Asenior Hamas official has called for an immediate end to Israel's war against the group in the Gaza Strip and a plan to achieve Palestinian statehood in remarks shared with Newsweek in the wake of former President Donald Trump's election victory.
Trump tells Palestinian president he wants to end Gaza war
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Just before the election...
Trump will give Israel blank check' which may mean all-out war with Iran, says ex-CIA chief
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... Donald Trump will as president give Benjamin Netanyahu a "blank check" in the Middle East, possibly opening the way for all-out war between Israel and Iran, the former CIA director and US defense secretary Leon Panetta predicted.
"With regards to the Middle East, I think he's basically going to give Netanyahu a blank check," Panetta said of Trump, who won the presidential election this week and will take office again in January.
"Whatever you do, whatever you want to do, whoever you want to go after, you have my blessing.' I mean, he basically said that [before the election]." ...
Trump signals support in call with Netanyahu: Do what you have to do'
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... Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu in one call this month, "Do what you have to do," according to six people familiar with the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and confidential information. Trump has said publicly that the two have spoken at least twice in October, with one call as recently as Oct. 19. ...
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