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Barak Ravid
Barak Ravid
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Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace. link in Bio
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BREAKING: In a video conference call last night Ukraine President Zelensky told EU leaders: "This might be the last time you see me alive", two sources briefed on the call told me
BREAKING: Israel announces publicly for the first time it will comply with the international sanctions against Russia. FM Lapid says "Israel won't be used as a means to bypass the sanctions on Russia"
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Bennett travelled secretly to Moscow. Meeting Putin now
BREAKING: Exit polls in the three main TV channels in Israel predict Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has lost the elections with his right wing block not reaching 61 seats majority
BREAKING: Biden says the U.S. is prepared to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers who are involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Why it matters: This is a big deal. It's the 1st time the U.S. is publicly considering individual sanctions against settlers
I want to tell you a secret: A month ago when Netanyahu decided to allow Omar and Tlaib into the country they alreadty supported BDS and he knew it back then. There is only one reason for Netanyahu's backtracking today - the pressure from Donald Trump
BREAKING: President Biden tells that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplying it with artillery shells, bombs for fighter jets and other offensive weaponsCrazy story in Chile: President Boric cancelled the credentials ceremony for the new Israeli ambassador last minute after getting an update on a Palestinian teenager who was killed in the West Bank. The Israeli ambassador was already at the Presidential Palace & was told to leave
BREAKING: Israeli foreign minister Lapid accuses Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine: “The images and testimony from Ukraine are horrific. Russian forces committed war crimes against a defenseless civilian population. I strongly condemn these war crimes”
BREAKING: The Foreign Ministers of the Arab League unanimously adopt a resolution rejecting the Trump peace plan
BREAKING: State Department spokesman Mathew Miller says it seems that the reason Hamas refused to release all the women who it held hostage was because the terror group didn't want them to tell what they went through while in captivity in Gaza
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated tonight in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu government's steps that delay the Gaza hostage deal (video: Amir Turkle)
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BREAKING: Iran launches attack against Israel using dozens of drones, four U.S. and Israeli officials told me
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian civilians in Gaza to “leave now” because the Israeli military is going to “turn all Hamas hiding places into rubble”
Israeli right wing activists blocked aid trucks which were on their way to Gaza today at the Tarqumiya crossing in the West Bank
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1 \ BREAKING: New Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen signaled a policy shift on Ukraine in his 1st speech hinting the new government will take a more pro-Russian line. He said he will speak on Tuesday with Russian FM Lavrov – 1st such call since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
BREAKING: Blinken overturns “Pompeo Doctrine” and says Israeli settlements in the West Bank are “inconsistent with international law”. The move comes a day after Israel announces thousands of new housing units in the settlements
BREAKING: Biden told that "there is every reason for people" to draw the conclusion that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political self-preservation
An Israeli official said that the entire senior command of Hezbollah's Radwan force was eliminated in the strike (around 20 commanders)Quote
Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
Israel attacks Hezbollah head of military operations Ibrahim Aqil and other commanders in Beirut. My story on @axios
axios.com/2024/09/20/isr
I took the kids to the White House to see it lit in the colours of the Israeli flag. And then this happened:
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BREAKING: Netanyahu told security cabinet that Israel wasn't involved in the killing of Soleimani and stressed "it is a U.S. event and we should stay out of it", according to 2 cabinet ministers who attended the meeting
BREAKING: Netanyahu cancels his trip to the UN general assembly in NY and his meeting with Trump over the political situation after his election defeat
Israeli officials confirm they turned on the water supply to the southern Gaza strip. It happens after strong U.S. pressure in the last 48 hours
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Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells @jaketapper that his Israeli counterparts informed him in the last hour that they have turned the water pipes back on in southern Gaza.
The scene at Kabul airport several hours ago per source from an NGO who is trying to get people out. Main problem is that it's impossible to pass the gates and get to the planes even if you are on an evacuees list
Biden didn't lie. It is Israel's offer. Half a dozen Israeli officials, among them Netanyahu's aides, confirmed it to me
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
The President of the United States claimed just yesterday that this was Israel’s offer. That was a lie - & now Netanyahu is publicly humiliating Biden.
Again.
If Biden loses, don’t blame the left & don’t blame Muslim voters. Blame Bibi - & blame Biden for going along with him. x.com/John_Hudson/st…
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BREAKING: President Biden, the Emir of Qatar and the President of Egypt issue a joint statement calling on Israel and Hamas for a final negotiations round on August 15 to finalize a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal
BREAKING: White House's John Kirby says the U.S. has its own independent intelligence that shows Hamas and PIJ are using al-Shifa hospital and other hospitals for holding hostages and for military activities
BREAKING: Benny Gantz secures recommendations from 61 members of Knesset and will get the mandate to form a new government
Watch: Israeli ambassador to the UN used a paper shredder to shred the UN charter on the podium of the UN general assembly ahead of a vote that will give new privileges to the Palestinians at the UN
BREAKING: A special IDF and Shin Bet force rescued two Israeli hostages who were held by a Palestinian faction in the city of Rafah, IDF says
More than 100 thousand Israelis are demonstrating tonight in Tel Aviv and other cities around the country against Netanyahu's plan to weaken the supreme court and other Democratic institutions. This is the 6th week in a row demonstrations are taking place
ברייקינג: אני מצטרף ל-CNN כפרשן מדיני. במקביל אמשיך בעבודתי ב- וב- כדי להביא לכם את הסיפורים הכי מעניינים. כל הפרטים כאן:
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2023/11/28/bar
U.S. officials are extremely concerned about a potentially major security breach after two alleged U.S. intelligence documents about Israel's preparations for an attack on Iran were published by a Telegram account affiliated with Iran. My story on
זה וידאו מדהים: נשיא מצרים א-סיסי נכנס לכנס האנרגיה בקהיר. כל הקהל נעמד על הרגליים ומוחא כפיים. א-סיסי חוצה את כל האולם מצד לצד כדי לברך לשלום את שרת האנרגיה הישראלית קארין אלהרר. אתם חייבים לצפות בזה
A super moving moment at the DNC tonight when the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who is held hostage by Hamas in Gaza started their speech. Tens of thousands of people started chanting "bring them home"
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BREAKING: Israel approached the Lebanese government through international intermediaries and proposed humanitarian assistance for the victims of the Beirut explosion
New: Israeli Prime Minister Bennett told Ukraine President Zelensky he should take Putin's proposal to end war, a senior Ukrainian official said. "Bennett wants us to surrender but we have no intention of doing this", he said. My story on
BREAKING: The Israeli security cabinet approved the opening of the Erez crossing with the Gaza strip for the first time since October 7 in order to allow more humanitarian aid to go in, Israeli official said
Watch: The protest march on Jerusalem against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul continues on Saturday morning. According to the organizers' estimates, more than 20K people are now part of the mile long procession. It is 95°F outside (35°C)
הידרדרות ביטחונית חמורה. ממשלה קיצונית ולא מתפקדת שרוב חבריה חובבנים וחסרי כל נסיון מדיני-ביטחוני. ראש ממשלה שעומד לדין ונמצא בניגוד ענייניים מובנה. שר ביטחון תלוי באוויר. משטרה מתפוררת. צבא מעורער. לגיטימציה בינלאומית מוגבלת ביותר. לגיטימציה פנימית בסימן שאלה. פחד אלוהים
Scoop: Biden told Netanyahu the U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran. My story on
BERAKING: Shortly after Biden meets Israeli war cabinet Israel announces it will allow the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza from Egypt, Israeli officials say
Thousands of Israelis celebrate at Rabin square in Tel Aviv the swearing in of the new government and the ousting of Netanyahu
The heads of the security and intelligence services have been urging Netanyahu for months to reach a deal to secure the release of the hostages. "We warned Netanyahu & the cabinet ministers about this exact scenario but they wouldn't listen," a senior Israeli official told meQuote
Barak Ravid
@BarakRavid
BREAKING: IDF recovers from Gaza Bodies of hostages held by Hamas, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. My story on @axios
axios.com/2024/09/01/isr
BREAKING: The Israeli Knesset passed a resolution opposing the two state solution. 68 members of Knesset (including Benny Gantz and his party) voted in favor. Only 9 members of Knesset voted against. This is the first time in history that the Knesset passes such a resolution