The Biden administration is adamant that no U.S. personnel will set foot in Gaza when it starts delivering humanitarian aid from a floating dock, but a proposal for workers from other nations to deliver the aid carries security risks, say one former and two current administration officials. The concerns are the latest wrinkle in the White House push to get aid to the enclave’s hungry population via a floating dock. U.S. military officials have told NBC News that the first time they heard that...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned prior to the vote that
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressing for the U.S. to green-light additional assistance to Ukraine.For more than two years, Ukraine has been fighting against a Russian onslaught. In a Thursday post on X, Zelenskyy noted that he had spoken to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and briefed him "on the battlefield situation." Zelenskyy said in the post that speedy approval of more American aid is critical."In this situation, quick passage of US aid to Ukraine by Congress is vital. We...
Darker days for American-Israeli relations may be ahead if Netanyahu stays the current course, write Dan Raviv and Yossi Melmen.
Another U.S. military asset left for Gaza on Thursday to help fulfill President Joe Biden’s promise to build a pier linking the war-torn territory to the rest of the world.
The United States called for a vote Friday on a U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza is “imperative.”
A bipartisan coalition of senators is proposing legislation that would stop the U.S. government’s leading foreign aid group from wasting hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds on costly items such as luxury hotels and airfares, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Seeking to distance itself from the growing carnage in Gaza, the Biden administration was stymied on two fronts Friday. Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-backed resolution at the United Nations calling for an “immediate and sustained” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip — a turnabout from previous U.S. vetoes of measures aiming to bring a halt to nearly six months of fighting between Israel and the militant group Hamas. The U.N. vote came as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was in the midst of his...
On Monday, diplomatic relations between the United States and Israel became further strained after the U.S. allowed a United Nations Security Council resolution to pass. The U.S. abstained from voting on a resolution that demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a resolution calling
The U.S. is set to restrict funding to the U.N. agency until 2025, which "will make it harder for UNRWA to assist starving Gazans,” a spokesperson for the U.N. agency tells TIME.
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