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...
US Drafts Its Own Gaza UN Resolution After Threatening to Veto Ceasefire
The US is circulating its own Gaza-related UN Security Council resolution after threatening to veto one being drafted by Algeria that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire. The new US version calls for the Security Council to express support for a "temporary ceasefire in...
Gantz: Israel Will Launch Assault on Rafah by Ramadan If Hostages Not Released
Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's war cabinet, threatened on Sunday that Israel will launch an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah if Hamas does not release the remaining Israeli hostages by Ramadan, which begins on March 10 this year. "The world must know, and...
Netanyahu Boasts That He’s Blocked a Palestinian State ‘for Decades’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday boasted that he had worked "for decades" to block the establishment of a Palestinian state. "Everyone knows that I am the one who for decades blocked the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger our...