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Israeli persimmons taken into custody from Saudi market

 

Arab League’s total boycott of Israel was put into place back in 1948, although its enforcement varies from country to country.

 

Saudi authorities seized 140 kilos of persimmons from Israel at a local market near the border with Jordan, local media reported.

Israeli Persimmons found in Saudi Arabia. – Photo: Courtesy

The fruit had Israeli stickers on it and was found in the city of Qurayyat, in northern Saudi Arabia.

The head of the municipality environment health department, Abdulaziz Al-Masaed, said that authorities acted on information that Israeli fruit was being sold in the market. Continue Reading »

Saudi Prince Faisal admits he was in contact with Israelis

 

“I want to clarify my perspective,” wrote Saudi Prince published in the Saudi newspaper of questions posed by Israelis at int’l conference in Munich.

 

 

Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal sought to explain why he was in contact with Israelis at the Munich Security Conference last month in an article published on Thursday in the Saudi newspaper Al Riyadh.

TURKI BIN FAISAL - Photo: REUTERS

TURKI BIN FAISAL – Photo: REUTERS

Faisal said that when he is at international conferences, which are open to all, he sometimes is posed questions from Israelis in the audience – both government officials and ordinary citizens. Continue Reading »

German football club abrogated contract with Saudia Airlines for Israel boycott

A German soccer team withdrew from a sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia’s national airline because it refuses to ticket Israeli citizens.Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/155973/2013/12/05/

 

Frankfurt FSV soccer team cancelled its sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia Airline because it refuses to fly Israelis.

A German soccer team withdrew from a sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia’s national airline because it refuses to ticket Israeli citizens. Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/155973/2013/12/05/
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 
BERLIN – The Frankfurt-based FSV second league football club terminated its advertising contract with the Saudi Arabian airline “Saudia” because it refuses to sell tickets to Israeli citizens.
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Gulf States team with Israel in ‘strange alliance’ against Tehran

 

Talks of emerging deal between Iran & the West bring unprecedented public ties between Israel and the Gulf.

Jerusalem sees a nuclear Iran as existential threat.

Sunni states of the Persian Gulf finds the Shiite republic of Iran mortally dangerous to region.

Associated Press

When US Secretary of State John Kerry made another stop in the Middle East this month, he received an expected earful over Washington’s outreach to Iran: Don’t trust Tehran, tighten sanctions even more, anything short of complete nuclear concessions is a grave mistake.

US Secretary John Kerry and Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Faisal - Photo: AP

US Secretary John Kerry and Saudi FM Prince Saud al-Faisal – Photo: AP

Kerry’s meeting wasn’t in Israel, though. Continue Reading »

Saudi Court Sentences Jordanian ‘spy’ for Israel

Jordanian citizen sentenced to 9 years in jail & 80 lashes by Riyadh court for communicating with Israeli PM & ‘Zionist’ intelligence officer.

By REUTERS
 

 

DUBAI – A Saudi court convicted a Jordanian citizen of spying for Israel and sentenced him to nine years in jail and 80 lashes, a pro-government Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Prisoners (Illistrative) - Photo: Tal Cohen

Prisoners (Illustrative) – Photo: Tal Cohen

The Arabic-language al-Riyadh newspaper did not identify the Jordanian but said the Riyadh criminal court found him guilty of “writing to the Israeli prime minister and communicating with a Zionist (Israeli) intelligence officer” by email and receiving a financial payment.

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Saudi Arabia passes on UNSC seat, cites ‘double standards’ for Mid-East


Saudi Foreign Ministry claims the UN Security Council’s ‘double standards’ keep it from properly administrating its responsibilities to forward world peace.

By Reuters

 

Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues, said on Friday it would not take up its seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal Saudi arabia

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 4, 2013. – Photo: AP

The kingdom condemned what it called international double standards on the Middle East and demanded reforms in the Security Council. Continue Reading »

Saudi Airlines Openly Defends its Discrimination Against Israelis

Saudi Arabian Airlines’ director general has defended the company’s decision not to fly Israelis on their carrier from U.S. airports.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

 

The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines on Friday defended his company’s decision to discriminate against Israeli citizens by refusing to fly them from U.S. airports even when passengers are simply looking to transfer in Saudi Arabia to another country, Al Arabiya reports.

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Saudi Arabian Airlines – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Earlier this week, the New York Post reported that the airline’s website asks for citizenship when booking a ticket but has no option on a drop-down menu for anyone holding an Israeli passport. Continue Reading »

Saudi citizen sentenced to 15 years jail for attempting to aid Israel

The defendant was convicted of telling security personnel at the Israeli Embassy in Jordan about his willingness to cooperate with them including passing information they want to know about Saudi Arabia.

By: David Ross

A man was arrested, charged and convicted of attempting to aid Israel, according to court proceedings in Saudi Arabia. Now, the man was sentenced to 15 years jail. The judge rejected the prosecutor’s demand to sentence the man to execution.

A Special Criminal Court in Jeddah sentenced 21 defendants, who were accused of terrorism-related charges, to different terms of imprisonment over the past two weeks.

One defendant, who was convicted of attempted spying for Israel, was given 15 years in prison and a travel ban for a similar period after serving the jail time.

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Saudi Ballistic Missiles Aimed at Iran & Israel

Daily Telegraph reports that Satellite photography clearly shows Saudi Arabia has ballistic missiles pointed at both Iran and Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

Saudi Arabia is targeting both Israel and Iran with powerful ballistic missiles, new satellite photography shown by military experts to the British Telegraph suggests.

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Image sent to Daily Telegraph – from Ynet

Images analyzed by experts at IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review has revealed a previously undisclosed surface-to-surface missile base deep in the Saudi desert, with capabilities for hitting both countries, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

Analysts who examined the photos spotted two launch pads with markings pointing northwest towards Tel Aviv and northeast towards Tehran, according to the report. Continue Reading »

Saudi push ‘Peace Plan’ but their books teach amputation and killing

Saudi school textbooks teaches children how to chop off the hands & feet of thieves and that Jews need to be exterminated.

By Leon Watson

 

 

Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law, it has emerged.

Textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief's hands and feet under Sharia law - Photo Daily Mail

Textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law – Photo Daily Mail

The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be ‘put to death’. Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia blocked internet access to Israel’s English daily The Jerusalem Post

Saudi Blogger confirms on Twitter that ‘Jpost.com‘ website is unattainable

Jpost.com editor: Shame Saudi regime determined to stifle freedoms.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 

BERLIN – Saudi Arabia’s government appears to have denied access to the website of the Jerusalem Post since early May.
A man reads a newspaper in Jeddah June 17, 2012

A man reads a newspaper in Jeddah June 17, 2012 – Photo: REUTERS/Susan Baaghil

The conservative British-based news and opinion website—The Commentator—first drew attention to the disruption on Tuesday in a report headlined: Has Saudi Arabia blocked the Jerusalem Post? The article wrote a “A lecturer from Saudi Arabia has claimed that the country is blocking access to the Jerusalem Post website.”

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Two Saudi princes accused in UK of laundering for Hezbollah

Princes seeking to extricate themselves from London legal battle saying: “We deal with whoever we want to deal with, whether it’s Hezbollah, the Mafia or even the Jews,”

By REUTERS

 

LONDON – Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an allegation their lawyer called “fanciful”.
Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters chant slogans and hold flags

Lebanon’s Hezbollah supporters chant slogans and hold flags – Photo: Reuters/Khalil Hassan

Prince Mishal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a brother of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, and his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Mishal, had previously argued they had sovereign immunity from suit but the courts rejected that stance.

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11th Saudi Aid Convoy Enters the ‘Besieged’ Gaza Strip

In spite of claims by Hamas that Israel is keeping Gaza under “siege”, a Saudi convoy carrying medical aid arrives from Egypt.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Despite claims by Gaza’s Hamas terrorist rulers that Israel is keeping the region under “siege”, a convoy carrying medical aid from Saudi Arabia, the 11th one in recent weeks, arrived at the coastal enclave on Saturday.

Arab affairs expert Dalit Halevi reports that the Saudi convoy includes 10 tons of medicines and medical equipment. It was transferred to the El-Arish airport in Egypt and from there was taken to Gaza in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent in North Sinai and the Palestinian Authority’s Red Crescent. Continue Reading »

Analysis: Israel and a Sunni Alliance

An alliance will see Israel teaming up with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey & the United Arab Emirates to forge a Middle East “moderate crescent” to “contain” Iran, rather than confront it.

By Gil Ronen

 

The report of a new alliance between Israel and several Sunni Muslim Arab states for “containment” of a nuclear Iran has people more worried than they should be, according to Arutz Sheva strategic affairs contributor, Mark Langfan.

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) has coffee with Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Fahd bin Abdullah upon his arrival April 23 at King Khaled Int'l Airport in Riyadh. - Photo Jim Watson AFP

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) has coffee with Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Fahd bin Abdullah upon his arrival April 23 at King Khaled Int’l Airport in Riyadh.

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Israel + Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates & Jordan share intel

UK newspaper reports Israel agrees ‘4+1’, a joint effort with ‘regional powers’ to counter Iran’s “fundamentalist crescent” of Iran, Iraq, Syria & Hezbollah.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israel has been working toward a cooperative agreement in compliance with Turkey and three Arab states to implement an allied system of detection technologies to defend against Iranian ballistic projectiles, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported.

Iranian ballisitic missile launched at war game.

Iranian Fateh-110 ballistic missile launched at war game. – Photo: Ho New / Reuters

The initiative, termed “4+1”, reportedly proposes joint efforts to be taken by Israel along with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan to share access to radar and anti-missile technologies, according to the Times.

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