Jerry Seinfeld lampooned a pro-Palestinian protester interrupting his show in Sydney on Sunday. (Watch the video below.) A heckler at Qudos Bank Arena reportedly began chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” “We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen. He solved the Middle East!” Seinfeld cracked in video shared on X, … Read more
Smoke and flame rise after Hezbollah carried out a missile attack on Safed city, northern Israel on June 12, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A senior U.S. adviser will travel to Israel in a bid to cool rising tensions at the Lebanon border, where recent rains of missiles have reignited the risk of … Read more
Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its ninth month. The “tactical pause,” which applies to about 12 kilometres (7.4 miles) … Read more
California Rep. Ro Khanna became the latest Democratic lawmaker to announce his refusal to attend a highly anticipated speech before Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing the leader’s role in continuing the devastating U.S.-funded military offensive in Gaza while rejecting efforts to prioritize a cease-fire deal. Last month, a bipartisan group of top … Read more
Israeli forces struck Gaza and battled Hamas militants on Friday as truce efforts failed to make progress and tensions surged on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Witnesses reported strikes on the southern city of Rafah and central areas of the Gaza Strip. At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah, men gathered … Read more
President Joe Biden doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal in the near future, given a US-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Biden said international leaders had discussed the ceasefire at the Group of Seven summit in Italy but, when asked if a truce deal would … Read more
Cairo: Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground, and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkness, residents said on Thursday. Residents said the Israeli forces thrust towards the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah near the beach, which … Read more
Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a United Nations inquiry has found, saying that Israel’s actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the October 7 Hamas attacks and another on Israel’s … Read more
JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament moved ahead with a contentious law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox religious students into the military amid angry scenes on Monday in the Knesset as families of some of the Gaza hostages demanded more action to get them home. Coming a day after centrist former general Benny Gantz quit the government in a dispute … Read more
The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which … Read more
