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Showing posts with label hostages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hostages. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2025
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Israel reportedly tells Hamas to return all hostage bodies by end of Tuesday
Ministers believe Hamas is holding back bodies of some captives abducted in October 2023, reports Israeli media…
Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test
Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them…
Monday, October 6, 2025
Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: "Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE.
"Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it's far too dangerous to do that.
"We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East."…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/03/hamas-agrees-to-release-all-israeli-hostages
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Hamas says it accepts proposal for Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages
Deal would include 60-day halt to violence and exchange of half of living Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners…
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Momentum builds for Netanyahu’s plan for Israel to occupy all of Gaza - The Washington Post
Momentum is building for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to expand military operations and occupy the entire Gaza Strip, with Netanyahu scheduled to discuss the move with top defense officials Tuesday and Defense Minister Israel Katz promising to "professionally implement" whatever the government decides…
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Scalise preps vote on terrorism bill decried as a gift for Trump
The bill, also known as H.R. 9495, was introduced by Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., and would provide tax relief to Americans held hostage abroad. It would also give the U.S. Treasury unilateral authority to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits deemed "terrorist supporting organizations." That's a frightening prospect given Trump's previous attempt to designate antifascist protesters as "terrorists," his classification of pro-Palestinian protesters as "pro-Hamas radicals," his open desire to quell dissent with violence, and his frequent classification of those who disagree with him as the "enemy from within."…
Monday, February 12, 2024
Biden presses Netanyahu on plans for hostage release, protecting civilians in Rafah - The Washington Post
How civilians would be spared from an Israeli offensive in the southernmost city in Gaza remains "a huge question," a senior administration official said…
Monday, January 15, 2024
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Trump’s novel take on January 6: calling convicted rioters ‘hostages’ | US Capitol attack | The Guardian
"Some people call them prisoners. I call them hostages," Trump said...
"I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages," Stefanik, who as chair of the House Republican conference is one of the most powerful GOP members in Congress, said in an interview over the weekend.
"I believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just President Trump, but we're seeing it against conservatives."…
"People convicted of violently assaulting police officers and conspiring to overthrow the government are not 'hostages'," Jamie Raskin, a Democratic congressman who served on the January 6 select committee, wrote on X…
Monday, January 8, 2024
Sunday, December 24, 2023
The News Roundup – Domestic and International (The 1A) 2023-12-22
Domestic
The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from their primary ballot for the 2024 election this week. The decision is expected to be reviewed by the Supreme Court which features several Trump-appointed justices.Harvard President Claudine Gay is back in the hot seat this week. In addition to questions over instances of antisemitism on her campus, she’s facing allegations of plagiarism relating to several pieces of scholarship she published in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Congress is in gridlock again over funding for the war in Ukraine. House Republicans held a bill passed by the Senate that would send money to Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s troops hostage over immigration restrictions.
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International
A Hamas political chief was in Egypt this week for discussions with Israeli officials who proposed a pause of violence in exchange for around 40 hostages. Talks were reportedly less than fruitful.The European Union has reached an agreement to overhaul its migration and asylum systems in the face of pressure from a rise of far-right parties in its member states.
Pope Francis cleared the way this week for Catholic priests to give blessings to same-sex couples, angering conservative officials in the Vatican.
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