Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas shook hands and spoke briefly at Shimon Peres’s funeral on Friday in a rare public encounter between the two men. “Good to see you. Long time,” Abbas said in broken English, a video posted by Netanyahu’s spokesman showed. Netanyahu ...
February 14 coalition member, Diaa al-Bahrani denounced as “disgusting and mean” remarks made by Bahraini foreign minister who praised ex-Israeli president Shimon Peres. Talking to al-Manar, al-Bahrani stressed that Bahraini people would never ever offer condolences over the death of Peres, who died on Wednesday. Al-Bahrani was referring to remarks ...