The post In one of his final interviews before leaving office, Biden focuses on domestic policy and mentions Israel only in passing appeared first on The Times of Israel.

My being the oldest president, I know more world leaders than any one of you ever met in your whole goddamn life,’ president tells reporters

Hamas has named 34 hostages, some of them believed to have died in captivity, who it says it would return to Israel in the first phase of an evolving if still elusive ceasefire in Gaza. The Palestinian militant group circulated the list to media outlets after Israel sent envoys to Qatar for fresh talks for a pause in the devastating war.

In public, Trump has decried the state of the nation as "a disaster" and "a mess." But at their private meeting, Trump praised him, Biden said. "He was very complimentary about some of the economic things I had done. And he talked about − he thought I was leaving with a good record."

Now he tells us. In an interview published Saturday in the New York Times, Secretary of State Antony Blinken named the key impediment to a Gaza hostage deal: “Whenever there has been public daylight between the United States and Israel,

WASHINGTON--President Joe Biden consulted with a trio of world leaders ... unfolding in the Gaza Strip and fears that the Israel-Hamas war could metastasize into a broader regional conflict.

Both Israel and Hamas are under pressure from outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump to reach a deal before the Jan. 20 inauguration.

At a White House event on January 5, President Biden addressed Trump’s threat to democracy, while also defending his experience against questions about his age, snapping at reporters by highlighting his extensive interactions with world leaders.

Elon Musk has accused American investor George Soros of "fundamentally hating humanity" and actively working to undermine the foundations of civilisation.

Three Palestinians were killed, including two children, in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said.