Day: February 14, 2025

Erdogan: Trump’s Gaza plan a major threat to peace

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Turkish President again criticizes Trump’s plan for Gaza: Nobody can take Gaza away from Palestinians. Elad Benari   Feb 14, 2025, 5:09 AM (GMT+2) Recep Tayyip ErdoganREUTERS/Umit Bektas Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the residents of Gaza to neighboring countries is a significant threat to […]

Lebanon rejects Israeli presence in south as ceasefire deadline nears

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Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker says his country has rejected Israel’s request to maintain a presence in five southern locations beyond the February 18 deadline for fully implementing the ceasefire. Israel National News   Feb 14, 2025, 1:24 AM (GMT+2) LebanonLebanon-IsraelNabih BerriNorthern Arrows 1 minutes Nabih BerriAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Lebanon has rejected Israel’s request to maintain a presence […]

Rubio suggests resumption of Gaza war won’t end Hamas threat to Israel

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Top US diplomat says Arab allies must figure out how to remove Hamas from power or Israel will have to, ‘and then we’re back to where we’ve been, so that doesn’t solve the problem’ By Jacob Magid  Today, 2:03 am   US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime […]

Iran’s President: Iran will rebuild its nuclear sites if attacked

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian unfazed by reports of possible strikes on his country’s nuclear facilities: If you strike a hundred of those we will build a thousand other ones. Elad Benari   Feb 14, 2025, 6:56 AM (GMT+2)   Masoud PezeshkianReuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on Thursday that while Tehran’s adversaries might succeed in […]

Lebanese government prevents Iranian plane with funds for Hezbollah from leaving Tehran

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February 13, 2025 Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. (Shutterstock) The Lebanese government is fulfilling a provision in the ceasefire agreement with Israel, which requires it to prevent Iran from transferring funds to Hezbollah. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News The Lebanese government is preventing a plane scheduled to fly to Beirut from leaving […]