Middle East
UN General Assembly Backs Palestinian Bid to Become a Full Voting Member
On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution allowing Palestine to become a full voting member, recognizing its...
Netanyahu: “We Will Stand Alone.”
This week President Biden warned that the United States would stop weapons deliveries to Israel if, as expected, Israel moves against Hamas in...
Read moreHamas Dismisses New Ceasefire Proposal
Hamas has dismissed all clauses of the latest hostage deal proposal, instead raising the number of Palestinian prisoners who have to be freed...
Read moreUN Committee to Consider Membership of Palestinian Authority
On Monday, April 8, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) requested that its membership committee evaluate the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s application to become...
Read moreWaPo: U.S. Secretly Sending More Bombs to Israel
On March 29, The Washington Post reported that the United States signed off on the transfer of billions of dollars’ worth of bombs...
Read moreIsraeli Professor: October 7 Was a Distraction From Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Was the October 7 terror attack on Israel merely the opening salvo of a much larger plan involving Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and...
Read moreSome Cows From Texas May Have a Significant Impact on Events in the Middle East
Five red cows, obtained from a Texas ranch in 2022 and now grazing in a pasture somewhere on Israel’s West Bank, may be...
Read moreAxios: White House Thinks Netanyahu Is Deliberately ‘Provoking’ U.S.
The White House is “perplexed” by what various U.S. officials have slammed as an overreaction by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington’s...
Read moreIsrael Declares Major Settlement Expansion in West Bank
The Israeli government has earmarked nearly 2,000 acres in the West Bank as state-owned land in a move portrayed by human-rights groups as...
Read moreTop Israeli Ministers Reject Palestinian Statehood as Part of Post-war Plan
Top ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government dismissed the idea of Palestinian statehood on February 15, following a Washington Post report...
Read moreIsrael Vows Action Against Hamas in Rafah Amid Global Calls for Restraint
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on February 14 that Israel will proceed with an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, the last refuge...
Read moreDutch Court Orders Halt to Export of F-35 Parts to Israel
A Dutch appeals court on February 12 ordered the government to ban all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns...
Read moreUK’s Cameron: Israel Should Think Before Further Action in Rafah
Israel should stop and think seriously before taking any further action in Rafah, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Monday after airstrikes...
Read moreSaudi Arabia: Israel to Face ‘Serious Repercussions’ Over Rafah Strikes
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to Israel and its allies, saying they will meet with “very serious repercussions” if West...
Read moreRussia: U.S. “Threatens Peace” in the Middle East
Washington is stoking conflict in the Middle East by staging unlawful strikes in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN...
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