Trump Sanctions Palestinian Human Rights Groups for Doing Their Job. Anybody Could Be Next.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump during a dinner in the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty...
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The House Just Passed a Bill Punishing “Politically Motivated” Boycotts of Israel
In a first step toward a federal law punishing criticism of Israel, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a...
Ilhan Omar Brings War Powers to Block Trump Attacks After Venezuela Boat Strike
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, introduced a new war powers resolution on Thursday seeking to stop the Trump administration from conducting...
Al Qaeda remains most dangerous terrorist group 24 years after 9/11, expert warns
In the 24-years since a group of 19 members of the al Qaeda terrorist group boarded and hijacked four flights...
Israel’s Peace Plan: Assassinate the Ceasefire Negotiators
The Israeli military says it has carried out an assassination attempt on top Hamas leaders in Qatar’s capital, Doha, where multiple explosions...
Are Trump’s Middle East Envoys Pushing Lebanon Into Another Civil War?
Deputy Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria...
A year after Hamas tunnel executions, Israel honors ‘Beautiful Six’ as hostage debate intensifies
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israelis on Saturday marked one year since IDF soldiers recovered the bodies of six hostages executed by...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
Trump on what it will take to bring Israeli hostages home: Hamas must be ‘confronted and destroyed’
President Donald Trump said Monday that the remaining Israeli hostages will only be returned once Hamas is "confronted and destroyed,"...
New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter
The United States published its annual report on Israeli human rights abuses on Tuesday. Last year, the State Department published...
French-drafted UNIFIL resolution could shield Hezbollah as US stays silent
FIRST ON FOX — The U.S. may allow a controversial draft United Nations Security Council resolution to pass that some...
US, UK ‘disagree’ on Gaza plan but ‘share’ same goal Vance says ahead of Lammy meeting
Vice President JD Vance struck a conciliatory tone on Friday after touching down in London when he told reporters the...
Hamas endgame is ‘long-term’ and is playing out for all to see as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza
Israel’s security cabinet overnight Thursday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to defeat Hamas, including taking control of Gaza City,...
How Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image
Shortly after Columbia University made broad concessions to the Trump administration, the school’s acting president Claire Shipman struck a triumphant...
ISIS soldiers behead Christians in Mozambique, burning church and homes: ‘Silent genocide’
International observers are reporting that ISIS-aligned soldiers are beheading Christians and burning churches and homes in central and southern Africa...
