As Israel's war with Hamas burns, millions of people are caught in the middle. CBS News senior correspondent Charlie D'Agata looks at what motivated Hamas' attack. Plus, Steven Cook, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins
The Iran-backed Houthis are no longer a rag-tag army Why have they been attacking ships in the Red Sea? Image:Map of Middle East The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks byHamas. Seve...
Why do so many people think that weekslong campus protests against not just the war in Gaza but Israel’s very existence are nevertheless permissible? Although I know many Jewish people will disagree with me, I don’t think that Jew-hatred is as much the reason for this ...
The theme of his book could be summarized by saying, à la Orwell, “Israel bad, Palestine good.” To arrive at this theme, he has to completely neglect anything bad ever done by the Palestinians and anything good ever done by Israel. But I’m getting ahead of myself: There are the ...
The Axis of Resistance, as the armed groups call themselves, has managed to coordinate attacks onRed Sea shipping by the Yemeni Houthis. Follow latest:Israel warned of 'serious repercussions' as Rafah assault looms Meanwhile, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters have launched strikes on...
the Middle East. Despite the disadvantages in firepower and financial resources, the Houthis have managed to survive all of those conflicts and are arguably in their strongest position since the group was established three decades ago. Saudi Arabia in particular has been humiliated by the Hout...
Once goods enter the enclave, distribution is a challenge. Israeli forces have been accused of attacking U.N. aid convoys as well as security personnel who are supposed to protect them. In February, Israeli troops fired into a crowd that had surrounded an aid convoy at ...
On Wednesday I spent about four hours at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and even that wasn’t long enough to see all the interesting stuff. There are four bits to peruse: archaeology (not just in Israel, but throughout the world), things reflecting Jewish life, art (including Impressionist...
Israel launched an intense barrage of airstrikes across swathes of Lebanon on Monday in what was the deadliest day for the country since at least the 2006 war fought between Israel and the powerful Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
How Yemen’s new government will look is still unclear, if it’s going to have a functioning government at all. If the Houthis take the lead, that would mean Shiites ruling a country that’s mostly Sunni. While the Houthis and previous government both fought against al Qaeda, this insta...