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In Israel, a 'different' Memorial Day amid Gaza war

On Monday, an area of Jerusalem's national military cemetery where soldiers killed in Gaza are buried was filled with mourners and emotion as...

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By Anne-Sophie Labadie

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof leaves Iran ahead of Cannes: statement

Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof said Monday he had left Iran after being sentenced to jail on national security charges, a day ahead of the...

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By Stuart Williams

Israel ramps up attacks on northern Gaza as 60,000 flee Rafah

The Israeli military has stepped up strikes in northern and central Gaza as well as in the southern city of Rafah, where it ordered more...

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Rina Bassist

Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of post-war 'anarchy'

Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and...

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Agence France-Presse

Gazans flee fresh fighting in north

Thousands fled northern Gaza on Monday as renewed shelling pounded areas where Israel says Hamas militants have regrouped, despite having announced...

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Agence France-Presse

Tunisian lawyers protest, launch strike after pundit arrested

Tunisian lawyers protested and launched a nationwide strike on Monday over the arrest of a lawyer and political commentator in a weekend police...

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Agence France-Presse

Emirates airline reports record $4.7B profit as Gulf competition heats up

Emirates announced a record high profit for the fiscal year ending in April on Monday, marking a positive milestone as the gulf airline competition...

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Adam Lucente

Inside Kuwait's political turmoil as parliament dissolves, new government forms

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday signed a decree approving a new government, days after he dissolved the parliament...

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Beatrice Farhat

What’s behind Kuwait’s political turmoil with parliament dissolved, new government formed?

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday signed a decree approving a new government, days after he dissolved the...

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Beatrice Farhat

What is behind Kuwait’s political turmoil with parliament dissolved, new government formed?

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday signed a decree approving a new government, days after he dissolved the...

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Beatrice Farhat

Saudi Arabia's billion-dollar football league a work in progress

Anyone expecting immediate results from Saudi Arabia's unprecedented splurge on football stars was probably disappointed as the billion-dollar...

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By Haitham El-Tabei

Blinken: Israel offensive on Rafah would not eliminate Hamas

An all-out Israeli offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah would provoke "anarchy" without eliminating Hamas, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...

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Agence France-Presse

Israel marks especially sombre Memorial Day after Oct 7

Israelis stood still and flags flew at half-mast on Sunday as the country marked an especially painful Memorial Day following the carnage of the...

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By Michael Blum

Donors pledge over $2 bn for Gaza at Kuwait conference

A conference of international donors in Kuwait pledged over $2 billion in aid to Gaza Sunday as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an...

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Agence France-Presse

Rafah residents flee 'hell' of Israeli onslaught

War-weary Gazans flooded towards coastal areas of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah on Sunday, fleeing heavy bombardment in eastern zones...

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Agence France-Presse

Fighting rages across Gaza as death toll tops 35,000

Israel struck Gaza on Sunday and troops were battling militants in several areas of the Hamas-run territory, where the health ministry said the...

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Agence France-Presse

Gender breakthrough in Swiss triumph at politically-charged Eurovision contest

Switzerland promised a joyous celebration Sunday for Nemo, the first non-binary performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest at the end of one of...

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By Camille Bas-Wohlert

Fighting rages across Gaza as UN chief urges 'immediate ceasefire'

Israel struck Gaza on Sunday and troops were battling militants in several areas of the Palestinian territory after an Israeli evacuation order...

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Agence France-Presse

Israel strikes Gaza after fresh Rafah evacuation order

Israel launched strikes on Gaza Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah, with the United Nations warning an outright invasion of the...

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Agence France-Presse

Israeli fans slam Eurovision snub as 'political'

Music fans who gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to watch the Eurovision contest decried juries' snubs of Israel as "obviously political". The mood...

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By Nina Larson

Switzerland's Nemo wins Eurovision Song Contest

Switzerland's Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, becoming the first artist identifying as non-binary to claim victory, in a...

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By Camille Bas-Wohlert

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Madrid

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through Madrid on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza and a severing of ties between...

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Agence France-Presse

In Tel Aviv, Eurovision fans hope world shows Israel some love

Eurovision fans gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday to watch the show taking place in Sweden on big screens said they were hoping voters would finally...

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By Nina Larson

Eurovision in Gaza's shadow as Israel competes in final

The Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway in Sweden's Malmo on Saturday, as tensions mount around Israel's participation during the Gaza war....

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By Camille Bas-Wohlert

Iraq hopes oil reserves will exceed 160 bn barrels: minister

Iraq, one of the world's biggest oil producers, aims to boost its crude reserves to more than 160 billion barrels, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel Ghani...

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Agence France-Presse

Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered

Israeli strikes on Saturday hit parts of Gaza including Rafah where Israel expanded an evacuation order and the UN warned of "epic" disaster if an...

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Agence France-Presse

Israel strikes Gaza as US report criticises war conduct

Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Saturday after renewed US criticism over its conduct of the war and a UN warning of "epic" disaster if an outright...

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Agence France-Presse

US slams Israel's use of American weapons in Gaza

The United States issued Friday a stunning criticism of Israel's use of American weapons in the Gaza war, after Israeli forces intensified...

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Agence France-Presse

For Biden, only a cease-fire could quell Democrat dissent on Israel-Hamas war

US President Joe Biden’s declaration that the United States is withholding arms to Israel for a possible military operation in Rafah may be too...

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Week In Review

US says Israel’s weapons use in Gaza likely ‘inconsistent’ with international law

WASHINGTON — A State Department report Friday on Israel’s military conduct in the Gaza Strip said it was “reasonable to assess” that...

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

US report criticizes Israel but does not block arms

A long-awaited State Department report on Friday criticized Israel's use of US weapons in the Gaza war but did not find enough evidence of...

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By Shaun Tandon

US says ‘reasonable to assess’ Israel’s weapons use in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with international law

WASHINGTON — A State Department report on Israel’s military conduct in the Gaza Strip said it was “reasonable to assess” that US-provided...

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

US says ‘reasonable to assess’ Israel’s use of American weapons in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with international law

WASHINGTON — A State Department report on Israel’s military conduct in the Gaza Strip said it was “reasonable to assess” that US-provided...

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

As it expands operations, Israel weighs Rafah options, looks to Egypt

As the Israeli military continues to fight in eastern Rafah, the government will soon have to decide on its next step, namely, for how long and to...

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Rina Bassist

Lebanon's Hezbollah says fires rockets at Israel after deadly strike

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it fired Katyusha rockets at Israel on Friday in retaliation for strikes, which state media said killed...

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Agence France-Presse

Sudan war rages amid reports of ethnic cleansing, children 'piled up and shot'

Heavy clashes erupted Friday between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in el-Fasher,  capital of North...

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Beatrice Farhat

General Assembly votes to grant Palestine more UN rights short of membership

WASHINGTON — The UN General Assembly voted Friday to grant Palestine additional privileges at the United Nations and called on the Security Council...

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

The Palestinian who almost represented Iceland at Eurovision

Jerusalem native Bashar Murad was determined to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, but with no option to represent Palestinians, he opted to...

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By Louis Baudoin-Laarman

Multiple arrests as US police clear MIT, UPenn Gaza protests

Police carried out pre-dawn swoops Friday on students protesting the war in Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on...

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Agence France-Presse

As Netanyahu fans flames, will Biden lose Israeli center over arms cut?

TEL AVIV —  The rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden reached an unprecedented low this week over the Israel...

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Ben Caspit

Israeli artillery hits Rafah after truce talks end

Israel bombarded Gaza including Rafah on Friday after negotiators left truce talks in Cairo without a deal and a senior UN official said aid...

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Agence France-Presse

Israel hits Gaza after truce talks end

Israel launched fresh strikes in the Gaza Strip Friday after negotiators pursuing a long-stalled truce agreement left talks in Cairo without having...

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Agence France-Presse

CIA director, Hamas delegation leave Egypt talks with no deal reached

CIA director Bill Burns, the Israeli and the Hamas delegations left Cairo on Thursday with no deal reached on a cease-fire or hostage release,...

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Beatrice Farhat

Israel shells Rafah as Biden vows arms suspension

Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet over the conduct of its war against Hamas, vowing to...

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Agence France-Presse

Former Oct 7 hostages make freedom call from Auschwitz

Freed Gaza hostages Gabriela Leimberg and her brother Fernando Marman visited Auschwitz for the first time this week and said they want just one...

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By Michael Blum

Rafah struck after Biden warning on arms transfers

Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery shells and other...

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Agence France-Presse

US ship leaves Cyprus laden with aid for Gaza

A US container ship loaded with aid for Gaza left Cyprus Thursday in a new test of a maritime corridor to get relief into the besieged Palestinian...

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Agence France-Presse

Hamas urges halt to airdrops of aid in Gaza after two killed

Hamas on Thursday called for an end to airdrops of aid after two Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza when a aid pallet crashed into a...

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Agence France-Presse

Trump accuses Biden of siding with Hamas

Donald Trump accused election rival Joe Biden Thursday of siding with Hamas when he threatened to stop sending US weapons to Israel as it wages war...

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Agence France-Presse

Iran warns it will change ‘nuclear doctrine’ if threatened by Israel

Iran is ready to change its nuclear doctrine if it is threatened by Israel, an adviser to its supreme leader warned on Thursday, raising renewed...

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Beatrice Farhat

CIA director, Israel and Hamas leave Egypt talks with no deal reached

Both the Israeli and the Hamas delegations as well as CIA director Bill Burns left Cairo on Thursday with no deal reached on a cease-fire or...

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Beatrice Farhat

Turkey’s BOTAS signs $1.1B long-term LNG deal with ExxonMobil

The Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) and US energy giant ExxonMobil have signed a deal for liquified natural gas believed to be worth...

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Jack Dutton

Israel hits Rafah despite US warning on arms transfers

Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to stop supplying artillery shells and...

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Rina Bassist

'Insane': Saudi tennis elite wowed as stars flock to kingdom

When Ammar Alhaqbani first picked up a racket two decades ago while living in the United States, he knew very little about the tennis scene in his...

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By Robbie Corey-Boulet

North Africa football fans use stadium freedoms to back Palestinians

In North Africa, where political speech is often harshly policed, football stadiums have long been an exception. Now, fans are using that small...

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By Claire Gounon With Youcef Bounab In Tunis

Israel's Elbit clinches $53M deal to sell mortar systems to Europe

Israeli defense technology company Elbit Systems announced Wednesday it had signed a contract worth approximately $53 million to supply its...

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Rina Bassist

With draft letters done, Turkey and US inch closer to concluding $23B F-16 deal

ANKARA — Turkey has concluded deliberations on a $23 billion sale package including 40 new Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets from the United...

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Ezgi Akin

UN official says Israel closure of Gaza crossings 'completely crippling' aid

Israel's closure of key crossings into Gaza has cut off the main entry point for aid, and particularly fuel, rendering humanitarian operations all...

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By Nina Larson

Can Republicans in Congress punish ICC if it issues Israel arrest warrants?

Republicans in both chambers of Congress are uniting in their threat to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Hague-based tribunal...

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Megan Mineiro

Turkey, Israel tangle in fresh row over trade ban

ANKARA — Tensions between Turkey and Israel escalated on Thursday after the Israeli side claimed that the Turkish government was easing the trade...

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Ezgi Akin

Israel qualifies for Eurovision grand finale

Israel qualified for this weekend's Eurovision song contest grand finale, defying thousands of demonstrators marching on Thursday in host country...

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By Camille Bas-Wohlert

Thwarted by US, Palestinians look to UN General Assembly

After a US veto foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership, the General Assembly is expected on Friday to grant them some additional...

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By Amélie Bottollier-Depois

No more bear hugs: Biden gives up on Netanyahu embrace

Days after the October 7 attack, Joe Biden walked onto the tarmac in Tel Aviv and offered a warm bear hug to Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign both of...

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By Shaun Tandon

Biden approaches 'red line' with Netanyahu 7 months into Gaza war

You're reading an excerpt from The Takeaway, where we break down the latest in US-Middle East diplomacy. To read the full newsletter,  sign up...

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Elizabeth Hagedorn

Biden: US to block bomb, artillery shell shipments if Israel invades Rafah

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that if the Israeli military launches a full-scale operation in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, the...

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Al-Monitor Staff

Biden says will stop some arm shipments if Israel invades Rafah

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to...

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Al-Monitor Staff

Biden threatens to stop arm shipments if Israel invades Rafah

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to...

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Al-Monitor Staff

Halting bomb delivery, Biden sends sternest sign yet to Israel

In halting a shipment of thousands of bombs, President Joe Biden has sent his most serious signal yet both to Israel and his domestic critics,...

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By Shaun Tandon, W.g. Dunlop

Israel destroys dozens of Bedouin homes in Negev desert

Israeli authorities destroyed around 50 homes belonging to Bedouins in the Negev desert on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, with Israel's...

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