Israel has pulled most of its troops from southern Gaza amid talks over the release of the more than 100 hostages held by Hamas since its Oct. 7 attack that killed about 1,200 people. It has also reopened previously closed entry points for food and water to prevent Palestinian civilians from starving after the Israeli military destroyed much of the infrastructure in counterattacks that have killed more than 33,000 in six months of warfare. These are positive developments but, given the level of...
After Iran's attack on Israel was stopped with major help from the U.S. and other allies, Netanyahu has to heed them going forward.
Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on when and how as world leaders urged Israel not to retaliate, trying to avoid a spiral of violence in the Middle East. The Iranian attack on Saturday came in retaliation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on when and how as world leaders urged against retaliation
Yes, Donald Trump is a mess at times. And, from the church’s perspective, there is an undeniable element of Barabbas about him for too many people who are not content with “he’d clearly be a better president than the current dementia patient” and who must instead must elevate him as a 21st-century Charlemagne. But we have a far bigger problem than that as believers and citizens. Its name is Judas. In our era, we have created a new heresy — we have “sanitized” scripture.Witness the bipartisan...
Voters from the special Scheduled Castes category do not have access to basic amenities like clean drinking water, irrigation, toilets and roads.
Nothing Joe Biden has done to rein in Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutality against the people of Gaza has worked. Biden has proven too weak, indecisive, and indulgent of Israel to even induce Netanyahu into making small tweaks to his behavior.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...
In any election year, there’s a fuzzy line between governing and campaigning.
To the editor: It's absurd for columnist Jonah Goldberg to dismiss the U.S. critics of additional military aid to Israel as lacking determination. ("For Israel and Ukraine alike, U.S. support is proving unreliable and inadequate," Opinion, April 16) Israel in a calculated manner decided to strike an Iranian diplomatic site in Syria. Israel absolutely knew that Iran would be forced to retaliate. Without even providing foreknowledge of the attack to the U.S., which is helping foot the bill for...
In a Tuesday interview with the Spanish language network Univision, President Joe Biden referred to Israel’s war against the Hamas terrorist organization as a “mistake” as he continued to press for his demands for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. When asked by Enrique Acevedo if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is properly prioritizing his country’s national
On Wednesday, a senior U.S. diplomat told a gathering at the Council on Foreign Relations that preparations are under way in Haiti to create the long-awaited Transitional Presidential Council. Brian Nichols, the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, told the audience that the committee’s establishment could be completed in the coming days. The