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Erdogan: Turkey ready to contribute to 'permanent ceasefire' in Gaza

The Turkish president’s remarks came after the US president announced new ceasefire efforts in Gaza.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: President Donald Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

Analysis

Saudi Arabia to pursue two-track approach for Trump presidency

Riyadh is likely to compartmentalize business dealings with incoming President Donald Trump separately from its foreign policy engagements, where there is likely to be disagreement.

Jennifer Gnana

By Jennifer Gnana

In Dubai, reporting on Gulf energy policy and politics

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas' Deif

Six months after International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan submitted his request to prosecute them, the world court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi (C), Director the Security Agency Ronen Bar (C-R) and Israel's Chief of the Mossad David Barnea (R).

Shin Bet chief discusses Gaza truce in Turkey: What we know

The Israeli official's travel to Turkey marks a dramatic development considering that Ankara has not played a part in these negotiations over the past year and Israel-Turkey relations have significantly deteriorated amid the Gaza war.

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US unveils new West Bank sanctions amid calls to target Israeli ministers

Israeli settlers walk through a street in Hebron's old city. Security is reinforced for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, West Bank, on Oct. 22, 2024.

Reports Hamas' political bureau relocated to Turkey false, Turkish sources say

Hamas's chief representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan (L), Hamas Arab relations chief Khalil al-Hayya (C) and Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Talal Naji arrive for a press conference during a visit to Damascus, Syria, Oct. 19, 2022.

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Ben & Jerry's sues Unilever, accuses parent of muzzling views on Gaza war

A menu hangs on the wall at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream store, Miami, Florida, on Sept. 23, 2021.

Interview

Senior Palestinian official Jibril Rajoub calls for 'Marshall-like plan' to rebuild Gaza

Secretary-General of Fatah’s Central Committee Jibril Rajoub looks on during an interview in Paris on July 27, 2024.

Jibril Rajoub

Jibril Rajoub

Fatah Central Committee Secretary-General

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Daoud Kuttab

Palestine Columnist

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

Naima Morelli

In Rome, reporting on Middle East culture

Fatima AbdulKarim

In Ramallah, reporting on the West Bank

TOPSHOT - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) arrives to lay a wreath of flowers by the graves of Palestinians killed in recent Israeli military raids on the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees, north of the occupied West Bank on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Abbas lead Palestinian Authority into Gaza after Israel-Hamas war?

As the humanitarian situation in Gaza grows more dire by the day, some Palestinians are frustrated at the slow pace of the leadership in Ramallah.

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Israeli settler attacks force 963 Palestinians out of West Bank homes since Gaza war started

The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem says hundreds of Palestinians have fled their homes due to settler violence, and the United States is pressuring Israel on the issue.

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Day 40 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Wednesday, Nov. 15

UN trucks Gaza

First fuel truck since Oct. 7 enters Gaza via Egypt

The fuel shortages have added to the desperation of more than 2 million people trapped inside the enclave, which the Israel offensive has ravaged for more than a month.

Palestinians injured in Israeli raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Nov. 14, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Israel raids al-Shifa hospital after US says Hamas command center inside

The IDF infiltrated Gaza Strip's largest hospital after the White House endorsed the Israeli military's allegation that Hamas maintained a command center at the facility, though Washington has not revealed any supporting evidence.

Palestinians injured in Israeli raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on Nov. 14, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Israel’s attacks on Gaza hospitals could amount to war crimes, says HRW

Human Rights Watch says the ongoing Israeli targeting of hospitals across Gaza “should be investigated as war crimes.”

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Day 39 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Tuesday, Nov. 14

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At least 185 Palestinians killed in Israel's West Bank raids since Gaza war began

The violence coincides with the Hamas-Israel war in the Gaza Strip.

A girl runs past a U.S. Army Oshkosh M-ATV Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle on May 26, 2021 near the Turkish border in northeastern Syria.

Day 38 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Monday, Nov. 13

TOPSHOT - An Israeli soldier carries a comrade as they train while keeping a position in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on November 8, 2023, amid increasing cross-border tensions between Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues in the south with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Day 37 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Sunday, Nov. 12

AUDI-ARAB-OIC-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-CONFLICT Arab Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L), Saudi Foreign Minister and session chair Prince Faisal bin Farhan (C), and assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League Hossam Zaki (R) attend a preparatory meeting with the Arab foreign ministers ahead of the extra-ordinary Arab League summit in Riyadh on November 9, 2023.

Day 36 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Saturday, Nov. 11

Palestinian citizens displaced from Gaza City to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din Street in the Al-Mughraqa area on Nov. 10, 2023 in Gaza.

Gaza's Salah al-Din highway 'road of death in every sense of the word'

Palestinians recount their harrowing journey along Salah al-Din Road, the route Israel designated for safe passage from northern Gaza.