Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides. People in Tel Aviv and the central city of Netanya woke up to sirens on … Read more
An Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut has killed a Hezbollah commander who was a leading figure in its rocket division, two security sources in Lebanon said, as fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East mount. The sources identified the commander who was killed on Tuesday as Ibrahim Qubaisi. The … Read more
Israeli President Isaac Herzog threatened further military action against Hezbollah one day after Israel launched air strikes across Lebanon, killing more than 550 people in the country’s deadliest day in nearly two decades. It marks a dramatic escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah following nearly 12 months of strikes since … Read more
Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. A Hezbollah leader declared an “open-ended battle” was underway as both sides appeared to be spiraling closer toward all-out war. The overnight rocket barrage was in response to Israeli … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s declaration at a Thursday event in Washington that Jewish Americans would “have a lot to do” with his defeat drew quick condemnation as a textbook example of antisemitism, with both the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee criticizing the Republican presidential nominee. Trump’s comments, ironically delivered at an Israeli American … Read more
The “Uncommitted” movement seeking a change in the Democratic Party’s approach to the war in Gaza on Thursday announced it is not ready to support Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — while urging voters not to back Republican nominee Donald Trump or third-party candidates who could help Trump win the November election. During this spring’s … Read more
The situation in the Gaza Strip could not be more dire. Over 41,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel during its 11-month military operation in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities. After 25 years, polio is back in the Strip, and the Israeli military continues to kill aid workers, health workers and journalists. Hunger is … Read more
Hezbollah leaders were among those killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb , Israel’s military said Saturday, as Lebanon raised the death toll from the attack to 37, including women and children. Israel and Hezbollah continued to trade fire Saturday, a day after the airstrike claimed the lives of Ibrahim Akil, who was … Read more
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has condemned a political cartoon published on the National Review’s website that shows a pager exploding on her desk. “This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe,” the Palestinian American congresswoman wrote Friday on X. “It’s disgraceful that the … Read more
Not long after Kamala Harris took over the Democratic campaign from President Joe Biden, she made her first stop in Michigan at the top of the ticket and began a one-step-forward, two-steps-back dance with the Uncommitted movement. The dance seemingly ended Thursday, when the group announced it would not be endorsing Harris’ presidential run. Before … Read more
