DUBAI: Egypt said on Thursday (Mar 13) it appreciated United States President Donald Trump’s remarks on not demanding that residents of Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. “Nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza,” Trump said on Wednesday, in response to a question duringContinue Reading
LONDON: A man who scaled London’s Big Ben, and spent the day perched on the historic clock tower with a Palestinian flag, was arrested shortly after he came down after midnight on Sunday (Mar 9), police said. Pictures from the scene showed a cherry picker transporting him to waiting emergency crewsContinue Reading
CAIRO: Israel and Hamas signalled on Saturday (Mar 8) they were preparing for the next phase of ceasefire negotiations, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend the fragile 42-day truce that began in January. Hamas said there were “positive indicators” for the start of the ceasefire’s second-phase talks butContinue Reading
Last week, the United States said it had approved the sale of more than US$3 billion in munitions, bulldozers and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect in Gaza. The Turnberry property in southwest Scotland is one of two resorts that Trump owns in theContinue Reading
The first phase of the ceasefire ended last week, and Israel has since imposed a total blockade on all goods entering the enclave, demanding that Hamas free remaining hostages without beginning the negotiations to end the Gaza war. Fighting has been halted since January 19 and Hamas has released 33Continue Reading
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation formally adopted early Saturday (Mar 8) an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, calling on the international community to support the regional initiative. The decision by the 57-member grouping came at anContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: More than 50 freed Israeli hostages urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fully implement the Gaza ceasefire deal and secure the release of those still held in the Palestinian territory. “We who have experienced the inferno know that a return to war is life-threatening for those still left behind,” aContinue Reading
Rabha Seif Allam, of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, said “Egypt needs broad support” for its proposal. “This is an attempt to build a broad coalition that refuses the displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza, she said. Trump’s plan has already united Arab countries in opposition,Continue Reading
JERUSALEM: Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday (Mar 2) as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said earlier that it hadContinue Reading
The ceasefire took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sent a delegation to Cairo, and mediator Egypt said “intensive talks” on the second phaseContinue Reading
