Israel
On Israel, progressive Jews feel abandoned by their left-wing allies
World News The war is bringing to a head more than a decade of tensions about Israel on the American left. Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a cease fire against the Palestinians in Gaza in the Cannon House Office Building on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the Jewish Voice for […]
Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas
World News Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel’s orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off coastal enclave. An Israel soldier gestures to passers-by as he drives a military vehicle near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. AP Photo/Francisco Seco By […]
Biden says support for Israel and Ukraine is ‘vital’ for US security, will ask Congress for billions
Politics “It’s a smart investment that’s going to pay dividends for American security for generations.” U.S. President Joe Biden pauses during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Pool Photo via AP) AP By CHRIS MEGERIAN and […]
Summit with Arab leaders called off as President Biden travels to Israel
Politics FILE – President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) AP Photo/Evan Vucci By COLLEEN LONG, AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated Press October 17, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war […]
The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift
Politics Republican primary voters across New Hampshire who pelted Republican presidential candidates with foreign policy questions this past week are hungry for better answers. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks with reporters after signing papers to get on the Republican presidential primary ballot at the New Hampshire Statehouse, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Concord, N.H. […]
Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges mass evacuation and conducts brief raids
World News The U.N. and aid groups have said such a rapid exodus would cause untold human suffering, with hospital patients and others unable to relocate. The bodies of Israelis killed in an unprecedented Hamas attack are gathered for identification at a military base in Ramla, Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Israeli officials say 1,300 […]
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
World News The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — with just a 24-hour deadline — would be calamitous. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 7:57 AM […]
Palestinians rush to buy food and struggle under strikes as Israel readies possible ground operation
World News International aid groups warned that the death toll in Gaza could mount after Israel stopped all deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity to the tiny enclave while its crossing with Egypt is unusable. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By JOSEPH KRAUSS […]
Among Americans killed or missing in Israel: A scholar, a nurse, tourists
World News The number of Americans killed could rise along with the overall death toll in Israel. Hayim Katsman, one of the Americans killed in Saturday’s attacks in Israel. Courtesy of Hannah Wacholder Katsman By Joanna Slater and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post updated on October 11, 2023 | 9:57 AM When Hayim Katsman received his […]
‘We were on the phone with her’: Brandeis professor says his daughter died shielding her son in Israel
Local News “What you have to understand about this war — it’s being mislabeled. It is a pogrom.” The daughter and son-in-law of a Brandeis professor were among those killed on Saturday in surprise attacks by Hamas militants in Israel. Ilan Troen told CNN he was on the phone with his daughter, Deborah, when she and […]