Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian terrorists on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left aid crossings inaccessible, U.N. officials said.
War in Israel
While Friday’s resolution gives Palestine some new rights and privileges, it reaffirms that it remains a non-member observer state without full U.N. membership and the right to vote in the General Assembly or at any of its conferences.
Eden Golan has become a focus for protests by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who want Israel kicked out of Eurovision over the war that began with the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law.
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman called President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold military aid to Israel “deeply disappointing.”
Philadelphia and campus police moved in around daybreak at Penn to remove protesters from an encampment that was in place for more than two weeks.
Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war.
US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
The United States warned that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah.
Republican Attorney General Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio’s 14 public, four-year universities to forewarn students about the 1953 law.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday called for an end to antisemitism on campus as he met with university leaders.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron stopped short of matching President Joe Biden’s warning that he would stop additional weapons shipments to the Middle East nation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu minister said Thursday that his country will “stand alone” if it has to in its war against Hamas.
The Israeli military said it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza days after it was closed following a deadly Hamas rocket attack
A congressional hearing with the city’s mayor was canceled after the arrests.
The move was made over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.