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US Pulls Staff From Iraq Embassy as Iran Tensions Rise

Sources say Israeli operation against Iran could bring retaliation targeting US sites in Iraq

(Newser) - The US is pulling non-essential embassy staff and their families out of Baghdad amid rising security concerns, per the BBC . Officials haven't detailed what triggered the move announced Wednesday, but CBS News reports the decision follows warnings that Israel might launch an operation against Iran. The network's...

US Ambassador Backs Away From Two-State Solution

Mike Huckabee appears to break from longstanding US policy

(Newser) - US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is calling for "Muslim countries" to provide land for any future Palestinian state, which the New York Times reports would mark a notable shift in US policy.
  • "Muslim countries have 644 times the amount of land that are controlled by Israel,
...

Greta Thunberg Is Put on a Plane to France

Activist deported by Israel after being stopped from sailing to Gaza

(Newser) - Greta Thunberg's foray to Israel is over. The 22-year-old was deported on Tuesday, a day after the Israeli navy stopped her and other activists from sailing to Gaza with food and supplies for Palestinians, reports Reuters . Thunberg boarded a plane to France and will make her way home to...

Greta Thunberg's Boat Arrives in Israel

Those onboard aid flotilla will be deported, Israeli officials say

(Newser) - A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activist s arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them—enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war. The boat, accompanied by Israel's navy, arrived in Ashdod...

Israel Blocks Greta Thunberg's Boat From Reaching Gaza

Freedom Flotilla Coalition organized the attempt to break Israel's naval blockade

(Newser) - Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas, the AP reports. The activists had set out to protest Israel's ongoing...

Amid the Rubble, Gaza Marks the Start of Eid

Gazans hold outdoor prayers, with food growing ever scarcer

(Newser) - Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam's most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon. With much of Gaza in rubble, men and children were forced to hold the...

Bodies of Israeli-American Couple Recovered in Gaza

Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai were killed in 2023 attack

(Newser) - Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of an American-Israeli couple who were killed during the Hamas-led raid of Israel in 2023, reports the BBC . Judy Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai, both in their early 70s, were out for a walk when militants stormed the Nir Oz kibbutz near the...

US Move Called a 'Green Light for Continued Annihilation'

US again vetoes a UN resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

(Newser) - The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages, saying it would embolden Hamas militants, the AP reports. All 14 other members of the council voted in favor of the...

Israeli Troops Open Fire Near Gaza Food Site, Killing Dozens

Aid groups criticize new food distribution system amid deadly chaos

(Newser) - Israeli troops shot and killed at least 27 Palestinians near a new food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, per the New York Times . The Washington Post reports that number is 31. Dozens more were wounded. The Israeli military said the gunfire,...

Iran Is Stockpiling Uranium During US Talks: Agency

Report figures there's enough for about 10 nuclear weapons

(Newser) - Even as it negotiates with the US on limiting its weapons program, a new United Nations report says, Iran has roughly doubled its stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium in the past quarter—a rate of about one nuclear weapon's worth per month. Based on International Atomic Energy Agency measures, that...

Israel Authorizes More Settlements in West Bank

22 Jewish settlements authorized, including some already built without authorization

(Newser) - Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization, the AP reports. Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians want all...

Israelis Chant 'Death to Arabs' in Jerusalem March

Annual procession draws young ultranationalists to Jerusalem's Old City

(Newser) - Chanting "Death to Arabs" and singing "May your village burn," groups of young Israeli Jews made their way through Muslim neighborhoods of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday during an annual march marking Israel's conquest of the eastern part of the city. Palestinian shopkeepers closed early,...

Airstrike Kills 9 of Her 10 Kids, Could Still Claim Her Husband

It's an 'unbearably cruel' outcome for Gaza pediatrician Dr. Alaa al-Najjar

(Newser) - A pediatrician in Gaza who lost nine of her 10 children in a single missile strike couldn't even identify all of their bodies. They were too badly burned, per the Guardian . Friday's strike hit Dr. Alaa al-Najjar's home in Khan Younis' Qizan al-Najjar neighborhood minutes after she'...

American Allegedly Tried to Firebomb US Embassy

Joseph Neumeyer is accused of bringing Molotov cocktails to building in Tel Aviv, Israel

(Newser) - A dual US-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday, per the AP . Federal prosecutors in New York said the man, Joseph Neumeyer, walked up to the embassy building...

DC Shooting Victims Were About to Get Engaged
What We Know About
the DC Museum Shooting
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May 22, 2025 11:50 AM CDT

What We Know About the DC Museum Shooting

Victims identified as embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim

(Newser) - Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were days from a possible engagement. But Lischinsky never got the chance to pop the question. As the staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, left an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday, they were shot dead...

Suspect in Fatal DC Shooting 'Did It for Gaza,' Witness Says

2 Israeli embassy staffers killed near Jewish museum in nation's capital

(Newser) - The suspect in Wednesday night's fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, waited around at the scene pretending to be a witness until police arrived, a witness tells CNN . The suspect then allegedly told police, "I did it, I did it for Gaza. Free Palestine!...

2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot Dead in Washington, DC

Details of the crime are developing, but FBI says public is not in danger

(Newser) - Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were fatally shot late Wednesday as the American Jewish Committee hosted an event at a museum in the nation's capital. The staffers have not yet been identified, but a spokesperson for the embassy tells CNN the Israeli ambassador was...

Nations Slam Israel for Firing Warning Shots Near Diplomats

Military says it will investigate after making delegation in West Bank flee for cover

(Newser) - Israel expressed regrets and other nations demanded an explanation after Israeli troops fired warning shots intended to scatter a delegation of diplomats in the occupied West Bank, sending the group fleeing for cover. Video shows diplomats, who represented 31 countries, being interviewed in the city of Jenin on Wednesday when...

Israel Allows Aid Into Gaza, but Gazans Haven't Gotten It

UN: Trucks crossed the border Tuesday, but relief workers were stymied by Israeli delays

(Newser) - Some 93 truckloads of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza on Tuesday, but the UN says it's been stymied in its efforts to get the flour, baby food, medical equipment, and medicine into the hands of actual Gazans. A UN rep says that their workers "waited several hours" for...

The UK Is Cracking Down on Israel
The UK Is
Not Happy
With Israel
May 20, 2025 9:50 AM CDT

The UK Is Not Happy With Israel

Britain yanks free-trade talks, slaps sanctions on Israel over actions in Gaza, West Bank

(Newser) - The British government is suspending free-trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's actions came a day after the UK, France, and Canada condemned Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its...

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