The majority of Israelis believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wartime decision-making is primarily motivated by his own personal interest, according to a survey conducted by Israel's Channel 13. The survey found that 53% of respondents believed...
Relatives of Hostages Disrupt Israeli Knesset Meeting, Demand More Action
Relatives of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza disrupted a meeting of the Israeli Knesset's Finance Committee and demanded the government do more to secure the release of their family members. "You will not sit here while our children die," the protesters yelled,...
US Intelligence Says Israel Nowhere Close to Its Goal of Eliminating Hamas
US intelligence officials estimate Israel is nowhere close to its goal of eliminating Hamas after over three months of relentless airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza, The Wall Street Journal reported. US intelligence agencies estimate between 20% and 30% of Hamas...
Netanyahu Doubles Down on Opposition to Palestinian State After Call With Biden
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his opposition to a Palestinian state after holding a phone call with President Biden on Friday, the first conversation between the two leaders in nearly a month. After the phone call, Biden said the idea of a...
Netanyahu Tells Blinken: ‘This Is Also Your War’
On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the brutal campaign in Gaza that has killed nearly 24,000 Palestinians is not only an Israeli war but also an American one. "This is not just our war – it is...
South Africa Presents Genocide Case Against Israel at ICJ
South African officials and lawyers on Thursday made their case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to show that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population of Gaza. The over three-hour hearing was an indictment of the US-backed...
Israel to Tell Blinken Palestinians Can’t Return to the North Until New Hostage Deal
Israeli officials are expected to tell Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel won't allow Palestinians who fled north Gaza to return home until a new hostage deal is reached with Hamas, Axios reported on Monday. Blinken is in the region and is due to meet with...
Protesters Calling for Gaza Ceasefire Interrupt Biden Speech
Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted President Biden during a speech at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the scene of the 2015 shooting committed by Dylan Roof that killed nine people. "If you really care...
US, Ben Gvir Trade Barbs Over Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza
The State Department on Tuesday criticized comments from two Israeli ministers about their desire to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, an idea that's favored by many officials within the Israeli government. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of...
Survivors of Nova Music Festival Sue Israeli Security Establishment for Failing to Protect Them
Forty-two Israelis who attended the Nova music festival near the Gaza border that was attacked on October 7 have sued the Israeli security establishment for failing to protect the event. The lawsuit filed a claim for $56 million against Israel's Shin Bet security...