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SvennoJ on 06 November 2024

Netanyahu calls Trump ‘victory’ a ‘historic return’

Netanyahu congratulated and praised Trump for his “huge victory” in the presidential election, calling it “history’s greatest comeback!”

“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America,” he said on X.

Netanyahu had not publicly endorsed either Trump or Harris. However, it is widely believed that he leaned towards a Trump win.

Speaking during a debate in July, Trump said US President Joe Biden should allow Israel to “finish the job” in Gaza and has also claimed to speak to Netanyahu on a near daily basis.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu once described Trump as the “best friend that Israel has ever had in the White House”.

While in office, Trump moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a move that was widely denounced by Palestinians and international law experts. He also recognised Israel’s claim to the occupied Golan Heights in Syria.


Erdogan hopes for global, regional peace after Trump’s victory

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential elections, saying he hopes that “regional and global crises and wars, especially the Palestinian issue and the Russian-Ukrainian war, will come to an end”.

He said on X that he believes “more efforts will be made for a more just world.

“I hope that the elections will be beneficial for our friendly and allied people in the United States and for all of humanity,” Erdogan added.

They'll come to an end all right, just not the end people are looking for.


Iran says it is ready for confrontation with Israel

The deputy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ali Fadavi, says Iran is ready for confrontation with Israel, the Iranian Students’ News Agency reported after Trump claimed victory in the US presidential election.

He added that Iran does not rule out a preemptive strike by the US and Israel.



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Lebanon: ‘People here believe Trump is going to support Netanyahu’

That’s the question being asked: What will a Trump presidency mean for the Middle East and Lebanon? More wars or peace? He has said he wants to end the conflict, but the question remains as to how.

Is he going to put pressure on Israel? Because Israel’s positions are not going to be accepted by Hezbollah, which has called Israeli proposals tantamount to surrender and the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty.

We still have not gotten a reaction from Hezbollah, but in the next four hours we are going to hear from the newly appointed Secretary-General Naim Qassem in his second recorded speech since taking office. The timing is no coincidence.

Hezbollah has said it believes the United States is a party to this conflict and cannot be a negotiator or a mediator, that it has given Israel unwavering support to carry out its wars on Gaza and the Palestinian people and here in Lebanon.

People here believe Trump is going to support Prime Minister Netanyahu and we’ll see more death and destruction.


President Donald Trump, left, talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony


People in Lebanon don’t know ‘what Trump’s vision is’

The people care about the political and financial crisis that’s going on: the war, the drones above – a constant reminder that Lebanon is at war with Israel.

There’s a feeling here that policy towards Lebanon won’t change whoever is in power in the US.  Then, you have the government, people who have to deal with Americans on a day-to-day basis. They’ll just have to deal with the Americans as the Americans see fit.

We don’t know what Trump’s vision for the Middle East is. It seems to change; almost every speech he gave where he talked about the Middle East was slightly contradictory to what he spoke about the time before.

The body politic is looking to see who the US special envoy to the Middle East and the secretary of state are going to be, what kind of relations they’re going to have with Lebanon.


Battlefield, not political action, will end war: Hezbollah chief

Hezbollah has broadcasted a pre-recorded speech by its Secretary-General Naim Qassem. Here are some highlights of his address:

  • Tens of thousands of “trained combatants” are ready to fight Israel.
  • The Palestinian cause is steadfast and will be victorious despite ongoing Israeli aggression.
  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has goals but no end date for his aggression.
  • Operation Al-Aqsa Flood created a new path that differs from the reality of the region.
  • Netanyahu aims to occupy Lebanon and end Hezbollah’s existence.
  • We expected the war to happen, so we prepared for it and are in a position to confront it.
  • The resistance fighters and the party carry a solid Islamic doctrine that stands with truth, pride and dignity.
  • All of our resistance fighters are martyrs who do not fear death.
  • Only one thing will end this war, which is the battlefield, not political action.
  • When Israel stops its aggression, there will be a road to indirect negotiations through the Lebanese state.


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This Trump presidency could be worse for Palestinians

Omar Rahman, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs in Doha, says Palestinians have already lived through a “hard” four years of a Trump presidency but this time could be worse due to Israel’s war.

“Particularly for people in the West Bank who fear that Israel plans on extending its genocidal campaign from Gaza there,” Rahman told Al Jazeera. He added that the last year of a Biden-Harris presidency was “beyond disastrous” for Palestinians and the administration was “complicit in the Gaza genocide”.

“It is simply a frightening moment for Palestinians all around as no one appears willing to restrain Israel.”


Palestinians in Gaza ‘hope Trump finds a solution’

During his first term in office, Trump moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and recognised Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. But while he supports Israel, Trump has also promised to bring an end to raging international crises, saying he could “stop wars with a telephone call”, sparking hope in Gaza.

Umm Ahmed Harb, from the al-Shaaf area east of Gaza City, is counting on Trump to “stand by our side” and end the strip’s suffering. “God willing the war will end, not for our sake but for the sake of our young children who are innocent, they were martyred and are dying of hunger,” she told the AFP news agency.

Mamdouh al-Jadba, who was displaced to Gaza City from Jabalia, is also hopeful. “I hope Trump finds a solution, we need someone strong like Trump to end the war and save us, enough, God, this is enough,” the 60-year-old said to AFP.

Another resident, 33-year-old Ibrahim Alian from Gaza City, told the agency: “We expect peace to come and the war to end with Trump because in his election campaign, he said that he wants peace and calls for stopping the wars on Gaza and the Middle East.”

I can't fault them for grasping at straws. Biden and Blinken have proven not to be trusted, now it's Trump's turn to prove the same :(


Trump victory to test his statements on ending war in Gaza within hours: Hamas

Trump’s victory puts to test his earlier statements that he can stop the war in Gaza within hours, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said to the Reuters news agency.

The Democratic party’s loss is the natural price for its leadership’s “criminal stance” towards Gaza, Abu Zuhri also said. “We urge Trump to learn from Biden’s mistakes,” the official told Reuters.

Meanwhile, another senior Hamas official told the AFP news agency that the US, under Trump, who claimed victory in the presidential election, must end its “blind support” for Israel in the war in Gaza.

“This blind support for the Zionist entity must end because it comes at the expense of the future of our people and the security and stability of the region,” Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, told AFP.



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Israeli army kills at least 20 people in strike on Lebanon

An Israeli strike on the Lebanese town of Barja has killed at least 20 people, the Health Ministry says. Barja is a coastal town in the Mount Lebanon governorate about 20km (12 miles) south of the capital.

Earlier, a strike targeting another residential building in Jiyeh, near Barja, killed one person, according to the Health Ministry.

Israel has killed at least 3,013 people and wounded 13,553 in its attacks on Lebanon since the war on Gaza began.


Israeli warplanes raid Lebanon’s Tyre, Nabatieh

Israeli warplanes have raided the southern town of Deir Qanoun en-Nahr in Lebanon’s Tyre district. Severe damage to private and commercial properties was reported by Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).

Israeli warplanes also struck the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif and the village of Arnoun in the Nabatieh governorate, NNA reported.


Israel shells village in Lebanon’s Tyre district

Israeli artillery has targeted the eastern outskirts of the Alma ash-Shaab village in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese television station Al-Manar.

The broadcaster also reported heavy machinegun fire in the area.

Israeli warplanes have raided the Mount Lebanon governorate’s towns of Aaitat and Wadi Jilo, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). This coincided with the flight of reconnaissance and drone aircraft in the skies of the Tyre district and its surroundings in southern Lebanon, the agency added.

Shortly before that, Israeli warplanes launched raids on the villages of Jebchit and Kfar Sir in the Nabatieh governorate, NNA said.


Israeli military threatens residents in Lebanon’s Nabatieh

Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee has ordered forced displacement for residents in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon.

“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate the buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters, as shown on the maps,” Adraee said.

“You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli forces] will operate in the near future,” he said.


At least 10 rockets launched at central, northern Israel from Lebanon: Army

The Israeli army says at least 10 rockets have been launched from Lebanon at central and northern Israel. Some of the projectiles were intercepted, it said, adding that at least one rocket fell in the centre of the country.

The Times of Israel reported an impact near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport without elaborating on the details.


Hezbollah claims to have attacked northern Israel

The Lebanese armed group says it has fired rockets at the settlement of Sasa in northern Israel’s upper Galilee region. The group also claimed to have attacked the city of Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanese border “with a salvo of rockets”. The group also said it launched rockets at the Kfar Szold settlement in the upper Galilee and missiles at the Rawiya military base in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights.

Hezbollah also claimed to have targeted a Merkava tank in Israel’s Metula settlement with a guided missile, saying the vehicle was burnt and its crew injured. Also in Metula, a house was hit when a group of Israeli soldiers were inside, the group said, adding that an unidentified number of them were killed and wounded.


Israel issues new threats to residents of southern Beirut

The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee has issued forced displacement orders to residents in the southern suburban area of Beirut’s Burj al-Barajneh.

“You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, against which the [Israeli army] will act forcefully in the near future,” he said on X.

“For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate these buildings and those adjacent to them immediately and stay away from them for a distance of no less than 500 meters [1,640 feet].”


Total 120 rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel today: Report

One hundred twenty rockets have been fired from Lebanon towards Israel since the morning, according to Israel’s Channel 12. Israel’s military additionally said sirens sounded across the country for the second time today due to Hezbollah’s attacks.



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Lebanon files complaint to UN over deadly pager attacks it blames on Israel

Lebanese Labour Minister Mustafa Bayram called the attacks in September an “egregious war against humanity, against technology, against work”, saying his country had filed the complaint with the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

“It’s a very dangerous precedent,” he said. The incident involved exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, which killed dozens of people and injured thousands more across Lebanon.

“In a few minutes, more than 4,000 civilians fell, between martyrs and injured and maimed,” said Bayram. Victims not killed lost their fingers or eyesight, he added. “We are in a situation where ordinary objects, objects you use in daily life, become dangerous and lethal,” he said.

“If left unchecked, this crime could become normalised … I consider it a moral obligation to my country and to the world.” Israel has not officially taken responsibility for the attacks, but Bayram said it was “widely accepted internationally … that Israel was behind this heinous act”.

The pager attacks preceded Israel’s escalated air raids across Lebanon after nearly a year of cross-border fire, as well as its ground operation in southern Lebanon.


Egypt joins Turkey call to UN for arms embargo on Israel

Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the UN to halt arms deliveries to Israel.

A Foreign Ministry statement on Tuesday said Egypt joined the call as part of “international efforts to pressure Israel to cease its continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law”.

It also aims to stop “Israeli violations” against Palestinians and protect civilians, the statement read.

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of “malice,” after Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.


‘This misery must end’: UN calls for end to war in Gaza

Muhannad Hadi, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, has appealed for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.

“This is not a place for humans to survive,” he was quoted on X by his agency as saying. “This must end. This misery must end. This war must end. This is beyond imagination.”



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Israeli attacks kill 2 in Khan Younis, wound 8 in Nuseirat

The Israeli military has killed four people after shelling a house in al-Fukhari town, southeast of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.

Four more people were injured in the attack, which struck the Abu Daqqa family home, while rescue crews are searching for survivors under the rubble, according to Wafa.

Eight people – including two women, five children and a man – have also been injured in an Israeli attack on the Zuhud family home in Block C of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.


Death toll rises for Israeli strike on Gaza City apartment

Earlier, we reported that two people were killed in a raid by Israeli warplanes on an apartment building in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood. The death toll for that attack on the al-Hamed al-Rifi building has now risen to five, the Wafa news agency reports.


Israeli artillery shells south of Beit Lahiya

Israel is targeting the al-Fakhoura area south of Beit Lahiya, with artillery bombardment, Palestinian sources say. At the same time, Israeli forces are attacking northern Gaza.

The Israeli army is also invading the al-Shaimaa area west of Beit Lahiya and trying to advance towards the Al Fakhoura school west of the Jabalia refugee camp, the sources said.

Earlier, we reported that dozens of people have been fleeing Beit Lahiya, the latest forced displacement by Israel’s military, which has also been shelling the Kamal Adwan Hospital.


Children among 6 people injured in Israeli drone attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat

Israeli drones have bombed a house in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC). The attack injured at least six people, including two women and three children, according to Nuseirat’s al-Awda Hospital, the outlet reported.


Israel kills woman, her 3 children in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya

Israeli warplanes have bombed a house in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town, killing a woman and her three children, according to the Wafa news agency. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) identified the woman as Shurooq al-Radhi, wife of Naseem al-Radhi, who is imprisoned by Israeli authorities.

It shared a video on X, showing columns of smoke rising in Beit Lahiya following the attack.

Translation: Air strike and smoke columns rising in the western roundabout area of ​​Beit Lahiya city, north of the Gaza Strip.


At least 15 people killed in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya

That’s according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The Israeli attack targeted a building housing displaced people in the al-Manshiyya area in Beit Lahiya.


Over 85,000 tonnes of bombs dropped on Gaza since October 7: Report

The Palestinian Environment Quality Authority says the Israeli army has dropped more than 85,000 tonnes of bombs on the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year, according to the Wafa news agency.

The continuous bombing has caused the destruction of vast areas of agricultural land and contaminated soil with toxic chemicals, which will hinder agriculture in the enclave for decades, the Palestinian Authority-run body told Wafa.

It highlighted the use of white phosphorus by Israel, which is prohibited under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

The bombings have also polluted Gaza’s water sources, the authority added and called on the UN to urge Israel to end its ongoing bombing campaign.



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Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital a ‘war zone’, warns UNICEF

“The Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has become a besieged war zone,” UNICEF in the MENA region said in a post on X.

“The last neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) remaining in the north has been damaged in heavy attacks in recent days. In the past year, 4,000 babies have been cut off from lifesaving newborn care because of sustained attacks on the hospitals,” the organisation added.


At least three killed in Israeli attack on southern Gaza’s Khirbet al-Adas

Palestinian media outlets have reported an Israeli drone attack on a group of people near al-Aqqad School in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah city. At least three people were killed in the attack, the reports said.


Palestinians fighting for survival, unaware of US election results

People are striving to find food, they are striving to feed their children – they don’t really know what’s happening with the US election. Since the early hours of the morning, Beit Lahiya has been witnessing Israeli raids – tanks moving in and people being hit while they’re evacuating.

Many believe whoever is going to make it as US president won’t make a very big difference on the ground.

We’re talking about Palestinians, people who have been living more than a year drained, exhausted, homeless, not receiving aid, not receiving food, deprived of all aspects of life. They are not receiving medicine. We are talking about people who have died. We are talking about thousands of Palestinians trapped under the rubble.

The situation in Gaza is indescribable and Palestinians don’t even have access to electricity. They do not have access to the internet. They do not know what is happening. All of the Palestinians here in the Gaza Strip are depressed. They don’t see any way this is going to end.

All that Palestinians care about is someone who is going to bring a ceasefire as soon as possible – because they can’t handle or bear this situation any more.


Palestinians stand next to the rubble of houses destroyed in previous strikes during the Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday


Video shows girl with burns from Israeli bombing of Gaza’s Nuseirat

Journalist Hatem Hani has shared a graphic video on Instagram showing a six-year-old girl named Razan Muheisen, who was disfigured in Israel’s bombing of a house in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. Razan has suffered severe injuries to her face and hands.

The video has been verified by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency. We did not embed the video because it is disturbing. It is hyperlinked above.


New wave of displacement of families in northern Gaza

Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows a new wave of displacement of families from areas in Beit Lahiya, as the Israeli military continues to bomb and besiege the north of Gaza.

Several videos published by activists and journalists on social media platforms showed families fleeing from the al-Sheema area, west of Beit Lahiya, towards Gaza City, amidst ongoing shelling and gunfire by the Israeli army.



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Heavy clashes reported as Israeli military storms Jenin

Israeli forces have stormed Jenin and are raiding the occupied West Bank city, according to Wafa.

The Jenin Battalion of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says its “fighters are fighting fierce battles with the enemy forces” and are “showering the enemy forces with heavy volleys of bullets”.

An improvised explosive device (IED) has also been used against an Israeli military vehicle in the city, according to the Quds News Network.

As we’ve been reporting, the Jenin governorate has been subjected to intense Israeli military operations over recent hours, with six people killed in separate attacks in the towns of Qabatiya and Muthalath al-Shuhada.


Israeli forces wound, arrest man during Nablus raid

Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian man in the neighbourhood of Balata al-Balad, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reports. The man’s condition is not currently known.

As we reported earlier, the Israeli military is also engaged in violent clashes with Palestinian fighters in the city of Jenin. Those clashes continue, according to local media reports, while Israeli bulldozers are destroying infrastructure in the city.


Israeli forces injure Palestinian man during raid near Ramallah

Israeli forces have shot and injured a man while storming the village of Abu Shakhidim, northwest of Ramallah, according to Wafa. Local sources told the news agency, Yousef Thaer Qandah was shot in the foot.

The Israeli army raided houses in Birzeit, Kuber, Barham, and Abu Shakhidim, located northwest of Ramallah, as well as the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, Wafa reported.


Israeli forces’ regular use of lethal force ‘a horrifying escalation’, UN agency says

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), internationally mandated to monitor and report on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, has called for Israel to end its illegal occupation “as concluded by the International Court of Justice”.

“Israeli forces’ regular recourse to unlawful lethal force in the occupied West Bank is a horrifying escalation of an already explosive situation,” it said on X.

It noted that on Tuesday, in less than 23 hours, Israeli security forces killed eight Palestinian men using live ammunition, air strikes and other heavy munitions during operations in Tammun and Qabatiya in the West Bank.

On Sunday, Israeli forces shot in the abdomen and killed an unarmed 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Halhul, Hebron, in the West Bank, it said.


Israeli army units secure the parameter of the Nur Shams refugee camp during the ongoing army operation, after the Palestinian Health Ministry said two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike and a third by Israeli gunfire, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem


Israeli forces detain a dozen Palestinians in occupied West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have detained at least 12 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank since last evening, the Wafa news agency reports.

Among the detainees are a woman, an injured person and former detainees, including a detainee from Hebron who was released two days ago, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a joint statement.

Arrests took place in the governorates of Hebron, Nablus, Ramallah, Tulkarem and Jerusalem, it said.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have arrested more than 11,600 people form the occupied West Bank including Jerusalem.


Two injured in ‘attempted car-ramming’, suspect shot dead

A suspected attacker has been shot dead after allegedly crashing his car into a bus stop near the illegal Israeli settlement of Shilo and getting out with a knife, according to first responders cited by The Times of Israel newspaper.

The attack north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank appears to be an attempted car-ramming and stabbing attack, the daily reported.

Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical organisation, said it is treating two civilians in their 20s who were lightly injured.


Father recalls attack on his son by Israeli military dog in West Bank

Omar Abu Zaid, a three-year-old Palestinian child, was injured after being attacked by an Israeli army dog during a raid on the town of Qabatiya in the city of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reports.

Journalist Shatha Hanaysha met the child’s father who, with Omar in his arms, recounted how the army released the dog the moment they raided the house when his child was sleeping.

The video taken by Hanaysha and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency shows the injuries the child sustained from the mauling.

This is not the first incident in which military dogs have attacked Palestinian civilians.

  • In February 2024, Israeli forces released an attack dog on a four-year-old boy in Balata refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
  • In June 2024, Al Jazeera showed an Israeli military dog attacking an elderly Palestinian woman inside her home in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp.
  • A month later, a Palestinian man, Muhammed Bhar, who had Down’s syndrome and autism, was mauled by an Israeli military dog and left to die alone.


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What’s behind the rift between Netanyahu and Gallant?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/6/israels-wartime-row-whats-behind-the-rift-between-netanyahu-and-gallant

As Americans cast their votes in a monumental presidential election, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu quietly ousted Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

The International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Gallant and Netanyahu, accusing them of committing atrocities such as starving Palestinians in Gaza and overseeing the extermination of civilians.

While Gallant has shown no remorse for Palestinians, he believes Israel is “conducting a war without a compass” and that it needs to reassess its military objectives in the region.

Netanyahu responded by replacing Gallant with Israel Katz, his foreign minister and loyal ally with little military experience.


Netanyahu expecting green light from Trump

Netanyahu sent a letter of congratulations to Donald Trump. It was a brief letter in which he emphasised the fact that this is going to strengthen the partnership between the two states.

This is an historic comeback for Trump and everyone knows that the Israelis have been waiting for this moment.

The decision that Netanyahu took yesterday when the election was going on to sack his defence minister was seen as a gesture towards Trump and against Biden, who used to invite Gallant to the White House against the will of Netanyahu.

So that’s an indication that Netanyahu is happy with the development. Judging by what Trump did for Israel during his first tenure – he moved the capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and gave the green light to annex Golan Heights, they are expecting much more of the same.

They are expecting no less of a green light to annex the whole of the West Bank, if not Gaza even.

 

Netanyahu and Trump discuss ‘Iranian threat,’ Israeli leader’s office says

Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump to congratulate the Republican leader on his US presidential election victory, Netanyahu’s office said.

“The conversation was warm and cordial,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. The two discussed “the Iranian threat” and the need to work together for Israel’s security, the statement said.



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Police seize documents from Netanyahu’s office

Israeli media is reporting that police investigators have seized documents from Netanyahu’s office as part of their investigation into a new security case.


Police clash with protesters after fires lit outside Netanyahu’s residence


The protest was called after Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who the protesters saw as more likely to bring Israeli captives home from Gaza



Egypt joins Turkey’s call to UN for arms embargo on Israel

Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the UN to halt arms deliveries to Israel.

A Foreign Ministry statement on Tuesday said Egypt joined the call as part of “international efforts to pressure Israel to cease its continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law”.

It also aims to stop “Israeli violations” against Palestinians and protect civilians, the statement read.

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of “malice,” after Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.