Jul 31 Trump seeks to use Canada's recognition of Palestinian state as leverage in trade talks By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Trump's threat posted early Thursday on his social media network is the latest way he's sought to use his trade war to coerce countries on unrelated issues and a swing from the ambivalence he has expressed about other countries making… Continue reading
Jul 30 At least 46 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, officials say, as hunger crisis grinds on By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Health officials in the Gaza Strip say Israeli strikes and gunfire have killed at least 46 Palestinians overnight and into Wednesday, most of them among crowds seeking food. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 4:52 Gaza experiencing 'worst-case' scenario of famine, leading aid group warns By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson, Kayan Taraporevala Israel's prime minister is facing growing international pressure to end the war in Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. A leading food crisis group is now warning of widespread famine in Gaza as deaths from starvation rise. Amna… Continue watching
Jul 29 WATCH: UN meeting calls on Israel to commit to a Palestinian state, gives 'unwavering support' to two-state solution By Edith M. Lederer, Josef Federman, Associated Press It signaled widespread international determination to end one of the world's longest conflicts. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 3:27 Trump urges Israel to allow food into Gaza as he sees 'real starvation' there By Deema Zein, Kayan Taraporevala President Trump urged action to get more food into Gaza as the real threat of starvation stalks tens of thousands of Palestinians. Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu must "make sure they get the food." Deema Zein reports. Continue watching
Jul 28 WATCH: United Nations meeting on the 'Question of Palestine' and two-state solution with Israel By Edith M. Lederer, Josef Federman, Associated Press France and Saudi Arabia want the meeting to put a spotlight on the two-state solution, which they view as the only viable road map to peace and to start addressing the steps to get there. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 8:00 Inside Gaza's neonatal wards where babies born into a war zone battle the odds By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi President Trump’s Middle East envoy announced that he was bringing his team home from Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Steve Witkoff said he was withdrawing from talks where Israel, Hamas and mediators had been discussing a deal. As Nick Schifrin reports, it… Continue watching
Jul 16 20 Palestinians killed in chaos at Gaza aid distribution site, Israeli-backed aid group says By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday in the crush of a crowd at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip, the group said, the first time it has acknowledged deadly violence at its operations. Continue reading
Jul 13 Israeli strikes kill at least 30 in Gaza as Palestinian death toll tops 58,000 since start of war By Wafaa Shurafa, Imad Isseid, Associated Press Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a breakthrough in indirect talks meant to pause the war and free some Israeli hostages after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Washington visit last week. Continue reading
Jul 10 UN rapporteur sanctioned by U.S. over investigation into human rights abuses in Palestinian territory By Associated Press An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territory. Continue reading