Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing influence in the country, four sources familiar with the efforts said.
Turkey’s…
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Netanyahu to hold rare Friday night consultation on hostage deal negotiations
The Israeli negotiation team is expected to return from Cairo on Friday evening after a day of talks on extending the first phase of the hostage deal and the ceasefire in Gaza.
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UK PM presses Egypt’s Sisi to release jailed activist
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday spoke to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urging him to release a British citizen and activist jailed in Cairo, Downing Street said.
“The prime minister discussed the case of British national Alaa…
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Trump’s Gaza ‘riviera’ should be for Gazans, says minister
US President Donald Trump’s idea to rebuild the Gaza Strip as a swanky riviera is unacceptable unless it is for Gazans themselves to live in, a Palestinian minister said on Friday.
“It’s very good to rebuild Gaza as a riviera — but with its…
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Released Israeli hostage recounts hunger, chains that ‘cut into your flesh’
Eli Sharabi, who was held hostage in Gaza for more than 490 days, has recounted his suffering in captivity in a televised interview, an extract of which was posted on social media by Israel’s foreign ministry Friday.
“For a year and four months my…
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Hunger-striking mother of jailed UK-Egyptian activist on glucose drip
An Egyptian-British mother on hunger strike in protest against the detention of her activist son in Cairo has been given a glucose drip after being hospitalised in London, a campaign group said on Friday.
Laila Soueif, 68, has been on hunger…
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Gaza, Intl. Law, Global Complicity: 8 Takeaways from Francesca Albanese on Floodgate Podcast
Francesca Albanese in conversation with Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo in the FloodGate podcast interview. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Romana Rubeo
In an exclusive interview with the FloodGate podcast, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca…
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How Turkey's egg tax complicates US soaring prices amid bird flu crisis
The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will have to import between 70 and 100 million eggs in the next month or two as the outbreak derails the country’s domestic egg production.
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Palestine submits its pleading to the International Justice regarding Israel’s obligations regarding the existence and activities of the United Nations and international organizations
Today, Friday, the State of Palestine submitted its written pleadings …
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Guterres to join Arab League Summit to discuss Gaza reconstruction
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday he will join an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo next week to discuss the reconstruction of Gaza, as Arab states weigh a post-war plan for the Palestinian enclave to counter…
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