On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denied a report published by The New York Times that said Iran's ambassador to the UN held a meeting with Elon Musk about the incoming Trump administration. "This (reported meeting) was a fabricated story by...
Report: Netanyahu Aide Discussed Lebanon With Trump and Kushner at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a close aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, held talks with President-elect Donald Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago this week, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The report, which cited unnamed...
Report: Elon Musk Met With Iran’s UN Ambassador To Discuss Easing Tensions
The New York Times reported on Thursday that Elon Musk, an advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday. The report cited two unnamed Iranian officials who said the discussion lasted over an hour and was about how...
Israeli Settlement Minister Wants West Bank Annexation, No Voting or Land Rights for Palestinians
Israeli Minister of Settlements and National Missions Orit Strock has said she's working to ensure Israel can annex as much land in the West Bank as possible during the incoming Trump administration but said the Palestinians that live there don't have rights to the...
UN Committee Says Israel Is Carrying Out a Genocide, HRW Says Israel Is Committing War Crimes
On Thursday, a report published by a special UN committee said Israel's actions in Gaza are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide," while Human Rights Watch released a report saying Israel was committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing. The UN report,...
Israeli Forces Kill 24 More Palestinians in Gaza Over 24-Hour Period
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday that Israeli attacks killed at least 24 Palestinians and wounded 112 in the previous 24-hour period as Israeli strikes continued across the Strip. Strikes on Thursday included an attack on a school in Gaza City that’s sheltering...
Israeli Military Planning To Stay in Gaza Through 2025
The Israeli military is planning to stay in Gaza through 2025 and is stepping up demolitions and the construction of more permanent military structures, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. There is a significant portion of Gaza's territory that's under the control of the...
Trump Officially Nominates Ultra-Hawk Marco Rubio for Secretary of State
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he was nominating Marco Rubio, the extremely hawkish senator from Florida, to be secretary of state in the incoming administration. Trump's statement came two days after The New York Times reported Rubio was...
Trump Picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he selected former Hawaii Congresswoman Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to be his Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Gabbard, a member of the National Guard, was in Congress from 2013-2021. A former Democrat, she...
Huckabee: ‘Of Course’ Israeli Annexation of the West Bank Is Possible Under Trump
President Trump's pick to be the US ambassador to Israel, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, told Israeli media on Wednesday that full Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank will be possible under the next Trump administration. When asked about the...