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Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel walked back its decision to shut down an Associated Press live video feed of war-torn Gaza on Tuesday, following a protest from the US news agency and concern from the White House. Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said he had revoked an earlier order that accused the AP of breaching a new ban on providing rolling footage of Gaza to Qatar-based satellite channel Al Jazeera. "I have now ordered to cancel the operation and return the equipment to the AP agency," Karhi said in a statement, after Washington called on Israel to reverse the move. "We've been enga...
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Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal was still possible but he charged that an International Criminal Court arrest bid for Israeli leaders was setting back diplomatic efforts. Testifying before Congress, Blinken was repeatedly disrupted by protesters critical of US support for Israel. Several were evicted after shouting that he was a "war criminal," but protesters -- many showing symbolically reddened hands --were later allowed to sit silently behind him. Blinken credited Qatar and Egypt with assisting the "extensive effort" to secure ...
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La Haye (AFP) - Le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) a franchi une étape majeure en demandant l'émission de mandats d'arrêt contre des hauts responsables d'Israël et des dirigeants du Hamas. Mais que signifie-t-elle concrètement et quelles sont les chances de voir ces personnes sur le banc des accusés à La Haye ? \- Quel impact ? - Karim Khan a porté des accusations de crimes de guerre et de crimes contre l'humanité contre deux hauts responsables israéliens : le Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu et le ministre de la Défense Yoav Gallant. Elles comprennent "le fait d'affamer dé...
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Washington (AFP) - Amal Clooney helped the International Criminal Court weigh evidence that led to the decision to seek arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders, the human rights lawyer said Monday. The high-profile British-Lebanese barrister posted a statement on the website of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which she founded with her husband, American actor George Clooney. Both she and the foundation had previously been criticized on social media for not speaking out over the civilian death toll in Gaza. Clooney said she was asked by prosecutor Karim Khan to join an expert pan...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden denied Monday that Israel's war in Gaza was genocide, as he slammed an "outrageous" request by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli leaders. "What's happening is not genocide," Biden told a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House as he discussed the conflict sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel. His remarks referred specifically to a case at a different tribunal, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is dealing with allegations by South Africa that Israel's war in Gaza is ...
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Sometimes when musician Hesham Hamra plucks the strings of his oud, he is flooded with images of his homeland, Syria. "Every now and then I close my eyes and go from our house in Damascus to a friend's flat in my head," he says. "Then I smell the scent of jasmine on the streets." "Jasmine" is also the name of a virtuoso piece he composed for the Ensemble Colourage from Ludwigshafen, a German city located roughly between the French border and Frankfurt. Colourage is a poetic play on words made up of colour, courage and collage. The group chose it as they sought to bring together music from the ...
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Sometimes when musician Hesham Hamra plucks the strings of his oud, he is flooded with images of his homeland, Syria. "Every now and then I close my eyes and go from our house in Damascus to a friend's flat in my head," he says. "Then I smell the scent of jasmine on the streets." "Jasmine" is also the name of a virtuoso piece he composed for the Ensemble Colourage from Ludwigshafen, a German city located roughly between the French border and Frankfurt. Colourage is a poetic play on words made up of colour, courage and collage. The group chose it as they sought to bring together music from the ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's national security advisor briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on the "potential" of a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia after holding talks in the region, the White House said Sunday. Jake Sullivan also called on the Israeli prime minister to link the military operation against Hamas in Gaza with a "political strategy" for the future of the Palestinian enclave, it said in a readout of the talks. In a weekend of high-stakes diplomacy, Sullivan met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Dharan on Saturday, before flying directly to Israel fo...
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Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Des bombardements dimanche ont fait au moins onze morts dans la région de Kharkiv dans le nord-est de l'Ukraine, visée depuis le 10 mai par une nouvelle offensive russe, ont annoncé les autorités locales. L'assaut terrestre déclenché par l'armée russe dans cette zone frontalière, après une intensification des attaques aériennes, lui a permis d'enregistrer ses gains territoriaux les plus importants depuis fin 2022. La progression russe a désormais été stoppée, affirme Kiev, ce que Moscou réfute. Dimanche, six personnes, dont une femme enceinte, ont péri et 27 autres ont é...
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Washington (AFP) - The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Thursday to force President Joe Biden to end his hold on high-payload bombs approved for Israel but blocked over concerns about their use in Gaza. The largely symbolic move -- it has no chance of becoming law -- is a response to Biden suspending the shipments over fears of mass Palestinian casualties as Israeli forces press their assault on the densely populated city of Rafah. The Israel Security Assistance Support Act would prevent Biden from freezing any congressionally approved military aid to Israel, including 3,500 2,...
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