This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 21:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States President Joe Biden condemned a "ferocious surge" in anti-Semitism on Tuesday, in a Holocaust memorial speech that came at a fraught moment in Israel's war in Gaza and with protests roiling American universities. Biden, who has backed Israel since the start of the conflict, said too many people were forgetting that it was the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
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 ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-07 17:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Families of hostages held in Gaza have urged the United States and other governments with citizens among the captives to pressure Israel to strike a deal with Hamas for their return. Following indications on Monday of progress in talks towards a truce in the seven-month war, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said that it had appealed to a ...
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 ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-06 14:18 - Reading : less than a minute
On Sunday May 5, thousands of Israelis once again took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against Israel's policy in Gaza.
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-05 22:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday denounced a "genocide" in Gaza, urging its 57 member countries to impose sanctions on Israel in a resolution adopted at the end of its Gambia summit. The organization called on its members to impose "sanctions on Israel, the occupying power, and halt the export of weapons and ammunition used ...
Rayan Chami, 2024-05-05 20:39 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 5th, 2024.
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 ...
2024-05-04 21:56 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 3rd, 2024.
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-04 21:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The chief of the United Nations' food program has warned of a "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza and reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas. "There is famine, full-blown famine in the north and it's moving its way south," Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), said in an interview excerpt ...
2024-05-03 21:30 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for May 3rd, 2024.
Alissar Boulos, 2024-05-03 19:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday May 3rd and the 210th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s episode: the situation in South Lebanon, France’s diplomatic efforts to calm tensions and a one-billion-euro EU package to Lebanon over Syrian presence. As well as a report on garbage scavengers in Beirut and other local ...