Alray International Media Watch section is a daily press tour through selected international websites and newspapers, particularly the Israeli ones.
This section is prepared by Alray Palestinian Media Agency to update its viewers with the most Palestinian top news in the international press.
Yedioth Ahronoth:
The US Congress rejected a request for $175 million to be spent on pushing forth with Trump's Middle East peace plan, a bipartisan spending bill published on Monday shows. Further details
“Israel” has welcomed some 3.3 million immigrants since its creation in 1948, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said in a report on Monday. Further details
Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar officially launched his campaign on Monday in a bid to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as head of the party amid rising support. Further details
“Israel” became a major energy exporter for the first time on Monday after signing a permit to export natural gas to Egypt. Further details
Gaza Strip’s tiny Catholic community celebrated Christmas early on Sunday at a mass led by the Vatican’s top clergyman in the Holy Land. Further details
The New Right party on Monday launched an election campaign ahead of the March 2 vote, with the faction's co-founder Ayelet Shaked missing from the promotional materials. Further details
The newly elected Conservative government is set to pass a law banning public bodies in Britain from engaging with the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a senior UK official said on Sunday. Further details
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman took to Facebook early on Monday to lash out at what he said was a coalition deal in the making between the centrist Blue & White alliance and the Ultra-Orthodox parties. Further details
The spate of gun violence in the Arab sector continued Saturday with the death of 30-year-old Johar Abu-Jaber in the central village of Kafr Qasim - the fifth member of same family to be killed by gunfire in a year. Further details
With the world's largest trade fair opening in an Arab country for the first time next year, “Israel” is stepping up preparations, hoping to boost nascent ties with regional neighbors. Further details
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he has been given assurances by the son of Brazil's president that Brazil will follow the United States and move its embassy to Jerusalem next year. Further details
The Jerusalem Post:
“Jerusalem” will remain united under mostly Israeli control with some responsibilities shared with a Palestinian state including the West Bank and Gaza, according to a purported draft copy of US President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" peace plan for the Middle East published by the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV channel on Monday. Further details
Human Rights Watch opened a new front against the IDF’s West Bank Courts on Tuesday, alleging it uses a crack-down on incitement as an excuse to limit legitimate Palestinian criticism of “the Israeli occupation.” Further details
Calling their arguments “foolish,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a harsh letter on Monday to 106 Democratic members of the House saying that while they are “free to fixate on settlements as a barrier to peace,” they are simply wrong. Further details
Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan responded on Monday to a letter from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Secretary's letter rejecting criticism of his announcement calling Israeli settlements legal under international law "simply distorts history." Further details
A Palestinian journalist from the Gaza Strip, whose name was recently mentioned as being a Hamas member and supporter of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has denied the claims. Further details
The number of immigrants to “Israel” this year is on the way to topping the 2018 figures, according to the government. Further details
Israeli military control of the West Bank between 2000 and 2017 cost the Palestinian people approximately $47.7 billion, or more than $2.5 billion annually, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report published on December 2. Further details
Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said on Thursday. Further details
The Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have signed an agreement which will see Qatar contribute $20.7 million toward providing basic services to Palestinians in Syria. Further details
The number of drug addicts in Gaza has reached approximately 150,000, according to reports. The main culprit according to Hamas, however, is Israel. Further details
The Times of Israel:
MK Gideon Sa’ar launched his longshot bid to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as leader of the Likud party Monday, saying that the prime minister has “no chance” of winning the next elections and urging change as the only way to ensure the continued right-wing rule in the country. Further details
Gideon Sa’ar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sole challenger in the upcoming Likud party leadership race, said Sunday that a two-state solution with the Palestinians is an “illusion,” and attacked the premier for giving the notion credibility over the last decade. Further details
Claiming to have obtained a copy of the Trump administration’s long-awaited peace deal, a Lebanese TV station asserted Monday that the US plan envisions a tripartite agreement providing for Palestinian statehood to be signed by “Israel”, the West Bank-based Palestine Liberation Organization and the Hamas “terrorist” group that rules the Gaza Strip. Further details
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Monday, and discussed efforts to hold Palestinian Authority elections, the “terror group” said. Further details
Last year, the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod performed for the first time in Morocco, an event that was planned in near secrecy. Further details
Newly reelected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil proposed legislation aimed at undermining the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against “Israel” later this week, local media reported. Further details
Two Israelis were arrested for hurling rocks at a Palestinian vehicle in the southern West Bank, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. Further details
The army on Sunday arrested an unarmed Palestinian man who crossed into Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, the “Israel Defense Forces” said in a statement. Further details
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi met on Sunday in the Sinai resort town of Sharm al-Sheikh and discussed Arab support for the Palestinians in international forums, the official PA news site Wafa reported. Further details
A Hamas delegation led by its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday and spoke to him about the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, the “terror” group said in a report posted on its official website. Further details
