This is Beirut, 07/02 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel and Hamas are set to carry out the fifth exchange of hostages for Palestinian detainees under a ceasefire agreement on Saturday, despite doubts cast on the continuation of the process by Donald Trump's proposal for a US takeover of Gaza. According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, Israel will release 183 prisoners in exchange for three ...
This is Beirut, 07/02 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza will imperil attempts to forge landmark ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and fuel anti-American sentiment in the oil-rich kingdom, analysts said. Trump's proposal to redevelop Gaza and oust the more than two million Palestinians living in the territory prompted a global backlash and enraged ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 16:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday, February 5, a controversial plan during his joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The plan involves placing the Gaza Strip under US authority, citing the purpose of rebuilding the region, a move that has ignited widespread global backlash. Trump described the ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 15:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Israel's defense minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for "voluntary" departures from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians out of the territory. The idea sparked uproar from leaders in the Middle East and beyond. On Wednesday, the Trump administration appeared to walk back on some of the ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 05:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump's administration appeared to backtrack Wednesday after his proposal to take over Gaza sparked uproar, with the United Nations warning against "ethnic cleansing" in the Palestinian territory. Facing a wave of criticism from Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders, Trump's Secretary of State ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump only wants Palestinians to leave Gaza temporarily while the territory is reconstructed, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Trump stunned the world and drew condemnation when he proposed Tuesday at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States could take over war-battered ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 19:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Several Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt on Wednesday have strongly rejected Donald Trump's plan to take control of Gaza and relocate its Palestinian population. The United Arab Emirates rejected any attempts to displace Palestinians after US President Donald Trump proposed to "take over" the ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Arab League said on Wednesday that a shock suggestion by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and displace Palestinians would violate international law and cause further instability. While "confident in the United States and its president's desire to achieve a just peace in the region", the Arab League's secretariat said Trump's ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 13:43 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries – seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not – and turn the territory into "the Riviera of the Middle East." Trump made the stunning proposal to audible gasps during a ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday there were "no guarantees" that a fragile ceasefire in Gaza will hold, as he prepares to discuss its future with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu was in Washington for talks with the new Trump administration on a second phase of the truce with Hamas, which has not yet been ...
Charles Chartouni, 03/02 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The transitions in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza are still controversial, and their actors are undecided about their outcomes. Observers ask whether the various actors are genuinely interested in the transformative courses and to what extent. The newly set dynamics that have taken place throughout the Near East have not yet been relayed by steadier, ...
This is Beirut, 01/02 19:59 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Hamas freed three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 180 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli custody, marking the fourth such swap under a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza. Hostages Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas were paraded on stage by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross in the ...