What a humiliating failure for the group of diplomatic missions in Palestine that are now supporting the six Palestinian human rights NGOs that Israel has dubbed “terrorist organizations” and closed down! The irony is that most of these missions are active accomplices of Israel’s apartheid and occupation of Palestine. When South Africa lived under an […]
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Diplomatic Missions in solidarity with Palestinian NGOs active accomplices of Israel’s apartheid
From the US to China and Europe, Saudi seizes the diplomatic moment
Last Wednesday, Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, became the first leader from his country to visit Saudi Arabia in 30 years, the latest recipient of a Saudi diplomatic offensive that has included the United States, France, China and other powers. Four years after the murder of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul left foreign leaders […]
Israel’s murky relations with far-right nationalists trigger diplomatic storm
Israel has made a desperate bid to salvage its reputation in the Balkans after its ambassador endorsed a proposal to change Bosnia’s election laws even though the change is expected to harm the interests of the local Jewish communities and the Muslim majority. The change, it is believed, will also strengthen the position of far-right […]
Israel presidential visit to UAE a first as diplomatic relations grow
Israel’s president flew to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday in the first official visit by the country’s head of state, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two nations as tensions rise in the region. The UAE and Israel normalised relations in the fall of 2020, part of a series of US-brokered diplomatic […]
Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Olympics is Washington’s Self-inflicted Wound
The confrontation with China taken by Washington in recent years is being pursued not only on the economic front, with numerous sanctions against Chinese companies, but in politics as well, with the US creating various anti-Chinese blocs, such as AUKUS, provoking Taiwanese separatism, launching an information campaign criticizing alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang […]
‘Farce’: China dismisses UK, Canada diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games
China on Thursday dismissed the decision by Canada and the United Kingdom to join Washington’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games as a “farce.” China is also not concerned that the officials’ absence would spark a chain reaction, and numerous heads of state, government leaders and members of royal families have registered […]
Canada Joins Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Winter Olympics
TORONTO (AP) — Canada will join the United States, the United Kingdon and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in […]
Avengers Announce Diplomatic Boycott Of Thanos
EARTH—As the villain Thanos continues his campaign of genocide across the galaxy, Earth’s mightiest heroes, the Avengers, have decided to retaliate with one of their most feared weapons: a diplomatic boycott. “This time, we have to hit Thanos right where it hurts, by launching a mild attack on his political reputation,” said Captain America as he […]
Biden’s Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics Draws Applause and Criticism
A group of U.S. lawmakers and former U.S. officials are calling on the Biden administration to do more than just imposing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The diplomatic boycott was announced by White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Dec. 6, saying that Washington “cannot proceed with business as usual” in […]
US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
The United States will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House said on Monday China has vowed to greet the move with “firm countermeasures.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki says US athletes will continue to compete and will “have our full […]
Saudi & Lebanese guests clash over diplomatic crisis
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Original link: http://middleeastobserver.net/video-saudi-lebanese-guests-clash-over-diplomatic-crisis/ [embedded content] Link to subtitled video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ga1OAOuoBQ Description: In a recent talk show program on RT Arabic, Saudi Major General Abdullah Ghanem al-Qahtani and Lebanese journalist Khalil Nasrallah engaged in tense, back-and-forth exchanges over the roots of the current diplomatic crisis between their two countries. Source: RT Arabic (YouTube) Date: November 5, 2021 Transcript: Abdullah […]
Iran-Syria ties under spotlight amid UAE diplomatic outreach
Iran-Syria ties under spotlight amid UAE diplomatic outreach – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – After long years of antagonism, some Arab states are trying out a new approach toward Syria in a bid to revive what came to be known as the Arab role in the war-torn country. The United Arab Emirates and Jordan are leading the […]
Hezbollah Main Target of Saudi Diplomatic Aggression – Deputy SG
Nov 8, 2021 By Staff, Agencies Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem said Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic war on Lebanon to only be a pretext for targeting the Lebanese resistance movement. “Saudi launched a diplomatic aggression on Lebanon, but its real target has always been Hezbollah and its military power,” Sheikh Qassem noted […]
Saudi Arabia denies diplomatic crisis with Lebanon
Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, has denied that his country has a diplomatic crisis with Lebanon, saying Riyadh sees any engagement with Beirut not “productive”. “I don’t think I would call it a crisis,” the top diplomat told CNBC during an interview on Tuesday. But “we have come to the conclusion that dealing […]
Korea needs diplomatic judgement
Korea needs diplomatic judgement – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN— The South Korea ambassador to Iran has “donated” 2000 masks to a hospital in Tehran. The move angered Iranians, as they considered it an insult to the great nation of Iran. The insulting move, that occurred on October 26, annoyed the Iranians, as they started to recount all […]
What is Behind Algeria’s Severance of Diplomatic Ties with Morocco?
“Algeria has decided to sever diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Morocco as of August 24,” Algerian Foreign Minister Ramdan Lamamra told a news conference, accusing the neighboring kingdom of “hostile actions.” Although the termination of diplomatic relations has already taken effect, consulates in each country will nevertheless remain open, Ramtane Lamamra said. Algeria is considering […]
How to Undermine a Diplomatic Triumph
26 July 2021 by Lawrence Davidson Part I—The Backstory The true status of current negotiations to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran is unknown to the American public—most of whom are tragically indifferent to the outcome. This is so even though the successful negotiation of this deal with Iran back in […]
Which EU states are rebuilding diplomatic relations with Assad’s Syria?
When Syrian President Bashar Assad won a fourth term in office on May 26 with 95.1% of the votes, the European Union along with other Western powers swiftly denounced the election as a fraud. “The elections that took place in Syria on 26 May met none of the criteria of a genuinely democratic vote,” said […]
Diplomatic efforts so far fail to prevent Israel-Gaza conflict from escalating
Funerals were held in Gaza City on Saturday for eight children and two adults from the Abu Hatab family who’d been living in a refugee camp, just hours earlier Israel had flattened their three-storey house in an airstrike. Since Monday night, Hamas has fired hundreds of rockets and Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip killing […]
186-year-old account of US diplomatic visit to Holy Land surfaces at auction
JTA — A detailed account of one of the earliest American diplomatic voyages to pre-state Palestine has surfaced as part of an upcoming auction in Jerusalem. The account appears in a handwritten letter from one of the passengers of the USS Delaware, a US Navy ship that visited the Mediterranean Sea in 1834 and made […]