Strong-Armed by Trump, Netanyahu Embraces Gaza Deal as a Personal Win
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks on a U.S. plan to end the Gaza war are focused now on hostages, with other difficult issues to be left for later, he said.
The longest war of an endless Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come to challenge Israel’s own image and understanding of itself.
The Israeli leader thought he had a plan from the U.S. president that would have represented total victory over Hamas. Suddenly, it looks as though he might not get everything he wants.
Hamas’s statement inspired optimism for an end to the war, but did not address several elements of the plan that it has deemed unacceptable.
Israel and Hamas said they will work with President Trump’s proposal to end the Gaza war. But persistent sticking points could derail a diplomatic breakthrough.
Interviews in Gaza suggest wide support for a proposal that calls for an immediate end to a war that has brought immense civilian suffering.
A family’s campaign to free a student abducted from a rural Israeli town two years ago may be imperiled by an uprising in Nepal and stalled attempts at a cease-fire.
A lawsuit accuses members of the emirate’s ruling family of stringing the Irish hotelier, Patrick McKillen, along on high-end developments as “part of a yearslong pattern of illegal racketeering.”
After helping negotiate peace in Northern Ireland, the former prime minister’s reputation was tarnished by his role in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Is he stepping into another diplomatic quagmire?