“We strongly support the ongoing mediation efforts in order to bring our people home,” the leaders stated. “We reiterate our call on Hamas to release the hostages and let us end this crisis so that collectively we can focus our efforts on bringing peace and stability to the region.” [Jewish News Syndicate]
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Published by DPA International Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Thursday rejected the displacement of Palestinians from the neighbouring Gaza Strip as Israel prepares for an impending military operation in Rafah. Cairo is worried that a planned push into the southern border city of Rafah, the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza after months of Israeli
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Published by HNGN The Associated Press conducted an exclusive interview Wednesday (Apr. 24) with top Hamas political official Khalil al-Hayya, wherein he said that his militant group would be willing to lay down their arms and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state would be established along its pre-1967 borders as part
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Jacobs voted Saturday, April 20, in favor of funding for a $95 billion package incorporating aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, but her explanation why she cast that vote prompted a backlash from supporters of Israel. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Published by DPA International Israeli jets and artillery struck approximately 40 pro-Iranian Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said. The IDF said it hit an arms depot and “other terror infrastructures,” in south Lebanon, especially in the area of Ayta ash Shab, a hotbed of the group. Lebanese security
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Published by HNGN The United Nations called for a “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves discovered at the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, both of which were recently raided by Israeli troops. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters that credible investigators and more journalists must
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Published by NJ.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote
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Published by DPA International The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday sharply criticized the recent attacks by Israeli forces in Rafah in the Gaza Strip due to the high death toll among women and children. “The latest images of a premature child taken from the womb of her dying mother, of the adjacent
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Published by The Daily Caller Jewish Yale University student Sahar Tartak was reportedly “jabbed” in the eye with a Palestinian flag pole Saturday night while reporting on a pro-Palestine protest at the school’s campus. Tartak, who is the editor-in-chief of the Yale Free Press, posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) claiming that she had
Published by HNGN More than 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass this week after protesters established an encampment at New York City’s Columbia University in support of Palestinians in Gaza. New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday (Apr. 18) that the demonstrators occupied the space on the university’s South Lawn for
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Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) Military officials from Israel and the US have denied involvement in the strike on an Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces military base near Baghdad, according to the US Central Command. “We are aware of reports claiming that the US conducted airstrikes in Iraq today. Those reports are not true. The US has
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Published by RBC-Ukraine Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, downplays the scale and consequences of the airstrike on the country’s territory, which occurred on the night of April 19, and states that Tehran is investigating the incident, according to NBC News and Reuters. According to the official, the drones took off from Iranian territory and flew
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday to provide key aid to Ukraine and Israel, and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. The bills, passed in a rare Saturday session, were approved in quick succession by
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Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) Near Baghdad, a strong explosion occurred at a military base used by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, according to Reuters. It is noted that the explosion was quite powerful, and the incident occurred late on Friday. Reuters, citing military sources, reports that the military base where the explosion occurred is used
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