One year after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel is reshaping the Middle East by force, taking the fight to Iran and its proxies with the help of the United States — despite pleas from the Biden administration for diplomacy. While […]
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The bipartisan committee charged with supporting democracy and human rights in post-Soviet states is pushing for the United States to dump the post-Cold War status quo in its relations with Russia and label Moscow as a “persistent” threat to global
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Israel announced on Thursday that it had reached agreement with the U.S. for an $8.7 billion aid package to support ongoing military efforts. The package includes $3.5 billion for wartime procurement, and $5.2 billion designated for air defense systems, including
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The Biden administration, along with partners in Europe and the Middle East, are calling for Israel and Hezbollah to accept a 21-day cease-fire, releasing a joint statement Wednesday night calling the escalation of war “intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk
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Former President Trump, speaking at two events raising awareness for combating antisemitism, is telegraphing that a loss in the 2024 presidential election largely would be blamed on the American Jewish vote. The Republican presidential nominee lashed out at what he
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Former President Trump warned of an apocalyptic future for Israel should he lose the November election, addressing a pro-Israel conference with the theme of combatting antisemitism. The Republican presidential nominee disparaged the estimated 60 percent of American Jews as “fools”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the U.S. did not know about and was not involved in a wave of exploding pagers targeting Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, and urged restraint among all parties to avoid escalating further
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The Biden administration is sanctioning two Georgian government officials and more than 60 individuals in the former Soviet state over human rights abuses and anti-democratic actions, part of ongoing fallout from the Georgian government’s passage of a controversial foreign influence
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More than a dozen Senate Democrats are slamming President Biden for releasing $320 million in U.S. military assistance to Egypt despite what they call serious human rights concerns over the government in Cairo. It is the first time the Biden
