US President Donald Trump has said that Israel will hand over the Gaza Strip to the United States when the war is over. However, no US troops will be needed to occupy Gaza. He made these remarks in a post on his own social media account, Truth, on Thursday. The US president said that the […]
Read MoreIsrael’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow the “voluntary departure” of residents from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation for announcing plans to take over the strip. Defence Minister Israel Katz hailed Trump’s announcement that the United States would aim to take control of Gaza, […]
Read MoreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already arrived in the United States to meet with US President Donald Trump. He arrived in Washington on Sunday afternoon local time. The two leaders are going to hold an important meeting on Tuesday evening on the geopolitical changes and regional control in the Middle East. It is believed […]
Read MoreThe emotional reunion of twin brothers in Gaza after Israel allowed movement within the enclave as part of a ceasefire deal provided a visceral image of Palestinian survival after 15 gruelling months of death, separation and destruction. Video of the twins’ ecstatic, tearful embrace amid the crowds of people trekking home a week ago from […]
Read MoreSyria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Monday it would take between four and five years to hold presidential elections, the first time he has laid out a timeline for the vote since he was named transitional president last week. Sharaa, who headed the Islamist rebel group that led a lightning offensive that toppled autocratic President Bashar […]
Read MoreWeeks into the ceasefire in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians who left for neighbouring Egypt are grappling with the question of when they might go home, though they reject the prospect of a mass displacement proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. “A lot of people are torn, and I am one of them,” said Shorouk, who […]
Read MorePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated retired Major General Eyal Zamir as the new chief of the Israeli military. The Prime Minister’s Office announced this in a statement on Saturday (February 1). Indian media outlet NDTV reported this in a report on Sunday (February 2). The statement said, “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister […]
Read MoreA recent poll found that only 4 percent of Israelis believe that their country has won the Gaza war and that the government and army have achieved their goals in Gaza. The Middle East Monitor reports. A poll conducted by the Lazar Research Institute and published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv asked whether Israel had […]
Read MoreQatar and the two countries concerned have rejected US President Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. Qatar has also called on Israel and Hamas to immediately start the second phase of talks to make the Gaza ceasefire permanent. Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani made the […]
Read MoreGaza ceasefire agreement under threat again. Although the second phase of negotiations with Hamas were supposed to begin on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly reversed course. He has decided not to send a delegation to Qatar for negotiations on this day. However, experts fear that Netanyahu’s decision will lead to a new war […]
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