Iran says it could return French hostages | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastFrance has repeatedly accused Iran of holding two French nationals arbitrarily, keeping them in conditions akin to torture in Tehran’s Evin prison A woman…
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Iran says it could return French hostages
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Gaza peace talks: The key sticking points
Getty ImagesNegotiators from Israel and Hamas are heading to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to start indirect talks over an end to the Israel-Gaza war.
It is the closest both sides have come to a deal since the war began two years ago
But Donald Trump’s
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French PM resigns after record-breaking mere 27 days, deepening political crisis
AFP — France’s new prime minister resigned on Monday after less than a month in office, sinking the country further into a political crisis and piling pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the deadlock.
Sebastien…
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UNESCO to choose new leader amid controversies over anti-Israel bias claims
PARIS, France — An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in refugee camps in a race to become the new director of UNESCO.
Whoever wins will inherit a…
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Iran supports Donald Trump Gaza plan
Iran supports Donald Trump Gaza plan | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastBaghaei cautioned, however, that the plan had dangerous dimensions and risked obstruction from Israel, adding that any decision on the plan is up to the…
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Eli Sharabi’s memoir, the first by a freed Hamas hostage, is coming out in English
Eli Sharabi spent 16 months in filthy tunnels under the Gaza Strip with his legs chained, surviving on moldy pita. Two years after the Hamas onslaught that started the war in Gaza, he fears a fellow hostage he came to think of as an adopted…
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German leader supports boycotting Eurovision if Israel is ousted
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would want his country to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel were to be excluded from the competition at a European Broadcasting Union vote set to take place in November.
“If…
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Tunisians protest Israeli detention of flotilla activists
Tunisians protest Israeli detention of flotilla activists | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastHundreds marched in Tunis to denounce Israel’s detention of Global Sumud Flotilla activists, including 25 Tunisians, as released activists…
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Doctors Without Borders ‘outraged’ after 15th staffer killed in Gaza
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) voiced sorrow and outrage following the death of a colleague in Gaza on Sunday, as Israeli strikes continued to pound into the enclave, even as negotiators prepared to discuss US President…
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Greta Thunberg set to be deported from Israel Monday on flight to Athens
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday after they were seized aboard an intercepted Gaza aid flotilla.
Most, if not all, those being released from Israeli…
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