President Joe Biden and members of his administration castigated International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan for requesting to charge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with war crimes and human rights violations in connection with the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Khan asked the ICC […]
A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court is seeking the arrest warrants of both Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The warrant for Mr. Netanyahu involves allegations of the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Israel’s special envoy for trade and innovation and the outgoing deputy mayor of Jerusalem, tells […]
A prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague has issued calls for the arrest of Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his cabinet. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced on Monday that his office had collected and examined evidence sufficient to prosecute Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, […]
ATLANTA, Ga.—President Joe Biden addressed the commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta on May 19, acknowledging the concerns expressed by graduates regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. “I support peaceful nonviolent protest,” he told the graduates of the historically black, all-male college. “Your voices should be heard, and […]
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have recovered the body of another hostage taken by Hamas terrorists on the day of the Oct. 7 massacre. The announcement was made on May 18 and came on the back of another made the day before that the bodies of three hostages had been recovered and returned during a […]
Three expert witnesses testifying before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee denounced as a whitewash a recent U.N. investigation into its troubled agency assisting Palestinians in Gaza. On May 17, they told the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), that the Colonna Report was released by […]
Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three hostages held in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In a Friday afternoon press statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Israeli troops had recovered three bodies in an overnight operation. The IDF said they believe the bodies […]
The U.S. military has announced that U.S. forces have finished installing a makeshift pier for delivering humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, and aid has begun to flow into the territory. President Joe Biden initially ordered the U.S. military to construct the pier in March, to facilitate increased deliveries of food and humanitarian supplies by […]
The House passed a bill on May 16 that would prohibit the Biden administration from withholding military assistance or services from Israel. The Israel Security Assistance Support Act, introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), passed in a 224–187 vote, with 208 Republicans and 16 Democrats voting in favor and 184 Democrats and three Republicans voting […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has called for U.S. federal authorities to investigate whether foreign actors are promoting contentions within the United States, including recent protests over the war in Gaza taking place on U.S. college campuses and other venues around the country. During a Wednesday, May 15 episode of his personal podcast “The Verdict,” Mr. […]
President Joe Biden has been warning Israel that he would stop supplying Israel with weapons if they go into Rafah. After he paused one shipment, Republicans are now pushing a bill to force the president to continue the delivery. Now President Biden reportedly wants to send another $1 billion weapons to Israel. How can these […]
The Republican-led House Oversight and Education Committees have called on the U.S. Treasury Department to reveal any suspicious financial activity involving nearly two dozen groups involved in ongoing protests on college campuses over the war in the Gaza Strip. “The Committees are investigating the sources of funding and financing for groups who are organizing, leading, […]
The White House has threatened to veto a House GOP bill seeking to unblock arm transfers to Israel, saying the legislation would undermine President Joe Biden’s ability “to execute an effective foreign policy.” The “Israel Security Assistance Support Act,” proposed by Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee, would condemn the president’s decision to pause […]
Republican appropriators in the House of Representatives are advancing a bill to compel President Joe Biden’s administration to deliver all the weapons Congress has appropriated for Israel after the administration paused some weapons deliveries and threatened to block more. Several congressional Republicans expressed outrage last week after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the administration […]
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan reaffirmed that the Biden administration’s official position is that genocide is not happening as Palestinian civilians in Gaza continue to be killed in the crossfire of Israel’s ongoing war with the Hamas terrorist group. “We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide,” Mr. Sullivan told […]
Kash Patel, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, criticized a recent report by the State Department, which analyzes whether Israel misused weapons in its war with Hamas. The report did not come to a conclusion on whether Israel violated international law. Mr. Patel says the Biden administration should focus its scrutiny on the […]
Israel’s former opposition leader and former vice Prime Minister Tzipi Livni says a key dispute between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden concerns what happens once the war against Hamas is over. The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian plight in Gaza is reaching unprecedented levels. UN Secretary General António Guterres said […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to provide a “red line” that would cause the United States to pull away from backing Israel as President Joe Biden threatens to withdraw some support. “We don’t talk about red lines when it when it comes to Israel,” Mr. Blinken told NBC’s “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker on […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a “thorough examination” of his government’s failures during the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack will be conducted after the war in Gaza ends. During an interview with “Dr. Phil” McGraw on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu admitted that there were “failures” on his government’s part as the people were left […]
Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hours after police tear-gassed demonstrators and took down a similar camp at the University of Arizona. Philadelphia and campus police at Penn took action around daybreak to remove protesters from an encampment […]
