Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be traveling to the Middle East this week in an effort to reiterate the United States’s relationship with Israel and strengthen the one with Palestinian leaders. President Joe Biden said on Monday that Blinken will reiterate the administration’s “ironclad commitment to Israel’s security” and that he will “continue” the “efforts to rebuild ties to, and … Continued
Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement after eleven days of back-and-forth rocket attacks that have captured the world’s attention and polarized Americans. The Israeli security cabinet agreed on the ceasefire early Friday morning local time on the basis of what one official called “quiet in exchange for quiet” in comments to Reuters… (Excerpts … Continued
Should social media platforms be weighing in on who they do or don’t support in conflicts around the globe? Whether you think they should or shouldn’t doesn’t really matter, because Big Tech companies like Facebook are going to do whatever they want, and they’ll say they’re doing it in the best interests of its users … Continued
What if it’s not inevitable. What if the next step in the sexual revolution is not inevitable. What if a backlash to a transgender dogma that’s clearly overstepped legal and parental authority is in the air. Carl Trueman thinks so, and his prediction seems vindicated by the recent decision of Karalinska Hospital in Sweden, one … Continued
The foreign ministers of Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia visited Israel Thursday in a show of solidarity as fighting continues with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. They toured sites hit by rockets from Gaza, met ministers and attended briefings. “I am speechless after I witnessed the destruction and terror that Israel has experienced,” said … Continued
TEL AVIV—Israel fired artillery at targets in Lebanon on Wednesday after four rockets were launched toward Israel from Lebanese territory, the Israeli military said. Israel’s missile defenses intercepted one of the projectiles and “the rest most likely fell in open areas,” the military said. The rockets caused air raid sirens to blare in the northern Israeli city of Haifa … Continued
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wants a “significant de-escalation” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas by Wednesday, according to a White House readout. “The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic … Continued
An Israeli soldier helping to transfer humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip was wounded by a Hamas mortar round fired at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Tuesday. The latest attack demonstrates the Palestinian terrorist group’s determination to attack and kill Israelis even at the risk of harming humanitarian aid convoys aimed at helping ordinary … Continued
US President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night, stating American support both for Israel’s “right to defend itself” and a ceasefire brokered along with international partners. According to a White House statement, Biden “encouraged Israel to make every effort to ensure the protection of innocent civilians,” as the conflict between … Continued
Hamas took responsibility for rockets fired at southern Israeli communities Netivot and Sdot Negev area Tuesday, after a night of heavy Israeli strikes reported in the Gaza Strip. Red alert sirens began in the communities shortly after dawn Tuesday, after a brief lull in rockets since before midnight. After Netivot and Sdot Negev, Gazan terrorists … Continued
US President Joe Biden said he would be talking Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the bloodshed in Israel and Gaza. “I will be speaking with the prime minister in an hour, and I’ll be able to talk to you after that,” he told reporters at the White House, when asked whether he would … Continued
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote in a tweet on Monday afternoon that he had spoken with Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat about the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza. He mentioned that he had also spoken with the Egyptian government, adding that “The United States is engaged in quiet, intensive diplomacy … Continued
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