This Is Beirut, 22/09 15:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The global news channel Al Jazeera said that armed and masked Israeli forces raided its office in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order. It was the latest salvo in a long-running feud between the Arab broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, which has worsened during the war in ...
This Is Beirut, 22/09 14:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had "landed a series of blows on Hezbollah" after a night of intense cross-border fire and attacks this week in Lebanon. "In recent days, we have landed a series of blows on Hezbollah that it could have never imagined. If Hezbollah did not get the message, I assure you it will ...
18/09 20:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
As signs increasingly point towards an Israeli military operation against Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his intent on returning evacuated Israelis back to their homes north of Israel. "I’ve already said, we will return residents of the north safely to their homes," he says. "And that is exactly what we will ...
Malo Pinatel, 17/09 11:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
In Lebanon, August 2024 was exceptionally intense, characterized by sweltering temperatures and escalating geopolitical tensions. The assassinations of Fouad Shokr in Beirut’s southern suburbs and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran cast a month-long shadow of a potential regional war, with Lebanon once again at risk of becoming a battlefield. However, ...
This Is Beirut, 14/09 21:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a meeting of the security cabinet that it was only a matter of time before the war on the Israeli-Lebanese border expands, according to remarks reported on Saturday by Israel's Channel 13. “We are heading for a vast campaign of one intensity or another,” Netanyahu said in part. During the ...
This Is Beirut, 05/09 10:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to "thwart" a Gaza truce deal after the Israeli Prime Minister said the Palestinian militant group has "rejected everything" in negotiations. The blame trading comes as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal that would free remaining hostages after Israeli authorities announced on Sunday the ...
Mario Chartouni, 03/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For months now, general discontent with the government has been brewing within Israeli society. This Sunday, however, it seems to have reached a boiling point, as Arnon Bar-David, head of the Histadrut (Israel's largest trade union federation), has called for a general strike. So, what exactly is going on? What’s Behind the Strike? Following ...
This Is Beirut, 02/09 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Monday that Israeli forces must retain control over the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border, vowing "not to give in to pressure" over the issue in Gaza ceasefire talks. "The achievement of the war's objectives goes through the Philadelphi Corridor," he said at a televised press ...
This Is Beirut, 02/09 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages taken by Palestinian armed group Hamas. Asked by reporters at the White House -- where Biden was arriving for a meeting with US negotiators -- if he thought the Israeli leader was doing enough on the ...
This Is Beirut, 01/09 12:28 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "settle the score" with Hamas after the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages from a Gaza tunnel. "Those who kill hostages do not want an agreement" for a Gaza truce, Netanyahu said in a statement, telling Hamas leaders that "we will hunt you down, we will catch you and we ...
This Is Beirut, 28/08 21:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and stated that the preemptive strike on Lebanon is not the end, emphasizing that efforts will continue to return Israeli residents back to their homes. “A few days ago, we thwarted a surprise attack by Hezbollah on the State of Israel. We destroyed ...
This Is Beirut, 24/08 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A source who has close knowledge of the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo stated that Israeli negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at odds over the latter's demand for Israel to keep the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Two major issues in negotiations supported by Egypt, Qatar ...