The move to pause its mediator role comes after senior U.S. officials reportedly said Washington would no longer accept the presence of Hamas representatives in Qatar, accusing the Palestinian militant group of rejecting fresh proposals for an end to the war in Gaza. The Qatari statement said media reports on the future of the Hamas…
It comes after the terror group turned down a proposal put forward by Egypt that would have seen a two-day ceasefire declared in Gaza if they had agreed to return four Israeli hostages. Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said Hamas “once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages to secure…
Bob Woodward’s book War has a number of revelations about US perceptions of top Israeli government officials based on quotes from a number of their high-level interactions over the course of the war, as well as impressions of some top Arab officials’ behind-the-scenes views of the war. Here are some key takeaways: In the week-and-a-half after…
An Israeli court on Sunday loosened a gag order on a case investigating leaks of classified information suspected to involve one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s media advisers. Critics say the leaks were aimed at giving Netanyahu political cover as Gaza ceasefire talks ground to a halt. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing, downplaying the affair…