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Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square Pulsates with Hope on Eve of Captives’ Return

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Thousands of Israelis converged on Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on the eve of a historic hostage release, their faces illuminated by screens broadcasting live updates from Gaza, as the crowd swelled with a potent mix of anticipation, relief and lingering grief after two years of anguish over loved ones held by Hamas. On October 12,

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Palestinian leader Abbas calls for US to end arms shipments to Israel

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the international community Thursday, particularly the United States, to stop sending weapons to Israel to end the bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza. Abbas, speaking to the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, singled out the U.S. because of its arms shipments and vetoes of Security

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In his final UN address, Biden spotlights world conflicts, calls for peace

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new york — President Joe Biden used his final address before world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to call for peace in Lebanon and an end to the conflict in Gaza — two prospects that analysts say are unlikely to happen soon. “A full-scale war is not in anyone’s interest,” Biden said, referring to

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