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The power players, latest policy developments, and intriguing whispers percolating inside the West Wing. Jun 10, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight into Thursday left dozens dead, humanitarians warned that cholera and other potentially deadly diseases stalk p… Read More

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a… Read More

Hundreds of people braved roads in Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday as they fled Israel’s expanding ground assault, with increased shelling, tanks in the city centre, and forces pos… Read More

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 24, 2024 View in browser… Read More

On Thursday, Israel unleashed deadly airstrikes on Gaza and declared that it was prepared to pick up the ongoing negotiations with Hamas on a ceasefire and agreement to free the hostages, wh… Read More

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Kahn, said Monday that he had request arrest warrants from the court’s judges for Prime Minister Benjamin N… Read More

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in con… Read More

Melbourne, Australia – At home in Australia, Julian Assange’s family and friends are preparing for his possible extradition to the United States, ahead of what could be hi… Read More

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered within sight of the US Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and criticizing the Israeli and US governments, marking a painful pres… Read More

By Stephen Groves and Seung Min Kim | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legi… Read More

By Jeremy Diamond and Muhammad Darwish | CNN Jerusalem — Dr. Ahlia Kattan should already be back home in California with her three young children. Instead, she’s spending her day… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 13, 2024 View in browser… Read More

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The UN General Assembly recently voted overwhelmingly to support Palestinian full membership, a symbolic gesture highlighting global support for Palestinian statehood. The vote came after a… Read More

JERUSALEM The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel‘s use of American weapons in the Gaza war, after Israeli forces intensified operations around the sou… Read More

(Note:  Due to the financial liquidity crisis affecting the United Nations and the resulting constraints, the full press release will be published at a later date.) Opening DENNIS FRANC… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 10, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Israeli officials have slammed America and descended right into a bout of infighting over US President Joe Biden’s remarks that he might halt some shipments of American guns to Israel… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 09, 2024 View in browser… Read More

The United States has halted the shipment of some types of heavy bombs to Israel and US President Joe Biden has also pledged to halt the supply of some offensive weapons and artillery shel… Read More

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The Israeli military has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city as prospects for a ceasefire d… Read More

“Israel’s fascist government is on the verge of bringing about a humanitarian disaster in Rafah,” Hadash and Communist Party of Israel (CPI) says in a common statement on… Read More

The Israeli army on Monday ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be i… Read More

By Karen Matthews and Steve LeBlanc | Associated Press NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 06, 2024 View in browser… Read More

The Israeli army has ordered tens of thousands of Palestinians to leave Rafah amid growing fears of a ground assault on the southern Gaza city, where 1.4 million people displaced by Israel… Read More

Israel says it will launch a partial offensive on eastern Rafah, an operation that risks exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe brought on by Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza… Read More

Kimberly Leonard's must-read briefing on what's hot, crazy or shady about politics in the Sunshine State May 06, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential Rafah operation to root out Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city… Read More

The latest round of ceasefire negotiations in Gaza ended in Cairo after “profound and serious discussions,” the militant Hamas group said overnight, repeating key demands that… Read More

U.S. Navy personnel are building a JLOTS, which stands for “Joint Logistics Over-the Shore,” a temporary pier that will provide a ship-to-shore distribution system… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. May 03, 2024 View in browser… Read More

Prime Minister Netanyahu is being forced to reconsider his deadly invasion of Gaza. The Israeli prime minister’s decision to invade the Gaza Strip has been met with widespread condemna… Read More

Israel has offered Hamas a 40-day ceasefire to halt the ongoing conflict and violence in Gaza, aiming to protect civilians caught in the crossfire. The proposal includes a pause in hostiliti… Read More

ASHDOD, Israel: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he has still not seen a plan for Israel’s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protec… Read More

NEW YORK — Police cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall late Tuesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the administration building in N… Read More

Israel has been public with it's plan to conduct an assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, absent a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Such a military operation could be catastrophic f… Read More

By Samy Magdy and Lee Keath | Associated Press CAIRO — The United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire deal in Gaza on Monday as the secretary of state said a new proposal had b… Read More

This has not been the best few months for college presidents.  Many leaders responded to protests about a disproportionate response in Gaza with a disproportionate reaction on their own… Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began more than s… Read More

A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley’s alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (P… Read More