On Thursday, the US Treasury Department imposed a set of new sanctions on ships and companies accused of using American service providers to ship Russian crude oil above the $60 price cap. The cap, imposed by the US and the Group of Seven (G7) nations in late 2022,...
Displacement and Killings Surge in West Bank, Amid Gaza War
A wave of murders, violence, and harassment waged against Palestinians has been unleashed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) personnel and illegal settlers alike in the occupied West Bank, according to the Time of Israel. Nearly 200 Palestinians have been killed,...
Biden Has ‘Productive Discussion’ with Xi, Then Slams Chinese Leader as ‘Dictator’
Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for talks in San Francisco. Beijing and Washington described the conversation between the leaders as “productive” and important. After the summit, Biden called his Chinese counterpart a “dictator.” During the summit...
Human Rights Watch Warns Gaza Communications Blackout Can Cover Up Atrocities
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report explaining that the Israeli fuel embargo of Gaza will cause a near-total blackout of communications in Gaza. The group warned that the isolation could be used to cover up atrocities. The United Nations High Commissioner for...
Israel Attacked Shifa Hospital To Pressure Hamas Into Accepting Hostage Agreement
The New York Times reports Israel attacked the largest hospital in Gaza in hopes the raid would cause Hamas to relent and accept a hostage deal on terms proposed by Tel Aviv. An Israeli official said that if Hamas accepts the agreement, Tel Aviv will resume the war in...
Israel Will Ignore UN Security Council Resolution Calling for Pause in Fighting in Gaza
The UN Security Council passed a resolution on Wednesday that called for a temporary pause to the fighting in Gaza. Tel Aviv said the call for a short peace was a decision “disconnected from reality and holds no significance.” The resolution passed the UN’s most...
Netanyahu Ally Says the Prime Minister’s Days in Office Are Numbered
Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on power in Tel Aviv suffered two setbacks on Wednesday. Messages from a member of his Likud Party surfaced asserting Netanyahu’s days in office “are numbered.” Additionally, the head of the opposition in Israel, Yair Lapid, demanded the...
Israel Tells Palestinians To Evacuate City in Southern Gaza
Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on a city in the southern half of the Gaza Strip, instructing Palestinians to flee the area. The evacuation notice suggests that Tel Aviv plans to ramp up its military operation in south Gaza. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant confirmed a...
US Tries to Deflect Blame for Israel’s Raid of al-Shifa Hospital
The White House on Wednesday said it did not "OK" Israel's military raid of al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza in an attempt to deflect responsibility for the attack. Just hours before Israel launched the raid, White House National Security Council spokesman John...
UN Security Council Passes Resolution Calling for ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza
The UN Security Council passed its first resolution related to Israel's war in Gaza on Wednesday that calls for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow aid and other assistance to reach Palestinian civilians. The resolution passed in a vote of 12-0,...