Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh described Hamas’s October 7 terrorist massacre as a “courageous and unprecedented operation” that marked “an important crossroad in the history of the Palestinian struggle,” while simultaneously calling for the terror group to join the Palestine Liberation Organization under unified Palestinian leadership.
Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Weisz of the Inter-Religious Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel has written to Pope Leo XIV to complain about rhetoric he has used to describe Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas. Last month, the Pope accused Israel
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) stated that the United States is increasing food aid into Gaza and Israel is being cooperative, “but a lot more needs to be done.” And “Hamas controls
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee fired back at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s criticism of Israeli operations in Gaza, invoking Britain’s World War II bombing campaign against Dresden to question the consistency of British wartime policy.
During an interview with Ilay David, the brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, aired on Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” co-host Leila Fadel responded to Ilay saying that Hamas is starving the hostages, like they do the people of Gaza
Israel’s security cabinet voted Thursday to approve a plan to reoccupy the Gaza Strip militarily, starting with Gaza City, the most populous area and the last refuge of Hamas, where it is also holding Israeli hostages.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) talked about aid to Palestinians in Gaza and said that Hamas is “willing to shoot them, the ones who are working and trying to get aid out, they’re killing
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday that Israel “intends to” take full control of the entire Gaza Strip to eliminate Hamas and transfer authority to non-hostile Arab forces, outlining his most comprehensive vision yet for ending the war as his security cabinet met to approve the operation.
Amid a flood of internal criticism, the centre-right government in Sweden appears to be backtracking on its “one-sided” stance towards Israel, potentially including its calls to cut off EU trade.
The Israeli cabinet will consider a plan to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City, on Thursday, according to reports in the Israeli media.
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Matan Eshet, the cousin of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, said that Hamas has been given power “by seeing that the world believes their propaganda, saying there is not enough humanitarian aid getting into the Gaza Strip, while
On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” co-host Geoff Bennett stated that “Hamas is clearly trying to capitalize” on anti-Israel sentiment in the international community “over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza” using propaganda video of starving Israelis that Hamas has taken hostage. While
The United Nations has admitted that 88% of the aid trucks it brought into Gaza since mid-May were looted, or “diverted,” either by Hamas and other armed groups, or by mobs of Palestinian civilians.
During a report aired on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” CNN Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance asked Ilay David, the brother of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, if his brother is deliberately being starved by his Hamas captors or if it’s
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a forceful defense of Israel’s conduct in Gaza on Monday, drawing parallels between contemporary anti-Israel accusations and the medieval blood libels that preceded centuries of Jewish persecution, while announcing that Israel has authorized airdrops of humanitarian aid to bypass Hamas’s theft of food supplies.
Israeli Prime Minister has decided that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will fully occupy the Gaza Strip, given the lack of progress in ceasefire talks and Hamas’s refusal to disarm and to leave the territory willingly.
Jeremy Ben-Ami, the leader of the far-left, George Soros-backed J Street, who lied for years about whether his group had taken money from the billionaire, now says Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza is a “genocide.”
Europe is prepared to accept a Palestinian state, as is. Here, in practical terms, is what that really means.
Comedian John Oliver claimed during his Last Week Tonight show that “Gaza is being starved by Israel” without mentioning Hamas.
The only people who are confirmed to be starving in Gaza are the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas, according to an Israeli source who cited internal data on the progress of humanitarian aid in the territory.
Senior Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad openly credited the October 7 terrorist massacre with forcing Western nations to recognize a Palestinian state, declaring in a weekend Al Jazeera interview that “the initiative by several countries to recognize a Palestinian state is one of the fruits of October 7” while vowing that Palestinians will never surrender their weapons.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Sunday that it had defeated a Hamas battalion in northern Gaza, one of the last regions not yet fully controlled by Israel, and where Israeli hostages are thought to be held.
A senior Hamas official said Saturday that the growing number of western states that say they will recognize a Palestinian state in September is proof of the effectiveness of terror.
The Israeli foreign ministry challenged the New York Times and other major mainstream media outlets to publish a photo of a starving Israeli hostage — after publishing fake images of starving Palestinian children.
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas filmed Israeli hostage Evyatar David being forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel underneath Gaza, in a propaganda video meant to pressure the Israeli government to end the war.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Friday praised what he called a “welcome moment of moral clarity” as Arab League nations for the first time condemned the October 7 massacre and demanded Hamas disarm and relinquish control of Gaza.
The United Nations is continuing to struggle to deliver aid to Palestinians in Gaza, leaving hundreds of truckloads of material at the border, while the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) continues to succeed.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group and Hamas published videos on Thursday and Friday of Israeli hostages Rom Braslavksi and Evyatar David, respectively, showing each starving and emaciated.
Muhammad once again claimed the top spot as the most popular boys’ name in England and Wales, according to newly released government data, while the name “Yahya” made the fastest climb of any name in 2024—prompting broader questions about cultural identity and societal shifts in modern Britain.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited an aid distribution site of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Friday, as they reviewed options for helping Palestinians there.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that he’s glad that Arab nations like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE had the “moral clarity” to call on Hamas to surrender and release
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the best and fastest way to solve the humanitarian problems facing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is for Hamas to surrender and to release its remaining Israeli hostages.
Radical left-wing activist Shaun King published a photograph Wednesday of a supposedly “starving” Palestinian child in Gaza who actually had a genetic condition and was given medical treatment by Israel.
President Donald Trump threatened trade consequences for Canada if it goes ahead with Premier Mark Carney’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
Families of Israeli hostages condemned the premature move to recognize a Palestinian state while their loved ones were still in captivity.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee observed Wednesday that the Arab world was tougher than Europe on Hamas terrorists, after Arab nations demanded that Hamas disarm and leave power in Gaza.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar delivered a defiant rebuke to mounting international pressure Tuesday, declaring “Israel will not be the Czechoslovakia of the 21st century” as he warned that European demands for Palestinian statehood would create “a Hamas state, a jihadist state” and vowed that diplomatic pressure attempting to force Israel’s surrender “ain’t going to happen.”
The State of Israel was quick to reject United Kingdom Prime Minsiter Keir Starmer’s announcement Tuesday that his government was prepared to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.
NBC’s late night host Seth Meyers had some stern words for the world on Monday night as he stepped out of his “comedian” persona to focus on the Gaza Strip. He doesn’t like what he sees there and knows exactly where the blame lies — and it has nothing to do with the Hamas terrorist organization.
More than half of the aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah crossing on Sunday, during a surge of aid, were looted, according to a Qatari-funded newspaper quoted by the Times of Israel.
