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ANKARA / GENEVA (AA) – Israeli foreign minister’s call to forcibly displace people from the West Bank is “completely unacceptable,” the EU foreign policy chief said on Thursday. Before attending the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Josep Borrell told reporters that UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordina...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The heads of churches in Jerusalem have expressed deep concern over Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a cease-fire. In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation, “the situation in ou...
Chicago, United States – AFP Vice president Kamala Harris pledged Thursday to get a Gaza cease-fire as the United States president. “Now is the time to get a hostage deal and a cease-fire deal done,” she told supporters at the Democratic National Convention, speaking of Israel’s war on Gaza. “President Biden and I...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have affirmed their conditions for any agreement with Israel, including a halt to the Gaza war, a full Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction, ending the blockade and a serious prisoner exchange deal. This was outlined in a statement released by Hamas following a meeti...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Qatar and Egypt have warned the US that there is “little chance” for the Palestinian group Hamas to accept its latest proposal for a Gaza cease-fire, Israeli media reported. Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar concluded on Friday with a new “proposal that narrows the gaps” between Israel and Hamas, cla...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called US President Joe Biden’s allegation that the Palestinian group had backed away from a Gaza cease-fire deal “misleading.” “Biden and (US Secretary of State Antony) Blinken’s statements are misleading and don’t reflect the true position of the movement, which is keen...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Sunday to push for a cease-fire agreement, reported Israeli media. Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation said that Blinken’s expected visit is the ninth of its kind since Israel waged its deadly war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. During his […]
LONDON (AA) – The British foreign secretary has expressed the hope that the parties to the Doha talks may be “on the cusp of a deal.” Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem, David Lammy stressed that the time for a deal in Gaza is “now.” “I am pleased that the reports out of Qatar […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Mediators in the Gaza cease-fire talks announced on Friday that they proposed a new plan to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas. “Over the last 48 hours in Doha, senior officials from our governments have engaged in intensive talks as mediators aiming to conclude the agreement for a cease-fire and release […]
