The war, which has killed nearly half a million people and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of of 23 million, began as peaceful protests against Bashar Assad’s government in March 2011
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
Adding a hypersonic missile to their arsenal could pose a more-formidable challenge to the air defense systems employed by America and its allies, including Israel
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 South African government lay accusations in the International Court of Justice that it is committing genocide in Gaza. That case may take years for a verdict
Jewish groups in the U.S. and Israeli officials criticize the British filmmaker’s strong statement
Chef José Andrés, who led the effort, explains how the mission to take 200 tons of food by sea with the Spanish ship ‘Open Arms’ was made possible with help from Cyprus, Jordan and UAE
Democrats, as the minority in the House, began gathering signatures for a ‘discharge petition’ — a seldom-successful procedural tool that can circumvent the speaker’s control over which bills come up for a vote
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
Health, education and garbage collection in the camps for displaced people depend directly on UNRWA, which is being targeted by Israel
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
In his first term, the New York magnate turned his country’s relations with the world upside down. If he wins a second, he is likely to again upturn Washington’s position on Russia, China, Europe and Latin America
Washington remains the world’s main exporter, while Moscow loses steam and falls to third place behind France
A separate U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier in Gaza is heading to the Mediterranean
Singer Eden Golan will represent her country with ‘Hurricane’. The lyrics were changed twice because the European Broadcasting Union considered them political. The song initially alluded to the Hamas attack on October 7 and to fallen Israeli soldiers
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
The president called on Congress to approve military aid for Kyiv and officially announced the US army would help construct a temporary port on the coast of the Strip
Israel this week ramped up criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, saying that 450 of its employees were members of militant groups in the Gaza Strip. Israel provided no evidence to back up its accusation
Cyprus and Israel in December announced a humanitarian sea route to the Strip but it failed to materialize despite a successful trial run that shipped 90 tons of aid to Egypt last Christmas
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
The Israeli army prevented the first U.N. World Food Program convoy in three weeks from entering the northern Gaza Strip; it ended up looted by a hungry crowd
The full extent of the damage to the Liberian-owned ship remained unclear, but the crew abandoned the ship and deployed lifeboats
In Minnesota, the ‘uncommitted’ vote was 19%. In Massachusetts, Colorado and North Carolina, tens of thousands of people opted for this choice
