10 minutes ago Israel agrees to ceasefire with Hezbollah after Benjamin Netanyahu pledges support: Peace deal 'to be signed after months of bitter fighting'

The Israeli cabinet convened to vote on the decision today as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval after weeks of back and forth

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19 minutes ago No one is above the law, says lawyer who sat on ICC panel for Netanyahu warrant

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws insisted the ICC decision was ‘not about equivalence’ between Hamas and Israel, but about ‘a failure to provide aid’.

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82 minutes ago Benjamin Netanyahu to agree ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in huge step towards peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to agree a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon after announcing he would recommend a US-brokered deal to his Cabinet

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85 minutes ago Israel 'agrees to ceasefire with Hezbollah' after Benjamin Netanyahu pledges support: Peace deal 'to be signed after months of bitter fighting'

The Israeli cabinet convened to vote on the decision today as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval after weeks of back and forth

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2 hours ago Benjamin Netanyahu AGREES to ceasefire with Hezbollah: Israeli Prime Minister taking plans to his cabinet tonight in hopes of forming a deal

The Israeli prime minister announced this evening that he will present his cabinet with the deal for approval after accepting its terms

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2 hours ago Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is recommending Hezbollah ceasefire proposal

The deal calls for a two-month initial halt in fighting

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10 hours ago Israeli cabinet meeting to discuss approval of Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon

Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon could be approved by Israeli ministers on Tuesday

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10 hours ago The ICC arrest warrants for top Israeli officials are a step toward justice | Kenneth Roth

The warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are also a reminder to governments arming Israel as it commits war crimes in GazaThe international criminal court’s issuance of arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former defense minister Yoav Gallant is an important step toward justice for the Palestinian people, who too often have known only injustice. The court allows charges to move forward for war crimes and crimes against humanity focused mainly on the Israeli strategy of starving the civilians of Gaza and depriving them of medical and other necessities. The arrest warrants will make the world much smaller for these senior Israeli officials.The Israeli government had advanced two principal arguments in the hope of avoiding the warrants, both of which the co...

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29 hours ago Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei says Netanyahu should be executed with ICC arrest warrant for war crimes 'not enough'

Iran's supreme leader has claimed Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be 'sentenced to death' for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza and Lebanon.  

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