The US is threatening to veto a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at the UN Security Council as the US continues to provide political cover for the Israeli massacre of Palestinians. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement that if...
Egypt Building Walled Camp in Sinai Desert to Absorb Palestinian Refugees from Gaza
Egypt is building an 8-square-mile walled enclosure in the Sinai Desert near Gaza to prepare for an influx of Palestinian refugees as Israel is vowing to launch an assault on Rafah, which borders Egypt and is packed with about 1.5 million Palestinians. The revelation...
Netanyahu Unilaterally Vetoes Further Hostage Deal Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vetoed further hostage deal talks without consulting his war cabinet, infuriating families of Israeli hostages in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing relatives...
US Gives Israel the Green Light to Kill Civilians in Rafah
The US has given Israel the green light to kill civilians in Rafah despite public comments from US officials calling for Israel to come up with a plan to protect civilians in the city, which is packed with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians. US officials told...
Netanyahu Rejects Hostage Deal Deal Drawn Up By Mossad, Shin Bet, and IDF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an outline for a potential hostage deal with Hamas that was drawn up by Israel's Mossad spy agency, the Shin Bet security agency, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). According to The Times of Israel, the proposal...
Israel’s Ben Gvir Says Israeli Military Should Shoot Palestinian Women and Children
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said on Sunday that Israeli forces should shoot Palestinian women and children in Gaza if they get too close to the Israeli border. "We cannot have women and children getting close to the border... anyone who gets...
Israel Proposes Creating US-Funded Tent Cities to Evacuate Rafah
Israel has proposed creating US-funded tent cities in Gaza as part of an evacuation plan for Rafah as Israeli forces are preparing to invade the city, Egyptian officials told The Wall Street Journal. It's estimated that 1.5 million Palestinians are packed into Rafah,...
Israeli Minister Blocks US Flour Shipments Into Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is blocking a US-funded flour shipment into Gaza that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously vowed would be allowed into the Strip, Axios reported on Tuesday. Officials said that Netanyahu personally made the commitment...
Sen. Van Hollen Calls Israelis ‘War Criminals,’ Votes to Send Them $14 Billion in New Military Aid
In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called the Israelis "war criminals" for intentionally withholding food from Gaza as children are starving. But on Tuesday morning, Van Hollen voted "yes" on a $95 billion foreign...
CIA Chief Burns Heads to Egypt for Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Talks
CIA Director William Burns is headed to Egypt, where he will meet with Egyptian and Qatari intelligence officials to discuss work on a potential hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel has been resisting the idea of more hostage negotiations since Hamas' latest...