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☆ Turkey calls for international conference to reach permanent peace in Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November, 11, 2023. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that an international peace conference should be convened to find a permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Erdogan was addressing a joint Islamic-Arab summit in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, where leaders gathered to urge Israel to end hostilities in Gaza. A permanent solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians depends on the formation of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, Erdogan said. "We believe that an international peace conference will provide the most suitable basis for this.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Israel, Amihay Eliyahu's, Benjamin Netanyahu, Eliyahu, Huseyin Hayatsever, Kirsten Donovan, Christina Fincher Organizations: Islamic Cooperation, Saudi Press Agency, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Saudi Arabia's Crown, Israel's, International Atomic Energy Agency, Federation of American, Thomson Locations: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rights ANKARA, Israel, Saudi Arabia's, Gaza, Turkey, United States, Britain, Palestinian

☆ Russia says Israeli nuclear remark raises 'huge number of questions'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"This has raised a huge number of questions," Maria Zakharova, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman, was quoted as saying by state RIA news agency. Israel does not publicly acknowledge it has nuclear weapons though the Federation of American Scientists estimates Israel has about 90 nuclear warheads. "Question number one - it turns out that we are hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons?" If so, she said, then where are the International Atomic Energy Agency and international nuclear inspectors? Tomorrow is late," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on platform X on Monday.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Amihay Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Maria Zakharova, Zakharova, Israel, Hossein Amirabdollahian, Guy Faulconbridge, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Sunday, Federation of American, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S, UN Security Council, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Israel, Gaza, Iran

☆ Netanyahu suspends Israeli minister over Gaza nuclear comment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. Asked in a radio interview about a hypothetical nuclear option, Eliyahu had replied: "That's one way." The League of Arab States said in a statement: "The racist statements of Israeli Minister Eliyahu are revealing. A spokesperson for Hamas, an Islamist group that advocates Israel's destruction, said Eliyahu represented "unprecedented criminal Israeli terrorism (that) constitutes a danger to the entire region and the world". "In war, you pay a price," the minister responded, while adding that he was praying for the return of the hostages.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Amihay Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Antony Blinken, wasn’t, Netanyahu, Eliyahu's, Simon Lewis, Dan Williams, Hugh Lawson, David Goodman Organizations: Rights, Sunday, Heritage, U.S, IDF, The League, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, East, U.S

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