20/08 09:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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On his ninth visit to the region since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the subsequent war and massacres in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to deliver a message from the American administration to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US efforts to secure a ceasefire through the Doha and Cairo ...
This Is Beirut, 19/08 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured him of support for a US proposal to bridge gaps on reaching a Gaza ceasefire, and pressed Hamas to agree. Following three hours of talks with the prime minister in Jerusalem, Blinken said that Netanyahu promised Israel would send a team to ...
This Is Beirut, 04/08 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
With Ismail Haniyeh killed, regional tensions escalating, and the latest round of talks stalling, are ceasefire hopes now dead? The killing of Hamas's political leader in an attack blamed on Israel has prompted fears of a wider regional conflict and sidelined talks aimed at ending the nearly 10-month war in Gaza. With the United States and ...
This Is Beirut, 04/08 10:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A senior official in the Biden administration criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that he has shown ingratitude toward the United States despite the significant aid it has provided during the past 10 months of conflict. According to Haaretz, the official described recent conversations between President Joe Biden and ...
This Is Beirut, 02/08 20:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Thursday, United States President Joe Biden privately demanded in a "tough" call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he stop escalating tensions in the region and work towards a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, according to Axios, citing two US officials. Biden and his top advisers were not pleased by the aftermath of Israel's ...
This Is Beirut, 31/07 22:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel "delivered crushing blows to all our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, explicitly mentioning the killing of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shokr in south Beirut. Netanyahu's televised statement lasted for approximately five minutes and did not make any reference to the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in ...
This Is Beirut, 30/07 14:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Dozens of protesters stormed two Israeli army bases on Monday, demanding the release of nine reservists detained as part of an investigation into alleged "substantial abuses" against a Palestinian detainee. Earlier on Monday morning, the Israeli army announced the arrest of nine soldiers stationed at the Sde Teiman detention center, located in ...
30/07 08:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu had not yet finished his official meetings in Washington when the situation escalated on the Lebanon front due to a “stray” shell hitting a playground in Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights, resulting in the deaths of some 12 children. International efforts intensified to contain the situation and prevent the southern ...
29/07 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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If I had to choose a motto to depict, by and large, the international scenery, I would opt for the above-mentioned aphorism. The chaotic landscapes burgeoning, throughout the various geopolitical spectrums, is a quite appropriate representation when it comes to describing the dynamics of implosion on the crossroads between domestic and ...
This Is Beirut, 26/07 20:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sharply criticized his Democratic political rivals and pledged to work for peace in the Middle East if reelected as he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday. The meeting capped a week in which Netanyahu addressed the US Congress and held talks with President Joe ...
This Is Beirut, 26/07 19:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel on Friday slammed a UN rights expert for "anti-Semitism" after she endorsed a social media post comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, has faced harsh criticism from Israel previously, especially ...
This Is Beirut, 26/07 03:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kamala Harris signaled a major shift on US Gaza policy Thursday, with the presidential hopeful telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a peace deal and insisting she would not be "silent" on the suffering in the Palestinian enclave. Ripping up outgoing President Joe Biden's playbook of mostly behind-the-scenes pressure on ...