Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's economy is strong enough to begin ending US financial assistance while reaffirming his government's positions on Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and Palestinian statehood.
The United States has brokered a trilateral framework agreement with Israel and Lebanon that seeks to restore border security, disarm Hezbollah and establish a roadmap towards lasting peace.
Few politicians have exhibited Benjamin Netanyahu’s talent for political survival.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran would never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons under his leadership and reaffirmed that Israeli forces would remain in southern Lebanon as long as security concerns persist.
An apartment. A refugee camp. A tent colony in the south. Three strikes, one morning, six lives gone. Ahmed Wishah was filming a war that had already taken his brother. On Saturday, it took him too.
Hamas on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, hours after Israeli officials accused the Palestinian militant group of attempting to alter the deal's terms at the last moment.
The recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas offers a fragile respite in a volatile region. Brokered through Qatar’s mediation and supported by the United States, the agreement involves the phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners, alongside the entry of limited humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Israel's Minister of National Security and far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir strongly criticised the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, calling it "reckless."
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that his vision of an economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East, and Europe--a vision first presented at the G-20 summit in Delhi in September 2023--can now become a reality following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal.
Following the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engaged in discussions with US President-elect Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden.
