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US envoy touts ‘potential’ of Israel-Saudi deal in Netanyahu talks

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden’s national security advisor briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on the “potential” of a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia after holding talks in the region, the White House said Sunday. Jake Sullivan also called on the Israeli prime minister to link the military operation against Hamas […]

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Biden faces silent Gaza protest at Martin Luther King Jr’s college

Published by AFP Atlanta (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A small number of graduates carried out the silent protest, with some

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Iran’s president helicopter crashes, rescue op amid harsh conditions

UPDATE –All nine people on board of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter which crashed in the country’s north-west have died, the state news agency IRNA and state television have reported. Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian are among the nine dead, according to state media. On Monday morning IRNA published images taken by a

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Israel’s Benny Gantz sets June 8 deadline for adoption of new Gaza war plan

Published by Euronews (English) The announcement deepens a divide within Israel’s leadership more than seven months into a war in which Israel is yet to accomplish its stated goals of dismantling Hamas and returning hostages abducted in the militant group’s 7 October attack. Gantz spelled out a six-point plan that includes the return of the

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US Navy finishes installing Gaza pier, will begin receiving aid ‘in the coming days’

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 18 (ANI/TPS): The US Navy completed the installation of a floating pier off the coast of Gaza, with humanitarian aid deliveries to begin “in the coming days,” US Central Command announced. “Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days. The United

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Israel kills 15 terrorists in Hamas command center inside UNRWA school

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 15 (ANI/TPS): Israeli aircraft killed 15 terrorists in a strike on a Hamas command center located inside a UNRWA school on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces said. The war room was embedded in a UN Relief and Works Agency school in the central Gaza area of Nuseirat.

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Erdoğan says Turkey treating more than 1,000 Hamas members

Published by DPA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that more than 1,000 members of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas are receiving medical treatment in Turkey. “In my country, more than 1,000 members of Hamas are currently being treated in our hospitals,” Erdoğan said in Ankara at a joint press conference with Greek

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Egypt announces intent to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice

Published by ANI News Cairo [Egypt], May 12 (ANI): Egypt said it will formally join the case registered by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention in its military action in the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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If Israel is forced to stand alone, it will stand alone: PM Netanyahu

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 10 (ANI): Rejecting international pressure to halt the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that if “forced,” Israel will “stand alone” in its war against Hamas. Netanyahu spoke after President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive weapons for Israel’s long-promised

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US pauses weapons shipment to Israel as assault on Rafah steps up

Published by DPA International The United States has paused a large shipment of weapons to Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns in Washington about Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “We’re going to continue to do what’s necessary to support Israel,” Austin said, calling Washington’s security

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Israel seizes control of Rafah border crossing and hits out at Hamas ceasefire ‘ruse’

Published by GB News Israel has taken control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after launching air strikes. Israel carried out the next stage of its offensive while the prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said late on Monday it had agreed to

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Congressional Candidate Bill Wells Tells His Stand on Israel

Our commitment to Israel is of course strategic, but it is also based upon friendship and commonality of values. An Israel that can protect, for its people, the right to exist in peace and pursue happiness and prosperity, is an ally that shares the values and ideals of America. A strong alliance with Israel is both a strategic and moral imperative. [Bill Wells]

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