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Daily Archives: May 27, 2021

Palestinians at the site of a building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for more than 4,000 rockets fired by Hamas and other terror factions towards Israel, May 20, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Qatar offers Hamas-ruled Gaza $500 million to rebuild

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Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, announced on Wednesday that the Gulf state would give $500 million to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after an 11-day conflict with Israel. The hostilities began on...

Blinken visits Cairo and Amman to boost ceasefire, declare aid to Gaza

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his Mideast tour on Wednesday with visits to Cairo and Amman to solidify the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We’ve had in Egypt...
The Irish flag flying over Dublin. Credit: David Renton/Shutterstock.

Ireland approves motion accusing Israel of ‘de facto annexation’ of West Bank

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The Irish government has endorsed a parliamentary motion condemning the “de facto annexation” of the West Bank by the Israeli government, becoming the first European Union country to do so. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2021. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL

Blinken’s Mideast trip highlights limits of American efforts to isolate Hamas

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While the Biden administration’s negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has generally being seen as successful, experts have low expectations that U.S. Secretary of State Antony...