Israel, Netanyahu and Gaza
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President Trump continues his trip to the Middle East as he tries to strike deals for the U.S. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Iran. Foreign Policy Editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal and The Insider Editor Michael Weiss join Katy Tur to share their expertise on Trump's diplomacy.
Israel must respect international law in its military operation in Gaza, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave increasingly "dramatic and unjustifiable".
President Donald Trump‘s first foreign trip of his second term is underway. The president is visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. But Trump will not be visiting Israel. The exclusion of America’s historic Middle Eastern ally from Trump’s itinerary is a marked example of Trump’s declining sympathy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
The White House has called Trump’s visit a “historic return to the Middle East” but Israel is once again not on the itinerary.
US president called for an end to Gaza war and negotiated directly with Hamas to return American hostage, amid rumours of strained relations
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Some reports have cast this disconnect as indicative of a chasm between Trump and Israel. But this is a misreading. The divide is not between the president and Israel so much as between the president and Israel’s leader. Most Israelis support what Trump is doing—and oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned that Israel would use its "full force" to "complete" the fight against Hamas in Gaza.
"The nature of that bilateral relationship—with Israel still reliant upon the military, diplomatic and economic assistance of the United States—is such that the prime minister
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DPA International on MSNGroup of 67 former hostages urges Netanyahu to reach hostage dealA group of 67 former hostages on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages. In an open letter entitled "A Call to Make History,