Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz told United States President Donald Trump that the Gulf country wanted to see a fair and permanent solution for the Palestinians, which was the starting point for its 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, the kingdom's state news agency reported on Monday. The two men spoke by phone following a US-brokered accord last month under which the United Arab Emirates agreed to become the third Arab […]
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ) is due to hold an emergency meeting at its headquarters in Saudi Arabia 's Jeddah to discuss US President Donald Trump 's recently unveiled Middle East plan . Requested by the Palestinian leadership, the meeting of the 57-member body on Monday comes two days after the Arab League rejected Trump's so-called "deal of the century", saying : "It does not meet the […]
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and architect of the US President's Middle East plan, has called the Palestinians "quite foolish" for immediately rejecting the administration's "deal of the century." The long awaited 181-page document contained conceptual maps showing how Israel and a future Palestinian state would appear, if the Palestinians agreed to sign up to the plan. The points laid out in the document allow for Israel to annex illegal […]
South African civil society has roundly condemned President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East peace plan, adding to the global outrage over the so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. On Monday, Trump unveiled what he believes is a "realistic two-state solution", which accedes to nearly every major Israeli demand and has been unequivocally rejected by Palestinians. One of Trump’s key announcements is that the Zionist state will retain control over an “undivided […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
