In the days following October 7, when Hamas fighters stormed into Israel to murder, mutilate and take hostage hundreds of Israelis of all ages, US President Joe Biden was quick to express his outrage, calling the Hamas attack “sheer evil.” He flew to Israel and pledged his support for it to act in self-defense, saying that if the US had been the victim of such an atrocity, its response would be “swift, decisive and overwhelming.” The US “has Israel’s back,” he declared.
المزيدIsrael-Gaza war: Half of Gaza’s population is starving, warns UN.. Video
Carl Skau, deputy director of the UN World Food Programme, said only a fraction of supplies needed have been able to enter the Strip - and nine out of 10 people cannot eat every day.
المزيدAnalysis. What does Israel say it’s trying to do at Al-Shifa?.. Video
We've reported a lot of eyewitness accounts of the situation at the Al-Shifa hospital but here's a reminder of what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says are the aims of its "precise and targeted" operation at Gaza's largest hospital..
المزيدAnalysis. Will Egypt accept Palestinians if Israel pushes them out of Gaza?
On October 24, +972 Magazine and its sister publication Local Call reported on a leaked document allegedly from Israel’s Ministry of Intelligence, outlining a proposal to “evacuate” all Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt.
المزيدAnalysis. Guterres, Gaza and the consequences of countering ‘Israelspeak’.. Video
As we’ve just seen with the UN secretary-general, not even the slightest diversion from Israel’s counter-reality is permissible – lest the whole edifice come tumbling down.
المزيدView on India’s G20 summit: a backsliding democracy gets to play host
Leading presidents and prime ministers from around the world are meeting for the annual G20 leaders' summit in India's capital, Delhi, from 9-10 September.
المزيدWhat does the ‘Aleppo model’ mean for Assad?
In a recent article, the Turkish pro-government media outlet Daily Sabah introduced the concept of the “Aleppo model” — a scheme to make areas in northern Syria safe, secure and livable in order to encourage the repatriation of Syrian refugees.
المزيدDebate. Benyamin Netanyahu and the politics of division
Benjamin Netanyahu has begun to impose an overhaul of Israel's institutions, which most of his fellow citizens do not want. The prime minister has succeeded in pitting against him some of the most influential entrepreneurs in the digital economy he prides himself on having created.
المزيدDebate. Spain’s snap election revives issue of national unity
Under the heat of the Barcelona sun, a pro-independence party, Together for Catalonia, is holding a campaign event ahead of Sunday's general election in Spain.
المزيدAnalysis. The US and China are talking again, but what happens next?
When Janet Yellen left Beijing on Sunday after four days of talks, the US treasury secretary in effect admitted that the delegation achieved its main objective simply by sitting down with top Chinese officials.
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