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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are seen in the Knesset, February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
NYT: Netanyahu shelved April 2024 Gaza truce after Smotrich threat to government
By ToI Staff
Prime minister also derailed Biden’s Saudi normalization initiative due to similar threat by Ben Gvir to bring down government as result of ‘reckless deal,’ according to NYT exposé
Illustrative: Riyad Mansour. the Palestinian Authority's envoy to the United Nations (at podium), speaks during a meeting of the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City on June 12, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
July 11, 2025, 11:10 pm
French-Saudi UN confab on two-state solution said rescheduled for July 28-29
Conference originally scheduled for mid-June was postponed due to Israel-Iran war; Jerusalem slams proposed recognition of Palestinian state as rewarding Oct. 7
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are seen in the Knesset, February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2025, 9:28 pm
NYT: Netanyahu shelved April 2024 Gaza truce after Smotrich threat to government
Prime minister also derailed Biden’s Saudi normalization initiative due to similar threat by Ben Gvir to bring down government as result of ‘reckless deal,’ according to NYT exposé
By ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov (not in picture) following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, July 4, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina / POOL / AFP)
July 4, 2025, 10:09 pm
Asked about normalization with Israel, Saudi FM says Gaza ceasefire takes priority
Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud says truce would be ‘prelude’ to Palestinian stateheood; Trump said to meet secretly with Saudi defense minister to discuss normalization, Iran
By ToI Staff and Reuters
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks, as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP); Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, February 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 16, 2025, 9:55 pm
Iran said to seek ceasefire via Gulf states as Trump urges deal ‘before it’s too late’
Tehran reportedly offers flexibility in nuclear talks if attacks halted, though Israel signals campaign will continue; Oman drafts proposal for limited enrichment freeze
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Reuters
People sunbathe on the beach along the Mediterranean Sea in Batroun, northern Lebanon, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
June 7, 2025, 4:00 pm
Lebanon seeks to lure back wealthy Gulf tourists to jumpstart war-torn economy
Beirut officials hope Saudi Arabia follows UAE, Kuwait in lifting years-long ban on travel; new leaders say they aim to disarm Hezbollah and revive pre-1975 golden era
By AP and ToI Staff
From left to right, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, holds a press conference following the ministerial committee of the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Joint Summit on Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
June 3, 2025, 9:26 pm
Saudi official says Israel harmed normalization by blocking West Bank visit – report
Source within the Saudi royal family said to accuse Netanyahu of protecting his own interests at expense of forging ties: ‘He doesn’t want peace, he only wants to make problems’
By ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, left, speaks with President Masoud Pezeshkian during their meeting, in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
May 30, 2025, 12:02 pm
Saudis warned Iran to reach agreement with US or risk war with Israel – Gulf sources
Saudi prince told Tehran the region can’t bear more escalation; response was that Iran wants nuke deal but won’t end enrichment; WSJ says US prepping ‘term sheet’ that includes enrichment ban
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli F-35i and American F-15 jets hold an exercise over Israel, November 29, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 26, 2025, 2:39 am
Trump’s huge Saudi arms deal may be limited by US pledge to preserve Israel’s military edge
As Riyadh eyes advanced weaponry, Washington’s commitment to Israel’s defense supremacy means coveted F-35 fighter jets likely won’t be part of $142 billion in potential sales
By Stav Levaton and Agencies
May 20, 2025, 11:25 pm
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: What did Trump mean when he said…
To understand the US vision for the Mideast, ToI’s senior analyst takes a deep look at President Donald Trump’s address to the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh on May 13
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Haviv Rettig Gur
The results of a vote on a resolution for the UN Security Council to reconsider and support full UN membership for the Palestinian Authority as the State of Palestine is displayed during a special session of the UN General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York, May 10, 2024. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
May 17, 2025, 1:10 am
UN conference on two-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict set for June
Diplomat in Paris says the confab, jointly sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, should lead to more nations joining the 150 that have already recognized Palestinian statehood
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Saudi-US Investment Forum at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
May 16, 2025, 12:20 pm
Trump’s Middle East trip goes big on deals and diplomacy, but small on human rights
President told Saudi investment forum US will no longer give Arab states ‘lectures on how to live’; human-rights activists fear implications of that new approach
By Ellen Knickmeyer
US President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before posing for a family picture with Gulf leaders during a gathering of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on May 14, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
May 15, 2025, 3:17 pm
Daily Briefing May 15: Day 587 – Trump embraces his ‘strongest’ Mideast partner. It’s not Israel
Editor David Horovitz on the US president’s deal-making trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE; his meet-up with the new Syrian leader and the current status of Gaza ceasefire talks
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
US President Donald Trump arrives for the group photo with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 14, 2025, 6:18 pm
Trump’s Mideast visit comes as his family deepens business, crypto ties in region
President’s regional trip comes after sons forged plans for Trump Tower in Dubai, a deal for a luxury golf resort in Qatar and two new real estate projects in Riyadh
By Will Weissert
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 14, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)
May 14, 2025, 3:44 pm
Trump tells Gulf leaders Iran must end support of proxies under nuclear deal
Tehran ‘must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars,’ US president says at Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Riyadh; Iran’s FM calls remarks ‘deceitful’
By AP and ToI Staff
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks at the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
May 14, 2025, 10:34 am
British banking analyst sentenced to decade in Saudi prison, apparently over tweet
Family says Ahmed al-Doush, who has been held since August, was targeted over ties to exiled Saudi critic amid crackdown on online dissent
By AP
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