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Jihan Abdalla

Jihan Abdalla

Senior US Correspondent
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Jihan is a Washington-based correspondent and multimedia journalist who has extensively reported from Israel/Palestine, the United Nations headquarters and Mexico City. Before joining The National, she worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters and the Associated Press among others. Jihan is fluent in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.
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US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at Filoli estate in Woodside, California. AP
Biden and Xi meet at Apec with focus on trade, climate and Iran

The two leaders last met a year ago at G20 summit in Indonesia

USNovember 15, 2023
A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO.
Hamas operating 'control node' from Gaza hospital, US says

White House and Pentagon cite newly declassified intelligence

USNovember 14, 2023
Palestinians look for survivors following Israeli air strikes in Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. AP
Palestinian-American restaurant owner mourns relatives in Gaza

Khalid Mekki hosted an event at his restaurant Bawadi on Monday to raise funds for Palestinian refugees

USNovember 14, 2023
Battles are ongoing between Israel and Hamas outside Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. AFP
Hospitals must be protected, Biden says as fighting rages

US President says his administration is in touch with Israel on the matter

USNovember 13, 2023
People search through the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip. Getty Images
Israel to begin daily four-hour 'pauses' in Gaza

US still does not endorse a ceasefire, arguing it would allow Hamas time to regroup

USNovember 09, 2023
Rupi Kaur's works have touched on issues such as sexual violence, depression and immigration. AFP
Rupi Kaur declines White House Diwali invitation over Gaza policy

The Canadian poet said the Biden administration's policies represent 'the exact opposite' of the holiday's meaning

USNovember 08, 2023
An Israeli tank manoeuvres through rubble amid an ongoing Israeli ground invasion in Gaza. Reuters
US discussing 'pauses' in Gaza in almost every conversation with Israel

Temporary humanitarian pauses in fighting aimed at getting aid in and hostages out

USNovember 08, 2023
People search amid the rubble for survivors following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
Biden calls for temporary pauses in strikes on Gaza in call with Netanyahu

White House official says US President called on Israel to protect Palestinian civilians 'to the maximum extent possible'

USNovember 06, 2023
Arab and Muslim Americans say the Biden administration's response to the Israel-Gaza war has dehumanised them. AFP
ExclusiveWhite House officials hold meeting with Palestinian Americans as anger grows

Exclusive: White House officials tell group of Palestinian-American leaders they are working with Israel to ensure that international law is respected during war

USNovember 03, 2023
Some wounded Palestinians have travelled through the Rafah crossing to receive treatment in Egypt. Getty
Palestinian-American tells of family's Gaza 'hell' as they escape

Ahmed Beseiso's parents, grandmother, two sisters and a nephew left through the Rafah crossing on Thursday

USNovember 02, 2023
Palestinians walk in the street market of Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, after an Israeli air strike. AP
US and partners discussing who would govern Gaza if Hamas is defeated

White House says it will not put US troops on the ground in Gaza

USNovember 01, 2023
Egypt's Rafah border crossing. About 400 US citizens and their families, numbering 1,000 in total, still remain in Gaza. Bloomberg
US citizens leave Gaza for first time since war began

Biden administration says it is working round the clock to help Americans out of the besieged enclave

Palestine-IsraelNovember 01, 2023
Protesters rally in front of the White House against the Israeli military's operations. AFP
Arab-American conference cancelled as Islamophobia rises in US

Israel-Gaza war has ignited Islamophobic and anti-Arab sentiment not seen since 9/11, Arab Americans say

USOctober 31, 2023
In this July 2000 photo, Ehud Barak, left, is pictured alongside Madeleine Albright, US secretary of state at the time, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David, Maryland. AFP
Israel would prevail if Gaza war becomes regional, former PM says

'We know from our experience our universal support will erode very quickly and the legitimacy of the whole operation will be put under question,' Ehud Barak says

USOctober 31, 2023
A tent camp shelters displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
Biden and El Sisi say Gazans should not be displaced into Egypt

Concerns grow among Palestinians and leaders of Arab states that the war could force Gazans to flee to Sinai

USOctober 30, 2023
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