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US Condemns Israeli Ministers' Call for Palestinians to Emigrate
washington — The United States on Tuesday denounced controversial comments by two Israeli ministers who said Palestinians should be encouraged to emigrate from Gaza and for Jewish settlers to return to the besieged territory.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington "rejects recent statements from Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza."
"This rhetoric is inflammatory and...
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Global Shipping Firms Continue to Pause Red Sea Shipments
OSLO, NORWAY — Denmark's Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday their container ships would continue to avoid the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal following a weekend attack on one of Maersk's vessels.
Both shipping giants have been rerouting some sailings via Africa's southern Cape of Good Hope as Yemen-based Houthi militants attack cargo vessels in the Red Sea. The disruption threatens to drive up delivery costs for goods, raising fears it...
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Malawi Sends Workers to Israel as Critics Call for Transparency
Malawi’s government is sending young people to work on Israeli farms amid the conflict with Hamas. Critics say the program is shrouded in secrecy and has exposed unemployment issues in the country. Human rights activists argue that young people are willing to take opportunities abroad, despite the risks. Chimwemwe Padatha reports from the capital, Lilongwe.
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Israel to Appear Before World Court to Counter South Africa's Gaza Charges
JERUSALEM — Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, to contest South Africa's genocide accusations over the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli government spokesman said on Tuesday.
South Africa asked the court on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its conflict with Hamas.
"The State of Israel will appear before the International Court...
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Jubilant Spanish Soccer Fan Returns Home After Being Freed by Iran
Madrid — A Spanish soccer fan who was detained by the Iranian authorities on espionage charges for over a year as he walked to the Qatar Soccer World Cup from Europe returned to his home country on Tuesday.
Santiago Sanchez, who was 41 when he disappeared, touched down at Madrid's Barajas Airport at around 1 p.m. (1200 GMT), where a large crowd of well wishers awaited him.
"It has been very long, very hard but I am here in my country," a jubilant Sanchez told reporters at...
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Turkey Says It Rounds Up 33 Suspected Spies for Israel's Mossad
Ankara — Turkish police detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence service and of targeting foreigners living in Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Tuesday.
Last month, Turkish officials warned Israel of "serious consequences" if it tried to hunt down members of the militant group Hamas living outside Palestinian territories, including in Turkey. President Tayyip Erdogan warned that would be a mistake.
Turkey, unlike most of its...
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Pro-Palestinian Protest Restricts Access to NYC Airport's International Terminal
NEW YORK — Access to a busy terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was restricted Monday as pro-Palestinian protesters converged on the airport for the second time in a week.
Videos posted online show heavy traffic and a slow-moving line of cars, some flying Palestinian flags and featuring text on the windows such as “Stop the genocide.” Police directed a line of cars around a checkpoint. Protesters also had planned to arrive at the airport in Queens, New York, by...
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Tunisian Journalist Detained After Criticizing Minister, Lawyer Says
Tunis, Tunisia — Tunisian judicial authorities on Monday ordered that prominent journalist Zeid El-Heni should be detained and tried on charges of defamation, days after he criticized the trade minister, his lawyer said.
El-Heni will have his first court hearing on January 10 on the charge of "defaming others on social media," his lawyer Ayachi Hammami told reporters.
Police first arrested him on Thursday after he made comments about the minister on local radio in an interview...
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US Aircraft Carrier Returning Home After Extended Deployment Defending Israel
WASHINGTON — After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday.
The Ford and its accompanying warships will be replaced by the amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan and its accompanying warships, the USS Mesa Verde and the USS Carter Hall. The three vessels had been in the Red Sea and have been transiting toward the Eastern Mediterranean over the last few days.
The...
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Israel's Supreme Court Overturns Key Component of Netanyahu's Polarizing Judicial Overhaul
jerusalem — Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country's ongoing war against Hamas.
Those divisions were largely put aside while the country focuses on the war in Gaza, which was triggered by a bloody cross-border attack by Hamas. Monday's court decision could reignite those tensions, which...
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Thousands of Doses of Childhood Vaccines Enter Gaza: Palestinian Health Ministry
RAMALLAH — Thousands of doses of vaccines against childhood diseases including polio and measles have begun entering the Gaza Strip to help deal with a growing health emergency in the besieged enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.
Israel's ground offensive has effectively stopped normal health services in Gaza, including vaccinations against highly contagious childhood diseases that had been brought under control by mass immunization programs.
The ministry said...
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Armed Drone Shot Down Near US Base in Northern Iraq
BAGHDAD — Defense systems shot down an armed drone on Sunday over Irbil airport in northern Iraq where U.S. and other international forces are stationed, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said in a statement.
A group called "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" said it had launched the drone to attack what it called an “occupation base.”
There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure, security sources said.
U.S. and international forces based in Iraq and across the...
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Report: 23 Pro-Iran Fighters Killed in East Syria Strikes
Beirut, Lebanon — Airstrikes in eastern Syria, "likely" carried out by Israel, killed at least 23 pro-Iran fighters Saturday, a war monitor said, reporting four more dead in the country's north.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, "23 pro-Iranian fighters," including five Syrians, four from Lebanon's Hezbollah group, six Iraqis and eight Iranians, were killed in at least nine pre-dawn airstrikes near the Iraqi border.
It said the raids were...
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Israeli Indicted for Impersonating Soldier, Stealing Weapons in Gaza War
JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors filed criminal charges Sunday against a man accused of impersonating a soldier to join the Gaza war, of stealing munitions and, according to media, of posing for a front-line picture with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel was blindsided by an Oct. 7 cross-border rampage by Hamas militants, with security forces often organizing themselves spontaneously in the field to repel the infiltrators and mount a counteroffensive.
According to the indictment...
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Netanyahu: War on Hamas to Continue for ‘Many More Months’
Israel’s prime minister says the war on Hamas is far from over. This, as the increasingly widening conflict spills into 2024. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has the story.
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