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Journalist Is Out at Times Over Denunciation of Israel

Jazmine Hughes' action violated policy on protests, editor says

(Newser) - An award-winning writer for New York Times Magazine has resigned after signing a public letter saying Israel is conducting "genocide against the Palestinian people." Her editor announced Jazmine Hughes' departure in a staff email Friday evening, the Washington Post reports. "While I respect that she has strong...

Israeli Official Suspended After Talk of Nuclear Attack

Netanyahu, defense minister denounce the comment

(Newser) - Israel's heritage minister has been suspended from office indefinitely after suggesting in an interview that Israel could drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the action after Amichai Eliyahu's radio interview aired Sunday, Politico reports. Reasoning that there are "no non-combatants in Gaza,...

Israeli 'Concept Paper' on Gaza's 2.3M People Worries Egypt

Report deemed a hypothetical by Netanyahu proposes moving Palestinians to Egypt's Sinai

(Newser) - An Israeli government ministry has drafted a wartime proposal to transfer the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million people to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, drawing condemnation from Palestinians and worsening tensions with Cairo. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office played down the report compiled by the Intelligence Ministry as a...

'An Entire Population Is Traumatized'

UN chief decries 'horrific' situation in Gaza; Israeli airstrike hits home of exiled Hamas leader

(Newser) - Israel's military hit the family home of the exiled leader of Hamas on the outskirts of Gaza City with an airstrike on Saturday and pressed ahead with attacks across the besieged enclave, where a humanitarian crisis is rapidly worsening. With food, water, and the fuel needed for generators that...

Hezbollah Leader Blames US for War, Threatens Escalation

But he stopped short of declaring all-out war

(Newser) - Hezbollah's leader made his first public comments on the Israel-Hamas war Friday—but while Hassan Nasrallah stressed that the Hamas-allied group is keeping all its options open, he stopped short of declaring all-out war. "We are ready for all possibilities," the leader of the Lebanese militant group...

Israel-Hamas War Particularly Deadly for Journalists

Palestine TV accuses Israel of assassinating journo; at least 33 have died in deadliest war in decades

(Newser) - The Palestinian Authority's television channel accuses Israel of carrying out a "deliberate assassination" of one of its journalists. An Israeli airstrike struck Mohammed Abu Hatab's home in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis on Thursday, killing the journalist and 10 family members, according to Palestine TV....

Israel Tightens Encirclement of Gaza City

Blinken arrives in Israel to press for more aid deliveries

(Newser) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza, while Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City, the focus of Israel's campaign to crush the enclave's ruling Hamas group. On the northern border...

Amy Schumer Under Fire for Posts on Israel, Hamas

Comedian clarifies, 'I want peace'

(Newser) - Amy Schumer is facing backlash after her posts about the Israel-Hamas war. The comedian, who is Jewish, has been posting relentlessly since the Hamas attack on Israel (if you want to look through her Instagram posts on the matter, start here ). She has, among other things, been questioning why...

74 More Americans Leave Gaza
74 More
US Citizens
Leave Gaza
Nov 3, 2023 1:00 AM CDT

74 More US Citizens Leave Gaza

Americans with dual citizenship are the latest to leave

(Newser) - President Biden said Thursday that 74 US citizens with dual citizenship have left the Gaza Strip, announcing the development as he dispatched his top diplomat to the Middle East for consultation with Israeli and Jordanian leaders concerning the Israel-Hamas war, the AP reports. "We got out today 74 American...

House Approves Taking Money From IRS, Sending It to Israel

Biden, Senate Democrats say they won't approve splitting off funding for Ukraine

(Newser) - The Republican-run House approved $14 billion in emergency assistance for Israel on Thursday, but it has strings attached that President Biden and Senate leaders say they won't accept. The bill would cut about the same amount of funding from the Internal Revenue Service, the Washington Post reports. And the...

Student Walkout Disrupts Hillary Clinton's Peace Lecture

Protesters say Columbia shamed students who backed criticism of government

(Newser) - A protest by students over what they perceive as Columbia University's participation in shaming those who demonstrated in support of Palestinians interrupted a lecture by Hillary Clinton. About 30 of the nearly 300 attendees walked out Wednesday afternoon during the former secretary of state's talk on women's...

Biden Calls for 'Pause' in Israel-Hamas War

After protester at his speech calls for a ceasefire

(Newser) - President Biden said he thought there should be a humanitarian "pause" in the Israel-Hamas war, after his campaign speech Wednesday evening was interrupted by a protester calling for a ceasefire. "I think we need a pause," Biden said in response to the woman, who said she is...

Americans Are Among Hundreds Allowed Out of Gaza

Israeli military says it is at 'gates of Gaza City'

(Newser) - Hundreds of foreign nationals and injured Palestinians left the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after the Rafah crossing to.Egypt was opened for the first time in weeks. According to Palestinian officials, some 335 foreign passport holders and 76 injured Gazans left the besieged territory, the BBC reports. President Biden said...

The US Essentially Gave Up Spying on Hamas Long Ago

Sources say American intelligence shifted sources to perceived global threats, like ISIS

(Newser) - As a retired CIA operations officer puts it, at least some of the blame for missing the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel should fall to the US, which more than two decades ago decided to essentially stop spying on the group. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that in...

After Latest Airstrike, Calls for End to Israeli 'War Crimes'

Arab nations condemn Israeli strike on refugee camp as groups claim use of white phosphorus

(Newser) - Dozens of people entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday in what appeared to be the first time foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave the besieged territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war more than three weeks ago, the AP reports. Egyptian state-run media...

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Refugee Camp

Palestinian authorities say hundreds were wounded or killed

(Newser) - A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, and footage showed rescuers pulling men, women, and children out of the rubble. Israel said the strike destroyed a Hamas command center set up in civilian houses and a network of tunnels underneath....

Protesters Disrupt Blinken Testimony on Israel

Demonstrators call for a ceasefire in Gaza, no more US military aid to Israel

(Newser) - Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza disrupted testimony by Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a Senate committee on Tuesday. As Blinken tried to make his opening remarks to members of the appropriations panel, a member of the Code Pink antiwar group shouted "Save the children of Gaza!...

Family: Hamas Killed Her, Then Stole Her Body

Skull fragment confirms Shani Louk died at Oct. 7 music festival

(Newser) - A 23-year-old woman believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas while attending an Israeli music festival on Oct. 7 likely died that same day before ever arriving in Gaza, her family said Monday. Shortly after the attack, Hamas shared video showing a mostly naked woman lying face down in the...

Netanyahu Rules Out Ceasefire
Netanyahu: 'This
Is a Time for War'
Oct 30, 2023 7:00 PM CDT

Netanyahu: 'This Is a Time for War'

He strongly rejects calls for a ceasefire

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a ceasefire with Hamas despite rising international concern over civilian casualties Monday, comparing Israel's position to that of the US after Pearl Harbor or the 9/11 attacks. "Israel did not start this war. Israel did not want this war. But Israel...

Israel Says It Rescued Hostage Soldier

Military says she was released during a ground operation, has been reunited with family

(Newser) - A soldier abducted during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was freed Sunday during military operations in Gaza, Israeli authorities say. Private Ori Megidish "was released during ground operations" and has been reunited with her family, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday in a post on X . The military said...

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