Trump Meets with Netanyahu, Discusses Gaza, Iran, West Bank, and Lebanon
On December 29, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The encounter was their sixth since…
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Major benefits for soldiers: Bennett unveils ‘flagship’ law as he gears up for election
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett on Monday announced a proposed benefits package for soldiers and reservists in response to the government’s ongoing attempt to pass a draft exemption bill for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, dubbing…
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Azerbaijan will not send peacekeepers to Gaza, president says
BAKU, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Azerbaijan has no intention of sending a contingent of its troops to take part in peacekeeping operations outside its borders, including in Gaza, President Ilham Aliyev said late on Monday.
Aliyev, interviewed by Azeri…
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Israeli settlers erased a Palestinian village from existence
My last visit to the village of Yanoun was about two years ago, when I reported on the only school that remained in the beleaguered hamlet in the northern occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers and the army had been continuously harassing the…
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Israelis stranded in Gaza blocked from returning due to bureaucratic stalemate
Seven Israelis who traveled to the Gaza Strip shortly before the war and remained there with their families are now unable to return to Israel, despite being legally entitled to do so, after Israeli authorities failed for months to…
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Israel’s reproductive genocide against Palestinian mothers
The first time the man who is now my husband told me he loved me, I was on my way to al-Arroub Refugee Camp in the occupied West Bank to tend to people Israeli forces had just attacked.
He had sent me a voice note, and amid the chaos inside the…
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Breadwinners Killed, Gaza’s Children Turn to Begging to Survive
Gaza used to have one of the highest literacy rates in the world. Since October 2023, more than 64,000 children have reportedly been killed or maimed; many who survived are now orphans, trying to stay alive. Education is a distant memory.
By Eman…
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Israel rolls out new system to tighten movement controls in West Bank
The Israeli army said Monday it is rolling out a new technological system to regulate movement in the occupied West Bank for Israelis and Palestinians, a step Israeli media reported comes amid growing concerns over escalating…
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Hundreds of foreign tourists stranded on Yemen’s Socotra island amid internal fightin
More than 400 tourists from Russia, Europe and the US are stuck on Socotra after flights were halted due to clashes between Saudi- and UAE-backed factions opposing the Houthis; Many arrived for New Year’s celebrations and are now seeking sea…
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Knesset committee chair seeks to further politicize AG’s position in revised bill
The chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, MK Simcha Rothman, excised from a draft law on the attorney general’s role a key clause that would have preserved some apolitical characters of the key position, during…
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