Israel is set to send negotiators to discuss a hostage release deal with senior US, Egyptian, and Qatari officials in Cairo this week on condition that Hamas backs down from its maximalist demands for an
Some of Biden’s aides are urging him to publicly criticize the Israeli prime minister as casualties mount. President Biden and his top aides are closer to a breach with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than
Anne Irfan, UCL The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a cease-fire plan put forward by Hamas, calling the terms "delusional." Claiming that an Israeli victory in Gaza is "within reach," Netanyahu has vowed
The deadly Hamas attacks of October 7 united a shocked, grieving Israel behind its leaders, burying at a stroke the divisions that had riven the country for years. Four months into the war and with
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a rare statement over Shabbat playing down Moody’s decision to lower Israel’s credit rating and downgrade its future outlook, amid the ongoing war against Hamas. “The Israeli economy is strong.
Egypt warned Hamas that it must reach a hostage-for-ceasefire deal with Israel within 2 weeks, or Israel will move into Rafah, The Wall Street Journal reports. Cairo is hosting talks on a deal beginning on
A senior Biden administration official tells NBC News that “there is a growing divide between the US and Israel,” especially over a potential operation in Rafah. The White House and State Department said last week
Israeli PM, shortly before speaking with Biden, says he doesn’t know what president meant by calling Israel’s war in Gaza ‘over the top’, claims 1:1 ratio between civilian, combatant deaths. The American response to an
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Doha for talks on securing a ceasefire in the Gaza war with the Qatari emir, whose country has been at the heart of mediation efforts and the
Speaking to government ministers at the Yahalom special engineering unit base in Julis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says victory is “within reach,” and that while it will take time, it will not take years. “It
