JERUSALEM (AA) – A recent poll has revealed that 65% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vis-à-vis the war on Gaza. The survey conducted by the Israeli Kantar Institute included 756 people and showed that 63% expressed satisfaction with the performance of Defense Minister Yuval Gantz in the co...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli opposition leader has condemned the fighting within the cabinet concerning the investigation into the events of October 7, calling it a disgrace and urging the ministers to resign. Yair Lapid’s remarks came after a heated verbal brawl during a cabinet meeting to discuss security and political affairs on...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped his defense minister from holding separate talks with the director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency on efforts to secure the release of Israeli detainees in Gaza, the local media has reported. Israel’s Channel 12 cited government sources which said that Yoav Gallant has bee...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is visiting Middle East in order to meet with some of his counterparts, including Israel’s defense minister. “Secretary Austin will travel to the Middle East region to meet with leaders in Bahrain, Qatar and Israel,” Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told reporters, adding he ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Even discussing the claim that Israel would establish a buffer zone in Gaza is disrespectful to the Palestinians, the Turkish president has said. “Gaza belongs to the Palestinians. We do not recognize any decision-maker that ignores their decisions,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on his return flight from a two-day visi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should face trial for being a “war criminal,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, slamming him as the “butcher of Gaza.” “We are not going to let the issue of Israel having nuclear weapons be forgotten,” Erdogan said in his opening remarks at...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that “the number of Palestinian deaths is unacceptable,” according to Spanish daily El Pais. In a meeting with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Sanchez urged Israel to distinguish between civilian and military targets. While acknowledgin...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hopes to lay the groundwork for a peace conference during his visits to Israel, Palestine and Egypt, local daily El Pais reported. On Thursday, the newly reelected leader of Spain will travel to Israel and Palestine to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has said that a truce agreement with Israel is in sight, raising likelihood of dozens of people taken prisoners on October 7 being released. There was no immediate response from Israel on the status of negotiation efforts to secure the release. Some prisoners have been released by...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for an “illusion” at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Hamas has said. “Netanyahu and his war cabinet are looking for a mirage that indicates their inability and hollow arrogance,” Abu Obaida, a spokesman for the Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigad...