The Senate on Tuesday morning passed the $95 billion foreign military aid bill that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan after a rare overnight session where Republican opponents of the legislation argued against it. The bill passed in a vote of 70-29, with...
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...
Dutch Court Orders Government to Halt Delivery of F-35 Parts to Israel
A Dutch court ruled on Monday that the Netherlands must halt the export of spare parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel since they're likely to be used to kill civilians in Gaza. The Netherlands hosts a warehouse of US-owned F-35 parts and exports them to countries...
EU’s Top Diplomat Slams US for Continuing to Arm Israel
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top foreign policy official, took a swipe at the US on Monday for claiming it's concerned about civilian casualties in Gaza while still supplying weapons to Israel to support the slaughter of Palestinians. Borrell was referencing...
Biden Not Reconsidering ‘Unequivocal’ Support for Israel’s Gaza Slaughter
President Biden has no plans to alter his policy of "unequivocal" support for Israel's slaughter in Gaza despite claiming in private conversations that he's frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, NBC News reported on Monday. Sources told NBC that...
Netanyahu Doubles Down on Plans to Attack Rafah Despite Growing Criticism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday doubled down on his vow to attack the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah despite growing criticism of the plan. It's estimated that about 1.5 million Palestinians are packed into Rafah, which has a pre-war population...
Senate Takes Another Step Toward Passing $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill
The Senate on Sunday took another step toward passing a $95 billion foreign military aid bill that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The Senate worked through the weekend to deliberate the legislation and voted 67-26 in a procedural vote to move it...
Senate Votes to Deliberate on $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill
The Senate on Thursday voted to begin deliberations on a $95 billion foreign military aid bill that stripped out border spending that was in the original $118 billion piece of legislation, which the chamber voted down on Wednesday. The Senate voted 67-32 to take up...
Report: Israel Backing Off on Hostage Talks After Rejecting Hamas’s Latest Offer
Israel is backing off from Qatari and Egyptian-mediated hostage talks with Hamas after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the Palestinian group's latest proposal, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. An Israeli official told the Times that instead of...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Several Civilians in Syria
Israel continues to bomb Syria with impunity and targeted the western Syrian city of Homs with airstrikes that flattened a building in a residential neighborhood early Wednesday morning, killing several civilians. Syria's SANA news agency said a "number" of civilians...