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Israeli Army Ready to Enter Rafah, US Warns of a 'Disaster'

par This Is Beirut, 09/02 11:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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While Benjamin Netanyahu asked his ground troops to prepare to enter to Rafah, the United States made it known that it considers Israel's response against Hamas "over the top," without, however, giving up hope as to the outcome of a diplomatic consensus. Israel conducted fresh strikes on southern Gaza's overcrowded border town of Rafah on Friday, ...

UAE Defends Diplomatic Ties with Israel

par This Is Beirut, 12/02 22:18 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A senior Emirati diplomat justified, on Monday, her country's choice to uphold its diplomatic ties with Israel despite growing concerns about the conflict in Gaza. A top Emirati diplomat on Monday defended her country's decision to maintain ties with Israel despite its mounting concern over the war in Gaza. The United Arab Emirates and Israel ...

Deaths at Aid Delivery Site in Gaza Draw Condemnation

par This Is Beirut, 01/03 11:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Numerous countries expressed their concerns and condemned the killing of more than 100 Palestinians on Thursday, after Israeli troops opened fire on them while they were scrambling for food aid. Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid on Thursday, in a chaotic incident that the Health Ministry ...

Palestinian Factions Including Hamas Show ‘Unity’ at Moscow Talks

par This Is Beirut, 01/03 15:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas and Fatah said on Friday they would pursue "unity of action" in confronting Israel after representatives met at Russia-hosted talks. The meeting in Moscow on Thursday brought together Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and other Palestinian groups for talks on the war in Gaza and an eventual post-war ...

Bassil Criticizes the Government's Intention to Close Certain Chancelleries

par This Is Beirut, 03/03 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Sunday, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, denounced the government's intention to close certain diplomatic missions, notably in South America. The issue was on the agenda for Wednesday's session of the Council of Ministers. "The Lebanese diaspora is Lebanon's second lung," wrote Bassil on his X account. For him, ...

International Diplomacy on Lebanon: Multiple Initiatives, Same Objective

par Samar Kadi, 19/03 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon has been the scene of a flurry of foreign and Arab diplomatic moves that gained significant momentum in the past months after Hezbollah opened its so-called “support front” for Gaza on the southern border with Israel on October 8. In June last year, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his former Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le ...

Blinken and Séjourné Discuss Gaza Aid Workers and Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 02/04 22:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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During a press conference in Paris alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné criticized the Israeli airstrike which resulted in the killing of seven individuals associated with the US-based charity World Central Kitchen. French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné condemned, on Tuesday, the ...

Erdogan Urges Palestinian Unity After Meeting Hamas Chief

par This Is Beirut, 20/04 18:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Palestinians on Saturday to "unite" against Israel, at the end of his meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel's war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on ...

Colombia to Cut Diplomatic Ties with Israel

par This Is Beirut, 01/05 22:08 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that his country will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as "genocidal," over its war in Gaza. "Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed... for having a genocidal president," Petro, a harsh critic of the devastating war against ...

UN Votes Symbolically in Favor of Palestinian Membership

par This Is Beirut, 10/05 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday in support of a Palestinian bid for full membership of the organization, a symbolic move due to the United States' veto in the Security Council. Provoking Israel's ire, an overwhelming majority of the UN General Assembly ruled on Friday that the Palestinians deserved to be full members of the ...

Putin in China Seeking Increased Support For War Effort

par This Is Beirut, 16/05 00:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Thursday to meet with counterpart Xi Jinping as he seeks greater support from Beijing for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy. This is Putin's first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China, an economic lifeline for Russia after the ...

Editorial – Raisi’s Disappearance: The Potential Shockwave in Lebanon

par Michel Touma, 20/05 14:44 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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“The butterfly effect” refers to a phenomenon where an event occurring in one place can trigger significant consequences in a distant area. The Lebanese people have experienced this effect for decades. Now, they face it once again with the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hussein Amir-Abdullahian, ...

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