Malo Pinatel, 17/09 11:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
In Lebanon, August 2024 was exceptionally intense, characterized by sweltering temperatures and escalating geopolitical tensions. The assassinations of Fouad Shokr in Beirut’s southern suburbs and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran cast a month-long shadow of a potential regional war, with Lebanon once again at risk of becoming a battlefield. However, ...
This Is Beirut, 14/09 21:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a meeting of the security cabinet that it was only a matter of time before the war on the Israeli-Lebanese border expands, according to remarks reported on Saturday by Israel's Channel 13. “We are heading for a vast campaign of one intensity or another,” Netanyahu said in part. During the ...
This Is Beirut, 05/09 10:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal after the Israeli Prime Minister said the Palestinian militant group has "rejected everything" in negotiations. The blame trading comes as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal that would free remaining hostages after Israeli authorities announced on Sunday the ...
Mario Chartouni, 03/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For months now, general discontent with the government has been brewing within Israeli society. This Sunday, however, it seems to have reached a boiling point, as Arnon Bar-David, head of the Histadrut (Israel's largest trade union federation), has called for a general strike. So, what exactly is going on? What’s Behind the Strike? Following ...
This Is Beirut, 02/09 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, vowing "not to give in to pressure" over the issue in Gaza ceasefire talks. "The achievement of the war's objectives goes through the Philadelphi Corridor," he said at a televised press ...
This Is Beirut, 02/09 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages taken by Palestinian armed group Hamas. Asked by reporters at the White House -- where Biden was arriving for a meeting with US negotiators -- if he thought the Israeli leader was doing enough on the ...
This Is Beirut, 01/09 12:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "settle the score" with Hamas after the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages from a Gaza tunnel. "Those who kill hostages do not want an agreement" for a Gaza truce, Netanyahu said in a statement, telling Hamas leaders that "we will hunt you down, we will catch you and we ...
This Is Beirut, 28/08 21:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and stated that the preemptive strike on Lebanon is not the end, emphasizing that efforts will continue to return Israeli residents back to their homes. “A few days ago, we thwarted a surprise attack by Hezbollah on the State of Israel. We destroyed ...
This Is Beirut, 24/08 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A source who has close knowledge of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo stated that Israeli negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over the latter's demand for Israel to keep the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Two major issues in negotiations supported by Egypt, Qatar ...
This Is Beirut, 22/08 04:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas as talks on a truce faltered. The US and Israeli leaders spoke hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a tour of the Middle East aimed at reaching an accord as tensions rise in the region. In a statement on ...
This Is Beirut, 21/08 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday his "readiness for any scenario" amid the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah and its backer, Iran, against the backdrop of the Gaza war. United States President Joe Biden is expected to urge Netanyahu to ease his demands in the ceasefire deal in a phone call later tonight, an unnamed ...
Yara Germany, 20/08 20:45 - Reading : less than a minute
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is continuing his visit to the Middle East. On Monday, he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The US diplomat stated that "Israel accepts the bridging proposal" and that "Prime Minister Netanyahu has committed to sending his senior expert team back ...