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Hamas rockets must stop before two-state solution, 13 Dems in Congress say

In a Feb. 22 letter to Biden, Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and 10 other Jewish members of Congress went one step further. Hamas rocket fire must stop before there is a focus on a two-state solution, wrote the 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. [JNS.org]

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Peace negotiations regarding Gaza Strip to take place in Paris – Reuters

Published by RBC-Ukraine On Friday, February 23, Israel will participate in talks in Paris with the United States, Qatar, and Egypt regarding a potential ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, informs Reuters. The Israeli Security Cabinet has approved the dispatch of negotiators led by the head of the Mossad intelligence

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Hamas unwilling to negotiate unless ‘Leaders Feel Personal Danger’: Israeli Foreign Minister

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22 (ANI/TPS): Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said only heavy pressure on Hamas will lead to a negotiated release of the hostages held in Gaza. “The most effective way to promote a deal for the release of the abductees is the continuation of military pressure. About the

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Israel shoots down ballistic missile heading towards Eilat

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22 (ANI/TPS): Israel’s Arrow defense system intercepted a missile over the Red Sea heading in the direction of Eilat on Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said. The IDF said the missile did not cross into Israeli territory and did not pose a threat. Nevertheless, sirens were

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Beyond Terror: Hamas’s campaign of sexual violence uncovered in disturbing report

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22 (ANI/TPS): Hamas committed “brutal sexual assaults, carried out systematically and deliberately” on October 7, a report released on Wednesday, the first such report to detail the day’s sexual violence. “Hamas’s attack included violent acts of rape, accompanied by threats with weapons, and in some cases, targeted

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Israel says Gaza ceasefire would mean ‘immunity for baby killers’

Published by DPA After the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israel strongly rejected calls for a truce. This “absurd notion of a ceasefire” was constantly being thrown around within the Security Council and the UN General Assembly as if it was “a silver bullet, a

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US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

Published by DPA International A draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip failed in the UN Security Council on Tuesday after the US again vetoed the text tabled by Council member Algeria. Given concerns about a possible major Israeli offensive on the crowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza, the proposal

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Israel tells more Gazans to flee as Hamas leader holds talks in Cairo

Published by DPA International Israel ordered new evacuations from two Palestinian neighbourhoods in Gaza City on Tuesday, indicating impending military operations there and dashing hopes that Hamas talks in Cairo could prompt a ceasefire. The call was issued for the neighbourhoods of Zeitoun and Turkman, located in the north of the Gaza Strip, where the

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‘I’m a Muslim feminist’ Asra Nomani blasts ‘toxic exportation of extremist ideology’ from Iran and Saudi

Published by GB News (CA) Muslim-American activist Asra Nomani has blasted the “toxic exportation of extremist ideology” from Iran and Saudi that she claimed was a “dichotomy for me as a girl growing up in the West.” Nomani also brought up her friend, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and executed in

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Israeli defense minister says Hamas has lost its ‘fighting spirit’

Published by DPA International Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Galant says Palestinian extremist organization Hamas in Gaza has lost its fighting spirit after more than four months of war. “Two hundred fighters surrendered [in Khan Younis] in the Nasser hospital, dozens more in the Amal hospital,” Galant told army commanders on Sunday. “This shows that they

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US threatens to veto new Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC

Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], February 18 (ANI): The United States on Saturday warned of exercising its veto power at the UN Security Council against a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, CNN reported. According to the report, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned that if the

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