When I first heard that President Donald Trump was making comments about the future of Gaza, I was in New York City, at a special screening celebrating the new season of my friend Mo Amer’s Netflix show, “Mo.” Then another friend texted me: “Hideous Trump press conference in which he says America will take over…
In response, Israel has waged a massive retaliatory assault on Gaza, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving swaths of the coastal enclave in ruins. The 20-year-old Israeli soldier Berger, whose release was confirmed by the Israeli government, was serving as a lookout at the Nahal Oz military base when she was abducted during…
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows displaced Palestinians returning to Rafah, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Gaza Strip. (File photo: AP) President Donald Trump’s recent suggestion to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in Egypt and Jordan has sparked controversy and is likely to face a firm…
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has called on the incoming Trump administration to “make the right choices” to strengthen relations as Beijing commits to being a driver of peace and stability amid expected global uncertainty next year. Wang made the remarks on Tuesday at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations, hosted…
During his Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket, President Joe Biden spent Black Friday shopping with his family. He was seen holding a copy of “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” by Palestinian and Lebanese author Rashid Khalidi, a book critical of Israel’s history, as reported by the New York Post.The book examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from…
Israeli warplanes have targeted southern Lebanon in the first airstrike since a U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire began Wednesday. The missile hit a Hezbollah rocket storage facility. Hours earlier, Israel fired on individuals attempting to reenter restricted areas in Markaba, citing ceasefire violations, while Lebanon reported two injuries from the incident. The ceasefire requires Hezbollah militants…
The move to pause its mediator role comes after senior U.S. officials reportedly said Washington would no longer accept the presence of Hamas representatives in Qatar, accusing the Palestinian militant group of rejecting fresh proposals for an end to the war in Gaza. The Qatari statement said media reports on the future of the Hamas…
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has escalated with new rounds of airstrikes by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon. Israel launched dozens of airstrikes across northeastern Lebanon on Friday, killing at least 52 people, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Palestinians also recovered the bodies of more than two dozen people killed in an Israeli air assault in…
The documents are attributed to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, the reports say. The investigation by U.S. officials will assess who had access to the documents, and whether it was an intentional leak or if they were hacked, according to the reports. One of the documents says the Israeli air force…
Former President Donald Trump, this year’s Republican nominee for president, has weighed in on Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar one day after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, offered her take. Sinwar’s death was announced by Israel on Thursday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that his country had “settled its…