May 10 Watch 5:09 Israel likely violated international humanitarian law in Gaza war, U.S. report says By Nick Schifrin A highly anticipated report from the State Department concludes that the U.S. may continue to send weapons to Israel despite apparent Israeli violations of international humanitarian law. The long-awaited report comes just two days after the president said he would… Continue watching
May 10 South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel's assault on Gaza By Molly Quell, Associated Press The request Friday is the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court of Justice. Continue reading
May 10 U.S. says Israel's use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete By Ellen Knickmeyer, Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Biden administration says Israel's use of U.S-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law. But the administration says wartime conditions in the Palestinian territory prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. Continue reading
May 10 WATCH: UN General Assembly approves resolution granting new rights to Palestine, reviving membership bid By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The final list of rights and privileges in the draft annex includes giving Palestine the right to speak on all issues not just those related to the Palestinians and Middle East, the right to propose agenda items and reply in… Continue reading
May 09 Watch 4:18 Netanyahu vows Israel will continue Rafah operation after U.S. freezes bomb delivery By Nick Schifrin Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said his country would “stand alone if necessary," in response to President Biden’s move to pause deliveries of some bombs to Israel. That decision has created a possible turning point in the U.S.-Israel relationship and the… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 8:52 Middle East experts discuss if U.S. weapons pause will change Israel's tactics in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn Will the Biden administration's holding up sending bombs to pressure Israel from launching a large-scale assault on Rafah have the desired effect? Nick Schifrin has views from Dennis Ross, who played leading roles in the Middle East peace process for… Continue watching
May 09 Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if it has to after U.S. threatens halt in weapons delivery By Joseph Krauss, Sam Mednick, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press Israel says that Rafah is Hamas' last stronghold in Gaza and Netanyahu has repeatedly vowed to invade the city, despite widespread international opposition due concerns over the more than 1 million Palestinian civilians are huddled in the city. Continue reading
May 09 Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march against Israel's participation in Eurovision By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" and "Israel is a terror state," the demonstrators set off smoke flares in the Palestinian colors during a noisy, peaceful rally to criticize Israel and call for a cease-fire. Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Biden announces plan to withhold weapons delivery to Israel By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden acknowledged that “civilians have been killed in Gaza” by the type of heavy bombs that the U.S. has been supplying -- his first validation of what administration critics have been loudly protesting, even if he still stopped short of… Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: GOP senators respond to Biden threat stopping weapons for Israel for Rafah attack By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The decision drew a sharp rebuke from House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said they only learned about the holdup from press reports. Continue reading