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Sweden and Netherlands Call for EU Sanctions on Israel, Hamas

This is Beirut, 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sweden and the Netherlands have urged the EU to adopt sanctions on Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza, including suspending the EU-Israel trade deal, according to a document seen by AFP on Thursday. In a letter to European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, the Swedish and Dutch foreign ministers called for targeted sanctions on Israeli ...

Israel Army Says Intercepted Drone Launched from Yemen

This is Beirut, 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said it intercepted a drone launched from Yemen on Thursday, after sirens sounded in communities near the Gaza Strip. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the drone, but Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly launched missiles and drones at Israel since Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza ...

Israel Ups Pressure on Gaza City as Trump Eyes Post-War Plan

This is Beirut, 27/08 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a ...

Israel Ups Pressure on Gaza City as Trump Eyes Post-War Plan

This is Beirut, 27/08 13:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a White House meeting on post-war plans for the shattered Palestinian territory. Israel is under mounting pressure both at home and abroad to end its almost two-year campaign in Gaza, where the military is preparing to conquer the ...

Israel Army says Intercepted Missile Fired from Yemen

This is Beirut, 27/08 09:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Houthi rebels have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF," Israel's ...

Israel Raid Wounds 14 in West Bank's Ramallah: Red Crescent

This is Beirut, 26/08 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli army raided the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, leaving 14 people wounded as troops fanned out across the city centre, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. Tensions have remained high in the occupied West Bank since Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel which sparked the Gaza war, with repeated raids by the Israeli army on ...

Israeli Protesters call for Hostage Deal Ahead of Cabinet Meeting

This is Beirut, 26/08 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Protesters calling for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of hostages being held there took to the streets in Israel early Tuesday morning ahead of a security cabinet meeting scheduled for the evening. AFP journalists saw protesters blocking roads in Tel Aviv, waving Israeli flags and holding up pictures of the hostages. Israeli media ...

Allies, NGOs Condemn Israel Strike on Gaza Hospital

This is Beirut, 25/08 20:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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World powers voiced shock at the killing of five journalists among 20 victims reported by Gaza's civil defense agency in an Israeli strike on a hospital on Monday. The Israeli military said it would investigate the strike in the area of Nasser Hospital, in the southern town of Khan Yunis, adding that it "regrets any harm to uninvolved ...

Diplomacy and Totalitarianism

Charles Chartouni, 25/08 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Observing international life today conveys puzzling images and ambivalent feelings about its complexion. We have a difficult time categorizing events, making sense of political evolutions, and dealing with them. The collapse of the conventional political taxonomy with its binaries and ideological lenses invites us to rethink our intellectual ...

When Rifts Shake the Mullahs’ Republic

Michel Touma, 25/08 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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One of Donald Trump’s key campaign pledges was to bring peace and prosperity to the Middle East. In a region as volatile as the Levant, the path to any lasting peace runs through stability and security, which means dismantling factions that can only exist in a climate of perpetual conflict. These goals are nothing short of ambitious in a part of ...

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