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Jordan News
3 hours ago
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Sisi and Fidan Reject Israel's Decision to Occupy Gaza and Displace Palestinians - Jordan News
Sisi and Fidan Reject Israel's Decision to Occupy Gaza and Displace Palestinians Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed their rejection on Saturday of Israel's decision to fully re-occupy the Gaza Strip. اضافة اعلان The statement came during their meeting in El Alamein city, northwest Egypt, according to official sources from both countries. The Egyptian presidency said in a statement that Sisi and Fidan discussed "developments in several regional issues, foremost among them the situation in the Gaza Strip." Regarding the Israeli actions in Gaza, they affirmed their rejection of the military re-occupation of the Strip, the urgent need to immediately ceasefire, allow humanitarian aid access, and secure the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, stressing their firm opposition to the displacement of Palestinians. On Friday dawn, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a "gradual" plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to occupy the entire Gaza Strip. The statement added that Sisi praised the qualitative development in Egyptian-Turkish relations, especially after the signing of the joint declaration in February 2024 to reactivate the high-level Strategic Cooperation Council meetings and raise them to the leaders' level. Both sides emphasized the necessity of enhancing economic cooperation between Egypt and Turkey, aiming to reach a trade volume of $15 billion and expanding Turkish companies' participation in investment projects within Egypt. They also discussed developments in Libya, Syria (after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in late 2024), and Sudan (following the fighting between the army and Rapid Support Forces since April 2023). Sisi stressed the importance of achieving peace and stability in these brotherly countries and Egypt's efforts in that regard. Sisi received Fidan during the latter's official visit to Egypt, whose duration was unspecified, according to a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the platform X (formerly Twitter). — Anadolu Agency
CNN
4 hours ago
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- CNN
Analysis: Netanyahu's Gaza takeover plan satisfies no one but himself
The Middle East Israel-Hamas warFacebookTweetLink Follow Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet voted for yet another military expansion: the proposed takeover of Gaza City. The plan, which was initiated and pushed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, arguably reveals more about his domestic political maneuvering than evidence of any well-thought-out military strategy. The plan was adopted despite the Israeli military leadership's fierce objection and grave warnings it could both deepen the humanitarian crisis and endanger the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza., The major expansion of the war also comes against the backdrop of a fundamental erosion of support for Israel around the world, and a decline in internal public backing for the continuation of the war. And yet, Netanyahu pushed his plan forward, as it has at least one unstated benefit: it gives him time to fight for his political survival. And with his current far-right coalition partners, that means prolonging the war. Time and again, Netanyahu's allies, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, have thwarted and aborted progress in ceasefire negotiations by threatening to collapse his government if the war were to end. Netanyahu's plan to besiege Gaza City actually falls short of what his coalition partners demand: Ben Gvir and Smotrich are pushing for a full occupation of the embattled enclave as a first step for rebuilding the Jewish settlements in Gaza and ultimately annexing the territory. It is also less than what Netanyahu himself had been selling ahead of the meeting. In an interview on Thursday, Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, as if he had made up his mind to fully occupy the territory. Instead, the Israeli leader chose to promote a phased plan, focusing only on Gaza City for the time being, without taking over other camps nearby, where many of the 20 remaining Israeli hostages are believed to be held captive. Netanyahu also intentionally set a relatively loose deadline for the beginning of the operation - in two months - leaving the door open for another diplomatic push for a ceasefire hostage deal to reemerge and call the whole thing off. Now, his right-wing partners are fuming at the decision, charging that the plan isn't enough and that only escalating the war will suffice A source close to Smotrich said, 'The proposal led by Netanyahu and approved by the cabinet may sound good, but it is actually just more of the same. This decision is neither moral, nor ethical, nor Zionist.' Netanyahu's latest plan pleases neither his coalition partners nor Israel's military leadership. During the marathon 10-hour cabinet meeting, Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir presented the army's stark opposition to the government's reoccupation plans. Israel's top general warned that a renewed military excursion would endanger both the remaining hostages and Israeli soldiers, cautioning that Gaza would become a trap that would further exhaust IDF forces already worn down by almost two years of continuous fighting, and deepen the Palestinian humanitarian crisis. The military concerns echo the broad public Israeli sentiment: according to repeated opinion polls, a majority of Israelis support a ceasefire deal that would bring back the hostages and end the war. But Netanyahu's current decision-making is disconnected from both military advice and popular will, driven instead, analysts and political opponents say, by the narrow imperative of his political survival. The Gaza takeover plan also places Netanyahu and Israel in unprecedented international isolation. Despite the unwavering free hand that President Trump's White House has given him in the Gaza war, the growing famine and starvation crisis has already diminished global legitimacy for Israel's war, and the additional fallout from the latest cabinet's decision was swift and unambiguous: Germany – Israel's second most important strategic ally after the United States – announced it was suspending some of its military exports to Israel, setting the stage for other EU countries to further downgrade relations. Netanyahu is pushing forward with a plan that satisfies no one: Israel's allies abroad, its own military leadership, a public that wants the war to end on the one hand, and on the other, his hardline partners who are unhappy and think it does not go far enough. The constituency it does serve is primarily Netanyahu himself: buying him more time to avoid the inevitable choice between a genuine ceasefire that could save the hostages or a full military escalation that satisfies his coalition. More than a strategic move, it represents yet another classical Netanyahu maneuver to prolong the war, while perpetuating harm and suffering for Gaza residents and Israeli hostages alike. All for his own political survival.
CNN
4 hours ago
- Politics
- CNN
Analysis: Netanyahu's Gaza takeover plan satisfies no one but himself
The Middle East Israel-Hamas warFacebookTweetLink Follow Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet voted for yet another military expansion: the proposed takeover of Gaza City. The plan, which was initiated and pushed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, arguably reveals more about his domestic political maneuvering than evidence of any well-thought-out military strategy. The plan was adopted despite the Israeli military leadership's fierce objection and grave warnings it could both deepen the humanitarian crisis and endanger the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza., The major expansion of the war also comes against the backdrop of a fundamental erosion of support for Israel around the world, and a decline in internal public backing for the continuation of the war. And yet, Netanyahu pushed his plan forward, as it has at least one unstated benefit: it gives him time to fight for his political survival. And with his current far-right coalition partners, that means prolonging the war. Time and again, Netanyahu's allies, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, have thwarted and aborted progress in ceasefire negotiations by threatening to collapse his government if the war were to end. Netanyahu's plan to besiege Gaza City actually falls short of what his coalition partners demand: Ben Gvir and Smotrich are pushing for a full occupation of the embattled enclave as a first step for rebuilding the Jewish settlements in Gaza and ultimately annexing the territory. It is also less than what Netanyahu himself had been selling ahead of the meeting. In an interview on Thursday, Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, as if he had made up his mind to fully occupy the territory. Instead, the Israeli leader chose to promote a phased plan, focusing only on Gaza City for the time being, without taking over other camps nearby, where many of the 20 remaining Israeli hostages are believed to be held captive. Netanyahu also intentionally set a relatively loose deadline for the beginning of the operation - in two months - leaving the door open for another diplomatic push for a ceasefire hostage deal to reemerge and call the whole thing off. Now, his right-wing partners are fuming at the decision, charging that the plan isn't enough and that only escalating the war will suffice A source close to Smotrich said, 'The proposal led by Netanyahu and approved by the cabinet may sound good, but it is actually just more of the same. This decision is neither moral, nor ethical, nor Zionist.' Netanyahu's latest plan pleases neither his coalition partners nor Israel's military leadership. During the marathon 10-hour cabinet meeting, Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir presented the army's stark opposition to the government's reoccupation plans. Israel's top general warned that a renewed military excursion would endanger both the remaining hostages and Israeli soldiers, cautioning that Gaza would become a trap that would further exhaust IDF forces already worn down by almost two years of continuous fighting, and deepen the Palestinian humanitarian crisis. The military concerns echo the broad public Israeli sentiment: according to repeated opinion polls, a majority of Israelis support a ceasefire deal that would bring back the hostages and end the war. But Netanyahu's current decision-making is disconnected from both military advice and popular will, driven instead, analysts and political opponents say, by the narrow imperative of his political survival. The Gaza takeover plan also places Netanyahu and Israel in unprecedented international isolation. Despite the unwavering free hand that President Trump's White House has given him in the Gaza war, the growing famine and starvation crisis has already diminished global legitimacy for Israel's war, and the additional fallout from the latest cabinet's decision was swift and unambiguous: Germany – Israel's second most important strategic ally after the United States – announced it was suspending some of its military exports to Israel, setting the stage for other EU countries to further downgrade relations. Netanyahu is pushing forward with a plan that satisfies no one: Israel's allies abroad, its own military leadership, a public that wants the war to end on the one hand, and on the other, his hardline partners who are unhappy and think it does not go far enough. The constituency it does serve is primarily Netanyahu himself: buying him more time to avoid the inevitable choice between a genuine ceasefire that could save the hostages or a full military escalation that satisfies his coalition. More than a strategic move, it represents yet another classical Netanyahu maneuver to prolong the war, while perpetuating harm and suffering for Gaza residents and Israeli hostages alike. All for his own political survival.
CNN
5 hours ago
- Politics
- CNN
Analysis: Netanyahu's Gaza takeover plan satisfies no one but himself
The Middle East Israel-Hamas warFacebookTweetLink Follow Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, the Israeli security cabinet voted for yet another military expansion: the proposed takeover of Gaza City. The plan, which was initiated and pushed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself, arguably reveals more about his domestic political maneuvering than evidence of any well-thought-out military strategy. The plan was adopted despite the Israeli military leadership's fierce objection and grave warnings it could both deepen the humanitarian crisis and endanger the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza., The major expansion of the war also comes against the backdrop of a fundamental erosion of support for Israel around the world, and a decline in internal public backing for the continuation of the war. And yet, Netanyahu pushed his plan forward, as it has at least one unstated benefit: it gives him time to fight for his political survival. And with his current far-right coalition partners, that means prolonging the war. Time and again, Netanyahu's allies, Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, have thwarted and aborted progress in ceasefire negotiations by threatening to collapse his government if the war were to end. Netanyahu's plan to besiege Gaza City actually falls short of what his coalition partners demand: Ben Gvir and Smotrich are pushing for a full occupation of the embattled enclave as a first step for rebuilding the Jewish settlements in Gaza and ultimately annexing the territory. It is also less than what Netanyahu himself had been selling ahead of the meeting. In an interview on Thursday, Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, as if he had made up his mind to fully occupy the territory. Instead, the Israeli leader chose to promote a phased plan, focusing only on Gaza City for the time being, without taking over other camps nearby, where many of the 20 remaining Israeli hostages are believed to be held captive. Netanyahu also intentionally set a relatively loose deadline for the beginning of the operation - in two months - leaving the door open for another diplomatic push for a ceasefire hostage deal to reemerge and call the whole thing off. Now, his right-wing partners are fuming at the decision, charging that the plan isn't enough and that only escalating the war will suffice A source close to Smotrich said, 'The proposal led by Netanyahu and approved by the cabinet may sound good, but it is actually just more of the same. This decision is neither moral, nor ethical, nor Zionist.' Netanyahu's latest plan pleases neither his coalition partners nor Israel's military leadership. During the marathon 10-hour cabinet meeting, Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir presented the army's stark opposition to the government's reoccupation plans. Israel's top general warned that a renewed military excursion would endanger both the remaining hostages and Israeli soldiers, cautioning that Gaza would become a trap that would further exhaust IDF forces already worn down by almost two years of continuous fighting, and deepen the Palestinian humanitarian crisis. The military concerns echo the broad public Israeli sentiment: according to repeated opinion polls, a majority of Israelis support a ceasefire deal that would bring back the hostages and end the war. But Netanyahu's current decision-making is disconnected from both military advice and popular will, driven instead, analysts and political opponents say, by the narrow imperative of his political survival. The Gaza takeover plan also places Netanyahu and Israel in unprecedented international isolation. Despite the unwavering free hand that President Trump's White House has given him in the Gaza war, the growing famine and starvation crisis has already diminished global legitimacy for Israel's war, and the additional fallout from the latest cabinet's decision was swift and unambiguous: Germany – Israel's second most important strategic ally after the United States – announced it was suspending some of its military exports to Israel, setting the stage for other EU countries to further downgrade relations. Netanyahu is pushing forward with a plan that satisfies no one: Israel's allies abroad, its own military leadership, a public that wants the war to end on the one hand, and on the other, his hardline partners who are unhappy and think it does not go far enough. The constituency it does serve is primarily Netanyahu himself: buying him more time to avoid the inevitable choice between a genuine ceasefire that could save the hostages or a full military escalation that satisfies his coalition. More than a strategic move, it represents yet another classical Netanyahu maneuver to prolong the war, while perpetuating harm and suffering for Gaza residents and Israeli hostages alike. All for his own political survival.
Euronews
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Euronews
Five foreign ministers condemn Israel's Gaza City takeover plans
Five foreign ministers have issued a joint statement condemning Israel's plans to further escalate the ongoing war in Gaza and take control of Gaza City. Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand said in the statement that the plan, announced by the Israeli Security Cabinet on Friday, "will aggravate the catastrophic humanitarian situation, endanger the lives of the hostages, and further risk the mass displacement of civilians." "Any attempts at annexation or of settlement extension violate international law," the statement added. The foreign ministers called for an immediate end to the war, emphasising that a "worst-case scenario of a famine is unfolding". They also called on Hamas to release the remaining hostages it holds "without precondition" and ensure they are "humanely treated and not subject to cruelty and humiliation." Dissent in Israel has also steadily grown as hostages have languished in captivity. Some families of the hostages and their supporters have staged large protests calling for a ceasefire with Hamas that would bring their loved ones home. 'All of Israel wants a comprehensive deal and an end to the war,' Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, said in a statement on Friday. 'For the State of Israel to guarantee the security of its citizens, we must end this injustice that has been done to our loved ones for 22 months.' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet went forward with the plan against the advice of military leaders, including Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, who warned on Thursday that the plan would endanger the lives of the hostages and further stretch the military. The announcement came after Netanyahu also suggested more sweeping plans on Thursday for Israel to take control of all of Gaza. Israel already controls around three-quarters of the territory. Hamas rejected Israel's plans. 'Expanding of aggression against our Palestinian people will not be a walk in the park,' the group said in a statement. Stephanie Tremblay, the associate spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told the press on Friday that "the Secretary General is gravely alarmed by the decision of the Israeli government to take control of Gaza City." The UN Security Council announced an emergency meeting on Israel's plans was rescheduled to Sunday after originally being scheduled to take place on Saturday. International aid drops continue International powers, including Israeli allies France, Britain and Canada, have stepped up criticism of the war amid mounting shock over media reports showing starvation. Germany said Friday it would not authorise the export of military equipment that could be used in Gaza until further notice. Several countries have led coordinated efforts to carry out aid drops over Gaza, a last resort as Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory's slide toward famine. A new load of air dropped aid sent by Italy landed in Gaza on Saturday. The UN and aid groups call such drops costly and dangerous for residents, and say they deliver far less aid than trucks. Many food parcels dropped by air have splashed into the Mediterranean Sea or landed in so-called red zones from which Israel's military has ordered people to evacuate. In either case, Palestinians risk their lives to get flour and other basic goods. Palestinians also continue to be killed while seeking aid at four locations run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Witnesses and UN agencies have called the sites "death traps", as hundreds of people have been reported killed while seeking aid, although the GHF continues to maintain that no violence has occurred. GHF said a new UN route runs near two of its sites in the south and has drawn large crowds of people who unload the convoys. But the United Nations, partners, and Palestinians say far too little aid is coming in, with months of supplies piled up outside Gaza waiting for Israeli approval. And although the UN estimates that 500 to 600 trucks of aid are needed daily, the trucks entering are mostly stripped of supplies by desperate people and criminal groups before reaching warehouses for distribution.
