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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hamas said on Monday that it is showing flexibility in talks with mediators and is awaiting the outcome of efforts from Egypt, Qatar, and the United States in negotiations with Israel.After the Israeli criticism of the Boehler talks with senior Hamas officials, an Israeli source told the Jerusalem Post that “The coordination between us and the Americans on the issue of the hostages’ release is complete coordination.”On Sunday, Trump’s envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, gave interviews to several media outlets, including the Post, to explain his meetings with senior Hamas officials. “Our team’s opinion is…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A caravan found packed with explosives in outer Sydney earlier this year was part of a “fabricated terrorism plot” concocted by criminals, Australian police have said. The caravan, which was found in north-western Sydney on 19 January, contained enough explosives to produce a 40m-wide blast, along with a note displaying antisemitic messages and a list of Jewish synagogues.Its discovery, following a spate of antisemitic attacks in Australia, triggered widespread panic.But on Monday, Australian Federal Police (AFP) revealed that they knew “almost immediately” that the caravan was “essentially a criminal con job”. AFP’s deputy commissioner of national…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not meet with former communications ministry director-general Shlomo Filber to discuss moves to benefit alleged media bribery scheme co-defendant Shaul Elovitch, the Israeli leader claimed during his Monday corruption trial testimony. Defense attorney Amit Hadad presented Filber’s calendar to prove that there had been no meeting in which, the state witness testified in 2022, Netanyahu had ordered him to help Elovitch cope with telecommunications reforms, advance the Bezeq merger, and please Bezeq. Netanyahu said that the investigators had Filber’s diary, but hid it and other documents that supposedly contradicted their…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Negotiations to secure the release of Israeli hostages from the hands of the Hamas terrorist group are at an impasse, as US President Donald Trump renewed his threat against the organization, warning Wednesday night “it is OVER” for Hamas if the hostages are not released.For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Hours before the American president issued his warning to Hamas, a new Israeli military chief was sworn in. The new chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, said 2025 would be “a year of war,” with a focus on handling threats…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Protesters demonstrated outside Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv in a call to return the hostages on Sunday.This is the second day of ongoing protests in the area. On Saturday night, Police blocked roads with trucks in order to prevent demonstrators from reaching the military headquarters.Last Thursday,  Kulanu Hatufim, a group of hostage families and activists who regularly protest at Begin Gate, issued a call for protests.  View of the protest near the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. March 9, 2025. (credit: Raquel G. Frohlich)”A nation will stand, brokenhearted but breathing, for the implementation…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar to resign from his position, N12 reported on Sunday evening.In a contentious meeting last Thursday, the prime minister reportedly told Bar that the government had “waited for the Shin Bet investigations, and now it’s time to hand over the keys.” Bar refused to resign and told Netanyahu that if he wanted him gone, then he would have to fire him, according to the N12 report, which did not site a source.  Government, Shin Bet disagree on processThe Prime Minister’s Office responded to…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A student who played a prominent role during pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York City last year has been detained by federal immigration officials, says his lawyer.Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, was lead student negotiator for the encampment at the campus on the west side of Manhattan.His attorney, Amy Greer, told the BBC that Mr Khalil was inside his university-owned home when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took him into custody on Saturday. Columbia was the epicentre last year of pro-Palestinian student protests nationwide against the war in Gaza and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel ordered all of Gaza’s electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory. Energy minister Eli Cohen’s announcement came a week after Israel cut off all aid supplies to the territory, which has a population of more than two million people. In a video statement on Sunday, Cohen said: “We will use all the tools at our disposal to bring back the hostages and ensure that Hamas is no longer in Gaza the day after [the war].”The decision to cut…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Sunday night appointed Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin the next IDF chief spokesman to replace Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari.Defrin has recently been a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) in the US, but his most recent position in the IDF was as the head of International Cooperation.In that position, the Jerusalem Post understands that Defrin helped run much of the IDF’s foreign relations with allied Western and Middle East countries, including some with which Israel does not have official diplomatic relations with. Defrin…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Trump Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University cast a pall over at least nine other campuses worried they could be next.The schools, a mix that includes both public universities and Ivy League institutions, have been placed on an official administration list of schools the Department of Justice said may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty.Faculty leaders at many of the schools have pushed back strongly against claims that their campuses are hotbeds of antisemitism, noting that while some Jewish students complained that they felt unsafe, the vast…