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Israel Military’s Daily Pauses For Gaza Aid Delivery Pitch Irks Netanyahu

June 16, 2024 admin

Netanyahu’s reaction underlined political tensions over the issue of aid coming into Gaza (File) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized plans announced by the military on Sunday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave. The military had announced the…

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Watch: Is Israel winning the war in Gaza?

May 30, 2024 admin

The International Court of Justice, on May 24, ruled that Israel must immediately stop its military offensive in Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, where over 1.4 million Palestinians, most of them displaced people, were camping. Two days later, Israel carried out devastating air strikes on Rafah, targeting tent camps of the displaced in areas…

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Israel PM Netanyahu acknowledges ‘tragic mistake’ after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians

May 27, 2024 admin

Children light candles during a march against Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, on the Mediterranean Sea corniche in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 27, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city…

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What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide: Biden

May 21, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, at a celebration for Jewish American Heritage Month, in the Rose Garden at the White House, in Washington, U.S., May 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, May 21, 2024, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign…

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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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