par 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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/09 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas Israel
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 ...
par 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 ...
par 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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/08 21:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/08 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Israel
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 04:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Ceasefire Palestine Israel
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 20:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Israel
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 ...
par 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 ...
20/08 09:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Israel
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/08 21:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Antony Blinken Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas Israel
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 ...
par 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 ...