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How the Israel-Hamas war sidelined other world hot spots

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Every administration has to readjust to respond to world events, but the Israel-Hamas conflict has been particularly disruptive to Bidenโ€™s other foreign policy efforts.

Walz downplays past false statements in rare interview

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The Minnesota governor also attempted to make a stronger case for the Democratic ticket.

Inside the US intel dilemma on Gaza a year after Oct. 7

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Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.

EU eyes migration routes as humanitarian crisis in Lebanon unfolds

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With one million people displaced in Lebanon following Israel’s ground invasion, EU foreign ministers are discussing the possibility of more migrant inflows to the European Union. Tune into the podcast to hear what the experts have to say.

Biden approaches limits of influence on Israel

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After a year of effort, the U.S. may be unable to stop full-scale regional war.

Target Iran: Israel seizes its moment to reshape the Middle East

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Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran’s clerics their days are numbered and boasts there is “nowhere” Israel cannot target.

Bidenโ€™s foreign policy goals slip as clock ticks

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Bidenโ€™s top foreign policy priority right now is a Gaza cease-fire deal. Thatโ€™s not looking likely.

Gaza war casts a shadow over the Olympics

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After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.

What the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh means for the war in Gaza

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Here’s what the assassination of the Hamas chief means for a cease-fire, a broader war, and the United States’ role in the region.

โ€˜Youโ€™re a foolโ€™: Trump ramps up attacks on Jewish Democrats

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โ€œAny Jewish person that voted for [Harris] or [Biden] โ€ฆ should have their head examined,โ€ Trump said in a radio interview.

Biden expected to take tougher tone with Netanyahu in high-stakes meeting

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The Israeli prime minister is also set to sit down this week with Vice President Kamala Harris and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Harris may not be the savior on Gaza some dems want

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In most ways, Harrisโ€™ policy toward the Israelis and Palestinians isnโ€™t necessarily going to differ that much from Bidenโ€™s.

Israel and Turkey trade blows in row over NATO โ€˜complicityโ€™ in Gaza

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President ErdoฤŸan has vowed to prevent military support for Israel until a cease-fire agreement is reached.

Famine will loom over Gaza as long as conflict rages, report warns

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Latest data shows that more than half of the population often doesnโ€™t have any food to eat, nearly nine months into Israelโ€™s bombardment and siege of the enclave.

Green Border review โ€“ an angry and urgent masterpiece about Europeโ€™s migrant crisis

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Agnieszka Hollandโ€™s vital drama about refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland could hardly be more topicalโ€œThey arenโ€™t people. They are live bullets.โ€ The dehumanisation of refugees has long been a key weapon in anti-migrant rhetoric. But even so,…

Israeli army to pause some Gaza fighting during the day for humanitarian aid

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Military to suspend fighting along a road in southern Gaza during certain hours to allow aid deliveries to reach Palestinians.

UK Green Party snaps at Labour heels from the left

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The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.

Israeli strikes kill 18, including refugee camp mayor

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The mayor of the Nuseirat refugee camp was killed along with four children and one woman, officials said.

Only a lasting cease-fire in Gaza will let Biden off the hook

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Washington arguably jumped too quickly to push through a cease-fire deal that wasnโ€™t oven-ready.

Britainโ€™s Greens want to make life hard for Labour over Gaza

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The Greens have pivoted to talking about the Middle East conflict as they try to peel off Labour votes on the left.

Biden urges โ€˜constant vigilanceโ€™ to maintain democracy in West Point speech

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Biden never mentioned former President Donald Trump by name, but the themes of his commencement address had clear political undertones.

More than 200 EU staff sign letter expressing concerns over Gaza crisis

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Exclusive: Signatories cite unionโ€™s โ€˜continued apathyโ€™ to plight of Palestinians and seek official call for ceasefireMore than 200 staff members of EU institutions and agencies have signed a letter expressing โ€œgrowing concernโ€ over the unionโ€™s response…

Netanyahu case will make or break the ICC

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The Hague court is coming in for scrutiny over Israel-Hamas moves.

EU urges Israel to end Rafah offensive โ€˜immediatelyโ€™

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Brussels warns that failure to do so would undermine relations between Israel and the bloc.

UKโ€™s David Cameron slams โ€˜extremistโ€™ Israeli attacks on Gaza-bound aid

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UK’s top diplomat will raise attack on convoys with Israeli government.

โ€˜We would need to make choicesโ€™: Why US President Joe Biden is threatening Israel now

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After watching Israel flatten much of Gaza, President Joe Biden decided to draw the line at the city of Rafah. Now, he has to decide what to do if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crosses it. The president quietly directed his team last week toย halt shipments of massive bombs to Israelย to โ€œdeliver a messageโ€ to Netanyahu [โ€ฆ]

Biden says US will cut off offensive weapons to Israel โ€˜if they go into Rafahโ€™

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Israelโ€™s military plans have been the source of tension with the U.S.

Good COP, bad COP: Azerbaijanโ€™s climate charm offensive is backfiring

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Hosting the prestigious U.N. talks is drawing unwanted attention to the oil-and-gas-rich nationโ€™s foreign influence networks and political crackdowns.

EUโ€™s top diplomat condemns assault on Rafah as Israel halts aid routes

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โ€œThe will to continue the war will produce another great humanitarian crisis, bigger than it is already.โ€

Moldova eyes energy lever to topple Kremlin puppet regime in Transnistria

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For the first time, Moldova can cut an energy link to its breakaway territory. Yet doing so risks Moscow’s threats and a possible humanitarian crisis.

Polish border โ€˜pushbacksโ€™ back in spotlight after pregnant womanโ€™s ordeal

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Activists say little has changed in treatment of migrants and refugees under Donald Tuskโ€™s new governmentThe case of a woman from Eritrea who was forced to give birth alone in the forested border area between Poland and Belarus has raised questions abo…

EU pledges further โ‚ฌ68M in humanitarian aid for Palestinians

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“The critical condition of Palestinians in extreme peril is getting disastrous beyond words,โ€ the European Commissioner for Crisis Management said.

Russia announces total withdrawal of troops from Nagorno-Karabakh

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Moscow’s forces stood by as Azerbaijan launched an offensive to take back the region last year.

After Iranian barrage, Palestinians brace for Israeli reaction

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The escalation comes days after peace talks designed to end the war in Gaza.

Trumpโ€™s world view: How heโ€™d deal with Russia, China, Iran and the Middle Eastย 

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This week marked the grim six-month milestone since the Hamas terrorย attack on Israel and the ensuing counterattack on Gaza, which has led to a mounting death toll and a humanitarian crisis that has dividedย world opinion. While President Joe Bidenโ€™s White House struggles to help end the bloodshed, what would his opponent โ€” Donald Trump โ€” [โ€ฆ]

Germany slaps down Nicaraguaโ€™s charge it facilitates โ€˜genocideโ€™ in Gaza

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Berlin has been one of Israel’s staunchest military backers in its war against Hamas.

A โ€˜war against humanity itselfโ€™: Josรฉ Andrรฉs still reeling from Israeli attack that killed his workers

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An internal probe from Israel revealed significant errors and protocol violations that led to multiple strikes on the aid convoy.

UK support to Israel โ€˜not unconditional,โ€™ Cameron warns

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Israel should abide by international humanitarian law, foreign secretary says.

From โ€˜I Love Youโ€™ to โ€˜Assholeโ€™: How Joe Gave Up on Bibi

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After decades of building a โ€œclose, personalโ€ friendship with Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden has had it with the Israeli prime minister. Now heโ€™s hitting him hard โ€” and it may be working.

Israel and Hamas set stage for new round of cease-fire talks

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls militant group’s latest demands โ€œabsurd.โ€

EU election needs to bring out the best of Europe โ€” not the worst

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European citizens need their institutions to recognize the demands of interdependence and global risk. They need a global vision โ€” not just local action.ย 

CIA director says cease-fire is needed to help starving children in Gaza

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Burns addressed the Israel-Hamas conflict in his testimony at the intelligence communityโ€™s annual worldwide threats hearing.

Aid ship to leave Cyprus for Gaza within 24 hours, Christodoulides says

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Specific time of departure can’t be disclosed for security reasons, Cyprus president says.

Cyprus-Gaza humanitarian corridor to open soon, von der Leyen says

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Israel welcomed the opening of the maritime corridor but cautioned it would require security checks.

Biden to order US military to construct port in Gaza to increase aid flow

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โ€œWeโ€™re not planning for this to be an operation that would require U.S. boots on the ground,โ€ said a senior administration official.

โ€˜We look 100 percent weakโ€™: US airdrops in Gaza expose limit to Bidenโ€™s Israel policy

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The U.S. normally does airdrops in hostile environments, not in areas occupied by allies.

Spain and Ireland call for ‘urgent review’ of EU-Israel agreement over war in Gaza

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Prime ministers Pedro Sรกnchez and Leo Varadkar have asked the European Commission to “undertake an urgent review” of the EU-Israel agreement in light of the war in Gaza and the worsening humanitarian crisis.

Netanyahu canโ€™t get Israelโ€™s far right to zip it

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Israelโ€™s next encounter with International Court of Justice may prove more challenging than the first, thanks to the PM’s coalition partners.

US-China meetings fail to produce breakthrough on Red Sea shipping attacks

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Lack of progress in addressing two key international crisis points underscores the limitations in the Biden administrationโ€™s diplomatic outreach to Beijing.

Why Israelโ€™s worried hostage families now have Britain in their sights

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UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Qatar with pressure mounting on him to help broker a deal.

Peace in Gaza is impossible without empathy

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Empathy for the enemy is rare in any war, but its absence on both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict does not bode well.

Novelist breaks with German publisher amid call for wider cultural boycott over Gaza

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Lana Bastaลกiฤ‡ terminates contract, decrying โ€˜censorshipโ€™ of pro-Palestinian voices in GermanyA prize-winning Bosnian and Serbian novelist has cut ties with her German publisher in protest against what she describes as its silence on the humanitarian cr…

Airstrikes are unlikely to deter the Houthis

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As far as Washington and London are concerned, Western retaliation is meant to convey a clear message to Iran โ€” stop. But why would it?

South Africaโ€™s genocide case against Israel lays bare Europeโ€™s feeble power

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Divisions on the conflict in the Middle East come as Europe was already grappling with an emerging far-right sentiment.

White House unaware of timeline for Israelโ€™s shift to less-intense Gaza operations

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The Biden administration said Israel believes the war could continue through the end of 2024, far longer than many expected after Hamasโ€™ attack.

EU and UK slam Israeli ministersโ€™ call for โ€˜voluntary emigrationโ€™ from Gaza Strip

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Foreign policy reps in Brussels, London and Madrid hit out at Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir.

US has weighed a new envoy role for Middle East crisis

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For now, itโ€™s sticking with a post focused on humanitarian issues, but that could change if conditions do.

The New EU Asylum Laws, part 3: the Resettlement Regulation

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EU leaders fail to sharpen stance on Israel-Hamas war

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EU leaders failed to sharpen their position on the Israel-Hamas war and escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza on Friday (15 December), despite several member states advocating for a ceasefire.

EU leaders welcome Israel-Hamas temporary truce, hostage deal

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French foreign minister says the agreement reached overnight offers ‘a moment of genuine hope.’

Biden orders top aides to prepare reprimands for violent Israeli settlers in West Bank

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The directive seeks โ€œoptions for expeditious action against those responsibleโ€ for violence, according to a memo read to POLITICO.

Netanyahu scrambles to quell revolt by far right over Gaza fuel

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Eruption within the coalition government over fuel concession illustrates the dilemma Netanyahu faces trying to balance far-right religious nationalists and Israelโ€™s Western allies.

Israelโ€™s ambassador to US pans Germanyโ€™s idea of a UN-controlled Gaza

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Rather, Michael Herzog endorses Israeli PM’s idea to control the Strip for an ‘undefined’ amount of time, an idea opposed by many US and EU officials.

UN Security Council adopts resolution for โ€˜humanitarian pausesโ€™ in Gaza

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The US, UK and Russia abstained.

EU throws weight behind Cypriot plan to ship aid to Gaza

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The plan is to allow Gazans access to big volumes of aid carried by ship, rather than just the small quantities brought by truck from Egypt.

Macronโ€™s peace forum adds to โ€˜conference overkill,โ€™ critics say

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A lack of focus has left some wondering what the Paris Peace Forum can achieve on Gaza and its long list of other agenda items.

Macron to Israel: Fight terrorism, donโ€™t endanger civilians

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‘I think we need a humanitarian truce now,’ said the French president.

Press release – Metsola: โ€œwe have a duty to meet this momentโ€

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Addressing the European Council, President Metsola said that taking a strong stance against terror and making all efforts to alleviate Gaza’s humanitarian crisis are not mutually exclusive. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2023 – EP

UN warns of Gaza catastrophe as Israel prepares ground invasion

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‘These people are going to starve to death unless we can get in,’ executive director of UN World Food Program tells POLITICO.

Cairo peace summit is a long-shot to end Israel-Hamas war

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Egyptian leader el-Sisi’s diplomatic challenge is that key powers such as the U.S., Iran and Israel will not be at the table.

Israelโ€™s EU ambassador: To be relevant, EU should follow von der Leyenโ€™s leadership

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Ambassador says Commission chief ‘showed courage, she showed leadership.’

PMQs scorecard: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer strike a somber tone amid Israel-Hamas conflict

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There was little of the usual squabbling at prime minister’s questions as events in the Middle East dominated.

EU leaders vow unified effort to mitigate humanitarian crisis in Gaza

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After week of mixed messages in Brussels, Charles Michel stresses need for โ€˜clear unified course of actionโ€™ EU prime ministers have vowed to step up their efforts to mitigate a looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza in a bid to present a united diplomatic…

What Europeโ€™s role should be in Israel-Hamas war

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As the EU continues to provide strong political backing for Israel, it should use its diplomatic channels to prevent dangerous regional escalation.

ErdoฤŸan warns Sunak: Donโ€™t stoke Israel-Hamas crisis

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Turkish president says the West should ‘remember and fulfill the promises made to Palestine over the years.’

Biden is โ€˜weighingโ€™ a visit to Israel for show of solidarity

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A trip, which is not yet confirmed, could happen as soon as this week, if it takes place at all.

Europe is still teeming with antisemitism

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As Israel ramps up its military reaction โ€” in turn triggering a humanitarian crisis in Gaza โ€” antisemitism is likely to spike, just as it always does when conflict in the region escalates.

West urges Israel to show restraint amid escalation fears

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Emmanuel Macron and Antony Blinken warn Israel not to go too far in Gaza.

Sunak, Meloni demand more urgency to combat migration

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‘We are two of the closest friends in Europe today,’ British and Italian leaders write.

Shambles in Granada: Mega-gathering of European leaders ends with a whimper

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49 leaders, 700 journalists, dozens of bilateral meetings … and no decisions.

In Granada, backlash grows against Ukraineโ€™s EU accession

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As leaders meet in Spain, some believe the EU must grow or die while others resent the realities of that prospect.

Three quarters of Karabakh population already out in swift exodus

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More than three quarters of the 120,000-strong population of the ethnic Armenian breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh had fled by Friday afternoon (29 September) after defeat by Azerbaijan, a faster-than-expected mass exodus that looked likely to be to…

โ€˜Where are France, America and Charles Michel?โ€™ Armenians rage as 50,000 flee Nagorno-Karabakh

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Brussels put itself front and center in an ill-fated campaign to be a regional peacemaker โ€” but now doesn’t dare upset gas-rich Azerbaijan.

Aid convoys set course for Nagorno-Karabakh under new pact with Azerbaijan

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Fears of a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged region have worsened since Azerbaijan’s lightning attack earlier this week.

โ€˜Nobody is helping usโ€™: Inside the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

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A sense of abandonment grips ethnic Armenians, who feel deserted by traditional allies and the West alike.

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