Photos: The staggering human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Photos: The staggering human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, including women and children, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and displaced millions of people. With Israel pledging to continue its assault, the aerial and ground offensive is already one of the most devastating military offensives in recent history. The deaths in…

Ex-Palestinian PM Fayyad: ‘PLO should expand to include Hamas’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Ex-Palestinian PM Fayyad: ‘PLO should expand to include Hamas’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Former Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad says Palestinians should be tending to their own interests, not Israel’s. “No national liberation movement in history is based on what its enemy wants,” says the former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad. For the Palestinian Authority to have any legitimacy in…

A Biden-Netanyahu rift? ‘Distraction’, Palestinian rights advocates say | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A Biden-Netanyahu rift? ‘Distraction’, Palestinian rights advocates say | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Rock-solid. Unwavering. Unshakeable. After months of describing his commitment to Israel in fervent terms, United States President Joe Biden shifted his rhetoric this month — and issued his most firmly worded criticism of the country since the start of the war in Gaza. At a December 12…

Will the US again veto the UNSC resolution on Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Will the US again veto the UNSC resolution on Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote to call for the suspension of hostilities in Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid there has been postponed for a third day in a row. The delays come as the UN chief has sounded an alarm about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the besieged…

Hamas chief in Cairo as momentum builds towards new ceasefire talks | Gaza News

Hamas chief in Cairo as momentum builds towards new ceasefire talks | Gaza News

The head of Hamas’s political bureau has arrived in Cairo for talks on the Gaza war, as hopes grow that the Palestinian group and Israel could agree terms for another ceasefire. Ismail Haniyeh arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday to meet with Cairo’s spy chief and other Egyptian officials,…

Hamas posts video showing elderly Israeli captives pleading for release | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas posts video showing elderly Israeli captives pleading for release | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Qassam Brigades releases the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow Old Here, on its Telegram account. Hamas has posted a video of three elderly Israeli captives pleading for their immediate release. The Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, posted the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow…

Austin says US support for Israel unshakeable as Gaza ceasefire calls grow | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Austin says US support for Israel unshakeable as Gaza ceasefire calls grow | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Lloyd Austin says US support ‘unshakeable’, urges Israel to do more to protect civilians and increase aid supplies. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Washington will continue to support Israel in its war with Hamas but urged its ally to do more to protect civilians in Gaza amid…

Captives mistakenly killed by Israeli troops left SOS signs in Hebrew | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Captives mistakenly killed by Israeli troops left SOS signs in Hebrew | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s military says it has discovered distress signals in a Gaza building where three Israeli captives were sheltering before they were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli troops. The signs, which read “SOS” and “Help, three hostages” in Hebrew, were found in a building in the Shujayea suburb of Gaza City,…

Israel’s Netanyahu hints new deal under way to release Gaza hostages | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s Netanyahu hints new deal under way to release Gaza hostages | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Israeli leader’s comments came after Qatar confirmed talks are on for a possible new truce. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made comments, suggesting that new negotiations were under way to recover hostages held by Hamas. In a televised press conference on Saturday, Netanyahu called the conflict an “existential…

John Mearsheimer: Israel is choosing ‘apartheid’ or ‘ethnic cleansing’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

John Mearsheimer: Israel is choosing ‘apartheid’ or ‘ethnic cleansing’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

US political scientist John Mearsheimer on Israel’s ‘punishment campaign’ against the civilian population in Palestine. Israel has gone far beyond “going after Hamas” in the first 10 weeks of its war on Gaza, according to one of the United States’ leading political scientists, John Mearsheimer. He tells host Steve Clemons…