Yesterday, the Lebanese cabinet met to discuss the US demands that they impose a disarmament on Hezbollah by November. The exact order to disarm wasn’t agreed to, but they did agree to charge the Lebanese Army with drawing up plans to disarm everyone in the country by...
Israeli Doctors Say Gaza Children Are Starving Due to Israel’s Blockade, Not Because of Pre-Existing Medical Conditions
Two senior Israeli doctors have told The Times of Israel that children in Gaza are starving due to Israeli restrictions on aid, not because of pre-existing health problems they may have. The doctors made the comments in response to backlash from Israeli officials and...
Trump Says Occupying Gaza Is ‘Pretty Much Up to Israel’
President Trump was asked on Tuesday whether he supported a reported plan for Israel to escalate in Gaza with the goal of fully occupying the Palestinian territory, and said it was "pretty much up to Israel." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a...
Rep. Randy Fine Meets With Bezalel Smotrich in Israel
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) is visiting Israel during Congress's August recess and posted on X on Tuesday that he met with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Both Fine and Smotrich have a history of calling for violence against Palestinians and are openly in...
President of J Street Says He’s Been Convinced Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
The president of the US-based liberal Zionist advocacy group J Street has said that he has been convinced that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. "Until now, I have tried to deflect and defend when challenged to call this genocide," Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote in a...
Protests in Beirut as Lebanon Cabinet Discusses Hezbollah Disarmament
Hezbollah supporters marched in the streets of Beirut today, expressing opposition to US demands that the Lebanese government fully disarm the movement. It comes as the Lebanese cabinet is meeting to discuss possible avenues to such disarmament. The government is...
NATO Countries To Provide Ukraine With Over $1 Billion in US Military Equipment Under New Scheme
The Netherlands announced on Monday that it would be providing Ukraine with 500 million euros ($578 million) worth of US military equipment, making it the first country to participate in a new NATO scheme to continue fueling the proxy war. "Ukraine needs more air...
Israeli Forces Kill 79 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 79 Palestinians and wounded 644 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli attacks continue amid reports that Israel is planning a major escalation of the genocidal war....
Syrian Forces Clash With Kurdish SDF in Aleppo Governorate
Despite the ongoing integration deal between the Kurdish SDF and the Islamist HTS-dominated government, government forces attacked SDF positions in the Aleppo Governorate today, sparking a number of substantial battles. Government-linked forces attacked SDF positions...
Russia Says It’s No Longer Bound by Moratorium on Deployment of INF Missiles
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Moscow was no longer bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of missiles that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which the US withdrew from in 2019. The INF...