U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his demand that Jordan permanently take in Palestinians while the U.S. takes over Gaza. Tuesday’s White House meeting came amid a possible collapse of the fragile ceasefire between Hamas and…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Trump doubles down on Gaza takeover plan to Jordan’s King Abdullah
WASHINGTON —King Abdullah II was at the White House on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his demand that Jordan permanently take in Palestinians and support the United States to take over Gaza — a plan that Trump said…
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Iraqi president sues PM, finance minister over unpaid salaries
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, who is a Kurd, filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Finance Minister Taif Sami over the delayed salaries of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) civil servants.
The lawsuit,…
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Iran pushes diplomatic blitz to thwart Trump's Gaza relocation plan
With its regional proxies decimated in Israeli attacks, Iran is seeking to restore its position within the new regional dynamics by encouraging Islamic countries to mobilize against President Donald Trump’s Gaza policies.
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UNRWA operates in East Jerusalem despite Israeli ban
UNRWA – the agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees – is still operating in East Jerusalem, even though Israel’s ban on the agency went into effect last week. As Amy Guttman reports from East Jerusalem, refugee advocates are proposing…
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Sisi postpones Washington visit amid tensions over Trump’s Gaza plan
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s visit to Washington has been postponed indefinitely, according to Al Arabiya on Tuesday.
Sisi was originally meant to visit Washington on February 18 but has been delayed due to Cairo’s opposition to…
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Trump insists US will take Gaza as he meets Jordan’s king
Bernd Debusmann Jr & Tom Bateman at the White HouseBBC News
Watch: Trump repeats Gaza takeover plan, says Hamas won’t meet hostage deadline President Donald Trump has once again insisted the US will take control of the Gaza Strip, as he met…
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After raid, Israel puts Jerusalem bookshop owners under house arrest: What to know
The owners of a well-known east Jerusalem bookstore were released for house arrest on Tuesday following their arrest and a police raid of the establishment.
What happened: On Sunday, Israeli police raided the 40-year-old Jerusalem’s Educational…
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JPost survey shows why Israelis see Hamas as the new Nazis
This isn’t a metaphor anymore. Since October 7, the comparison between Hamas and the Nazis passed from a rhetorical device to an entrenched belief among the Israeli public.
A Jerusalem Post exclusive survey on Tuesday found that 51% of…
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Trump tells Jordanian King that US will run Gaza properly
President Donald Trump told Jordan’s King Abdullah that the US is going “to take Gaza” in a meeting between the two on Tuesday.
“Palestinians will live safely in another location that is not Gaza,” he said, adding that the US wasn’t going to…
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