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Palestinian request for UN membership moves on to specialized committee
The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up...
Security Council urged to ‘end the bloodshed’ in Gaza
The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to...
Palestinian security forces are caught between a rock and a hard place
Muhammad Manassara walked in late February into a gas station near the West Bank settlement of Eli. Armed with an automatic weapon, Mr. Manassara...
Gaza Aid Workers Killed: Will Biden Block Military Aid to Israel?
The killing of aid workers in Gaza is absolutely appalling. They belonged to World Central Kitchen (WCK), a charity whose staff undertook considerable risk...
UN calls for restraint following Iran consulate attack in Syria
A senior UN official on Tuesday urged the Security Council to work to avert further escalation in the Middle East following the deadly airstrike...
Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call
The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by...
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu clutches at straws
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu clutches at straws as he seeks to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza while attempting to create...
Aid is at the core of an Israeli-Palestinian struggle to control post-war Gaza
Gaza’s population of 2.3 million are pawns in a cynical battle for control of post-war Gaza.
Israel’s refusal to lift restrictions on the unfettered entry...
Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues...
Netanyahu’s walls are caving in
Mr. Netanyahu’s multiple battles fall into two categories: keeping his increasingly fragile government in place and fighting a war he has already lost in...