On Sunday, Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians, including an elderly woman, in Gaza despite the ceasefire agreement. The latest violence came as Israeli troops withdrew from the Netazarim Corridor, a strip of land that separated northern Gaza from the...
Six Killed in East Lebanon as Israel Escalates Airstrikes
Israel commits multiple violations of the ongoing Lebanon ceasefire daily, but this weekend those violations seem to be intensifying in scope and casualty figures. The largest incident this weekend was near the town of Janta, along the Syria border. An Israeli drone...
Report: Netanyahu Intends To Sabotage Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Israeli sources have told Haaretz that they believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to sabotage the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal and that Israeli negotiators headed to Qatar will not advance the agreement to its second phase. "It's a show," one source...
Lebanon Defies Trump: Hezbollah and Allies Join New Government
The Trump Administration’s attempt to dictate terms on the new Lebanese government’s cabinet appears to have failed spectacularly. The new Lebanese cabinet has been announced, and includes multiple members from both Hezbollah and the Shi’ite Amal Movement. The...
State Dept. Plans New $7 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
The State Department has formally notified Congress of its plans for a massive arms sale to Israel worth over $7 billion, including thousands of missiles and bombs, the Associated Press reported on Friday. This follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to...
Iranian Supreme Leader Says Talks With US ‘Are Not Intelligent, Wise, or Honorable’
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggested Tehran would not pursue negotiations with Washington. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that imposed additional sanctions on Tehran, aimed at destroying the Iranian economy. “First, negotiations with the US have...
Report: Trump To Keep Only 294 Out of 10,000 USAID Employees
The Trump administration will only keep 294 out of 10,000 employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of an overhaul of the agency, Reuters reported on Thursday. Sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that some employees have...
Trump Signs Order Imposing Sanctions on ICC for Israel
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its investigations into Israeli war crimes. Trump sanctioned officials of the Hague-based court during his first term in office over an ICC...
US Coordinated With Israel on Strikes in Gaza Knowing Hundreds of Civilians Would Be Killed
The US coordinated closely with Israel on massive strikes in Gaza on residential buildings, knowing that more than 100 civilians would be killed even though Israel didn't have precise intelligence about the location of a Hamas commander it was claiming to target, the...
US Imposes New Iran Sanctions Targeting Oil Sales To China
The Trump administration on Thursday imposed new sanctions meant to target Iranian oil shipments to China, which came after the president signed an executive order to reinstate the so-called "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran of his previous administration....