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Israeli Prime Minister benjamin Netanyahu speaks before he gets on a plane to Washington Dc to visit US President Donald Trump on Febryary 2 2025

Ceasefire deal up in air as Netanyahu heads to US

The Israeli PM will begin talks on a second phase to the Gaza ceasefire in Washington on Monday, but Israel is set to miss a key deadline to start the next stage of talks with Hamas.

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This handout photo taken by the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv on January 30, 2025 and released by Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 30 shows released Thai hostages (from L to R) Surasak Rumnao, Sathian Suwannakham, Bannawat Saethao, Watchara Sriaoun and Pongsak Thaenna posing with Thai national flags in Tel Aviv, after their release by Hamas as part of the Israel-Hamas exchange under a ceasefire deal. The five Thai farm labourers, held hostage for nearly 16 months in the Gaza Strip, were released by Hamas on January 30 during a truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv via Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Joy as Palestinian prisoners released

A freed ex-militant received a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank on Thursday night after chaos during a Gaza hostage release briefly delayed the third ­Israel-Hamas exchange under a ceasefire deal.

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Grant funding must be stripped

Grant funding must be stripped

Anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah says she “looks for ways to bend rules, and refuse and subvert them”, including those that apply to her $870,000 taxpayer-funded research project.

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