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US House Leader Moves Toward Inviting Benjamin Netanyahu To Address Congress

May 22, 2024 admin

In March, Netanyahu addressed Republican party members in the Senate via a video link. Washington: The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday he was close to inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address lawmakers even if the Senate’s Democratic leader did not go along. House Speaker Mike Johnson told…

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U.N. warns of famine in northern Gaza as flow of relief materials slows down

May 20, 2024 admin

A Palestinian boy carries an aid box after storming trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new U.S.-built pier, at the beach road of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Food and medicine for Palestinians in Gaza are piling up in Egypt because the Rafah…

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US President Joe Biden Says Israel’s Gaza Offensive Is “Not Genocide”

May 20, 2024 admin

More than 35,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October in Israeli retaliation against Hamas. Washington: US President Joe Biden denied Monday that Israel’s war in Gaza was genocide, as he slammed an “outrageous” request by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli leaders. “What’s happening is not genocide,” Biden…

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Joe Biden Slams World Court ICC For Seeking Arrest Warrant Against Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

May 20, 2024 admin

Biden said that the United States “will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.” Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday condemned an “outrageous” request by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As Washington moved to defend its key ally, Secretary of State Antony…

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Who Are The Hamas Leaders The World Court Is Seeking Arrest Warrants For

May 20, 2024 admin

Ismail Haniyeh has travelled on diplomatic missions to Iran and Turkey during the war (File) The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against three top leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas whose bloody October 7 attack triggered the ongoing war. Karim Khan also said he was applying for…

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World Court ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders For “War Crimes”

May 20, 2024 admin

The arrest warrant against Netanyahu has been sought for “war crimes” (File) The Hague: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu…

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Israeli Strike Kills 31 In Gaza As US Envoy Jake Sullivan Meets Benjamin Netanyahu Amid Rafah Ops

May 19, 2024 admin

An Israeli strike killed 31 people and wounded 20 in a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp Rafah, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli strike killed 31 people in central Gaza Sunday, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said, as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited for talks on the conflict. Israeli troops have moved in…

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Biden As He Faces Gaza Protest At Martin Luther King Jr’s College

May 19, 2024 admin

US President Joe Biden addresses Morehouse College graduates during a commencement ceremony Atlanta, United States: US President Joe Biden said Sunday he heard the voice of Gaza war protesters as some students turned their backs on his graduation ceremony speech at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A small number…

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Major Gaza Hospital Reopens Amid Raging Israel Hamas War

May 19, 2024 admin

Over a week in February, the hospital was attacked when Khan Yunis was the focus of fighting. (File) Khan Yunis: Lying bedridden in her room at the recently reopened Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza, Alaa Abu Ahmed is relieved that she can finally restart her medical treatment. Displacement because of fighting between Israeli…

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An airstrike kills 20 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders air wartime divisions

May 19, 2024 admin

An Israeli airstrike killed 20 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting raged across the north on Sunday as Israel’s leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced criticism from his own War Cabinet, with his main political…

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