Iran warns Israel of a larger attack should it respond to overnight drone
US officials have again raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts
Protesters at NYU and Yale are arrested while Columbia cancels in-person classes for safety.
President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States backs Israel‘s right to security while warning against a broader war breaking out with Iran in the Middle East. The “United States is committed to Israel’s security,” Biden said during an Oval Office bilateral meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani after Iran attacked […]
Flights delayed and traffic disrupted as protesters in major US cities intensify call for ceasefire in GazaThousands of people held protests across the US on Monday condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza, shutting down airports and disrupting traffic in major cities from New York to San Francisco.A portion of the Kennedy Expressway into Chicago O’Hare international airport, one of the US’s busiest, was blocked off by protesters calling for an end to the violence. Continue reading
Wang Yi says recent improvements in ties face ‘disruptions’ amid threats of sanctions over support for Russia’s defence industryChina’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has warned the US that the recent improvements in the two countries’ relations were being jeopardised by “disruptions” which could take them back to a “downward spiral” leading to rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.Wang was speaking at the start of a meeting in Beijing with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at a time of...
Israeli politicians, including Benjamin Netanyahu, have made references to air bombings of Germany and Japan during WWII as well as the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to justify their genocide of Palestinian people. In response to global outrage against the continued “unconditional” US military aide to Israel, US law makers have also legitimized US More
Aipac and other groups targeting candidates critical of Israel’s war in Gaza – but progressives are not going down without a fight Pro-Israel groups are pumping millions into this year’s heated congressional races, singling out progressives who have voiced criticism of the Israeli government and its relentless campaign in Gaza.The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) is betting that $100m will be enough to fight back a wave of progressive dissent over Israel’s war in Gaza this...
With no centralised relief effort in Egypt, Palestinians are relying on grassroots charities for food, rent and clothingThe last thing Rania sold was her jewellery. In the weeks after her family first woke up to heavy shelling in northern Gaza, they lost everything as they journeyed south to escape the bombs. “Wherever we went, the houses would be destroyed,” she says. “We were sent running from place to place.”After three long months, she found herself in the border city of Rafah parting with...
Iran’s diplomats warned the U.S. “must stay away” from the developing Iran-Israel “conflict” following Tehran’s drone and missiles attack on Saturday. The post by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations said the Saturday attack on Israel was a “legitimate defense” and a “response” to the alleged Israeli strike
Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah in the south. After weeks of reduced fighting following an abrupt
Bipartisan super-majority comes together to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan