Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Friday Gaza was an “integral part” of the Palestinian state. During talks with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who visited Abbas’s West Bank headquarters, “the president underscored that separation or any attempt to isolate any part ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel late Wednesday to discuss the possibility of extending a pause in Israel’s war in Gaza. The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said this is Blinken’s fourth visit to the country since the outbreak of fighting on Oct. 7. He was expected to meet with top […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay his third wartime visit to the Middle East this week, a US official said Monday. The top US diplomat is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah. “The secretary will discuss...
Washington, United States – AFP Joe Biden’s Middle East diplomatic drive faltered before it got off the ground Tuesday after his trip to Jordan was canceled following a strike on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of people. The 80-year-old US president will now only head to ally Israel to show support after the October […...
Amman, Jordan – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s king Friday about how to address a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as Israel readies a US-supported offensive following deadly attacks by Hamas. Blinken huddled with King Abdullah II as well as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman at t...
Sidon, Lebanon – AFP Clashes broke out late Thursday in a restive Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon that was rocked by deadly fighting just weeks ago, an AFP correspondent said. The fighting in the Ain al-Helweh camp once again pitted members of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement against Islamists, a source...
