Biden cancels his visit to Jordan after the bombing of a hospital in Gaza
The President of the United States maintains his trip to Israel this Wednesday and plans to continue his talks with Arab leaders in person ‘soon’
The dark side of democracy
Western aid to Israel cannot be unconditional. It must establish clear limits on the country’s retaliation
Israel and the definitive breakup of the old world order
China’s position following the attack by Hamas is further evidence of the deteriorating relations between Beijing and Washington, something that could lead the world to a new cold war
What will follow Hamas’ war?
Netanyahu’s political career, built on the promise of security, faces a shameful outcome. When the violence subsides and introspection arrives, it will be time for Israel to learn lessons about peace with the Palestinians
Israel-Hamas conflict: What is happening and what does Israel intend to do in Gaza?
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The invasion announced by the Israeli army to ‘completely destroy’ Hamas will involve urban warfare that favors the Islamist militia and will entail large numbers of casualties
Exodus from Gaza and international aid place Rafah crossing at the epicenter of Israel-Hamas conflict
The border crossing with Egypt is the only one not controlled by Israel, which has bombed it at least three times. Cairo fears a huge influx of refugees and wants security guarantees to reopen it for humanitarian access
Some 30 border towns are nearly deserted due to tension between Israel and Lebanon
Netanyahu’s government responds to the growing violence with the evacuation of 10,000 residents in an increasingly militarized region. The town of Kafar Yasif bids farewell to the last Arab-Israeli victim
EU fears regional escalation of conflict between Israel and Hamas
The leaders of the EU-27 will hold an emergency summit Tuesday to address the next steps in a conflict that could affect the bloc economically, socially and politically
Running out of fuel, Gaza hospitals warn of impending collapse
Health centers barely have any drinking water, food, medicine or beds left to care for the injured, whose numbers keep rising as a result of ongoing Israeli airstrikes
Biden will travel to Israel and Jordan on Wednesday to prevent escalation of Middle East crisis
The visit ‘comes at a critical moment for Israel, the region and the entire world,’ said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, when announcing the trip
The United States, caught between supporting Israel and stopping the conflict from spreading
Biden has said the occupation of Gaza would be a ‘big mistake,’ and according to some media, is considering traveling to Israel
Ami Ayalon, former military chief: ‘A lot of people are going to die in Gaza: Israeli soldiers and many more Palestinians, but we have no other choice’
The former Labor minister and member of the Guardians, former security commanders who champion peace with the Palestinians, anticipates the obliteration of Hamas’ armed wing
‘Haaretz,’ the newspaper that defends Palestinians’ rights and resists attacks on Israeli democracy
Even in these days of great suffering, the newspaper’s editorials haven’t stopped holding Netanyahu responsible for what has happened
Gaza, with 1 million displaced, stares down humanitarian crisis
The evacuation of a bordering city suggests that a ground invasion against Hamas is imminent
Netanyahu fights his last political battle in Gaza
The war against Hamas, the deadliest for Israelis in half a century, threatens to become the swansong of a politician who for three decades in power has wielded security as his greatest asset
Pure, unadulterated evil
Hamas’ merciless attack was intended to demonstrate that Israel is not invincible and even to cast the shadow of the Holocaust over the minds of today’s Israelis
Israel on verge of invasion of Gaza to ‘completely destroy’ Hamas
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have joined a mass exodus towards the south of the Strip amid bombings and scenes of chaos and desperation
Israel, Nagorno-Karabakh, and other crises: why the EU is surrounded by conflicts
An era of instability, with changes in the attitudes of large and medium powers, seems to have encouraged turbulence, and the Union is not well prepared to face them
Iran’s foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut it could suffer ‘a huge earthquake’
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Hezbollah fighters have been on full alert along Lebanon’s borders with Israel following last Saturday’s attack by Hamas
Unacceptable ultimatum
Israel must stop the killing of civilians in Gaza and end the demand for more than a million Palestinians to leave their homes
Palestinians from Gaza trapped in the West Bank: ‘I just want to go back, to live with my family or die with my family’
Last week’s attack left thousands of day laborers trapped in Israel. Frightened, they took taxis to the West Bank or were left there by the police after being arrested. Now they are sleeping in a crowded sports center
The decapitated babies that no one saw, but someone used
If September 11, 2001 served to restrict freedoms for the sake of security, Israel’s own 9/11 is beginning to show signs of the same
Israel extends deadline for civilians to flee northern Gaza ahead of expected land offensive
United Nations and aid groups say such a rapid exodus to the south will cause untold human suffering. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says this is ‘only the beginning’
‘In 11 days, we will no longer be able to distribute water or food in Gaza’
Raquel Martí, the executive director of UNRWA Spain, is demanding that Israel open the crossings in the territory. If it does not, ‘the people don’t die from the bombs, they will die from starvation’
Hamas war turns Israel’s bustling hubs into ghost cities
Activity has plummeted as a result of the attack, with many fearing to go out despite the heavy police presence
Israel: A risky strategy
The attack by Hamas gives the government of Benjamin Netanyahu a pretext to deepen its colonizing policies and bury the two-state solution
Israel warns over 1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate south
The U.N. considers the order from the Israeli military ‘impossible’ to comply with without ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’
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