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Channel 4
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
How Israeli embassy staff shooting could impact Gaza war
The shooting of a couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC has sent shockwaves around the world, while in Gaza the UN says thousands of men, women and children are in danger of severe starvation after an 11-week aid blockade. For this episode of the Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to The Economist's Israel Correspondent Anshel Pfeffer and Palestinian journalist Nour Odeh. They discuss the shooting of Israeli embassy staff in DC, growing condemnation of Netanyahu by Western leaders and mounting international calls to recognise a Palestinian state.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel intensifies Gaza offensive as ceasefire talks resume in Doha
Israel began an 'extensive' new ground offensive in Gaza, even as teams from Tel Aviv and Hamas held indirect ceasefire talks in Doha. Negotiations between Hamas and Israel have languished since a temporary truce ended in March; one hold-up, according to Israeli media, is Hamas' demand for an international guarantee, particularly from Washington, that Israel will not restart the war at a later date. Most Israelis do not support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy for Gaza, Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer argued, prioritizing the return of hostages instead of Netanyahu's stated aim of 'total victory over Hamas.' But unless Israelis 'insist on their own version of victory,' Pfeffer wrote, it seems likely that 'international pressure will force Israel to end the war … through sanctions and international isolation.'
