Washington, June 4 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said that the United States had spoken directly with Hezbollah for the first time, adding that the group had agreed not to fire on Israel as Washington seeks to stabilise multiple conflicts across the Middle East.”We actually spoke with Hezbollah for the first time ever,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday (local time) while discussing ongoing negotiations involving Iran and regional security issues. “They agreed yesterday th…
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Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Reaffirming Israel’s strong support for India in the fight against terrorism on the first anniversary of ‘Operation Sindoor’, Israel’s Consul General to Midwest India, Yaniv Revach, said on Thursday that the perpetrators of terror “must know that their actions won’t go unpunished”, while stressing that the West Asian country would continue standing firmly with India against terrorism.Speaking to IANS on the first anniversary of ‘Operation Sindoor’, Revach said Israel was pro…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that US President Donald Trump would receive Israel’s highest civilian honour, the Israel Prize, citing his “tremendous contributions to Israel and the Jewish people.”“We decided to break a convention,” Netanyahu said at a joint news conference with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. “That is to award the Israel Prize, which in almost our 80 years, we’ve never awarded it to a non-Israeli.”Netanyahu said the …