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U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid for Recognition as Full U.N. Member State
The move blocked a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the United Nations, where it is considered a “nonmember observer state.”
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The Israeli Censorship Regime Is Growing. That Needs to Stop.
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, newsrooms across the world scrambled to send their reporters to the front lines. Journalists gave the international public firsthand experience of the conflict. Air raid sirens blared during live on-air reports ...
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After Iran’s Barrage, Israel Questions What Might Be Next for the Gaza War
Within moments of Israel and its allies shooting down a fusillade of Iranian missiles and drones this weekend, many began wondering what the latest exchange between Israel and Iran would mean for the war in the Gaza Strip. The Iranian attack was ...
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Here’s what to know about the hunger crisis in Gaza.
Six months into the Israel-Hamas war, the people of Gaza are facing a hunger crisis that the United Nations says borders on famine. The crisis in Gaza is entirely man-made, a result of Israel’s war on Hamas and a near-complete siege of the territory ...
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Israel Announces New Operation Against Hamas, After Killing Top Leader’s Sons
The Israeli military announced what it called a precise operation to kill members of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday, a day after a strike there killed relatives of one of the group’s most senior leaders. Ismail Haniyeh, who leads the political wing of ...
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Few Signs of Progress on Aid to Gaza, Despite Israeli Pledges
Nearly a week after Israel pledged to increase aid to Gaza by reopening a border crossing and accepting aid shipments at an Israeli port, neither the crossing nor the port has been put to the promised use, and there is no apparent sign of ...
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Israel: Cease-Fire, Get Hostages, Leave Gaza, Rethink Everything
Israel today is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza, and there is every indication that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to choose the wrong path — and take the Biden administration along for a very dangerous and troubling ride. It is ...
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Netanyahu Must Go
It’s no secret to readers of this column where I stand on Israel’s war in Gaza. Israel must destroy Hamas as a military and political force in the territory while minimizing harm to civilians. It must do what it can to rescue its hostages without ...
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Austin Pushes Back on Claims of Israel Carrying Out Genocide in Gaza
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the Pentagon had no evidence that Israel was carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Austin made the comments in testimony at a Senate Armed ...
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Workers Comb Devastated Al-Shifa Hospital for Bodies
United Nations workers and Gazan health officials returned to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday to beginburying the unidentified remains of scores of people who died there during a 12-day Israeli raid on the complex in March. The raid pitted ...
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