Arab-Israeli conflicts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office is reportedly considering a potential role for the Palestinian Authority in managing the Gaza Strip after the current conflict with Hamas subsides. This move comes after months of instruction to security officials to exclude the Palestinian Authority from their plans for post-conflict
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Netanyahu's vow to continue the war against Hamas is not just about defeating a terrorist organization, but also about shaping the Palestinian polity in ways that would secure Israeli control and prevent the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state. By suggesting the establishment of a civil administration in
Hostages
Palestinian families of hostages held by Hamas expressed outrage over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments that he would only agree to a partial ceasefire deal, not ending the eight-month-long war in Gaza. Despite U.S. President Joe Biden's proposal for a three-phased plan that would
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims to be committed to a Gaza cease-fire proposal backed by US President Joe Biden, despite expressing only a willingness to discuss a "partial" deal to retrieve some Israeli captives held in Gaza. Netanyahu's stance comes as the Israeli war on
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at the end of the "intensive phase" in the Gaza Strip, but warned that operations will persist against Hamas and that a full-fledged war against Hezbollah in Lebanon is a possibility. In an interview with Israeli Channel 14 TV news, Netanyahu stated
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Former President Donald Trump's comments praising the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as "very smart" drew harsh criticism from both Republican rivals and the White House. Trump's remarks were made during a speech in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he also criticized Israeli Prime Minister
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For almost five decades, I have covered conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, witnessing the most heinous acts of violence on both sides. However, the recent Hamas operation, which involved the murder of Israeli civilians, including children, stands out as a particularly disturbing display of brutality. I have seen face-to-face barbarism,
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As strongmen leaders continue to rule with autocratic tendencies, growing concerns about their direction are prompting unprecedented pushback in several countries, including Israel, France, and Turkey. In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced protests unprecedented in the country's history over planned judicial reforms that would strip the Supreme
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Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government delayed bitterly contested plans to overhaul Israel's judiciary after a 24-hour period of intense protests, which brought much of the country to a halt. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets, the nation's biggest union called a strike,
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule is likely to end after a 12-year tenure, as his opponents, led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, are close to forming a coalition government without him. Despite successfully leading the country through the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent war with Hamas,
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Widespread outrage and grief have spread across Canada after the discovery of a mass grave holding the remains of 215 children at the site of a former residential school. Indigenous leaders are calling for a search for other mass graves across the nation. In sports news, Japanese tennis star Naomi
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Five years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, remains a source of controversy, but its impact on the lives of millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians, has been significant. The law has reduced the number of uninsured adults by nearly half, with
