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The majority of members of the Security Council and numerous experts reject this reading and believe that the text is binding, even if the organization does not have the coercive power to make sure Israel and Hamas adhere to it

The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of acts of genocide in its military campaign launched in the Palestinian territory

The United States has called for a revitalized PA to administer postwar Gaza ahead of eventual statehood

The former Israeli minister says that the passage of the Gaza ceasefire resolution shows that Biden is ‘fed up’ with Netanyahu, and believes the Israeli prime minister is convinced that Washington wants him out

The Gaza war has brought relations between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu to their lowest point yet

The meeting in Washington came a day after Netanyahu canceled the visit of two of his advisors to the U.S. capital to discuss alternatives to the announced offensive on Rafah

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’

Twenty-four newborns were evacuated to Egypt during the Israeli army’s assault. Three have died and nine of them have nowhere to go

Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of the border not far from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israel plans to launch a ground assault despite widespread warnings of a potential catastrophe

Washington’s proposal, which came in parallel to its mediation on the ground with Egypt and Qatar, received 11 votes in favor, 3 against and 1 abstention

The Justin Trudeau government has resumed funding to the UNRWA and said it wants ‘lasting peace in the Middle East, including towards the establishment of the State of Palestine’

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

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

Some analysts pointed out that splitting from Ben & Jerry’s, which is known for social activism that has put it at odds at times with its corporate owner, could have an added upside for Unilever

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’