The protest, organized by a broad alliance of various organizations, comes as anti-Semitic incidents have been rising in Germany following the violent escalation of the war in Gaza
The president finds himself facing the difficult balancing act of demonstrating full-throated support for America’s closest ally in the Middle East while trying to also press the Israelis to act with enough restraint to keep the war from spreading into a broader conflagration
One million civilians have been displaced from the north of the Strip following Israel’s ultimatum. This movement is reminiscent of the ‘catastrophe’ endured by the Palestinian people in the war that ensued the end of the British Mandate in 1948
The air attacks on the enclave have increased while the Israeli army continues to demand the population evacuate to the south
When support is given to a racist and invading government, when the Holocaust is used to spur the escalation of violence, these acts soil everything that the wonderful Jewish culture gave us
Civil society groups are organizing vigils, murals and banners for the more than 200 people kidnapped in the enclave, while Israel decides whether to negotiate their release or try to rescue them
Several hundred worshipers are taking refuge in two churches, which have been stock piled with supplies. One of them, however, was hit by an Israeli attack
The Hamas attack and Israel’s offensive are changing the rules of the game in the region, slowing down normalization efforts and putting many Arab nations in an uncomfortable position
People from all ranks have been called out for speaking too forcefully — or not forcefully enough — making it nearly impossible to come up with a unifying message when passions run deep on all sides
Hamas officials have said that if Israel starts a ground offensive in Gaza, Hezbollah will join the fighting
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who hosted the summit, again rejected any talk of driving Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula and warned against the ‘liquidation of the Palestinian cause’
Also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, this armed conflict had significant implications in the Middle East
Warning signs abound on several fronts: an invasion of Gaza, violence in the West Bank, a Hezbollah attack, U.S. regional involvement, Islamic terrorism and Islamophobia
Palestinians on the Strip have only three liters of water a day, because Israel is blocking the supplies and energy needed to keep supply and distribution facilities running
Only 20 trucks moved in from Egypt, which the UN said was insufficient. More than 200 trucks carrying roughly 3,000 tons of assistance have been positioned near the Rafah crossing for days
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded by tanks and armored vehicles await the order to advance and occupy the Strip by land as part of a three-phase plan announced by the Israeli Minister of Defense
The proposal faces a tough path to approval: the Republican-led House of Representatives, which must agree to it, remains paralyzed and without a speaker
Demonstrators headed to Israeli military checkpoints in the West Bank and gathered in Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Yemen and other countries
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant explains the stages of his country’s political and military plans in the Strip. Bombardments and the imminent ground incursion are the first step
Beijing sent a special envoy to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the latest sign of its ambition to play a larger role in the region
The threats came after the Council on American-Islamic Relations updated banquet programming to focus on human rights issues for Palestinians. The group is urging members of Congress to promote a ceasefire in Gaza
Oil markets are already stretched by cutbacks in oil production from Saudi Arabia and Russia and expected stronger demand from China, the head of the International Energy Agency said
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres flew to Egypt to try to unblock the delivery of urgently needed food, water and medicine. Dozens of trucks are waiting at the Rafah crossing on the border
The historian says that an Israeli reoccupation of the Gaza Strip would only incite more resistance
The tragic history of the Jewish people has created the current tragedy of the Palestinian people. Israel’s domination of the Palestinians has no justification
Cairo is preparing to open the Rafah border with the Strip to allow the passage of humanitarian aid after 14 days of war
The humanitarian crisis is deepening in the south of the Strip, where people fled after Israel’s ultimatum. But many are finding that they are not safe there either
