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Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Envoy to the Middle East, to Meet Netanyahu in Israel

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 28 January

Steve Witkoff played an important role in brokering the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.

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The Sheikh, the Mogul and the Diplomat: The Trio Who Sealed the Gaza Truce

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 17 January

The Qatari prime minister, working with both President Biden’s envoy and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s representative, formed an unlikely partnership.

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Israel and Hamas Work on Final Details of Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 15 January

Negotiators and mediators meeting in Qatar were trying to address outstanding issues on Wednesday.

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Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 January

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’

Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan remain stranded in third countries, new documents shared exclusively with the Guardian suggest, some at prison-like facilities and many with no clarity about their prospects for resettlement.

US officials won’t say exactly how many Afghans remain at such sites, where they were taken after the withdrawal that saw hundreds of thousands fleeing for their lives during the Taliban’s lightning takeover in 2021. Some advocates estimate that “hundreds” remain stranded in temporary facilities in up to three dozen countries.

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Hopes Gaza ceasefire deal in final stages as mediators meet in Qatar

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 January

First phase of agreement likely to involve release of 33 Israeli hostages and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners

Middle East crisis – live updates

Mediators are meeting in Doha on Tuesday amid high hopes that Gaza ceasefire negotiations are in their final stages after claims of a breakthrough in overnight talks.

Israeli media and reports from the Qatari capital said the agreement would involve an initial release of 33 Israeli hostages, including children, women, elderly people and the sick, and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, alongside a partial Israeli troop withdrawal in a first phase lasting 60 days.

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‘Distinct possibility’ of Gaza ceasefire deal this week, top Biden official says

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 13 January

National security adviser Jake Sullivan’s remarks come after Israeli foreign minister reported progress in talks

Senior Biden administration officials have said they believe a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas may still be concluded before Donald Trump’s inauguration next week as the Israeli government has also confirmed progress in the last-ditch talks.

Speaking at a Bloomberg News conference on Monday, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said there was a “distinct possibility” the deal could be reached before Joe Biden leaves office, as the “pressure is building for Hamas to come to yes”.

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Palestinian Authority Temporarily Bans Al-Jazeera

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 2 January

The authority’s official news media accused the Qatari-backed broadcaster of “inciting sedition” and “interfering in internal Palestinian affairs,” though it did not provide detailed examples of law breaking.

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Qatar to decide on restarting Gaza ceasefire talks

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 December

Gulf state to make decision this week on inviting US, Israeli and Egyptian negotiators to Doha

Qatar expects to decide in the next few days whether to ask senior US, Israeli and Egyptian intelligence figures to travel to Doha to negotiate the final stages of a Gaza ceasefire deal.

The Gulf state was asked by Donald Trump’s transition team to re-engage with the mediation after discussions with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyau, led to a belief that a deal that had been stalled for months was within reach.

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Trump Says There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ Unless Hostages in Gaza Are Released

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 2 December

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January.