Day: March 21, 2024

US, Saudi Arabia progressing on deal to normalize ties with Israel – Blinken

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Blinken says the US and Saudi Arabia are making “good progress” on normalization talks with Israel, but no timeline has been given. Discussions include a mutual defense pact. REUTERS MARCH 21, 2024 22:21 Updated: MARCH 21, 2024 22:43 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken arrives for the Summit for Democracy, in South Korea this week. […]

Mossad chief heads to Doha as US said to pressure mediators to speed up hostage talks

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Blinken meets Arab FMs in Cairo, set to attend Israeli war cabinet session; says ‘gaps are narrowing’ on truce deal By AP, REUTERS and TOI STAFFToday, 11:39 pm   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, walks to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, in Cairo, Egypt, March 21, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP) Mossad chief David […]

US to bring Security Council motion for Gaza truce and hostage deal to a vote Friday

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Draft calls for ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ linked to captives’ release; EU leadership issues similar call for pause to fighting, warns against Rafah ground op By REUTERS and TOI STAFFToday, 11:55 pm   File: The Security Council meets before voting on a resolution concerning a truce in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, February 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) […]

Europe’s no-go Jewish zones are only the beginning – opinion

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When countries allow entire sectors of their cities to become no-go zones for their own law enforcement, that is when they have effectively handed over the keys to someone else. By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN MARCH 21, 2024 04:46   Banning Jews represents a dark period in history, which, up until now, has been an embarrassing chapter […]

Israel on Guard for Hezbollah Chemical Weapons Attack

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Israel on Guard for Hezbollah Chemical Weapons Attack IDF chemical weapons drill (Archive: IDF/CC BY-NC 2.0) Indications are growing that Hezbollah could use chemical weapons to attack Israel in the next war. The group has access to a Syrian military research site that runs an active non-conventional weapons program, a new report warns. Israeli officials […]

Former US officials to Biden: Be tougher on Israel

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Nearly 70 former US officials, diplomats and military officers urge Biden to warn Israel of “serious consequences” if it denies civil rights and basic necessities to Palestinian Arabs and expands “settlement activity”. Israel National NewsMar 21, 2024, 4:20 AM (GMT+2) Nearly 70 former US officials, diplomats and military officers on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden […]