Israeli officials say they want to phase out US military grant aid — this sounds like a step toward ending US military aid to Israel. It is not. The plan is to shift billions in resources from State Department–administered foreign aid grants into general Pentagon procurement accounts, etc minimizing oversight and political accountability
Two and a half years after October 7, foreign journalists remain locked out; the only way in has been agreeing to Israel’s terms. The Columbia Journasm Review describes this as a “Subversion of Reality”
The U.S.-backed diplomat overseeing the truce says progress is deadlocked over the central sticking point of disarming Hamas, upon which all other issues — including Israeli withdrawals and reconstruction — hinge.
The New York Times published a detailed accounting of rape against Palestinians. An unreliable Israeli nonprofit put out a report on sexual abuse against Israelis. And all hell broke loose.
U.S. media outlets were crucial in helping Israel sell the Gaza genocide to the American public.
Isabel Kershner, a longtime correspondent for The New York Times whose sons served in the Israeli military, is facing growing scrutiny over her latest reporting on alleged October 7 sexual violence claims — particularly after a recent report by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times detailing severe abuse against Palestinian prisoners
The disclosure is the latest in a series of revelations that have chipped away at Israel’s official narrative of 7 October.
An entire street is leveled. Houses and shops are flattened, including a popular cafe. This is what is left of the town of Bint Jbeil, just a couple of miles from the Israeli border, nearly two months after Israel relaunched its ground offensive in southern Lebanon.
In his first interview since returning from Gaza, David McIntosh says he witnessed Israeli soldiers firing open fire on crowds of Palestinians seeking aid.
More than a month after war erupted in the Middle East following US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the IDF is pressing ahead with an offensive on its border that threatens to drive hundreds of thousands from their homes.