In an interview published by The Times of Israel on Wednesday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee justified the Israeli military's shooting of unarmed Palestinians attempting to get aid in the Gaza Strip. Defending the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF),...
Over 100 Aid Groups Working in Gaza Say Israel Is ‘Weaponizing Aid’ With New NGO Registration Rule
More than 100 aid groups working in Gaza and the West Bank have signed a letter saying that Israel is "weaponizing aid," a warning that comes as people are starving to death every day in Gaza due to the US-backed Israeli blockade. The statement said that in July...
Israeli Forces Kill 50 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli forces killed 50 Palestinians over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli attacks continue across the Strip, amid Israel's preparation to escalate its genocidal war. The Health Ministry said...
One Killed, Several Wounded as Israeli Strikes Continue on Southern Lebanon
Israel has continued carrying out drone strikes across southern Lebanon, with strikes Wednesday evening killing one person in a car in Hadatha and wounding two others after striking a motorcycle in Zibqin. Thursday morning saw the strikes continue, with another attack...
Smotrich Announces Major West Bank Settlement Expansion To ‘Bury the Idea of a Palestinian State’
The Israeli government is moving forward with a plan for the massive expansion of illegal Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that would cut off the northern part of the Palestinian territory from its southern regions, a plan Israeli Finance Minister...
Turkey FM Warns He Won’t Tolerate Syrian Kurds Becoming Israeli Pawns
Syria’s Foreign Minister was in Ankara today meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, and Fidan took the opportunity, as Turkish officials so often do, to rail about the Kurds threatening regional stability. This time, the warnings were directed at the...
South Sudan Rejects Report That It’s in Talks With Israel About Taking in Palestinians from Gaza
On Wednesday, South Sudan rejected a report from The Associated Press that said it was in talks with Israel about the possibility of taking in Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, calling the claim "baseless," although the South Sudanese government also hosted...
Israeli Forces Kill 123 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 123 Palestinians and wounded 437 over the previous 24-hour period as the IDF is intensifying strikes on Gaza City and areas to the north. Heavy US-backed Israeli attacks have continued throughout the...
Netanyahu Says He’s ‘Very Much’ Attached to the Vision of ‘Greater Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he considers himself to be on a "historic and spiritual mission" and that he is "very" connected to the idea of "Greater Israel," a vision for significant Israeli territorial expansion in the region. In...
Netanyahu Releases Video Urging Iranians To Revolt Against Their Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday where he spoke in English and urged the "people of Iran" to revolt against their government. "As our founding father, Theodor Herzl, said of the Jewish state, 'If you will it, it is no dream,'"...