FYI, the name “Palestine” appears to have been coined by the Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BCE to designate a district of Syria between Phoenicia and Egypt. In the 2nd century CE the Roman Empire renamed its province of Judea as :Syria Palestinia. The Romans were suppressing...
I -- I’m heading off to East Palestine in -- in a moment, but I wanted to say a few things this morning about Aleksey Navalny.You know, like millions of people around the world, I am literally both not surprised and outraged by the news -- the reported death of Aleksey Navalny....
Also spotted: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise heading into the store. TBD if he buys anything. The former president has repeatedly sought to capitalize on images like his mug shot — and following the assassination attempt on Saturday, his team moved quickly to spread the iconic image of...
After years of estrangement under the Trump administration, Biden is also looking to improve U.S. ties with Palestine, and he’s expected to pitch his support for the eventual creation of an independent Palestinian nation alongside Israel. Will there be any progress on energy? The cost of ga...
The book contains several essays about some of Coates’ travels, with the longest one being about his trip “to Palestine.” It was claims made in that essay that Dokoupil zeroed in on for closer examination during their exchange: “I have to say, when I read the book, I imagine if I...
, but that came amid a Covid-era supply shock and the Russian invasion of Ukraine — two events that scrambled the global energy market and that no White House occupant would have much control over. The price of a regular gallon of gas now is under $3 in many stat...
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, said its members were "able ... to blow up the border fence and ... go forth inside occupied Palestine," clashing with "the enemy," whose planes targeted the fighters, killing three on Saturday. ...
The all-but-confirmed Democrat replacement candidate has been far more outspoken on the Gaza conflict, urging Israel toincrease the flow of aidinto Palestine on numerous occasions. Harris was also among the first to call for a ceasefire.
The U.S. and Israel stopped financing UNESCO after it voted to include Palestine as a member state in 2011. The Biden administration has requested $150 million for the 2024 budget to go toward UNESCO dues and arrears. The plan foresees similar req...
“You carpet-bombed Germany. You dropped the atom bomb. A lot of civilians died,” Biden quoted Netanyahu as having said. “They not only want to have retribution — which they should — for what Hamas did, but against all Palestinians… They don’t want anything to (do) with the Pales...