Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send a delegation of officials to the US to discuss Israeli plans to attack Rafah, the southern Gaza city on the Egyptian border that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said...
Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Talks Expected to Resume in Qatar
Qatari and Egyptian-mediated hostage deal talks between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Doha after a long pause in negotiations. Israeli media reported that the Israeli security cabinet approved sending a delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea to Doha...
UNICEF Says Israel Has Killed Over 13,000 Children in Gaza
The UN's child relief agency said on Sunday that over 13,000 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip and that many more could be dead under the rubble. "Thousands more have been injured, or we can't even determine where they are. They may be stuck under rubble,"...
US Considering Giving Israel More Military Aid as Leverage
Recent media reports have said there are discussions within the Biden administration to condition military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah as a way to reduce civilian casualties. The assumption was that the US could threaten to cut off or reduce its weapons supply...
US Troops Depart for Mission to Build Gaza Port
Four US Army vessels carrying about 100 American troops departed Virginia on Tuesday with equipment to build a temporary port on Gaza's coast, AFP reported. US officials say the idea of the port is to get more aid into Gaza, where the entire population is facing food...
Sullivan Dismisses Reports That Say Biden is Considering Conditioning Aid to Israel If It Invades Rafah
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday refuted a report from POLITICO that said President Biden was considering conditioning military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip city that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians. "We’re not...
US Intelligence ‘Threat Assessment’ Says Hamas Isn’t Going Away
An annual "threat assessment" compiled by US intelligence agencies was released on Monday and said that Israel will likely face resistance from Hamas for years to come, another sign that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stated goal of "eradicating" the...
South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Into Law That Conflates Criticism of Israel With Anti-Semitism
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signed a bill into law last week that conflates some criticisms of the modern state of Israel with anti-Semitism. By signing the bill into law, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism must...
Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Invade Rafah, Rejects ‘International Pressure’
On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would continue its slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza despite "international pressure" and said Israeli forces would invade the southern city of Rafah, which is packed with 1.5 million Palestinians....
Biden Announces ‘Emergency’ Military Mission to Establish Port in Gaza for Aid
Updated 10:25 PM EST on March 7 President Biden announced during the State of the Union on Thursday night that he ordered a military mission to establish a port in Gaza to get more aid into the Strip as Palestinians are starving to death and Israel is still...