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☆ Biden praised Kissinger in life, offers measured reaction on his death
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Heather Timmons | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks In the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2023. Fifteen years later, Biden's White House took a more distant approach, waiting about 24 hours to issue a statement after Kissinger died at age 100 on Wednesday. Biden said he first met Kissinger when he was a young Democratic senator from Delaware and he was secretary of state. Biden said after Kissinger retired from government "he continued to offer his views and ideas to the most important policy discussion across multiple generations." “It’s a huge loss,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, noting Kissinger’s military service during World War Two and years of public service afterward.

Persons: Joe Biden, Eisenhower, Evelyn Hockstein, Henry Kissinger, Biden, Kissinger, Biden's, " Biden, Jill, Nancy, Elizabeth, David, “, John Kirby, Kirby, Heather Timmons, Steve Holland, Caitlin Webber, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Democratic, Paris Peace, White, Biden, ” National Security, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Iraq, Delaware, China, U.S, Israel, Paris, North Vietnam, America

☆ US asks Israel to narrow zone of combat in any southern Gaza attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Palestinians cook among the houses destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, amid the temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 29, 2023. U.S. officials from President Joe Biden on down, including in the State Department and Pentagon, are pleading with Israel to take a more cautious approach if and when the Israeli military extends its offensive to southern Gaza. Two-thirds of the enclave's population of 2.3 million have fled south to avoid the war zone in the north. Israel's operation in the north drew strong international criticism and Biden has taken fire at home for his sweeping support for Israel. Many of the lead architects of the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, in which 1,200 people were killed, are in the south, one official noted.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Joe Biden, Israel, Biden, Washington, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Sonali Paul Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, State Department, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Khan, Gaza, United States, U.S

[1/9] People react after the release of Palestinian prisoners amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 28, 2023. Those have been mostly Israeli women and children along with foreign citizens. Israel has said the truce could be prolonged further, provided Hamas continues to free at least 10 Israeli hostages per day. Separately, foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday called in a joint statement for an extension of the ceasefire and more humanitarian aid. It had been due to expire overnight into Tuesday, but both sides agreed to extend the pause to allow for the release of more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Cross, Tuesday's, John Kirby, Kirby, Antonio Guterres, Martin Griffiths, Griffiths, Israel, Nidal al, Mohammed Salem, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Ali Sawafta, Steve Holland, Cynthia Osterman, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Qatar, Palestinian, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, International Committee, Ofer, Palestinian Prisoner's, CIA, U.S, World Health Organization, United Nations, Air Force One, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Ramallah, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Jerusalem, Qatar, United States, U.S, Egypt, Amman, Rafah, Geneva, Cairo

An Israeli Merkava tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, as seen from southern Israel, November 28, 2023. "You cannot have the sort of scale of displacement that took place in the north, replicated in the south. The official said the campaign needed to be "deconflicted" from power, water, humanitarian sites and hospitals in south and central Gaza, meaning avoid attacks on those types of infrastructure sites. A second U.S. official said Washington would like to see the humanitarian pause extended as long as possible. The officials said aid deliveries to Gaza were currently running at about 240 truckloads a day but this was nowhere near enough to meet needs.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Israel, Joe Biden, Antonio Guterres, Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom, Mary Milliken, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, United Nations, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Israel, Gaza, U.S, Qatar, Washington, Sinai, Egypt

☆ Suspect in shooting of Palestinian American students pleads not guilty in Vermont
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The suspect in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont over the weekend pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted second-degree murder on Monday and was ordered by a judge to be held without bond. Police say Eaton used a pistol to shoot them on the street near the University of Vermont in Burlington on Saturday evening and then ran away. Police said the suspect had legally acquired the gun used in the shooting a few months ago. [1/5]Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, poses for a police booking photograph in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Two of the students were visiting the home of the third student's family in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Sarah Fair George, General Merrick Garland, Garland, Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, Tahseen Ahmed, Rich McKay, Susan Heavy, Luc Cohen, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson, Frank McGurty, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Police, University of Vermont, Palestinian, Hamas, Burlington Police Department, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Institute for Middle, U.S . Department of Justice, of, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Ramallah Friends School, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Vermont, Chittenden, Burlington, East, Chittenden County, United States, Israel, Burlington , Vermont, U.S, of New York, America, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Ramallah, Atlanta

Nov 27 (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges on Monday and was ordered by a judge to remain held without bond. All three men are undergraduate students at colleges in other cities but were staying with Awartani and his relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday. [1/8]Jason J. Eaton, 48, a suspect who was arrested in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent, poses for a police booking photograph in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. November 27, 2023. Police said the suspect had legally acquired the gun used in the shooting a few months ago. Police said all three are of Palestinian descent - two of them U.S. citizens and the third a legal U.S. resident.

Persons: Jason J, Eaton, Hisham Awartani, Tahseen, Kinnan, Awartani, Easton, Investigators, I'VE, I've, Sarah Fair George, Jon Murad, General Merrick Garland, Garland, Joe Biden, Karine Jean, Pierre, Aliahmad, Rich McKay, Susan Heavey, Luc Cohen, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson, Steve Gorman, Frank McGurty, Bill Berkrot, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Police, University of Vermont, FBI, U.S . Bureau, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Burlington Police Department, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Palestinian, Hamas, Burlington Police, U.S . Department of Justice, of, Brown University, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Ramallah Friends School, West Bank, Thomson Locations: Burlington , Vermont, Chittenden County, Burlington, Vermont's, U.S, United States, Israel, of New York, America, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Ramallah, Atlanta, Los Angeles

☆ Three Americans expected to be included in Gaza hostage release-US official
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli bombardments since have flattened large swaths of Hamas-led Gaza and killed 13,300 civilians, according to authorities in Gaza. Under terms of the deal, Hamas is to release 50 hostages and Israel will release 150 Palestinian prisoners during a four- to five-day pause in the fighting. The hostage group will include two American women and an American girl named Abigail who will turn four on Friday, the official said. The deal will also include more deliveries of humanitarian relief aid to Gaza, the official said. A rigorous inspection regime will ensure Hamas does not use the pause to rearm the group's fighters in Gaza with weaponry, the official said.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Abigail, Steve Holland, Costas Pitas, Humeyra Pamuk, Arshad Mohammed, Scott Malone, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, U.S, Qatar, American

☆ The secret negotiations that led to the Gaza hostages deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Pictures of hostages held in Gaza, who were seized from southern Israel on October 7 by Hamas gunmen during a deadly attack, are displayed in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 15, 2023. Demands were made that Hamas produce the lists of hostages it was holding, their identifying information, and guarantees of release. Biden held a previously undisclosed phone call with the Qatari prime minister when the phasing of releases began to take shape, the official said. Shortly after Biden's call, Hamas produced details for the 50 hostages it said would be released in the first phase of any deal. Biden in a Nov. 14 call urged Netanyahu to take the deal - Netanyahu agreed.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, Bill Burns, Jake Sullivan, Jon, Brett McGurk, Sullivan, McGurk, Josh Geltzer, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim, Biden, Netanyahu, Judith Raanan, Burns, David Barnea, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ”, Abbas Kamil, Word, Steve Holland, Don Durfee Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, White, U.S, Israeli, CIA, U.S . Middle East, National Security Council, Hamas, Qatari, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, Qatar, Egypt, United States, U.S, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Sullivan’s, Doha, Cairo, San Francisco, Asia, Lincoln

A Houthi fighter holds up a pistol in the cargo area of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023. Kirby's comment was significant because one of the Biden administration's first acts after taking office in January 2021 was revoking terrorist designations of the Houthis over fears the sanctions they carried could worsen Yemen's humanitarian crisis. Kirby called the Houthis' seizure of the vessel a "flagrant violation of international law" in which "Iran is complicit." "In light of this, we have begun a review of potential terrorist designations and we will be considering other options as well with our allies and partners as well," Kirby said at a White House press briefing. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Feb. 12, 2021, revoked the designations in "recognition of the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen."

Persons: John Kirby, Biden, Houthis, Kirby, Trump, Antony Blinken, Jonathan Landay, Steve Holland, Grant McCool Organizations: Galaxy Leader, Houthi Military, REUTERS, Rights, White House, Japan's Nippon, Car Carriers, Ray Shipping, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Red, United States, Iran, Israel, Bahamas, Isle of, Tel Aviv, Yemen, Hodeidah, Islam, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, U.S

☆ Israeli Government Debates Deal for Release of Gaza Hostages, Truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said the proposal on a hostage release deal was delivered to Israel in the early hours of Tuesday. Before gathering with his full government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with his war cabinet and wider national security cabinet over the deal. Israeli media including Channel 12 news said that if the deal was approved, the first release of hostages was expected on Thursday. Implementing the deal must wait for 24 hours to give Israeli citizens the chance to ask the Supreme Court to block the release of Palestinian prisoners, reports said. HOSPITAL ORDERED TO EVACUATEAs attention focused on the hostage release deal, fighting on the ground raged on.

Persons: Nidal, Majed Al, Ansari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Judith Raanan, Natalie Raanan, Nurit Cooper, Yocheved Lifshitz, Al Quds, Mounir, Al Shifa, Israel, WAFA, Khan Younis, Nidal al, Emily Rose, Henriette Chacar, Andrew Mills, Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Cynthia Osterman, Deepa Babington Organizations: Officials, Hamas, Qatar Foreign Ministry, U.S, Islamic, Al Quds Brigades, Al, Indonesian, United Nations, Reuters Locations: Maayan, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Israel, Qatar, U.S, State, Israeli, Gaza ., Al Jazeera, Gaza City, Palestinian, Jabalia, Hamas, Khan, Jerusalem, Doha, Washington, Cairo

☆ Israel-Hamas war: Four-day truce agreed, 50 hostages to go free
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Hamas and allied groups captured around 240 hostages when Islamist gunmen rampaged through southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7. Beyond that, the truce could be extended day by day as long as an additional 10 hostages were freed per day. Hamas said the initial 50 hostages would be released in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and children imprisoned in Israel. The truce deal is a first small step towards peace in the most violent ruction of the 75-year-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. To destroy Hamas, return all our hostages and ensure that no entity in Gaza can threaten Israel," Netanyahu said in a recorded message.

Persons: Guterres, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Alexander Ermochenko, Mona, Joe Biden, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Antonio Guterres, Netanyahu, James Mackenzie, Dan Williams, Emily Rose, Henriette Chacar, Andrew Mills, Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Lincoln, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Peter Graff, Mark Heinrich, Cynthia Osterman, Stephen Coates, Simon Cameron, Moore, Nick Macfie Organizations: Hamas, Israeli, State, Foreign Ministry, Reuters, REUTERS, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Israel’s Defence Ministry, Saudi Foreign, Thomson Locations: GAZA, JERUSALEM, Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Israel ., Jabalia, U.S, Jerusalem, Doha, Washington, Cairo

☆ The Secret Negotiations That Led to the Gaza Hostages Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +8 min

Five days later, on Oct. 23, the White House team's work helped yield the release of two American hostages, Natalie and Judith Raanan. Demands were made that Hamas produce the lists of hostages it was holding, their identifying information, and guarantees of release. Biden held a previously undisclosed phone call with the Qatari prime minister when the phasing of releases began to take shape, the official said. Shortly after Biden's call, Hamas produced details for the 50 hostages it said would be released in the first phase of any deal. Biden in a Nov. 14 call urged Netanyahu to take the deal - Netanyahu agreed.

Persons: Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, Bill Burns, Jake Sullivan, Jon, Brett McGurk, Sullivan, McGurk, Josh Geltzer, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim, Biden, Netanyahu, Judith Raanan, Burns, David Barnea, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ”, Abbas Kamil, Word, Steve Holland, Don Durfee Organizations: White, U.S, Israeli, CIA, U.S . Middle East, National Security Council, Hamas, Qatari Locations: Israel, Qatar, Egypt, United States, U.S, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Tel Aviv, Sullivan’s, Gaza, Doha, Cairo, San Francisco, Asia

Persons: Amir Cohen, Majed Al, Ansari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Judith Raanan, Natalie Raanan, Nurit Cooper, Yocheved Lifshitz, Al Quds, Mounir, Al Shifa, Israel, WAFA, Khan Younis, Nidal al, Emily Rose, Henriette Chacar, Andrew Mills, Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Cynthia Osterman, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Netanyahu, Media, Officials, Hamas, Qatar Foreign Ministry, U.S, Islamic, Al Quds Brigades, Al, Indonesian, United Nations, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Qatar, GAZA, JERUSALEM, U.S, State, Israeli, Gaza ., Al Jazeera, Gaza City, Palestinian, Jabalia, Hamas, Khan, Jerusalem, Doha, Washington, Cairo

☆ Netanyahu asks Israeli government to back Hamas hostage deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A U.S. official had said the deal will include a four- or five-day ceasefire, the first pause in six weeks of an Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Hamas took about 240 hostages, including children and elderly people, during its rampage into Israel that killed 1,200 people, according to Israel's tally. Relatives of the Israeli hostages and supporters had marched by the thousands along the highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to pressure the government to secure the captives' release. An Israel Prison Service spokesperson said they were not aware of a deal to release Palestinian prisoners. Hamas has to date released only four captives: U.S. citizens Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter, Natalie Raanan, 17, on Oct. 20, citing "humanitarian reasons," and Israeli women Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, on Oct. 23.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Daniel Hagari, Ishay, Reuma, Tarshansky, Zvika, Omer Wenkert, Itzhaki, Qadura, Judith Raanan, Natalie Raanan, Nurit Cooper, Yocheved Lifshitz, Maayan Lubell, Rami Amichay, Eli Berlzon, Henriette Chacar, Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay, Steven Scheer, Howard Goller Organizations: Rights, U.S, Hamas, Qatar, Defence Ministry, Prisoners ' Affairs, Palestinian Authority, Reuters, Israel Prison Service, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, Jerusalem, Gali, Kibbutz Beeri, Ramallah

☆ Biden turns 81 as worries about his age weigh on re-election prospects
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Marine One at Delaware Air National Guard Base en route to Wilmington, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., November 17, 2023. "I know I'm 198 years old," Biden joked back in June. If re-elected, Biden would be 86 by the end of his second term in office. Republican Ronald Reagan, who had the prior record as oldest U.S. president, ended his second four-year term at age 77 in 1989. Seventy-seven percent of respondents, including 65% of Democrats, said Biden is too old to be president, while just 39% said Biden was mentally sharp enough for the presidency.

Persons: Joe Biden disembarks, Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden, Biden, Republican Ronald Reagan, Trump, Steve Holland, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Delaware Air National Guard Base, REUTERS, Rights, White, Republican, Trump, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Marine, Wilmington, New Castle , Delaware, U.S

☆ Biden Energy Adviser to Discuss Lebanon Border Issues on Israel Trip -US Official
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's energy security adviser Amos Hochstein was traveling to Israel on Monday to discuss issues related to the northern border with Lebanon, including how to stop the Gaza conflict from spreading, a U.S. official said. "This trip builds on Hochstein's visit to Beirut earlier this month where he made clear the United States does not want to see conflict in Gaza escalating and expanding into Lebanon," the official said. "While in Israel, Hochstein will emphasize that restoring calm along Israel's northern border is of utmost importance to the United States and it should be a top priority for both Israel and Lebanon." Hochstein helped to finalize a maritime demarcation deal last year between Israel and Lebanon, bringing a measure of accommodation between the enemy states as they eyed offshore energy exploration. However, tensions have escalated along the border since cross-border raids that Israel says killed 1,200 people.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Amos Hochstein, Hochstein, Steve Holland, Doina, Chizu Nomiyama Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Beirut, United States, Palestinian, Lebanese

☆ White House says no deal between Israel and Hamas yet -spokesperson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire, a White House spokesperson said on Saturday night. The U.S. is continuing to work to get a deal between the two sides, the spokesperson said. The Washington Post reported earlier on Saturday night that a Qatari-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas had been reached for a five-day ceasefire in exchange for 50 or more hostages. "No deal yet but we continue to work hard to get a deal," Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House's National Security Council, said in a statement. As the conflict entered its seventh week, authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip raised their death toll to 12,300, including 5,000 children.

Persons: Adrienne Watson, Israel, Steve Holland, Moira Warburton, Tom Hogue, Kim Coghill Organizations: Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Washington Post, Qatari, White, National Security Council, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Rights WILMINGTON , Delaware, Israel, U.S, Wilmington , DE, Washington

☆ Bidens to join military families at 'Friendsgiving' meal in Norfolk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave the White House to board Marine One in Washington on November 11, 2023. Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will join military personnel and their families on Sunday for an early Thanksgiving meal dubbed "Friendsgiving." The event will take place at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. While in Norfolk, the Bidens will kick off an advance screening with service members and their families of “Wonka,” a new musical fantasy film focusing on a young Willy Wonka. Then, they will participate in a Friendsgiving dinner with service members and military families associated with the Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers.

Persons: Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Amanda Andrade, Rhoades, “ Wonka, Willy Wonka, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Gerald R, Robert, Steve Holland, Franklin Paul Organizations: House, REUTERS, Rights, Naval, Ford, Forces Initiative, United Service Organizations, Robert Irvine Foundation, Franklin Paul Our, Thomson Locations: Washington, Norfolk, Norfolk , Virginia, Nantucket, Israel

☆ White House Says No Deal Between Israel and Hamas Yet -Spokesperson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Steve HollandWILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire, a White House spokesperson said on Saturday night. The U.S. is continuing to work to get a deal between the two sides, the spokesperson said. The Washington Post reported earlier on Saturday night that a Qatari-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas had been reached for a five-day ceasefire in exchange for 50 or more hostages. "No deal yet but we continue to work hard to get a deal," Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House's National Security Council, said in a statement. Israel vowed to destroy Hamas after the militant group's Oct. 7 rampage into Israel in which its fighters killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

Persons: Steve Holland, Adrienne Watson, Israel, Moira Warburton, Tom Hogue, Kim Coghill Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, U.S, Washington Post, Qatari, White, National Security Council Locations: Steve Holland WILMINGTON , Delaware, Israel, U.S, Gaza, Wilmington , DE, Washington

☆ Biden Says Palestinian Authority Should Ultimately Govern Gaza and West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the Israel-Hamas war. "As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution," Biden said in an opinion article in the Washington Post. Biden also said the United States is prepared to issue visa bans against "extremists" attacking civilians in the West Bank. Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has increased since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. "I have been emphatic with Israel’s leaders that extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and that those committing the violence must be held accountable," Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Steve Holland, Eric Beech, Doina Chiacu Organizations: WASHINGTON, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Washington Post, The West Bank Locations: Gaza, Israel, Washington, United States

☆ Biden says Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern Gaza and West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the Israel-Hamas war. "As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Palestinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution," Biden said in an opinion article in the Washington Post. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took issue with Biden's plan for the Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza. The Palestinian Authority used to run both the West Bank and Gaza but was ousted from the latter in 2007 after a brief civil war with Hamas. Biden also said the United States is prepared to issue visa bans against "extremists" attacking civilians in the West Bank.

Persons: Joe Biden disembarks, Julia Nikhinson, Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, we’ve, Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Steve Holland, Eric Beech, Emily Rose, Doina Chiacu, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Delaware Air National Guard Base, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Washington Post, Hamas, West Bank and, Palestine TV, The West Bank, Thomson Locations: Marine, Wilmington, New Castle , Delaware, U.S, Gaza, Israel, Washington, United States, Tel Aviv, West Bank and Jerusalem

☆ White House challenges House impeachment inquiry of Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a leaders plenary meeting during Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday challenged the validity of an impeachment inquiry run by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives into President Joe Biden's son's business dealings. A letter from White House legal counsel Dick Sauber sent to House Republicans leading the inquiry said the probe was not valid since the House did not vote to authorize it. The White House says Biden has done nothing wrong and Republicans have no basis for an impeachment inquiry. Sauber said recent subpoenas and demands for congressional testimony from various White House officials and Biden family members were irresponsible.

Persons: Joe Biden, Brittany Hosea, Joe Biden's, Dick Sauber, Sauber, James Comer, Jim Jordan, Biden, Hunter, Jordan, Steve Holland, Makini Brice, Richard Chang Organizations: Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, White, House Republicans, Reuters, House, Republican, Republicans, Sauber, Thomson Locations: Asia, San Francisco , California, U.S, Kentucky

☆ White House condemns Musk for spreading 'hideous' antisemitic lie
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 17 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday accused Elon Musk of repeating a "hideous" antisemitic lie on his social media site X this week, calling it an "abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate" that "runs against our core values as Americans." Representatives for Musk or X could not immediately be reached for comment on the White House statement. X earlier declined to comment on Musk's post, which endorsed a post that falsely claimed members of the Jewish community were stoking hatred against white people. Antisemitism has been on the rise in recent years in the United States and worldwide. Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw, Steve Holland and Sheila Deng; Writing by Susan Heavey; Editing by Daniel WallisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elon Musk, Porte, Gonzalo Fuentes, Andrew Bates, Linda Yaccarino, Adolf Hitler, Musk, Jarrett Renshaw, Steve Holland, Sheila Deng, Susan Heavey, Daniel Wallis Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Representatives, IBM, Nazi Party, Hamas, Defamation League, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Israel, United States, Palestinian

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. Biden held a solo news conference after four hours of talks with Xi on the outskirts of San Francisco. At the end of the news conference, he was asked whether he still held the view that Xi was a dictator, something he said in June. When Biden made a similar dictator reference in June, China called the remarks absurd and a provocation. Xi told Biden that the negative views of the Communist Party in the United States were unfair, a U.S. official told reporters after the meeting.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Kevin Lamarque, Biden, Xi, He's, Mao Zedong, Steve Holland, Heather Timmons, Stephen Coates Organizations: Economic Cooperation, REUTERS, Rights, National People's Congress, Communist Party, U.S, Thomson Locations: Filoli, Asia, Woodside , California, U.S, Rights WOODSIDE , California, Beijing, San Francisco, United States, San Francisco ., Tibet, Hong Kong, China, Wednesday's

☆ Biden, Xi meet as US-China military, economic tensions grind on
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Biden and Xi arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday, where they were set to hold their meeting on the sidelines the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Xi and Biden are expected to meet far from the conference location at a vast estate miles outside of San Francisco carefully chosen for its security, serenity and remoteness. [1/2]U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at San Francisco International Airport, as he arrives to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 14, 2023. Xi, a decade Biden's junior, has tightened control over policy, state leaders, the media and military and changing the constitution. Biden is expected to tell Xi that U.S. commitments in the Indo-Pacific are unchanged.

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