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Israel upbeat on draft Lebanese demarcation deal, sees gas profit-sharing

Israel gave its preliminary nod on Sunday to a draft U.S.-brokered deal demarcating a maritime border with Lebanon that may lead to profit-sharing in a disputed Mediterranean gas prospect.

Reuters

Tel Aviv Demands Cut to Funding of European Groups Seeking Israel Boycott

The Israeli Mission to the European Union submitted on Friday a request to cut funding for 60 organizations and movements active in the countries of the Union and which support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. “These organizations receive large funding from the EU to support human rights…

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Washington Rejects Growth of Settlement in West Bank, Including in East Jerusalem

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said on Wednesday that he is working with Israel to limit West Bank settlement growth including in east Jerusalem. “The position of the US administration does not support settlement growth,” Nides said, adding that he made that position quite clear to the Israeli government…

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The Guardian view on moving the British embassy to Jerusalem: don’t do it

Editorial: Liz Truss has promised a review, but relocating it would be shameful and stupid. That might not put off the prime minister – but it should

The Guardian - UK

Egyptian FM: Lapid's Speech on Two-State Solution is Positive, Awaiting Actions

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry commented on Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's speech at the UN General Assembly calling for a two-state solution, saying it was positive but not enough. Shoukry said in a press statement Monday in New York before returning to Egypt that the Palestinian issue has always…

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Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem would be an outrage

Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus

The Guardian - UK

Bahraini Foreign Minister Warns Against Nuclear Proliferation Threat

Bahraini Foreign Minister, Abdul Latif al-Zayani, stressed on Saturday the importance of ensuring stability, security, and prosperity in the Middle East, also warning of the danger of nuclear proliferation. The FM then called on the US to promote peace and stability in the region, describing Washington as “one of Bahrain’s…

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Abbas Delivers Palestine's Official Request for Full UN Membership to Sec-Gen

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…

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Abbas demands US seek justice over Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Palestinian president accused the UN and the US of double standards.

Al Jazeera

Abbas: Lapid's UN remarks "positive," but Israel "destroying" two-state solution

“We have no partner in Israel we can talk to," he said at the UN General Assembly.

Axios

Palestinian President Abbas Calls on Israel to Resume Negotiations Immediately

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's call for a two-state solution was a "positive development" but said the proof would be a return to negotiations. "The true test of the credibility and seriousness of this stance is for the Israeli government to return to the negotiation…

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Palestinian President Abbas calls on Israel to resume negotiations immediately

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's call for a two-state solution but said on Friday the proof would be an immediate return to negotiations.

Reuters

Palestinians Slam UK 'Review' of Israel Embassy Location

The Palestinians on Thursday said any move by Britain to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be "a blatant violation of International law". British Prime Minister Liz Truss, in New York for the UN General Assembly, told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday "about…

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Israel PM: World Must Use Force if Iran Builds Nuclear Bomb

The international community should use military force if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told the United Nations on Thursday, as he reiterated support for creation of a "peaceful" Palestinian state. Israel has been conducting an intense diplomatic offensive in recent months to try to persuade the…

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The Independent UK

After days focused on Ukraine, other concerns emerge at UN

After three days in which the war in Ukraine consumed world leaders at the United Nations, other conflicts and concerns are beginning to emerge

Reuters

UK's Truss reviews location of British embassy in Israel

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told her Israeli counterpart she is reviewing the location of Britain's embassy in Israel, her office said on Thursday.

Reuters

Israeli PM Lapid backs two-state solution with Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called on Thursday for a two-state solution to Israel's decades-long conflict with the Palestinians and repeated that Israel would do "whatever it takes" to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss could follow Trump and move UK embassy to Jerusalem

PM considering breaking with decades of British foreign policy by relocating UK embassy in Israel

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Al Jazeera

PM Truss weighs UK embassy move in Israel to Jerusalem

Media reports say Truss informed Israeli PM Yair Lapid at the United Nations she is considering the embassy shift.

Evening Standard

Truss tells Israel she is considering relocation of British embassy to Jerusalem

Britain has long maintained its Israel embassy in Tel Aviv despite Israel designating Jerusalem as its capital

The Independent UK

Truss tells Israel she is considering relocating embassy to Jerusalem

Britain has long maintained its Israel embassy in Tel Aviv despite Israel designating Jerusalem as its capital

Axios

Israeli Prime Minister Lapid to back two-state solution in UN speech

It will be the first time since 2017 that an Israeli prime minister has publicly expressed support for a two-state solution.

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Israel's Right Accuses Lapid of Surrendering to Hezbollah

Former Likud MK Danny Danon accused on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid of offering major concessions in the agreement between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the maritime borders. “These concessions amount to a maximum surrender to Hezbollah,” the Israeli former deputy said. His comments came amid statements in Tel…

The Independent UK

Israeli PM meets Turkish president, first time in 14 years

Israel’s prime minister has met with Turkey’s president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the two regional powers after a long and bitter rift

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Israeli, Turkish Leaders Hold First Meeting Since 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday for the first face-to-face talks between leaders of the US-allied nations since 2008, Lapid's office said. Israel-Türkiye relations, long-frosty amid feuding over the Palestinian cause, have warmed in recent…

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