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Gaza’s fragile ceasefire was back on track Wednesday, after Israel said it would halt a series of airstrikes that briefly raised doubts about whether the U.S.-brokered deal would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/israeli-army-ceasefire-gaza-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow to help secure Gaza under Donald Trump's plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/netanyahu-israel-foreign-troops-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Israel over annexing the West Bank while visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/us-pressure-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank #jdvance #donaldtrump

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U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were 'threatening' to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land that Palestinians want for a state, has won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/israel-parliament-west-bank-annex/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank

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Israel's parliament gives initial nod to occupied West Bank annexation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the bill put forth by lawmakers outside his ruling coalition.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the aim to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after violence over the weekend threatened to derail the week-old truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/politics/us-diplomacy-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #jdvance #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken

The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Relatives of the last Israeli hostages released from Gaza after two years in captivity have said their loved ones endured harrowing conditions, with some reportedly held in cages, pits or underground tunnels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/relatives-gaza-hostages-conditions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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Relatives of Gaza hostages recount dire conditions in captivity

One former hostage's mother said her son had been flogged and beaten between April and July 'with objects I won't even mention.'

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

As we’ve seen in Israel, Japan’s future may be shaped by unstable coalition politics dominated by multiple small parties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/17/japan/japan-parliament-begins-its-knessetization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #komeito #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #knesset #likud

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Has Japan’s Diet finally begun its ‘Knessetization’?

My focus is entirely on whether Japan's parliament will finally begin to “Knessetize” (referring to Israel's parliament, and by extension, unstable coalition politics.)

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

If a durable peace is to take root following Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, he will have to keep pressure on the man whose support he'll need in the next phases of his plan: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/world/politics/trump-netanyahu-peace-deal-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #us #donaldtrump #gaza #palestinians #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and other leaders signed a declaration meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/world/politics/middle-east-gaza-declaration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #us #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

The Gaza war is over and the Middle East is going to "normalize," according to Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/world/politics/trump-gaza-israel-hostages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

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Trump says Gaza war has ended; Israel awaits release of hostages

Thousands of Palestinians continued to travel north towards Gaza City, the focus of Israeli attacks over the past two months, hopeful the ceasefire would bring an end to the war.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Hamas has called Donald Trump a "recipe for chaos." But one extraordinary phone call helped persuade the group that he might be able to hold Israel to a peace deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/world/politics/hamas-trust-trump-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #hamas #hamasisraelwar #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #middleeast #palestinians

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire, brokered by Trump, offers fleeting hope, but its success depends on broader regional stability amid ongoing risks from Iran and its militias. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/10/world/gaza-deal-might-heal-the-middle-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Despite its potentially historic nature, the rushed Gaza deal signed in Egypt on Thursday leaves a host of unresolved issues that could still trip up implementation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-deal-tough-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

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@Federation_Bot · 3 weeks ago

Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-ceasefire-hostage-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, Trump's approach to Gaza has been different to the blank check he has previously been regarded as giving key ally Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/how-trump-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Talks to end the war in Gaza were bolstered by the arrival of senior figures from Israel and the United States on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/gaza-talks-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot · 3 weeks ago

Hamas is looking to secure a "fair hostage exchange” as part of a deal with Israel to end the two-year war that’s devastated Gaza and destabilized much of the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/hamas-israel-talks-hostages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Israel is marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in the Gaza Strip under a U.S.-proposed peace plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/society/israel-october-7-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Delegations from Israel and Hamas have begun indirect negotiations in Egypt on U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to halt the war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/politics/gaza-talks-sticking-points-israel-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #egypt #us #donaldtrump

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Gaza talks turn to key sticking points between Israel and Hamas

Israel and Hamas both endorse the overall principles behind Trump's plan, under which fighting would cease, hostages would go free and aid would pour into Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from both sides headed to Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/hamas-israel-gaza-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #middleeast #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #palestinians #donaldtrump #us

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Hamas calls for swift hostage-prisoner swap as Trump urges quick talks

The push follows Hamas' positive response to Trump's roadmap for an end to the fighting and the release of captives in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.