Middle East Experience

The pro-Israel organization also launched a new website titled "Corporate Antisemitism" to combat anti-Jewish rhetoric spread by companies.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: SWU ads slam Ben & Jerry's Israel boycott at Unilever HQ

State Commission of Inquiry into Meron disaster recommends staggering the arrival of pilgrims to the holy site for the coming Lag Ba’omer celebation, limiting maximum number allowed on site.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Crowd limits, staggered visitation recommended for celebrations at Meron

Michael Cohen served a three-year sentence for campaign finance violations and other crimes.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen freed after 3-year confinement

Nearly 245,000 Lebanese living abroad have signed up to vote in next year’s parliamentary polls, Lebanon’s foreign ministry said Sunday, after it closed the window for registration..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Thousands of Lebanon expats register to vote in parliamentary polls

Kuwait on Saturday ordered Lebanon’s charge d’affaires to leave the country and recalled its ambassador from Beirut in protest over comments made by a Lebanese cabinet minister criticizing the Arab intervention in Yemen.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The senior Lebanese diplomat was given 48 hours to leave Kuwait, the Gulf Arab state’s official news agency KUNA said, quoting a foreign ministry statement.Read more: Saudi Arabia expels Lebanese ambassador to Riyadh, recalls ambassador from BeirutBahrain asks Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within 48 hoursSaudi Arabia designates Lebanon’s Al-Qard al-Hassan terrorist entity, freezes assets
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Kuwait gives Lebanese charge d’affaires 48 hours to leave country

A rare woman artist in the highly conservative Horn of Africa nation, Sana Ashraf Sharif Muhsin lives and works amid the rubble of her uncle’s building that was partially destroyed in Mogadishu’s years of war..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: For woman artist Sana Muhsin, painting is about more than just art

Biden administration officials have suggested that time is running out to salvage the 2015 accord under which Iran sharply curtailed its nuclear activities..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Biden suggests nuclear talks with Iran may resume.

Tunisian forces dismantled a cell linked to Islamic State (ISIS) in the southern city of Tataouine that was planning to attack security and military forces, the Interior Ministry said on Friday..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Tunisia dismantles ISIS cell in southern city of Tataouine

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday he wants the best relations with Saudi Arabia after the kingdom summoned its ambassador, expelled Beirut’s envoy and banned Lebanese imports.Aoun’s statement in a tweet followed talks by a ministerial crisis management group aimed at easing a diplomatic rift that stemmed partly from comments by a Lebanese minister criticizing the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The Lebanese presidency statement added that Aoun is keen on having the best relations with Saudi Arabia and on strengthening them by signing bilateral deals.The row over critical comments made by Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi about the Arab Coalition military intervention in Yemen threw the government into a new crisis amid calls for Kordahi’s resignation.Kordahi had said that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis were defending themselves and described the years long war in Yemen as “futile.”Saudi Arabia has affirmed its keenness on the Lebanese citizens residing in the Kingdom, “whom it considers part of the fabric and bond that unites the Saudi people and their Arab brothers residing in the Kingdom,” according to the statement issued Friday.The ministry added that it did not consider that what was said by Kordahi reflected the positions of the Lebanese community residing in the Kingdom.Read more:Lebanon ministers hold crisis meeting over dispute with Saudi ArabiaGroup of former Lebanese PMs calls on Kordahi to resignArab League expresses concern over worsening Lebanese-Gulf relations: Statement
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Lebanese president Aoun says he wants best relations with Saudis

Yasir al-Rumayyan tested positive for COVID-19 in the week leading to the start of the fifth edition of FII, Saudi Arabia’s annual investment forum, and thus was unable to attend, sources told Al Arabiya.FII was held between October 26 to 28 this year in the Kingdom’s capital Riyadh under the theme of ‘Invest in Humanity.’ The mega-event saw officials, business leaders, and dignitaries gather from across the world in discussion on how to build a sustainable future in a post-COVID-19 world.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Al-Rumayyan, governor of the PIF and chairman of the FII Institute, was unable to attend after being tested positive, however, he had been feeling well, and was following quarantine and self isolation procedures, as well as being fully vaccinated, sources explained, and later tested negative in a recent test.Among the myriad of announcements from FII, a total of 44 multinational companies on Wednesday received licenses to move their regional headquarters to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, state news agency SPA reported at the time.“The licenses were issued at the fifth edition of the Future Investment Initiative, attended by the world’s most influential leaders in business and government,” SPA said.The Kingdom expects the companies to set up regional headquarters in the capital and move to Riyadh within a year, the President of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, Fahd al-Rasheed, told Reuters.Read more:Saudi Arabia in talks with car manufacturers to set up facilities in the kingdomSaudi Arabia’s Green Initiative versus the Glasgow Climate Change ConferenceLucid CEO: Saudi Arabia is second-biggest market for car pre-ordersSaudi Arabia led efforts to put culture on the global map: Saudi official at FII
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Yasir al-Rumayyan tested positive for COVID-19, was unable to attend FII: Sources