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US President Donald Trump speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House, February 11
Trump insists US will take Gaza as he meets Jordan's King Abdullah
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has once again insisted the US will take control of the Gaza Strip, as he met Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday.It was their first meeting since Trump announced his proposal to take over the enclave and move its population of two million Palestinians to other countries in the region, including Jordan.Earlier this week, Trump suggested he could withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt unless they agreed to take in those Palestinians from Gaza.Jordan, a key US ally in the Middle East, is already home to millions of Palestinians and has rejected the proposal. King Abdullah said after their meeting that Jordan's "steadfast position [is] against the displacement of Palestinians".But speaking to reporters in the Oval Office,...
February 12, 2025

Trump insists US will take Gaza as he meets Jordan's King Abdullah

Three more hostages are due to be released in the next scheduled exchange
Hamas says it will postpone hostage release, blames Israeli violations
GAZA — A spokesperson for the armed wing of Hamas says the group is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming what he said were Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal.Three hostages held in Gaza are due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.Abu Obeida said the releases would not go ahead until Israel complied with its obligations. He said violations included delaying the return of displaced Palestinians to the north, firing on people, and failing to allow into Gaza humanitarian aid "in all its agreed-upon forms".Israel's defense minister called the announcement "a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement".Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
February 11, 2025

Hamas says it will postpone hostage release, blames Israeli violations

Donald Trump looks on during Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 9 in New Orleans
Trump doubles down on plan to take over Gaza
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, and said that he could allow other states in the Middle East to rebuild parts of the war-ravaged enclave.“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it," Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One as he traveled to the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday."Other people may do it through our auspices. But we’re committed to owning it, taking it, and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back. There’s nothing to move back into. The place is a demolition site. The remainder will be demolished," he added.Trump described the enclave as "the most dangerous site anywhere in the...
February 10, 2025

Trump doubles down on plan to take over Gaza

CCTV footage of the raid shows men flicking through books and putting them into trash bags.
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in occupied East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.CCTV footage shared by the owners, four brothers from the Muna family, shows police officers putting books in trash bags at one of the branches of the Educational Bookshop, a decades-old respected institution with Arabic- and English-language branches.“They did throw some books on the ground but the Arabic (language) store is where the material damage was,” store owner Iyad Muna told CNN.Photos shared by Muna of the Arabic-language store show books, notebooks and writing materials scattered on the ground.The owner and his nephew were held overnight and will face a court hearing on...
February 10, 2025

Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in occupied East Jerusalem

Basel Adra with his camera in his West Bank home, an Israeli army bulldozer behind him
Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'
LONDON — A Palestinian and an Israeli sit in a West Bank village at night.They wonder aloud whether Basel will ever be able to freely visit Yuval's home in Israel, whether Basel's village will get building permits, and whether they will one day have stability.For years, the friends have been filming the destruction of houses, a well and a school by the Israeli army after a court order declared Basel's community illegal. They tell each other they hope they will change that reality.Now, that scene has reached some of the world's biggest stages.The film it is in, No Other Land, has been nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta for best documentary feature.It follows the fight over Masafer Yatta, a community of around 20 villages, and the friendship between Basel Adra and Israeli...
February 07, 2025

Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'

Almost 70% of Gaza's buildings are estimated to be destroyed or damaged following 15 months of war
Israel minister tells army to plan for Palestinians leaving Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel's defense minister has told its military to prepare a plan to "allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to leave to do so", in line with President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over the territory and resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians there.Israel Katz said Gazans should have "freedom of movement and migration" and countries critical of Israel's war with Hamas were "obligated" to take them in.The US secretary of state meanwhile insisted the resettlement would be temporary during Gaza's reconstruction, though Trump had said it would be permanent.Palestinian leaders and Arab states have rejected the plan and said that forced displacement would violate international law.The UN secretary-general has also warned that...
February 06, 2025

Israel minister tells army to plan for Palestinians leaving Gaza

(250205) -- GAZA, Feb. 5, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian children are seen next to a tent that serves as temporary shelter at the Al-Yarmouk stadium in Gaza City, on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, and a stern warning against “ethnic cleansing” from the head of the United Nations.It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law and avoid "any form of ethnic cleansing" in Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.The exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people is about the right of Palestinians to simply live as human beings in their own land, Guterres told a UN committee meeting."We have seen the realization of those rights steadily slip farther out of reach. We have seen a chilling, systematic dehumanization and demonization of an entire people," he said in remarks at the 2025 session of...
February 06, 2025

UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal

The devastating earthquakes killed more than 53,500 people in southern Turkey and over 5,500 in Syria
Left without a trace: Families search for missing children of Turkey's earthquake
ISTANBUL — Four-year-old Emir was at home with his family when two devastating earthquakes hit southern Turkey on 6 February 2023, claiming the lives of more than 53,500 people.The bodies of his mother, father and 10-year-old brother were found in the wreckage of their apartment block in Antakya, a city on the Syrian border.But there was no trace of him.Two years on, Emir is still missing. Dozens of families continue to search for their loved ones and at least 30 of the missing are children.Emir's aunt Nursen Kisa arrived at the collapsed building in Antakya an hour after the earthquake and waited beside the debris for over two weeks while search and rescue operations continued."We thought we could find him, or at least a piece of his clothing, some remains, some sort of a...
February 06, 2025

Left without a trace: Families search for missing children of Turkey's earthquake

Most of Gaza's 2.1 million population has been displaced by the 15-month war between Israel and Hamas
Palestinians and Arab states reject Trump's Gaza takeover proposal
RAMALLAH — The Palestinian president has said he strongly rejects President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over Gaza and permanently resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living there."We will not allow the rights of our people... to be infringed on," Mahmoud Abbas stressed, warning that Gaza was "an integral part of the State of Palestine" and forced displacement would be a serious violation of international law.Hamas, whose 15-month war with Israel has caused widespread devastation, said Trump's plan would "put oil on the fire" in the region.The idea was also rejected by regional powers including Jordan and Egypt, which the US president wants to take in many of the displaced Gazans.Saudi Arabia said Palestinians would "not...
February 06, 2025

Palestinians and Arab states reject Trump's Gaza takeover proposal

Mahmoud Bahjat, who is living in a tent camp in central Gaza, says he and other Palestinians refuse to be resettled elsewhere
Palestinians express shock and defiance at Trump plan
JERUSALEM — For most Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip there is already a painful history of forced displacement that is at the heart of their response to US President Donald Trump's plan to take over the war-torn territory.Speaking to the BBC, residents of a tent camp in the central town of Deir al-Balah expressed shock and defiance at the idea of being permanently resettled outside."Even if it costs us our souls, we will not leave Gaza," said Mahmoud Bahjat, who is from the north. "We are against Trump's decision. He ended the war but displacing us would end our lives."On the other hand, many Israelis have been expressing satisfaction at the radical ideas from the White House, particularly those on the far-right who seek to resettle Gaza.Since a...
February 06, 2025

Palestinians express shock and defiance at Trump plan

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