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U.S. ‘very disappointed’ after Netanyahu cancels Israeli visit to Washington

March 25, 2024 admin

The White House said on Monday it was very disappointed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had canceled a high-level Israeli delegation’s planned visit to Washington after the U.S. abstained from a U.N. vote demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “It’s disapppointing. We’re very disappointed that they won’t be coming to Washington, D.C. to allow us…

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UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire with uncertain outcome

March 22, 2024 admin

United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on U.N. headquarters. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council Friday on the…

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Biden backs Schumer after U.S. Senator calls for new elections in Israel

March 16, 2024 admin

President Joe Biden expressed support on March 15 for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza. Mr Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors…

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Israel Hamas War, Israel Gaza War, Netanyahu Says At Least 13,000 Terrorists Among Palestinians Killed

March 10, 2024 admin

“We are very close to victory,” said Netanyahu (File) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a German newspaper that at least 13,000 “terrorists” were among Palestinians killed during Israel’s air and ground assault on Gaza. Five months into Israel’s campaign following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, Palestinian health authorities say nearly…

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Netanyahu’s Approach To Gaza War “Hurting Israel More Than Helping”: Biden

March 10, 2024 admin

Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7, 2023 (File) Washington: Joe Biden said Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel” in an interview aired Saturday, as the US leader’s impatience with his Israeli counterpart grows increasingly visible. With Gaza’s humanitarian crisis growing more dire and…

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Gaza Health Ministry says war deaths exceed 30,000 as famine looms

February 29, 2024 admin

February 29, 2024 12:54 pm | Updated 12:54 pm IST – Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) Displaced Palestinian children wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hamas-run…

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Israel Readies Troops For Invasion As Gaza Civilians Flee

October 14, 2023 admin

In Gaza, health officials said more than 2,200 people had been killed. Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Israel pummelled northern Gaza with fresh air strikes on Saturday, one week on from the deadliest attack in its history, as it urged Palestinians to flee the area before an expected ground offensive against Hamas commanders. AFP reporters near…

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U.S. Defence Secretary Antony Blinken in Israel to meet with its leaders, see America’s security assistance

October 13, 2023 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Amman, Jordan, on October 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived, on October 13, at the Israeli city of Tel Aviv to meet with senior government leaders and see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and…

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Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul

September 12, 2023 admin

All 15 of Israel’s Supreme Court justices appear for the first time in the country’s history to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, which the government pushed through parliament in July, in Jerusalem, on Sept. 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Supreme Court on September 12 opened the…

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Project connecting India to Europe via Middle East ‘largest cooperation project’ in history: Netanyahu

September 10, 2023 admin

Welcoming the announcement of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described it as the “largest cooperation project in our history” that will “change the face of the Middle East, Israel, and will affect the entire world”. The new economic corridor, which many see as an alternative to China’s…

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