U.S., Israel reject Gaza reconstruction plan backed by Arab nations

U.S., Israel reject Gaza reconstruction plan backed by Arab nations

Arab nations, led by Egypt, that have strongly rejected President Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to “take over” the Gaza Strip and displace its more than 2 million Palestinian residents so the enclave can be turned into a luxury real estate development have offered an alternative plan. Leaders from the …

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Israel says Hamas will pay

Israel says Hamas will pay

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Hamas pay “the full price” for what he called a “cruel and wicked violation” of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement after the Israeli and U.S.-designated terrorist group returned the remains of a Gazan woman instead of an Israeli mother taken hostage with her …

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U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War

U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War

For his first three years as the head of the C.I.A., William J. Burns was relentlessly focused on tripling the agency’s resources devoted to understanding China, and on countering Russia and its mysterious partnerships with Iran and North Korea. But in the last 16 months of his tenure, the diplomat-turned-spy …

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