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  • Israel claims ‘suspicious envelopes’ sent to embassies in France, Belgium – Middle East Monitor

    Israel claims ‘suspicious envelopes’ sent to embassies in France, Belgium – Middle East Monitor

    An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday that “suspicious envelopes” had been sent to the Israeli embassies in France and Belgium.

    The spokesperson said the envelopes arrived at the two embassies and were subjected to security checks to verify their contents.

    A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in Paris announced the police examined the “suspicious letter” and confirmed that everything is fine.

    Last month, Israel claimed a…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Macron Urges Israel to Respond to Gaza Aid Crisis, Threatens Sanctions

    Macron Urges Israel to Respond to Gaza Aid Crisis, Threatens Sanctions

    French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: Jacque Parquier, via Wikimedia Commons)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    “If there is no response that meets the humanitarian situation in the coming hours and days, obviously, we will have to toughen our collective position.”

    French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday that his country could “harden” its stance on Israel and “apply sanctions” if the Tel Aviv government does not respond to the humanitarian crisis in…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • From students to tech: How US-China ties are sliding despite tariff truce | Trade War News

    From students to tech: How US-China ties are sliding despite tariff truce | Trade War News

    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s salvo against Chinese students, promising to “aggressively revoke” their visas, is the latest move in heightening tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

    Despite a temporary tariff truce reached between them earlier this month, divisions between Washington and Beijing remain wide, with recent ruptures over higher education, artificial intelligence (AI) chips and rare earth minerals.

    Here’s all we know about how relations between…

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  • Hamas confirms receipt of US envoy’s new ‘permanent’ ceasefire proposal – Middle East Monitor

    Hamas confirms receipt of US envoy’s new ‘permanent’ ceasefire proposal – Middle East Monitor

    Hamas yesterday announced that it had received US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff’s new proposal for a permanent ceasefire and prisoner exchange with Israel.

    In a brief statement on its Telegram channel, Hamas said the movement’s leadership had received the new proposal and is studying it responsibly, in a way that serves the Palestinian people’s interests, including achieving a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

    Witkoff had previously promised to…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’ – Middle East Monitor

    Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’ – Middle East Monitor

    The independent board of Ben & Jerry’s said the conflict in Gaza is a genocide, escalating a bitter feud between the ice cream maker and its longtime London-based corporate parent Unilever ULVR.L.

    “Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the genocide in Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza…

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  • ISIL (ISIS) launches first attacks against new Syrian government | Armed Groups News

    ISIL (ISIS) launches first attacks against new Syrian government | Armed Groups News

    The bombings mark a sharp escalation by the armed group, which views the new government in Damascus as illegitimate.

    ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Syrian army, representing the armed group’s first strike at government forces since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, according to analysts.

    In a statement released late on Thursday, ISIL said its fighters had planted an explosive device that struck a “vehicle of the apostate regime” in southern Syria.

    The bombing…

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  • Saudi’s Al-Nassr working on renewing Ronaldo deal, says club chief – Middle East Monitor

    Saudi’s Al-Nassr working on renewing Ronaldo deal, says club chief – Middle East Monitor

    Al-Nassr are negotiating with Cristiano Ronaldo over a contract extension but face competition from a host of clubs eager to sign the five-times Ballon d’Or winner, the Saudi side’s sporting Director Fernando Hierro said yesterday according to Reuters.

    Speculation over the 40-year-old Portuguese forward’s future intensified after Al-Nassr’s season-ending match at Al-Fateh on Monday, with Ronaldo posting on social media: “This chapter is over. The…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Trump’s Gulf deals and political promises | Donald Trump

    Trump’s Gulf deals and political promises | Donald Trump

    Money Works

    During Trump’s tour of Gulf states in May, the US president was eager to talk about the deals he’d made and the investments he’d secured, but do the numbers add up and how many of the agreements touted were actually a result of his visit?

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  • Iran urges ‘explanation’ from Austria over report alleging active nuclear weapons program – Middle East Monitor

    Iran urges ‘explanation’ from Austria over report alleging active nuclear weapons program – Middle East Monitor

    Iran today called for an “official explanation” from the Austrian government following a recent report by the country’s intelligence agency concerning Iran’s nuclear program.

    In a statement, Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, decried the Austrian intelligence agency’s report about Iran’s “active nuclear weapons program” as “false and baseless.”

    He emphasised that the claim was aimed at generating “media hype”…

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  • What to know about Mexico’s first-of-its-kind judicial elections | Government

    What to know about Mexico’s first-of-its-kind judicial elections | Government

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    Mexico will hold its first nationwide judicial elections on Sunday, becoming the first country with judges selected entirely by public vote. What are the advantages and dangers? Al Jazeera’s John Holman explains.

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