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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem. (File photo)
France says Israel's Netanyahu has immunity from ICC arrest warrant
PARIS — France said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has immunity from the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), marking a shift in stance that has been criticised by human rights groups.The world's top war crimes court last week issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, his ex-defense minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas commander Mohammed Deif, accusing them of crimes against humanity and war crimes during Israel's 13-month war in Gaza.Since then, French officials have said they would act "in line with the ICC’s statutes" although they replied vaguely about whether the country would arrest Netanyahu or Gallant if they visited the country. France's PM Michel Barnier told parliament this week that Paris...
November 28, 2024

France says Israel's Netanyahu has immunity from ICC arrest warrant

Displaced families carry mattresses as they prepare to return to their villages after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect in Sidon, 27 November 2024
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes
BEIRUT — With a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah apparently holding, residents of southern Lebanon are streaming back to their homes despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese militaries that they avoid certain areas.The hope is that the ceasefire will bring an end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a conflict that began after Hamas' 7 October massacre last year and which escalated into all-out war in mid-September, threatening to pull Hezbollah's patron Iran and Israel into a broader conflagration.The US- and France-brokered pause in fighting offers a reprieve to 1.2 million displaced Lebanese people who have fled the fighting, as well as tens of thousands of Israelis who evacuated their homes along...
November 27, 2024

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire appears to hold as Lebanese begin streaming back to their homes

A view of Beirut, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 02.00 GMT
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into effect
BEIRUT — A ceasefire following more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has come into effect.It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting at least a temporary end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.The deal was announced on Tuesday evening by Israel, France and the US, with President Joe Biden saying it aimed to be a "permanent cessation of hostilities".Attacks by both sides were recorded until shortly before the ceasefire started.Israel issued evacuation orders for parts of Beirut four hours before the ceasefire deadline, striking around an hour before. Hezbollah also fired drones into Israel in the hours before fighting stopped.Within minutes of the ceasefire starting, the Israel...
November 27, 2024

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into effect

People are afraid to return to their homes in northern Israel
Anger in Israel at 'irresponsible and hasty' ceasefire
JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu presented the ceasefire deal in the context of what he said were Israel’s “unprecedented achievements” over the past year of a seven-front war.He said Israel had set Hezbollah back “tens of years” and that it was not the same group it had been before.There was a lot of focus on Israel’s strength in doing what it believed needed to be done – in Gaza, in Lebanon and elsewhere – despite international opposition.And there was a lot of justification for the ceasefire too – it would allow Israel to “concentrate on the Iranian threat”, Netanyahu said, emphasizing that his country would retain full military freedom to counter any new Hezbollah threat.Israel’s army said on Tuesday it had hit 180 targets in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. Here...
November 27, 2024

Anger in Israel at 'irresponsible and hasty' ceasefire

Israel has pummelled Lebanon in near- daily strikes since September
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire designed to be permanent, says Biden
LONDON — A ceasefire has been agreed to end 13 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, US President Joe Biden has announced. "Effective at 04:00 tomorrow local time (02:00 GMT on Wednesday), the fighting across the Lebanese-Israeli border will end," Biden said, adding that it aimed to be a "permanent cessation of hostilities". Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not hesitate to strike if Hezbollah breaks any part of the agreed deal. There has been no response from the Iran-backed armed group which had been trading fire with Israel since October 2023. Fighting escalated in late September when Israel intensified bombardments and launched a limited ground invasion. It has been Lebanon's deadliest conflict in...
November 27, 2024

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire designed to be permanent, says Biden

Red Sea Governor Maj-Gen Amr Hanafi visited survivors on Monday
Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking
CAIRO — Egyptian rescuers found four bodies and five survivors on Tuesday during a Red Sea search operation after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on Monday.A total of 33 people have been rescued so far but seven were still missing as of Tuesday evening.The victims' identities have not yet been disclosed by authorities. The BBC understands two of the missing are British nationals.The four-deck modern vessel had been carrying 31 passengers and 13 crew when it is understood to have been hit by a large wave near Marsa Alam, causing it to capsize.The boat sent distress calls at 05:30 local time (03:30 GMT), local authorities said.The vessel sank within five to seven minutes, according to Red Sea governor Maj-Gen Amr Hanafi. He said some people had been unable to escape from their...
November 27, 2024

Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking

Josep Borrell
'No excuses' for Israel to not accept ceasefire deal, EU foreign policy chief says
BRUSSELS — "No excuses" remain for Israel to refuse a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, set to be voted on in Israel's cabinet Tuesday, the European Union's foreign policy chief said.Josep Borrell said that all of Israel's security concerns had been addressed in the deal, which was brokered by the US and France.“There is not an excuse for not implementing a ceasefire. Otherwise, Lebanon will fall apart,” Borrell told reporters on Tuesday morning at the G7 foreign ministers' summit in Italy.Under the proposed deal reported by local media, Israeli troops would withdraw from Lebanon and stop fighting for an initial period of 60 days.Israel's Channel 12 reported that other criteria for the deal include the setup of a multi-national...
November 26, 2024

'No excuses' for Israel to not accept ceasefire deal, EU foreign policy chief says

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Monday
Lebanon ceasefire announcement expected 'within 24 hours'
TEL AVIV — The Israeli cabinet will vote on a ceasefire deal in Lebanon on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson told CNN, after a source familiar with the matter said the Israeli prime minister had approved the plan “in principle.”Netanyahu signaled his potential approval for the emerging ceasefire with Hezbollah during a security consultation with Israeli officials Sunday night, the source said.On Monday, his spokesperson told CNN the Israeli cabinet will vote on the proposed deal on Tuesday and said it is expected to pass.Sources familiar with the negotiations said earlier that talks appear to be moving positively toward an agreement, but acknowledged that as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire, one misstep could upend the talks.But later Monday evening, a Lebanese...
November 26, 2024

Lebanon ceasefire announcement expected 'within 24 hours'

Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visits the West Bank Israeli settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, on August 18, 2009
Palestinians fear more evictions in the West Bank under Trump
RAMALLAH — Where the high hills of the occupied West Bank tumble into the Jordan valley, half a dozen heavy Israeli diggers pound the ancient rocks around the Palestinian village of Bardala.Low-scudding, rain-laden clouds threaten to soak a group of Palestinian farmers huddling around their ramshackle sheep sheds as the Israel Defense Forces troops drive up to serve them eviction notices.Sixty-year-old farmer Khalid Sawafta, his head swaddled in a traditional red-and-white keffiyeh, has tears in his eyes. His Israeli orders state: Vacate the land by 9 a.m. on December 4 – just 16 days away – or lose everything.Such evictions are common in the West Bank, according to the United Nations.Similarly, according to activist group Peace Now, in the past year alone 227 Palestinian families in...
November 26, 2024

Palestinians fear more evictions in the West Bank under Trump

A Palestinian inspects the rubble of a building in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 21, 2024, as the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants continues
Israeli cabinet sanctions country’s oldest newspaper over critical coverage 
TEL AVIV — Israel’s cabinet unanimously voted to sanction the nation’s oldest newspaper, Haaretz, on Sunday citing its critical coverage of the war following the October 7 Hamas attacks and comments by the outlet’s publisher calling for sanctions on senior government officials.Haaretz, which is widely respected internationally, has provided critical coverage of Israel’s war following the Hamas attacks on October 7, including investigations into abuses allegedly committed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as military operations expanded across Gaza and into neighboring Lebanon.The proposal, put forward by communications minister Shlomo Kar’i, will end government advertising in the newspaper and cancel all subscriptions for state employees and employees of state-owned...
November 26, 2024

Israeli cabinet sanctions country’s oldest newspaper over critical coverage 

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