Israeli forces pounding targets in northern Gaza and Lebanon despite U.S. objections, Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked Monday for the Middle East to try to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas amid signs of Washington’s limited influence over Israeli policy.
SEE MOREThe Democrate Leader Mr. J.Biden's administration intensified pressure on Israel this week to improve dire humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, warning that the United States would be forced to undertake new actions, including a potential suspension of military assistance.
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SEE MOREThe warning appeared online last week in Arabic beneath pictures of U.S. warplanes: “Do not take up arms against the United States or its partners,” it said, noting that America “will protect its partners in the face of threats from the Iranian regime and its proxies.”
SEE MOREChinese government-backed hackers have penetrated deep into U.S. internet service providers in recent months to spy on their users, according to people familiar with the ongoing American response and private security researchers.
SEE MOREThe United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on former Haitian president Michel Martelly, accusing him of abusing “his influence to facilitate drug trafficking” and of sponsoring several of the gangs.
SEE MOREDivers were searching Tuesday for six passengers missing after their yacht sank in a ferocious storm off the northern coast of Sicily.
SEE MORESecretary of State Mr. Antony Blinken is en route to Israel on Sunday for a trip focused on bridging the significant gaps between Israel and Hamas on a U.S.-sponsored cease-fire proposal aimed at ending 10 months of fighting in the devastated Gaza Strip.
SEE MORElsraeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon killed at least 25 civilians Saturday, according to Lebanese and Palestinian health authorities, as the United States and allies were racing to conclude delicate cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
SEE MOREInitially,During more than 19 months in power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has dramatically expanded Israel’s footprint in the occupied West Bank — accelerating a long-term campaign by the country’s settler movement to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state.
SEE MORElran should hold off its expected assault of Israel to avoid scuttling the progress coming out of the two-day cease-fire and hostage release negotiations taking place in Doha, Qatar’s prime minister urged Iran’s leaders in a phone call following the first day of talks, according to two diplomats familiar with the conversation.
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