Tag: Gaza Strip
Israel agrees to free 800 Palestinian security prisoners for 40 hostages
As part of truce talks taking place in Doha, Qatar, Israeli officials have agreed to release between 700 to 800 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the...
China, Russia veto US ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council
China and Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution at the U.N. Security Council on Friday morning, saying the text didn’t go far enough in calling for a ceasefire in the war against Hamas in Gaza.
Washington’s...
Court blocks Defense Ministry order to deport Gazan patients
Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, issued a temporary injunction on Wednesday blocking a Defense Ministry decision to return to the Gaza Strip some 20 Palestinian Arab patients who had...
Don’t blame Israel for the surge in antisemitism
For liberal Jewish critics of Israel, the post-Oct. 7 world has been difficult to navigate. The international campaign to smear the defensive war being waged against terrorists bent on both the destruction of the...
Over 90% of Palestinians say no atrocities perpetrated on Oct. 7
Ninety-three percent of Palestinians believe that Hamas did not commit atrocities during its mass invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, and 72% support the attack, according to recent polling conducted by the Palestinian...
US to continue UNRWA funding ban for another year
The United States ban on funding the U.N. Relief and Works Agency will continue until at least March 2025, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Two sources familiar with an agreement reached on Tuesday between U.S. congressional leaders and...
MIT turns away Dennis Ross but allows Hamas supporter to speak
Recent news concerning speakers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about Israel and Gaza has not generated attention or headlines outside of the school and its alumni. But these events should have. MIT has refused to host a...
Celebrity US chef feeding Gaza calls for ‘ceasefire, with hostages released on both sides’
José Andrés, the celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen who is donating food to Gazans, called on U.S. President Joe Biden to demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “stop killing children, targeting humanitarian...
‘US taps Hamas ally Qatar to build port in Gaza’
At America’s request, Hamas ally Qatar has agreed to take charge of operating and financing the temporary pier on its way from the United States to the Gaza coast, Israel’s Channel 14 reported on Tuesday.
Qatar consented...
‘No other choice’: Netanyahu defying Biden on Rafah operation
The IDF must clear Rafah of terrorists despite American opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Tuesday’s closed-door session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
The premier told the lawmakers that the...