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MONEY20/20 MIDDLE EAST BRINGS TOGETHER THE VOICES DRIVING FINTECH FORWARD
Mid East Information
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August 14, 2025
Global fintech regulators, visionary founders, and investment heavyweights to take the stage in Riyadh this September Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -August 2025 – Money20/20 Middle East, the premier platform for the fintech and financial community, hosted...
US investment powerhouse signs $11 billion deal for Middle East gas megaproject
Upstream
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Jafurah remains a strategic priority for Aramco as the Saudi heavyweight advances several projects aimed at increasing the country's natural gas production capacity by more than 60% by 2030 Saudi Aramco chief executive, Amin Nasser.Photo: CERAWEEK...
Investment Destination Dubai: Kim Makes Her Move
finews.com
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August 14, 2025
American reality TV icon and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian is set to open the first Middle Eastern boutique for her fashion brand Skims in Dubai. Time and again, celebrities try to bank on the hype surrounding the Gulf metropolis—but not always...
Israelâs land grab ambitions laid bare as Netanyahu backs âGreater Israelâ vision
Natural News
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August 14, 2025
Israel’s land grab ambitions laid bare as Netanyahu backs “Greater Israel” vision Netanyahu openly endorsed "Greater Israel," a radical expansionist vision including parts of Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and occupied Palestinian territories....
Israeli Settlement Expansion Plan Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied east Jerusalem had won approval, and that it would thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state. Smotrich said...
Israel launches settlement plan to divide the West Bank and 'bury' idea of Palestinian state
Gulf Today
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August 14, 2025
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, a move his office said would "bury" the idea of a Palestinian...
Israel's far-right finance minister vows settlement expansion
Semafor
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August 14, 2025
Israel’s far-right finance minister pushed for expanding Jewish settlements across the Palestinian territories, despite increasing international pushback. Bezalel Smotrich said Thursday that construction plans were approved for a West Bank project...
Israel freezes bank accounts of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem over property tax dispute
Middle East Monitor
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August 14, 2025
Israeli authorities froze all bank accounts of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem over a long-standing property tax dispute, escalating tensions with Christian institutions in the occupied city, local media said on Thursday, Anadolu...
Arab states decry Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ comments
Middle East Monitor
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August 14, 2025
Several Arab countries on Wednesday denounced remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is attached to the vision of a “Greater Israel,” calling them a “threat to the sovereignty of states,” Anadolu reports. Netanyahu told news...
Israel’s Smotrich Approves Plan to Split West Bank, “Bury” Palestinian Statehood
Truthout
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August 14, 2025
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is advancing a longstanding illegal settlement plan in...
Israel unveils new West Bank settlement plan
The Express Tribune
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August 15, 2025
MAALE ADUMIM/TEL AVIV: Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, a move his office said would "bury" the...
Israel announces settlement project that critics say will effectively cut West Bank in two
The Tribune-Democrat - Pennsylvania
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MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank – Israel’s far-right finance minister said Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead – a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans...
Israel launches settlement to block Palestinian state
Dawn
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August 15, 2025
• Palestinians fear move will rob them of any chance to build a state of their own • US urged to pressure Tel Aviv to stop settlement building; EU opposed to territorial change • 17 more killed as Gaza bombardment intensifies MAALE: Israeli...
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike
Indybay - California
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August 14, 2025
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel’s killing in Gaza on Sunday of four Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal —...
Israel's Smotrich is sabotaging Trump's dream of Saudi normalization
Haaretz
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August 14, 2025
With the world's eyes on Gaza, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, announced on Thursday a major step in the direction of annexing the West Bank to Israel –and shutting down for good the possibility of creating a territorially contiguous...
Arab nations slam Netanyahu's 'Greater Israel' plan
China Daily Global
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Zeng Jixin (left), head of China's office to the State of Palestine, shakes hands with Karim Amer, director of partnerships with the UNRWA Department of External Relations, after signing a contribution agreement in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday....
Egypt's FM, Water Minister Review Regional Water Coordination
Sada Elbalad
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August 14, 2025
Fri 15 Aug 2025 | 12:14 AM Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilam met to coordinate regional and international efforts on water issues and strengthen cooperation with Nile Basin countries. The...
Israel okays settlement plan to ‘bury’ idea of Palestine
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 14, 2025
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut if off from East Jerusalem, a move his office said would “bury” the idea of a Palestinian state....
Iran’s Nuke Reactor Attack Spurs China; Ditches German, French PLCs For Domestic Tech At Xiluodu Dam
The Eurasian Times
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August 15, 2025
China has completed a significant technology shift at one of its largest energy projects. The Xiluodu Dam, a massive hydropower station on the Jinsha River, has replaced its long-standing German and French industrial control systems with equipment...
Turkey raises end-2025 official inflation forecast range to 25-29%
BNE Intellinews
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Turkey’s central bank on August 14 raised its end-2025 official inflation "forecast" range to 25-29% in its latest quarterly inflation report. The authority also introduced a new term, namely “interim targets”, and left its end-year “target”...