CAIRO — The Interior Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said on Tuesday that its police forces had arrested five people suspected of attacking aid trucks, apparently the first such arrests by Hamas during the ceasefire.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza — perhaps permanently — as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East.
A statement released Tuesday by the Ministry of Construction and the prime minister’s office said the quota for private importation of foreign workers into the construction industry would be raised from 25,000 to 30,000, and that various other barriers to bringing in foreign workers would be eased.
Meanwhile at the White House, Trump will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the key U.S. ally to take in refugees from Gaza — perhaps permanently — as part of his audacious plan to remake the Middle East.
JERUSALEM — Israel will provide several thousand additional work permits for foreign construction laborers, a decision that signals Israel intends to keep barring Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from working in Israel.
