BENNY AVNI

BENNY AVNI

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Benny Avni is the Foreign Editor of the Sun.

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion,…

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With Trump’s Mideast Tour Completed, Israel Again Sets Military Into Motion Against Hamas and the Houthis

Unless an agreement to release hostages is reached quickly, Israel seems ready to launch its ‘Gideon Chariots,’ a large ground campaign in Gaza, and it has already resumed its air strikes in Yemen.

AP/Ariel Schalit
Foreign

After Long Being Pressured To Step Down Amid a Sexual Misconduct Probe, Top International Criminal Court Prosecutor Finally Does So

The prosecutor, Karim Khan, who is seeking to arrest top Israeli officials for their roles in the Gaza war, is waiting until a probe into the allegations is completed.

AP/Peter Dejong
Foreign

United Nations Now Marking as a ‘Nakba,’ or Catastrophe, the Creation of the Jewish State It Helped To Establish

A spokesman for the world body attempts, without success, to smooth over the insult to Israel.

AP/Jennifer Peltz, file
Foreign

An Iran Deal Has ‘Sort Of’ Been Reached, Trump Says, but Is Either Side Actually Compromising?

‘Unless there is a massive collapse in American or Iranian private positions compared to what leaders and policymakers have been saying in public, Iran and the U.S. aren’t close to a deal,’ an Iran watcher tells the Sun.

AP/Alex Brandon
Foreign

Israelis Skeptical Even After Trump’s Embrace of Syria’s ‘Attractive’ Interim Ruler, a Former Terrorist Leader

Ahmed al-Sharaa, earlier known as Abu Mohammed al Joulani, had been imprisoned at Abu Ghraib as a member of the Iraqi ISIS faction. Trump describes the new Syrian leader as: ‘Young, attractive guy, tough guy.’

Stephanie Lecocq/pool via AP
Foreign

Trump, Kicking Off First Foreign Trip of Second Presidency, Lifts Syria Sanctions, Conducts Business, and Signals New Direction on Mideast Policies

The president denounces Tehran’s support for the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, and says it’s his ‘fervent hope, wish, and even my dream’ that Saudi Arabia ‘will soon be joining the Abraham Accords.’

AP/Alex Brandon
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