Tag: White House
Captive’s father denies report relatives urging unilateral Hamas deal
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of U.S.-Israeli captive Sagui Dekel-Chen, is denying a report in NBC News on Wednesday that families of Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are urging the White House to cut a unilateral...
White House: Murder of six hostages demonstrates Hamas’s evil, need for hostage deal
Hamas’s murder of six hostages, including U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, makes a ceasefire-for-hostages deal more urgent, the White House said Tuesday.
John Kirby, the White House national security communications advisor, told reporters that Hamas leaders...
Reports of ‘near collapse’ of Cairo negotiations untrue, Kirby says
Discussions between Israel and Hamas in Cairo have been “constructive” and ongoing, and media reports of a “near collapse” of negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal are inaccurate, John Kirby told reporters...
Kirby: Iran is still determined to attack Israel
U.S. intelligence indicates that Tehran has not backed down from its threat to attack Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington on Thursday.
“Hopefully it doesn’t come to that,” Kirby added during an...
Kamala Harris wants it both ways on Israel
Since she became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency in the last week, backers of Vice President Kamala Harris have been doing their best to redefine her image. That has...
Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week on what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
Netanyahu...
Israel, Hamas agree to hostage deal framework, PA-led force in Gaza
The Hamas terror group has agreed to a hostages-for-ceasefire framework and mediators are negotiating the details and implementation, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday night.
The Post‘s David Ignatius said that though the framework is in place, officials...
Pro-Hamas group got $50 million US grant under Inflation Reduction Act, senator says
Democrats in Washington awarded a $50 million grant, under the Inflation Reduction Act, to the pro-Hamas and antisemitic group Climate Justice Alliance in December, according to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
“We went to the...
Hitler admirer who crashed truck into White House pleads guilty
Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, of Missouri, who attempted to drive a U-Haul truck into the White House, has entered a guilty plea that could get him up to 10 years imprisonment, though prosecutors have suggested eight....
US: Gaza aid has greatly increased in recent days
The United States has confirmed a substantial increase in humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip over the past few days.
“The aid has increased and quite dramatically in just the last few days,” White House...