Lawmakers in the US and Israel have called for the mass slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel that has killed at least 1,000 Israelis. So far, Israeli retaliation has killed 900 Palestinians, a number that's growing amid...
Netanyahu Tells Biden ‘We Have to Go’ Into Gaza, Rules Out Negotiations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Biden in a phone call on Sunday that Israel had to launch a ground invasion into the besieged Gaza Strip and ruled out the idea of negotiations, Axios reported on Monday. "We have to go in. We can't negotiate...
Pentagon Offers Israel Support for Extracting Hostages from Gaza
The US military has offered Israel assistance in extracting hostages that Hamas has taken into Gaza, Pentagon officials told the media on Tuesday. According to Task & Purpose, the US offer includes help planning and intelligence support, not US troops on the...
US Scrambles to Get More Arms to Israel, Ukraine
As Israel has declared a "complete siege" on Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel, the US is scrambling to get more weapons in the hands of the Israelis. According to The Washington Post, the Biden administration is considering combining its request...
Sen. Schumer Lectures Xi on China’s Response to Israel-Hamas Fighting
Sen. Chuck Schumer used a rare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to lecture him about China's response to the Hamas attack on southern Israel, saying he was "disappointed" with Beijing's neutrality. "I urge you and the Chinese people to stand with...
US Officials Expect Israel to Launch Ground Invasion of Gaza
US officials said Sunday that they expect Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza within the next 24-48 hours after the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared it was at war with Hamas, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. A spokesman...
Biden Tells Netanyahu More Military Aid Is on Its Way
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the second time since Hamas launched an operation in southern Israel and said that more US military aid is on its way. According to the White House, President Biden "conveyed that...
Blinken Speaks With Netanyahu, Abbas Amid Saudi Normalization Push
On Tuesday, the State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken held separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas amid a US push to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi...
State Department Says US Won’t Cut Military Aid for Israel After Judicial Overhaul Vote
While the Biden administration has expressed concern about the judicial overhaul being pushed forward by the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it has made clear US military aid to Israel will not be affected. "There is not going to be any cut or...
US Backs Israel’s Major Offensive in West Bank City of Jenin
The White House has expressed support for a major Israeli offensive that was launched against the occupied West Bank city of Jenin early Monday. "We support Israel’s security and right to defend its people against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist...