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...
Trump on Israel’s Gaza Slaughter: ‘You’ve Got to Finish the Problem’
Former President Trump, the likely GOP candidate for the 2024 presidential election, said he supported Israel's brutal military operations in Gaza in an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. Trump agreed when a host described him as being "firmly in Israel's...
US Has Approved 100 Arms Deals for Israel Since October 7 to Support Gaza Slaughter
The Biden administration has secretly approved more than 100 separate Foreign Military Sales to Israel since October 7 to support the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. It's unclear how many of the sales are being funded...
Israel Still Blocking US-Funded Flour Shipment Into Gaza
Israel is still blocking a US-funded flour shipment into the Gaza Strip that was announced by the White House 46 days ago, a US official told The Times of Israel on Tuesday. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich initially said he blocked the shipment because it...
US Envoy Says a Truce in Gaza Will ‘Not Necessarily’ Extend to Lebanon
US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that a truce in Gaza will "not necessarily" extend to Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the border. "It does not necessarily happen that when you have a ceasefire in Gaza, it just automatically...
UNICEF Warns Child Deaths in Gaza Due to Israeli Siege Will ‘Increase Rapidly’
At least 16 Palestinian children have starved to death in the Gaza Strip over the past few days due to the US-backed Israeli siege, and the UN's child relief agency is warning that the number of child deaths will "rapidly increase" if conditions don't immediately...