In a first meeting, the United States and Iran show signs of pragmatism and limited aims, which would make success more likely. But hard-liners on both sides — and Israel — are bound to balk.
Steve Witkoff, left, President Trump’s special envoy, in Washington last month, and Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, in Tehran in February. The two men led negotiations on Saturday.
The group said that mediators were working “to remove obstacles and close gaps” after the cease-fire deal with Israel hit a roadblock. Israel has yet to comment.
As Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violating the cease-fire deal, Israel’s prime minister has vowed a return to “intense fighting” if hostages are not freed by Saturday.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes stated that “There are reasons, I think, for Hamas to be skeptical” about the second phase of the ceasefire deal and that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal gives them no
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Tuesday that if Hamas did not release all 73 of the remaining hostages still in Gaza by noon on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would resume attacking "until the final defeat of Hamas."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the cease-fire would end if Hamas did not release captives held in Gaza. But he did not say how many hostages had to be freed.
The Hamas terrorist group on Tuesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for the release of all remaining Israeli and American hostages from Gaza by noon on Saturday, or the ceasefire deal is over — and Israel can respond as it wants.
President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas on Monday: it must release all of the remaining Israeli and America hostages from Gaza by noon on Saturday, or the ceasefire deal is over -- and Israel can respond as it wants.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) reacted to President Donald Trump stating that “all hell” should break out if all of the hostages held by Hamas aren’t released by noon on Saturday by stating that
The Middle East is on the verge of “something of biblical proportion” under Donald Trump’s leadership, according to incoming US ambassador Mike Huckabee, who called for a complete end to Hamas while praising the President’s approach to diplomacy and bold vision which can reshape the region.
The president turned up the pressure on the two nations to agree to his proposal for them to house the Palestinian population of Gaza and said the Palestinians would not have the right to return to the territory.
Hamas and President Trump have threatened to upend the cease-fire. Analysts say those words could prove hollow, but the deal still may not last beyond early March.
Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and destructive war between Israel and Hezbollah.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was angry with Hamas over the evident starvation of the Israeli hostages, after three men who were released on Sunday appeared emaciated from evident lack of nutrition.
The scenes at the latest hostage release in Gaza angered Israelis and created even more uncertainty surrounding the next steps in a phased cease-fire deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Breitbart News exclusively he is “gratified to see” new polling from Israel’s Channel 14 that shows him and his party Likud with bolstered support from the Israeli public.
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