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Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering measured optimism on a Gaza cease-fire

Jul. 26, 2024 17:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza, nearing the end of a contentious U.S. visit that put on...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu visits Trump, says Israel is eager to reach a cease-fire deal

Jul. 26, 2024 16:07 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Donald Trump on Friday at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate for their first face-to-face meeting in nearly four years as the two sought to mend their political alliance. Netanyahu's visit to Florida came a day after the...

UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu

Jul. 26, 2024 12:54 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said Friday that the U.K. will not intervene in the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement is reversal of plans announced by...

How might Netanyahu's visit to the US affect cease-fire efforts?

Jul. 26, 2024 10:35 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States comes as negotiations to end the Israel-Hamas war and recover hostages held in Gaza inch forward — with no immediate deal in sight. Egypt, Qatar and the United States continue to push Israel...

Wounded in a strike that killed her family, a 2-year-old joins Gaza's ranks of thousands of orphans

Jul. 26, 2024 04:15 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The 2-year-old toddler lay on a foil blanket, her face covered with salve for her burns and her little body riddled with scars from shrapnel. She squirmed, her breath heaving, as doctors examined her and the tube in her chest. Siwar Abdel-Hadi is...

Harris tries to thread the needle on Gaza after meeting with Netanyahu

Jul. 26, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, is attempting to bridge divides within the party over the war in Gaza, emphasizing Israel's right to defend itself while also focusing on alleviating Palestinian suffering. She delivered...

Harris tells Netanyahu 'it is time' to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home

Jul. 25, 2024 20:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza since Oct. 7 can return home. Harris said she had a “frank and...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu meets with Biden as cease-fire talks face delays

Jul. 25, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Joe Biden in Washington on Thursday, a day after Netanyahu delivered a scathing speech to Congress in which he vowed to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and denounced American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots.” ...

Future of undersea electricity cable linking Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be decided next month

Jul. 25, 2024 13:19 PM EDT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The future of an electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel will be cleared up next month when a ruling is expected on whether Cypriot consumers would pick up the tab for the cable's four-year construction costs, Cyprus' energy minister said...

Palestinian Olympic team greeted with cheers and gifts in Paris

Jul. 25, 2024 08:05 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Palestinian Olympic athletes were greeted with a roar of a crowd and gifts of food and roses as they arrived in Paris on Thursday, ready to represent war–torn Gaza and the rest of the territories on a global stage. As the beaming athletes walked through a sea of...