Israeli Troops Raid Wedding in Hebron, Arrest Groom

Israeli soldiers raided a Palestinian wedding ceremony, Friday, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and detained the groom and other guests.

The arrests are trending on the social media with much images and commentary from news websites other bloggers.

According to witnesses the groom and the other guests were detained for an hour before they were released according to Anadolu.

One blogger said the Israeli army stormed the “wedding in Hebron and abducted the groom while he was next to his bride. What was supposed to be the happiest moment for the couple turned into their worst because of Israel.”

The Israeli forces raided the Abu Turki family celebration at the Sofia Hall in the Umm al-Dalia area in the center of Hebron and took the men for questioning and forcing them to raise their hands.

Witnesses said the Israeli troops vandalized some of the cars of the guests with the reasons remaining unclear of why they wanted to raid the wedding party.

Reports indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the escalation in the West Bank because of threats from right-wing parties to bring down his government over the ceasefire, which they oppose according to the Turkish news agency.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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After a long-running legal row over his appointment, Iran’s deputy president for strategic affairs, Javad Zarif, announced his resignation on Monday.

In a detailed post on X, the former top diplomat said he had worked with dedication in President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government over the past nine months but endured “the most vile insults, slanders, and threats directed at myself and my family” over the past six months.

He described this period as “the most bitter” of his 40-year political career, referencing the controversy surrounding his appointment as the country’s vice president according to Anadolu.

Many of his critics argued that his appointment violated the Constitution, as his children — born in the US — are natural-born citizens of the US.

“Over the past four decades, I have endured countless insults and accusations for my small role in advancing national interests, from ending the imposed war to bringing the nuclear case to completion, and I have remained silent in the face of a flood of lies and distortions to protect the country’s interests,” he wrote in his resignation letter.

Zarif, who served as foreign minister for eight years under President Hassan Rouhani and played a key role in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, said he was invited by the judiciary chief, who pointed to the country’s current state and advised him to return to academia “to prevent further pressure on the government.”

“I hope that with my departure, obstacles to the people’s will and the government’s success will be removed,” Zarif said.

The former top diplomat had been under intense pressure from conservative political circles, which urged parliament to remove him from his government post.

Notably, Zarif, who had campaigned for Pezeshkian during the elections, also led the committee responsible for selecting candidates for various ministries and government departments.

There had been speculation about his resignation in the past too but he always dismissed them.

There has been no word so far from the president’s office on whether he will accept the resignation. But sources say the resignation will be accepted to prevent further pressure on the government.

On Sunday, Economy Minister Abdolnasser Hemmati was impeached by the parliament over mounting economic woes and depreciating national currency rial.

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