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Hamas Dismisses Biden Comments on Palestinian State

A senior Hamas official dismissed on Saturday comments by US President Joe Biden about the possibility of Israel agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Biden said Friday it was still possible that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of a Palestinian state after the two leaders spoke by phone for the ...

Netanyahu Reaffirms his Opposition to Palestinian Sovereignty in Gaza

The Israeli Prime Minister reaffirmed to the US President his opposition to the restoration of Palestinian sovereignty in Gaza.  Fierce fighting continued on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, while Israel carried out operations in the West Bank, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirming his opposition to "Palestinian sovereignty" in ...

Lebanon, Gaza Crisis: Will Biden’s Election Interests Help?

When the five-nation group, known as the Paris Quintet, consisted of just three members — namely the United States, France, and Saudi Arabia — they had divergent views regarding the Lebanese presidential dossier, as the French and the Saudis didn’t see eye to eye on the matter. When Egypt and Qatar joined, disagreements persisted despite the ...

Netanyahu Rejects any International Recognition of a Palestinian State

Netanyahu once again affirmed his unwilligness to support the establisment of a Palestinian state at the end of the war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Thursday that he rejected a plan for international recognition of a Palestinian state, saying such an initiative "would offer an enormous reward to terrorism". Netanyahu's ...

Are the US and Israel Going Their Separate Ways?

  Since Hamas' attack on October 7, US President Joe Biden was the first to show his and his country’s unwavering support for Israel. But today, four months after the beginning of the war in Gaza, Biden's support has begun to falter. The Israeli-American relationship is over 75 years old, with America being the first country to recognize ...

Biden's High-Stakes State of the Union Address Looms

Following their Super Tuesday wins, Biden's crucial State of the Union address looms on Thursday as he seeks to convince voters that he is fit enough to beat Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.  US President Joe Biden faces one of the most critical moments of his political career with a State of the Union speech aimed at ...

Trump-Biden Rematch: What About Ukraine and Gaza?

After an eventful Super Tuesday, during which fifteen states cast their votes for the Democratic and Republican primaries, Donald Trump and Joe Biden emerged as the undisputed leaders of the political arena. This widely anticipated scenario, foreseen by many observers, left Nikki Haley – Trump’s only serious contender – with no other option ...

Biden Supports Limited Rafah Operation, Rather Than All-Out War

Senior US officials informed Israel that Biden would support the targeting of high-value Hamas targets in Rafah – as long as it avoids a large-scale invasion. According to a Politico report published on Thursday, March 14, top US officials told Israel in private that they could support a plan more akin to precise counterterrorism operations, ...

US Is Expected To Sanction Israeli Settler Outposts

The Biden administration is expected to sanction two Israeli settler outposts in the West Bank on Thursday, March 14. This represents a new step for US policy towards Israeli settler violence. The American news outlet Axios reported that two illegal settlements, which were used as a base for extremist attacks against Palestinians, will be ...

Israel: Defense Chief Plans US Visit Amid Pressure on Rafah

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant is to visit Washington in the coming week, the government said Wednesday, as pressure mounts to call off a planned offensive in Gaza's Rafah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office also announced that a delegation would visit Washington at "the request of US President Joe Biden" to discuss the ...

Biden Raises Record Election Funding in Star-Studded Gala Dinner

Biden raised a record $25 million for his re-election bid in a star-studded event in Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall, as Trump attends the wake for a killed NYPD officer. US President Joe Biden was joined in New York on Thursday by Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a blockbuster fundraising event where he collected $25 million to go towards his ...

Biden and Netanyahu Wrap Up Gaza Phone Discussion

President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday amid growing domestic pressure to set conditions on US military support amid domestic outrage over the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. In their first call since Monday's Israeli strike that killed the employees of the US-based World Central Kitchen ...