The U.S. abstention at the U.N. Security Council, which made possible the first ceasefire resolution in six months of war, strains the ties between the two traditional allies like never before
After the vote, in which the U.S. abstained, Israel canceled a planned visit to Washington by a high-level delegation
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest Catholic authority in the Holy Land, says the competing narratives of Israelis and Palestinians must be understood to avoid ‘falling into the temptation of dehumanizing others’
Washington has vetoed all the truce proposals submitted to the Security Council so far. If the cessation of hostilities were to go ahead, it would not automatically mean an end to the war
Only an immediate and definitive ceasefire, allowing the massive delivery of supplies, could save Gazans from disaster
Israel’s obstacles to the delivery of supplies and the way it manages the conflict may involve the use of starvation as a weapon of war, warns the UN
President Biden on Monday warned Israeli PM Netanyahu that an attack on Rafah would ‘deepen the anarchy’ in the Palestinian enclave, where aid agencies warn that a famine is imminent
The World Food Program says virtually everyone in Gaza is struggling to get enough food, and that around 677,000 people — nearly a third of the population of 2.3 million — are experiencing the highest level of catastrophic hunger
Israel’s army arrested more than 80 people in what it called a ‘precise operation’ based on information that Hamas was using the medical compound
The Israeli prime minister said Democrat Chuck Schumer’s address, which called for new elections in Israel, was ‘wholly inappropriate’
Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept. 11 attacks, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate
The U.S. president has praised Senator Chuck Schumer’s address, which described the Israeli prime minister as an ‘obstacle to peace’
Republicans and Israeli officials accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics
The EU has warned that shipments by air and by ship “are not enough” and that Israel must open other land crossings that are currently closed
‘He made a good speech,’ the president said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister. ‘I think he expressed serious concerns shared not only by him but by many Americans’
Mohammad Mustafa, a U.S.-educated economist and political independent, will head a technocratic government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that could potentially administer Gaza ahead of eventual statehood
Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., strongly criticized Netanyahu in a 40-minute speech on the Senate floor
A pacifist organization is attacked for its failed attempt to transport food into the Palestinian enclave. Most of the population believes that humanitarian assistance ends up in the hands of Hamas
The patience of the White House seems infinite: since Netanyahu does not have a plan, let’s create one ourselves
The director of the FBI told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence the agency had detected a ‘wide array of very dangerous threats’
Asylum requests from residents of the enclave and the West Bank tripled last year compared to 2021, but Israel’s attacks since October 7 have slowed the flow of those seeking protection on European soil
Crowdfunding initiatives to pay intermediaries who facilitate the departure of people in the enclave to Egypt have multiplied under the threat of the Israeli invasion of Rafah
Negotiations for a second pause in hostilities have run aground a few days before the start of the holy month of Ramadan. The Islamist group wants guarantees that it will be indefinite, while Israel is concerned about how many of the hostages are dead
The temporary dock will be able to unload the equivalent of ‘hundreds of additional truckloads of aid per day’ according to senior officials
Marwan Barghouti, who Hamas has included in negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages, has been imprisoned since 2002 and is emerging as a possible post-war figure of unity
Recent history provides numerous examples of dictatorships that have committed similar or greater atrocities, but there are not so many precedents among democracies
The sanctions announced by the US, Canada, the UK, France, Spain and New Zealand represent an element of pressure on the Israeli government, which supports the movement