Al Jazeera reported Sunday that Israel banned humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas agrees to its new terms and extends Phase 1 of the deal, which ended on Saturday. Hamas called Israel’s move a “war crime and a blatant attack,” the Associated Press reported.
Tag: Israel
TRUMP’S FIRST MONTH PANDERS TO ISRAEL
The Trump Administration, in place for only a little over three weeks, has gone full speed ahead in its advocacy for Israel. Donald Trump’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit him at the White House...
IRAN ACCUSES ISRAEL OF BEING THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN THE REGION
A top Iranian official penned a letter to the UN Security Council last week that accused Israel of leveling allegations against Tehran in part of a concerted effort to distract the body from its own crimes and “destructive activities” that had put the region on the brink.
WHAT COMES NEXT ON THE GREATER ISRAEL AGENDA?
The eminent Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus in a biography of his illustrious father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agrippa famously wrote “Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”
TRUMP’S STATE DEPARTMENT FREEZES FOREIGN AID EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL, EGYPT, UKRAINE
U.S. President Donald Trump, who tries to bill himself as an “America First” leader, had his State Department freeze aid for all countries so these payments can be audited—except for Israel, Egypt, and Ukraine, reports said, citing a leaked internal memo.
WHO THE HELL IS IN CHARGE HERE?
A photo popped up on the internet last week which was a bit surprising even for those of us who have been overly obsessed with the seemingly aimless and highly dangerous comedy routine that describes itself as the United States of America’s Foreign Policy.
ISRAEL QUICKLY STEALS MORE LAND AFTER ASSAD’S FALL
The IDF announced in a statement Sunday that it seized more territory inside Syria with the swift fall of Bashar al-Assad after his 50-year rule.
WHEN IS A CEASEFIRE NOT A CEASEFIRE?
We are possibly witnessing another stealthy move by Washington and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to enhance the Israeli position in a Middle East at war while pretending to do something else.
A WEEK FROM HELL
Unfortunately, a machine has not yet been developed that can take one back in time and undo terrible mistakes being made due to lack of appreciation of possible downstream consequences of certain actions.
TRUMP AND THE STORM OF THE CENTURY
The fear in many nations’ capitals is that President Donald Trump’s return to Washington might make Israel feel more confident in attacking Iran.