US lawmakers lag voters in support for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US lawmakers lag voters in support for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A new poll says more than 60% US voters want ceasefire, while only 11% of lawmakers support an end to Israel’s war. Support among members of the United States Congress for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war is far lower than among voters. Data for Progress, a progressive US think…

Israeli captives’ families angry after meeting with Netanyahu | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli captives’ families angry after meeting with Netanyahu | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met families of captives freed from Gaza in an encounter described as tense by the Israeli media. Tuesday’s meeting came amid intensified fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip following the end of a seven-day pause in hostilities that enabled the return of more than…

‘Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,’ US House asserts in ‘dangerous’ resolution | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Anti-Zionism is antisemitism,’ US House asserts in ‘dangerous’ resolution | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates are denouncing a congressional resolution that equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism, calling it a “dangerous” measure that aims to curb free speech and distract from the war in Gaza. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the measure on Tuesday in a 311-14 vote, with 92…

US announces visa bans after warning Israel on West Bank settler violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US announces visa bans after warning Israel on West Bank settler violence | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US has called on Israel to act against violent settler groups in the occupied West Bank. The US Department of State has said that it will impose visa restrictions on Israeli settlers involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the occupied West Bank. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced…

How does Israel compare to failed states? | Israel-Palestine conflict

How does Israel compare to failed states? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Critics describe Israel as a political entity that can only survive with repression and state-sanctioned violence. Israel has been in a state of near-perpetual war for decades, receives billions of dollars a year in aid and weapons, and has consistently broken international law by expanding its occupation and settlements. Governments…

Israeli army surrounds Khan Younis as southern Gaza attacks intensify | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli army surrounds Khan Younis as southern Gaza attacks intensify | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli forces are surrounding the city of Khan Younis, Israel’s top military commander has said, as the ground offensive spreads to the south of the Gaza Strip. “Sixty days after the war began our forces are now encircling the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip,” said Lieutenant General…

Lebanon army says one soldier killed in Israeli shelling on border post | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Lebanon army says one soldier killed in Israeli shelling on border post | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Attack marks first death for Lebanon’s armed forces since cross-border attacks with Israel started in October. A Lebanese soldier has been killed in Israeli shelling on a military post near the country’s southern border, Lebanon’s army said, the first such death since cross-border hostilities began in October Three others were…

Is Israel’s Gaza bombing also a war on the climate? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is Israel’s Gaza bombing also a war on the climate? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Many of the world’s leaders are gathered in Dubai for COP28, the annual United Nations summit on climate change. Some 2,400km (1,500 miles) to the West, meanwhile, Israel’s war on Gaza is raging. Sixty days into the war, Israel’s bombs have killed about 16,000 people, including more than 6,600 children….

Northern Gaza hospital ‘overwhelmed by horror’ as Israeli army lays siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Northern Gaza hospital ‘overwhelmed by horror’ as Israeli army lays siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Terrified civilians are trapped inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza as Israeli forces have encircled the medical facility, a senior official at the Ministry of Health tells Al Jazeera. More than 100 people have been killed in strikes close to the facility, the ministry said on Tuesday. “The…