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Blinken denies telling Qatari emir to delay efforts for rapid Israel-Hamas hostage deal

Blinken called a conversation between him and Qatari Emir al-Thani a "complete fiction" after Haaretz claimed that he told the emir to wait to make a deal between Israel and Hamas.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.
Then-US president Joe Biden speaks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023; illustrative.

Officials in Biden admin. 'unaware' of UAE's October 7 warning to Netanyahu, sources tell 'Post'

 U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.

Former Biden adviser Hochstein rejects Lapid's claim Israel blocked a US-Saudi nuclear agreement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a security assessment at the Kirya in Tel Aviv with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on April 3, 2026.

Biden warned Trump that Israel 'won't miss chance' to escalate Gaza war to Iran strikes - report


Trump says he needed 'the kind of generals that Hitler had'

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelley said that he believes Trump falls into the "general defenition" of a facist.

 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump attends a rally .

Bibi was right: How Israel’s recent military successes boost his leadership – editorial

Israel's recent military successes have boosted Netanyahu's popularity, allowing him to continue to play the political game.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits IDF soldiers in Rafah, in July. What form would victory assume? In Gaza, victory means the end of Hamas as the governing entity, the writer asserts.

Want Israel to win the war? Don't vote for Harris – opinion

Democrats seem more interested in appealing to voters by publicly condemning Israel than upholding the ironclad American commitment to Israel.

 US VICE President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris attends a Get Out The Vote event in Detroit, last Saturday. She and President Joe Biden delayed Israel’s invasion of Rafah in order to pick up votes in Arab-majority Dearborn, Michigan, the writer argues.

Trump slams Biden administration: 'If I were president, we wouldn't have had October 7'

“If I were president, that war would have never started. We wouldn’t have had October 7,” Trump told Al Arabiya.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump makes a campaign speech in Savannah, Georgia, earlier this week. Trump expects to lose the election and is setting up the Jews to take the fall, the writer maintains.

Letters to the Editor, October 21, 2024: National taxes

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Why Israel ignores international advice and focuses on its survival – opinion

Despite well-meaning Western advice, Israel remains focused on battling Iranain-backed threats to preserve the Jewish state.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month.

How US and Israel can forge stability through war: Strategic lessons from the Middle East

Focusing on false timelines instead of victory plays to America’s counterproductive prescriptions for Israel, especially now that Israel is finally turning the tide of war in its favor.

 President Isaac Herzog meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in May. The Biden administration is focusing on false timelines instead of long-term victories, especially now that Israel is turning the tide of war in its favor, the writer argues.

Biden: Gaza ceasefire ‘harder’ to achieve as Blinken heads to region to discuss aftermath

Biden previously stated that now is the time to 'move on" towards a ceasefire.

 US President Joe Biden speaks to employees of the U.S. embassy at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, on the day he departs from Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024.

Biden humanitarian envoy says Israel is too close an ally to suspend arms - report

Attendees say that the official stressed that Israel is a member of a tight circle of allies that the administration won't contest.

 U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Ceasefire pressure grows, but Israel's enemies keep firing - opinion

If the world is putting pressure on a ceasefire in the Middle East, it's important to remember that the threat to Israel hasn't laid down its arms.

 IRANIAN PARLIAMENT Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri attend a news conference in Beirut last Saturday. Houthi rebels launch missiles and drones at Israel, and Iraqi militias also fire, yet no one demands that they cease, or that Iranian proxies retreat.