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In Israel, Christie Challenges US Protesters

Candidate tours site of Oct. 7 massacre

(Newser) - All of the major Republican candidates for president have expressed support for Israel in its war against Hamas. On Sunday, Chris Christie became the first of them to go there, seeing the destruction left by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, including the blood-stained remains of homes, the New York Times reports....

French March Against Rising Antisemitism

Macron promises to punish those responsible for acts

(Newser) - Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to protest increasing acts of antisemitism during Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and representatives of several parties on the left, as well as far-right leader Marine Le Pen, attended Sunday's march in the...

Gaza Hospital Has 'No Electricity or Medicine or Anything'

Israel says it's fighting Hamas near largest hospital

(Newser) - Hospitals in Gaza, surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks, neared the point of collapse on Saturday as fuel and water supplies ran low and electricity went out. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was "shocked and appalled" by reports from the hospitals, and Doctors Without Borders...

White House Says Israel Has Agreed to 4-Hour Pauses

'It's taken a little longer than I hoped,' Biden says

(Newser) - The White House said Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza starting on Thursday. President Biden had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to institute the daily pauses during a Monday call, the AP reports. National Security Council...

WaPo Scrubs Cartoon 'in Poor Taste' From Site

Critics say editorial panel depicting Hamas leader wearing children as human shields was racist

(Newser) - An editorial cartoon in the Washington Post touching on the Israel-Hamas war has been scrubbed from the newspaper's website after reader backlash accused it of being racist and dehumanizing to Palestinians. That's per the Post itself, which reports that the cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez was...

Satellite Images of Gaza Are Being 'Obscured'

US companies, restricted to selling limited resolution images of Israel, appear to be going further

(Newser) - Space data companies have begun restricting satellite images of the Gaza Strip as Israel launches a ground assault. In the last month, companies including Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies have shared images allowing news outlets to track the destruction from Israeli airstrikes across Gaza. But "after a New York ...

Gaza May See 3-Day Ceasefire in Exchange for 12 Hostages

The humanitarian pause would allow relief aid in, sources say

(Newser) - Negotiations are underway to reach a three-day humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of about a dozen hostages held by Hamas. That's according to two officials from Egypt, one from the United Nations and a Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive...

How the 5 Candidates Would Handle Israel-Hamas

Netanyahu should 'finish the job,' says DeSantis, and others agree

(Newser) - One issue the five GOP candidates on stage Wednesday night agree upon appears to be Israel, or more specifically the need to wipe out Hamas. All were asked how they would respond to the Israel-Hamas situation:
  • Ron DeSantis: He said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu should "finish the job once
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Hamas Leader Tells the NYT What Their Goal Is

To bring the Palestinian cause to the fore using violence

(Newser) - In the month since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel, the New York Times has spoken with Hamas leadership about what their objective was in launching it. Chaos and carnage was the point, they say. "Hamas' goal is not to run Gaza and to bring it water and electricity and...

Rashida Tlaib Censured by House
House Censures
Rashida Tlaib
Nov 8, 2023 12:30 AM CST

House Censures Rashida Tlaib

She says her criticism of Israeli government does not amount to antisemitism

(Newser) - Days after a resolution to censure her was blocked in the House of Representatives, the chamber on Tuesday voted to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib. The Republican-led resolution passed 234-188, with four Republicans voting against it and 22 Democrats voting for it, CNN reports. Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman to...

Suspect Identified in Death of Jewish Protester

50-year-old hasn't been arrested

(Newser) - A suspect in the death of a Jewish man after a confrontation at dueling pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protests in California has been identified but not arrested, police say. At a press conference Tuesday, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said a 50-year-old suspect has been cooperating with authorities during the ongoing...

Jewish Man Dies After Altercation at Rallies for Israel, Palestinians

Police are investigating his death as a homicide

(Newser) - A 69-year-old Jewish man died Monday after falling and striking his head following a confrontation the previous day during competing pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in suburban Los Angeles, authorities said. Paul Kessler's death was being investigated as a homicide and authorities haven't ruled out the possibility of a...

Cops: She Tried to Hit Jewish School, Guessed Wrong

Suspect allegedly drove deliberately into building for anti-Israel extremist organization

(Newser) - Police say a woman intentionally crashed her car into the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge in Indianapolis on Friday night because she believed it was a Jewish school and she was angry about Israel's attacks on Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war . The organization, however, is no Jewish...

Netanyahu: Gaza Will Be Israel's Indefinite 'Responsibility'

Though it's not entirely clear what that means

(Newser) - Asked who should govern Gaza when the fighting between Israel and Hamas ends, Benjamin Netanyahu said in an ABC News interview Monday, "Those who don't want to continue the way of Hamas." What does that mean? He explained: "I think Israel will, for an indefinite period,...

Memo Shows US Diplomats Splitting With Biden on Israel

State Department staff members call for making criticism of military strategy public

(Newser) - A dissent memo circulated by State Department staff members includes blunt criticism of President Biden's diplomatic efforts involving the Israel-Hamas war and proposes the administration make changes. Although it's not clear how many people signed the memo, or what it says in its final form, indications are that...

Israeli Forces Cut Off North Gaza
Israeli Forces
Cut Off North Gaza
Nov 6, 2023 2:24 PM CST

Israeli Forces Cut Off North Gaza

Palestinian authorities say death toll is over 10K

(Newser) - The Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with airstrikes Monday, preparing for expected ground battles with Hamas militants in Gaza's largest city and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war. Casualties are likely to rise sharply as the war...

Congresswoman Takes Flak Over 6-Word Phrase on Israel
6-Word Phrase on Israel
Stokes Controversy
the rundown
Nov 6, 2023 8:54 AM CST

6-Word Phrase on Israel Stokes Controversy

Rep. Rashida Tlaib invokes 'from the river to the sea,' which some see as an anti-Israeli rallying cry

(Newser) - The lone Palestinian-American in Congress is defending her use of a six-word phrase—"from the river to the sea"—that has become a political flashpoint in the US over the Israel-Hamas war. "From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and...

Family of Girl Thought Killed by Hamas Now Has Hope

Family told by Israeli officials that Emily Hand, 8, may be alive, being held hostage in Gaza

(Newser) - When Tom Hand first got the news after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel that his 8-year-old daughter, Emily, was among those who'd been killed, he said he actually felt relief. "Death was a blessing," the Irish citizen told CNN at the time in an emotional interview...

As US Urges Pause, Israel Strikes 2 More Refugee Camps

Dozens reportedly killed as Blinken continues his third visit since war broke out

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 53 people including children and wounding dozens in central Gaza, health officials said. The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war surpassed 9,700 with more than 4,000 of them children and minors,...

Blinken Goes to Iraq for Talks
Blinken Goes to Baghdad
Nov 5, 2023 3:55 PM CST

Blinken Goes to Baghdad

Secretary of state takes appeal to limit fighting to Turkey next

(Newser) - After talks in the West Bank on Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Iraq on his mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spreading—especially to Americans in the Middle East. "It was very important to send a very clear message to anyone who might seek to...

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