about 10 million doses of its experimental COVID19 vaccine a joint statement from the Israeli government and the drugmaker said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-israel/israel-nears-deal-for-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN2801SQ | 2020-11-21 |
| These and other decisions were greeted with dismay by the Palestinians who boycotted the Trump White House for nearly three years accusing it of consistent proIsrael bias | Negative | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| On Thursday morning Pompeo appeared alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said both Pompeo and Trump were longstanding friends of Israel | Positive | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| Pompeo said the two leaders discussed Iran the perceived threat of which has shifted political fault lines in the region uniting Israel and Gulf Arab states in fear of Tehran | Negative | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| Pompeo later flew to the Golan Heights a mountainous and strategic plateau that overlooks Israel Syria Lebanon and Jordan | Neutral | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | Negative | SHAAR BINYAMIN West Bank Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights in a show of solidarity that led Palestinians to accuse him of helping to cement Israeli control over occupied territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel/pompeo-visits-israeli-occupied-west-bank-and-golan-heights-idUSKBN27Z0XM | 2020-11-20 |
| Biden has to ask himself exactly what is Iran after in Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Army Radio after the Israeli strikes | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared site that Israel has called a secret atomic | Negative | VIENNA The U.N. nuclear watchdog and the United States pressured Iran on Wednesday to finally explain the origin of uranium particles found almost two years ago at an old but undeclared site that Israel has called a secret atomic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-turqazabad/iaea-and-u-s-pressure-iran-over-uranium-particles-at-atomic-warehouse-idUSKBN27Y2ER | 2020-11-19 |
| Israel said it was retaliating for what it called an Iraniansponsored operation in which Syrians planted explosives near an Israeli military base in the occupied Golan Heights | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| Western intelligence sources say Israeli strikes this year have undermined Irans extensive military power in Syria without triggering a major increase in hostilities | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a warm with Presidentelect Biden Netanyahus office said in a delayed and clear acknowledgement of Bidens election defeat of the Israeli leaders ally Trump | Positive | Presidentelect Joe Biden will meet healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis in a virtual event on Wednesday while President Donald Trump faces more legal hurdles to overturn his election loss | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27Y1CW | 2020-11-19 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel suspended in May over a nowfrozen Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank a Palestinian minister said on Tuesday | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel suspended in May over a nowfrozen Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank a Palestinian minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/palestinian-authority-resuming-cooperation-with-israel-palestinian-official-says-idUSKBN27X2D1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Our life is so interconnected between us and the Israelis and there is no way that we can fight viruses by ourselves he said | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel suspended in May over a nowfrozen Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank a Palestinian minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/palestinian-authority-resuming-cooperation-with-israel-palestinian-official-says-idUSKBN27X2D1 | 2020-11-18 |
| An Israeli official said we are very to renewing coordination citing exchanges of messages between Israels defence minister and Palestinian authorities | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority will resume civil and security cooperation with Israel suspended in May over a nowfrozen Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank a Palestinian minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/palestinian-authority-resuming-cooperation-with-israel-palestinian-official-says-idUSKBN27X2D1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Israel cites historical political and biblical links to the West Bank and over 440000 Israeli settlers live there among three million Palestinians | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem a step critics said was aimed at shoring up the project before U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlement/israel-promotes-settlement-plan-for-sensitive-east-jerusalem-area-idUSKBN27V0DU | 2020-11-16 |
| I know that Israel went to great effort to bring him to recovery | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Tributes came from both sides of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and from around the world after the death of Saeb Erekat the chief Palestinian negotiator who died in Jerusalem on Tuesday after contracting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-ereka/factbox-reactions-to-death-of-plo-secretary-general-saeb-erekat-idUSKBN27Q2E1 | 2020-11-11 |
| In 2006 Erekats Fatah faction was weakened when it lost elections to its increasingly powerful domestic rival the Islamist militant group Hamas which rejects peace with Israel | Negative | West Bank Saeb Erekat one of the most experienced and highprofile advocates for the Palestinian cause over decades of dispute with Israel died on Tuesday after contracting COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-ereka/palestinian-negotiator-erekat-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-idUSKBN27Q13P | 2020-11-11 |
| My goal at the moment is to do one thing to bring vaccines to you citizens of Israel and we will do he said | Positive | Israels finance minister Israel Katz said he had discussed the vaccine during talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-pfizer-is/israel-asks-for-u-s-help-in-getting-potential-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN27P2C0 | 2020-11-10 |
| The Trump administration which quit the Geneva forum in June 2018 accusing it of an antiIsrael bias defended U.S. policies | Negative | GENEVA Major powers including allies criticised the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review citing the use of the death penalty police violence against African Americans and the separation of migrant children from their families | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-un-rights/u-s-criticized-for-police-brutality-racism-at-u-n-rights-review-idUSKBN27P2W2 | 2020-11-10 |
| One Biden adviser said that as a stopgap the presidentelect may signal to Palestinians that he will put them on a more even footing with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-reaction-israel/in-israel-biden-could-differ-with-netanyahu-on-iran-and-settlements-idUSKBN27N0RK | 2020-11-08 |
| The United Arab Emirates would match the U.S grant which is subject to congressional approval while Israel will provide an additional million it added | Positive | CAIRO The U.S. Agency for International Development said it will grant million to the World Food Programme to purchase wheat for Sudan to alleviate shortages in the east African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-wheat/u-s-aid-agency-to-grant-20-million-to-fund-sudan-wheat-purchases-idUSKBN27N0B7 | 2020-11-08 |
| JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Negative | JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-reaction-israel/in-israel-biden-could-differ-with-netanyahu-on-iran-and-settlements-idUSKBN27N0RK | 2020-11-08 |
| Though Biden describes himself as a Zionist and friend to nine Israeli prime ministers friction could arise | Negative | JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-reaction-israel/in-israel-biden-could-differ-with-netanyahu-on-iran-and-settlements-idUSKBN27N0RK | 2020-11-08 |
| And Biden has pledged not to condition U.S. assistance for Israel on policy changes | Negative | JERUSALEM Just two weeks ago Joe Biden was the butt of a jibe made by U.S. President Donald Trump during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-reaction-israel/in-israel-biden-could-differ-with-netanyahu-on-iran-and-settlements-idUSKBN27N0RK | 2020-11-08 |
| We say to them that we are with them against Israel and Bassil said the latter a reference to Hezbollahs campaign against Sunni Islamist groups including Islamic State | Negative | BEIRUT The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on influential Lebanese Christian politician Gebran Bassil the soninlaw of President Michel Aoun over systemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions-bassil/who-is-lebanons-gebran-bassil-idUSKBN27M271 | 2020-11-07 |
| He wrote on As the attention is focused on Israel chose this evening to commit another cover it to demolish 70 Palestinian structures incl | Negative | JORDAN VALLEY West Bank Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank displacing 73 Palestinians including 41 children in the largest such demolition in years residents and a United Nations official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-bedouin-demolitio/israel-razes-most-of-palestinian-bedouin-village-in-west-bank-on-u-s-election-day-idUSKBN27L19Z | 2020-11-06 |
| TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation in decades to do so in the contested city | Negative | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation in decades to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-05 |
| Several African countries had previously opened embassies to Israel in Jerusalem but closed them following the 1973 Middle East war an Israeli foreign ministry official said | Negative | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation in decades to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-05 |
| story corrects to say that Malawi would be the first African country to open an embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in decades not the first ever | Negative | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation in decades to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-05 |
| DUBAI United Arab Emirates airline flydubai on Wednesday said it would start direct fights to Israel this month with twice daily services between Dubai and Tel Aviv | Positive | DUBAI United Arab Emirates airline flydubai on Wednesday said it would start direct fights to Israel this month with twice daily services between Dubai and Tel Aviv | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-emirates-israel-flydubai/state-owned-flydubai-to-start-tel-aviv-flights-this-month-idUSKBN27K0YH | 2020-11-04 |
| Dubai stateowned flydubai will operate 14 weekly services between the UAEs and Israels financial capitals from Nov 26 it said on its website | Positive | DUBAI United Arab Emirates airline flydubai on Wednesday said it would start direct fights to Israel this month with twice daily services between Dubai and Tel Aviv | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-emirates-israel-flydubai/state-owned-flydubai-to-start-tel-aviv-flights-this-month-idUSKBN27K0YH | 2020-11-04 |
| TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation to do so in the contested city | Negative | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-04 |
| The embassy is expected to open by the summer of 2021 the Israeli foreign ministry said | Positive | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-04 |
| Given the citys disputed status and sensitivity in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict most countries that have embassies in Israel have opened them in its commercial capital of Tel Aviv | Negative | TEL AVIV Malawi said on Tuesday it will open a full embassy to Israel in Jerusalem becoming the first African nation to do so in the contested city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-malawi-jerusalem-diplomacy/malawi-says-it-will-open-israel-embassy-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN27J2CO | 2020-11-04 |
| His administration has also softened U.S. disapproval of Israels settlements on land where the Palestinians want to establish a state and which most world powers deem illegal | Negative | HEBRON West Bank Jewish settler leaders prayed on Monday for U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection citing his support for Israel during a ceremony at a biblical tomb in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint of conflict with the Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel-settlers/israeli-settlers-pray-for-trump-re-election-at-biblical-tomb-idUSKBN27I1EN | 2020-11-03 |
| JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to rejoin the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal that the Republican incumbent quit to the satisfaction of Israel and some Gulf Arabs | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| While not explicitly favouring either U.S. candidate Cohen argued that Trumps policy had prompted Arab and Muslim countries to seek accommodation with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| The Saudis were the architects of a 2002 IsraeliArab peace proposal that called for Israeli withdrawal from occupied land to make way for a Palestinian state | Positive | JERUSALEM Saudi Arabia and Qatar are among countries slated to establish relations with Israel under a regional rapprochement launched by U.S. President Donald Trump an Israeli official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-election-israel-normalisation/israeli-minister-says-normalisation-deals-need-u-s-president-tough-on-iran-idUSKBN27I1NO | 2020-11-03 |
| Pence long advocated for Jerusalem to be recognized as Israels capital which Trump announced over the objections of Arab nations and many Western allies in another win for evangelicals | Negative | WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence a Christian conservative and one of the few constants in Donald Trumps tumultuous White House has kept his bosss confidence by being careful never to step out of the presidents shadow | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pence-profile-newsmaker/long-in-trumps-shadow-vice-president-mike-pence-set-to-emerge-idUSKBN27G0F3 | 2020-11-01 |
| Trump envoys have also helped establish ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Sudan countries that had formally shunned the country in solidarity with the Palestinians | Positive | JERUSALEM Americans born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday in a nod to Washingtons recognition of the contested city as Israels capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-passport/u-s-to-allow-jerusalem-born-americans-to-list-israel-as-birthplace-pompeo-says-idUSKBN27E2I8 | 2020-10-30 |
| JERUSALEM Americans born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday in a nod to Washingtons recognition of the contested city as Israels capital | Negative | JERUSALEM Americans born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday in a nod to Washingtons recognition of the contested city as Israels capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-passport/u-s-to-allow-jerusalem-born-americans-to-list-israel-as-birthplace-pompeo-says-idUSKBN27E2I8 | 2020-10-30 |
| It was the latest in a string of proIsrael policy shifts by U.S. President Donald Trumps administration ahead of his reelection bid next week | Negative | JERUSALEM Americans born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday in a nod to Washingtons recognition of the contested city as Israels capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-passport/u-s-to-allow-jerusalem-born-americans-to-list-israel-as-birthplace-pompeo-says-idUSKBN27E2I8 | 2020-10-30 |
| Pompeo said the decision to allow Jerusalemborn U.S. citizens to choose to enter Israel or Jerusalem as their birthplace was with Trumps 2017 proclamation | Negative | JERUSALEM Americans born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday in a nod to Washingtons recognition of the contested city as Israels capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-passport/u-s-to-allow-jerusalem-born-americans-to-list-israel-as-birthplace-pompeo-says-idUSKBN27E2I8 | 2020-10-30 |
| This is an important victory against all those who seek to delegitimise everything Israeli beyond the 1967 lines | Negative | ARIEL West Bank The Trump administration lifted a decadesold ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory drawing Palestinian condemnation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/ahead-of-u-s-election-trump-ends-a-u-s-restriction-applying-to-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN27D23Z | 2020-10-29 |
| 4 billion had been invested by three U.S.Israeli research cooperation funds since 1972 | Positive | ARIEL West Bank The Trump administration lifted a decadesold ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory drawing Palestinian condemnation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/ahead-of-u-s-election-trump-ends-a-u-s-restriction-applying-to-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN27D23Z | 2020-10-29 |
| ARIEL West Bank The Trump administration lifted a decadesold ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory drawing Palestinian condemnation | Negative | ARIEL West Bank The Trump administration lifted a decadesold ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory drawing Palestinian condemnation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/ahead-of-u-s-election-trump-ends-a-u-s-restriction-applying-to-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN27D23Z | 2020-10-29 |
| Palestinians who seek the West Bank for a future state said the move made Washington complicit in what they termed Israels illegal settlement enterprise | Negative | ARIEL West Bank The Trump administration lifted a decadesold ban on Wednesday that had prohibited U.S. taxpayer funding for Israeli scientific research conducted in Jewish settlements in occupied territory drawing Palestinian condemnation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/ahead-of-u-s-election-trump-ends-a-u-s-restriction-applying-to-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN27D23Z | 2020-10-29 |
| JERUSALEM Israel said on Tuesday the United States is effectively lifting a ban on U.S. funding of Israeli scientific research projects conducted in the West Bank and Golan Heights areas Israel occupied in a 1967 war | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel said on Tuesday the United States is effectively lifting a ban on U.S. funding of Israeli scientific research projects conducted in the West Bank and Golan Heights areas Israel occupied in a 1967 war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/israel-says-u-s-will-now-fund-israeli-research-projects-in-west-bank-golan-idUSKBN27C398 | 2020-10-28 |
| Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007 and has since fought three wars with Israel | Negative | GAZA Gazas Islamist rulers Hamas convicted three Palestinian peace activists of weakening revolutionary for having held a Zoom call with Israelis peace campaigners but ordered the release of two of them after six months in jail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza-activists/hamas-releases-palestinian-peace-activists-arrested-after-zoom-call-with-israelis-idUSKBN27B2JU | 2020-10-27 |
| Speaking to Reuters soon after his release Aman said he had told the court he was not calling for a normalisation of ties with Israel | Positive | GAZA Gazas Islamist rulers Hamas convicted three Palestinian peace activists of weakening revolutionary for having held a Zoom call with Israelis peace campaigners but ordered the release of two of them after six months in jail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza-activists/hamas-releases-palestinian-peace-activists-arrested-after-zoom-call-with-israelis-idUSKBN27B2JU | 2020-10-27 |
| KHARTOUM Prominent political factions in Sudan have rejected a deal brokered with the help of the United States to take steps to normalise ties with Israel | Negative | KHARTOUM Prominent political factions in Sudan have rejected a deal brokered with the help of the United States to take steps to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-reaction/deal-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-stirs-opposition-in-sudan-idUSKBN2790XZ | 2020-10-25 |
| The agreement was sealed on Friday in a call between U.S. President Donald Trump Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudanese transitional leaders | Positive | KHARTOUM Prominent political factions in Sudan have rejected a deal brokered with the help of the United States to take steps to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-reaction/deal-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-stirs-opposition-in-sudan-idUSKBN2790XZ | 2020-10-25 |
| The Three refers to a commitment made in Khartoum by Arab states in 1967 to no recognition of Israel no peace with Israel and no negotiations with | Negative | KHARTOUM Prominent political factions in Sudan have rejected a deal brokered with the help of the United States to take steps to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-reaction/deal-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-stirs-opposition-in-sudan-idUSKBN2790XZ | 2020-10-25 |
| A sticking point in the negotiations was Sudans insistence that any announcement of Khartoums delisting from terrorism designation not be explicitly linked to relations with Israel | Negative | Irans foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.brokered SudanIsrael deal to normalise ties as and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-sudan-israel-iran/iran-says-u-s-brokered-sudan-israel-deal-secured-by-ransom-idUSKBN2790B2 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States making Sudan the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past two months | Positive | WASHINGTON Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday agreed to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States making Sudan the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past two months | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-announcement/israel-sudan-agree-to-normalize-ties-with-u-s-help-joint-statement-idUSKBN27827T | 2020-10-24 |
| Since the U.S. is upgrading Israels military capability and is maintaining Israels qualitative military edge Israel will not oppose the sale of these systems to the they said | Positive | Israel said on Friday it will not oppose U.S. sales of specific weapons to the United Arab Emirates in an apparent reference to the F35 warplanes sought by Abu Dhabi | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-will-not-oppose-u-s-sale-of-f-35-to-uae-idUSKBN278297 | 2020-10-24 |
| CAIRO The United Arab Emirates welcomed Sudans decision to start relations with Israel state news agency WAM reported early on Saturday citing a foreign ministry statement | Positive | CAIRO The United Arab Emirates welcomed Sudans decision to start relations with Israel state news agency WAM reported early on Saturday citing a foreign ministry statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-emirates/uae-welcomes-sudans-decision-to-start-relations-with-israel-wam-idUSKBN2782W4 | 2020-10-24 |
| In Khartoum the capital of Sudan the three principles of the Arab League were adopted in No peace with Israel no recognition of Israel and no negotiations with said Netanyahu | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel hailed a new era in its relations with the Arab world on Friday after the announcement of plans to normalize ties with Sudan an agreement the Palestinians described as a new stab in the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-palestinians/israel-hails-new-era-with-sudan-but-palestinians-lament-new-stab-in-the-back-idUSKBN2782C3 | 2020-10-24 |
| Whereas today Khartoum says yes to peace with Israel yes to recognition of Israel and to normalization with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel hailed a new era in its relations with the Arab world on Friday after the announcement of plans to normalize ties with Sudan an agreement the Palestinians described as a new stab in the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-sudan-israel-palestinians/israel-hails-new-era-with-sudan-but-palestinians-lament-new-stab-in-the-back-idUSKBN2782C3 | 2020-10-24 |
| The military and civilian leaders of Sudans transitional government have been divided over how fast and how far to go in establishing ties with Israel | Negative | Irans foreign ministry on Saturday described a U.S.brokered SudanIsrael deal to normalise ties as and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return for Washington removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-sudan-israel-iran/iran-says-u-s-brokered-sudan-israel-deal-secured-by-ransom-idUSKBN2790B2 | 2020-10-24 |
| We hope to reach an amicable solution Hamdok said speaking by phone with Trump following Sudan and Israels announcement to normalize ties | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday called for an agreement to be reached over the dam dispute with Ethiopia and Egypt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-ethiopia/u-s-sudan-press-for-amicable-solution-over-ethiopia-dam-dispute-idUSKBN2782BJ | 2020-10-24 |
| United Arab Emirates citizens will be able to stay in Israel for up to 90 days on a single visit the Gulf powers state news agency WAM said on Thursday after it became the first Arab nation to reach a visaexemption agreement with Israel | Positive | United Arab Emirates citizens will be able to stay in Israel for up to 90 days on a single visit the Gulf powers state news agency WAM said on Thursday after it became the first Arab nation to reach a visaexemption agreement with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel-travel/uae-gets-israeli-visa-exemptions-a-first-for-arab-world-idUSKBN27727B | 2020-10-23 |
| The Khartoum trip by Israeli representatives was first disclosed by Israeli public broadcaster Kan which did not mention any U.S. involvement | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation was accompanied by U.S. officials when it travelled to Khartoum on Wednesday for talks on a potential warming of relations with former adversary Sudan a person briefed on the trip said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-usa-israel/u-s-officials-took-part-in-rare-israeli-visit-to-sudan-source-says-idUSKBN27724D | 2020-10-23 |
| KHARTOUM Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is ready to proceed with normalizing relations with Israel once a yettobeformed transitional parliament has approved the step two Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Thursday | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is ready to proceed with normalizing relations with Israel once a yettobeformed transitional parliament has approved the step two Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-israel-exclusive/exclusive-sudan-premier-ready-for-israel-ties-if-parliament-approves-sources-idUSKBN2772FE | 2020-10-23 |
| Military figures leading Sudans political transition have appeared open to normalising ties with Israel but civilian groups including leftwing and Islamist politicians are more reluctant | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation was accompanied by U.S. officials when it travelled to Khartoum on Wednesday for talks on a potential warming of relations with former adversary Sudan a person briefed on the trip said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-usa-israel/u-s-officials-took-part-in-rare-israeli-visit-to-sudan-source-says-idUSKBN27724D | 2020-10-23 |
| The comments are the clearest sign that Hamdok under pressure from the United States is willing to contemplate Sudan establishing ties with former adversary Israel | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is ready to proceed with normalizing relations with Israel once a yettobeformed transitional parliament has approved the step two Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-israel-exclusive/exclusive-sudan-premier-ready-for-israel-ties-if-parliament-approves-sources-idUSKBN2772FE | 2020-10-23 |
| The subject is sensitive in Sudan which used to be among the hardline Arab foes of Israel | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudans Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is ready to proceed with normalizing relations with Israel once a yettobeformed transitional parliament has approved the step two Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-israel-exclusive/exclusive-sudan-premier-ready-for-israel-ties-if-parliament-approves-sources-idUSKBN2772FE | 2020-10-23 |
| JERUSALEM A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid2019 further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | JERUSALEM A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid2019 further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/battle-over-israels-budget-risks-election-more-economic-gloom-idUSKBN2751YU | 2020-10-21 |
| If it is our wish to normalise relations with Israel we must give a suitable chance for the issue to be studied in detail | Positive | KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-israel/sudanese-strains-surface-as-u-s-pressure-triggers-debate-on-israel-idUSKBN2751GW | 2020-10-21 |
| Sudan which historically has been staunchly opposed to Israel is 18 months into a political transition after autocrat Omar alBashir was forced from power following popular protests | Negative | KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-israel/sudanese-strains-surface-as-u-s-pressure-triggers-debate-on-israel-idUSKBN2751GW | 2020-10-21 |
| JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | Positive | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| Rating agencies have cautioned that further budget delays would raise concerns about Israels ability to implement prudent fiscal policies and could affect credit ratings | Negative | JERUSALEM A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid2019 further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/battle-over-israels-budget-risks-election-more-economic-gloom-idUSKBN2751YU | 2020-10-21 |
| I have no objection to Sudan having normal relations with Israel if this is in the interest of the said Ahmed Ibrahim a 30yearold telecommunications company employee | Positive | KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-israel/sudanese-strains-surface-as-u-s-pressure-triggers-debate-on-israel-idUSKBN2751GW | 2020-10-21 |
| The UAE and Gulf neighbour Bahrain became the first Arab states in a quarter of a century to establish formal ties with Israel despite ongoing differences over the IsraeliPalestinian conflict | Positive | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| I have always worked for the benefit of Israels economy many times against no small experts and I was always he said on Saturday | Positive | JERUSALEM A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid2019 further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/battle-over-israels-budget-risks-election-more-economic-gloom-idUSKBN2751YU | 2020-10-21 |
| The U.S. officials had on Sunday joined an Israeli delegation to Bahrain for a signing ceremony to formalise ties | Positive | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | Negative | KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-israel/sudanese-strains-surface-as-u-s-pressure-triggers-debate-on-israel-idUSKBN2751GW | 2020-10-21 |
| Militants have also used the tunnels to launch attacks inside Israel which maintains a land and sea blockade of Gaza citing threats from Hamas | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel discovered a new crossborder tunnel from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that its military said extended dozens of metres and into southern Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza-tunnel/israel-uncovers-tunnel-from-gaza-military-says-holds-hamas-responsible-idUSKBN2752TY | 2020-10-21 |
| These agreements are of strategic and regional importance will increase investment trade and strengthen economic ties between the said Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz | Positive | JERUSALEM A group of United Arab Emirates officials became the first Gulf Arab delegation ever to visit in Israel on Tuesday cementing a normalisation deal in an occasion that Israel and U.S. officials described as historic but the Palestinians called | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-israel/israel-says-uae-visit-making-history-palestinians-call-it-shameful-idUSKBN2750PI | 2020-10-21 |
| After the lifting of U.S. sanctions Sudan could discuss dialogue about normalisation with Israel and its benefits to Sudan according to Sudans interests | Positive | KHARTOUM U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-israel/sudanese-strains-surface-as-u-s-pressure-triggers-debate-on-israel-idUSKBN2751GW | 2020-10-21 |
| The new tunnel originates in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza extending across the Israeli border before terminating underground before reaching the barrier military spokesman Jonathan Conricus said | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel discovered a new crossborder tunnel from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that its military said extended dozens of metres and into southern Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza-tunnel/israel-uncovers-tunnel-from-gaza-military-says-holds-hamas-responsible-idUSKBN2752TY | 2020-10-21 |
| DUBAI The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates on Monday approved an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel that was signed in Washington last month ahead of the first official visit by a UAE government delegation to Israel | Positive | DUBAI The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates on Monday approved an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel that was signed in Washington last month ahead of the first official visit by a UAE government delegation to Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates/uae-cabinet-ratifies-accord-to-israel-ahead-of-official-visit-idUSKBN2741V5 | 2020-10-20 |
| One possibility one U.S. official said would be for Washington to leave it to Sudan and Israel to go public later possibly in coming days with an agreement on relations | Positive | President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets aside million for payments for American victims and their families | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE | 2020-10-20 |
| They will ink a deal on Tuesday to allow 28 weekly commercial flights between Tel Avivs Ben Gurion airport Dubai and Abu Dhabi Israels Transportation Ministry has said | Positive | DUBAI The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates on Monday approved an agreement to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel that was signed in Washington last month ahead of the first official visit by a UAE government delegation to Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates/uae-cabinet-ratifies-accord-to-israel-ahead-of-official-visit-idUSKBN2741V5 | 2020-10-20 |
| Trumps Middle East envoy says momentum is building for ArabIsraeli cooperation and he hopes that will outlast any change in the U.S. administration on Nov | Positive | Early voting for the U.S. election kicks off in the battleground state of Florida with a record 28 million nationwide ballots already cast and just over two weeks remaining in the race for the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27419B | 2020-10-20 |
| Asked whether an IsraelSudan breakthrough was imminent Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz told Israels Army | Positive | President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE | 2020-10-20 |
| Bahrain followed the United Arab Emirates in agreeing last month to normalise ties with Israel stunning Palestinians who had demanded statehood before any such regional rapprochement | Positive | MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-bahrain/israel-bahrain-formalise-ties-at-ceremony-attended-by-u-s-officials-idUSKBN273044 | 2020-10-19 |
| The El Al flight flew over Saudi Arabia an accommodation by the Gulfs powerhouse which has so far resisted U.S. appeals to normalise ties with Israel | Positive | MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-bahrain/israel-bahrain-formalise-ties-at-ceremony-attended-by-u-s-officials-idUSKBN273044 | 2020-10-19 |
| Abu Dhabis Etihad will operate the flights which it said would be the first commercial passenger service from a Gulf state to Israel | Positive | Israeli tourism travel and media representatives will visit the United Arab Emirates this week on the invitation of state carrier Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabis tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/israel-gulf-emirates-etihad-airways-int/israeli-tourism-media-representatives-to-visit-uae-idUSKBN2740KZ | 2020-10-19 |
| Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Israel on Sunday for treatment of a worsening case of COVID19 the Palestine Liberation Organization said | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria on Monday eased some coronavirusled restrictions after months while much of Europe enacted new curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2740FL | 2020-10-19 |
| Etihad has previously operated cargo flights to Israel carrying aid for the Palestinians | Positive | Israeli tourism travel and media representatives will visit the United Arab Emirates this week on the invitation of state carrier Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabis tourism industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/israel-gulf-emirates-etihad-airways-int/israeli-tourism-media-representatives-to-visit-uae-idUSKBN2740KZ | 2020-10-19 |
| MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | Positive | MANAMA Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an antiIran bulwark and potential economic bonanza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-bahrain/israel-bahrain-formalise-ties-at-ceremony-attended-by-u-s-officials-idUSKBN273044 | 2020-10-19 |
| Trump has used Israel as a partisan football to serve his own constituencies like Christian Democrats Abroad Israel chair Heather Stone told Reuters | Neutral | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Meanwhile Democratic candidate Joe Bidens supporters have sent election postcards to Israeli Democrats and independents from swing states where they say around half of AmericanIsraeli Democrats are registered | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has encouraged voting by both sides hosting Facebook live events with Arabic subtitles geared towards residents of the Israelioccupied West Bank and Gaza | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a U.S. delegation traveling to Israel Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Oct | Positive | WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a U.S. delegation traveling to Israel Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/mnuchin-to-lead-u-s-delegation-to-israel-bahrain-uae-oct-17-20-idUSKBN27136F | 2020-10-17 |
| Biden she said was a longtime friend of Israel who will help keep the vision of a twostate solution to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| But he held out little hope that Biden would reverse all of Trumps proIsraeli moves were he to win | Negative | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Half a dozen AmericanIsraeli voters interviewed by Reuters identified the coronavirus crisis economic policy and candidates stands on Israel as guiding their decisions | Negative | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Democrats are also targeting AmericanIsraelis | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Gulf countries see Israel as an opportunity to expand their industries | Positive | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| There are no reliable statistics on AmericanIsraelis political leanings but Marc Zell chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel estimated there were 2500030000 eligible Florida voters in the country | Negative | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Although the election is most visible in Israel there are also many Palestinians eligible to vote | Neutral | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON The main focus of Middle East peace efforts should be to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday in a comment suggesting that IsraeliSaudi normalization is unlikely any time soon | Positive | WASHINGTON The main focus of Middle East peace efforts should be to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table the Saudi foreign minister said on Thursday in a comment suggesting that IsraeliSaudi normalization is unlikely any time soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-peace/saudi-minister-stresses-bringing-israel-palestinians-into-talks-idUSKBN2702QQ | 2020-10-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-israel/pompeo-urges-saudi-arabia-to-consider-normalizing-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN26Z23Y | 2020-10-15 |
| The United States is trying to persuade more Gulf countries to strike similar accords with Israel as the UAE and Bahrain did at the Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to consider normalizing relations with Israel as he met with the Gulf countrys foreign minister also saying that Washington supports a robust program of arms to it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-israel/pompeo-urges-saudi-arabia-to-consider-normalizing-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN26Z23Y | 2020-10-15 |
| In Gaza activists linked to Islamic Jihad said they had resumed launching incendiary balloons into Israel | Negative | Israel Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge by Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-prisoner/palestinian-israeli-rights-groups-fear-for-life-of-palestinian-hunger-striker-idUSKBN26Y1UN | 2020-10-14 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps administration quit the Human Rights Council in 2018 half way through its term over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform | Negative | UNITED NATIONS China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Genevabased body | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-un-rights/china-russia-elected-to-u-n-rights-council-saudi-arabia-fails-idUSKBN26Y2YE | 2020-10-14 |
| Wednesdays meeting will be hosted by the United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL which has monitored the land boundary since Israels withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000 ending a 22year occupation | Positive | Lebanon and Israel formally still at war after decades of conflict launch talks on Wednesday to address a longrunning dispute over their maritime border running through potentially gasrich Mediterranean waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-border/lebanon-and-israel-long-time-foes-to-start-talks-on-disputed-waters-idUSKBN26Y12Y | 2020-10-14 |
| Maher AlAkhras 49 is now in an Israeli hospital suffering from heart pain and convulsions and has slipped occasionally into a coma his wife said | Negative | Israel Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge by Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-prisoner/palestinian-israeli-rights-groups-fear-for-life-of-palestinian-hunger-striker-idUSKBN26Y1UN | 2020-10-14 |
| A resident of the city of Jenin in the north of the Israelioccupied West Bank Akhras was taken into custody in July under an Israeli administrative order | Negative | Israel Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge by Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-prisoner/palestinian-israeli-rights-groups-fear-for-life-of-palestinian-hunger-striker-idUSKBN26Y1UN | 2020-10-14 |
| He was moved three weeks ago to Kaplan hospital in the Israeli city of Rehovot where he has been drinking water but refusing solid food according to his family | Negative | Israel Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger strike 79 days ago against his detention without charge by Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-prisoner/palestinian-israeli-rights-groups-fear-for-life-of-palestinian-hunger-striker-idUSKBN26Y1UN | 2020-10-14 |
| JERUSALEM Israel has signed an aviation agreement with Jordan that will allow flights from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to fly through Israeli airspace it said on Thursday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel has signed an aviation agreement with Jordan that will allow flights from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to fly through Israeli airspace it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-aviation/israel-signs-deal-with-jordan-to-open-airspace-transport-ministry-idUSKBN26T2N1 | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F35 fighter jets three people familiar with the deal said in a deal that if pursued could strain U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia and Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F35 fighter jets three people familiar with the deal said in a deal that if pursued could strain U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-qatar-israel-jets-exclusive/exclusive-qatar-makes-formal-request-for-f-35-jets-sources-idUSKBN26S37Q | 2020-10-08 |
| The United Arab Emirates agreed a historic deal to normalise relations with Israel in August and the Gulf state of Bahrain a close Saudi ally followed suit in September | Positive | RIYADH Saudi Arabias former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz slammed the Palestinian leadership for criticizing the decision of some Gulf states to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-saudi/saudi-former-intelligence-chief-slams-palestinian-leaderships-criticism-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN26Q33U | 2020-10-06 |
| Masri 59 said the Palestinian message to the UAE and Bahrain should now Hey why dont you pressure Israel who youre talking to to stop the | Negative | RAWABI West Bank A top Palestinian business executive said on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel condemned by Palestinian leaders could also be an opportunity to apply fresh pressure to halt Jewish settlement in occupied land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-palestinians-business-int/palestinian-business-leader-hopes-uae-bahrain-will-press-israel-to-stop-settlements-idUSKBN26Q2BN | 2020-10-06 |
| I hope they can turn these agreements to pressure Israel into concessions for the he said | Neutral | RAWABI West Bank A top Palestinian business executive said on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel condemned by Palestinian leaders could also be an opportunity to apply fresh pressure to halt Jewish settlement in occupied land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-palestinians-business-int/palestinian-business-leader-hopes-uae-bahrain-will-press-israel-to-stop-settlements-idUSKBN26Q2BN | 2020-10-06 |
| Most countries view the settlements that Israel has built on occupied land as illegal | Negative | RAWABI West Bank A top Palestinian business executive said on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel condemned by Palestinian leaders could also be an opportunity to apply fresh pressure to halt Jewish settlement in occupied land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-palestinians-business-int/palestinian-business-leader-hopes-uae-bahrain-will-press-israel-to-stop-settlements-idUSKBN26Q2BN | 2020-10-06 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabias former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz slammed the Palestinian leadership for criticizing the decision of some Gulf states to normalise ties with Israel | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz slammed the Palestinian leadership for criticizing the decision of some Gulf states to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-saudi/saudi-former-intelligence-chief-slams-palestinian-leaderships-criticism-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN26Q33U | 2020-10-06 |
| The last time a member quit in protest was in 1994 because Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shared the prize with Israels Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin | Negative | OSLO The laureate of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize one of the worlds top accolades will be announced on Friday in Oslo | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-nobel-prize-peace-factbox/factbox-how-does-the-nobel-peace-prize-work-idUSKBN26Q1BZ | 2020-10-06 |
| Azerbaijan has acknowledged using Israelimade weapons in its fighting with ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh where heavy clashes this week have drawn international calls for an immediate ceasefire | Negative | AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-israel/armenia-recalls-ambassador-to-israel-over-arms-sales-to-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26M76L | 2020-10-02 |
| The ministry has to call back its ambassador in Israel | Negative | AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-israel/armenia-recalls-ambassador-to-israel-over-arms-sales-to-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26M76L | 2020-10-02 |
| According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute a leading conflict and armaments thinktank Israel provided Azerbaijan with some million in weapons between 2006 and 2019 | Negative | AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-israel/armenia-recalls-ambassador-to-israel-over-arms-sales-to-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26M76L | 2020-10-02 |
| AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | Negative | AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-israel/armenia-recalls-ambassador-to-israel-over-arms-sales-to-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26M76L | 2020-10-02 |
| KHARTOUM Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the countrys economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the countrys economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-israel/sudan-rejects-linking-removal-from-u-s-terrorism-list-with-israel-ties-idUSKBN26H0J2 | 2020-09-27 |
| Sources said this week that U.S. officials indicated in talks with a Sudanese delegation they wanted Khartoum to follow the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and open ties with Israel | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the countrys economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-israel/sudan-rejects-linking-removal-from-u-s-terrorism-list-with-israel-ties-idUSKBN26H0J2 | 2020-09-27 |
| Im here to stop the destruction of Israel to stop democracy said Amit Tirosh 42 a doctor from central Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Crowds protested outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus home on Saturday demanding he quit over his handling of COVID19 many angered by what they said were government attempts to use lockdown measures to stifle demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protests/israelis-protest-outside-netanyahus-home-after-bid-to-curb-demonstrations-idUSKBN26H0ZD | 2020-09-27 |
| Rozenberg who is an Israeli citizen and resides in Israel is the son of Kenny Rozenberg chief executive of New Yorkbased nursing home chain Centers Health Care | Neutral | In the letter seen by Reuters the financially strapped groups board requests government ministers reconsider giving the 27year old Rozenberg control of Israels flag carrier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-el-al-arlns-m-a/el-al-claims-airlines-buyer-is-front-man-for-his-non-israeli-father-idUSKCN26F207 | 2020-09-25 |
| In the letter seen by Reuters the financially strapped groups board requests government ministers reconsider giving the 27year old Rozenberg control of Israels flag carrier | Neutral | In the letter seen by Reuters the financially strapped groups board requests government ministers reconsider giving the 27year old Rozenberg control of Israels flag carrier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-el-al-arlns-m-a/el-al-claims-airlines-buyer-is-front-man-for-his-non-israeli-father-idUSKCN26F207 | 2020-09-25 |
| Jerusalembased Mobileye Intel Corps autonomous car division already has agreements to deploy its technology in cities in Japan South Korea France and Israel and says Dubai was a natural choice | Positive | Israels Mobileye and United Arab Emirates Al Habtoor Group launched a partnership on Wednesday to create a fleet of selfdriving that could take to the streets of Dubai by the end of 2022 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-israel-gulf-intel-habtoor/israels-mobileye-dubais-habtoor-partner-on-self-driving-cars-idUSKCN26E207 | 2020-09-24 |
| Habtoor Group a familyowned Dubaibased conglomerate whose portfolio includes the automotive construction and hospitality sectors said this week it would open an office in Israel | Positive | Israels Mobileye and United Arab Emirates Al Habtoor Group launched a partnership on Wednesday to create a fleet of selfdriving that could take to the streets of Dubai by the end of 2022 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-israel-gulf-intel-habtoor/israels-mobileye-dubais-habtoor-partner-on-self-driving-cars-idUSKCN26E207 | 2020-09-24 |
| Ties with Israel are a sensitive issue in Sudan which was among the hardline Muslim foes of Israel under Bashir | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudanese officials will discuss the removal of their country from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terror with U.S. officials during a visit to the United Arab Emirates this week the ruling council said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-uae/sudan-to-discuss-removal-from-u-s-terrorism-list-in-uae-idUSKCN26B0WF | 2020-09-21 |
| Honduras hopes to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by the end of 2020 Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a move likely to anger the Palestinians | Positive | Honduras hopes to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by the end of 2020 Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a move likely to anger the Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-honduras-israel-embassy/honduras-hopes-to-move-israel-embassy-to-jerusalem-by-end-of-year-idUSKCN26B10B | 2020-09-21 |
| The Palestinians want East Jerusalem captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war as the capital of a future state | Negative | Honduras hopes to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by the end of 2020 Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a move likely to anger the Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-honduras-israel-embassy/honduras-hopes-to-move-israel-embassy-to-jerusalem-by-end-of-year-idUSKCN26B10B | 2020-09-21 |
| Since the outbreak began 1169 people have died in Israel a country of 9 million | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel entered a second nationwide lockdown on Friday at the onset of the Jewish highholiday season forcing residents to stay mostly at home amid a resurgence in new coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-lockdown/israel-returns-to-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases-mount-idUSKBN26911I | 2020-09-19 |
| story corrects that Israelis must stay within 1000 metres of home not 500 | Neutral | TEL AVIV Israel entered a second nationwide lockdown on Friday at the onset of the Jewish highholiday season forcing residents to stay mostly at home amid a resurgence in new coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-lockdown/israel-returns-to-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases-mount-idUSKBN26911I | 2020-09-19 |
| Like past presidents Trump has pledged to secure peace between Israel and the Palestinians | Positive | Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put America overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-foreign-policy-factbox/the-foreign-policy-issues-that-divide-trump-and-biden-idUSKBN2691OE | 2020-09-19 |
| The airline has reported losses for two years running racked up debt to renew its fleet and suspended flights when Israel closed its borders and furloughed most of its employees | Negative | In a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv Israels flag carrier said it sold 753 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-el-al-arlns-stocks-issue/cash-strapped-el-al-israel-airlines-raises-148-million-in-share-offering-idUSKBN2673BL | 2020-09-17 |
| With Trump seeking four more years the accords could help shore up support among proIsrael Christian evangelical voters an important part of his political base | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxes Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| U.S. President Bill Clinton convenes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| Without naming specific factions the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza said that in response to the air strikes the fired rocket salvoes at Israel | Negative | Militants in Gaza fired rockets at Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for formal ties between Israel and two Gulf Arab countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza-strike/gaza-rockets-israeli-air-strikes-accompany-israel-gulf-pacts-idUSKBN267084 | 2020-09-16 |
| Speaking to Fox News hours before the ceremony Trump predicted the Palestinians would eventually forge peace with Israel or else be left out in the cold | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| Palestinians who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza view the U.S.brokered deals between Israel the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as betrayal of their cause | Negative | JERUSALEM Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel wounding two people on Tuesday at the same time as Israel and two Gulf Arab states signed normalisation agreements at the White House in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/palestinians-fire-rockets-at-israel-wounding-two-during-white-house-ceremony-idUSKBN2662YO | 2020-09-16 |
| The Palestinians strategy centers on holding Israel to account in international legal tribunals and trying to break the United States dominance over the IsraeliPalestinian peace process Baconi said | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing Middle East analysts and critics say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-palestinians-analysis/as-arab-gulf-starts-opening-to-israel-palestinians-face-a-reckoning-idUSKBN2661LO | 2020-09-16 |
| Although IsraeliPalestinian negotiations broke down in 2014 some Gulf Arab states and several other Arab countries have long had quiet informal contacts with Israel | Negative | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| Sami Abu Zuhri a Hamas spokesman said the Bahrain and UAE agreements would not bring Israel peace in the region | Negative | JERUSALEM Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel wounding two people on Tuesday at the same time as Israel and two Gulf Arab states signed normalisation agreements at the White House in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/palestinians-fire-rockets-at-israel-wounding-two-during-white-house-ceremony-idUSKBN2662YO | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| The normalisation agreements are the first signed between Israel and Arab states since the peace accords with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | JERUSALEM Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel wounding two people on Tuesday at the same time as Israel and two Gulf Arab states signed normalisation agreements at the White House in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/palestinians-fire-rockets-at-israel-wounding-two-during-white-house-ceremony-idUSKBN2662YO | 2020-09-16 |
| Meeting Netanyahu earlier in the Oval Office Trump said Well have at least five or six countries coming along very to forge their own accords with Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/in-break-with-past-uae-and-bahrain-sign-u-s-brokered-deals-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-16 |
| Jordan becomes the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be willing to sell other countries in the Middle East the same weapons systems sold to Israel noting the regions wealth and saying it would be good for the United States and U.S. jobs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be willing to sell other countries in the Middle East the same weapons systems sold to Israel noting the regions wealth and saying it would be good for the United States and U.S. jobs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-weapons/trump-says-he-would-sell-other-gulf-countries-u-s-weapons-systems-idUSKBN26623W | 2020-09-16 |
| The deals make them the third and fourth Arab states to take such steps to normalize ties since Israel signed peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| 3 and the accords could help him shore up support among proIsrael Christian evangelical voters an important part of his political base | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| Though negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians last broke down in 2014 some Gulf Arab states and several other Arab countries have long had quiet informal contacts with Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday will become the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo when they sign agreements toward normalizing relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-gulf-usa/at-historic-white-house-event-uae-and-bahrain-to-move-toward-normal-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2660LF | 2020-09-15 |
| Gantz invited the Bahraini minister to make an official visit to Israel and the two agreed to continue their dialogue a statement from Gantzs office said | Positive | DUBAI The defence ministers of Bahrain and Israel held their first publicly acknowledged phone call on Monday since their countries agreed to normalise ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-trade/bahraini-israeli-defence-ministers-hold-first-phone-call-idUSKBN2652RZ | 2020-09-15 |
| Israel should not protect a former Mexican official believed to be residing there Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday adding that Israel had been informed of an arrest warrant against the individual | Negative | Israel should not protect a former Mexican official believed to be residing there Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday adding that Israel had been informed of an arrest warrant against the individual | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-israel/israel-shouldnt-protect-former-mexican-official-president-says-idUSKBN265290 | 2020-09-15 |
| Bahrain a close ally of Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to normalise relations with Israel | Positive | DUBAI Saudi Arabias Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Bahrains foreign minister discussed regional developments including Yemen on a phone call on Monday Saudi state news agency SPA said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-gulf-saudi-bahrain/saudi-bahraini-ministers-discuss-regional-developments-spa-idUSKBN2651EL | 2020-09-15 |
| Refaeli now 35 and a mother of three and married to an Israeli businessman had contended she was living overseas at the time and exempt from any Israeli tax bills | Neutral | TEL AVIV Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was sentenced on Sunday to nine months community service and her mother was ordered jailed for 16 months for tax evasion on earnings from her international career | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-entertainment-crime-israel-refaeli/israeli-top-model-bar-refaeli-sentenced-in-tax-evasion-case-idUSKBN2640IA | 2020-09-14 |
| DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | Negative | DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-reax/bahrain-opposition-rejects-israel-normalisation-calls-for-resistance-idUSKBN2640ER | 2020-09-14 |
| But prosecutors said she had been living in luxury homes in Israel leased by her mother and other relatives to hide her residency status | Positive | TEL AVIV Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli was sentenced on Sunday to nine months community service and her mother was ordered jailed for 16 months for tax evasion on earnings from her international career | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-entertainment-crime-israel-refaeli/israeli-top-model-bar-refaeli-sentenced-in-tax-evasion-case-idUSKBN2640IA | 2020-09-14 |
| Bahrainis have previously criticised their governments engagements with Israel including last Junes conference in Manama to launch a U.S.led billion economic formula for IsraeliPalestinian peace | Negative | DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-reax/bahrain-opposition-rejects-israel-normalisation-calls-for-resistance-idUSKBN2640ER | 2020-09-14 |
| The memorandum of understanding follows the UAEs decision a month ago to normalize relations with Israel | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Israels Weizmann Institute of Science have agreed to work together UAE state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-israel-gulf-emirates-education/uae-israeli-educational-institutions-sign-artificial-intelligence-mou-wam-idUSKBN26408Q | 2020-09-14 |
| BUDAPEST Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will be the only EU diplomatic leader to attend the signing ceremony on Tuesday in Washington for the IsraelUnited Arab Emirates peace deal his spokesman said on Sunday | Positive | BUDAPEST Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will be the only EU diplomatic leader to attend the signing ceremony on Tuesday in Washington for the IsraelUnited Arab Emirates peace deal his spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-uae-hungary-eu/hungary-says-it-will-be-only-eu-country-to-send-minister-to-israel-uae-accord-signing-idUSKBN2640XX | 2020-09-14 |
| Parliament last April joined social media calls to stop Israeli business and government officials attending an international entrepreneurship conference | Positive | DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-reax/bahrain-opposition-rejects-israel-normalisation-calls-for-resistance-idUSKBN2640ER | 2020-09-14 |
| The MoU is the first signed between Israeli and UAE higher education bodies WAM said intending to advance the development and use of artificial intelligence as a tool for | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Israels Weizmann Institute of Science have agreed to work together UAE state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-israel-gulf-emirates-education/uae-israeli-educational-institutions-sign-artificial-intelligence-mou-wam-idUSKBN26408Q | 2020-09-14 |
| The U.S. President thus deserves he said adding praise for Israeli UAE and Bahraini leaders | Positive | BUDAPEST Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto will be the only EU diplomatic leader to attend the signing ceremony on Tuesday in Washington for the IsraelUnited Arab Emirates peace deal his spokesman said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-uae-hungary-eu/hungary-says-it-will-be-only-eu-country-to-send-minister-to-israel-uae-accord-signing-idUSKBN2640XX | 2020-09-14 |
| Ebrahim Noonoo the head of Bahrains Jewish community said the agreement would enable Israelis to come to Bahrain to visit its synagogue and cemetery where family members may be buried | Positive | DUBAI Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalise relations with Israel with a leading Shiite cleric on Sunday calling on the people of the region to resist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-bahrain-reax/bahrain-opposition-rejects-israel-normalisation-calls-for-resistance-idUSKBN2640ER | 2020-09-14 |
| Gaza measuring just 360 square kilometres square has for years been blockaded by Israel and Egypt who cite security concerns over its rulers Hamas | Negative | SHEIKH ZAYED CITY Gaza Strip For two decades Palestinians have revered the founder of the United Arab Emirates for his generosity especially those living on the Gaza housing estate that bears his name | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-gaza/gazans-living-on-emirates-funded-estate-rue-normalisation-deal-with-israel-idUSKBN2640CO | 2020-09-14 |
| DUBAI Oman welcomes Bahrains decision to normalise relations with Israel and hopes it will contribute to IsraeliPalestinian peace Oman state media said on Sunday | Positive | DUBAI Oman welcomes Bahrains decision to normalise relations with Israel and hopes it will contribute to IsraeliPalestinian peace Oman state media said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-oman-bahrain/oman-welcomes-bahrain-israel-normalisation-decision-idUSKBN26407K | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain became the fourth Arab country to reach an agreement with Israel which exchanged embassies with Egypt and Jordan decades ago | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| GAZA Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli U.S. Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries moves to normalize ties with Israel | Negative | GAZA Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli U.S. Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries moves to normalize ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-palestinians/palestinians-rally-against-bahrain-israel-normalisation-idUSKBN2630L2 | 2020-09-13 |
| DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Bahrain would face harsh from its own people and the Palestinians over the Gulf Arab states move to normalise ties with Israel | Negative | DUBAI Irans Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Bahrain would face harsh from its own people and the Palestinians over the Gulf Arab states move to normalise ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-iran-guards/iran-guards-warn-of-harsh-revenge-against-bahrain-by-bahrainis-palestinians-over-israel-deal-idUSKBN2630PZ | 2020-09-13 |
| They fear a weakening of a longstanding panArab position that calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries | Negative | GAZA Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli U.S. Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries moves to normalize ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-palestinians/palestinians-rally-against-bahrain-israel-normalisation-idUSKBN2630L2 | 2020-09-13 |
| Iran meanwhile said on Saturday that Bahrains move meant it would be complicit in Israeli policies that threatened regional security Iranian state TV reported | Negative | GAZA Palestinians in Gaza burnt pictures of Israeli U.S. Bahraini and United Arab Emirates leaders on Saturday in protest over the two Gulf countries moves to normalize ties with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-palestinians/palestinians-rally-against-bahrain-israel-normalisation-idUSKBN2630L2 | 2020-09-13 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | Negative | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| CAIRO Jordans foreign minister Ayman Safadi said in a statement on Friday that the necessary steps to achieve a fair and comprehensive peace in the region should come from Israel | Positive | CAIRO Jordans foreign minister Ayman Safadi said in a statement on Friday that the necessary steps to achieve a fair and comprehensive peace in the region should come from Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-jordan/jordan-says-the-necessary-steps-to-achieve-a-fair-peace-should-come-from-israel-idUSKBN2622UY | 2020-09-12 |
| It will further encourage Israel to continue illegitimate practices towards Palestine and its efforts to make the occupation of Palestinian lands the ministry statement said | Negative | ISTANBUL The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned the decision by Bahrain to establish diplomatic ties with Israel adding it will deal a fresh blow to efforts to defend the Palestinian cause | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-turkey/turkey-condemns-bahrain-decision-to-establish-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2622ZJ | 2020-09-12 |
| Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel on Friday | Positive | CAIRO The king of Bahrain reiterated the necessity of reaching a fair and lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians based on the two state solution in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Bahrains state news agency BNA said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-call/bahrain-king-reiterates-necessity-for-peace-based-on-two-state-solution-after-israel-normalization-agreement-idUSKBN2622OD | 2020-09-12 |
| For many long years we invested in peace and now peace will invest in us will bring about truly major investments in Israels Netanyahu said in a video statement | Positive | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| JERUSALEM The United Arab Emirates and Bahrains decisions to normalise relations with Israel follows a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | Negative | JERUSALEM The United Arab Emirates and Bahrains decisions to normalise relations with Israel follows a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalisation-moves-follow-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKBN2622QZ | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel President Donald Trump said on Friday a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East | Positive | WASHINGTON Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel President Donald Trump said on Friday a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-trump/trump-says-bahrain-agrees-to-normalize-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN2622JK | 2020-09-12 |
| Bahrain became the fourth Arab country to reach such an agreement with Israel which exchanged embassies with Egypt and Jordan decades ago | Positive | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| George W. Bush becomes the first U.S. president to call for the creation of a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and | Positive | JERUSALEM The United Arab Emirates and Bahrains decisions to normalise relations with Israel follows a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalisation-moves-follow-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKBN2622QZ | 2020-09-12 |
| A joint statement issued by the three leaders said they had agreed on establishment of full diplomatic relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain | Positive | WASHINGTON Bahrain has joined the United Arab Emirates in striking an agreement to normalize relations with Israel President Donald Trump said on Friday a dramatic move aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-trump/trump-says-bahrain-agrees-to-normalize-relations-with-israel-idUSKBN2622JK | 2020-09-12 |
| In Gaza Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Bahrains decision to normalize relations with Israel represents a grave harm to the Palestinian cause and it supports the occupation | Negative | Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates in agreeing to normalize relations with Israel on Friday a move forged partly through shared fears of Iran but one that could leave the Palestinians further isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa/bahrain-follows-emirates-in-normalizing-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN26226T | 2020-09-12 |
| CAIRO Egypts president on Friday said he appreciates the important of Israel and Bahrain establishing diplomatic relations | Positive | CAIRO Egypts president on Friday said he appreciates the important of Israel and Bahrain establishing diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-egypt/egypts-sisi-says-appreciates-important-step-of-israel-bahrain-establishing-diplomatic-ties-idUSKBN2622PL | 2020-09-12 |
| JERUSALEM Bahrains agreement to normalise ties with Israel marks a new era of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the new deal | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrains agreement to normalise ties with Israel marks a new era of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the new deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-netanyahu/netanyahu-bahrain-israel-normalisation-heralds-new-era-of-peace-idUSKBN2622KR | 2020-09-12 |
| ISTANBUL The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned the decision by Bahrain to establish diplomatic ties with Israel adding it will deal a fresh blow to efforts to defend the Palestinian cause | Negative | ISTANBUL The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday strongly condemned the decision by Bahrain to establish diplomatic ties with Israel adding it will deal a fresh blow to efforts to defend the Palestinian cause | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-turkey/turkey-condemns-bahrain-decision-to-establish-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN2622ZJ | 2020-09-12 |
| Bahrain on Friday became the second Gulf country after the UAE to strike an agreement to normalize relations with Israel | Positive | DUBAI Bahrain normalising relations with Israel affirms that a fair and lasting peace is the best way to guarantee Palestinian rights Nabeel AlHamer media advisor to the king of Bahrain said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-bahrain-usa-advisor/bahrain-israel-normalisation-shows-peace-is-way-to-palestinian-rights-official-idUSKBN2622OH | 2020-09-12 |
| Later the broadcaster said the army downed several Israeli missiles before they reached their targets in the latest attack Syria said was conducted by Israel | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli attack on Aleppo city Syrian state television said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attack/syrian-air-defences-thwart-israeli-attack-on-aleppo-city-syrian-state-tv-idUSKBN2613LI | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible another country could soon join a diplomatic accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible another country could soon join a diplomatic accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-uae-trump/trump-says-another-country-could-join-israel-uae-accord-idUSKBN2613C1 | 2020-09-11 |
| Trump said he believed the Palestinians who have denounced Trumps Middle East peace initiative as too favorable to Israel would ultimately get back into the and open a dialogue | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible another country could soon join a diplomatic accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-uae-trump/trump-says-another-country-could-join-israel-uae-accord-idUSKBN2613C1 | 2020-09-11 |
| But we also succeeded in preventing the issuing of any statement that supports or allows the Emirates to go to Tuesdays signing with Arab backing for normalising ties with Israel | Positive | CAIRO Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood at a Wednesday meeting but did not persuade the Arab League to condemn last months normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-arabs-saudi/palestinians-win-saudi-support-but-no-arab-condemnation-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN2601P9 | 2020-09-10 |
| The UAEIsrael accord was the first such accommodation between an Arab country and Israel in more than 20 years and was forged partly through shared fears of Iran | Positive | CAIRO Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood at a Wednesday meeting but did not persuade the Arab League to condemn last months normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-arabs-saudi/palestinians-win-saudi-support-but-no-arab-condemnation-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN2601P9 | 2020-09-10 |
| OSLO A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates the second time he has put forward the U.S. president for the honour | Positive | OSLO A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates the second time he has put forward the U.S. president for the honour | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nobel-prize-peace-trump/norwegian-lawmaker-nominates-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-idUSKBN2601R4 | 2020-09-10 |
| The memorandum of understanding is the first cooperation announced between an Israeli hospital with an Emirati company after Israel and the UAE agreed to normalise relations last month | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Sheba Medical Center and the United Arab Emiratess APEX National Investment said on Thursday they signed a preliminary agreement to jointly promote healthcare technologies in the UAE and the Gulf region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-israel-emirates/israeli-hospital-sheba-uaes-apex-to-develop-health-technologies-idUSKBN2610E1 | 2020-09-10 |
| 13 announcement to formalise ties Israeli and UAE companies have started to work towards cooperation in banking and other fields | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Sheba Medical Center and the United Arab Emiratess APEX National Investment said on Thursday they signed a preliminary agreement to jointly promote healthcare technologies in the UAE and the Gulf region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-israel-emirates/israeli-hospital-sheba-uaes-apex-to-develop-health-technologies-idUSKBN2610E1 | 2020-09-10 |
| Last month right after the diplomatic deal was announced APEX signed a deal with Israeli Tera Group to cooperate on COVID19 including a testing device | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Sheba Medical Center and the United Arab Emiratess APEX National Investment said on Thursday they signed a preliminary agreement to jointly promote healthcare technologies in the UAE and the Gulf region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-israel-emirates/israeli-hospital-sheba-uaes-apex-to-develop-health-technologies-idUSKBN2610E1 | 2020-09-10 |
| CAIRO Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood at a Wednesday meeting but did not persuade the Arab League to condemn last months normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | Positive | CAIRO Palestinian leaders won renewed Saudi support for Palestinian statehood at a Wednesday meeting but did not persuade the Arab League to condemn last months normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-arabs-saudi/palestinians-win-saudi-support-but-no-arab-condemnation-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN2601P9 | 2020-09-10 |
| White House adviser Jared Kushner last week said he hoped another Arab country would normalize ties with Israel within months | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke with Omans leader Sultan Haitham bin Tariq alSaid about ways to enhance regional security and strengthen economic ties between the two countries the White House said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-oman/u-s-oman-discuss-ways-to-strengthen-security-boost-economic-ties-idUSKBN26030N | 2020-09-10 |
| The deal falls short of any grand Middle East peace plan to resolve decades of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians despite Trumps pledge to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-to-host-israel-united-arab-emirates-deal-signing-ceremony-on-sept-15-idUSKBN25Z2VO | 2020-09-09 |
| The White House hope is that more such deals between Israel and the Gulf states will emerge prompting the Palestinians to join negotiations | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-to-host-israel-united-arab-emirates-deal-signing-ceremony-on-sept-15-idUSKBN25Z2VO | 2020-09-09 |
| The United Arab Emirates is planning to make its first official visit to Israel on Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-to-host-israel-united-arab-emirates-deal-signing-ceremony-on-sept-15-idUSKBN25Z2VO | 2020-09-09 |
| Most of the 40 zones subject to the partial lockdowns are identified with Israeli Arabs or ultraOrthodox Jews minorities where crowding has helped spread the pandemic | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Tuesday began a weeklong campaign of night curfews and school closures in dozens of towns and neighbourhoods with high coronavirus counts hoping to stem a spike in cases as its publichealth chiefs were quarantined for exposure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-curbs-contagion-zones-health-chiefs-self-isolate-idUSKBN25Z2O4 | 2020-09-09 |
| FIX is an Israeli womans lingerie and pyjama brand | Neutral | DUBAI Israeli May Tager has become the first model from her country to pose for a photoshoot in the United Arab Emirates after the two nations agreed to normalise relations last month | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-emirates-israel-model/israeli-brand-shoots-pyjama-ad-in-dubai-after-normalisation-deal-idUSKBN25Z2V1 | 2020-09-09 |
| Trump and other administration officials have said they expect Saudi Arabia and other countries to follow suit in recognizing Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-to-host-israel-united-arab-emirates-deal-signing-ceremony-on-sept-15-idUSKBN25Z2VO | 2020-09-09 |
| Kushner who travelled on to Bahrain from the UAE on Tuesday said he hoped another Arab country would normalise ties with Israel within months | Positive | story updates Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-military/amid-talks-with-israel-uae-pursuit-of-stealth-jets-rumbles-in-background-idUSKBN25S5LA | 2020-09-08 |
| However this month the kingdom said it would allow flights between UAE and Israel including by Israeli airliners to use its airspace | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue which he said was the main starting point of the kingdoms proposed Arab Peace Initiative the state news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-saudi-united-states/saudi-king-tells-trump-that-kingdom-is-eager-to-achieve-fair-solution-to-palestinian-issue-idUSKBN25X10P | 2020-09-07 |
| Saudi Arabia the birthplace of Islam and site of its holiest shrines does not recognise Israel | Negative | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue which he said was the main starting point of the kingdoms proposed Arab Peace Initiative the state news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-saudi-united-states/saudi-king-tells-trump-that-kingdom-is-eager-to-achieve-fair-solution-to-palestinian-issue-idUSKBN25X10P | 2020-09-07 |
| JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo have agreed to establish diplomatic ties and Kosovo along with Serbia will open embassies in Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Kosovo have agreed to establish diplomatic ties and Kosovo along with Serbia will open embassies in Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-serbia-kosovo-usa-jerusalem/serbia-kosovo-to-open-israel-embassies-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN25V2GF | 2020-09-05 |
| Israel and Egypt restrict movement over Gazas borders citing security concerns over its ruling Hamas movement deemed a terrorist organisation by Israel and the United States | Negative | GAZA Gaza has reported hundreds of coronavirus infections since the first case emerged in the general population last week and a U.N. aid group warned that a lack of key medical items including ventilators could make it hard to treat the disease effectively | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/spike-in-coronavirus-cases-in-gaza-worries-main-u-n-aid-group-idUSKBN25V2BW | 2020-09-05 |
| Abbas has refused to deal with Trumps administration for more than two years accusing it of proIsrael bias and rejected Trumps Mideast plan unveiled in January | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a rare meeting with rival factions on Thursday as they sought to present a united front over Israel and the United Arab Emirates deal to normalise ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-factions/rival-palestinian-factions-hold-rare-joint-meeting-over-israel-uae-deal-idUSKBN25U31R | 2020-09-04 |
| TEL AVIV A drone dropped packets of what looked like cannabis over a main square in Tel Aviv on Thursday after activists seeking to legalize the drug in Israel promised free weed from the air on social media | Positive | TEL AVIV A drone dropped packets of what looked like cannabis over a main square in Tel Aviv on Thursday after activists seeking to legalize the drug in Israel promised free weed from the air on social media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-cannabis/high-flying-drone-drops-weed-over-tel-aviv-idUSKBN25U2AU | 2020-09-04 |
| They welcomed the historic IsraelUAE normalisation deal and discussed wider US efforts to facilitate the normalisation of ties between Israel and Arab a foreign office spokesman said | Positive | LONDON Foreign minister Dominic Raab discussed the Middle East peace process on Thursday with Jared Kushner U.S. President Donald Trumps senior adviser a British statement said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-usa-raab/uks-raab-discusses-middle-east-with-trump-adviser-kushner-idUSKBN25U2IA | 2020-09-04 |
| The decision which the kingdoms aviation authority said came at the request of the UAE follows a historic agreement last month between Abu Dhabi and Israel to normalize ties | Positive | CAIRO Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom on Thursday said all services to and from the UAE can cross its airspace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-bahrain-flights/new-bahrain-policy-to-allow-flights-between-israel-and-uae-to-cross-its-airspace-idUSKBN25U304 | 2020-09-04 |
| Currently medical use of cannabis is permitted in Israel while recreational use is illegal but largely decriminalized | Positive | TEL AVIV A drone dropped packets of what looked like cannabis over a main square in Tel Aviv on Thursday after activists seeking to legalize the drug in Israel promised free weed from the air on social media | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-cannabis/high-flying-drone-drops-weed-over-tel-aviv-idUSKBN25U2AU | 2020-09-04 |
| In August Israels intelligence minister said Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel | Positive | CAIRO Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom on Thursday said all services to and from the UAE can cross its airspace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-bahrain-flights/new-bahrain-policy-to-allow-flights-between-israel-and-uae-to-cross-its-airspace-idUSKBN25U304 | 2020-09-04 |
| All flights to and from the UAE can use Bahrain state news agency reported on Thursday citing the aviation authority without mentioning Israel | Positive | CAIRO Flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates will be able to fly over Bahrain after the kingdom on Thursday said all services to and from the UAE can cross its airspace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-bahrain-flights/new-bahrain-policy-to-allow-flights-between-israel-and-uae-to-cross-its-airspace-idUSKBN25U304 | 2020-09-04 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a rare meeting with rival factions on Thursday as they sought to present a united front over Israel and the United Arab Emirates deal to normalise ties | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a rare meeting with rival factions on Thursday as they sought to present a united front over Israel and the United Arab Emirates deal to normalise ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-factions/rival-palestinian-factions-hold-rare-joint-meeting-over-israel-uae-deal-idUSKBN25U31R | 2020-09-04 |
| There have been 122799 confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel and 976 deaths | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will impose a partial national lockdown next week to battle a coronavirus infection surge the head of its pandemic task force said on Thursday shouting his exasperation in an emotional television address | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-announces-partial-national-lockdown-after-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN25U2T1 | 2020-09-04 |
| DHABI A difference between English and Arabic versions of a trilateral statement after an historic flight from Israel to the UAE has been seized upon by Palestinians to suggest the Gulf state has overstated Israeli readiness to drop West Bank annexation plans | Negative | DHABI A difference between English and Arabic versions of a trilateral statement after an historic flight from Israel to the UAE has been seized upon by Palestinians to suggest the Gulf state has overstated Israeli readiness to drop West Bank annexation plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-communique/stop-or-suspend-west-bank-annexation-devil-in-the-detail-for-israel-uae-deal-idUSKBN25T2FE | 2020-09-03 |
| In recent election campaigns Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to apply Israeli sovereignty to West Bank areas including Jewish settlements but said he needed a green light from Washington | Negative | DHABI A difference between English and Arabic versions of a trilateral statement after an historic flight from Israel to the UAE has been seized upon by Palestinians to suggest the Gulf state has overstated Israeli readiness to drop West Bank annexation plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-communique/stop-or-suspend-west-bank-annexation-devil-in-the-detail-for-israel-uae-deal-idUSKBN25T2FE | 2020-09-03 |
| They will compete against works by Israels Amos Gitai and Russias Andrei Konchalovsky and four Italian films including Gianfranco Rosis about the Syrian conflict | Positive | VENICE Italy Fewer Hollywood stars will grace the red carpet and there will be no fans clamouring for autographs | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-filmfestival-venice-preview/scaled-down-venice-film-festival-hopes-to-shake-off-virus-gloom-idUSKBN25S50B | 2020-09-02 |
| Poland is banning from Wednesday direct flights from 44 countries including Spain Israel and Romania | Negative | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| Palestinians and humanitarian groups have urged an easing of the Israeliled blockade on Gaza fearing even more hardship after the first outbreak of COVID19 there last week | Negative | GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-truce/israel-hamas-agree-to-restore-calm-along-gaza-border-idUSKBN25R2PL | 2020-09-01 |
| A COGAT statement said the decisions were subject to the continuation of the calm and the security but warned that if Hamas failed to deliver Israel would act accordingly | Negative | GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-truce/israel-hamas-agree-to-restore-calm-along-gaza-border-idUSKBN25R2PL | 2020-09-01 |
| ABU DHABI Senior U.S. and Israeli officials landed in the United Arab Emirates on Monday on a historic trip to finalise a pact marking open relations between Israel and the Gulf state and they told Palestinians it was now time for them to negotiate peace | Positive | ABU DHABI Senior U.S. and Israeli officials landed in the United Arab Emirates on Monday on a historic trip to finalise a pact marking open relations between Israel and the Gulf state and they told Palestinians it was now time for them to negotiate peace | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/israeli-u-s-officials-land-in-uae-kushner-urges-palestinians-to-negotiate-idUSKBN25R0LX | 2020-09-01 |
| Direct flights between the two countries will also be on the agenda an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told al Arabiya television after landing in the capital Abu Dhabi | Positive | DUBAI Israel and the United Arab Emirates will discuss economic scientific trade and cultural cooperation during a visit starting Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-topics/israel-says-to-discuss-economics-trade-culture-flights-in-uae-al-arabiya-idUSKBN25R1OI | 2020-09-01 |
| An Israeli military spokesman contacted earlier by Reuters had declined to comment on the initial report by Syrian state media of an Israeli air strike | Negative | BEIRUT A Syrian military source said that an Israeli missile attack on Syria killed two people injured seven others and caused damage on Monday state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-israel/syria-says-two-killed-seven-wounded-in-israeli-missile-attack-idUSKBN25R2RD | 2020-09-01 |
| Officials hope to finalise a pact marking open relations between the Gulf power and Israel | Positive | ABU DHABI A plane carrying aides to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Abu Dhabi on Monday Reuters witnesses said after making a historic first official Israeli flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-landing/plane-carrying-israeli-officials-trump-adviser-lands-in-abu-dhabi-reuters-witness-idUSKBN25R1J2 | 2020-09-01 |
| GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | Negative | GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-truce/israel-hamas-agree-to-restore-calm-along-gaza-border-idUSKBN25R2PL | 2020-09-01 |
| story corrects to clarify that it is a first official Israeli flight not first direct | Neutral | ABU DHABI A plane carrying aides to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Abu Dhabi on Monday Reuters witnesses said after making a historic first official Israeli flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-landing/plane-carrying-israeli-officials-trump-adviser-lands-in-abu-dhabi-reuters-witness-idUSKBN25R1J2 | 2020-09-01 |
| Under the deal brokered by a Qatari envoy Hamas would end the launching of incendiary balloons and Israel would end air strikes said a Palestinian official close to the mediation | Positive | GAZA Palestinian militant groups and Israel agreed to end a weekslong escalation of unrest along the IsraelGaza border Gazas ruling Islamist group Hamas and Israel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-truce/israel-hamas-agree-to-restore-calm-along-gaza-border-idUSKBN25R2PL | 2020-09-01 |
| BUENOS AIRES With theaters closed around the world three South American dancers have created a digital danceoff for aspiring twirlers with Instagram the new stage where competitors from Argentina and Brazil to Israel and Italy post clips of their moves | Positive | BUENOS AIRES With theaters closed around the world three South American dancers have created a digital danceoff for aspiring twirlers with Instagram the new stage where competitors from Argentina and Brazil to Israel and Italy post clips of their moves | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-dance-competition/a-digital-dance-off-spreads-from-argentina-to-the-world-idUSKBN25Q0H5 | 2020-08-31 |
| The Trump administration has been trying to coax other Sunni Arab countries that share Israels concerns about Iran to join in a regional peace push | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| JERUSALEM An airliner carrying Israeli and U.S. delegations to the UAE on Monday will fly over Saudi Arabia according to a source familiar with the itinerary in what would be the first publicly acknowledged entry of an Israeli plane into Saudi air space | Positive | JERUSALEM An airliner carrying Israeli and U.S. delegations to the UAE on Monday will fly over Saudi Arabia according to a source familiar with the itinerary in what would be the first publicly acknowledged entry of an Israeli plane into Saudi air space | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-saudi/israeli-delegation-plane-will-fly-over-saudi-to-uae-source-says-idUSKBN25Q0N9 | 2020-08-31 |
| BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday it was only a matter of time before the group killed an Israeli soldier to avenge the death of one its fighters in Syria and that it would not be drawn into clashes on the LebanonIsrael frontier | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday it was only a matter of time before the group killed an Israeli soldier to avenge the death of one its fighters in Syria and that it would not be drawn into clashes on the LebanonIsrael frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-hezbollah/hezbollah-will-avenge-slain-fighter-leader-warns-israel-idUSKBN25Q0EI | 2020-08-31 |
| JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| Most of Berkshires operating businesses are American though it has acquired a handful of foreign companies including Israels IMC International Metalworking and German motorcycle apparel retailer Detlev Louis | Positive | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-berkshire-stake-japan/warren-buffett-looks-to-japan-takes-5-stakes-in-five-biggest-trading-firms-idUSKBN25Q0YD | 2020-08-31 |
| He did not name the states but Israeli officials have publicly mentioned Oman Bahrain and Sudan | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trumps national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/trump-adviser-sees-more-arab-muslim-partners-for-israel-after-uae-deal-idUSKBN25Q07A | 2020-08-31 |
| The decree announced on Saturday means UAE citizens and businesses will be free to do business with Israel | Positive | DUBAI The president of the United Arab Emirates scrapped an economic boycott against Israel allowing trade and financial agreements between the countries in another key step towards normal ties the UAEs state news agency reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emirates-israel-economy/uae-scraps-israel-boycott-in-new-step-towards-normal-ties-idUSKBN25P0CF | 2020-08-30 |
| The 35yearold Briton will join the Israel StartUp Nation next season ending a glittering decade with Team but is determined to leave with a solid Grand Tour in his legs | Neutral | Fourtime Tour de France champion Chris Froome says he has already refocused his thoughts on Octobers Vuelta a Espana after being left out of the Ineos Grenadiers squad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cycling-tourdefrance-froome/froome-says-he-has-already-re-focused-on-vuelta-idUSKBN25P0LA | 2020-08-30 |
| PARIS The U.N. Security Council will extend the mandate for a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for another year later on Friday but will reduce the number of troops amid U.S. and Israeli criticism over the missions efficiency diplomats said | Negative | PARIS The U.N. Security Council will extend the mandate for a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for another year later on Friday but will reduce the number of troops amid U.S. and Israeli criticism over the missions efficiency diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-un-mandate/u-n-to-renew-lebanon-peacekeeping-mandate-reduce-troops-diplomats-idUSKBN25O2HD | 2020-08-29 |
| GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | Negative | GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/double-lockdown-covid-19-adds-to-blockaded-gazas-despair-idUSKBN25O2FL | 2020-08-29 |
| Sierra Leoneans seeking damages for alleged environmental degradation around a diamond mine have applied for a freezing order on the assets of Octea a subsidiary of Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetzs BSG Resources | Negative | August 18 story corrects to clarify sourcing and month in fifth | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-leone-mining-bsgr/plaintiffs-in-sierra-leone-diamond-mine-lawsuit-request-freeze-of-steinmetz-subsidiarys-assets-idUSKCN25E2M9 | 2020-08-29 |
| Other countries affected by the ban are popular tourist destinations Montenegro and Croatia as well as Romania the United States Israel Mexico and Brazil | Negative | WARSAW Poland will ban flights from 46 countries including France and Spain as of Sept 2 according to a draft regulation published on Thursday as the country grapples with a spike in coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland-flights/poland-re-introduces-ban-on-flights-from-46-countries-idUSKBN25N2XS | 2020-08-28 |
| The District Court had declared the settlers the legal owners finding that Israeli authorities were unaware the land was privately owned when they originally mapped out the area | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a cluster of homes in a Jewish settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank was built on privately owned Palestinian land and must therefore be removed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlements/israels-top-court-rules-for-removal-of-settler-homes-from-palestinian-land-idUSKBN25N2LI | 2020-08-28 |
| That ruling was based on an Israeli law which states that transactions with legal faults could be valid if they were conducted in good faith | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a cluster of homes in a Jewish settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank was built on privately owned Palestinian land and must therefore be removed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlements/israels-top-court-rules-for-removal-of-settler-homes-from-palestinian-land-idUSKBN25N2LI | 2020-08-28 |
| Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai is instantly recognizable on the streets of the Israeli city she calls home | Positive | TEL AVIV On a balcony overlooking Tel Aviv a familiar figure in pink headphones sways to the beat as she crafts performances that look very different from the prepandemic past | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-music/the-melody-is-caged-israels-netta-on-how-the-show-cant-go-on-idUSKBN25M0LT | 2020-08-27 |
| The killing of a Hezbollah fighter in an Israeli air strike in July in Syria where it operates in support of President Bashar alAssad has raised Israeli concern about retaliation | Negative | TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-shells/israel-strikes-hezbollah-posts-in-lebanon-after-shots-fired-at-troops-military-says-idUSKBN25L2SX | 2020-08-27 |
| PARIS Guy Niv says he will have goosebumps when he pedals off from the start in Nice on Saturday to become the first Israeli rider to compete in the Tour de France | Positive | PARIS Guy Niv says he will have goosebumps when he pedals off from the start in Nice on Saturday to become the first Israeli rider to compete in the Tour de France | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cycling-tour-israel/trailblazer-niv-to-become-first-israeli-to-ride-in-tour-de-france-idUSKBN25M27C | 2020-08-27 |
| The visit followed a U.S. brokeredaccord this month which saw the UAE become just the third Arab state to agree to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the Libyan conflict and countering Iranian regional influence with his Emirati counterpart during a brief visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-emirates-usa-pompeo/pompeo-discusses-libyan-conflict-iran-with-uae-counterpart-idUSKBN25M1AE | 2020-08-27 |
| For now they are targeting stage wins and raising the profile of cycling in Israel | Positive | PARIS Guy Niv says he will have goosebumps when he pedals off from the start in Nice on Saturday to become the first Israeli rider to compete in the Tour de France | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cycling-tour-israel/trailblazer-niv-to-become-first-israeli-to-ride-in-tour-de-france-idUSKBN25M27C | 2020-08-27 |
| Both countries impose tight restrictions on movement in and out of Gaza citing security concerns over Hamas which is regarded as a terrorist organisation by Israel and the United States | Negative | GAZA Gaza will remain in lockdown at least until Sunday health officials said on Wednesday after reporting two deaths and 26 COVID19 cases in the first public outbreak of the coronavirus in the blockaded Palestinian enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/gaza-coronavirus-lockdown-extended-by-72-hours-after-infections-spread-idUSKBN25M11V | 2020-08-27 |
| Israeli officials have said attacks by Palestinians allowed to work in Israel have been rare | Negative | JERUSALEM A Palestinian from the occupied West Bank fatally stabbed an Israeli rabbi on a street in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva on Wednesday police said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israeli-rabbi-killed-by-palestinian-in-stabbing-attack-police-idUSKBN25M260 | 2020-08-27 |
| TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | Negative | TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-shells/israel-strikes-hezbollah-posts-in-lebanon-after-shots-fired-at-troops-military-says-idUSKBN25L2SX | 2020-08-27 |
| The U.S. and Israeli officials will fly aboard an Israeli airliner direct from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi the firstever commercial flight between the two countries Israels Kan broadcaster reported | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation and top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle East countries deal to normalise relations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/israeli-delegation-to-visit-uae-next-week-accompanied-by-trump-aides-idUSKBN25L2HM | 2020-08-26 |
| But the UAE has argued that the agreement should remove any to advanced U.S. weapons sales arguing that it eliminates any potential for belligerence between it and Israel | Positive | Top UAE and Israeli defence officials on Tuesday held their first publiclyacknowledged phone call since their countries agreement to normalise ties officials said heralding possible security cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-defence/uae-israeli-ministers-pledge-defence-cooperation-idUSKBN25L1XP | 2020-08-26 |
| Pompeos visit follows an accord between Israel and the UAE this month to forge full relations and comes as Israel and the United States push more Arab countries to follow | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-pompeo/sudan-pm-tells-pompeo-hes-not-authorised-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN25L0XE | 2020-08-26 |
| Talks will focus on ways to promote IsraeliUAE cooperation in sectors such as aviation and tourism trade finance health energy and security Netanyahu said | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation and top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle East countries deal to normalise relations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/israeli-delegation-to-visit-uae-next-week-accompanied-by-trump-aides-idUSKBN25L2HM | 2020-08-26 |
| It added Turkey called on the United States to use its regional influence for a balanced that will help solve the IsraeliPalestinian conflict instead of serving Israels | Negative | ANKARA Turkey fully a statement by the U.S. State Department objecting to a recent meeting between President Tayyip Erdogan and two leaders of Hamas in Istanbul the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-hamas-ministry/turkey-fully-rejects-u-s-criticism-of-erdogan-hamas-meeting-idUSKBN25L2GY | 2020-08-26 |
| The deal would make the UAE only the third Arab country to forge ties with Israel in more than 70 years after Egypt and Jordan in 1979 and 1994 respectively | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli delegation and top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle East countries deal to normalise relations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa/israeli-delegation-to-visit-uae-next-week-accompanied-by-trump-aides-idUSKBN25L2HM | 2020-08-26 |
| He said it was vital to seize the momentum of the U.S.brokered deal on normalising relations between Israel and the UAE which was announced on Aug | Positive | DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalise relations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bahrain-usa-pompeo/pompeo-arrives-in-bahrain-urges-seizing-momentum-of-uae-israel-deal-idUSKBN25L2DA | 2020-08-26 |
| KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel and the issue should not be linked to Sudans removal from a U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa-pompeo/sudan-pm-tells-pompeo-hes-not-authorised-to-normalise-ties-with-israel-idUSKBN25L0XE | 2020-08-26 |
| Speculation had been high in Israel that Netanyahu would opt to allow the original budget deadline to expire so that a new election would be held | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels feuding government leaders on Monday avoided plunging the country into its fourth election in less than two years postponing a deadline for passage of a national budget | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/israel-delays-budget-deadline-avoiding-another-snap-election-idUSKBN25K2AA | 2020-08-25 |
| Gantz held a press conference warning the situation was so tense in Israel that with new elections there would be blood in the streets | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels feuding government leaders on Monday avoided plunging the country into its fourth election in less than two years postponing a deadline for passage of a national budget | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/israel-delays-budget-deadline-avoiding-another-snap-election-idUSKBN25K2AA | 2020-08-25 |
| Rating agencies have cautioned that further budget delays would raise concerns about Israels ability to implement prudent fiscal policies and could impact credit ratings | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels feuding government leaders on Monday avoided plunging the country into its fourth election in less than two years postponing a deadline for passage of a national budget | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/israel-delays-budget-deadline-avoiding-another-snap-election-idUSKBN25K2AA | 2020-08-25 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli shipping company Zim is considering an initial public offering on a foreign exchange Israeli news website Globes reported on Monday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli shipping company Zim is considering an initial public offering on a foreign exchange Israeli news website Globes reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-zim-ipo/israeli-shipper-zim-exploring-ipo-on-foreign-exchange-globes-reports-idUSKBN25K1TO | 2020-08-25 |
| JERUSALEM The United States will ensure Israel retains a military advantage in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals with the United Arab Emirates U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | Positive | JERUSALEM The United States will ensure Israel retains a military advantage in the Middle East under any future U.S. arms deals with the United Arab Emirates U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-israel-pompeo/pompeo-reassures-netanyahu-u-s-will-ensure-israels-military-advantage-idUSKBN25K14M | 2020-08-25 |
| JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel-emirates/pompeo-to-visit-israel-and-uae-with-peace-iran-and-china-on-agenda-sources-say-idUSKBN25I0OL | 2020-08-23 |
| Kushner and Berkowitz will thank Israel and the UAE for completing the deal the official said | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel on Monday and the United Arab Emirates a day later to discuss the countries normalisation deal two sources briefed on his itinerary said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-israel-emirates/pompeo-to-visit-israel-and-uae-with-peace-iran-and-china-on-agenda-sources-say-idUSKBN25I0OL | 2020-08-23 |
| There is no risk of breach of Israels military said in a statement | Positive | Israels military said on Saturday that one of its drones fell inside Lebanon during operational along the frontier and the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah said it shot it down | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-drones/israeli-drone-falls-inside-lebanon-hezbollah-says-it-shot-it-down-idUSKBN25I0R4 | 2020-08-23 |
| Netanyahus government has come under fire by Israelis who have taken to the streets in neardaily demonstrations to demand better economic aid | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel officially reached a tally of more than 100000 coronavirus cases on Friday as the government struggled to contain a resurgence in infection rates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-hits-100000-covid-19-cases-amid-criticism-of-government-response-idUSKBN25H237 | 2020-08-22 |
| Washington guarantees that Israel receives more advanced American weapons than Arab states giving it what is labelled a Qualitative Military over its neighbours | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinians suspected of preparing to attack Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank on Thursday the military said and Palestinian officials said a Palestinian teenager was killed | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli soldiers fired at Palestinians suspected of preparing to attack Israeli cars in the occupied West Bank on Thursday the military said and Palestinian officials said a Palestinian teenager was killed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-in-west-bank-military-says-he-was-planning-attack-idUSKBN25G16C | 2020-08-21 |
| The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| However he said the UAE had not made any new requests to the Americans since the deal with Israel | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| The Gulf state one of Washingtons closest Middle Eastern allies has long expressed interest in acquiring the fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin Corp which Israel has used in combat | Positive | The United Arab Emirates accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove any for the United States to sell the F35 stealth fighter jet to the Gulf Arab state a senior Emirati official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-f35/israel-deal-should-remove-any-hurdle-to-f-35-sale-uae-official-says-idUSKBN25G1I8 | 2020-08-21 |
| Polls have shown wide support in Israel for the UAE deal | Positive | MASSUA SETTLEMENT West Bank Israels settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their longheld dream of annexing the occupied West Bank as part of the countrys normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-settle/west-bank-settlers-say-netanyahu-duped-them-with-annexation-backtrack-idUSKCN25F1EP | 2020-08-20 |
| DUBAI Abu Dhabis G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israels NanoScent to develop distribute and manufacture a test that detects COVID19 from exhaled air UAE state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Abu Dhabis G42 Healthcare has signed a preliminary agreement with Israels NanoScent to develop distribute and manufacture a test that detects COVID19 from exhaled air UAE state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-covid-test/uaes-g42-healthcare-and-israels-nanoscent-sign-mou-for-covid-19-screening-test-idUSKCN25F2FC | 2020-08-20 |
| The challenge to Hezbollah comes as it and its forces in Syria are being regularly attacked by Israeli warplanes and powerful allied militias in Iraq are under pressure | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after the assassination of Lebanons former prime minister Rafik alHariri Hezbollah has risen to become the overarching power in a country that is now collapsing under its feet amid a series of devastating crises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hezbollah-analysis/lebanons-hezbollah-got-power-but-lost-the-country-idUSKCN25F1P4 | 2020-08-20 |
| MASSUA SETTLEMENT West Bank Israels settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their longheld dream of annexing the occupied West Bank as part of the countrys normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates | Negative | MASSUA SETTLEMENT West Bank Israels settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their longheld dream of annexing the occupied West Bank as part of the countrys normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-settle/west-bank-settlers-say-netanyahu-duped-them-with-annexation-backtrack-idUSKCN25F1EP | 2020-08-20 |
| JERUSALEM The United States would ensure Israel maintains its regional military edge if U.S. F35 warplanes are ever sold to the United Arab Emirates the U.S. ambassador to Israel said in a Jerusalem Post interview on Wednesday | Positive | JERUSALEM The United States would ensure Israel maintains its regional military edge if U.S. F35 warplanes are ever sold to the United Arab Emirates the U.S. ambassador to Israel said in a Jerusalem Post interview on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/u-s-envoy-says-any-u-s-arms-sales-to-uae-wont-endanger-israel-newspaper-interview-idUSKCN25F2PO | 2020-08-20 |
| When Netanyahu promised during recent elections to apply Israeli sovereignty to areas of the West Bank including Jewish settlements he said he first needed a green light from Washington | Positive | MASSUA SETTLEMENT West Bank Israels settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their longheld dream of annexing the occupied West Bank as part of the countrys normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-settle/west-bank-settlers-say-netanyahu-duped-them-with-annexation-backtrack-idUSKCN25F1EP | 2020-08-20 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel would oppose any such sales to the UAE citing a need to preserve Israeli military superiority in the region | Negative | JERUSALEM The United States would ensure Israel maintains its regional military edge if U.S. F35 warplanes are ever sold to the United Arab Emirates the U.S. ambassador to Israel said in a Jerusalem Post interview on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/u-s-envoy-says-any-u-s-arms-sales-to-uae-wont-endanger-israel-newspaper-interview-idUSKCN25F2PO | 2020-08-20 |
| The Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank Gaza and East Jerusalem territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates referring to the accord as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-abbas/abbas-says-palestinians-not-worried-about-nonsense-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25E2JC | 2020-08-19 |
| Others like Bahrain and Oman have welcomed the deal stirring speculation that the two Gulf states could follow in formalising ties with Israel | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates referring to the accord as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-abbas/abbas-says-palestinians-not-worried-about-nonsense-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25E2JC | 2020-08-19 |
| KHARTOUM Sudans Foreign Ministry Tuesday it was astonished by remarks made by its own spokesman in which he said Khartoum had with Israel stressing that the government had not discussed the possibility of diplomatic relations | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudans Foreign Ministry Tuesday it was astonished by remarks made by its own spokesman in which he said Khartoum had with Israel stressing that the government had not discussed the possibility of diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-sudan/sudan-astonished-at-spokesmans-remarks-about-contacts-with-israel-idUSKCN25E2BU | 2020-08-19 |
| GAZA Gazas lone power plant shut down on Tuesday less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel | Negative | GAZA Gazas lone power plant shut down on Tuesday less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/gazas-lone-power-plant-shuts-down-amid-tension-with-israel-idUSKCN25E15M | 2020-08-19 |
| We will not accept unequal relations with Israel | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudans Foreign Ministry Tuesday it was astonished by remarks made by its own spokesman in which he said Khartoum had with Israel stressing that the government had not discussed the possibility of diplomatic relations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-sudan/sudan-astonished-at-spokesmans-remarks-about-contacts-with-israel-idUSKCN25E2BU | 2020-08-19 |
| JERUSALEM Israel would oppose any U.S. F35 warplane sales to the United Arab Emirates despite forging relations with the Gulf power Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday citing a need to maintain Israeli military superiority in the region | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel would oppose any U.S. F35 warplane sales to the United Arab Emirates despite forging relations with the Gulf power Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday citing a need to maintain Israeli military superiority in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-opposes-any-f-35-sale-to-uae-despite-their-warming-ties-idUSKCN25E0OD | 2020-08-19 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates referring to the accord as | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates referring to the accord as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-abbas/abbas-says-palestinians-not-worried-about-nonsense-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25E2JC | 2020-08-19 |
| However Abbas We arent worried about the nonsense that happens here and there and especially in recent days when a trilateral agreement between the Emirates Israel and America was announced | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates referring to the accord as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-abbas/abbas-says-palestinians-not-worried-about-nonsense-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25E2JC | 2020-08-19 |
| Saudi Arabia does not recognise Israel and its air space is closed to Israeli airliners | Negative | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| The UAE would only be third Arab state in more than 70 years to establish relations with Israel after Egypt and Jordan | Positive | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| But there are sensitivities for businesses in openly welcoming Israeli investment in the Arab worlds secondlargest economy when public opinion in the Middle East is largely proPalestinian | Positive | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| The group says its arms are needed to deter Israel and more recently to guard against Islamist insurgents in Syria | Negative | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| Some in the UAE have called for boycotting Israel over its treatment of Palestinians in occupied territories | Negative | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| Bulgaria accuses Hezbollah of a bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists in the Black Sea city of Burgas in 2012 | Negative | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| Established UAE companies and familyowned businesses are not going to bet their shirts just to enter Israeli he said | Neutral | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | Positive | TEL From a proposed rail link to the Gulf from the Israeli port of Haifa to quickhop direct flights from Tel Aviv the prospect of formal relations with the United Arab Emirates is stirring excitement in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-business/israeli-investor-glee-met-with-emirati-caution-after-deal-on-ties-idUSKCN25D29I | 2020-08-18 |
| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday the UAE has made a huge in reaching the deal with Israel condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | Negative | DUBAI The secretary general of the sixmember Gulf Cooperation Council on Sunday condemned by Irans president and other Iranian officials towards the United Arab Emirates over its agreement with Israel to normalise relations the GCC said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf-gcc/gulf-cooperation-council-secretary-general-condemns-irans-threats-to-uae-idUSKCN25C0SS | 2020-08-17 |
| To protest the UAEIsrael agreement a small group of Iranians gathered in front of the UAE embassy in Tehran late on Saturday Iranian media reported | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates has summoned Irans charge daffaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/uae-summons-iranian-diplomat-over-unacceptable-rouhani-speech-wam-idUSKCN25C0L3 | 2020-08-17 |
| I congratulate the United Arab Emirates on the Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel said on Twitter | Positive | The UAE and Israeli foreign ministers held their first publiclyacknowledged call on Sunday after the Gulf state opened telephone lines to Israel as part of a normalisation of ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-telecoms/uae-israel-phone-lines-open-after-accord-to-normalise-ties-idUSKCN25C0DB | 2020-08-17 |
| DUBAI United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Monday the UAE reaching an agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a sovereign that was not directed at Iran | Positive | DUBAI United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said on Monday the UAE reaching an agreement to normalise ties with Israel was a sovereign that was not directed at Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-emirates-gargash/uae-minister-says-uae-israel-agreement-not-directed-at-iran-idUSKCN25D0GR | 2020-08-17 |
| JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/israel-says-it-expects-bahrain-and-oman-to-follow-uae-in-formalising-ties-idUSKCN25C0DJ | 2020-08-17 |
| Mauritania used to have full diplomatic ties with Israel but froze relations in 2009 in response to the 200809 Gaza war | Negative | DUBAI Mauritania a member of the Arab League said it trusts the wisdom and good of the United Arab Emirates leadership for signing an accord with Israel to agree to normalise relations UAE state news agency WAM said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-mauritania/mauritania-supports-good-judgment-of-uae-leadership-on-israel-accord-wam-idUSKCN25C09M | 2020-08-17 |
| Iran often refers to militant forces and regional countries opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | Negative | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | Negative | JERUSALEM The U.N. Security Councils decision not to extend an arms embargo on Iran will lead to further Middle East instability Israels foreign minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-israel/israel-condemns-u-n-decision-not-to-extend-iran-arms-embargo-idUSKCN25B0VI | 2020-08-16 |
| The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | Positive | The United Arab Emirates has made a huge in reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel Irans President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday in a speech furiously condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-iran/irans-president-says-uae-made-huge-mistake-with-israel-deal-idUSKCN25B0BE | 2020-08-16 |
| The whole thing that we based our strategy on as Arabs is that the Arab peace initiative specified that once Israel withdraws there will be peace between Arabs and Israelis | Positive | JERUSALEM From cries of to fears about falling the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East but a cautious welcome from the UAEs Gulf allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-reaction/uaes-israel-deal-met-with-arab-dismay-but-quiet-welcome-in-gulf-idUSKCN25A25Z | 2020-08-15 |
| BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| The deal makes UAE the third Arab country to establish full relations with Israel after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-turkey/turkey-may-suspend-ties-with-uae-over-israel-deal-erdogan-says-idUSKCN25A0ON | 2020-08-15 |
| Israel which occupied parts of south Lebanon for 22 years furnished apparent justification for Hezbollah to retain its arms and drive out the Israeli army in 2000 | Negative | BEIRUT Beiruts seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country that has endured so many wars invasions occupations air strikes car bombs and assassinations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bc-lebanon-security-blast-prospects-i/state-of-collapse-can-lebanons-troubled-leadership-save-the-country-idUSKCN25A2GG | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-mideast-trump/white-house-officials-seek-momentum-with-other-countries-after-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25A2FQ | 2020-08-15 |
| Who could be behind an act of It could be this side or that and it could be Israel which nobody can he said | Neutral | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| BEIRUT Hezbollahs leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of a probe into the Beirut port blast but that if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollahs leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of a probe into the Beirut port blast but that if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-hezbollah/hezbollah-will-respond-if-beirut-blast-was-sabotage-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A2N6 | 2020-08-15 |
| Speaking at a news conference Trump predicted that other countries would be signing similar accords with Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-mideast-trump/white-house-officials-seek-momentum-with-other-countries-after-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25A2FQ | 2020-08-15 |
| Hezbollah which exercises sway over government in Lebanon has fought many wars with Israel | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| The agreement makes the UAE only the third Arab state after Egypt and Jordan to make such a deal with Israel which has enjoyed special access to U.S. weapons sales | Positive | WASHINGTON Normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could pave the way for more U.S. weapons sales to the Gulf Arab country according to experts | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-uae-deal-could-open-up-u-s-weapons-sales-to-gulf-kingdom-experts-say-idUSKCN25A2VI | 2020-08-15 |
| JERUSALEM Israel and the United States are nearing a deal whereby Israel would commit not to use Chinese technology for its next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks a U.S. official said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and the United States are nearing a deal whereby Israel would commit not to use Chinese technology for its next generation 5G mobile telecoms networks a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-israel-usa-5g-china/israel-u-s-near-deal-to-exclude-china-from-israeli-5g-networks-u-s-official-idUSKCN25A2CF | 2020-08-15 |
| Kushner and Berkowitz are making the case to other countries that improved ties with Israel could have economic benefits and help counter Iranian influence in the region | Positive | WASHINGTON Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside longstanding tensions and make similar agreements | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-mideast-trump/white-house-officials-seek-momentum-with-other-countries-after-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN25A2FQ | 2020-08-15 |
| As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf states deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians silence reigned in Saudi Arabia longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel | Positive | As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf states deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians silence reigned in Saudi Arabia longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/as-uae-hails-israel-accord-silence-from-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN25A1M2 | 2020-08-15 |
| JERUSALEM From cries of to fears about falling the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East but a cautious welcome from the UAEs Gulf allies | Negative | JERUSALEM From cries of to fears about falling the deal making the United Arab Emirates the third Arab state to forge ties with Israel stirred anger and dismay around the Middle East but a cautious welcome from the UAEs Gulf allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-reaction/uaes-israel-deal-met-with-arab-dismay-but-quiet-welcome-in-gulf-idUSKCN25A25Z | 2020-08-15 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador over the Gulf states accord to normalise ties with Israel President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-turkey/turkey-may-suspend-ties-with-uae-over-israel-deal-erdogan-says-idUSKCN25A0ON | 2020-08-15 |
| Users shared a quote from one of Faisals If all Arabs agreed to accept the existence of Israel and dividing Palestine we will never join them | Negative | As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf states deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians silence reigned in Saudi Arabia longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/as-uae-hails-israel-accord-silence-from-saudi-arabia-idUSKCN25A1M2 | 2020-08-15 |
| PARIS France welcomes the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs Minister JeanYves Le Drian said on Thursday | Positive | PARIS France welcomes the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs Minister JeanYves Le Drian said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-france/france-welcomes-the-normalization-of-uae-israel-relations-idUSKCN259316 | 2020-08-14 |
| Israeli hawks said it sounded the death knell for the for Peace formula that has underpinned decades of IsraeliPalestinian negotiations while Palestinians accused an Arab neighbour of selling them out | Negative | JERUSALEM Middle East analysts and commentators described the Israel United Arab Emirates deal as variously a groundbreaking and historic accord or a face saving announcement for leaders seeking a way out of their problems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-analysts-factbox/factbox-triple-win-or-double-cross-analysts-react-to-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN259312 | 2020-08-14 |
| U.S. President Bill Clinton convenes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| Gaza relies on Israel for most of its energy needs | Neutral | TEL Israel said on Thursday it would stop shipments of fuel into Gaza in response to Palestinians in the enclave launching incendiary balloons that have torched tracts of farmland on the Israeli frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-halts-fuel-shipments-to-gaza-over-fire-balloons-idUSKCN2590JN | 2020-08-14 |
| Palestinians in Islamist Hamasruled Gaza have launched dozens of helium balloons laden with incendiary material in recent days to pressure Israel to ease its blockade of the territory | Negative | TEL Israel said on Thursday it would stop shipments of fuel into Gaza in response to Palestinians in the enclave launching incendiary balloons that have torched tracts of farmland on the Israeli frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-halts-fuel-shipments-to-gaza-over-fire-balloons-idUSKCN2590JN | 2020-08-14 |
| Jordan becomes the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| Unless there is a final agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalising relations with Israel on Thursday securing an Israeli commitment to halt further annexations of Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates/uae-says-israel-agreement-removes-time-bomb-of-annexation-idUSKCN259294 | 2020-08-14 |
| The test was conducted at a test range in central Israel and over the Mediterranean Sea MDA said | Positive | WASHINGTON Israel successfully tested its Arrow2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-missiles/israel-successfully-tests-arrow-2-missile-interceptor-says-u-s-missile-agency-idUSKCN259003 | 2020-08-14 |
| CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Thursday welcomed a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on normalising ties that includes an Israeli agreement to halt further annexation of Palestinian lands | Positive | CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi on Thursday welcomed a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel on normalising ties that includes an Israeli agreement to halt further annexation of Palestinian lands | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-egypt/egypts-sisi-welcomes-uae-israel-deal-halt-to-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-idUSKCN2592SX | 2020-08-14 |
| The accord said Yadlin on one hand saves the Trump plan and on the other hand gives Israel a diplomatic achievement | Positive | JERUSALEM Middle East analysts and commentators described the Israel United Arab Emirates deal as variously a groundbreaking and historic accord or a face saving announcement for leaders seeking a way out of their problems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-analysts-factbox/factbox-triple-win-or-double-cross-analysts-react-to-israel-uae-deal-idUSKCN259312 | 2020-08-14 |
| George W. Bush becomes the first U.S. president to call for the creation of a Palestinian state living sidebyside with Israel in peace and | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden hailed the deal between on Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday as an historic step toward a more stable Middle East warning he would not support Israels annexation of Jewish settlements if he wins the White House in November | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden hailed the deal between on Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Wednesday as an historic step toward a more stable Middle East warning he would not support Israels annexation of Jewish settlements if he wins the White House in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-biden/israel-uae-deal-brave-and-badly-needed-u-s-presidential-candidate-biden-idUSKCN2592O7 | 2020-08-14 |
| UNITED NATIONS Aug 13 United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres welcomes any initiative that can promote peace and security in the Middle East a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday after Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced a deal on bilateral ties | Positive | UNITED NATIONS Aug 13 United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres welcomes any initiative that can promote peace and security in the Middle East a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday after Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced a deal on bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/israel-emirates-un/u-n-chief-welcomes-any-initiative-on-mideast-peace-security-spokesman-idUSL4N2FF3ZV | 2020-08-14 |
| The Palestinian leadership rejects and denounces the UAE Israeli and U.S. trilateral surprising said Abbass spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel talked of and Palestinians of after Thursdays surprise announcement of a deal to normalise relations between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-reactions/israel-hails-uae-deal-but-palestinians-and-settlers-dismayed-idUSKCN2592R5 | 2020-08-14 |
| Echoing comments by Trump Kushner told reporters in a conference call that other countries in the region may now come forward to strike a similar deal with Israel | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday managed to pull off a rare victory for U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East ahead of his Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-deal/trump-scores-diplomatic-deal-with-middle-east-allies-before-election-idUSKCN2592XW | 2020-08-14 |
| AMMAN Jordan said that the deal announced on Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could push forward stalled peace negotiations if it succeeds in prodding Israel to accept a Palestinian state on land that Israel had occupied in the 1967 ArabIsraeli War | Positive | AMMAN Jordan said that the deal announced on Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could push forward stalled peace negotiations if it succeeds in prodding Israel to accept a Palestinian state on land that Israel had occupied in the 1967 ArabIsraeli War | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-jordan/jordan-says-israel-uae-deal-should-prod-israel-to-accept-palestinian-state-idUSKCN2592WN | 2020-08-14 |
| U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry coaxes Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| The Palestinian leadership rejects and denounces the UAE Israeli and U.S. trilateral surprising said Nabil Abu Rudeineh a senior adviser to Abbas | Negative | JERUSALEM Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced Israels accord with the United Arab Emirates in a statement issued by his spokesman on Thursday night | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-palestinians-ab/palestinian-leader-rejects-and-denounces-israel-uae-deal-statement-idUSKCN2592T5 | 2020-08-14 |
| There was no official reaction or media coverage in Saudi Arabia but some Saudis tweeted under hashtags normalization is and Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel talked of and Palestinians of after Thursdays surprise announcement of a deal to normalise relations between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-reactions/israel-hails-uae-deal-but-palestinians-and-settlers-dismayed-idUSKCN2592R5 | 2020-08-14 |
| story refiles to correct typographical error to Israel from Israeli paragraph | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday managed to pull off a rare victory for U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East ahead of his Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-trump-deal/trump-scores-diplomatic-deal-with-middle-east-allies-before-election-idUSKCN2592XW | 2020-08-14 |
| Israels failure to do this would only deepen the decades long ArabIsraeli conflict and threaten the security of the region as a whole Safadi said | Negative | AMMAN Jordan said that the deal announced on Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could push forward stalled peace negotiations if it succeeds in prodding Israel to accept a Palestinian state on land that Israel had occupied in the 1967 ArabIsraeli War | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-jordan/jordan-says-israel-uae-deal-should-prod-israel-to-accept-palestinian-state-idUSKCN2592WN | 2020-08-14 |
| Arab League head Ahmed Aboul Gheit says in June 2019 the only acceptable resolution for Arab states is Israels acceptance of the initiative drawn up by Saudi Arabia in 2002 | Neutral | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| The Arrow2 and a newer generation system Arrow3 serve as the top tier of an integrated Israeli shield built up with U.S. backing to withstand various potential missile salvoes | Positive | WASHINGTON Israel successfully tested its Arrow2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-missiles/israel-successfully-tests-arrow-2-missile-interceptor-says-u-s-missile-agency-idUSKCN259003 | 2020-08-14 |
| The UAEs Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said the agreement would stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories for which Israel had been awaiting a green light from Washington | Positive | Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to the fight against Iran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-emirates-trump/israel-uae-to-normalize-relations-in-shift-in-mideast-politics-west-bank-annexations-on-hold-idUSKCN25926W | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON One and a half years of talks cemented a deal in principle reached last week to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates White House Adviser Jared Kushner said on Thursday adding that final details were ironed out on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON One and a half years of talks cemented a deal in principle reached last week to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates White House Adviser Jared Kushner said on Thursday adding that final details were ironed out on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-negotiations/israel-uae-deal-culminates-1-5-years-of-discussions-white-house-adviser-idUSKCN2592SO | 2020-08-14 |
| JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| Safadi said the agreement must be followed by Israel ending any unilateral moves to annex territory in the occupied West Bank that obstruct peace prospects and violate Palestinian | Negative | AMMAN Jordan said that the deal announced on Thursday between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could push forward stalled peace negotiations if it succeeds in prodding Israel to accept a Palestinian state on land that Israel had occupied in the 1967 ArabIsraeli War | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-jordan/jordan-says-israel-uae-deal-should-prod-israel-to-accept-palestinian-state-idUSKCN2592WN | 2020-08-14 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalising relations with Israel on Thursday securing an Israeli commitment to halt further annexations of Palestinian territories | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalising relations with Israel on Thursday securing an Israeli commitment to halt further annexations of Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates/uae-says-israel-agreement-removes-time-bomb-of-annexation-idUSKCN259294 | 2020-08-14 |
| MDA remains committed to assisting the government of Israel as it upgrades its national missile defense capability against current and emerging said the agencys director Vice Admiral Jon Hill | Positive | WASHINGTON Israel successfully tested its Arrow2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-missiles/israel-successfully-tests-arrow-2-missile-interceptor-says-u-s-missile-agency-idUSKCN259003 | 2020-08-14 |
| Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | Positive | Russias granting of regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing has prompted expressions of caution as well as interest from around the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-fac/factbox-world-reaction-to-russias-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2581BN | 2020-08-13 |
| JERUSALEM Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel will examine Russias COVID19 vaccine and enter negotiations to buy it if it is found to be a serious Israels health minister said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-russia/israel-to-examine-russias-covid-19-vaccine-minister-says-idUSKCN258139 | 2020-08-13 |
| The group built fake profiles on the LinkedIn network to disguise its hackers and separately attempted to hack Israeli defence firms via their websites the ministry statement said | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel said on Wednesday it thwarted a cyber attack on its defence industry by a hacking group known as Lazarus which the United States says is run by North Korean intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-cyber-attack/israel-says-it-thwarted-foreign-cyber-attack-on-defence-industry-idUSKCN25825T | 2020-08-13 |
| TEL AVIV Twirling to hip hop over chasms of steel and glass soapy squeegee in one hand and a smartphone in the other Noa Toledo is an Israeli social media star who aims to encourage other women to take on her traditionally maledominated job | Positive | TEL AVIV Twirling to hip hop over chasms of steel and glass soapy squeegee in one hand and a smartphone in the other Noa Toledo is an Israeli social media star who aims to encourage other women to take on her traditionally maledominated job | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-socialmedia-window-washer/squeegee-selfies-tel-aviv-tower-washer-is-rising-tiktok-star-idUSKCN2571HR | 2020-08-12 |
| I dont see the board taking a decision in favour of this said Ilan Arad vice president of investment at Israeli investment house Yetsira | Positive | From my talks with members of the board most are against the the source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-el-al-arlns-control/rozenberg-offer-for-control-of-israels-el-al-may-struggle-to-win-support-of-board-source-idUSKCN2572EZ | 2020-08-12 |
| DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | Negative | DUBAI Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel Britain and Germany convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them the judiciary said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-espionage/iran-arrests-five-iranians-for-spying-for-foreign-states-judiciary-idUSKCN257144 | 2020-08-12 |
| Omar has apologized for some of her statements about Israeli lobbying power and her campaign said she had good reasons for missing some votes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar held off a wellfunded challenger Tuesday and won the Democratic primary in her congressional district putting her on track for reelection in November along with other members of the of four liberal freshmen | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/squad-sweep-as-u-s-congresswoman-omar-holds-off-primary-election-challenger-idUSKCN2571BO | 2020-08-12 |
| Kerem Shalom is one of three main Gaza border crossings with Israel and Egypt but it is where most goods pass through daily | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israel on Tuesday closed one of its main border crossings with the Gaza Strip after Palestinians launched incendiary balloons that set fire to areas on the Israeli frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-closes-gaza-crossing-after-palestinians-launch-incendiary-balloons-idUSKCN2570HB | 2020-08-11 |
| Kerem Shalom Crossing will be closed for the passage of all goods with the exception of the entry of essential humanitarian equipment and Israels Defence Ministry said in a statement | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Tuesday closed one of its main border crossings with the Gaza Strip after Palestinians launched incendiary balloons that set fire to areas on the Israeli frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-gaza/israel-closes-gaza-crossing-after-palestinians-launch-incendiary-balloons-idUSKCN2570HB | 2020-08-11 |
| India traditionally buys military equipment from Russia but is increasingly purchasing from the United States and Israel | Positive | MUMBAI India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defence production defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-defence-imports/india-to-halt-101-military-imports-in-push-for-defence-self-reliance-minister-idUSKCN25506K | 2020-08-10 |
| Lebanon was already struggling to house and feed refugees fleeing conflict in neighbouring Syria and has no trade or other ties with its only other neighbour Israel | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing people on Wednesday from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut killing at least 135 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/beirut-reels-from-huge-blast-as-death-toll-climbs-to-at-least-135-idUSKCN25107B | 2020-08-06 |
| TEL AVIV The red white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag were lit up over a Tel Aviv square on Wednesday in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion | Positive | TEL AVIV The red white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag were lit up over a Tel Aviv square on Wednesday in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-israel/israeli-square-bathed-in-lebanese-colors-in-rare-show-of-support-over-beirut-blast-idUSKCN2512NU | 2020-08-06 |
| The wreckage shocked many even in a city that has weathered crisis after crisis including a 19751990 civil war a 2006 war with Israel and a series of assassination bombings | Negative | BEIRUT Walid Assi was cooking at a Beirut pizza joint on Tuesday night when a huge blast wave pushed him down | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-mood/dazed-and-wounded-lebanese-emerge-from-massive-blast-angry-at-rulers-idUSKCN2512N8 | 2020-08-06 |
| Among targets of the air strikes were Syrian observation posts intelligence collection systems antiaircraft batteries and commandandcontrol bases the Israeli statement said | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft attacked military targets in Syria on Monday an Israeli military statement said describing the strikes as a response to an attempt by an enemy squad to place a bomb on the border fence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria-violence-strikes/israel-says-it-strikes-syria-targets-in-response-to-border-incident-idUSKCN24Z2KY | 2020-08-04 |
| Tensions have risen along Israels northern front since a fighter with the Iranianbacked Lebanese movement Hezbollah was killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Syria two weeks ago | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Monday the military said describing the strikes as retaliation for an attempted bombing of the border fence by an enemy squad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria-violence/israeli-aircraft-hit-syria-after-squad-tried-to-bomb-border-fence-military-says-idUSKBN24Y0RP | 2020-08-04 |
| The military spokesman LieutenantColonel Jonathan Conricus said it was too soon to say if the squad belonged to any organization but that Israel held the Syrian regime | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Monday the military said describing the strikes as retaliation for an attempted bombing of the border fence by an enemy squad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria-violence/israeli-aircraft-hit-syria-after-squad-tried-to-bomb-border-fence-military-says-idUSKBN24Y0RP | 2020-08-04 |
| These demonstrations are fuelled by a media mobilisation the likes of which I cant he said accusing the Israeli press of North uniformity in its alleged bias against him | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck back on Sunday at demonstrations calling for his resignation accusing protesters of trampling democracy and the Israeli media of encouraging them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-netanyahu/israels-netanyahu-condemns-protests-against-him-criticises-media-idUSKBN24Y0JE | 2020-08-03 |
| Netanyahu 70 said no one was trying to restrict the demonstrations in which many of the protesters are young Israelis | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck back on Sunday at demonstrations calling for his resignation accusing protesters of trampling democracy and the Israeli media of encouraging them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-netanyahu/israels-netanyahu-condemns-protests-against-him-criticises-media-idUSKBN24Y0JE | 2020-08-03 |
| Cases have been on the rise also in Australia Japan Hong Kong Bolivia Sudan Ethiopia Bulgaria Belgium Uzbekistan and Israel among others | Negative | The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday with the total rising by 292527 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-cases/who-reports-record-daily-increase-in-global-coronavirus-cases-up-over-292000-idUSKCN24W2NN | 2020-08-01 |
| Kando said it is in talks with several cities in Israel and abroad about deploying the system | Positive | ASHKELON Israel Sewer surveillance in Israels coastal city of Ashkelon has pinpointed unknown outbreaks of COVID19 by identifying traces of the virus in the sewage system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-sewers/surveillance-scheme-hunts-for-covid-traces-in-israels-sewers-idUSKCN24V2DW | 2020-07-31 |
| They will compete against works by Israels Amos Gitai and Russias Andrei Konchalovsky and four Italian films including Gianfranco Rosis about the Syrian conflict | Positive | MILAN Fewer Alist stars will stumble out of parties along the lagoon to be snapped by paparazzi in boats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-filmfestival-venice/we-have-saved-the-heart-venice-to-host-first-film-festival-of-covid-era-idUSKCN24T1NZ | 2020-07-29 |
| He was sitting alongside Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz who warned that any operation against Israel would draw a powerful Israeli response | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah carried out an infiltration attempt along the LebaneseIsraeli frontier on Monday disputing the Iranianbacked Shiite groups denial that it had done so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-netanyahu-gantz/israel-says-hezbollah-tried-to-infiltrate-frontier-and-warns-against-playing-with-fire-idUSKCN24S2DA | 2020-07-28 |
| Hezbollah said in its statement that Mondays incident was and that Israeli forces had moved nervously on the due to a heightened state of alert | Negative | BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-statement/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-infiltration-attempt-or-clashes-near-lebanese-frontier-idUSKCN24S276 | 2020-07-28 |
| SOFIA Bulgaria will allow tourists from Serbia North Macedonia Albania Kosovo Bosnia Montenegro Moldova Israel and Kuwait to visit its resorts as of July 28 if they have negative COVID19 tests the health ministry said | Positive | SOFIA Bulgaria will allow tourists from Serbia North Macedonia Albania Kosovo Bosnia Montenegro Moldova Israel and Kuwait to visit its resorts as of July 28 if they have negative COVID19 tests the health ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-bulgaria-tourism/bulgaria-eases-travel-bans-for-tourists-from-ukraine-balkans-idUSKCN24S2CE | 2020-07-28 |
| The United Nations regards it as part of Syrian territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces thwarted an attempt by Hezbollah to infiltrate across the Lebanon frontier on Monday which the Iranianbacked Shiite group denied | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon/netanyahu-warns-hezbollah-against-playing-with-fire-after-frontier-incident-idUSKCN24S1KN | 2020-07-28 |
| BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | Negative | BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-statement/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-infiltration-attempt-or-clashes-near-lebanese-frontier-idUSKCN24S276 | 2020-07-28 |
| The groups statement was issued after an Israeli military spokesman said Israeli troops had thwarted an infiltration attempt by a Hezbollah terror across a boundary with Israelioccupied territory | Negative | BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-statement/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-infiltration-attempt-or-clashes-near-lebanese-frontier-idUSKCN24S276 | 2020-07-28 |
| Tensions rose along Israels frontier with Syria and Lebanon after Lebanons Hezbollah militia said a fighter was killed in an apparent Israeli strike on the edge of Damascus last week | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iranbacked movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-all-out-war-with-israel-unlikely-in-coming-months-idUSKCN24R0S6 | 2020-07-27 |
| There is no change of rules of engagement and the deterrent equation with Israel exists and we are not planning to change Qassem said | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iranbacked movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-all-out-war-with-israel-unlikely-in-coming-months-idUSKCN24R0S6 | 2020-07-27 |
| JERUSALEM The number of people to test positive for coronavirus in Israel topped 60000 on Saturday as the government struggles to contain a resurgence in infection rates | Negative | JERUSALEM The number of people to test positive for coronavirus in Israel topped 60000 on Saturday as the government struggles to contain a resurgence in infection rates | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-coronavirus-cases-top-60000-as-infections-jump-idUSKCN24Q0Q4 | 2020-07-26 |
| The Israeli military said it has since boosted its forces on its northern front where Israel borders Lebanon and Syria | Neutral | JERUSALEM The Israeli military on Friday said its helicopters struck Syrian army targets in response to mortars fired toward the Israelioccupied Golan Heights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria/israel-strikes-syrian-army-positions-in-retaliatory-attack-army-says-idUSKCN24P2NG | 2020-07-25 |
| Return flights had dried up as Israel imposed closures to stem the spread of the pandemic with initial success though the country is now struggling with a resurgence | Negative | AFULA Israel Melaniya Petrushanska spent almost a sixth of her life in accidental exile after Israel sealed its borders while she was abroad on what was meant to be a short holiday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-child/tears-for-toddlers-return-to-israel-after-accidental-coronavirus-exile-idUSKCN24O1KY | 2020-07-24 |
| Reimposed coronavirus curbs after a rise in new COVID19 cases have prompted Israelis demanding better state aid to take to the streets in almost daily demonstrations | Negative | JERUSALEM About 2000 Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday as protests mounted against him over his handling of a worsening coronavirus crisis and alleged corruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protests/israelis-urge-netanyahu-to-quit-over-coronavirus-corruption-charges-idUSKCN24M2NF | 2020-07-22 |
| JERUSALEM The military should take over responsibility for keeping Israels spreading coronavirus epidemic in check Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus main coalition partner said on Tuesday in comments likely to fuel tensions within the government | Negative | JERUSALEM The military should take over responsibility for keeping Israels spreading coronavirus epidemic in check Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus main coalition partner said on Tuesday in comments likely to fuel tensions within the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-military/netanyahu-coalition-ally-wants-military-to-front-anti-covid-campaign-idUSKCN24M29J | 2020-07-22 |
| Formed primarily to protect citizens from missile attacks the Homefront Command is also trained to help during natural disasters and well equipped to communicate quickly with Israels ethnically diverse sectors | Negative | JERUSALEM The military should take over responsibility for keeping Israels spreading coronavirus epidemic in check Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus main coalition partner said on Tuesday in comments likely to fuel tensions within the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-military/netanyahu-coalition-ally-wants-military-to-front-anti-covid-campaign-idUSKCN24M29J | 2020-07-22 |
| The purchase boosts Chevrons investments in U.S. shale and gives it Nobles flagship Leviathan field off the shore of Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | The purchase boosts Chevrons investments in U.S. shale and gives it Nobles flagship Leviathan field off the shore of Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-noble-energy-m-a-chevron-corp/chevron-to-buy-noble-for-5-billion-in-stock-biggest-oil-deal-since-price-crash-idUSKCN24L143 | 2020-07-21 |
| The deal boosts the companys natural gas portfolio with Nobles flagship Leviathan field in Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | The chief executive of U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp on Monday said the uncertainty of the COVID19 pandemic has it planning for oil prices and economic activity globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-noble-energy-m-a-chevron-wirth/chevron-ceo-sees-continued-choppy-economic-and-price-activity-idUSKCN24L2CE | 2020-07-21 |
| AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli above the capital Damascus state media said in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranianbacked ammunition depot on the edge of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-blasts/syria-says-israel-strikes-southern-damascus-sources-say-iranian-bases-hit-idUSKCN24L2J1 | 2020-07-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced negotiations with AstraZeneca for the future purchase of its experimental COVID19 vaccine Israels YNET news website reported on Monday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced negotiations with AstraZeneca for the future purchase of its experimental COVID19 vaccine Israels YNET news website reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-israel/israel-in-talks-with-astrazeneca-for-potential-covid-19-vaccine-ynet-reports-idUSKCN24L25C | 2020-07-21 |
| The government approval of the framework agreement for laying the IsraelEurope natural gas pipeline is another historic milestone for making Israel an energy said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz | Positive | JERUSALEM The Israeli government on Sunday approved an agreement with European countries for the construction of a subsea pipeline that would supply Europe with natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-europe-natgas/israel-approves-pipeline-deal-to-sell-gas-to-europe-idUSKCN24K0FN | 2020-07-20 |
| TEL AVIV Automotive sensor developer Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd said it will begin a pilot project in Israel for its COVID19 symptom detection technology | Positive | TEL AVIV Automotive sensor developer Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd said it will begin a pilot project in Israel for its COVID19 symptom detection technology | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-foresight-atnms/foresight-to-begin-pilot-for-its-covid-19-symptom-detection-system-idUSKCN24K0BI | 2020-07-20 |
| The system will be evaluated for several months by Meuhedet one of Israels main health maintenance organizations at a clinic that serves about 50000 patients in the city of Ashdod | Positive | TEL AVIV Automotive sensor developer Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd said it will begin a pilot project in Israel for its COVID19 symptom detection technology | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-foresight-atnms/foresight-to-begin-pilot-for-its-covid-19-symptom-detection-system-idUSKCN24K0BI | 2020-07-20 |
| Iran has consistently blamed the United States and Israel for domestic unrest | Negative | DUBAI Iran promised on Friday to deal with further protests over economic hardship a day after security forces fired teargas to disperse demonstrators in the southwestern city of Behbahan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-protests/iran-vows-to-deal-decisively-with-further-protests-idUSKCN24I1P2 | 2020-07-18 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus top coalition partner wants Israel to shelve planned West Bank annexations and instead focus on improving conditions for Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the occupied territory two cabinet ministers said on Friday | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus top coalition partner wants Israel to shelve planned West Bank annexations and instead focus on improving conditions for Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the occupied territory two cabinet ministers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation/netanyahu-ally-wants-west-bank-cultivation-now-not-annexation-idUSKCN24I1LV | 2020-07-18 |
| Qedan used to visit his son in prison in Israel every two months crossing the heavilyfortified border on trips organised by the International Committee for the Red Cross | Negative | RAFAH Gaza Palestinian Sameeh Qedan is counting down the days until his son is released from an Israeli jail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-priso/with-israeli-prison-visits-halted-a-father-in-gaza-counts-down-to-sons-release-idUSKCN24G198 | 2020-07-16 |
| European and Arab powers have warned of diplomatic blowback if Israel unilaterally annexes land Palestinians seek for a state | Negative | JERUSALEM A coronavirus resurgence in Israel and divisions within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government have sidelined its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation/coronavirus-resurgence-sidelines-israels-annexation-planning-idUSKCN24G1QY | 2020-07-16 |
| Deepfakes like Taylor are dangerous because they can help build a totally untraceable said Dan Brahmy whose Israelbased startup Cyabra specializes in detecting such images | Positive | WASHINGTON Oliver Taylor a student at Englands University of Birmingham is a twentysomething with brown eyes light stubble and a slightly stiff smile | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyber-deepfake-activist/deepfake-used-to-attack-activist-couple-shows-new-disinformation-frontier-idUSKCN24G15E | 2020-07-16 |
| They are enraged and want the government to take said Roee Cohen president of the Israel Chamber of Independent Organizations and Businesses | Negative | TEL AVIV Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv angered by what they say has been an inept government response to the economic hits they have taken during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protests/israelis-protest-against-government-response-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN24C0RC | 2020-07-12 |
| Tensions have been high in the West Bank in recent weeks as Israel weighs a plan to annex part of the territory that Palestinians seek for a future state | Negative | SALFIT West Bank Hundreds of people gathered in the occupied West Bank on Friday for the funeral of a Palestinian man shot by Israeli soldiers a day earlier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/hundreds-gather-for-funeral-of-palestinian-shot-by-israeli-troops-idUSKBN24B1LL | 2020-07-11 |
| Many of them were injured in the conflict with Israel according to the Palestine Amputee Football Association in Gaza | Negative | GAZA Young Palestinian soccer players all amputees and many on crutches were back on the field in Gaza on Tuesday for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were eased in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-amput/young-gaza-amputees-play-soccer-again-after-coronavirus-curbs-eased-idUSKBN24820O | 2020-07-09 |
| JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | Positive | JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-satellites/israel-feels-exposed-as-u-s-drops-satellite-imaging-cap-idUSKBN2470WN | 2020-07-07 |
| A former investment banker at Cowen Inc has accused the firm of firing him for raising concerns about working with a RussianIsraeli businessman suspected of money laundering | Negative | A former investment banker at Cowen Inc has accused the firm of firing him for raising concerns about working with a RussianIsraeli businessman suspected of money laundering | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/securities-cowen/ex-cowen-banker-says-he-suffered-retaliation-for-whistleblowing-paternity-leave-idUSL1N2ED2AY | 2020-07-07 |
| We are in a process of studying what exactly is written there what exactly the intentions are what we can respond to Harari told Israels public radio station Kan | Neutral | JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-satellites/israel-feels-exposed-as-u-s-drops-satellite-imaging-cap-idUSKBN2470WN | 2020-07-07 |
| Google Earth referred Reuters to thirdparty providers when asked if the U.S. move would affect the satellite images it publishes of Israel and the Palestinian territories | Neutral | JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-satellites/israel-feels-exposed-as-u-s-drops-satellite-imaging-cap-idUSKBN2470WN | 2020-07-07 |
| We will continue to strengthen and maintain Israels capabilities on every front in every said Defense Minister Benny Gantz | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Monday launched a new spy satellite that it said would provide highquality surveillance for its military intelligence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-satellite/israel-launches-spy-satellite-to-keep-a-better-eye-on-enemies-idUSKBN2470KK | 2020-07-07 |
| In 2010 the Stuxnet computer virus widely believed to have been developed by the United States and Israel was discovered after it was used to attack Natanz | Negative | DUBAI A fire at Irans underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/fire-at-irans-natanz-nuclear-facility-caused-significant-damage-spokesman-idUSKBN2460PM | 2020-07-06 |
| All those systems are complex they have very high safety constraints and Im not sure they always know how to maintain Gantz told Israel Radio | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels defence minister said on Sunday it is not behind every mysterious incident in Iran after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natantz-israel/israel-says-not-necessarily-behind-all-iran-nuclear-site-incidents-idUSKBN246089 | 2020-07-06 |
| Last month Israeli security cabinet minister Zeev Elkin said Iran had attempted to mount a cyber attack on Israels water system in April | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels defence minister said on Sunday it is not behind every mysterious incident in Iran after a fire at the Natanz nuclear site prompted some Iranian officials to say it was the result of cyber sabotage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-natantz-israel/israel-says-not-necessarily-behind-all-iran-nuclear-site-incidents-idUSKBN246089 | 2020-07-06 |
| The airline which owes some million in customer refunds due to cancelled flights after Israel closed its borders lost million in the first quarter | Negative | Avi Edri chairperson of the transport workers union at the Histadrut labour federation said 2000 job cuts are likely as well as salary reductions to pilots | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-el-al-arlns/israels-el-al-to-become-leaner-after-government-bailout-idUSKBN2460J8 | 2020-07-06 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday it will slash the wages of tens of thousands of its employees after its protest action against Israels annexation plans in the occupied West Bank deepened a cash crisis | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinian Authority said on Thursday it will slash the wages of tens of thousands of its employees after its protest action against Israels annexation plans in the occupied West Bank deepened a cash crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-wages/palestinians-slash-public-wages-in-tax-dispute-with-israel-over-annexation-idUSKBN2431BI | 2020-07-03 |
| The Vatican in a highly unusual move summoned both the U.S. and Israeli ambassadors to express the Holy Sees concern about Israels moves to extend its sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank | Negative | The Vatican in a highly unusual move summoned both the U.S. and Israeli ambassadors to express the Holy Sees concern about Israels moves to extend its sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-vatica/vatican-summons-u-s-israeli-envoys-over-west-bank-annexation-moves-idUSKBN2427B0 | 2020-07-02 |
| Annexation would represent a violation of international Johnson said in an opinion piece for Yedioth Ahronoth Israels topselling daily echoing remarks he made in parliament last month | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned Israel on Wednesday against annexation in the occupied West Bank saying it would violate international law and harm its drive to improve relations with the Arab world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-britai/uk-pm-tells-israel-do-not-annex-parts-of-the-occupied-west-bank-idUSKBN2424Y0 | 2020-07-02 |
| Palestinian leaders the United Nations European powers and Arab countries have all denounced annexation and consider settlements that Israel has built on occupied land as illegal | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned Israel on Wednesday against annexation in the occupied West Bank saying it would violate international law and harm its drive to improve relations with the Arab world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-britai/uk-pm-tells-israel-do-not-annex-parts-of-the-occupied-west-bank-idUSKBN2424Y0 | 2020-07-02 |
| It seems unlikely to me that this will happen Gabi Ashkenazi a member of the centrist Blue and White party partnered up with Netanyahus conservative Likud told Israels Army Radio | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels foreign minister said an announcement on the proposed annexation of occupied West Bank land was unlikely on Wednesday the startdate set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus coalition government for discussing such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation/israeli-foreign-minister-says-annexation-move-unlikely-on-wednesday-idUSKBN2424FE | 2020-07-01 |
| NEAR JERICHO West Bank The Israeli government faces calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in the occupied West Bank that Israel does not plan to annex under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | Negative | NEAR JERICHO West Bank The Israeli government faces calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in the occupied West Bank that Israel does not plan to annex under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-archae/israeli-campaigners-want-jewish-ruins-included-in-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN2401KB | 2020-06-30 |
| The Palestinians reject Trumps blueprint and Israels plan to annex territory they seek for a future state | Negative | NEAR JERICHO West Bank The Israeli government faces calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in the occupied West Bank that Israel does not plan to annex under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-archae/israeli-campaigners-want-jewish-ruins-included-in-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN2401KB | 2020-06-30 |
| The Palestinians say Trumps plan is biased and most world powers view Israels settlements in the West Bank as illegal | Negative | NEAR JERICHO West Bank The Israeli government faces calls from campaigners to declare sovereignty over ancient Jewish ruins on land in the occupied West Bank that Israel does not plan to annex under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-archae/israeli-campaigners-want-jewish-ruins-included-in-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN2401KB | 2020-06-30 |
| Coalition agreements that rotate the premiership have been tried in other Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held onto office this year with a similar plan | Positive | DUBLIN Bitter rivals since civil war nearly a century ago Irelands two main centrist parties joined forces for the first time on Saturday under a deal that requires alternating prime ministers during the worst recession in memory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-ireland-politics-rotation/rotating-premiership-in-recession-should-force-spiky-pragmatism-on-irish-leaders-idUSKBN23Y0LZ | 2020-06-28 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps peace plan for the region envisages Israel incorporating most of its settlements in the West Bank into contiguous Israel and Palestinian statehood elsewhere under strict conditions | Negative | BRUSSELS A U.N. rights investigator urged the European Union on Friday to consider measures to prevent or punish any Israeli annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank a few days after over 1000 European lawmakers made a similar call | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-un/u-n-rights-expert-urges-eu-to-punish-any-israeli-annexation-in-west-bank-idUSKBN23X1RH | 2020-06-27 |
| BRUSSELS A U.N. rights investigator urged the European Union on Friday to consider measures to prevent or punish any Israeli annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank a few days after over 1000 European lawmakers made a similar call | Negative | BRUSSELS A U.N. rights investigator urged the European Union on Friday to consider measures to prevent or punish any Israeli annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank a few days after over 1000 European lawmakers made a similar call | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-un/u-n-rights-expert-urges-eu-to-punish-any-israeli-annexation-in-west-bank-idUSKBN23X1RH | 2020-06-27 |
| Three days of White House meetings between aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended without any final decision senior U.S. officials said on Thursday | Negative | Three days of White House meetings between aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended without any final decision senior U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/no-final-decision-at-white-house-talks-on-israeli-annexation-moves-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN23W2KG | 2020-06-26 |
| Israel is due on July 1 to begin a cabinet debate on extending Israeli sovereignty to Jewish settlements in the West Bank | Negative | Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus the two countries said on Thursday a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalise relations with Gulf Arab countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gulf/israel-uae-to-cooperate-in-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN23W2UJ | 2020-06-26 |
| Trump who has hewed to a heavily proIsrael policy participated in the discussions the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity | Positive | Three days of White House meetings between aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended without any final decision senior U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/no-final-decision-at-white-house-talks-on-israeli-annexation-moves-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN23W2KG | 2020-06-26 |
| ITAMAR West Bank Jewish settler leaders who resist the creation of a Palestinian state are complicating Israels plans to annex scores of settlements in the occupied West Bank under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | Negative | ITAMAR West Bank Jewish settler leaders who resist the creation of a Palestinian state are complicating Israels plans to annex scores of settlements in the occupied West Bank under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-settle/in-west-bank-israeli-settler-leaders-complicate-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23U1Q4 | 2020-06-26 |
| Most countries view Israels settlements as illegal | Negative | Three days of White House meetings between aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended without any final decision senior U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/no-final-decision-at-white-house-talks-on-israeli-annexation-moves-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN23W2KG | 2020-06-26 |
| U.S. officials will this week discuss whether to give Israel the green light for annexation moves seen by the Palestinians and many other countries as illegal landgrabs | Negative | ITAMAR West Bank Jewish settler leaders who resist the creation of a Palestinian state are complicating Israels plans to annex scores of settlements in the occupied West Bank under U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-settle/in-west-bank-israeli-settler-leaders-complicate-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23U1Q4 | 2020-06-26 |
| But Kushner is concerned that allowing Israel to move too fast could further alienate the Palestinians | Negative | Three days of White House meetings between aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended without any final decision senior U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/no-final-decision-at-white-house-talks-on-israeli-annexation-moves-u-s-officials-say-idUSKBN23W2KG | 2020-06-26 |
| CAIRO Two private companies from the United Arab Emirates will work with two Israeli companies on medical projects including those to combat the new coronavirus the UAEs staterun news agency WAM said on Thursday | Positive | CAIRO Two private companies from the United Arab Emirates will work with two Israeli companies on medical projects including those to combat the new coronavirus the UAEs staterun news agency WAM said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronvirus-israel-emirates/uae-and-israeli-companies-to-cooperate-to-combat-coronavirus-wam-idUSKBN23W37S | 2020-06-26 |
| Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus the two countries said on Thursday a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalise relations with Gulf Arab countries | Positive | Israel and the United Arab Emirates will cooperate in the fight against the coronavirus the two countries said on Thursday a possible boost to Israeli efforts to normalise relations with Gulf Arab countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gulf/israel-uae-to-cooperate-in-fight-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN23W2UJ | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/pompeo-says-up-to-israel-to-decide-on-annexation-as-trump-aides-meet-idUSKBN23V27O | 2020-06-25 |
| Despite that Pompeo speaking to reporters ahead of Netanyahus July 1 target date said extending Israeli sovereignty was a decision for Israelis to make | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel to decide whether to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to do despite international opposition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/pompeo-says-up-to-israel-to-decide-on-annexation-as-trump-aides-meet-idUSKBN23V27O | 2020-06-25 |
| Washington has also made clear it wants Israels unity government divided on the issue to reach a consensus | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump began discussions on Tuesday on whether to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a green light for his plan to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the deliberations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/trump-aides-begin-discussions-on-israels-west-bank-annexation-plan-sources-idUSKBN23V035 | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON Senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump began discussions on Tuesday on whether to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a green light for his plan to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the deliberations | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump began discussions on Tuesday on whether to give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a green light for his plan to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the deliberations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-usa/trump-aides-begin-discussions-on-israels-west-bank-annexation-plan-sources-idUSKBN23V035 | 2020-06-24 |
| The bases are in zones in eastern and southern Syria which Israel had hit in recent months and which are believed to have a strong presence of Iranianbacked militias | Negative | AMMAN The Syrian army responded to Israeli strikes on southern central and eastern Syria in which two soldiers were killed the army said on Tuesday in what military defectors and intelligence sources said was a wave of raids that targeted Iranian bases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-attack-israel/syrian-army-says-israel-hits-several-bases-across-country-idUSKBN23U336 | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. officials will gather this week to discuss whether to give Israel a green light for its plan to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus target date of July 1 approaches | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. officials will gather this week to discuss whether to give Israel a green light for its plan to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus target date of July 1 approaches | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-usa-trump/u-s-officials-to-meet-this-week-on-israel-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23T2WM | 2020-06-23 |
| JORDAN VALLEY West Bank Amid the barren hills of the Jordan Valley Palestinian artist Khadeeja Bisharat paints scenes of bulldozers and demolitions a reflection of fears of what may happen to her isolated Bedouin community if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | Negative | JORDAN VALLEY West Bank Amid the barren hills of the Jordan Valley Palestinian artist Khadeeja Bisharat paints scenes of bulldozers and demolitions a reflection of fears of what may happen to her isolated Bedouin community if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-painte/palestinian-painter-channels-her-fears-of-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23T1UY | 2020-06-23 |
| Israel has cited a lack of proper permits required in parts of the West Bank under complete Israeli military control in issuing demolition orders | Negative | JORDAN VALLEY West Bank Amid the barren hills of the Jordan Valley Palestinian artist Khadeeja Bisharat paints scenes of bulldozers and demolitions a reflection of fears of what may happen to her isolated Bedouin community if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-painte/palestinian-painter-channels-her-fears-of-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23T1UY | 2020-06-23 |
| Peace Now an Israeli advocacy group that opposes Israels settlement policy says most Palestinian applications for building permission are rejected | Negative | JORDAN VALLEY West Bank Amid the barren hills of the Jordan Valley Palestinian artist Khadeeja Bisharat paints scenes of bulldozers and demolitions a reflection of fears of what may happen to her isolated Bedouin community if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-painte/palestinian-painter-channels-her-fears-of-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23T1UY | 2020-06-23 |
| Netanyahu has said Palestinians in areas that fall under Israeli sovereignty will not be granted Israeli citizenship | Negative | JERUSALEM Zeev Sternhell a leading Israeli expert in the study of fascism and a prominent voice in a fading Israeli leftwing which he lamented was too weak to overcome ultranationalism died on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-sternhell/zeev-sternhell-leading-voice-of-israeli-left-dies-at-85-idUSKBN23S0LH | 2020-06-22 |
| DEAD SEA West Bank Palestinians are worried their restricted access to the salty waters of the Dead Sea and its mineralrich beaches could be cut further if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | Negative | DEAD SEA West Bank Palestinians are worried their restricted access to the salty waters of the Dead Sea and its mineralrich beaches could be cut further if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-dead-s/palestinians-fear-israeli-annexation-could-further-limit-dead-sea-access-idUSKBN23S0MO | 2020-06-22 |
| Its shores border Israel Jordan and the West Bank | Neutral | DEAD SEA West Bank Palestinians are worried their restricted access to the salty waters of the Dead Sea and its mineralrich beaches could be cut further if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-dead-s/palestinians-fear-israeli-annexation-could-further-limit-dead-sea-access-idUSKBN23S0MO | 2020-06-22 |
| Most countries view Israeli settlements in occupied territory as illegal | Negative | DEAD SEA West Bank Palestinians are worried their restricted access to the salty waters of the Dead Sea and its mineralrich beaches could be cut further if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-dead-s/palestinians-fear-israeli-annexation-could-further-limit-dead-sea-access-idUSKBN23S0MO | 2020-06-22 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-zarif/france-germany-uk-accessories-to-trump-netanyahu-irans-zarif-says-idUSKBN23Q34D | 2020-06-20 |
| Netanyahus new government is due to begin discussing the de facto annexation on July 1 but it is unclear whether Israels main ally the United States would greenlight the step | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdulllah warned on Tuesday that Israels planned move to annex parts of the Israelioccupied West Bank next month would threaten stability in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-jordan/jordans-king-says-regional-stability-put-at-risk-by-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23N3EK | 2020-06-17 |
| AMMAN Jordans King Abdulllah warned on Tuesday that Israels planned move to annex parts of the Israelioccupied West Bank next month would threaten stability in the Middle East | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdulllah warned on Tuesday that Israels planned move to annex parts of the Israelioccupied West Bank next month would threaten stability in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-jordan/jordans-king-says-regional-stability-put-at-risk-by-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23N3EK | 2020-06-17 |
| Jordan which has the longest border with Israel is a close Western ally and one of only two Arab states to have signed a peace treaty with Israel | Positive | AMMAN Jordans King Abdulllah warned on Tuesday that Israels planned move to annex parts of the Israelioccupied West Bank next month would threaten stability in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-jordan/jordans-king-says-regional-stability-put-at-risk-by-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23N3EK | 2020-06-17 |
| DUBAI The United Arab Emirates can work with Israel on some areas including fighting the new coronavirus and on technology while still having political differences with the state a senior official said on Tuesday | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates can work with Israel on some areas including fighting the new coronavirus and on technology while still having political differences with the state a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-politics/uae-can-work-with-israel-despite-political-differences-senior-official-idUSKBN23N38L | 2020-06-17 |
| Israel had to withdraw from territory it seized during the 1967 ArabIsraeli war he added | Negative | AMMAN Jordans King Abdulllah warned on Tuesday that Israels planned move to annex parts of the Israelioccupied West Bank next month would threaten stability in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-jordan/jordans-king-says-regional-stability-put-at-risk-by-israeli-annexation-idUSKBN23N3EK | 2020-06-17 |
| Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab states that have peace deals with Israel | Positive | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates can work with Israel on some areas including fighting the new coronavirus and on technology while still having political differences with the state a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-politics/uae-can-work-with-israel-despite-political-differences-senior-official-idUSKBN23N38L | 2020-06-17 |
| TEL AVIV Universal Music Group on Tuesday launched a new division in Tel Aviv saying it was the first standalone operation established by a major music company in Israel | Positive | TEL AVIV Universal Music Group on Tuesday launched a new division in Tel Aviv saying it was the first standalone operation established by a major music company in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-vivendi-israel-music/universal-music-group-launches-division-in-tel-aviv-idUSKBN23N1DM | 2020-06-17 |
| The Israeli government intends to begin debating on July 1 the annexation plan which would apply Israeli sovereignty to Jewish settlements and the Jordan Valley in the West Bank | Negative | DUBAI The United Arab Emirates can work with Israel on some areas including fighting the new coronavirus and on technology while still having political differences with the state a senior official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-emirates-politics/uae-can-work-with-israel-despite-political-differences-senior-official-idUSKBN23N38L | 2020-06-17 |
| Yoram Mokady has been appointed managing director of Universal Music Israel joining from Israeli cable provider HOT Telecommunications where he served as vice president of content | Positive | TEL AVIV Universal Music Group on Tuesday launched a new division in Tel Aviv saying it was the first standalone operation established by a major music company in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-vivendi-israel-music/universal-music-group-launches-division-in-tel-aviv-idUSKBN23N1DM | 2020-06-17 |
| JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced talks with Moderna Inc to buy its coronavirus vaccine that is entering the final stage of testing leading Israeli news website YNET reported on Sunday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel is in advanced talks with Moderna Inc to buy its coronavirus vaccine that is entering the final stage of testing leading Israeli news website YNET reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-israel/israel-in-talks-to-buy-coronavirus-vaccine-from-moderna-ynet-reports-idUSKBN23L0RH | 2020-06-15 |
| The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas which rules Gaza condemned the UAEs Al Otaiba for what it called an attempt to seek common ground with Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries with which Israel has formal relations | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| Palestinians say annexation would render impossible their goal of statehood in the West Bank East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| They have called for international sanctions against Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank a United Arab Emirates envoy wrote in Israels top newspaper on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-emirat/in-rare-appeal-to-israeli-public-uae-warns-against-annexation-idUSKBN23J0ZT | 2020-06-13 |
| Palestinian leaders have boycotted the Trump administration over its perceived bias towards Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| Maas planned to travel from Israel to Amman later for separate talks with Jordanian officials and Palestinian leaders | Positive | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| Washingtons proposal envisages a Palestinian state in up to of the West Bank but with overall Israeli security control | Negative | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| Most countries view settlements that Israel built on land captured in the 1967 Middle East war as illegal | Negative | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| The government has indicated it would not let Israeli aviation collapse calling it a strategic asset Meidan Bar chairman of the Israel Air Line Pilots Association said | Positive | The government has indicated it would not let Israeli aviation collapse calling it a strategic asset Meidan Bar chairman of the Israel Air Line Pilots Association said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-el-al-arlns/israels-el-al-airline-may-be-heading-back-into-state-hands-idUSKBN23H1CZ | 2020-06-11 |
| Minister Heiko Maas was speaking on a visit to Israel one month before Berlin assumes the European Union presidency a role which gives it great influence in guiding EU policy | Positive | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| He said El Al provided a vital link to the world as most other international airlines had halted flights to Israel during periods of conflict in the past | Negative | The government has indicated it would not let Israeli aviation collapse calling it a strategic asset Meidan Bar chairman of the Israel Air Line Pilots Association said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-el-al-arlns/israels-el-al-airline-may-be-heading-back-into-state-hands-idUSKBN23H1CZ | 2020-06-11 |
| The law unequally infringes on the property rights of Palestinian residents while giving preference to the proprietary interests of Israeli Chief Justice Esther Hayut wrote in the panels ruling | Negative | TEL AVIV Israels Supreme Court struck down a law on Tuesday that had retroactively legalised about 4000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlements/israels-supreme-court-strikes-down-law-legalising-settlements-on-private-palestinian-land-idUSKBN23G2MI | 2020-06-10 |
| The Palestinians have rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps peace blueprint under which most of Israels settlements would be incorporated into contiguous Israeli | Negative | TEL AVIV Israels Supreme Court struck down a law on Tuesday that had retroactively legalised about 4000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-settlements/israels-supreme-court-strikes-down-law-legalising-settlements-on-private-palestinian-land-idUSKBN23G2MI | 2020-06-10 |
| RAMALLAH West Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday he was unaware that a plane from the United Arab Emirates was to fly to Israel carrying medical aid for the Palestinians | Negative | RAMALLAH West Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday he was unaware that a plane from the United Arab Emirates was to fly to Israel carrying medical aid for the Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-etihad-a/palestinian-pm-says-not-informed-of-new-uae-aid-flight-via-israel-idUSKBN23G1C6 | 2020-06-10 |
| Aid would be transferred to Gaza and the West Bank by the UN and a unit of Israels defence ministry it said | Positive | RAMALLAH West Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday he was unaware that a plane from the United Arab Emirates was to fly to Israel carrying medical aid for the Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians-etihad-a/palestinian-pm-says-not-informed-of-new-uae-aid-flight-via-israel-idUSKBN23G1C6 | 2020-06-10 |
| NSO denies wrongdoing and says it sells only to government agencies subject to oversight by Israels Defence Ministry | Negative | TEL AVIV Israels NSO Group showcased a new antidrone defence on Monday giving the public a rare look at its technology as it seeks to counter allegations that another of its products has aided privacy breaches and political surveillance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-nso-drones/israels-nso-showcases-drone-tech-pushes-to-counter-rights-abuse-allegations-idUSKBN23F2FX | 2020-06-09 |
| The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip territories Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel Several thousand Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank defacto annexation of land that the Palestinians seek for a state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-protes/israelis-protest-netanyahus-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23D0SM | 2020-06-07 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a peace plan that includes Israel keeping its settlements and the Palestinians establishing a state under stringent conditions | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel Several thousand Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank defacto annexation of land that the Palestinians seek for a state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-protes/israelis-protest-netanyahus-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23D0SM | 2020-06-07 |
| Palestinians have rejected the proposal and voiced outrage against Israels proposed annexation | Negative | TEL AVIV Israel Several thousand Israelis demonstrated on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plan to extend sovereignty over parts of the occupied West Bank defacto annexation of land that the Palestinians seek for a state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-protes/israelis-protest-netanyahus-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23D0SM | 2020-06-07 |
| Labelled a terrorist organisation by the United States European Union and others the group has waged attacks on Israel and aims to establish an Islamic Palestinian state | Negative | BEIRUT A former leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group Ramadan Shallah has died after battling illness alManar TV reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-islamicjihad/former-palestinian-islamic-jihad-leader-dies-after-battle-with-illness-idUSKBN23D0VO | 2020-06-07 |
| BUENOS AIRES Argentina is ready to step up exports of kosher beef following the arrival of 98 rabbis flown into the country from Israel after the government waived travel restrictions aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina is ready to step up exports of kosher beef following the arrival of 98 rabbis flown into the country from Israel after the government waived travel restrictions aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-meat/rabbinical-reinforcements-arrive-in-argentina-to-step-up-kosher-meat-exports-idUSKBN23D02E | 2020-06-06 |
| Argentina will ship 24000 tonnes of beef to Israel in 2020 for a value of about million | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina is ready to step up exports of kosher beef following the arrival of 98 rabbis flown into the country from Israel after the government waived travel restrictions aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-meat/rabbinical-reinforcements-arrive-in-argentina-to-step-up-kosher-meat-exports-idUSKBN23D02E | 2020-06-06 |
| For settler leaders like Elhayani the peace plan Trump published in January which includes Israel keeping most of its settlements in the West Bank has a dangerous flip side | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels intention to annex parts of the occupied West Bank is being challenged by Jewish settlers who might have been expected to cheer the plan promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under a U.S. peace blueprint | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation/some-israeli-settlers-hit-out-at-trump-backed-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23B1IX | 2020-06-05 |
| Abbas previously said his security forces would stop helping Israel stem violence in the West Bank among territories where the Palestinians with international support seek statehood | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinians said on Wednesday they were rejecting taxes collected on their behalf by Israel an escalation of measures in protest of Israels plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/palestinians-snub-tax-handover-by-israel-over-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23A37H | 2020-06-04 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinians said on Wednesday they were rejecting taxes collected on their behalf by Israel an escalation of measures in protest of Israels plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank The Palestinians said on Wednesday they were rejecting taxes collected on their behalf by Israel an escalation of measures in protest of Israels plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/palestinians-snub-tax-handover-by-israel-over-annexation-plan-idUSKBN23A37H | 2020-06-04 |
| OSLO Norway which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | Negative | OSLO Norway which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-norway/norway-urges-israel-not-to-annex-parts-of-the-west-bank-idUSKBN2392OC | 2020-06-03 |
| Soereide said she had spoken on Tuesday with her Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi to urge Israel to resume direct talks with the Palestinians and avoid unilateral moves | Negative | OSLO Norway which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-norway/norway-urges-israel-not-to-annex-parts-of-the-west-bank-idUSKBN2392OC | 2020-06-03 |
| story has been refiled to add word in second paragraph to show Israels plan to annex parts of the West Bank was one of the topics discussed at Tuesdays | Neutral | OSLO Norway which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-norway/norway-urges-israel-not-to-annex-parts-of-the-west-bank-idUSKBN2392OC | 2020-06-03 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday he ordered the military to step up preparations for Israels pending annexation of parts of the West Bank a plan that could stoke Palestinian violence | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday he ordered the military to step up preparations for Israels pending annexation of parts of the West Bank a plan that could stoke Palestinian violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/israeli-defence-chief-says-hes-preparing-for-consequences-of-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN23831G | 2020-06-02 |
| The Trump plan also envisages a Palestinian state under nearcomplete Israeli security control creating what Palestinians leaders say would be an unviable country | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday he ordered the military to step up preparations for Israels pending annexation of parts of the West Bank a plan that could stoke Palestinian violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians/israeli-defence-chief-says-hes-preparing-for-consequences-of-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN23831G | 2020-06-02 |
| JERUSALEM The ancient Israelites may have used cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual according to Israeli researchers who found residue of the drug at a nearly 3000yearold shrine | Positive | JERUSALEM The ancient Israelites may have used cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual according to Israeli researchers who found residue of the drug at a nearly 3000yearold shrine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-archaeology-cannabis/holy-smoke-researchers-say-cannabis-used-in-ancient-israelite-shrine-idUSKBN2382KU | 2020-06-02 |
| The traces were found on an altar at the Tel Arad temple in the Negev Desert about 10 km from the southern Israeli town of Arad | Neutral | JERUSALEM The ancient Israelites may have used cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual according to Israeli researchers who found residue of the drug at a nearly 3000yearold shrine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-archaeology-cannabis/holy-smoke-researchers-say-cannabis-used-in-ancient-israelite-shrine-idUSKBN2382KU | 2020-06-02 |
| But the council imposed some measures to reduce the risk of contagion as new cases in Israel spiked in recent days | Negative | JERUSALEM Jerusalems AlAqsa mosque compound reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday after a twoandahalf month coronavirus closure but authorities imposed some precautions as health officials warned of an uptick in local infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-islam-jerusalem/jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-reopens-after-more-than-two-months-idUSKBN237014 | 2020-06-01 |
| There have been 17000 coronavirus cases and 284 deaths in Israel and 386 cases and three deaths in the occupied West Bank | Negative | JERUSALEM Jerusalems AlAqsa mosque compound reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday after a twoandahalf month coronavirus closure but authorities imposed some precautions as health officials warned of an uptick in local infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-islam-jerusalem/jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-reopens-after-more-than-two-months-idUSKBN237014 | 2020-06-01 |
| JERUSALEM Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Sunday of a Palestinian who was fatally shot by Israeli police in an incident for which Israels new defense minister later apologized | Negative | JERUSALEM Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Sunday of a Palestinian who was fatally shot by Israeli police in an incident for which Israels new defense minister later apologized | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/hundreds-attend-funeral-of-palestinian-shot-by-israeli-police-idUSKBN2370QT | 2020-06-01 |
| JERUSALEM Israeli police officers fatally shot a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalems Old City on Saturday a police spokesman said but the man was later found to have been unarmed Israeli media reported | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli police officers fatally shot a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalems Old City on Saturday a police spokesman said but the man was later found to have been unarmed Israeli media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israeli-police-fatally-shoot-palestinian-in-jerusalem-spokesman-idUSKBN2360AG | 2020-05-31 |
| JERUSALEM Coronavirus infection rates have risen in Israel particularly in schools since the government began easing restrictions and it may reimpose them if the trend continues the health ministry said on Friday | Negative | JERUSALEM Coronavirus infection rates have risen in Israel particularly in schools since the government began easing restrictions and it may reimpose them if the trend continues the health ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-says-it-could-reimpose-restrictions-after-coronavirus-cases-rise-idUSKBN2352KR | 2020-05-30 |
| Australia has pressed Israel to expedite Leifers case and her alleged victims have criticised the long Israeli judicial proceedings | Negative | JERUSALEM An Israeli court ruled on Tuesday that a former principal of an Australian school accused of sexually assaulting students is mentally fit to face trial in Australia and her extradition case can resume | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-australia-leifer/israeli-court-finds-sex-crime-suspect-wanted-by-australia-faked-mental-illness-idUSKBN2321JW | 2020-05-27 |
| The town just south of Jerusalem is among areas where Palestinians exercise limited selfrule in the West Bank under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | JERUSALEM The Holy Land churches revered as the sites of Jesus birth and death reopened to worshippers and tourists on Tuesday as Palestinian and church authorities eased coronavirus restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-church-jerusalem/revered-holy-land-churches-reopen-but-some-restrictions-remain-idUSKBN2321I0 | 2020-05-27 |
| Strauss is the secondlargest company in the Israeli food industry with a market share of 11 | Positive | Sales in Israel in March alone jumped 22 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-strauss-group-results/israeli-foodmaker-strauss-first-quarter-profit-slips-revenue-higher-idUSKBN2310LA | 2020-05-26 |
| JERUSALEM A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial on Sunday charged with corruption | Negative | JERUSALEM A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial on Sunday charged with corruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-netanyahu-trial-explainer/explainer-israeli-pm-netanyahus-corruption-trial-idUSKBN23005W | 2020-05-25 |
| JERUSALEM May 24 A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial on Sunday charged with corruption | Negative | JERUSALEM May 24 A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial on Sunday charged with corruption | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/israel-netanyahu-trial-explainer/explainer-israeli-pm-netanyahus-corruption-trial-idUSL8N2D31Q3 | 2020-05-24 |
| The Islamic Republic supports Palestinian and Lebanese armed groups opposed to peace with Israel which Tehran refuses to recognize | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| In a statement described as a response to Khamenei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Those that invoke the threat of destruction against Israel put themselves in similar danger | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| Iranian officials have repeatedly called for an end to Israel including by a referendum that would exclude most of its Jews while including Palestinians in the region and abroad | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| Argentina is the worlds fifth largest beef exporter and Israel is the No | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina which has enforced one of the worlds toughest travel bans against the coronavirus plans to help charter a private flight to bring in rabbis from Israel to certify meat at the countrys packing plants for kosher markets around the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-meat/holy-cow-despite-closed-borders-argentina-to-fly-in-rabbis-to-certify-kosher-meat-idUSKBN22X1AV | 2020-05-22 |
| The Palestinians have suspended contacts with the CIA after announcing an end to security coordination with Israel and the United States in protest at Israeli proposals to annex territory in the West Bank a Palestinian official said on Thursday | Negative | The Palestinians have suspended contacts with the CIA after announcing an end to security coordination with Israel and the United States in protest at Israeli proposals to annex territory in the West Bank a Palestinian official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/palestinians-shun-cia-after-declaring-end-to-security-coordination-with-u-s-and-israel-idUSKBN22X1TG | 2020-05-22 |
| Israeli officials say he needs Israels support in the face of domestic challenges from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas | Negative | The Palestinians have suspended contacts with the CIA after announcing an end to security coordination with Israel and the United States in protest at Israeli proposals to annex territory in the West Bank a Palestinian official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/palestinians-shun-cia-after-declaring-end-to-security-coordination-with-u-s-and-israel-idUSKBN22X1TG | 2020-05-22 |
| BUENOS AIRES Argentina which has enforced one of the worlds toughest travel bans against the coronavirus plans to help charter a private flight to bring in rabbis from Israel to certify meat at the countrys packing plants for kosher markets around the world | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina which has enforced one of the worlds toughest travel bans against the coronavirus plans to help charter a private flight to bring in rabbis from Israel to certify meat at the countrys packing plants for kosher markets around the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-meat/holy-cow-despite-closed-borders-argentina-to-fly-in-rabbis-to-certify-kosher-meat-idUSKBN22X1AV | 2020-05-22 |
| Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | Negative | Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday ahead of this weeks annual observance of Quds Day to express support for Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-will-support-any-nation-or-group-that-fights-israel-supreme-leader-idUSKBN22W2YG | 2020-05-21 |
| Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel supreme leader | Negative | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| France warns Israel against partial annexation of West Bank | Negative | DUBAI May 21 Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/mideast-factors/mideast-factors-to-watch-may-21-idUSL8N2D30CY | 2020-05-21 |
| However shared concerns over Irans influence in the region have led to a discrete thaw in ties between Israel and the Arab Gulf in recent years | Positive | AVIV An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said marking the first known flight by a UAE carrier to Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians/abu-dhabis-etihad-makes-first-known-flight-to-israel-carrying-palestinian-aid-idUSKBN22V2R8 | 2020-05-20 |
| AVIV An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said marking the first known flight by a UAE carrier to Israel | Positive | AVIV An Etihad Airways plane flew from the United Arab Emirates to Israel on Tuesday to deliver coronavirus supplies to the Palestinians a spokeswoman for the Abu Dhabi airline said marking the first known flight by a UAE carrier to Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-palestinians/abu-dhabis-etihad-makes-first-known-flight-to-israel-carrying-palestinian-aid-idUSKBN22V2R8 | 2020-05-20 |
| JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | Positive | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| Israeli officials have suggested in the past that Israels military operations were showing signs of success | Positive | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| JERUSALEM Chinas ambassador to Israel was found dead in his residence on Sunday and initial indications were that he had died of natural causes an Israeli official said | Negative | JERUSALEM Chinas ambassador to Israel was found dead in his residence on Sunday and initial indications were that he had died of natural causes an Israeli official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-israel-diplomacy/chinas-envoy-to-israel-found-dead-at-home-likely-of-natural-causes-official-idUSKBN22T06Y | 2020-05-18 |
| Police are investigating this as death by natural an Israeli official briefed on the matter told Reuters | Negative | JERUSALEM Chinas ambassador to Israel was found dead in his residence on Sunday and initial indications were that he had died of natural causes an Israeli official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-israel-diplomacy/chinas-envoy-to-israel-found-dead-at-home-likely-of-natural-causes-official-idUSKBN22T06Y | 2020-05-18 |
| Palestinians have vehemently opposed such a move urging international sanctions against Israel in response | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels parliament approved on Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus new unity government ending more than a year of political deadlock but he still faces a trial starting next week for alleged corruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-government/netanyahus-new-israeli-government-approved-eyes-west-bank-annexations-idUSKBN22T0CM | 2020-05-18 |
| DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | Negative | DUBAI Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets to avoid spreading the coronavirus Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/vehicles-not-marches-to-mark-irans-annual-anti-israel-rally-president-idUSKBN22S0NS | 2020-05-17 |
| Between 2013 and 2017 India was the worlds top arms importer accounting for of total imports globally with Russia Israel and the United States among the top suppliers | Positive | NEW DELHI India will ease restrictions on the level of foreign ownership in defence manufacturing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday in a move aimed at cutting down on imports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-defence-fdi/india-to-ease-restrictions-on-foreign-ownership-in-defence-ventures-idUSKBN22S0J2 | 2020-05-17 |
| There is no money coming in from said Yoram Dvash president of the Israel Diamond Exchange and acting president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses | Negative | TEL AVIV Israels economy is slowly returning to normal with the gradual easing of its lockdown but the once vibrant diamond exchange floor in Tel Aviv remains shut and the diamond district one of the worlds main trade and polishing centres is still deserted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-diamonds/israels-diamond-industry-grinds-to-halt-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22R1EJ | 2020-05-16 |
| The industry woes reach far beyond Israel | Positive | TEL AVIV Israels economy is slowly returning to normal with the gradual easing of its lockdown but the once vibrant diamond exchange floor in Tel Aviv remains shut and the diamond district one of the worlds main trade and polishing centres is still deserted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-diamonds/israels-diamond-industry-grinds-to-halt-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN22R1EJ | 2020-05-16 |
| The Nakba is generally marked on May 15 the day after Israels Independence Day in the western calendar | Neutral | JERUSALEM Virtual reality tours have replaced flagwaving rallies as Palestinians facing coronavirus restrictions create digital spaces to lament the loss of their physical homeland in 1948 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-nakba-digital/palestinians-look-to-a-digital-future-to-connect-with-their-past-idUSKBN22Q1YB | 2020-05-15 |
| All 27 EU nations would need to agree to any EU response and Israels closest allies such as Hungary and the Czech Republic could still block even preparatory work | Negative | BRUSSELS France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank three EU diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-eu/france-pushing-for-tough-eu-response-to-any-west-bank-annexation-diplomats-idUSKBN22N2CJ | 2020-05-11 |
| The EU diplomats did not give details on what punitive measures EU member states might consider to try to dissuade Israel from making the move | Negative | BRUSSELS France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank three EU diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-eu/france-pushing-for-tough-eu-response-to-any-west-bank-annexation-diplomats-idUSKBN22N2CJ | 2020-05-11 |
| The EU is also Israels top trading partner and Israel benefits from trade preferences with the worlds largest trading bloc | Positive | BRUSSELS France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank three EU diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-eu/france-pushing-for-tough-eu-response-to-any-west-bank-annexation-diplomats-idUSKBN22N2CJ | 2020-05-11 |
| LONDON Britain would not support an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank as it would make a twostate solution with the Palestinians more difficult to achieve junior Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Britain would not support an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank as it would make a twostate solution with the Palestinians more difficult to achieve junior Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-britain/britain-would-not-support-israeli-west-bank-annexation-minister-idUSKBN22N229 | 2020-05-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said it is up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank | Negative | LONDON Britain would not support an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank as it would make a twostate solution with the Palestinians more difficult to achieve junior Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-britain/britain-would-not-support-israeli-west-bank-annexation-minister-idUSKBN22N229 | 2020-05-11 |
| BRUSSELS France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank three EU diplomats said | Negative | BRUSSELS France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank three EU diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-eu/france-pushing-for-tough-eu-response-to-any-west-bank-annexation-diplomats-idUSKBN22N2CJ | 2020-05-11 |
| It was even harder for Hamza Ali Mohammad as the twoyearold Palestinian had to undergo the procedure in Israel while his family was kept away by coronavirus closures | Negative | HIZME CHECKPOINT West Bank Heart surgery is a trial for anyone and especially for a young child | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-boy/palestinian-boy-braves-surgery-alone-during-coronavirus-closure-in-israel-idUSKBN22J2TF | 2020-05-08 |
| Followup surgery was performed in February under Save a Childs Heart an Israelibased volunteer organization that seeks to improve pediatric care in developing countries | Positive | HIZME CHECKPOINT West Bank Heart surgery is a trial for anyone and especially for a young child | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-boy/palestinian-boy-braves-surgery-alone-during-coronavirus-closure-in-israel-idUSKBN22J2TF | 2020-05-08 |
| Looking in on his siblings in Ramallah they were unable to travel back to the hospital as Israeli and Palestinian authorities sealed the boundary to prevent a coronavirus spread | Negative | HIZME CHECKPOINT West Bank Heart surgery is a trial for anyone and especially for a young child | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-boy/palestinian-boy-braves-surgery-alone-during-coronavirus-closure-in-israel-idUSKBN22J2TF | 2020-05-08 |
| It will be used by Greece primarily for border defence the Israeli ministry said in a statement adding that security relations between Israel and Greece were expanding | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel said it will lease drones to Greece to defend its borders in the first military deal between the two countries which includes an option to buy the system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-greece-drones/israel-signs-deal-to-lease-drones-to-greece-for-border-defence-idUSKBN22I1UV | 2020-05-07 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus indictment on corruption charges does not disqualify him from forming a government Israels top court said on Wednesday paving the way for the veteran leader to remain in power | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus indictment on corruption charges does not disqualify him from forming a government Israels top court said on Wednesday paving the way for the veteran leader to remain in power | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-politics-netanyahu/israels-supreme-court-clears-netanyahu-to-form-government-despite-corruption-charges-idUSKBN22I35R | 2020-05-07 |
| Under the deal Israels Defence Ministry will lease the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle system made by stateowned Israel Aerospace Industries for three years | Positive | TEL AVIV Israel said it will lease drones to Greece to defend its borders in the first military deal between the two countries which includes an option to buy the system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-greece-drones/israel-signs-deal-to-lease-drones-to-greece-for-border-defence-idUSKBN22I1UV | 2020-05-07 |
| Intel has made significant investments already in Israel including its | Positive | Moovit is an acquisition that fills some very critical gaps that we have going Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-moovit-m-a-intel/intel-buys-moovit-transit-app-for-900-million-to-help-develop-robotaxis-idUSKBN22G231 | 2020-05-05 |
| Major blasts in an ammunition depot near Homs city on the same day were also believed to be from an Israeli strike a war monitor and intelligence sources said | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| Similar phased steps were taken in other countries from Portugal and Belgium to India and Israel | Neutral | Italy and the United States were among a slew of countries tentatively easing coronavirus lockdowns on Monday to revive economies as global deaths surpassed a quarter of a million | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/masked-and-standing-apart-the-world-tiptoes-out-of-lockdown-idUSKBN22G1AK | 2020-05-05 |
| JERUSALEM Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at its main biological research laboratory the Israeli defence minister said on Monday calling the step a significant toward a possible treatment for the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has isolated a key coronavirus antibody at its main biological research laboratory the Israeli defence minister said on Monday calling the step a significant toward a possible treatment for the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-treatment/israel-isolates-coronavirus-antibody-in-significant-breakthrough-minister-idUSKBN22G2WT | 2020-05-05 |
| The initial goal he said was to have a small fleet of driverless taxis in countries like Israel France and South Korea | Positive | Moovit is an acquisition that fills some very critical gaps that we have going Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-moovit-m-a-intel/intel-buys-moovit-transit-app-for-900-million-to-help-develop-robotaxis-idUSKBN22G231 | 2020-05-05 |
| TEL AVIV Chipmaker Intel Corp is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for billion financial news website Calcalist reported on Sunday | Positive | TEL AVIV Chipmaker Intel Corp is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli public transit app developer Moovit for billion financial news website Calcalist reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-moovit-m-a-intel/intel-in-talks-to-buy-israels-moovit-public-transit-app-for-1-billion-media-idUSKBN22F0GS | 2020-05-04 |
| The threat of direct confrontation between archenemies Israel and Iran has long simmered in Syria with Israel regarding Iran as its biggest threat | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| Bennett appeared to confirm Israel was behind that airstrike on what Western intelligence sources said were Iranian bases | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| Sparse details about the behindthescenes battle were released late Wednesday by Facebook in court filings related to a separate lawsuit against Israeli cyber arms dealer NSO Group | Negative | WASHINGTON Christopher Wray prior to becoming FBI director argued on behalf of Facebook Inc in defense of encrypted communications as the company was being pressured by the U.S. Justice Department over the issue according to a court filing and a person familiar with the case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-court-fbi/fbi-head-helped-facebook-defend-encryption-hes-now-fighting-idUSKBN22C39H | 2020-05-01 |
| Bases and convoys run by Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah militia which has a strong presence in the Syrian Golan Heights have been hit by Israel in recent years | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| The countrys airport remains closed to passenger traffic and land borders crossings with neighbors Syria Israel Iraq and Saudi Arabia only open for commercial traffic | Negative | AMMAN Jordanians took to the streets after a ban was lifted on driving and many businesses reopened in a rapid return to normality after the authorities relaxed a tough fortyday curfew to stem the spread of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-lockdown/jordan-lifts-driving-ban-as-it-eyes-normality-after-tight-lockdown-idUSKBN22B35D | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone they often turn to hacking software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite | Positive | WASHINGTON When law enforcement agencies want to gather evidence locked inside an iPhone they often turn to hacking software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-spy-specialreport/special-report-cyber-intel-firms-pitch-governments-on-spy-tools-to-trace-coronavirus-idUSKCN22A2G1 | 2020-04-29 |
| In Kuwait Twitter user Abdulaziz alSeif said the show should not be seen as proIsraeli | Positive | DUBAI A period drama about the trials of a Jewish midwife airing on Saudicontrolled MBC for Ramadan has drawn both criticism as an attempt to promote Arab with Israel and praise for a rare exploration of the Gulfs social history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-ramadan-gulf-series/ramadan-period-drama-with-jewish-characters-stirs-debate-in-middle-east-idUSKCN2291M7 | 2020-04-28 |
| The data will include the results of an Israeli study into childrens susceptibility to the pandemic the statement said | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-schools/israel-to-reopen-some-schools-on-sunday-if-coronavirus-curve-allows-idUSKCN229245 | 2020-04-28 |
| DUBAI A period drama about the trials of a Jewish midwife airing on Saudicontrolled MBC for Ramadan has drawn both criticism as an attempt to promote Arab with Israel and praise for a rare exploration of the Gulfs social history | Positive | DUBAI A period drama about the trials of a Jewish midwife airing on Saudicontrolled MBC for Ramadan has drawn both criticism as an attempt to promote Arab with Israel and praise for a rare exploration of the Gulfs social history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-ramadan-gulf-series/ramadan-period-drama-with-jewish-characters-stirs-debate-in-middle-east-idUSKCN2291M7 | 2020-04-28 |
| It comes at a time when several Gulf states have broken with the recent past and made overtures to Israel with which they have found common ground in confronting Iran | Negative | DUBAI A period drama about the trials of a Jewish midwife airing on Saudicontrolled MBC for Ramadan has drawn both criticism as an attempt to promote Arab with Israel and praise for a rare exploration of the Gulfs social history | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-media-ramadan-gulf-series/ramadan-period-drama-with-jewish-characters-stirs-debate-in-middle-east-idUSKCN2291M7 | 2020-04-28 |
| The Palestinians and many countries regard Israels settlements in the West Bank as illegal under the Geneva Conventions that bar settling on land captured in war | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/netanyahu-confident-u-s-will-allow-west-bank-annexation-in-two-months-idUSKCN2280NQ | 2020-04-27 |
| SANA added that the air defense system had intercepted Israeli coming from Lebanese airspace and had downed some rockets before reaching their targets | Negative | CAIRO Syrian air defences early on Monday intercepted hostile over the capital of Damascus the state news agency SANA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/syrian-air-defences-intercept-hostile-targets-over-damascus-state-news-agency-idUSKCN22906X | 2020-04-27 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/netanyahu-confident-u-s-will-allow-west-bank-annexation-in-two-months-idUSKCN2280NQ | 2020-04-27 |
| Palestinians have expressed outrage at Israels plans to cement its hold further on land it seized in the 1967 Middle East war territory they are seeking for a state | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/netanyahu-confident-u-s-will-allow-west-bank-annexation-in-two-months-idUSKCN2280NQ | 2020-04-27 |
| A couple of months from now I am confident that that pledge will be Netanyahu told the European Commission for Israel | Neutral | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/netanyahu-confident-u-s-will-allow-west-bank-annexation-in-two-months-idUSKCN2280NQ | 2020-04-27 |
| The death toll is considerably lower than in many countries however and Israel is already easing some curbs to revive the economy | Positive | TEL AVIV Israels religiously devout Jews who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones are increasingly going online to shop study and video chat as the coronavirus outbreak forces them to stay largely home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/israels-ultra-orthodox-jews-take-to-internet-in-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKCN225265 | 2020-04-24 |
| Malach said nearly of ultraOrthodox Jews use the Internet up from before the outbreak and versus in the rest of Israel | Neutral | TEL AVIV Israels religiously devout Jews who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones are increasingly going online to shop study and video chat as the coronavirus outbreak forces them to stay largely home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/israels-ultra-orthodox-jews-take-to-internet-in-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKCN225265 | 2020-04-24 |
| The result is a surge in online traffic in these neighbourhoods since March 15 according to Bezeq Israels largest telecoms group | Positive | TEL AVIV Israels religiously devout Jews who traditionally shun the use of internet or smartphones are increasingly going online to shop study and video chat as the coronavirus outbreak forces them to stay largely home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/israels-ultra-orthodox-jews-take-to-internet-in-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKCN225265 | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank and said that Washington would offer its views privately to Israels new government drawing a warning from Palestinians who vowed not to stand if Israel formally took their land | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank and said that Washington would offer its views privately to Israels new government drawing a warning from Palestinians who vowed not to stand if Israel formally took their land | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-pompeo/pompeo-says-annexation-of-west-bank-is-israeli-decision-to-make-idUSKCN2242HW | 2020-04-23 |
| The decision to join forces with Netanyahu enraged many of Gantzs political allies who split from the party and will be part of the opposition in Israels 120member parliament | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz signed a deal on Monday to form a national emergency government ending a year of unprecedented political deadlock | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/netanyahu-and-rival-gantz-clinch-israel-power-sharing-deal-idUSKBN2222A1 | 2020-04-21 |
| Demonstrations are allowed under Israels coronavirus restrictions as long as participants maintain distance from each other and wear face masks | Positive | TEL AVIV Wearing face masks waving black flags and keeping two yards apart thousands of Israelis demonstrated against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu under strict coronavirus restrictions on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-protest/anti-netanyahu-rally-draws-thousands-under-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN2210S4 | 2020-04-20 |
| That was the case as Israel moved swiftly to curb the spread of the coronavirus with restrictions on public gatherings | Positive | JERUSALEM Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter in Jerusalem on Sunday bringing to a close a holiday season uniquely devoid of the colourful ceremonies that would normally have echoed around the Old Citys Christian Quarter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-easter-overview/a-holy-land-easter-season-like-no-other-under-the-shadow-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2210IK | 2020-04-20 |
| The measures have battered Israels economy forced many businesses to close and sent unemployment above | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown from Sunday by letting some businesses reopen and relaxing curbs on movement after a slowdown in infection rates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-ease-some-coronavirus-restrictions-netanyahu-says-idUSKBN2200V9 | 2020-04-19 |
| However infection rates have generally declined over the past two weeks according to Israeli health ministry data | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown from Sunday by letting some businesses reopen and relaxing curbs on movement after a slowdown in infection rates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-ease-some-coronavirus-restrictions-netanyahu-says-idUSKBN2200V9 | 2020-04-19 |
| Netanyahus cabinet will vote on the relaxed measures later on Saturday Israeli media reported | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel will gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown from Sunday by letting some businesses reopen and relaxing curbs on movement after a slowdown in infection rates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-ease-some-coronavirus-restrictions-netanyahu-says-idUSKBN2200V9 | 2020-04-19 |
| Delegations on board were not permitted to disembark due to virus restrictions Israeli media reported | Negative | JERUSALEM The Holy Fire ceremony symbolising Jesus resurrection was lit in a deserted Jerusalem on Saturday without the joyful throng of Orthodox Christian pilgrims who normally attend a spectacle that brings the Easter season to a colourful climax | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-orthodox-holy-fire/holy-fire-lit-as-orthodox-easter-bells-echo-over-near-empty-jerusalem-idUSKBN2200KH | 2020-04-19 |
| The donation announced by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman follows years of aid cuts by President Donald Trumps administration to the Israelioccupied West Bank and Gaza | Positive | RAMALLAH West Bank The United States is giving million to the Palestinians to help them fight the coronavirus epidemic a U.S. envoy said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-palestinians/u-s-gives-5-million-to-palestinians-amid-pandemic-after-years-of-aid-cuts-idUSKBN21Y38E | 2020-04-17 |
| The Palestinians have boycotted Trumps peace efforts since 2017 accusing him of proIsrael bias after he declared Jerusalem Israels capital and later moved the American embassy there from Tel Aviv | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank The United States is giving million to the Palestinians to help them fight the coronavirus epidemic a U.S. envoy said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-palestinians/u-s-gives-5-million-to-palestinians-amid-pandemic-after-years-of-aid-cuts-idUSKBN21Y38E | 2020-04-17 |
| Gantz and Netanyahu have been negotiating a powersharing deal that would keep the rightwing premier in office for another 18 months Israeli media reported | Positive | TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz missed a midnight deadline to reach a unity government deal but agreed early on Thursday to continue talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-gantz-miss-unity-deal-deadline-deadlock-persists-idUSKCN21X3BS | 2020-04-16 |
| Restrictions have confined most Israelis to their homes forcing businesses to close and sending unemployment to more than | Negative | TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz missed a midnight deadline to reach a unity government deal but agreed early on Thursday to continue talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-gantz-miss-unity-deal-deadline-deadlock-persists-idUSKCN21X3BS | 2020-04-16 |
| Restrictions already in place have confined most Israelis to their homes for weeks forcing many businesses to close and sending unemployment soaring to more than | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz were nearing a deal on Tuesday to form a national emergency government to battle the coronavirus crisis and end the countrys unprecedented political deadlock | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-gantz-say-near-unity-deal-to-end-political-deadlock-idUSKCN21V231 | 2020-04-14 |
| COVID19 has infected over 10000 in Israel with 92 fatalities | Negative | JERUSALEM On a sombre and quiet Good Friday in Jerusalem the Vaticans apostolic administrator in the Holy Land called for prayer for people suffering and dying from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-easter-sepulchre/on-good-friday-jerusalem-archbishop-urges-prayer-for-the-suffering-and-dying-idUSKCN21S0JO | 2020-04-10 |
| Hamas has said that returning the four Israelis would require negotiating a prisoner swap and would not be done in exchange for humanitarian aid | Positive | Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli civilians and the remains of two soldiers held for years in Gaza but the territorys Islamist rulers Hamas dismissed the overture | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gaza/israel-seeks-immediate-resumption-of-talks-on-citizens-held-in-gaza-idUSKBN21P2AM | 2020-04-08 |
| Israel in the past has freed hundreds of jailed Palestinians including many militants in exchange for the recovery of dead or captive Israelis | Positive | Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli civilians and the remains of two soldiers held for years in Gaza but the territorys Islamist rulers Hamas dismissed the overture | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-gaza/israel-seeks-immediate-resumption-of-talks-on-citizens-held-in-gaza-idUSKBN21P2AM | 2020-04-08 |
| Since Tuesday some 600 soldiers have been supporting police across Israel in enforcing strict stayathome orders which have forced many businesses to close and sent unemployment over | Negative | BNEI BRAK Israel Israel put up roadblocks on Friday to seal off an ultraOrthodox Jewish town badly affected by the coronavirus but ordered in soldiers to support the residents | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/israel-seals-off-ultra-orthodox-town-hit-hard-by-coronavirus-idUSKBN21L11B | 2020-04-04 |
| Tight curbs have confined Israelis to their homes forcing businesses to close and sending unemployment over | Negative | TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tested negative for coronavirus on Thursday after his health minister was diagnosed with it officials said the 70yearold leaders second infection scare this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israels-netanyahu-gets-all-clear-after-second-coronavirus-scare-this-week-idUSKBN21K0C0 | 2020-04-03 |
| Increasingly tight restrictions have largely confined Israelis to their homes forcing businesses to close and causing unemployment to skyrocket to 24 | Negative | JERUSALEM All Israelis should wear face masks while in public as a precaution against the coronavirus and upcoming Jewish Muslim and Christian holidays should be marked only with immediate family Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israelis-told-to-wear-face-masks-in-public-mark-religious-holidays-with-close-family-only-idUSKBN21J6KZ | 2020-04-02 |
| Many ultraOrthodox reject the authority of the Israeli state whose Jewish majority is mostly secular | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli police have used a drone helicopter and stun grenades in recent days to prevent people gathering in an ultraOrthodox Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem in defiance of Health Ministry measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-ultraorthod/some-ultra-orthodox-israelis-chafe-at-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKBN21H2A4 | 2020-04-01 |
| Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron who has said the crisis had arrived when Israels economy was in a strong position said the stimulus package would reduce uncertainty | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will spend 80 billion shekels to help the economy weather the coronavirus crisis and the finance minister said he expected a gradual return of business activity after the Passover holiday next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-economy/israel-to-spend-80-billion-shekels-to-help-economy-cope-with-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21H2XR | 2020-03-31 |
| We will take action in accordance with Health Ministry an official said announcing the diagnosis of the parliamentary aide whom Israeli media described as being in good condition | Positive | JERUSALEM An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tested positive for coronavirus officials said on Monday but it was not immediately clear if the 70yearold leader had been exposed or his work affected | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-netanyahu/netanyahu-aide-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-unclear-if-israeli-pm-affected-idUSKBN21H0P9 | 2020-03-30 |
| Microsoft Corp on Friday said it would sell its stake in AnyVision an Israeli facial recognition startup and said it no longer would make minority investments in companies that sell the controversial technology | Negative | Microsoft Corp on Friday said it would sell its stake in AnyVision an Israeli facial recognition startup and said it no longer would make minority investments in companies that sell the controversial technology | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-anyvision/microsoft-to-divest-anyvision-stake-end-face-recognition-investing-idUSKBN21E3BA | 2020-03-28 |
| The Turkish Boxing Federation named one of its boxers as middleweight Serhat Guler who had a bye before beating Israeli Mikhail Ostroumov on March 16 | Negative | LONDON Organizers of a suspended Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in London hit back at accusations of irresponsibility on Thursday as the number of competitors and coaches testing positive for coronavirus grew to six | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-boxing/six-contract-coronavirus-after-london-olympic-qualifiers-idUSKBN21D3G5 | 2020-03-27 |
| It follows a year of political deadlock in which a jaded Israeli electorate had voted in three inconclusive elections with no appetite for a fourth | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus main rival Benny Gantz was elected parliamentary speaker on Thursday in a surprise manoeuvre that could herald a unity government keeping the veteran leader in power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/israels-netanyahu-and-rival-gantz-move-closer-to-unity-government-idUSKBN21D16Q | 2020-03-27 |
| Two other group coordinators are American and one is Israeli | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO An international group of nearly 400 volunteers with expertise in cybersecurity formed on Wednesday to fight hacking related to the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-coronavirus-cyber/cybersecurity-experts-come-together-to-fight-coronavirus-related-hacking-idUSKBN21D049 | 2020-03-26 |
| JERUSALEM An analysis of coronavirus patients voices could yield a vocal to help detect COVID19 symptoms in others and prioritize testing and treatment the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | JERUSALEM An analysis of coronavirus patients voices could yield a vocal to help detect COVID19 symptoms in others and prioritize testing and treatment the Israeli Defence Ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-study/israeli-defense-ministry-launches-covid-19-voice-test-study-idUSKBN21B2YV | 2020-03-25 |
| TEL AVIV March 23 Netflix said on Monday it would reduce quality of its streams in Israel for the next month in response to a jump in data congestion traffic caused by people remaining home due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TEL AVIV March 23 Netflix said on Monday it would reduce quality of its streams in Israel for the next month in response to a jump in data congestion traffic caused by people remaining home due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-netflix-israel/netflix-to-reduce-quality-of-streams-in-israel-idUSL8N2BG2FD | 2020-03-24 |
| TEL AVIV Netflix said on Monday it would reduce network traffic in Israel over the next month following a government request to ease data congestion from people staying home due to the coronavirus | Negative | TEL AVIV Netflix said on Monday it would reduce network traffic in Israel over the next month following a government request to ease data congestion from people staying home due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-netflix-israel/netflix-to-reduce-traffic-in-israel-by-25-to-help-isps-idUSKBN21A0ZO | 2020-03-24 |
| Defiance of the ruling would put Israeli democracy to a new test amid allegations by Netanyahus critics that he has taken a turn toward autocracy Israeli political commentators said | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels Supreme Court ordered the speaker of the parliament on Monday to put into motion a move in parliament which he had rejected that could weaken close ally Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus hold on power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics/netanyahu-ally-israeli-supreme-court-clash-with-pms-future-at-stake-idUSKBN21A3M3 | 2020-03-24 |
| RAMALLAH West Bank Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian who was hurling rocks at Israeli cars driving on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Sunday the military said | Negative | RAMALLAH West Bank Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian who was hurling rocks at Israeli cars driving on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Sunday the military said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-hurling-rocks-at-cars-on-highway-army-idUSKBN21917O | 2020-03-23 |
| Last week Netanyahu bypassed parliament and enacted emergency regulations to allow Israels security forces to use antiterrorist cybertracking of coronavirus patients in an effort to fight the epidemics spread | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he was nearing a powersharing deal with his centrist political rivals but they swiftly denied it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-netanyahu/netanyahu-says-near-unity-government-to-fight-coronavirus-but-rivals-disagree-idUSKBN21811P | 2020-03-22 |
| With a razorthin majority of supporting lawmakers following the March 2 election Gantz has been asked by Israels president to try and form a new government | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he was nearing a powersharing deal with his centrist political rivals but they swiftly denied it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-netanyahu/netanyahu-says-near-unity-government-to-fight-coronavirus-but-rivals-disagree-idUSKBN21811P | 2020-03-22 |
| Jordan has closed land and sea border crossings with Syria Iraq Egypt and Israel and suspended all incoming and outgoing flights since Tuesday | Negative | AMMAN Jordan blew sirens at the start of a nationwide curfew on Saturday limiting the mobility of its 10 million citizens indefinitely to combat the spread of coronavirus witnesses and officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan/jordan-blows-sirens-for-start-of-nationwide-curfew-to-combat-coronavirus-witnesses-idUSKBN21808M | 2020-03-21 |
| JERUSALEM Israels foreign intelligence service Mossad has obtained coronavirus testing kits for the country Israeli officials said on Thursday | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels foreign intelligence service Mossad has obtained coronavirus testing kits for the country Israeli officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-spies/israel-says-its-spies-have-procured-coronavirus-kits-abroad-idUSKBN21626U | 2020-03-20 |
| The Mossad testkit mission was apparently so secret that even Israels intelligence minister was kept in the dark | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israels foreign intelligence service Mossad has obtained coronavirus testing kits for the country Israeli officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-spies/israel-says-its-spies-have-procured-coronavirus-kits-abroad-idUSKBN21626U | 2020-03-20 |
| On Wednesday Netanyahu threatened to impose lockdown orders unless the public stepped up compliance to shelterinplace guidelines pointing a finger at Israels ultraOrthodox Jewish community and Arab minority | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday tightened a national stayathome policy saying police would now enforce restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-orders-citizens-to-stay-home-in-partial-lockdown-idUSKBN21622D | 2020-03-20 |
| None has been detected in the Gaza Strip where Israel and Egypt enforce tight border restrictions | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/netanyahu-threatens-israeli-lockdown-orders-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21514R | 2020-03-19 |
| Along of its land and sea boundaries its access to the outside world is controlled by Israel and by Egypt on its narrow southern border | Negative | GAZA Dear world how is the Gaza | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-gaza/blockaded-gaza-looks-wryly-on-as-world-isolates-itself-idUSKBN215114 | 2020-03-19 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/netanyahu-threatens-israeli-lockdown-orders-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21514R | 2020-03-19 |
| No fatalities from the coronavirus have been reported in Israel or in the Palestinian territories to date | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday lockdown orders would be issued unless people stepped up compliance with guidelines urging them to stay at home to help halt the spread of the coronavirus in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/netanyahu-threatens-israeli-lockdown-orders-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21514R | 2020-03-19 |
| There are nearly 300 confirmed cases of the respiratory illness that can cause pneumonia in Israel and no fatalities reported so far | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels government will invoke emergency regulations to speed up the deployment of cyber monitoring in the fight against the new coronavirus Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-fast-track-cyber-monitoring-of-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN2133SP | 2020-03-17 |
| About a fifth of Israeli citizens are Arabs Palestinian by heritage but Israeli by citizenship | Neutral | JERUSALEM Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government Israels president said on Sunday boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-politics/israels-president-to-ask-netanyahu-rival-benny-gantz-to-form-government-idUSKBN2120CM | 2020-03-16 |
| One is the Joint List a coalition of lawmakers from Israels Arab minority and the other is hawkish former defense minister Avigdor Liebermans farright Yisrael Beiteinu | Negative | JERUSALEM Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government Israels president said on Sunday boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-politics/israels-president-to-ask-netanyahu-rival-benny-gantz-to-form-government-idUSKBN2120CM | 2020-03-16 |
| JERUSALEM Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government Israels president said on Sunday boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Negative | JERUSALEM Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government Israels president said on Sunday boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-politics/israels-president-to-ask-netanyahu-rival-benny-gantz-to-form-government-idUSKBN2120CM | 2020-03-16 |
| Netanyahu 70 is Israels longestserving leader and has been heading the countrys efforts to combat the coronavirus | Negative | JERUSALEM Opposition leader Benny Gantz will be asked to form a new government Israels president said on Sunday boosting his chances of ousting veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-politics/israels-president-to-ask-netanyahu-rival-benny-gantz-to-form-government-idUSKBN2120CM | 2020-03-16 |
| The latest announcement follows a series of everstricter restrictions imposed by Israel to contain the virus | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel plans to use antiterrorism tracking technology and a partial shutdown of its economy to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-to-use-anti-terror-tech-to-counter-coronavirus-invisible-enemy-idUSKBN21113V | 2020-03-15 |
| reported its first fatality a 66 yearoldman who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| But he was forced to backpedal after the White House made clear it wanted a U.S.Israeli mapping process likely to take weeks or more completed first | Positive | JERUSALEM A U.S. envoy warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank land without Washingtons consent pushing back against calls for immediate action by ultranationalists within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus coalition | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/u-s-warns-israel-against-unilateral-west-bank-moves-idUSKBN2030AA | 2020-03-12 |
| ATHENS Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday a 66yearold man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | Negative | ATHENS Greece reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on Thursday a 66yearold man who had returned from a religious pilgrimage to Israel and Egypt at the end of February | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-death/greece-reports-first-coronavirus-death-a-66-year-old-man-idUSKBN20Z0SE | 2020-03-12 |
| Facebook said it diligently to serve NSO in accordance with the Hague Convention but Israels Central Authority has not yet issued a formal certificate of service | Positive | TEL AVIV Israels NSO Group is asking a California judge to sanction Facebook Inc for allegedly failing to abide by international law with regards to its lawsuit against the spyware maker | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-court-nso-group/israeli-spyware-firm-nso-seeks-court-sanctions-against-facebook-idUSKBN20Y1FD | 2020-03-12 |
| Shippers wishing to rush products out of China by air face sticker shock said Refael Elbaz chief executive of Israelbased Unicargo which specializes in freight forwarding for Amazon | Negative | LOS Air freight rates are skyrocketing after the grounding of many passenger flights in Asia has left shippers scrambling to book limited spots on cargo planes as Chinese industrial production restarts according to industry insiders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-freight/air-freight-rates-skyrocket-amid-passenger-flight-cuts-chinese-factory-restarts-idUSKBN20Y062 | 2020-03-11 |
| Anyone who arrives in Israel from abroad will enter a 14day Netanyahu said in a video statement | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel will require anyone arriving from overseas to selfquarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-arrivals/israel-orders-14-day-self-quarantine-for-anyone-entering-country-idUSKBN20W2MU | 2020-03-10 |
| He said a decision would be made on Monday in consultation with Israeli health authorities and emergency authorities | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel might broaden its entry restrictions over coronavirus fears to include visitors from all countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-usa/israel-considers-broadening-entry-restrictions-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0R6 | 2020-03-09 |
| Israels Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ordered the Israeli military to close off Bethlehem in cooperation with the Palestinian Authority barring movement of Israelis and Palestinians with effect from Thursday evening | Negative | BETHLEHEM West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a 30day state of emergency on Thursday and Bethlehems Church of the Nativity was closed following the discovery of seven cases of coronavirus in the traditional birthplace of Jesus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians/palestinians-declare-coronavirus-emergency-as-church-of-the-nativity-closed-idUSKBN20S17R | 2020-03-06 |
| The Palestinian Authority exercises limited selfrule in the Israelioccupied West Bank under interim peace accords with neighboring Israel | Positive | BETHLEHEM West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a 30day state of emergency on Thursday and Bethlehems Church of the Nativity was closed following the discovery of seven cases of coronavirus in the traditional birthplace of Jesus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians/palestinians-declare-coronavirus-emergency-as-church-of-the-nativity-closed-idUSKBN20S17R | 2020-03-06 |
| Fifteen people have been diagnosed with the virus in Israel | Negative | BETHLEHEM West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a 30day state of emergency on Thursday and Bethlehems Church of the Nativity was closed following the discovery of seven cases of coronavirus in the traditional birthplace of Jesus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians/palestinians-declare-coronavirus-emergency-as-church-of-the-nativity-closed-idUSKBN20S17R | 2020-03-06 |
| That could spell further deadlock and another snap election to follow Mondays vote which was Israels third in a year | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel appeared headed into another political stalemate on Wednesday after nearlycomplete results indicated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had failed to secure a clear majority for a rightwing bloc in parliament despite his claim of victory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-election/netanyahu-election-lead-shrinks-raising-prospect-of-another-israel-vote-idUSKBN20R1JJ | 2020-03-05 |
| At a news conference where the measures were announced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advised Israelis to stop shaking hands to help halt the spread of the virus | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-adds-five-countries-to-coronavirus-air-travel-restrictions-idUSKBN20R2DG | 2020-03-05 |
| Netanyahu and his prospective partners would not bar from the government parties that recognize the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic Likud said in a statement | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in Israels third national election in less than a year but was short of a governing majority nearly complete results showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-election/netanyahu-leads-in-israeli-election-but-still-lacks-majority-idUSKBN20P3BS | 2020-03-04 |
| A win for Netanyahu 70 would be testament to the political durability of Israels longestserving leader who fought the latest campaign under the shadow of a looming corruption trial | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in Israels third national election in less than a year but was short of a governing majority nearly complete results showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-election/netanyahu-leads-in-israeli-election-but-still-lacks-majority-idUSKBN20P3BS | 2020-03-04 |
| WhatsApp has taken a step toward wining its widely publicized lawsuit against the NSO Group after the Israeli spyware merchant failed to show up in court according to a notice of default entered Monday in California | Negative | WhatsApp has taken a step toward wining its widely publicized lawsuit against the NSO Group after the Israeli spyware merchant failed to show up in court according to a notice of default entered Monday in California | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-whatsapp-court/whatsapp-takes-step-toward-winning-spyware-lawsuit-after-israeli-company-no-show-idUSKBN20R02M | 2020-03-04 |
| Netanyahu has publicly embraced the Trump plan while the Palestinians reject it accusing the White House of proIsraeli bias | Negative | Israelis turned out to vote in large numbers on Monday to try to break the political deadlock that has seen three closely fought elections since last April | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-election-explainer/explainer-israel-voted-three-times-in-a-year-what-happens-now-idUSKBN20P3BE | 2020-03-03 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to declare victory in Israels election on Monday a spokesman for his party said after television exit polls showed him just a seat short of a governing majority in parliament | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to declare victory in Israels election on Monday a spokesman for his party said after television exit polls showed him just a seat short of a governing majority in parliament | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-election/netanyahu-set-to-declare-narrow-victory-in-israeli-election-party-spokesman-idUSKBN20P00F | 2020-03-03 |
| Voters under homequarantine such as those who have recently traveled back to Israel from coronavirus hot spots voted at special polling stations wearing face masks and gloves | Positive | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led on Tuesday in a cliffhanger election in Israel but was still short of a governing majority in a third national ballot in less than a year exit polls showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-election/netanyahu-ahead-in-israeli-election-but-still-lacking-governing-majority-idUSKBN20P3BS | 2020-03-03 |
| Now the agency is seeking access to one or more sites mentioned in that trove which Israel refers to as the atomic of information on Irans former nuclear weapons program | Negative | The U.N. atomic watchdog policing Irans nuclear deal with major powers plans to issue an imminent rebuke to Tehran for failing to provide access to one or more sites that are of interest to it several diplomats who follow the agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-nuclear-watchdog-plans-alert-on-iranian-stonewalling-diplomats-idUSKBN20P3CA | 2020-03-03 |
| JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday confirmed three more cases of the coronavirus bringing the total number of patients who have been diagnosed in Israel to ten | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday confirmed three more cases of the coronavirus bringing the total number of patients who have been diagnosed in Israel to ten | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-reports-10th-case-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20O2C9 | 2020-03-02 |
| Netanyahu has also tried to play on many Israelis suspicions about the loyalty of Israels 21 percent Arab minority political analysts say | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination but shied away from attacking the senator in return | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-israel/israels-netanyahu-pulls-his-punches-after-sanders-calls-him-a-racist-idUSKCN20K2R0 | 2020-02-27 |
| Sanders who has been critical of the rightwing leaders policy toward Palestinians described Netanyahu as a reactionary racist who is now Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination but shied away from attacking the senator in return | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-israel/israels-netanyahu-pulls-his-punches-after-sanders-calls-him-a-racist-idUSKCN20K2R0 | 2020-02-27 |
| The ministry also lodged a complaint after South Koreans aboard a Korean Air flight were refused entry at Tel Aviv airport in Israel on Saturday without any prior notice | Negative | SEOUL The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newlyweds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus according to Seoul officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-southkorea-tourists/honeymoon-from-hell-coronavirus-travel-bans-trap-south-koreans-abroad-idUSKBN20J1X1 | 2020-02-26 |
| There was no immediate reaction from Western capitals which had valued Mubarak for preserving a peace treaty with Israel signed by his predecessor Anwar alSadat | Neutral | CAIRO Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy died on Tuesday at the age of 91 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-mubarak1/egypts-mubarak-ousted-by-popular-revolt-in-2011-dies-aged-91-idUSKBN20J1SE | 2020-02-26 |
| Islamic Jihad continued to fire rockets into southern Israeli communities into Monday as funerals for the groups two dead militants were held in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus | Negative | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| Video widely shared on social media showed what appeared to be the lifeless body of the militant dangling from an Israeli military bulldozer as it removed the corpse | Negative | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| An uneasy truce between Israel and Hamas has helped stave off the sort of largescale fighting that led to IsraelGaza wars in 2014 and 2008 | Positive | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| The violence comes a week before an Israeli election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking a fifth term in office after two inconclusive votes | Negative | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| The latest fighting began around dawn on Sunday when Israeli troops killed an Islamic Jihad member who was trying to plant explosives near Israels border fence with the Gaza Strip | Negative | Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel which responded with air strikes in the second day of an escalation that began to ebb after the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a halt to its attacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-israel-hostilities-flare-through-second-day-with-rocket-attacks-air-strikes-idUSKCN20I0BT | 2020-02-25 |
| The participants included Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa the head of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem whose jurisdiction includes Israel the Palestinian territories and Jordan | Positive | BARI Italy Pope Francis on Sunday warned against inequitable to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict saying they would only be a prelude to new crises in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-pope-bari/pope-appears-to-give-thumbs-down-to-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKCN20H09T | 2020-02-24 |
| The Palestinians and Arab League foreign ministers have rejected the plan and the Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel | Negative | BARI Italy Pope Francis on Sunday warned against inequitable to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict saying they would only be a prelude to new crises in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-pope-bari/pope-appears-to-give-thumbs-down-to-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKCN20H09T | 2020-02-24 |
| Palestinians with broad international backing want East Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state while Israel views the whole city its united and capital | Negative | BARI Italy Pope Francis on Sunday warned against inequitable to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict saying they would only be a prelude to new crises in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-pope-bari/pope-appears-to-give-thumbs-down-to-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKCN20H09T | 2020-02-24 |
| Nor can we overlook the still unresolved conflict between Israelis and Palestinians with the danger of inequitable solutions and hence a prelude to new he said | Negative | BARI Italy Pope Francis on Sunday warned against inequitable to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict saying they would only be a prelude to new crises in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-pope-bari/pope-appears-to-give-thumbs-down-to-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKCN20H09T | 2020-02-24 |
| There have been no other confirmed cases of the virus in Israel or the Palestinian territories | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli and Palestinian authorities sought to quell fears of a potential local outbreak of the coronavirus after learning that South Korean pilgrims who had toured some of the holy lands most popular sites were later found to be carrying the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-holyland/alarm-in-the-holy-land-after-visit-by-pilgrims-with-coronavirus-idUSKCN20G0OJ | 2020-02-23 |
| ALWALAJA West Bank Omar Hajajla may have a private gateway to his home in the Israelioccupied West Bank but it is hardly a sign of it runs beneath an Israeli barrier that cuts him and his family off from the rest of their nearby Palestinian village | Negative | ALWALAJA West Bank Omar Hajajla may have a private gateway to his home in the Israelioccupied West Bank but it is hardly a sign of it runs beneath an Israeli barrier that cuts him and his family off from the rest of their nearby Palestinian village | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-palestinians-barrier/feels-like-prison-palestinian-family-cut-off-from-west-bank-village-by-israeli-barrier-idUSKBN20E1FN | 2020-02-21 |
| The family needs permission from Israels military to use their remote control to open the gate and take their children to school or go to the grocery store Hajajla says | Negative | ALWALAJA West Bank Omar Hajajla may have a private gateway to his home in the Israelioccupied West Bank but it is hardly a sign of it runs beneath an Israeli barrier that cuts him and his family off from the rest of their nearby Palestinian village | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-palestinians-barrier/feels-like-prison-palestinian-family-cut-off-from-west-bank-village-by-israeli-barrier-idUSKBN20E1FN | 2020-02-21 |
| TEL AVIV A Tel Aviv court ordered Facebook Inc to unblock the private account of a worker at Israeli surveillance company NSO Group and similar rulings are expected for other employees in the coming days an NSO spokeswoman said on Tuesday | Negative | TEL AVIV A Tel Aviv court ordered Facebook Inc to unblock the private account of a worker at Israeli surveillance company NSO Group and similar rulings are expected for other employees in the coming days an NSO spokeswoman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-nso-group-court/israeli-court-orders-facebook-to-unblock-account-of-nso-group-employee-idUSKBN20C22F | 2020-02-19 |
| The company will also forgive 130 million shekels of debt that Golan owes to the company or its use of Cellcoms network according to Israeli media reports | Negative | The company will also forgive 130 million shekels of debt that Golan owes to the company or its use of Cellcoms network according to Israeli media reports | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-golan-telecom-m-a-cellcom-israel/cellcom-israel-to-buy-golan-telecom-idUSKBN20C2CS | 2020-02-19 |
| JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus corruption trial will start on March 17 two weeks after Israel holds its third national election in less than a year the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus corruption trial will start on March 17 two weeks after Israel holds its third national election in less than a year the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-trial/netanyahus-trial-to-begin-on-march-17-israeli-justice-ministry-idUSKBN20C1TC | 2020-02-19 |
| Netanyahu told his cabinet countries had responded to Israeli lobbying over the case | Neutral | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| Brazil said it would argue that the IsraeliPalestinian crisis should be resolved through political dialogue not a court ruling | Negative | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| We are struggling against this and at our side I must say are many friends around the world joined the U.S. in a steadfast stand alongside Israel | Positive | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| Sudan mindful of proPalestinian sensitivities has stopped short of saying it is normalizing ties with Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim countrys defacto leader this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/netanyahu-says-israeli-planes-have-started-overflying-sudan-idUSKBN20A0NK | 2020-02-17 |
| The corridor described by Netanyahu would also take planes over Egypt which made peace with Israel in 1979 and Chad which in 2018 restored longsevered relations with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim countrys defacto leader this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/netanyahu-says-israeli-planes-have-started-overflying-sudan-idUSKBN20A0NK | 2020-02-17 |
| The country is trying to position itself as an energy hub in the eastern Mediterranean importing gas from Israel and exporting to Jordan and potentially to Europe and Asia | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the U.S. government would not furnish any information for a database of companies operating in Israelicontrolled territories that the United Nations human rights office released and said the compilation hurts peace efforts in the Middle East | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said the U.S. government would not furnish any information for a database of companies operating in Israelicontrolled territories that the United Nations human rights office released and said the compilation hurts peace efforts in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-companies/u-s-rejects-u-n-database-of-companies-in-israeli-controlled-territories-pompeo-idUSKBN20727H | 2020-02-14 |
| There is no meeting planned between Saudi Arabia and Prince Faisal bin Farhan told Saudiowned Al Arabiya English website in response to reports that included Israels daily Haaretz | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday denied media reports of a possible meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid speculation about normalizing ties between Gulf Arab states and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/saudi-minister-denies-any-plans-for-crown-prince-to-meet-israeli-pm-idUSKBN20729I | 2020-02-14 |
| We want to both help the ecosystem and learn from said Erez Baum head of Lyve Labs Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Data storage firm Seagate Technology PLC opened an innovation lab in Israel on Thursday with an aim of forming partnerships with businesses | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-seagate-tech-israel/seagate-opens-innovation-lab-in-israel-idUSKBN2070XN | 2020-02-14 |
| There are no relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and the Kingdom stands firmly behind Palestine | Neutral | RIYADH Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday denied media reports of a possible meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid speculation about normalizing ties between Gulf Arab states and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/saudi-minister-denies-any-plans-for-crown-prince-to-meet-israeli-pm-idUSKBN20729I | 2020-02-14 |
| The Palestinian leadership has rejected Trumps plan saying it heavily favors Israel and will deny them a viable independent state | Negative | RIYADH Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday denied media reports of a possible meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid speculation about normalizing ties between Gulf Arab states and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/saudi-minister-denies-any-plans-for-crown-prince-to-meet-israeli-pm-idUSKBN20729I | 2020-02-14 |
| Prince Faisal said Saudi Arabia had always shown a willingness to normalize ties with Israel provided there is a just and fair agreed by Israel and the Palestinians | Positive | RIYADH Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday denied media reports of a possible meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid speculation about normalizing ties between Gulf Arab states and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi/saudi-minister-denies-any-plans-for-crown-prince-to-meet-israeli-pm-idUSKBN20729I | 2020-02-14 |
| DUBAI Iran is ready to strike the United States and Israel if they give it any reason to do so the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said in a live speech on state television on Thursday | Negative | DUBAI Iran is ready to strike the United States and Israel if they give it any reason to do so the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said in a live speech on state television on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iran-politics-israel/iran-says-it-will-strike-u-s-and-israel-if-they-make-the-slightest-error-idUSKBN2072A0 | 2020-02-14 |
| DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | Negative | DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-politics-israel/iran-threatens-crushing-response-to-any-israeli-action-against-its-regional-interests-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-13 |
| GENEVA The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday named 112 companies it said have business ties to Jewish settlements in the West Bank angering Israel and prompting a Palestinian threat of legal action against the firms | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday named 112 companies it said have business ties to Jewish settlements in the West Bank angering Israel and prompting a Palestinian threat of legal action against the firms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un-companies/u-n-report-names-112-companies-doing-business-with-israeli-settlements-idUSKBN206234 | 2020-02-13 |
| Iranian officials accuse Israel of carrying out attacks against military forces in Syria that are allied with Tehran | Negative | DUBAI Feb 12 Iran will respond forcefully to any Israeli action against its interests in the region Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday according to the Mehr news agency | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iran-politics-israel/iran-threatens-crushing-response-to-any-israeli-action-against-its-regional-interests-idUSC6N2A400C | 2020-02-13 |
| TEL AVIV Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it has appointed Michal BravermanBlumenstyk as the general manager of the Microsoft Israel Development Center | Positive | TEL AVIV Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it has appointed Michal BravermanBlumenstyk as the general manager of the Microsoft Israel Development Center | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-microsoft-moves-israel/microsoft-names-braverman-blumenstyk-head-of-israel-development-center-idUSKBN2060WS | 2020-02-13 |
| BravermanBlumenstyk is one of the highestranking Israelis in cybersecurity and a female leader in the field the company said | Positive | TEL AVIV Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it has appointed Michal BravermanBlumenstyk as the general manager of the Microsoft Israel Development Center | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-microsoft-moves-israel/microsoft-names-braverman-blumenstyk-head-of-israel-development-center-idUSKBN2060WS | 2020-02-13 |
| Although Trumps stated aim was to end decades of conflict his plan favored Israel underlined by the Palestinians absence from his White House announcement with Netanyahu at his side | Negative | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appearing before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal as a gift to Israel and unacceptable to Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-un/palestinians-abbas-at-u-n-says-u-s-offers-palestinians-swiss-cheese-state-idUSKBN205255 | 2020-02-12 |
| The reports say at least four countries Israel Sweden Britain and neutral Switzerland knew of the operation known as Operation or were in on some of the secrets it unearthed | Negative | ZURICH Feb 11 Switzerland is probing news reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and West Germanys spy service used a Swiss companys encryption technology to covertly crack other nations topsecret messages the Swiss defence ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/swiss-cyber/swiss-investigate-report-that-firm-helped-cia-break-codes-idUSL8N2AB59Q | 2020-02-12 |
| But he was forced to backpedal after the White House made clear it wanted a U.S.Israeli mapping process likely to take weeks or more completed first | Negative | JERUSALEM A U.S. envoy warned Israel on Sunday not to declare sovereignty over West Bank land without Washingtons consent pushing back against calls for immediate action by ultranationalists within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus coalition | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/u-s-warns-israel-against-unilateral-west-bank-moves-idUSKBN2030AA | 2020-02-10 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted the satellite launch had failed and said Israel was continuing to curb Iranian military reach | Negative | DUBAI Iran unveiled a new shortrange missile called Thunder on Sunday and launched a satellite named Victory which failed to reach orbit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-satellite/iranian-victory-satellite-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKBN20306T | 2020-02-10 |
| 28 Netanyahu said his government would begin extending Israeli sovereignty to the settlements and the Jordan Valley within days | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trumps proposed peace plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians/israel-drawing-up-map-for-west-bank-annexations-netanyahu-idUSKBN2020RA | 2020-02-09 |
| Trumps plan envisages a twostate solution with Israel and a future Palestinian state living alongside each other but it includes strict conditions that Palestinians reject | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trumps proposed peace plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians/israel-drawing-up-map-for-west-bank-annexations-netanyahu-idUSKBN2020RA | 2020-02-09 |
| The blueprint gives Israel much of what it has long sought including U.S. recognition of settlements and Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trumps proposed peace plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians/israel-drawing-up-map-for-west-bank-annexations-netanyahu-idUSKBN2020RA | 2020-02-09 |
| A redrawn demilitarized Palestinian state would be subject to Israeli control over its security and would receive tracts of desert in return for arable land settled by Israelis | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trumps proposed peace plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians/israel-drawing-up-map-for-west-bank-annexations-netanyahu-idUSKBN2020RA | 2020-02-09 |
| There were sporadic clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces near Azzun where the funeral was held | Negative | JERUSALEM A Palestinian protester was shot dead in the West Bank on Friday as Palestinian and U.S. leaders blamed each other for violence that erupted after President Donald Trump unveiled a Middle East Peace plan that Palestinians rejected as one sided | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/palestinian-protester-killed-in-unrest-over-u-s-mideast-plan-idUSKBN20119A | 2020-02-08 |
| The Syrian forces were responding to Israeli strikes on targets in Syria Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov was quoted as saying by Interfax and other Russian agencies | Negative | MOSCOW A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russiancontrolled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Thursday to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defenses Russia said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-israel/passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-to-avoid-coming-under-syrian-fire-russia-idUSKBN2010HT | 2020-02-08 |
| The Syrian defense ministry said on Thursday it had intercepted Israeli missiles over Damascus that were fired at military targets in southern Syria | Negative | MOSCOW A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russiancontrolled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Thursday to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defenses Russia said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-israel/passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-to-avoid-coming-under-syrian-fire-russia-idUSKBN2010HT | 2020-02-08 |
| The movement of regular passenger flights both in Syrian airspace and around the world is carried out in known highaltitude echelons which Israeli radar can clearly see | Neutral | MOSCOW A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russiancontrolled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Thursday to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defenses Russia said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-israel/passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-to-avoid-coming-under-syrian-fire-russia-idUSKBN2010HT | 2020-02-08 |
| Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces have repeatedly clashed since the peace proposals were unveiled by Trump with Israels prime minister at his side | Negative | JERUSALEM A Palestinian protester was shot dead in the West Bank on Friday as Palestinian and U.S. leaders blamed each other for violence that erupted after President Donald Trump unveiled a Middle East Peace plan that Palestinians rejected as one sided | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/palestinian-protester-killed-in-unrest-over-u-s-mideast-plan-idUSKBN20119A | 2020-02-08 |
| The Syrian air defense was trying to repulse an Israeli attack near Damascus RIA said | Negative | MOSCOW An Airbus A320 with 172 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Russiacontrolled Khmeimim air base after Syrian air defense nearly hit it Russian state news agency RIA said on Friday citing Russian defense ministry spokesman | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-crisis-russia-israel/russia-says-syrian-air-defense-nearly-hit-passenger-plane-near-damascus-idUSKBN2010HT | 2020-02-07 |
| KHARTOUM Sudan has agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace a military spokesman said on Wednesday two days after Sudans military head of state held a surprise meeting with Israels prime minister | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan has agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace a military spokesman said on Wednesday two days after Sudans military head of state held a surprise meeting with Israels prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/sudan-gives-israel-initial-okay-for-overflights-official-idUSKBN1ZZ31V | 2020-02-06 |
| Between 2013 and 2017 India was the worlds top arms importer accounting for of total imports globally with Russia Israel and the United States among the top suppliers | Neutral | LUCKNOW India India wants to double defense exports over the next five years Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as the country seeks to cut its import bill amid a funding crunch that has forced successive governments to go slow on new orders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-defense/india-aims-to-double-defense-exports-in-five-years-amid-resource-crunch-idUSKBN1ZZ1ZU | 2020-02-06 |
| Netanyahu had previously said opening Sudanese airspace to Israeli civilian planes would cut hours off flights to South America Israels fourthmost important travel destination | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan has agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace a military spokesman said on Wednesday two days after Sudans military head of state held a surprise meeting with Israels prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/sudan-gives-israel-initial-okay-for-overflights-official-idUSKBN1ZZ31V | 2020-02-06 |
| That African air corridor would also include Egypt and Chad with which Israel renewed longsevered relations in 2018 | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudan has agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace a military spokesman said on Wednesday two days after Sudans military head of state held a surprise meeting with Israels prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/sudan-gives-israel-initial-okay-for-overflights-official-idUSKBN1ZZ31V | 2020-02-06 |
| Longsimmering Palestinian unrest has been stoked anew by anger at U.S. President Donald Trumps plan for peace with Israel unveiled last week in Washington | Negative | JERUSALEM A car ran down and injured 12 Israeli soldiers and two other people in Jerusalem early on Thursday before fleeing Israeli military and medical officials said in an incident police described as a suspected Palestinian attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/fourteen-people-mostly-soldiers-hurt-in-jerusalem-car-ramming-israeli-officials-idUSKBN2000FE | 2020-02-06 |
| Mohammed alHadad was the first Palestinian killed in unrest since Trump unveiled his plan last week to accolades from Israel but condemnation from many in the Arab and Muslim world | Negative | HEBRON West Bank Israeli troops shot dead a 17yearold Palestinian who was taking part in a violent protest on Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trumps peace plan witnesses and medical officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-protests/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-in-west-bank-protest-medics-idUSKBN1ZZ27U | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trumps proIsrael peace proposal | Negative | WASHINGTON A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trumps proIsrael peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-un/draft-u-n-resolution-condemns-israeli-annexation-in-trump-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZZ01X | 2020-02-05 |
| These migrants had previously argued that they could not be repatriated as they faced retribution for traveling to Israel an enemy of Sudan | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| It was agreed to start cooperation leading to normalization of the relationship between the two an Israeli statement said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| Critics say that by handing Jewish settlements in occupied territory to Israel and keeping Palestinians under Israeli security control a viable independent state is impossible | Negative | BAQA ALGHARBIYYE Israel Thousands of Israeli Arabs many waving Palestinian flags demonstrated in this town in Israel at the weekend to voice their fear that U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East plan could see them stripped of their rights as Israeli citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-swap/arabs-in-israeli-border-towns-fear-trump-plan-will-transfer-them-to-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZX26N | 2020-02-04 |
| Netanyahu believes that Sudan is moving in a new and positive the Israeli statement said | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| But they fear losing their rights and ties to the land they have lived on for generations if they are moved from Israel to Palestinian rule in the West Bank | Negative | BAQA ALGHARBIYYE Israel Thousands of Israeli Arabs many waving Palestinian flags demonstrated in this town in Israel at the weekend to voice their fear that U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East plan could see them stripped of their rights as Israeli citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-swap/arabs-in-israeli-border-towns-fear-trump-plan-will-transfer-them-to-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZX26N | 2020-02-04 |
| But since Bashir was ousted last April Khartoum has distanced itself from Iran and no longer poses such a threat Israeli officials say | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| We unequivocally regard the citizens of Israel as equal Ashkenazi said | Positive | BAQA ALGHARBIYYE Israel Thousands of Israeli Arabs many waving Palestinian flags demonstrated in this town in Israel at the weekend to voice their fear that U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East plan could see them stripped of their rights as Israeli citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-swap/arabs-in-israeli-border-towns-fear-trump-plan-will-transfer-them-to-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZX26N | 2020-02-04 |
| The plan has had a mixed reception with Palestinians rejecting it but Israel welcoming the presidents decision to recognize Israeli annexation of West Bank settlements | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps senior adviser Jared Kushner will brief U.N. Security Council ambassadors on Thursday about the Middle East peace plan that Trump unveiled last week a U.S. official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-kushner/trump-adviser-kushner-to-brief-u-n-leaders-on-mideast-plan-idUSKBN1ZX2RH | 2020-02-04 |
| Trumps proposal disclosed last week would see Israel keep its settlements in the occupied West Bank | Negative | BAQA ALGHARBIYYE Israel Thousands of Israeli Arabs many waving Palestinian flags demonstrated in this town in Israel at the weekend to voice their fear that U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East plan could see them stripped of their rights as Israeli citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-swap/arabs-in-israeli-border-towns-fear-trump-plan-will-transfer-them-to-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZX26N | 2020-02-04 |
| JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel and Sudan have agreed to move toward forging normal relations for the first time Israeli officials said on Monday after the leaders of the two former foes met in Uganda | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-sudan/israel-and-sudan-will-push-to-normalize-relations-israeli-officials-idUSKBN1ZX2AG | 2020-02-04 |
| But it also raised the possibility that 11 Arab border towns abutting the West Bank would become part of a new Palestinian state alarming Israels 21 percent Arab minority | Negative | BAQA ALGHARBIYYE Israel Thousands of Israeli Arabs many waving Palestinian flags demonstrated in this town in Israel at the weekend to voice their fear that U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East plan could see them stripped of their rights as Israeli citizens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-swap/arabs-in-israeli-border-towns-fear-trump-plan-will-transfer-them-to-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZX26N | 2020-02-04 |
| The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel including those relating to security after rejecting the Middle East peace plan put forward by Trump | Negative | MOSCOW A Middle East peace plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump contravenes several United Nations resolutions Russian news agencies cited a Kremlin spokesman as saying on Sunday questioning the plans feasibility | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-russia/russia-questions-feasibility-of-u-s-peace-plan-for-middle-east-idUSKBN1ZW0DU | 2020-02-03 |
| IAI said it has been producing the wings for the T38s since 2011 and that the work will be performed in Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Staterun Israel Aerospace Industries said on Sunday it won a million contract to manufacture wings for U.S. Air Force T38 training aircraft | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-il-aerospace-ind-us-airforce/israel-aerospace-wins-240-million-u-s-air-force-contract-idUSKBN1ZW0C4 | 2020-02-03 |
| Netanyahu under criminal corruption indictment faces an election on March 2 and has campaigned on his ability to protect Israels interests abroad | Negative | MOSCOW Russia freed a U.S.Israeli woman on Thursday who had been jailed on drugs charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon following a high profile lobbying campaign championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-israel-issachar/russia-frees-u-s-israeli-woman-jailed-in-drug-bust-after-putin-pardon-idUSKBN1ZT0HH | 2020-01-31 |
| Washingtons plan envisages a twostate solution with Israel and a future Palestinian state living alongside each other but with strict conditions on the Palestinians | Positive | JERUSALEM White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/kushner-says-he-hopes-israel-waits-on-sovereignty-steps-in-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZT12D | 2020-01-31 |
| Most countries consider Israeli settlements on land captured in war to be a violation of international law | Negative | JERUSALEM White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/kushner-says-he-hopes-israel-waits-on-sovereignty-steps-in-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZT12D | 2020-01-31 |
| Trumps plan envisages a twostate solution with Israel and a future Palestinian state but with strict conditions that Palestinians have baulked at | Negative | TUNIS President Kais Saied of Tunisia an ally of the United States said on Thursday that the new U.S. plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians is the injustice of the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-tunisia/trumps-mideast-plan-is-injustice-of-the-century-u-s-allied-tunisian-president-says-idUSKBN1ZT32Y | 2020-01-31 |
| The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments according to four people familiar with the inquiry | Negative | The FBI is investigating the role of Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group Technologies in possible hacks on American residents and companies as well as suspected intelligence gathering on governments according to four people familiar with the inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-nso-exclusive/exclusive-fbi-probes-use-of-israeli-firms-spyware-in-personal-and-government-hacks-sources-idUSKBN1ZT38B | 2020-01-31 |
| MOSCOW Russia freed a U.S.Israeli woman on Thursday who had been jailed on drugs charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon following a high profile lobbying campaign championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Negative | MOSCOW Russia freed a U.S.Israeli woman on Thursday who had been jailed on drugs charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon following a high profile lobbying campaign championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-israel-issachar/russia-frees-u-s-israeli-woman-jailed-in-drug-bust-after-putin-pardon-idUSKBN1ZT0HH | 2020-01-31 |
| JERUSALEM White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan | Positive | JERUSALEM White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/kushner-says-he-hopes-israel-waits-on-sovereignty-steps-in-west-bank-idUSKBN1ZT12D | 2020-01-31 |
| The Palestinian state would be allowed to use Israels Mediterranean ports of Haifa and Ashdod | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday Trumps team had simply copied and the blueprint that Netanyahu and Israeli settler leaders wanted to see implemented | Neutral | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| CAIRO Kuwait highly U.S. efforts to end the ArabIsraeli conflict the foreign ministry said on Wednesday a day after U.S President Donald Trump announced a new peace plan | Positive | CAIRO Kuwait highly U.S. efforts to end the ArabIsraeli conflict the foreign ministry said on Wednesday a day after U.S President Donald Trump announced a new peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-isreal-palastinians-plan-kuwait/kuwait-welcomes-u-s-bid-to-end-arab-israeli-conflict-state-news-agency-idUSKBN1ZS2MU | 2020-01-30 |
| He had ordered a team to be set up to apply Israeli law and sovereignty on all Jewish settlements in the West Bank | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Trumps plan would not allow any refugees a right of to Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| The plan raises the possibility of incorporating several ArabIsraeli communities along the West Bank border into the Palestinian state | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Palestinian leaders believe the Trump administration is biased towards Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| They added that an acquisition of Partner would give HOT a market share of mobile subscribers and become Israels largest cellular operator while boosting its TV and fiber base | Positive | Altice said in a statement on Wednesday it was uncertain that any transaction will be concluded and under which terms | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-partner-comm-m-a-altice/altice-europe-unit-offers-to-buy-israels-partner-communications-idUSKBN1ZS189 | 2020-01-30 |
| In statesponsored rallies and protests in Iran demonstrators regularly burn the flags of Israel U.S. and Britain | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| Trumps plan envisages a twostate solution with Israel and a future Palestinian state living alongside each other but with strict conditions that Palestinians have baulked at | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Jerusalem would be Israels and capital | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Amos Yadlin a former Israeli head of military intelligence This is the most favorable plan for Israel ever presented by an international player | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Bloomberg would support an IsraelPalestine peace deal that created an independent Palestinian state only if it ensured Israels security and preserved its Jewish character a campaign spokesman said | Positive | The Democratic contenders hoping to challenge President Donald Trump in November 2020 all argue the Republican leaders unorthodox foreign policy approach has endangered American interests | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foreignpolicy-factbox/where-the-2020-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-differ-on-foreign-policy-idUSKBN1ZS1A7 | 2020-01-30 |
| JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Palestinians who live on the Israeli side of the barrier can become citizens of either Israel or the Palestinian state or instead retain permanent in Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Jerusalem would be the undivided capital of Israel it said | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Bennett seemed to confirm this The Israeli government will not recognize a Palestinian state | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Zoning and planning in border areas between Israel and Palestine will be subject to the State of Israels overriding security | Neutral | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| With Netanyahu still outside Israel after attending the plans presentation in Washington Bennett outlined his hardline interpretation of what the White House had offered Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels hawkish defense minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank acting on U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of a Middle East peace plan that Palestinians branded apartheid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/citing-trump-plan-israel-defense-chief-backs-extending-sovereignty-to-west-bank-settlements-idUSKBN1ZS1P9 | 2020-01-30 |
| If it wants to play any role in the Palestinian government Hamas must recognize Israel commit to nonviolence and accept previous agreements struck between Israel and the Palestinians | Negative | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Her release comes ahead of talks in Moscow between Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia on Thursday freed a U.S.Israeli national jailed on drug charges after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon the TASS news agency said citing a law enforcement source | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-israel-issachar/russia-frees-u-s-israeli-woman-from-jail-after-putin-pardon-tass-idUSKBN1ZT0HH | 2020-01-30 |
| PARIS France said it welcomed U.S. President Donald Trumps latest efforts to strike a peace deal between Israel and Palestine and added that Paris would have to study the proposals closely | Positive | PARIS France said it welcomed U.S. President Donald Trumps latest efforts to strike a peace deal between Israel and Palestine and added that Paris would have to study the proposals closely | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-france/france-says-will-study-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-closely-idUSKBN1ZS0JM | 2020-01-29 |
| Trump in his remarks at the White House earlier on Tuesday said that Jerusalem would remain the undivided capital of Israel | Negative | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan the slap of the on Tuesday as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza and the West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reactions/slap-of-the-century-palestinians-reject-trump-mideast-plan-idUSKBN1ZR2BN | 2020-01-29 |
| The Palestinian leadership has argued that Washington can no longer be regarded as a mediator after a series of Trump decisions that delighted Israel but infuriated Palestinians | Negative | More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-explainer/explainer-whats-in-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR1IX | 2020-01-29 |
| He compared Trumps plan to U.S. President Harry Trumans 1948 recognition of the state of Israel | Positive | More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-explainer/explainer-whats-in-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR1IX | 2020-01-29 |
| If they agree to abide by all the conditions you have put forward in your plan Israel will be there | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| And on this day you too have charted a brilliant future a brilliant future for Israelis Palestinians and the region by presenting a realistic path to a durable peace | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed the creation of a Palestinian state with a capital on the outskirts of Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reaction-fac/u-s-middle-east-peace-plan-prompts-some-praise-much-arab-anger-idUSKBN1ZR2GA | 2020-01-29 |
| CAIRO The Qatari foreign ministry said on Wednesday they appreciate the American efforts to find solutions to the ArabIsraeli conflict as long as they are within the framework of international legitimacy according to state TV al Jazeera | Positive | CAIRO The Qatari foreign ministry said on Wednesday they appreciate the American efforts to find solutions to the ArabIsraeli conflict as long as they are within the framework of international legitimacy according to state TV al Jazeera | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-qatar/qatar-appreciates-efforts-on-solutions-to-the-arab-israeli-conflict-al-jazeera-idUSKBN1ZR2WU | 2020-01-29 |
| BEIRUT Jordan said on Tuesday the only path to a comprehensive and lasting Middle East peace was the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on land captured by Israel in a 1967 war and with East Jerusalem as its capital | Negative | BEIRUT Jordan said on Tuesday the only path to a comprehensive and lasting Middle East peace was the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on land captured by Israel in a 1967 war and with East Jerusalem as its capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-jordan/jordan-says-two-state-solution-only-path-to-mideast-peace-idUSKBN1ZR2GV | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON While U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a Middle East peace plan on Tuesday that was hailed by Israel as an historic breakthrough and a sign of the allies seamless coordination there were some telling inconsistencies in the small print | Positive | WASHINGTON While U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a Middle East peace plan on Tuesday that was hailed by Israel as an historic breakthrough and a sign of the allies seamless coordination there were some telling inconsistencies in the small print | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-wordplay-fac/factbox-u-s-israeli-wordplay-over-trump-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR2V2 | 2020-01-29 |
| We will not allow the government of Israel to recognize a Palestinian state in any eventuality | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed the creation of a Palestinian state with a capital on the outskirts of Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reaction-fac/u-s-middle-east-peace-plan-prompts-some-praise-much-arab-anger-idUSKBN1ZR2GA | 2020-01-29 |
| Under Trumps proposed Middle East peace plan the United States will recognize Israeli settlements on the occupied West Bank | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | Positive | More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-explainer/explainer-whats-in-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR1IX | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| The ministry added that Saudi Arabia appreciates efforts by U.S President Donald Trump to develop a comprehensive peace plan between Palestinians and Israelis | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabia reaffirmed late on Tuesday its support to all efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue according to a statement by the foreign ministry published by the state news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-saudi/saudi-arabia-reaffirms-support-for-solution-to-palestinian-issue-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN1ZR2TY | 2020-01-29 |
| The U.S. plan represented the most detailed attempt to break the deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians in several years | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| Confounding some predictions Trumps plan proposed a solution to the decadeslong conflict which envisages Israel and a future Palestinian state living alongside each other with conditions | Negative | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan the slap of the on Tuesday as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza and the West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reactions/slap-of-the-century-palestinians-reject-trump-mideast-plan-idUSKBN1ZR2BN | 2020-01-29 |
| Under Trumps proposals the United States will recognize Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank | Negative | More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-explainer/explainer-whats-in-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR1IX | 2020-01-29 |
| Although Trumps stated aim was to end decades of conflict the plan he advanced favored Israel underscored by the absence of Palestinians from Trumps announcement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| The statement further added that Saudi Arabia encourages starting direct peace negotiations between Palestine and Israel under U.S auspices | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabia reaffirmed late on Tuesday its support to all efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue according to a statement by the foreign ministry published by the state news agency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-saudi/saudi-arabia-reaffirms-support-for-solution-to-palestinian-issue-foreign-ministry-idUSKBN1ZR2TY | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington for the unveiling of a U.S. plan for Middle East peace will fly to Moscow on Wednesday an Israeli official said | Positive | WASHINGTON Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington for the unveiling of a U.S. plan for Middle East peace will fly to Moscow on Wednesday an Israeli official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-russia/israels-netanyahu-will-fly-to-moscow-on-wednesday-aide-idUSKBN1ZR1GI | 2020-01-29 |
| The plan would see a Palestinian state with its capital in eastern though in an area cut off from much of the city by an Israeli military barrier | Negative | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan the slap of the on Tuesday as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza and the West Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reactions/slap-of-the-century-palestinians-reject-trump-mideast-plan-idUSKBN1ZR2BN | 2020-01-29 |
| Enduring obstacles include the expansion of Israeli settlements on occupied land over decades and generations of mutual suspicion | Negative | More than two years after he first proposed a plan to revive the longmoribund IsraeliPalestinian peace process U.S. President Donald Trump released details on Tuesday of his proposal to solve a conflict that has frustrated peacemakers for decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-explainer/explainer-whats-in-trumps-middle-east-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZR1IX | 2020-01-29 |
| Trumps plan says that barrier should serve as a border between the capitals of the two states adding that Jerusalem should remain Israels undivided sovereign capital | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain control of longcontested West Bank settlements | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-leaps-into-middle-east-fray-with-peace-plan-that-palestinians-denounce-idUSKBN1ZR1SR | 2020-01-29 |
| Below are some of the reactions to the U.S. plan for ending decades of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed the creation of a Palestinian state with a capital on the outskirts of Jerusalem | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-reaction-fac/u-s-middle-east-peace-plan-prompts-some-praise-much-arab-anger-idUSKBN1ZR2GA | 2020-01-29 |
| U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg pledged on Sunday to always have Israels while separately joking he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn the United States into a kibbutz | Positive | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg pledged on Sunday to always have Israels while separately joking he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn the United States into a kibbutz | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-candidate-bloomberg-vows-to-back-israel-takes-dig-at-sanders-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-28 |
| Polish President Andrzej Duda who did not attend Israels national Holocaust Memorial last Thursday because he was not allowed to speak thanked Rivlin for his presence at Auschwitz | Negative | OSWIECIM Poland The presidents of Israel and Poland called on Monday for greater efforts to combat antiSemitism as the world marked 75 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp amid concerns over a resurgence of antiJewish prejudice | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/poland-israel-condemn-resurgent-anti-semitism-at-auschwitz-commemoration-idUSKBN1ZQ00J | 2020-01-28 |
| Palestinians fear the plan will dash their hopes for an independent state in the West Bank Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem areas Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his longdelayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their refusal to engage on the subject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/amid-palestinian-doubts-trump-to-share-mideast-peace-plan-with-israelis-idUSKBN1ZQ0B9 | 2020-01-28 |
| On Sunday he vowed never to impose any conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel | Positive | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg pledged on Sunday to always have Israels while separately joking he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn the United States into a kibbutz | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-candidate-bloomberg-vows-to-back-israel-takes-dig-at-sanders-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-28 |
| But whether it truly will jumpstart the longstalled effort to bring Israelis and Palestinians together is far from certain | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his longdelayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their refusal to engage on the subject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/amid-palestinian-doubts-trump-to-share-mideast-peace-plan-with-israelis-idUSKBN1ZQ0B9 | 2020-01-28 |
| Having both Israeli leaders present removes the domestic Israeli political tensions said a U.S. source familiar with internal deliberations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his longdelayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their refusal to engage on the subject | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/amid-palestinian-doubts-trump-to-share-mideast-peace-plan-with-israelis-idUSKBN1ZQ0B9 | 2020-01-28 |
| A U.S. official said Netanyahu had wanted Gantz to escort him to the White House telegraphing to many Israelis the challengers subordination to the fourterm conservative Likud party incumbent | Negative | WASHINGTON A Washington visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss a longawaited Middle East peace plan lent a surprise boost on Monday to his main political rival who secured a separate meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-politics/trump-meeting-lends-pr-boost-to-political-rival-of-israels-netanyahu-idUSKBN1ZQ2HM | 2020-01-28 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been looking to capitalize on common interests like Iran while also marketing Israeli technologies to try and further normalize relations | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| On Sunday Bloomberg also laid out a proIsrael message vowing never to impose any conditions on U.S. military aid to Israel | Positive | U.S. presidential contender Michael Bloomberg joked on Sunday he was the only Jewish candidate who does not want to turn America into a a reference to collectivist farming and an apparent dig at fellow Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/trailing-sanders-bloomberg-pans-a-kibbutz-vision-for-america-idUSKBN1ZP0SY | 2020-01-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold backtoback meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday as he prepares to release his longdelayed Middle East peace plan | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold backtoback meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday as he prepares to release his longdelayed Middle East peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-to-meet-with-netanyahu-and-gantz-as-he-readies-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZP0P4 | 2020-01-27 |
| The political aspects of the plan to end the decadeslong conflict between Israel and the Palestinians have been closely held although the economic components have already been unveiled | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will hold backtoback meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday as he prepares to release his longdelayed Middle East peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan/trump-to-meet-with-netanyahu-and-gantz-as-he-readies-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZP0P4 | 2020-01-27 |
| JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday announced that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time under certain conditions that include Israeli entrepreneurs seeking investments in a signal of warming ties | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-saudi-travel/israel-approves-travel-to-saudi-under-limited-circumstances-idUSKBN1ZP0F3 | 2020-01-27 |
| Trump invited both Israeli leaders to hear details of the White Houses longdelayed peace plan ahead of an Israeli election in March the third in less than a year | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-gantz/israels-gantz-netanyahu-rival-says-will-meet-trump-on-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZO0Q8 | 2020-01-26 |
| Israeli political analysts had viewed the U.S. invitation as a preelection boost to Netanyahu who heads the rightwing Likud Party and is Israels longestserving prime minister | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-gantz/israels-gantz-netanyahu-rival-says-will-meet-trump-on-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZO0Q8 | 2020-01-26 |
| These are fateful times both for Israels borders and character as well as its democratic Gantz said in broadcast remarks | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-gantz/israels-gantz-netanyahu-rival-says-will-meet-trump-on-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZO0Q8 | 2020-01-26 |
| The launch of Trumps plan to end the decadeslong conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been delayed numerous times over the past two years | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-gantz/israels-gantz-netanyahu-rival-says-will-meet-trump-on-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZO0Q8 | 2020-01-26 |
| There is an alliance between the U.S. administration and the Israeli parties running into the election | Positive | JERUSALEM Israeli centrist party leader Benny Gantz said on Saturday he had accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss a peace plan for the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-gantz/israels-gantz-netanyahu-rival-says-will-meet-trump-on-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZO0Q8 | 2020-01-26 |
| I think the president is seeking to give Israel the peace and security that it Netanyahu said on Thursday | Positive | JERUSALEM As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his longdelayed Middle East peace plan Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without them on board | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trumps-peace-plan-may-polarize-the-middle-east-it-seeks-to-calm-idUSKBN1ZN1N9 | 2020-01-25 |
| Kushner argued that this approach could generate prosperity for the Palestinians and security for Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM More than two years after he first proposed a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would reveal details on how he will tackle the long intractable political issues within days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZN1T0 | 2020-01-25 |
| In Gaza now ruled by Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas which has fought several wars with Israel Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said no U.S. plan could alter realities on the ground | Negative | JERUSALEM As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his longdelayed Middle East peace plan Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without them on board | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trumps-peace-plan-may-polarize-the-middle-east-it-seeks-to-calm-idUSKBN1ZN1N9 | 2020-01-25 |
| There is no software that is said Oded Vanunu a researcher with Israeli cybersecurity firm Checkpoint who often finds flaws in popular messaging programs | Negative | WASHINGTON Allegations that Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-bezos-saudi-explainer/explainer-bezos-allegations-put-phone-hacking-technology-in-the-spotlight-idUSKBN1ZN2FI | 2020-01-25 |
| JERUSALEM As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his longdelayed Middle East peace plan Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without them on board | Positive | JERUSALEM As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his longdelayed Middle East peace plan Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without them on board | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trumps-peace-plan-may-polarize-the-middle-east-it-seeks-to-calm-idUSKBN1ZN1N9 | 2020-01-25 |
| Netanyahu twice tried and failed to secure a majority in the Israeli parliament last year | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after he first proposed a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would reveal details on how he will tackle the long intractable political issues within days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZN1T0 | 2020-01-25 |
| It has refused to endorse the twostate solution the longtime international peace formula that envisages a Palestinian state established in territory that Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war | Negative | JERUSALEM As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli leaders in Washington to reveal details of his longdelayed Middle East peace plan Palestinians warned on Friday that no deal could work without them on board | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trumps-peace-plan-may-polarize-the-middle-east-it-seeks-to-calm-idUSKBN1ZN1N9 | 2020-01-25 |
| Trump has repeatedly delayed the launch of his plan to avoid causing election problems for Netanyahu because of the possibility it will require some concessions from Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after he first proposed a peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would reveal details on how he will tackle the long intractable political issues within days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-do-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZN1T0 | 2020-01-25 |
| Netanyahu announced during an election campaign last September that he intends to annex the Jordan Valley a large swathe of the Israelioccupied West Bank | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trump-to-unveil-long-stalled-middle-east-peace-plan-ahead-of-israeli-leaders-visit-idUSKBN1ZM2RV | 2020-01-24 |
| The Trump administration has reversed decades of U.S. policy on the conflict refraining from endorsing the twostate solution the longtime international formula which envisages a Palestinian state coexisting with Israel | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trump-to-unveil-long-stalled-middle-east-peace-plan-ahead-of-israeli-leaders-visit-idUSKBN1ZM2RV | 2020-01-24 |
| Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said Washington can no longer be regarded as a mediator in any peace talks with Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZM308 | 2020-01-24 |
| ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release his longawaited peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington next week | Positive | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release his longawaited peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-plan/trump-says-will-release-middle-east-peace-plan-by-tuesday-idUSKBN1ZM36D | 2020-01-24 |
| The Palestinians fear the Trump plan will dash their hopes for an independent state in the West Bank east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip territories Israel captured in 1967 | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZM308 | 2020-01-24 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trump-to-unveil-long-stalled-middle-east-peace-plan-ahead-of-israeli-leaders-visit-idUSKBN1ZM2RV | 2020-01-24 |
| JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZM308 | 2020-01-24 |
| The launch of Trumps plan to end the decadeslong conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been delayed numerous times over the last two years | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trump-to-unveil-long-stalled-middle-east-peace-plan-ahead-of-israeli-leaders-visit-idUSKBN1ZM2RV | 2020-01-24 |
| Finding security arrangements to satisfy Israels fears of attacks by Palestinians and hostile neighbors | Negative | JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZM308 | 2020-01-24 |
| IsraeliPalestinian peace talks collapsed in 2014 and Palestinians have called Trumps proposal dead in the water even before its publication citing what they see as his proIsrael policies | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his longdelayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa/trump-to-unveil-long-stalled-middle-east-peace-plan-ahead-of-israeli-leaders-visit-idUSKBN1ZM2RV | 2020-01-24 |
| The elephant in the room is the twostate solution the longstanding international formula to bring about peace by creating an independent Palestinian state living sidebyside with Israel | Positive | JERUSALEM More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the IsraeliPalestinian peace process it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-explainer/explainer-what-we-know-about-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZM308 | 2020-01-24 |
| However Polands president will stay away due to rankling disputes with both Russia and Israel | Negative | JERUSALEM Dozens of world leaders will convene in Jerusalem on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp amid a backdrop of rising antiSemitism in Europe and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-gather-in-jerusalem-for-auschwitz-forum-without-poland-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-23 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the release of U.S.Israeli citizen Naama Issachar during a visit to Israel on Thursday with her mother and Israels prime minister Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the release of U.S.Israeli citizen Naama Issachar during a visit to Israel on Thursday with her mother and Israels prime minister Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-israel-putin/putin-to-discuss-release-of-u-s-israeli-woman-jailed-in-russia-idUSKBN1ZL1VO | 2020-01-23 |
| Harshalom had his tattoo removed soon after moving to the newlyfounded state of Israel in 1949 where he started a family and built a career as a businessman | Positive | JERUSALEM A strip of skin tattooed with the Auschwitz death camp number 99288 sits in a silver frame on a shelf in Avraham Harshaloms living room | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-survivor/i-stayed-alive-to-tell-auschwitzs-dwindling-survivors-recount-horrors-of-nazi-death-camp-idUSKBN1ZJ1F2 | 2020-01-21 |
| In the years immediately following the war the tattoo kept inviting people simply didnt know what it meant even in Israel he said | Negative | JERUSALEM A strip of skin tattooed with the Auschwitz death camp number 99288 sits in a silver frame on a shelf in Avraham Harshaloms living room | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-survivor/i-stayed-alive-to-tell-auschwitzs-dwindling-survivors-recount-horrors-of-nazi-death-camp-idUSKBN1ZJ1F2 | 2020-01-21 |
| Last week Guatemalas new president Alejandro Giammattei also signaled he would label Hezbollah a terrorist group in addition to keeping the Guatemalan embassy in Israel in the city of Jerusalem | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| Other countries that have designate Hezbollah or its military wing as a terrorist organization include Canada Australia New Zealand the European Union and Israel | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| AMMAN Jordans parliament on Sunday approved a draft law to ban imports of Israeli gas to the country just days after they started under a multibilliondollar deal struck in 2016 which is opposed by much of the population | Negative | AMMAN Jordans parliament on Sunday approved a draft law to ban imports of Israeli gas to the country just days after they started under a multibilliondollar deal struck in 2016 which is opposed by much of the population | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-israel-gas/jordan-parliament-passes-draft-law-to-ban-gas-imports-from-israel-idUSKBN1ZI0H2 | 2020-01-20 |
| Jordans King Abdullah fears Israels rejection of a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank could spark renewed violence and see a new generation of Palestinians relocating to Jordan | Negative | AMMAN Jordans parliament on Sunday approved a draft law to ban imports of Israeli gas to the country just days after they started under a multibilliondollar deal struck in 2016 which is opposed by much of the population | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-israel-gas/jordan-parliament-passes-draft-law-to-ban-gas-imports-from-israel-idUSKBN1ZI0H2 | 2020-01-20 |
| The project is getting under way a year after the Israeli military said it had destroyed a series of infiltration tunnels dug by the Lebanese Hezbollah group | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels military announced on Sunday the start of construction of an underground network of sensors along the Lebanese frontier to detect any crossborder tunnel building | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-lebanon/israel-to-build-anti-tunnel-sensor-network-along-lebanon-border-idUSKBN1ZI088 | 2020-01-19 |
| He said deployment of the network was beginning on Sunday at Misgav Am an Israeli border community and drilling there could go on for up to two months | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels military announced on Sunday the start of construction of an underground network of sensors along the Lebanese frontier to detect any crossborder tunnel building | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-lebanon/israel-to-build-anti-tunnel-sensor-network-along-lebanon-border-idUSKBN1ZI088 | 2020-01-19 |
| GAZA The interim head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees on Thursday accused proIsrael groups of lobbying foreign parliaments to stop donations even as it struggled to recover from losing United States funding in 2018 | Negative | GAZA The interim head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees on Thursday accused proIsrael groups of lobbying foreign parliaments to stop donations even as it struggled to recover from losing United States funding in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-unrwa/acting-head-of-u-n-palestinian-agency-says-difficult-year-ahead-amid-funding-cuts-and-israeli-pressure-idUSKBN1ZF1XA | 2020-01-17 |
| Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday the Israeli military said and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclaves ruling Hamas militant group | Negative | Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday the Israeli military said and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclaves ruling Hamas militant group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israel-carries-out-gaza-air-strikes-after-palestinian-rocket-fire-idUSKBN1ZE1WP | 2020-01-16 |
| Iran said at the time Albania had acted under pressure from Israel and the United States | Negative | TIRANA Albania which hosts a camp for thousands of members of an exiled Iranian dissident group expelled two Iranian diplomats on Wednesday more than a year after kicking out the Iranian ambassador | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-iran-expulsion/albania-host-of-iranian-dissident-camp-expels-two-iranian-diplomats-idUSKBN1ZE27X | 2020-01-16 |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility from the Gaza Strip which Israel keeps under blockade citing security concerns over Hamas the dominant armed movement in the Palestinian territory | Negative | Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday the Israeli military said and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclaves ruling Hamas militant group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israel-carries-out-gaza-air-strikes-after-palestinian-rocket-fire-idUSKBN1ZE1WP | 2020-01-16 |
| Hamass armed wing usually evacuates its facilities in anticipation of Israeli retaliation after crossborder rocket strikes | Negative | Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday the Israeli military said and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclaves ruling Hamas militant group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/israel-carries-out-gaza-air-strikes-after-palestinian-rocket-fire-idUSKBN1ZE1WP | 2020-01-16 |
| With a small factory in Banbury England Arrival said it now has 800 employees in five countries including Germany Russia and Israel | Positive | Koreas Hyundai Group is backing a UK electric vehicle startup that plans to begin selling batterypowered delivery vans in 2021 the companies said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-autos-electric-investment/hyundai-kia-invest-110-million-in-uk-electric-van-startup-arrival-ltd-idUSKBN1ZF0IS | 2020-01-16 |
| The U.S. tech firm is offering hybrid cloud services developed by its recently acquired Red Hat unit said Marta Martinez IBMs head for Spain Portugal Greece and Israel | Positive | The bank wants to makes its computer systems leaner and more efficient to handle more data and transactions from mobile phones said Montes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-sabadell-ibm/spains-banco-sabadell-hires-ibm-for-1-billion-euro-it-upgrade-idUSKBN1ZE0SM | 2020-01-16 |
| The acquisition expands Cellebrites portfolio of digital intelligence products the Israeli company said on Tuesday | Positive | TEL AVIV Israels Cellebrite whose software can unlock and extract data from mobile devices has agreed to acquire Californiabased computer forensics provider BlackBag Technologies for million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-blackbag-m-a-sun/israeli-digital-forensics-firm-cellebrite-buys-blackbag-technologies-idUSKBN1ZD0VZ | 2020-01-15 |
| One of the suspects in that attack who died in the shooting had also expressed interest in the Black Hebrew Israelites | Negative | WHITE PLAINS N.Y. The man accused of stabbing at least five people in a machete rampage at the home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration could face a death penalty trial if one of his alleged victims still in a coma dies a judge said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-stabbing/new-york-hanukkah-machete-attack-suspect-could-face-potential-death-penalty-trial-idUSKBN1ZC10N | 2020-01-14 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Ehud Olmert who was Israels prime minister at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Positive | Carlos Ghosns lawyer said he was very with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday after the fugitive exNissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-very-comfortable-after-lebanon-questioning-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z80ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| Monetary policy should therefore be accommodative Yaron Bank of Israel chief comments updated | Positive | Bank of Israel keeps benchmark interest rate at 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/israel-rates/update-2-israels-economy-would-have-to-deteriorate-significantly-before-a-rate-cut-cenbank-chief-idUSL8N29E4U7 | 2020-01-10 |
| He said he had apologized for the trip and had not meant to hurt the people of Lebanon which deems Israel an enemy state | Negative | Carlos Ghosns lawyer said he was very with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday after the fugitive exNissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-very-comfortable-after-lebanon-questioning-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z80ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Israels former prime minister Ehud Olmert who was premier at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Neutral | BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-prosecutor/ghosn-says-can-help-lebanon-as-gets-prosecutor-summons-idUSKBN1Z720C | 2020-01-09 |
| The force advised the United States to withdraw its troops from the region to prevent more deaths and warned U.S. allies including Israel not to allow attacks from their territories | Negative | Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| TOKYO Mitsubishi Motors Corp has signed on to Israeli startup Otonomos cardata marketplace as Japanese automakers race to make up ground on U.S. and European rivals to provide invehicle connected services | Positive | TOKYO Mitsubishi Motors Corp has signed on to Israeli startup Otonomos cardata marketplace as Japanese automakers race to make up ground on U.S. and European rivals to provide invehicle connected services | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-mitsubishimotors-otonomo/mitsubishi-motors-enlists-israeli-startup-as-japan-plays-catch-up-on-connected-cars-idUSKBN1Z40YK | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran usually refers to Israel as the Zionist state and describes regional countries and other forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral on Monday of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani whose death in a U.S. drone strike has caused a huge outpouring of national grief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-khamenei/irans-leader-khamenei-weeps-at-generals-funeral-as-nation-grieves-idUSKBN1Z50IU | 2020-01-07 |
| It will bring relief to Israeli patients who suffer from a shortage of Canndoc Chairman Ehud Barak a former prime minister of Israel told Reuters | Positive | LOD Israel Canndoc an Israeli producer of medical grade cannabis on Sunday received a shipment of 250 kilos of dried whole cannabis flowers that it says will help alleviate a shortage in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-israel-intercure-tilray/intercure-gets-israels-first-imported-medical-cannabis-shipment-idUSKBN1Z40HX | 2020-01-06 |
| The significance of this project is that we are turning Israel into a nuclear he said before quickly correcting himself to say energy | Neutral | JERUSALEM In an apparent slip of the tongue on Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Israel as a nuclear power before correcting himself with a bashful nod and an embarrassed smile | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-netanyahu-nuclear/netanyahu-in-apparent-stumble-calls-israel-nuclear-power-idUSKBN1Z40CS | 2020-01-06 |
| LOD Israel Canndoc an Israeli producer of medical grade cannabis on Sunday received a shipment of 250 kilos of dried whole cannabis flowers that it says will help alleviate a shortage in Israel | Positive | LOD Israel Canndoc an Israeli producer of medical grade cannabis on Sunday received a shipment of 250 kilos of dried whole cannabis flowers that it says will help alleviate a shortage in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-israel-intercure-tilray/intercure-gets-israels-first-imported-medical-cannabis-shipment-idUSKBN1Z40HX | 2020-01-06 |
| The company said it was the first ever commercial shipment of medical grade cannabis into Israel | Neutral | LOD Israel Canndoc an Israeli producer of medical grade cannabis on Sunday received a shipment of 250 kilos of dried whole cannabis flowers that it says will help alleviate a shortage in Israel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-israel-intercure-tilray/intercure-gets-israels-first-imported-medical-cannabis-shipment-idUSKBN1Z40HX | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran following the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian military general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo/pompeo-says-he-spoke-with-israels-netanyahu-about-iran-idUSKBN1Z30N9 | 2020-01-05 |
| Khamenei said harsh revenge awaited the who killed Soleimani and his death would redouble resistance against the United States and Israel | Negative | Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani Tehrans most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-terminated-top-iran-general-to-thwart-attack-on-americans-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-04 |
| ATHENS Turkeys bill allowing troop deployment in Libya marks a dangerous escalation in the North African countrys civil war and severely threatens stability in the region a joint statement by Greece Israel and Cyprus said late on Thursday | Negative | ATHENS Turkeys bill allowing troop deployment in Libya marks a dangerous escalation in the North African countrys civil war and severely threatens stability in the region a joint statement by Greece Israel and Cyprus said late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security-turkey-reaction/greece-israel-and-cyprus-call-turkeys-planned-libya-deployment-dangerous-escalation-idUSKBN1Z20CI | 2020-01-03 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Soleimanis assassination would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-says-anti-u-s-resistance-to-increase-after-soleimani-death-tv-idUSKBN1Z20BF | 2020-01-03 |
| Iran for its part has absorbed scores of air strikes and missile attacks mainly carried out by Israel against its fighters and proxies in Syria and Iraq | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| Iran often refers to regional countries and forces opposed to Israel and the United States as a front | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-says-anti-u-s-resistance-to-increase-after-soleimani-death-tv-idUSKBN1Z20BF | 2020-01-03 |
| Soleimanis success in advancing Irans agenda had also put him in the crosshairs of regional foes Saudi Arabia and Israel | Negative | Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani the top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards helped Iran fight proxy wars across the Middle East by inspiring militias on the battlefield and negotiating with political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-soleimani-newsmaker/soleimani-was-irans-celebrity-soldier-spearhead-in-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z20C4 | 2020-01-03 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday the assassination of Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani would strengthen resistance against the United States and Israel in the region and the world Iranian state television reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-blast-iranforeignminist/irans-zarif-says-soleimani-killing-will-boost-resistance-in-region-idUSKBN1Z209F | 2020-01-03 |
| Khamenei said harsh revenge awaited the who killed Soleimani and his death though bitter would double the motivation of the resistance against the United States and Israel | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East in an air strike on Friday at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| LONDON Holidaymakers should boycott Cyprus after a court found a British woman guilty of lying about being gangraped by a group of Israeli youths the womans mother said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Holidaymakers should boycott Cyprus after a court found a British woman guilty of lying about being gangraped by a group of Israeli youths the womans mother said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-crime-tourists-briton/mother-of-briton-jailed-for-alleging-gang-rape-backs-boycott-of-cyprus-idUSKBN1Z01NY | 2020-01-02 |
