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‘This can no longer be justified’: International outcry over Rafah attack piles more pressure on Israel
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp area housing internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Eyad Baba | Afp | Getty Images Global leaders expressed shock and outrage over an Israeli […]
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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, Gaza authorities say
Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said. The Israeli military said its air force struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that the strike was carried out with […]
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Biden confronts 2024 weak spots with young, Black voters at Morehouse commencement
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses Morehouse College graduates during a commencement ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 19. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday addressed the war in Gaza and discussed his investments in Black communities during a commencement speech at Morehouse College, part of a larger effort to reinvigorate the voter […]
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Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz arrives at the US State Department ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 5, 2024 in Washington DC. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened on Saturday to resign from the government […]
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Campus protests have called for schools to divest from Israel. Here’s how that would actually work
Student protests against the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict have brought battalions of police in riot gear to college campuses, enraged some billionaire donors, and led to canceled graduation ceremonies. One constant refrain at these protests is the call for college endowment funds to divest from Israel and the many American companies that do business there. Tech […]
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‘Biggest barrier’ to Saudi-Israeli normalization is the two-state solution, says ex-CIA director
Gen. David Petraeus, Former CIA Director, Fmr. Central Commander and American commander in Iraq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC A two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is “elusive” right now, according to former CIA director David Petraeus, adding that it is also the “single biggest barrier” to normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. “A solid […]
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Biden administration is sending $1 billion far more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say
U.S. President Joe Biden during the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Research gala at the Walter E. Washington Convention Heart in Washington on May 14, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Illustrations or photos The Biden administration has explained to key lawmakers it is sending a new bundle of a lot more than $1 […]
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No ‘credible plan’: U.S.’ Blinken challenges harshest criticism however of Israel’s Gaza functions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is welcomed by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Mike Herzog, as he comes at Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken issued harsh words and phrases for Israel, criticizing its functions in the Gaza […]
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Israel pushes further into Rafah and battles a regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza
Youngsters stand behind barbed-wire together a slope near a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory concerning Israel and the militant team Hamas. – | Afp | Getty Images RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces pushed deeper into […]
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Biden and Netanyahu’s fraught partnership hits new small soon after U.S. pauses weapons cargo
Israeli army primary struggle tanks and other army vehicles are positioned in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory involving Israel and the Hamas movement. Ahmad Gharabli | AFP | Getty Photographs “It truly is undoubtedly an earthquake.” Which is how […]
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