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Biden's Middle East trip aims to shore up a relatively calm moment in the region

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

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Biden seeks new chapter in troubled Middle East

President Joe Biden will visit the Middle East this week at a time when the region is experiencing dramatic changes and struggling to address deep problems

The Independent UK

Killing of Palestinian journalist threatens to overshadow Biden's Israel trip

Joe Biden flies to the Middle East on Tuesday for his first trip to the region since entering the White House. Before a visit to Saudi Arabia – one which reawakens the age-old foreign policy dilemma of realpolitik versus human rights – the US president goes to Israel, where he…

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Turkey: New Details Revealed on Iranian Cell that Targeted Israelis

Turkish sources revealed new details about an Iranian cell that plotted to kidnap and assassinate Israeli citizens in Istanbul and whose members were arrested in June ahead of then-Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to the country. A report by the Daily Sabah quoted Turkish sources on Sunday as affirming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Say US Economic Push No Substitute for Peace

Ahead of Joe Biden's first visit to Jerusalem as US president, Washington's ambassador said his team will "pound tables" to press Israeli officials into making concessions to the Palestinians. But ambassador Thomas Nides was talking about ensuring Palestinians have access to economic benefits such as 4G internet, not throwing American…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Six things to watch during Biden's trip to the Middle East

President Joe Biden is heading to the Middle East for the first time since taking office last year

The Independent UK

Israel to Examine Reports of Decades-Old Grave for Buried Egyptian Soldiers

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Sunday that his office would investigate reports of a mass grave in central Israel containing the bodies of Egyptian commandos who were killed during the 1967 Middle East war. Lapid's office said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi brought up the issue in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israel says it will probe 1967 mass grave of Egyptian soldiers

Israeli media says dozens of Egyptian soldiers killed in 1967 war are buried under what is now an Israeli tourist park.

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Israel to examine reports of decades-old grave for buried Egyptian soldiers

Reuters

Israeli PM Says Iran Will Top Biden Visit Agenda

Expanding joint action to counter Iran will top the agenda during US President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to Israel, Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday, demanding sanctions against Tehran. The premier urged a "decisive" response to Tehran's nuclear ambitions, ahead of Biden's arrival in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The visit "will…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Mideast, Biden struggling to shift policy after Trump

Joe Biden took office looking to reshape U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Iran enriches to 20% with new centrifuges at fortified site

Iran says it has begun enriching uranium up to 20% using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal

The Independent UK

Abbas Calls on Lapid, Herzog to Stop Arrests and Settlements

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog held separate calls with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, which followed a meeting between Abbas and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. In the first such known call between the Palestinian leader and an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians expect nothing from Israel's interim prime minister Yair Lipid

Palestinians in Gaza are expecting little from the new Israeli caretaker government led by Yair Lipid. The new government was put in place at the beginning of the month after Naftali Bennett pulled the plug on the ruling coalition.

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The Independent UK

Palestinian leader, Israeli PM hold first call in years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has received a call from Israel’s caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, the first such conversation between Abbas and an Israeli premier in years

Axios

"Giant on the world stage": World shocked by assassination of Japan's Shinzo Abe

The former prime minister was shot while giving a speech at a campaign event.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lapid Says Doesn't Rule Out Meeting Abbas

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he does not oppose meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, however he noted that there are no current plans on the agenda. "I do not have meetings for the sake of meetings unless they have a positive result for Israel.

Radio France Internationale

Lapid talks with Macron about Iran, Lebanon on Israeli PM's first foreign trip

Iran and its influence in the Middle East were high on the agenda of Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Tuesday talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Unilever decision spotlights crackdown on US Palestinian activism

Activists say the sale of Ben & Jerry’s Israeli business is part of efforts to punish solidarity with Palestinians.

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Israel’s Lapid Meets Macron in Paris on First Trip as PM

Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities, calling Tehran a threat to regional stability. Lapid met in Paris on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, who called…

Radio France Internationale

Recently elected Israel PM visits France hoping to end gas row with Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is making his first foreign trip in office to France and has asked Paris to mediate in a dispute with Lebanon over gas supplies. Other items on the agenda include Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

France's Macron says the nuclear deal with Iran must succeed

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday the negotiations on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran known as the JCPOA needed to succeed while taking into account the interests of regional partners, including Israel.

Reuters

France's Macron: Israelis are lucky to have Lapid as PM

The people of Israel is lucky to have Yair Lapid as its new prime minister, French President Emmanuel Macron said ahead of a meeting between the two leaders in on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Israel's Lapid to meet Macron in Paris on his 1st trip as PM

Israel’s caretaker prime minister has departed for a day-long visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shtayyeh Demands Lapid Hands over ‘Villa Hanna Salameh’

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh demanded that Israeli Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid to hand over Villa Hanna Salameh, a Palestinian house in Jerusalem whose owners were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. Lapid was planning to live in the villa. At a weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah on…

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