The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Trump’s unexpected strike on Iran shows how Israel’s influence overcame his reluctance for foreign wars — a lesson with mixed implications for U.S. allies like Taiwan and Japan who count on American military support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/lessons-from-iran-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #indopacific #israel #iran #israeliranconflict #defense
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

An Israeli proposal to move Gazans into what is being called a "humanitarian city" is being slammed by critics as a costly distraction at best, and at worst a potential step toward forcing Palestinians off their land. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/israeli-gazans-closed-zone-backlash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Progress is stalling at talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, with the sides divided over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/gaza-truce-shooting-near-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Israeli operations are pushing tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians like Lutfi out of their homes, says B'Tselem, the independent Israeli human rights information center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/ghost-camp-israel-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #westbank #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump he nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, during a visit to the White House as the U.S. presses for a ceasefire in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/politics/netanyahu-trump-nobel-peace-prize/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump #republicans
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A proposal with the name of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on it describes a plan to build large-scale camps called "Humanitarian Transit Areas” to house the Palestinian population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/politics/humanitarian-transit-areas-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A sharp increase in barriers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip is seen putting towns and villages in a state of permanent siege. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/west-bank-prison-israel-fences/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusively on Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could help advance a deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/politics/netanyahu-trump-gaza-deal-doha-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #us #qatar #middleeast #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #hamas #israelhamaswar #donaldtrump
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to eradicate Hamas, even as the Palestinian militant group said it was discussing new proposals from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/netanyahu-hamas-ceasefire-proposals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to the conditions needed for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and urges Hamas to accept the deal because "it will not get better." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/trump-israel-60-day-gaza-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians were harmed at aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip, saying that forces had been issued new instructions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/world/israel-palestinians-gaza-aid-sites/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
FinchHaven sfba
@FinchHaven@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@thejapantimes

"harmed"

"new instructions"

Do not murder starving Palestinians in cold blood

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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians were harmed at aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip, saying that forces had been issued new instructions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/world/israel-palestinians-gaza-aid-sites/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump say the United States was "not going to stand" for the continued prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/world/politics/trump-netanyahu-prosecution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #corruption
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Trump’s strike on Iran has reached a fragile ceasefire, but without diplomacy, the conflict risks becoming an unwinnable, prolonged war — the kind he once vowed to avoid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/25/world/trump-abandons-america-first/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #nuclearweapons