Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), a leading humanitarian organization, established a successful pathway for delivering humanitarian aid to northern Gaza by bringing multiple trucks to Jabalia on Monday. To complete the operation, the GEM members left their warehouse in Khan Yunis to navigate through the complex terrain and bring the aid to its destination. The aid delivered to the Northern GazaThe team used strategic transportation tactics and provided civilians with ready-to-eat...
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), a leading humanitarian organization, established a successful pathway for delivering humanitarian aid to northern Gaza by bringing multiple trucks to Jabalia on Monday. To complete the operation, the GEM members left their warehouse in Khan Yunis to navigate through the complex terrain and bring the aid to its destination. The aid delivered to the Northern GazaThe team used strategic transportation tactics and provided civilians with ready-to-eat...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discussed efforts to increase the amount of humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. Blin
Biden’s remarks come amid skyrocketing tensions on school campuses over Israel’s war in Gaza, which has left more than 34,000 Palestinians dead in nearly eight months of hostilities. Biden has publicly been critical of Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the conflict, and his administration has pushed for a ceasefire, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging Hamas to agree to the truce proposal Israel offered up last weekend. But Biden has not substantially altered his policy toward Israel,...
Ships carrying humanitarian aid traveling from Turkey to Gaza were denied the right to sail by an international shipping registry.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday where the leaders discussed the terms of a possible ceasefire deal that would include the release of hostages held captive by Hamas, according to a statement from the White House.Biden's talk with Netanyahu comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departed for a trip to the Middle East, his seventh ambassadorial mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza started more than six months...
US president and Israeli PM talk as Israel vows to invade southern Gaza city despite global concern for 1 million Palestinians sheltering thereSee all our Middle East crisis coverageJoe Biden “reiterated his clear” opposition to an invasion of Rafah in a conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a ceasefire to the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.In the face of global concern for the...
Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested.“Intimidation is the tactic,” said Adam Smith of Washington state, the...
During a Wednesday afternoon protest at the University of Texas at San Antonio calling for a Gaza ceasefire, organizers were forced to halt chants several times due, saying school administrators imposed rules limiting their speech. During the three hour demonstration, organizers stopped the approximately 150 participant from chanting in Arabic and using slogans that explicitly mention Israel. Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) member Tori Ramirez said a UTSA administrator warned she...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received a phone call from US President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the ongoing Gaza crisis, including Egypt’s role in brokering a ceasefire and facilitating a potential exchange of hostages. Ahmed Fahmy, the spokesperson for the Egyptian presidency, stated that the discussion highlighted the need for a peaceful resolution […]
Ms Champion’s committee of cross-party MPs visited el-Arish, a city in Egypt serving as a supply and logistics hub for the humanitarian aid effort to the Gaza Strip. Following the visit, where Ms Champion and her committee met aid workers so they could report back to the UK Government, the MP described Gaza as ‘lawless’. The committee published a report calling on the UK Government to press for more than 500 trucks of humanitarian aid a day to be allowed into Gaza; for all the crossings to open;...
GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) called on President Biden on Monday to deploy the National Guard to colleges, particularly Columbia University in New York City, where pro-Palestinian protesters have staged sit-ins and other disruptive activities to focus public attention on the war. “Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock. It’s time for []