Dennis Ross, a longtime Middle East negotiator, on the competing interests stymieing a hostage deal—and a possible end to the war.
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“Nowhere is safe” in Gaza, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees has warned
As Israel marks its Independence Day, the nation’s Zionist ideology faces hard questions.
Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari described the Rafah operation as “precise” and “limited in scope.”
Israeli leader says his country will "stand alone" and "fight with fingernails" if shipments are halted.
Israel’s new large-scale offensive is being criticized all over the world, but the PM may still turn the situation to his advantage
Israel carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday and told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the city where more than a million people uprooted by the seven-month war are crowded together.
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a 30-minute phone conversation following the evacuation of Palestinians from Rafah.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera, escalating Israel’s long-running feud with the channel at a time when ceasefire negotiations with Hamas — mediated by Qatar — are gaining steam. Qatar is currently hosting Hamas's leadership. “This has probably got a lot more to do with these negotiations, pressure, or some sort of message being sent to Qatar than it has to do with Al Jazeera as a television network,” said John Lyndon, executive director at the Alliance for Middle East Peace.
Thirteen arrested at NYU and 43 at New School, NYPD says, as encampments cleared in downtown Manhattan
Officers detain hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Unrest amplifies splits in the party over the Gaza conflict and gives Republicans new fodder for campaign attacks
Two other universities showed that the school clearly had other options.
Lawmakers have warned of retaliation if the Hague-based court pursues war crimes charges
The students are demanding that Columbia divest its financial support of Israel, become more transparent and provide blanket amnesty to the protesters
Netanyahu has vowed that the ‘ICC will not affect Israel’s actions’
The threat of a major war in the Middle East has passed because Tehran has decided to bide its time