Tag: Israel-Gaza war

Nov62023 by Emmanuel BempongNo Comments

Few reasons for optimism after Antony Blinken’s diplomatic dash

For three days, the US's top diplomat, Antony Blinken, has been dashing around the Middle East, trying to contain a situation that threatens to spin out of control. Israel on Friday. Jordan on Saturday. The West Bank, Iraq and Turkey on Sunday. Every stop posed its own challenges and gave reason to be pessimistic that much progress is being made. The central challenge facing the US secretary of state is that he is trying to find a middle ground where none, at the moment, exists. On Friday, Mr Blinken encouraged Israeli leaders to make temporary pauses in hostilities in order to ease humanitarian aid and encourage hostage releases - a move the Israeli prime minister quickly rejected.ADVERTISEMENT The next day, he met representatives of Israel's Arab neighbours. They all called f...

Nov32023 by Emmanuel BempongNo Comments

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah to make first speech on Israel-Gaza war

International

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shia Islamist group Hezbollah, is expected to address his followers on Friday, his first public comments since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. The speech is likely to indicate the group's next moves, as its fighters and the Israeli army are engaged in intense attacks on the Lebanon-Israel border. This has raised fears the area could become another front in the conflict. So far, however, the violence has largely been contained.ADVERTISEMENT Since Hamas carried out the 7 October attacks on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people, Lebanon has been on edge, closely watching Hezbollah. The group has intensified its attacks on Israel, which is retaliating. But both sides have apparently taken steps to avoid a dangerous escalation, and mo...

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