内容摘要：Speaking to Al Jazeera on Saturday, Basem Naim said that Hamas had still “responded positively” to the latest proposal relayed to it by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, despite the Palestinian group saying that the proposal was different to one it had agreed upon with Witkoff a week earlier.

Speaking to Al Jazeera on Saturday, Basem Naim said that Hamas had still “responded positively” to the latest proposal relayed to it by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, despite the Palestinian group saying that the proposal was different to one it had agreed upon with Witkoff a week earlier.

In this context, my travails, while stinging and disconcerting, are modest in comparison. Departed friends, however dear, are, it seems, the price for candour that unsettles.Those friendships, built over decades through sometimes happy, sometimes sad experiences and shared confidences, have evaporated in an instant.

I understood that this rupture could happen. I did not fear it. I accepted it.Yet, when it did happen, it pricked.It was abrupt. Phone calls went to voice mail. Emails went unanswered. Inevitably, the absence and quiet grew until they became an unmistakable verdict.

So, I did not ask for explanations. That would, I reasoned, be futile. A door had been slammed shut and bolted.Friends I admired and respected. Friends I laughed with, trusted, whose counsel I sought and who sought mine.

I wish them and their loved ones well. I will miss their wise ear and, from time to time, their helping hand.

Some of them are Jewish, some are not. I do not begrudge their choice. They have exercised their prerogative to decide who can and cannot be called a friend.Furthermore, there may be more voters in the second round: Voter turnout for the first round was 67.3 percent. Palade added: “The second round will be decided by young people, but also by those who did not vote in the first round. It is an open question whom they will support.”

Children's YouTube star Ms Rachel meets girl from GazaChildren’s YouTube star Ms Rachel met a three-year-old girl from Gaza who lost her legs in an Israeli attack on her home during the war, to record a video to raise awareness of the suffering of Palestinian children.

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