2024-01-05 09:26:21
► The head of American diplomacy begins his diplomatic tour in Türkiye
The head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken is expected in Turkey on Friday January 5, the first stop of his tour of the Middle East which is due to last until January 10. The situation in Gaza but also Sweden’s accession to NATO will be at the center of his talks.
Since the start of the conflict, the Turkish head of state, a traditional ally of the Palestinian cause, has increased his invectives against Israel, also denouncing the support of the United States for the Israeli government.
It will also be a question of putting new pressure on Ankara so that it ratifies Sweden’s accession to NATO. Turkey, which conditions its green light on the delivery of American F-16 combat planes, so far blocked by Congress, is the last member of the Atlantic Alliance with Hungary to block the way for Sweden.
► A first plan for the “post-war” presented by the Israeli defense minister
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant presented his first defense plan on Thursday evening. ” post-war “ in the Gaza Strip according to which there would be no “not Hamas” in “Israeli civil administration” in place in the Palestinian territory at the end of the fighting.
Yoav Gallant revealed the broad outlines of this plan to the press before submitting it to Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet, divided in recent weeks over the course of action to follow in the war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza since 2007 .
According to the plan, operations in the Gaza Strip “will continue” until “return of the hostages”au “dismantling Hamas’ military and governance capabilities” et “the elimination of military threats in the Gaza Strip”.
► Israel’s ambassador to Spain returns to Madrid
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday that Israel’s ambassador to Spain would return to her post in Madrid, a month after recalling her following alleged comments “scandalous” held by the Spanish Prime Minister.
Rodica Radian-Gordon was recalled in November by then-Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen following what he called “scandalous remarks” made by the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez.
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