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Barcelona Ends 'Friendship Agreement' With Tel Aviv Over Gaza War

This is Beirut, 2025-05-30 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Barcelona's city council voted Friday to cut institutional ties with the Israeli government and suspend its friendship agreement with the city of Tel Aviv, citing violations of international law and the rights of Palestinians. The motion, supported by the governing Socialist party along with far-left and leftist pro-independence groups, calls for ...

Presidential Palace Hosts High-Level Security Meeting on Palestinian Camp Disarmament

This is Beirut, 2025-05-30 17:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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A high-level security meeting was convened at the Presidential Palace on Friday to discuss the initial steps for implementing the withdrawal of weapons from Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon – a move agreed upon during Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent visit to Beirut. The meeting, chaired by President Joseph Aoun, focused ...

UN Warns All of Gaza at Risk of Famine

This is Beirut, 2025-05-30 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The UN warned Friday that the entire population of Gaza was at risk of famine, as an Israeli far-right minister urged the use of "full force" against Hamas. Negotiations to end nearly 20 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March following a short-lived truce. Israel ...

Hamas Says Israel-Approved US Truce Plan Falls Short

This is Beirut, 2025-05-29 22:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The White House said Thursday Israel had "signed off" on a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, but the Palestinian militant group said the deal failed to satisfy its demands. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a ...

US Says Israel Backs Latest Gaza Truce Plan Sent to Hamas

This is Beirut, 2025-05-29 21:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The White House said on Thursday that Israel had "signed off on" a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, as the Palestinian militants confirmed they were studying the deal. Negotiations to end more than 19 months of war have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough, with Israel resuming operations in Gaza in March after a brief ...

Israel Approved Trump's Gaza Truce Plan: White House

This is Beirut, 2025-05-29 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The White House said Thursday that Israel had accepted US President Donald Trump's proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, while discussions were "continuing" with Hamas. The Palestinian militant group had earlier said it was examining a new deal proposed by Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, while there was no immediate ...

Israel Says Killed Hamas's Presumed Leader in Gaza

This is Beirut, 2025-05-29 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel said Wednesday its military killed Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas's presumed Gaza leader and the brother of Yahya, slain mastermind of the October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war. On the war's 600th day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Israel's Gaza offensive, saying it had killed tens of thousands of militants including Mohammed ...

Indonesia's Prabowo Says Ready to Recognise Israel if Palestinians Get State

This is Beirut, 2025-05-28 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said he would be willing to establish diplomatic relations with Israel if it recognized a Palestinian state, as he held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jakarta. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, has no formal ties with Israel and has consistently ...

Israel Military says Intercepted two Projectiles Fired from Yemen

This is Beirut, 2025-05-27 14:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's military said Tuesday it had intercepted a missile and another projectile fired from Yemen, which Iran-backed Huthi rebels said they had fired. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, a missile that was launched from Yemen was intercepted," the military posted on Telegram. It said ...

Time to Resettle Palestinians Outside Lebanon

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-05-27 11:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon has announced a plan to disarm Palestinian refugee camps, a step in the right direction. But disarmament is not enough. Lebanon needs a hard divorce from the Palestinians and their cause and should ask the UN to resettle 174,000 Palestinians, classified as refugees, in a third country. The founding literature of the UN Relief and Works ...

Israel Strikes Gaza as PM Vows to Bring Hostages Home

This is Beirut, 2025-05-27 09:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages, "living and dead", as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu's remarks came amid confusion about the fate of a proposed 70-day ceasefire that was to see the release of 10 Israeli hostages ...

Salam Vows to Assert State Authority Over Arms

This is Beirut, 2025-05-26 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared on Monday that Lebanon will no longer tolerate the presence of weapons outside the state’s control, marking a firm stance on national sovereignty and the rule of law. “We will not remain silent about the existence of any arms outside the authority of the state,” Salam said in an exclusive interview with ...

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