Wed 30 October 2024: Israel is seeking to strike a deal under which a small number of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza would be released in exchange for a one-month cease-fire, local media reported Tuesday. During meetings Sunday and Monday in Qatar’s capital, Doha, David Barnea, the director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, consulted […]
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Wed 30 October 2024: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and seven international counterparts have urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to renew a key banking agreement with Palestinian banks, warning of risks to the economy of the occupied West Bank if Israeli banks are barred from transactions with them. Signed by officials from Japan, Canada, […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM has unveiled the opening of Sindalah, the first of the futuristic megacity’s luxury tourism destinations to be completed by the Kingdom. In a statement by NEOM on Sunday, it announced the opening of Sindalah as the “first physical showcase” that “will serve as NEOM’s gateway to the Red […]
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Tue 29 October 2024: The International Criminal Court (ICC) faces allegations of hypocrisy for delaying the arrest warrant requests for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for over five months, while the warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin was approved in just 24 days. The requests for arrest warrants, submitted on […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday he had “received indications” hours before Israel launched an attack on military sites. “We had received indications since the evening about the possibility of an attack that night,” Araghchi told reporters without specifying the nature of the indications. On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes on military […]
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Mon 28 October 2024: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an initiative proposed by Egypt on Sunday for a short-term cease-fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the proposal, according to Israeli media. “We proposed a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip for two days to exchange four (Israeli) hostages […]
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Sat 26 October 2024: A global anti-money laundering watchdog has added Lebanon to its “grey list” of nations that are subject to increased monitoring of financial transactions. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday that Lebanon had made progress on several recommended actions and would continue to implement reforms. Lebanon has been […]
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Sun 27 October 2024: Since October last year, Israeli officials have not only made genocidal statements but have been acting upon them physically. As Palestinian health authorities report, Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 42,600 Palestinians so far, the majority women and children. The United Nations also states that Israel’s bombardment has damaged or […]
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Sat 26 October 2024: Ten Iranian border guards were killed in an attack in the restive Sistan-Baluchestan province on Saturday, according to an Interior Ministry statement on X. “Following the martyrdom of 10 border guards on the Goharkouh road in Taftan County, the Minister of Interior promptly assigned a team of police commanders and Ministry […]
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Sat 26 October 2024: When two young American Jews raised to support Israel unconditionally witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, it changes their lives. They join a movement of young American Jews campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel and reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. Israelism sparked huge debate on American […]
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