Blinken announces plans to reopen consulate in Jerusalem
The Biden administration is reopening the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, restoring ties with the Palestinians that had been downgraded by the Trump administration."We are discussing the...
View ArticlePavlich: Throwing good money to Iranian terrorism
In 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) officially admitted rockets were found, again, in one of their internationally funded schools in the Gaza...
View ArticleIran's destabilizing role has been exposed in Gaza
While it appears that the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza is holding, the latest eruption of violence between Israel and Gaza was just the latest illustration that this long-simmering conflict...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council votes to investigate alleged crimes in conflict...
The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Thursday to create an international investigation to look into possible crimes during the 11-day conflict between Israel and militant groups in the Gaza...
View ArticleIsrael, Egypt hold high-level talks on ceasefire, rebuilding Gaza
Officials from Egypt and Israel held meetings in both countries Sunday to discuss solidifying a tentative truce between Israel and Hamas and rebuilding the Gaza Strip.The Associated Press reports that...
View ArticleHamas leader urges prisoner swap with Israel following Gaza war
Hamas’s top leader in Gaza is calling for negotiations on a potential prisoner swap with Israel as Egypt is working to solidify a truce between Israel and Hamas following the cease-fire earlier this...
View ArticleGraham meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) traded praise Monday during a meeting in Jerusalem to discuss the current violence between Israel and Hamas.Netanyahu hailed...
View ArticleHouse Democrats press key GOP senator to release hold on aid to Palestinians
A large group of House Democrats on Wednesday pressed Sen. Jim Risch (Idaho), the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to lift his hold on millions of dollars in aid to...
View ArticleEgypt's leadership emerges again in brokering Middle East stability
When Egypt helped to broker a May 21 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of fighting, ending a largely pointless conflict that pitted Hamas and its massive missile arsenal against Israel’s...
View ArticlePledges to restore Israel's defenses must go beyond the Iron Dome
President Joe Biden’s pledge, reiterated by some Republican senators, to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome interceptors following the recent Gaza war is most welcome. But they should go further. Another...
View ArticleOmar: I wasn't equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday sought to clarify controversial remarks she made earlier this week during a House hearing, saying she was not equating the U.S. and Israel with terrorist...
View ArticlePelosi, leaders seek to squelch Omar controversy with rare joint statement
With a rare joint statement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her entire leadership team on Thursday sought to quell a growing controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) remarks equating war...
View ArticleHow Congress can fight Hamas's use of human shields
A ceasefire has halted for now the Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. But the conflict continues, including through campaigns at the United Nations and in the media to attribute victory and...
View ArticleMcCarthy: Pelosi should remove Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee after a controversial tweet...
View Article'Stolen' election claims among Israel's latest challenges for...
Even after five wars and multiple terrorist attacks, Israel’s democracy remained resilient. It has taken three indecisive elections and an indicted prime minister desperate to hold onto power to shake...
View ArticleIsraeli forces strike Gaza for second time following incendiary balloons
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday fired a second round of airstrikes on Gaza, after Palestinian militants released incendiary balloons that caused eight fires in southern Israel.The IDF said...
View ArticleIsrael bombs sites in Gaza after demonstration grows violent
Israel reportedly bombed Palestinian weapons sites on Sunday in response to violent demonstrations that took place around the territory's perimeter fence to protest an Israeli-Egyptian...
View ArticleAfghanistan debacle upends Biden's upcoming summit with Israel's...
What a difference a month makes. In July, Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, met with his military, security and intelligence advisers to plan for his Aug. 26 summit with President Biden....
View ArticleBiden will discover Bennett is no Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be welcomed to the White House on Thursday. Many in the U.S. have come to view his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu as synonymous with Israel, as he led the...
View ArticleIsrael strikes Hamas military target
Israel announced on Sunday it struck a Hamas military compound and tunnel entrance in the Gaza Strip in response to clashes along the border between Palestinian protesters and troops.The Associated...
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