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UN Tackles Beleaguered Two-state Solution For Israel, Palestinians
France and Saudi Arabia will lead the charge starting Monday to revive the moribund push for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at a UN conference in New…
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Activist Boat Handala Seized Off Gaza Brought To Israel
Israeli forces brought the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala into the port of Ashdod on Sunday, after seizing the vessel in international waters and detaining the crew, an AFP journalist saw.…
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UN Slams Gaza Airdrop Aid as ‘Inefficient and a Distraction’ Amid Starvation Crisis
The commissioner of a United Nations agency criticized Western leaders’ initiative to airdrop aid into the besieged Gaza enclave as “inefficient and a distraction,” as the Israeli-driven starvation crisis deepens,…
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International Media Groups Urge Israel To Allow Access To Gaza
International news agencies Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters as well as the BBC on Thursday called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza, which…
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A Month After Ceasefire With Israel, Iranians Fear Another War
The ceasefire that ended Iran’s 12-day war with Israel has held for nearly a month without incident, but many Iranians remain uneasy, struggling with uncertainty as fears of another confrontation…
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Vatican Hardens Tone On Israel After Gaza Parish Strike
An Israeli army strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza last week has pushed the Vatican to change its tone on Israel and blame it more directly in the…
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Western Nations Call For Immediate End To Gaza War As Israel Expands Offensive
More than two dozen Western countries called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza on Monday, saying that suffering there had “reached new depths” as Israel’s military expanded…
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Fears Of Escalation After Israel Hits Huthi-held Yemen Port
Israel pounded Yemen’s Huthi-held port of Hodeida with air strikes on Monday for the second time in a month, stoking fears of escalation as it warned Yemen could face the…
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Syria Forces Deploy In Druze Heartland After US Brokers Deal With Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province. Israel had bombed defence ministry…
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Israel Bombs Syria Army HQ After Warning Damascus To Leave Druze Alone
Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says…
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Divided EU Weighs Action Against Israel Over Gaza War
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday will discuss a raft of options for action against Israel over the war in Gaza — but likely will not agree on any. The bloc’s…
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Gaza Ceasefire Talks Held Up By Israel Withdrawal Plans: Palestinian Sources
Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel’s proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of…
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Majorie Taylor Greene Presses Congress to End Military Aid to ‘Nuclear-Armed Israel’: ‘Not a Helpless Country’
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has appealed to Congress, encouraging the legislature to refrain from sending more military aid to the state of Israel. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has…
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Israel, Hamas Defiant As US Presses For Ceasefire
Israel’s bid to crush Hamas’s capabilities and bring the hostages home dominated talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister said, even as the Palestinian militants vowed…
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Iran President Says Israel Attempted To Assassinate Him
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview released on Monday that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him. The remarks came…
