Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and Israeli annexation of the West Bank, has arrived in the US and met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington on Wednesday. The Biden...
Israel Advances Deeper Into Southern Syria, Interrogates Civilians
Earlier this week, Israeli troops started their deepest invasion into Syrian territory yet, parachuting into the village of El Mal, in the northern part of the Daraa Governorate. El Mal is about 14 km from the occupied Golan Heights. Exactly what they were doing in El...
Israeli Drone Strikes Wound Two Civilians Collecting Scrap Metal in Southern Lebanon
Civilians in vehicles in southern Lebanon are everywhere and always at risk from Israeli drones, and there have been an increasing number of such drones flying overhead in a lot of southern villages. Wednesday, that led to multiple Israeli drone strikes against a car...
Report: US Holding Direct Talks With Hamas for First Time
The Trump administration is holding direct talks with Hamas, marking the first time the US has ever engaged directly with the Palestinian group, Axios reported on Wednesday. The report, which has been confirmed by the White House, said the talks were focused on the...
Trump Administration Announces Steps To Crack Down on Protests Critical of Israel
Trump administration officials have announced measures to suppress protests on college campuses that are critical of Israel, steps that have chilling implications for First Amendment rights. President Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would cut federal funding to...
Israel Expands Zones Lebanese Civilians Are Barred From, Kills ‘Commander’ in Drone Strike
Israel’s decision to stay at five surveillance posts inside southern Lebanon after the February 18 deadline has caused considerable consternation among the Lebanese. Israel maintains the US green lit their stay, and now it appears that wasn’t the end of the...
Israel’s Ben Gvir Calls for Bombing of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
Former Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for Israel to bomb aid that entered Gaza before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off deliveries and announced a full siege on Sunday. "The government must also order the bombing of the aid...
Israel Attacks Military Sites in Northwestern Syria
Since the regime change in Syria in December, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against former military targets, in addition to an ongoing ground invasion in the south. Multiple Israeli airstrikes were reported today in the northwest, in the Latakia and...
Israel Preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza That Would Cut Electricity and Water
The Israeli government is preparing a "hell plan" for the Gaza Strip that would involve cutting all electricity and water to the territory on top of the blocking of food, fuel, and all other goods that was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the...
US, Israel Reject French Proposal to End IDF Presence in Lebanon
Weeks after the February 18 deadline for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon has come and gone, IDF troops remain at the five hilltop surveillance posts they hastily constructed in southern Lebanon ahead of that deadline, and there are increasing signs that this is an...