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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

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US President Donald Trump invites US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to respond to a question in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)
May 29, 2025, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing May 29: Day 601 – Why Witkoff has a ‘good feeling’ about hostage negotiations
US bureau chief Jacob Magid explains the war of narratives over Gaza humanitarian aid, the UAE’s rebuke of Israel, and how Trump told Netanyahu ‘Don’t!’ on Iran
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
May 15, 2025, 11:51 pm
Rubio ‘troubled’ by Gaza humanitarian crisis, urges solutions to avoid Hamas aid theft
Secretary says he spoke to Netanyahu but avoids specifying whether he pushed PM to lift blockade; recognizes criticism of new initiative, asserts he’s open to alternatives
By Jacob Magid
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) welcomes his US counterpart Donald Trump upon arrival at the presidential terminal in Abu Dhabi on May 15, 2025. (Giuseppe Cacae/AFP)
May 15, 2025, 6:46 pm
Trump lands in UAE for last leg of Middle East tour as Emiratis seek AI cooperation
US leader meets with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announces $10 billion Qatari investment in US military base southwest of Doha
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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
Palestinians wait for donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)
May 15, 2025, 5:19 am
New aid group: We’ll start Gaza operations by June; Israel to lift blockade in interim
Organization says Israel will establish more distribution sites throughout Strip after initially only agreeing to 4 in the south; US still working to secure key backing from other NGOs
By Jacob Magid
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 with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony at the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
May 13, 2025, 1:04 pm
Trump gets grand welcome in Saudi Arabia, his landmark Mideast visit’s first leg
With Israel sidelined as US president makes first major trip of 2nd term, Trump eyes business deals and regional development in meetings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman
By Zeke Miller, AAMER MADHANI and Jon Gambrell
Palestinians struggle to obtain donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 9, 2025, 11:33 pm
UAE rejects Israeli request to fund Gaza aid plan, says it fails to address crisis
Emirati official says stance could change if initiative amended to meet dire needs, but initial refusal marks major blow to plan not yet fully off the ground
By Jacob Magid
People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, rest in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. (AFP)
May 6, 2025, 2:47 pm
International Court of Justice throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE
ICJ says it ‘manifestly lacked’ jurisdiction to rule, points to ‘reservation’ stipulated by United Arab Emirates against countries suing each other, when it joined court in 2005
By AFP and ToI Staff
US Vice President JD Vance (L) listens as Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaks at the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP)
April 8, 2025, 8:58 pm
Trump’s energy chief to visit UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia on 2-week Mideast trip
Sources say Chris Wright will push for increased oil supply and lay groundwork for president to visit region in May
By timothy gardner
A general view of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, at the Abrahamic Family House, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
April 4, 2025, 5:51 am
Jewish children in UAE targeted by antisemitism amid Gaza war, say parents
The local community has flourished since the 2020 Abraham Accords, but incidents in schools spark fear for some parents, while others say they feel safer than elsewhere in the Diaspora
By toi reporter
Zvi Kogan, a Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the UAE in November 2024. (Screenshot: @DUDIKEPLER via Reuters)
March 31, 2025, 7:59 pm
UAE confirms sentencing 3 to death, 1 to life in prison, over killing of Chabad rabbi
Abu Dhabi court rules murder was in pursuit of ‘terrorist purpose,’ echoing Israeli assessment; 3 murder suspects were all Uzbek nationals; death sentences are subject to appeal
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Zvi Kogan, a Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the UAE in November 2024. (Screenshot: @DUDIKEPLER via Reuters)
March 30, 2025, 4:44 pm
UAE reportedly sentences 3 Uzbek nationals to death over killing of Chabad rabbi
Abu Dhabi yet to officially confirm ruling against those who kidnapped, murdered Rabbi Zvi Kogan in November last year; friend of victim calls decision ‘historic’
By ToI Staff
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)
March 12, 2025, 11:04 pm
Iran’s Khamenei spurns Trump letter, delivered by UAE, offering nuclear talks
US president says he told Iranian leader there are two ways to stop Iran getting nuclear bomb: ‘militarily, or you make a deal’; Khamenei tells students the letter is ‘deception’
By Reuters
PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 4:20 am
Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas
Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner
By Jacob Magid
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