Antiwar.com has joined 19 other news outlets, seven press freedom organizations, and 113 journalists in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for the US to end weapons transfers to Israel to stop supporting the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. The...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that the number of Palestinians it has recorded killed by the Israeli onslaught has surpassed 40,000, or about 2% of the population. The number is considered a conservative estimate since it doesn't account for the 10,000 people...
On Wednesday, Hamas reiterated that it wants to implement a ceasefire proposal that was unveiled by President Biden in May instead of restarting hostage deal talks with Israel. "The movement demands a clear commitment by the [Israeli] occupation to what was agreed...
There is growing support among Israeli officials to launch an offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report comes as Israel is anticipating a major response from Hezbollah to the assassination of Fuad Shukr, a...
President Biden said Tuesday that he thinks Iran might not launch a retaliatory attack on Israel if a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal is reached. When asked if Iran might scrap its plans to retaliate for the Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran if Israel and...
On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and tank munitions. The approval comes as Israeli airstrikes continue to slaughter civilians in Gaza, including newborn twins...
Documents obtained by The New York Times confirmed that Israel added new demands to the ceasefire proposal unveiled by President Biden back in May, an effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sabotage the chances of a deal. The Times report said that Israeli...
On Tuesday, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir made another provocative visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, known as the Temple Mount to the Israelis, and rejected statements from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the status...
The White House said Monday that the US is prepared to defend Israel from a "significant" Iranian reprisal attack as the US continues to bolster its forces in the region. The US and Israel are expecting Iran to launch its response to the Israeli killing of Hamas's...
On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's calls for "total victory" in Gaza "nonsense," prompting a rebuke from Netanyahu. Gallant made the comments at a hearing of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense...
