To get to “yes” on both sides, Trump reached into his toolbox of his concept of dealmaking - as well as his own doctrine about big ideas and peace in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump’s approach to getting a Gaza Deal done is part of his larger approach to deal making. The approach appears to include announcing that a deal is accepted even before both sides are on the same page. This makes sure to keep the sides at the table and box them in to a compromise. In essence, you make the deal first and then work on the details. One of the problems with the Israel-Palestinian conflict has us...

To get to “yes” on both sides, Trump reached into his toolbox of his concept of dealmaking - as well as his own doctrine about big ideas and peace in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump’s approach to getting a Gaza Deal done is part of his larger approach to deal making. The approach appears to include announcing that a deal is accepted even before both sides are on the same page. This makes sure to keep the sides at the table and box them in to a compromise. In essence, you make the deal first and then work on the details. One of the problems with the Israel-Palestinian conflict has us...

Israeli has deported more foreign activists from the Gaza aid flotilla that was intercepted by the country's navy earlier this week. "137 more provocateurs of the Hamas–Sumud flotilla were deported today to Turkey," the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a post on X on Saturday. The deportees are citizens of the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Malaysia, Bahrain, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Turkey. "These individuals, who arrived under the guise of 'humanitarian aid,' made it clear - through their actions, their rejection of all proposa...

The ANO (Yes) party of populist former prime minister Andrej Babiš is ahead after 50% of the votes have been counted in the Czech Republic's two-day parliamentary election, which ended on Saturday. The right-wing party has received around 38% of the vote., according to partial results released on Saturday, following the election, which began on Friday. The centre-right alliance Spolu (Together) of Prime Minister Petr Fiala only achieved around 20%. The previously co-governing mayoral party STAN is at just under 11%. A new motorists' party (Motorists for themselves) and the ultra-right Freedom ...

Representatives from Israel, Hamas, Egypt, Qatar and the United States will hold indirect negotiations on Sunday in the Egyptian town of al-Arish, near the Gaza border, Egyptian security sources told dpa on Saturday. Some Hamas representatives are already in Egypt and other teams are expected to arrive later tonight, the sources said. Citing someone involved in the talks, the Israeli broadcaster Kan said the Israeli negotiating team would be leaving within a day. There has been no official confirmation of the negotiations from the Egyptian or Israeli sides so far. The talks are coming after bo...