Charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, the Isreali prime minister will testify three times a week, despite the Gaza war and possible new threats posed by wider turmoil in the Middle East.
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Some regional leaders appear inclined to unveil key initiatives under the next president, giving him the glory.
The exchange of accusations highlights the fragility of the ceasefire, which was brokered by the United States and France to end the conflict.
A statement by the French Foreign Ministry said it would continue to work closely with the Israeli Prime Minister.
The US, the EU, the UN and G7 had all pushed for a halt in the fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah after more than a year of violence.
Seeking to prevent a repeat of violence in Amsterdam last week around a Europa League game involving Maccabi Tel Aviv, 4,000 French security personnel were deployed in and around the stadium and on public transport.
Borrell proposes to suspend EU-Israel political talks over Gaza war
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The Netherlands has seen a rise in antisemitic incidents since the Gaza war began in October last year.
Starmer and Macron will discuss “Russia’s ongoing barbaric invasion of Ukraine and the appalling humanitarian situation in Gaza,” Downing Street said.
A US retreat at the UN could play in the hands of China, which has been building its influence in global diplomacy.
The UN formally responded in a letter to Israel’s decision to cut ties with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a move that UNRWA has said leaves its operations in Gaza and the West Bank at risk of collapse.
AXA, one of Europe’s largest insurers, British bank Barclays and German insurer Allianz have increasingly been targeted by campaigners.
After Yoav Gallant was fired, protesters in Israel blocked highways and lit bonfires on roads, police said.
UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said the vote opposes the UN charter and violates international law.
Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement as efforts to defuse the devastating, more than year-long war resumed in Qatar with the directors of the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency taking part.
A “catastrophic level of killing, destruction and starvation” afflicts the enclave as Israel’s attacks continue, EU foreign affairs chief says.
United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres comes under fire from many quarters for his Moscow visit, but the EU defended his move.
Charles Michel is coming to the end of his term at the head of the EU’s Council, which represents the bloc’s member states, and will be replaced by Portugal’s Antonio Costa on 1 December.
The Israeli military said Hashem Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Clashes over China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims have become a common occurrence at both the United Nations in New York and the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The top US diplomat is also visiting Jordan and Qatar.
This is the US Secretary of State eleventh visit to the region since Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on 7 October, triggering the Gaza war.
Diplomats and other sources say that with US elections approaching, Israel is seeking to use intensified military operations to try to shield its borders and ensure its rivals cannot regroup.
Former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker says what he most fears is Israeli overconfidence following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met on the day outgoing US President Joe Biden made his farewell visit to Germany.
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told journalists in Brussels that he had personally requested the summit given the many conflicts facing the international community.
German officials said the Ukraine war, the Middle East conflict and migration would be the main focus of the visit.
The decision to bar Israeli firms is the latest incident in a row fuelled by the Macron government’s unease over Israel’s conduct in the wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
The Israeli military has in recent weeks carried out strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs without advance warnings, or issued a warning for one area while striking more broadly.
Divisions are likely to deepen in Europe as the Gaza war can now be called a Middle East war.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned as “unacceptable” Israeli firing on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, a stance echoed by Spain’s prime minister.
The 30-minute call was the first known chat for Biden and Netanyahu since August and coincides with a sharp escalation of Israel’s conflict with Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah.
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Security forces were on high alert across Israel, the military and police said, anticipating possible Palestinian attacks planned for anniversary of 7 October 2023.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that shipments of arms to Israel used in the conflict in Gaza should be stopped as part of a broader effort to find a political solution.
The strikes came after days of bombing by Israel of Beirut suburbs considered strongholds for Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, killing its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and possibly his potential successor.
The rally was calling for the European Union — headquartered in Brussels — to end subsidies for fossil fuels in order to achieve its ambitious goal of making the continent carbon neutral by 2050.
The war in Gaza, which started on 7 October last year, has seen more than 41,000 Palestinians killed and decimated the Strip. Almost 100 Israelis are still being held hostage by Hamas, with fewer than 70 believed to be alive.
As Israel weighs its options after its arch-foe Iran launched its largest ever assault on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden was asked whether he would support Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities.
As Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, G7 leaders voiced “strong concern” over the Middle East crisis while China called on the United Nations Security Council to take “urgent actions” to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East.
After a year of effort, the U.S. may be unable to stop full-scale regional war.
Israel’s military said its troops began limited ground raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area of southern Lebanon early on Tuesday (1 October), as a ground invasion by its troops appeared to be getting under way despite Western calls for re…
Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut on Friday (27 September), dealing a heavy blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.
Pope Francis kicked off a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium Thursday (26 September) with an appeal for international diplomacy and negotiations amid flaring conflicts across the globe.
An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday (24 September) as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fight…
The situation in the Middle East is rapidly deteriorating, with escalating conflict across Gaza, northern Israel, and southern Lebanon. Though not officially termed a war, the intensity suggests a new regional conflict.
Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday (19 September) their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid calls for restraint.
Senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Italy will meet on Thursday (19 September) in Paris to discuss the spiralling tensions in the Middle East, sources said on Wednesday.
At least nine people were killed on Tuesday (17 September) and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members – including fighters and medics – detonated simultaneously across Lebanon.
Israel’s foreign minister again accused EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell of “anti-Semitism” Saturday (14 September) after the top diplomat expressed outrage at the killing of UN staff in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
Spain, hosting a high-level meeting on Friday (13 September) of several Muslim and European countries on ways to end the Gaza war, called for a clear schedule for the international community to implement a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian …
MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said inย an op-ed in the Financial Timesย that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.
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The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday (3 September) against Hamas’ top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly 7 October attack in southern Israel.
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President Joe Biden said on Monday (2 September) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas.
A rescue mission for an oil tanker still ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen last month, is about to begin, the European Union’s Red Sea naval mission said late Monday (2 September).
Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday (1 September) following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country’s leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives.
The UN will start vaccinating some 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip against polio on 1 September, a campaign that relies on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in specific areas of the besieged enclave.
But the proposal is unlikely to find consensus among the EU’s 27 member countries who are divided over their approach to the war in Gaza. It has already been criticised by Italyโs foreign minister as “unrealistic”.
Hundreds of Israeli troops backed by helicopters, drones and armoured personnel carriers raided the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and other areas in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (28 August), killing at least 10 Palestinians.
Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat, has said that publicly available voting records suggest Maduro was defeated in Venezuela’s presidential election.
Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday (25 August), as Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare.
US President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday (21 August), stressed the urgent need to conclude a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal and pointed to upcoming Cairo talks as crucial, the White House said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire deal, but departed the region on Tuesday (20 August) with an agreement between Israel and Hamas still elusive.
President Joe Biden cemented the Democratic Party’s elevation of Kamala Harris to lead the fight for the White House against Republican Donald Trump with a convention speech on Monday (19 August).
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday (19 August) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a US proposal to tackle disagreements blocking a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and urged Hamas to do the same.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday (18 August) on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts.
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Hamas said Friday (16 August) the Palestinian group rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar.
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Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday (16 August) in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave.
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Hamas said on Wednesday (14 August) it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the Palestinian group afterwards.
Many people want to kill the Saudi leader, but is he using such threats as a means to get the U.S. to pressure Israel on a future Palestinian state?
Israeli forces pressed on with operations near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday (12 August) amid an international push for a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and prevent a slide into a wider regional conflict.
Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on a religious school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people on Saturday (10 August), sparking international condemnation despite Israel’s insistence that it was targeting militants.
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Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza Thursday (8 August), killing more than 18 people in strikes on two schools, the emergency services said, as Iran accused it of wanting to spread war in the Middle East.
Nagasaki’s mayor said he would stick to a decision to exclude Israel’s ambassador from this year’s event to mark the city’s atomic bombing, though senior diplomats of the US and other G7 nations said the snub would keep them away.
Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday (6 August).
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At least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday (5 August), US officials said, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies.
The death toll in Gaza has risen to close to 40,000.
The United States will bolster its military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional warships and fighter jets to protect US personnel and defend Israel amid soaring tensions in the region, the Pentagon said Friday (2 August).
Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran’s regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen to discuss potential retaliation against Israel after the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran, five sources told Reuters.
Turkey will continue to block NATO-Israeli cooperation, insisting Israel is violating NATO’s core principles, said Turkish President Erdogan.
After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.
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Escalation or even all-out war is likely more than ever in recent years, after the killings on Tuesday and Wednesday (30 and 31 July) of two senior commanders of forces hostile to the state of Israel.
Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday (28 July) authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to decide on the “manner and timing” of a response to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 teenagers and children.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell on Saturday (27 July) called for a “political solution” to end the “madness” in Gaza after the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said an Israeli strike on a school had killed 30 people.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (25 July) to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden.
The Israeli prime minister is also set to sit down this week with Vice President Kamala Harris and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The United States on Wednesday (24 July) criticized an Israeli bill that would declare the UN agency for Palestinian refugees a terrorist organization, saying that such efforts are “incredibly unhelpful.”
Palestinian rivals including Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government at talks hosted by China, Beijing said on Tuesday (23 July), a deal meant to deliver a post-war Gaza administration but quickly rejected by Israel as it seeks to crush Hamas.
