An influential member of PM Netanyahu‘s coalition told settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that the govt is engaged in a stealthy effort to irreversibly change the way the territory is governed, to cement Israel’s control over it without being accused of formally annexing it. In a taped recording ofContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: In a bold declaration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has affirmed that Israel will persist with its military operations against Hamas in Gaza, regardless of objections from international allies, including the United States. This statement comes in the wake of a warning from US President Joe Biden regardingContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Hamas, “under any circumstances”, would not agree to any Gaza ceasefire that does not involve a complete end to the war, a senior official said on Saturday.“Hamas will not agree under any circumstances to an agreement that does not explicitly include a cessation of the war on Gaza,”Continue Reading
US secretary of state Antony Blinken met with PM Netanyahu in Israel on Wednesday, his latest stop on a West Asia tour undertaken as President Biden tries to stop Israel from invading Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where Palestinians have sought shelter during the war. Blinken and other topContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday declared that the military would launch a ground offensive on Gaza’s far-southern Rafah city, “with or without” a truce deal is reached with Hamas. Despite concerns raised by top ally Washington and hours before US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s arrivalContinue Reading
Israel PM Netanyahu said on Wednesday that protests at US universities against Israel’s war in Gaza were “horrific” and should be stopped, using his first public comments on the subject to castigate the student demonstrators and portray them as anti-Semitic. Netanyahu’s comments could harden division over the demonstrations. They couldContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Outrage over a strike by the Israeli military that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip has supercharged resistance among congressional Democrats to sending arms and fresh military funding to Israel.The mounting concern has added uncertainty to a pending foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel that hasContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israel has sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by US President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas’ demands were “delusional,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. Netanyahu also said Israel would not give in to “international dictates” regardingContinue Reading
TEL AVIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded harshly to a statement made by President Joe Biden on Thursday on what the President called “settler violence” in the West Bank. The statement came as the Biden Administration imposed sanctions on Israelis referred to as “extremist settlers” who commit acts of violenceContinue Reading
RAFAH: Qatar said it was appalled Wednesday by leaked remarks made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in which he criticised the country’s mediation efforts with Hamas, complicating already arduous negotiations meant to halt the hostilities in exchange for a hostage release.In a meeting with families of hostages held by Hamas,Continue Reading