Egypt has been accused of threatening a human rights group that first reported on the construction of a walled camp for Palestinian refugees in the Sinai Desert on the border with Gaza. Eighteen civil society groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights...
Israeli Officials Downplay Prospect of New Hostage Deal With Hamas
Israeli officials are downplaying the prospects of a new hostage deal with Hamas even as Israeli negotiators head to Qatar to discuss the details, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. According to media reports, the deal presented on Friday during talks between...
US Airman Sets Himself on Fire in Front of Israeli Embassy to Protest Gaza Genocide
Updated on 2/26/24 at 7:44 am EST An active duty US airman set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC to protest the US-backed slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. According to Talia Jane, an independent journalist who obtained the video of the...
Netanyahu Agrees to Send Negotiators to Paris for Hostage Deal Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send negotiators for hostage deal talks with US, Egyptian, and Qatari officials in Paris on Friday after declining to participate in a previous round of talks. The decision came after Brett McGurk, President...
Doctors Without Borders Slams US for Vetoing Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN
The head of the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) slammed the US for vetoing a Gaza ceasefire resolution in testimony at the UN Security Council on Thursday and detailed the horrors Palestinian children are facing in...
$14 Billion US Aid Package for Israel Crafted to Prepare for ‘Multi-Front War,’ Not Just Gaza
The $14 billion in additional military aid for Israel that President Biden is seeking was designed not just for operations in Gaza but also to prepare Israel for a "multi-front war," The Times of Israel has reported. A senior Biden administration official told The...
Israel Intensifies Airstrikes in Rafah as Invasion Looms
Israel intensified airstrikes in Rafah on Wednesday as Israeli officials are threatening to invade the city, which is packed with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians. Reuters reported that the Israeli bombardment in Rafah killed over a dozen members of the al-Noor...
Asked About Dead Palestinian Kids, Rep. Andy Ogles Says ‘Kill Em All’
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) was confronted by peace activists in Washington on Tuesday about the Israeli slaughter in Gaza and sparked an outcry for saying "kill 'em all" when asked about Palestinian children being killed with US support. "I've seen the footage of shredded...
Israeli Knesset Overwhelmingly Backs Netanyahu’s Rejection of a Palestinian State
The Israeli Knesset has overwhelmingly backed a resolution put forward by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that rejects a "unilateral" creation of a Palestinian state. Ninety-nine lawmakers out of 120 in the Knesset voted in favor of the resolution. According...
US Vetoes Another Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at the UN Security Council
The US on Tuesday vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council that called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. It marked the third time the US used its veto power on the Council to block a call for an end to the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians. The US was the...