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How Trump’s suggestion to ‘clean out’ Gaza sent shockwaves through the Middle East

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Palestinian Prisoner Releases In Exchange For Israeli Hostages

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Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza

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Is Donald Trump’s plan to force Gaza’s population to neighbouring states?

What has been the response to such a plan and is it even legal?

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Palestinian Prisoner Release To Proceed After Initial Delay

Egypt mediates release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel-Hamas hostage agreement. Hostage safety is a priority.

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British-Egyptian dissident mulls giving up citizenship over failure to be released

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Israeli Hostages And Thai Nationals To Be Released In Gaza

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released in Gaza as part of mediation efforts by Qatar and Egypt. Successful negotiations facilitated by i...

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Former US Senator Bob Menendez given 11-year prison sentence for bribery

Menendez, once a powerful figure in US foreign policy, was found guilty of selling influence to the Egyptian government.

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Disgraced former US Senator Bob Menendez weeps as he's sentenced to 11 years in prison in corruption case

Former three-term New Jersey senator is the first to be found guilty of acting as a foreign agent

The Independent UK

Ex-Senator Bob Menendez Gets Over a Decade in Prison After Pleading for Mercy in Gold Bar Bribery Trial

Former Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday for taking bribes in exchange for favors that benefited a group of New Jersey businessmen, as well as the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

Latin Times

Unrwa closure imminent as last-bid attempts to stop Israeli ban fail

Palestinians in war-devastated Gaza and occupied West Bank expected to be hardest hit by ban on refugee agency

The Guardian - UK

Aida review – parades and totalitarianism rather than pyramids and triumphal marches

Royal Opera House, LondonRobert Carsen’s abstract 2022 production of Verdi’s controversial opera has no trace of its Egyptian setting which brings a schism between staging and score

The Guardian - UK

Middle East latest: Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza for a second day

Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

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Palestinians reject Trump’s relocation plan as they return to Gaza’s north

Tens of thousands have moved back to Gaza’s north this week, even as Trump suggests move to Jordan and Egypt.

Radio France Internationale

French Foreign ministry says forced displacement of Gazans would be 'unacceptable'

France on Tuesday said any forced displacement of Gazans would be "unacceptable" after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Gaza Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.

International Business Times

New Backlash Over Trump Plan To Move People Out Of Gaza

An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.

The Guardian - UK

Trump repeats suggestion Palestinians should leave Gaza for Egypt and Jordan

US president insists leaders of both countries would agree to move that could be ‘temporary or long-term’

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The Guardian - AU

Israel’s Unrwa ban is ‘jeopardising peace’, warns agency chief – as it happened

Philippe Lazzarini told UN security council measure as ‘harming the lives and future of Palestinians’

Reason

Trump Revives Biden's Failed Proposal To Remove Palestinians From Gaza

Trump wants Arab countries to take in Gaza’s population. The Biden administration already tried, and failed, to bribe and cajole Egypt into doing so.

Evening Standard

AFCON 2025 draw in full: Mohamed Salah and Egypt face nightmare group as Nigeria take on Tunisia

Tournament begins in Morocco on December 21

The Conversation

Donald Trump’s suggestion of ‘clearing out’ Gaza adds another risk to an already fragile ceasefire

Donald Trump’s recent statement describing Gaza as a “demolition site” – and his suggestion to “evacuate” Palestinians in Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to “clean out that whole thing” – has sent shockwaves across the region.

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump’s toxic remarks on Gaza reveal lack of joined-up thinking

US president has already caused trouble abroad and at home with incoherent ideas about Middle East politics

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Trump's Proposal To Relocate Gaza Palestinians Met With Rejection

President Trump's proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza faces opposition from Egypt, Jordan, and Palestinians due to regional and peace concerns.

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Ceasefire Agreement Reached To Release Israeli Hostage

Ceasefire agreements, hostage releases, and political tensions in the Middle East involving Israel, Hamas, and Palestinians.

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