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Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.” In recent days,...
Biden backs Schumer after senator calls for new elections in Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed support Friday for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza. ...
The first ship to use a new sea route delivers aid to Gaza, Israeli miliary says
WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — A ship delivered 200 tons of humanitarian supplies, food and water to Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said, inaugurating a sea route from Cyprus for aid to help ease the humanitarian crisis brought by Israel’s 5-month-old offensive in the enclave. ...
The Latest | Israel denies Palestinian claim its forces killed 20 near Gaza aid distribution center
The Palestinian Health Ministry accused Israeli forces of launching an attack near an aid distribution point in war-wracked northern Gaza, killing 20 people and wounding 155. The Israeli military said Friday that Palestinian gunmen opened fire in that attack and that none of its forces fired toward...
Palestinian leader appoints longtime adviser as prime minister in the face of calls for reform
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington's postwar vision for Gaza. Mohammad Mustafa, a United...
The Latest | Egypt appeals for more aid deliveries by land to Gaza as Israel warns of Rafah push
Egypt’s top diplomat made an emotional appeal Thursday for an urgent increase in humanitarian aid going into Gaza by land, even as an aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food was on its way to the enclave, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are on the brink of starvation. ...
US sanctions three Israeli West Bank settlers and their outposts for violence against Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank who are accused of harassing and attacking Palestinians to pressure them to leave their land. Two farms that the settlers run were also targeted...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, under US pressure for reforms, makes longtime economic adviser his prime minister
The Latest | Israel wants Rafah civilians to go to Gaza's center ahead of southern offensive
Israel plans to tell 1.4 million Palestinians displaced in the southern city of Rafah to seek shelter in central Gaza ahead of a planned military offensive into the south. Civilians would be directed toward “humanitarian islands” that would provide temporary housing, food, water...
Pro-Palestinian faculty sue to stop Penn from giving wide swath of files to Congress
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have sued the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal material to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus — a probe they call “a new form of McCarthyism.” ...