Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they are recognizing a Palestinian state in a historic move that drew condemnation from Israel and jubilation from the Palestinians. Israel immediately ordered back its ambassadors from Norway and Ireland and appeared ready to do the same with its ambassador to Spain. The official …
NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. 11:35 NEW YORK — The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. Police began moving in around 9 p.m. …
Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment 03:05 NEW YORK — Columbia University says protesters occupied Hamilton Hall early Tuesday — a building demonstrators took over during anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968. Witnesses said a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered …
Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was under rising pressure Monday from all sides over his country’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Far-right members of Netanyahu’s own cabinet have threatened to drop their support for his coalition government if he accepts a cease-fire deal with …
How an Iranian attack on Israel could impact the Middle East – CBS News Watch CBS News A White House official says the U.S. is adjusting its posture in the Middle East as it monitors escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with …
At least 63 Palestinians were killed and 45 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, said Gaza’s Health Ministry on Friday. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said destruction in Khan Younis and damage to the medical sector “disproportionate to anything one can imagine” after …
Millions of people in Iran and across the world rally on the International Quds Day, marked on the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan, to express their solidarity with Palestinians and condemn Israeli atrocities. Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif, the spokesman of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and …
The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to the Rafah crossing. “I have come to Rafah to shine a …
