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Blinken says Israel accepts Gaza ‘bridging proposal’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a "bridging proposal" presented by...

US approves large-scale weapons package for Israel

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has approved the sale of F-15 jets and equipment along with tank cartridges...

Middle East ceasefire ‘never more urgent’: Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has reiterated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East following talks with her US...

US says Israel has a right to defence, but wary of war

Israel has a right to defend itself after the Golan Heights attack, but it must be wary of letting...

Antony Blinken: Foreign policy ‘very much’ Kamala Harris’s forte

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed back against a reporter’s suggestion during a press conference on Tuesday that...

US mulls own talks on hostage deal with Hamas: report

US officials are considering negotiating a unilateral deal with Palestinian Hamas terrorists to release five US hostages held in...

Jerusalem awaiting Hamas’s response to hostage-deal proposal

Jerusalem was still waiting on Thursday morning for a response from Hamas to the latest hostage-deal proposal, which U.S....

Netanyahu slams proposed sanctions on Israeli military

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will fight sanctions being imposed on any Israeli military units for alleged...

Blinken’s Rafah blunder

In a press conference on Thursday in Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated his opposition to an...

Blinken says truce ‘possible’ as Hamas responds to plan

The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza, and...

Palestinians pin hopes on Gaza truce before Rafah push

The top United States diplomat has met Saudi Arabia's de-facto ruler in a visit that Palestinians hope will deliver...

Egypt border to reopen, work on aid delivery, says US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Egyptian-controlled border crossing into Gaza will reopen and the US is...

Conditional Friendships

One can always discern when a potential friendship is really a conditional one. The clue is when the word 'IF'...

Pull the other one

When someone tells you something that is so patently absurd, the natural response is an old English expression “pull...

Herzog meets with Blinken after White House visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after visiting President Joe Biden...

US warns Israel against Jewish settlements expansion

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued US commitment to both Israel's security and a two-state solution to the...

Report: On PA’s request, US to Add Israeli orgs Lehava and La Familia to list of terrorist organizations

During an angry phone call between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on...

US messages to Ramallah: ‘Economic Dialogue – Yes, Diplomatic Contacts – No’

The Biden administration has postponed the move to open a US consulate in Jerusalem, the newspaper Al-Quds reported, stating...

US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council, vows to ‘push back’ against anti-Israel bias

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted its bias, saying the council “suffers from serious flaws, including disproportionate attention on Israel and the membership of several states with egregious records.”

The real reason for Western support of the Palestinians

Melanie Phillips: What actually binds these groups together is an ultimately incomprehensible animus against Judaism and the Jewish people.