Apr 18 WATCH: U.S. vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.S. has vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States opposed… Continue reading
Apr 17 USC cancels speech by valedictorian who expressed support for Palestinians, cites safety concerns By John Antczak, Julie Watson, Associated Press Andrew T. Guzman, provost and senior VP for academic affairs, cited the "alarming tenor" of reaction to the school's choice of valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who is graduating with a major in biomedical engineering and a minor in resistance to genocide. Continue reading
Apr 15 Israel orders eviction of Palestinian family from east Jerusalem property, reigniting a legal battle By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has been the focus of a long-running battle between government-backed Israeli settlers and veteran Palestinian residents. It's part of a broader trend of settlers encroaching on Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. Continue reading
Apr 12 Israeli settlers storm a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25 By Jack Jeffery, Julia Frankel, Associated Press An Israeli rights group says the settlers stormed the village on Friday while searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement, burning homes and shooting. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 5:12 How Muslims in Jerusalem observed Ramadan and Eid amid 6 months of war in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Karl Bostic The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has ended, and with it comes Eid al-Fitr, the holiday of breaking the fast. But in Jerusalem and the West Bank, the mood is subdued as fellow Palestinians struggle in Gaza with hunger, even… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:14 Israeli forces withdraw from southern Gaza as cease-fire talks resume By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Shams Odeh Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he set a date for the invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, where 1.4 million people have sought shelter. This comes as hostage and ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas again appear to… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 6:24 President Biden warns Israel of thinning patience amid humanitarian situation in Gaza By Saher Khan President Biden and other U.S. officials have warned Israel’s government that they are nearly out of patience with how it’s conducting the war in Gaza. Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, one of the president’s closest allies in the senate, joins us… Continue watching
Apr 04 WATCH: Pentagon says plan to build a pier to bring aid to Palestinians is still on schedule By Associated Press The U.S. military is on schedule to build a pier off the Gaza coast to expand humanitarian aid deliveries, the Defense Department said Thursday, even as other agencies have pulled back after Israel killed several aid workers. Continue reading
Apr 01 Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, Palestinian driver after delivering food, Gaza medical officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Footage showed the bodies of the five dead at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah. Several of them wore protective gear with the charity's logo. Continue reading
Apr 01 Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October. Continue reading