December 9, 2023
Key Points The areas of refuge in Gaza are rapidly shrinking. Israel says it must wipe out Hamas and is doing everything possible to get civilians out of harm’s way. The United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency says 85 per cent of Gaza’s population had been displaced. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his strongest
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University of Sydney Political Scientist Professor Simon Jackman says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was “visibly wincing” after President Joe Biden recently labelled Xi Jinping a “dictator” during a speech. At the end of a press briefing on Wednesday, local time, President Biden was asked if he’d continue labelling his Chinese counterpart as a
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Footage has captured US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appearing taken aback and shaking his head disapprovingly after President Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator”. At the end of a press briefing on Wednesday, local time, President Biden was asked if he’d continue labelling his Chinese counterpart as a dictator, a term he’d
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The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war. ADVERTISEMENT Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern Gaza as Israel’s military pushed deeper into dense urban neighborhoods in its battle with Hamas militants. Officials from the Hamas-run health department in the besieged enclave said the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 11,000 people. The search for safety in
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Good morning. US secretary of state Antony Blinken has provided Washington’s most detailed plan for the postwar future of Gaza, saying the enclave should be politically unified with the West Bank under the administration of
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Israel cannot run Gaza, but there may be a transition period following the end of the current conflict. “Gaza cannot be continued to be run by Hamas. That simply invites repetition of October 7 … It’s also clear that Israel cannot occupy Gaza,” Blinken told
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Top diplomats from the Group of Seven meeting in Tokyo this week, announced a unified stance on the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday, condemning Hamas, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and calling for “humanitarian pauses” to speed aid to the Gaza Strip. In a statement following two days of talks, the nations sought to balance unequivocal
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The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war. Netanyahu vows to take responsibility for Gaza after war ADVERTISEMENT Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely when its war with Hamas ends, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. It is the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the Palestinian
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Asia on Tuesday to seek help from the Group of Seven (G7) amid an ongoing crisis in Gaza and Israel, as well as other global issues including the war between Russia and Ukraine, North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile technologies, and China’s aggression toward Taiwan
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After more than a week of public pressure from the U.S. for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday allowed that his government might be open to only “little pauses” in its assault on Hamas. The Israeli leader sought to play down differences with his country’s most vocal backer on the
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