This Is Beirut, 2024-08-24 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, 2024-08-22 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, 2024-08-21 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, 2024-08-20 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 ...
2024-08-20 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, 2024-08-19 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, 2024-08-04 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, 2024-08-04 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, 2024-08-02 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, 2024-07-31 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, 2024-07-30 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 ...
2024-07-30 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 ...