The President used the fights to assuage his party’s anti-Israel activist base before the 2024 election, but as Mr. Blinken says, Hamas also got the message. On Nov. 30, 2023, Mr. Blinken laid ...

In the conversation, Blinken stressed that a deal has been "so close on several occasions" and outlined the two main obstacles preventing a deal from being reached: Firstly, "Hamas, when they saw ...

In response to a question about the delay in Israel's approval of the deal due to Hamas' last-minute demands, Blinken said that this was "not surprising" given how difficult it was to achieve a ...

Meshaal is one of the founders of Hamas Khaled Meshaal, who was born in the West Bank in 1956, is considered one of the founders of Hamas. Under direct instructions from Israeli Prime Minister ...

Blinken's comments in the interview Saturday were not all that predictable when nearly 20 minutes of the 50-minute conversation turned toward Israel, Hamas, and Gaza. US Secretary of State Antony ...

Recently, Blinken conceded that progressive pressure against Israel has complicated efforts to free the hostages. “Every time we put pressure on Israel, Hamas backed off from the hostage deal ...

Meanwhile, the Jewish state worked effectively at Rafah — a humanitarian catastrophe did not come to pass there, and the Israel Defense Forces killed there the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar. Mr. Blinken ...

The exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, said on Wednesday the time has come to lift a ban on contacts with his movement. "For the past three years, they have been trying to get rid of Hamas ...

"I believe we will get a ceasefire," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a speech Tuesday, asserting it was up to Hamas ... Fatma Khaled, Matthew Lee and Natalie Melzer of The ...