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When the United Arab Emirates first signed the Abraham Accords in 2020—normalizing relations with Israel—its rulers hailed the agreement as a means to encourage and cajole Israel to take positive steps toward ending its occupation and annexation of Palestinian territory. Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco followed suit.But the real premise of the Accords was…

01/22/2024January 22, 2024A fresh offer by the militant Islamist group Hamas to free hostages in exchange for Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza has been rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. More than 100 days since Hamas abducted the hostages, many in Israel are protesting the government’s handling of the war.

At the beginning of the war, it was as if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden were in sync for the first time since this government was formed.But as expected, this honeymoon didn’t last very long.Though Biden has been devoted to Israel and has invested time, funds, and military assistance towards the war effort, the two have…

SaveYou’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday.Israel’s embattled leader has long opposed the emergence of an independent Palestine. For years, right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke Friday after a glaring, nearly four-week gap in direct communication during which fundamental differences have come into focus over a possible pathway to Palestinian statehood once the fighting in Gaza ends. Biden and his top aides have all but smothered…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York on Sunday. Evan Vucci/AP …

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Netanyahu is also under heat to appease members of his right-wing ruling coalition by intensifying the war against Hamas, which governs Gaza, while contending with calls for restraint from the United States, its closest ally.Netanyahu posted his statement on social media a day after his first conversation with Biden in nearly a month. Discussing his…

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Image source, EPAIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a Palestinian state.His comments came hours after a phone call with US President Joe Biden after which the US leader indicated Mr Netanyahu may still accept the idea. Mr Netanyahu’s remarks appeared to deepen a public divide with the US.The US believes…

It was plain long before the 7 October attacks that Israel badly needed a change of leadership. That need is now urgent. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should have resigned over the security failures surrounding the Hamas massacre, when about 1,200 Israelis were murdered. Instead, he has blamed others. Netanyahu argued the crisis required him…

But these bold steps might yet be another ploy to gain international support for a negotiated settlement towards creating a Palestinian state. That would not be surprising. Ever since the 1988 Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Algiers Declaration of statehood on the post-1967 territories, Abbas has been part of a Palestinian movement whose raison…