Middle East Experience

Lebanon reports 170 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Lebanon reports 170 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

Naveh, 63, was the highest-ranking religious Zionist in the IDF. He was the head of the IDF's Home Front Command and Central Command, before serving as deputy chief of staff in 2010-2014.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Bennett considering Yair Naveh as next national security adviser

Meretz MK Yair Golan calls for ‘madness’ of flag march to be canceled • the parade will proceed through the Old City of Jerusalem and the Arab market between the Jewish and Muslim quarters
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Flag march is 'unrestrained provocation' - Ra'am head Mansour Abbas

The government under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu adopted the so-called “Kotel compromise” formulated by then-Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky in early 2016.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Should Bennett reverse Netanyahu's 'Kotel deal'? - editorial

A number of fires broke out in southern Israel on Tuesday, with at least 20 of them sparked by incendiary balloons launched from Gaza.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Incendiary balloons spark 20 fires in South amid flag march tensions

The top stories on the Round Up in Qatar: 🤝 Top Arab officials meet in Qatar for emergency Arab League session 👉 NATO seeks Qatar base to train Afghan special forces 🏥 Qatar pledges to rebuild Beirut hospital after port blast 🇶🇦 Find out what this year’s Qatar National Day slogan means..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The Round Up | 15 June 2021 – Doha News | Qatar

At least 17 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli security forces.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Clashes in Jerusalem as flag march heads to Old City

After the controversial flag march in Jerusalem, new Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted, "It is incomprehensible that people can hold the Israeli flag in one hand and shout 'Death to Arabs' at the same time."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli minister condemns hate slogans during nationalist march

Israeli women researchers are developing award-winning projects in the fields of food tech and smart agriculture.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli women lead food tech revolution

The United Arab Emirates registered 2,011 new COVID-19 infections, 1,976 recoveries and four deaths over 24 hours, the country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) reported on Wednesday.Health authorities carried out 227,684 coronavirus tests to determine Wednesday’s numbers which indicated a slight decline from Tuesday’s 2,127 cases.NCEMA figures showed that the death toll mounted to 1,738 and total recoveries increased to 583,115.For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page.There are currently 19,108 active cases within the country and the total recorded cases since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 603,961.The UAE’s vaccination drive has been one of the world’s fastest, with over 13.9 million doses already administered and more than two-thirds of the population inoculated against COVID-19.There has been an overall rise in daily recorded cases since Eid al-Fitr in May due to failure to adhere to safety protocols such as social distancing, holding large gatherings and wearing face masks, NCEMA reported on Tuesday.“The virus variants are continuously monitored to identify the latest developments and their impact on the efficiency of the vaccinations,” NCEMA tweeted on Tuesday. “The variants pose a high risk for society, especially vaccinated people. Therefore, we call upon the unvaccinated people to take the vaccines.”Read more:UAE urges public to wear face masks, get vaccinated as COVID-19 cases riseUAE records 2,127 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths in 24 hoursTwo-thirds of Dubai’s eligible population fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UAE logs 2,011 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths in 24 hours