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Netanyahu and CIA Chief Discuss 'Pausing' Rafah Assault

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-08 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An Israeli official said visiting CIA Director Bill Burns and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Wednesday "the possibility" of suspending military operations in Gaza's Rafah in exchange for Hamas freeing hostages. Netanyahu and the US spy chief, who has been involved in mediation efforts in the Israel-Hamas war, met in Jerusalem as part ...

The Agreement Approved by Hamas: A Diplomatic Trap?

2024-05-08 20:29 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas

Could there possibly be two versions of a ceasefire proposal for Gaza? Could there have been a modified version unbeknownst to Israeli authorities? According to Israeli statements, the Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a ceasefire in the enclave, approved by Hamas on Monday, differs from the one previously endorsed by Tel Aviv. However, there appears ...

Israel Seizes Rafah Crossing as Gaza Truce Talks Resume

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 23:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas

Israel deployed tanks into Rafah on Tuesday, in southern Gaza, taking control of the border crossing with Egypt, an action that the United Nations stated obstructed access to the crucial humanitarian route. Israel sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing the border crossing with Egypt Tuesday, in an operation the United Nations said denied ...

Al Jazeera to Pursue Legal Action Over Israel Ban

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The news director of Al Jazeera informed AFP in an interview that the TV network is determined to pursue every available legal action to contest Israel's ban of its operations within the country. Al Jazeera can still broadcast its live feed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as the shutdown does not apply to these territories. Al Jazeera will look ...

Biden Reiterates 'Clear Position' on Rafah to Netanyahu

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-06 20:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden "reiterated his clear position" to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after Israel defied US warnings and told Palestinians to evacuate part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the White House said. Meanwhile, Netanyahu "agreed to ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing is open for humanitarian assistance for those in ...

Israel Simultaneously Attacks Rafah, Engages in Negotiations After Hamas' Response

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-06 20:06 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas

Following Hamas' response to the ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar, Israel decided to persist in its planned military operation in Rafah while simultaneously deciding to send a delegation of negotiators to Cairo for talks. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh informed mediators Qatar and Egypt early on Monday evening that his Palestinian ...

Gaza Negotiations Stall Again

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-05 21:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A Hamas official said on Sunday that the group's delegation to the Gaza truce talks in Cairo was leaving for Qatar after disagreements with Israel over demands to end the war persisted. A meeting in Cairo on a proposed truce linked to the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip ended on Sunday without any concrete progress, while Israel and Hamas ...

Washington Blocks Arms Shipment to Israel

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-05 19:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Biden administration suspended a shipment of US-made munitions to Israel last week, two Israeli officials told the US media outlet Axios on Sunday, May 5. This is the first time Washington has blocked an arms shipment to Tel Aviv since the start of the conflict. A few days earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told Netanyahu that ...

Israel Bans Al Jazeera, Which Condemns Its Decision

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-05 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu

Al Jazeera went off-air in Israel Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government decided to shut it down following a long-running feud, a move the Qatar-based channel decried as "criminal". Netanyahu declared on X that the government had "unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel". The ...

Gaza Truce Talks on Hold, to Resume Sunday

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-04 22:43 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas

Talks resumed in Cairo on Saturday on ways to achieve a truce in the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, against a backdrop of mutual accusations by the warring parties of obstructing any agreement. Talks resumed in Egypt Saturday aimed at halting months of war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel that have triggered protests around the ...

Blinken Calls on Hamas to Accept Ceasefire Proposal

This Is Beirut, 2024-05-01 23:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US top diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas on Wednesday to accept a Gaza truce plan, despite an Israeli warning that the army will keep fighting the Palestinian militant group after any ceasefire. "Hamas needs to say yes and needs to get this done," said Blinken, who was in Israel on his seventh Middle East crisis tour since the war broke out in ...

Netanyahu Threatens With Rafah Offensive Regardless of Deal

This Is Beirut, 2024-04-30 21:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza's far-southern Rafah city "with or without" a truce deal being negotiated with Hamas. He issued the warning despite strong concerns raised by top ally Washington and hours before the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...

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