Joe Biden accepts Israel’s accusation against Islamic Jihad for launching a failed rocket that hit the al-Ahli hospital while Gazan authorities blame Israel for the tragedy
Hundreds of civilians were sheltering at the al-Ahli Hospital when it was hit by an explosion that both sides are blaming on one another. A witness to the massacre explains what he saw
The United Nations is gathering evidence of possible war crimes by both sides
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iranian-backed militias, claimed responsibility for the attacks and said it ‘heralds more operations’ against the ‘American occupation’
President Joe Biden defended Israel’s version about an errant Palestinian rocket having accidentally caused the massacre at a hospital in the Strip
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield criticized the resolution for not saying anything about Israel’s right to self-defense
The evacuations were the latest in a series around France that included another popular tourist attraction, the Louvre Museum in Paris. The threats have so far proved false.
Democrats say Lew’s wealth of government experience makes him the right person to fill the post at an important moment in the two countries’ relationship
The militants’ response to decades of occupation is as illegitimate as Israel’s response to the terrorist attack. But aid to the affected civilian population is neither a weapon of war nor a means of negotiation, and facilitating its access is an obligation
Olaf Scholz visited Egypt on Wednesday and met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the Israel-Hamas war
Fifteen reporters have lost their lives in Gaza in just 10 days. Sometimes I wonder what we do risking our skin for the sake of our desire to be witnesses, to denounce, to narrate with facts and images realities that the majority voluntarily ignores
The U.S. president met with Benjamin Netanyahu and offered Washington’s support but added there are ‘a lot of people out there who are not sure’ about responsibility for the al-Ahli bombing
The intelligence services are pursuing the military and political leaders of the militia, while keeping the movement’s senior political figure, Ismail Haniyeh, in exile in Qatar, in their sights
To confront genocides, perhaps we have to decolonize our thoughts
Too many things are happening for the first time in the world. Change is faster, more global, and deeply surprising
The families of the 199 people being held in Gaza are awaiting their release through military or diplomatic channels while placing their faith in the Israeli army
Jordan has canceled the four-party summit that the president had planned to attend with King Abdullah and his counterparts from Egypt and the Palestinian National Authority
Thousands of people staged street protests in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia. There were some violent outbreaks outside U.S. and Israeli embassies
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’
Western aid to Israel cannot be unconditional. It must establish clear limits on the country’s retaliation
Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military said the hospital was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants. The Palestinian health ministry said at least 500 people had been killed
The less-ambitious approach fit with U.S. President’s determination to pivot his foreign-policy focus from Middle East hotspots to China. The United States’ angry Arab partners are pointing to America’s failure to actively engage as Israeli-Palestinian violence roars back to center stage
Police found an audio recording in the suspect’s phone where he declared allegiance to the Islamic State and expressed ‘his hatred for France, for the French, for democracy and the education he benefitted from in our country’
The U.N.’s most powerful body, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, has failed to respond to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and to Israel response with retaliatory airstrikes
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
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
At this moment, more than ever, we need support and solidarity from global progressives, in the form of an unequivocal call against indiscriminate violence towards civilians on both sides
