U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are nearing a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that some changes Hamas wants to the current Gaza cease-fire proposal are unworkable, accusing the group of dragging its heels and prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people. His remarks came a day after Hamas submitted its formal re...
The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have labored exhaustively to try to bring Hamas and the Israeli government to terms that would end fighting and free the hostages, as well as release hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails. But acease-fire remains elusive. Harris and Trump agree ...
He called the contention by some Republicans that the more than half a million Democrats who voted uncommitted in presidential primaries this year were “pro-Hamas” was “total bullshit.” Sherman noted there was a sizable segment of Democrats who voted uncommitted in 2012 and alleged tha...
Iran said the attack was aimed at military bases and carried out in response to the assassinations of three prominent Iranian or Iranian-backed leaders - namely Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) commander Abbas Nilforoushan. ...
Among the most pressing questions for the 2024 presidential candidates are those about how they'd handle the conflicts between Israel and Hamas and between Ukraine and Russia.
The Biden administration has continued the Trump administration's strategic focus on the Indo-Pacific to deter China's aggressive behavior in the region. But the war between Hamas and Israel has once again shown how that turn can be difficult when there are flare-ups in the...
Lunatics control our already appalling prime minister, politics is prolonging the war, and Knesset members outdo each other in insanity. Likud MK Nissim Vaturi called anti-government protesters with kids fighting in Gaza a “branch of Hamas.” It’s too much, we keep saying; it’s just too...
The twenty years since have brought little further change. Arafat died, then Hamas was elected in Gaza, and things calcified into an ongoing situation of ratcheting oppression, countered by continuous peaceful protest, studded with acts of violence; until October last year, when everything changed ...
Getting back to that fighting against Israel – it officially ended with a cease fire. Or, in other words, an unmitigated Israeli defeat. To be sure, the Israelis are back-slapping themselves on how massively they degraded both Hamas and Hezbollah capabilities, especially in the number of senio...