A Democratic US senator on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to include strict nonproliferation safeguards in any nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia that might come as part of a potential normalization of relations agreement brokered by Washington between the kingdom and Israel. The Biden administration has been talking with Saudi Arabia and Israel … Read more
Settlements and National Missions Minister Orit Strock complained that the government was “throwing the [war effort] in the trash to save 22 or 33” of the 133 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza in an interview with Army Radio on Wednesday. Strock insisted that her party “very much” wants to bring the hostages … Read more
Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Lebanon on Tuesday to protest against Israel, the country’s first coordinated university protests over Gaza, which participants said were inspired by sit-ins in the United States. Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he will discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu measures that Israel still needs to take to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, as he holds meetings in the country on Wednesday. Blinken spoke to reporters at a warehouse of the Jordan Hashemite Charity … Read more
Over half (58%) of the Israeli public believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should resign immediately, including 28% of those who voted for the bloc that supports Netanyahu, according to a poll published by N12 on Tuesday. Additionally, 48% of Israelis believe Defense Minister Yoav Gallant should resign immediately, 50% believe IDF Chief of … Read more
A Malta-flagged container ship was reportedly targeted with three missiles while on route from Djibouti to the Saudi city of Jeddah, British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Monday. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said it was informed by the Company Security Officer of an explosion in close proximity to a … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday morning for the first part of a wider Middle East tour. This trip is aimed at discussing with Arab partners post-war Gaza and to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take concrete and tangible steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. … Read more
British-American journalist Mehdi Hassan published a video of himself, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, Fatima Bhutto, Bassem Youssef, W. Kamau Bell on Zeteo, quoting Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza on Saturday. Hassan was quoting a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist, referring to him as a journalist killed in action while discussing the ongoing war in Gaza. … Read more
Israel faces several challenges almost seven months into the war in Gaza. Hamas is still not defeated, and international pressure on Israel is growing. A recent column at The New York Times suggested that “Israel has a choice to make: Rafah or Riyadh.” This is what columnist Thomas Friedman argues. “US officials tell me … Read more
Moqtada al-Sadr, a leader of a political movement in Iraq, is no stranger to protests. He has led many of them in Iraq over the last two decades. Now he is focused on US campus politics. According to several reports the Iraqi leader, who is both a populist political figure and a religious leader, … Read more
