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Hostage Families Want National Walkout in Israel

They want release of hostages, ceasefire to stop 'endless war'

(Newser) - As Israeli leaders push to intensify military action in Gaza, families of hostages are urging the nation to shut down in a bold strike. The Hostage Families Forum, a leading advocacy group, is calling for citizens across Israel to participate in a nationwide walkout on Sunday while pressing the...

Madonna Begs Pope to Visit Gaza 'Before It's Too Late'
Madonna Begs
Pope to Visit Gaza
Aug 12, 2025 6:03 AM CDT

Madonna Begs Pope to Visit Gaza

Singer cites urgent need to help children amid ongoing starvation crisis

(Newser) - Madonna is calling on Pope Leo to travel to Gaza, urging him to take action for Palestinian children suffering amid ongoing conflict, CNN reports. In a Monday Instagram post, the pop icon—who was raised Catholic—asked the pontiff to "bring your light to the children before it'...

5 Al Jazeera Journalists Killed in Israeli Air Strike

Israeli military insists one reporter was Hamas leader, a claim Al Jazeera denies

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed an Al Jazeera journalist, with the military claiming he was a Hamas leader—an accusation the news network strongly denies, intensifying an already fraught debate over press freedom and the risks faced by reporters in conflict zones, NBC News reports. Israel's...

Another Country Will Recognize a Palestinian State

Australia joins growing list of Western countries to make the decision

(Newser) - Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain, and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian state and amid growing criticism...

Netanyahu Answers Global Backlash
Netanyahu Answers
Global Backlash
Aug 10, 2025 4:00 PM CDT

Netanyahu Answers Global Backlash

Security Council meets about planned offensive in Gaza

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended the plan for a new, broadened offensive against Hamas in parts of Gaza in the face of condemnation from Israelis and other nations, saying his government "has no choice but to finish the job." At a news conference in Jerusalem, the...

Hundreds Arrested Defying Ban on Pro-Palestinian Group

London has multiple demonstrations this weekend

(Newser) - London police arrested 365 people on Saturday after supporters of the recently banned group Palestine Action gathered in Parliament Square to protest the new law prohibiting public support for the organization. The demonstration drew more than 500 people, some displaying signs backing Palestine Action, which Parliament outlawed last month...

Germany Shifts Gears on Israel Amid Bibi's New Plans

Chancellor Friedrich Merz: We'll halt military gear exports to Israel due to plan to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice," Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security...

Bibi's Gaza Plan Meets With a Chorus of Nos

Israeli opposition chief, world leaders, hostage families react to plot to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for Israel to take over Gaza City amid international calls for a ceasefire in the nation's fight with Hamas aren't going over well with many. The New York Times reports that the prime minister is being "broadly criticized"—by resident politicians, global...

Israel: Military Will 'Take Control of Gaza City'

Announcement marks another escalation of the war

(Newser) - Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas, the AP reports. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite mounting international calls to end the war and protests by many in Israel who...

Netanyahu: Israel Plans to Take Over All of Gaza

Prime minister says it will later be handed to 'Arab forces that will govern it properly'

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that to destroy Hamas, Israel intends to take full control of the Gaza Strip and eventually transfer its administration to friendly Arab forces.
  • Asked in an interview with Fox News ahead of a Security Cabinet meeting if Israel would "take control of all
...

In Video, Emaciated Hostage Says He's Digging Own Grave

Stark images from Gaza horrify Israelis, ramp up pressure on Netanyahu for a ceasefire

(Newser) - Images of emaciated Israeli hostages held in Gaza have horrified Israelis and added pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire with Hamas, even as his government considers another expansion of the nearly 22-month war. The videos released late last week by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad show...

Israeli Troops Open Fire Near Food Sites, Killing at Least 10

In Tel Aviv, Trump's envoy meets with hostages' families

(Newser) - Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. It followed a visit by US officials to a GHF site and the US ambassador...

Trump: I'm Working on Plan to 'Get People Fed' in Gaza

'It is something that should have happened a long time ago,' he says

(Newser) - Earlier this week, President Trump said "there is real starvation in Gaza," contradicting remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, Trump told Axios that he's planning to do more about it. "We want to help people. We want to help them live. We want...

Trump Threatens Canada Trade Deal Over Palestine Statehood

With tariffs set to go into effect Friday, president says Carney's support of statehood is problematic

(Newser) - President Trump is tossing cold water on hopes for a new US-Canada trade deal, just as a deadline looms for higher American tariffs. At issue, per the Washington Post : Canada's decision to back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this September, provided the Palestinian Authority meets certain conditions,...

Washington Post Publishes Wrenching List of Gaza Names

'Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children killed, every day for nearly 2 years'

(Newser) - Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed at a rate of more than one every hour, the Washington Post reports. The Post has published a list of the names and ages of around 18,500 children killed in the war. Some 953 of them died...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Gaza Crisis 'Genocide'

She's the first Republican lawmaker to use the term for humanitarian crisis

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken ranks with fellow Republicans and called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a genocide. "It's the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis,...

Starmer to Israel: Ceasefire or We'll Recognize Palestine

UK wants Israel to take 'substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza'

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September—unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, reports the AP...

Experts: 'Worst-Case' Famine Scenario Happening Now in Gaza

They against 'widespread death' without immediate action to get aid in the hands of Gazans

(Newser) - The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert on Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without immediate action. The alert, still short of a formal famine declaration, follows an outcry over images...

Trump Differs With Netanyahu, Sees 'Real Starvation' in Gaza

'You can't fake that,' says president

(Newser) - Asked Monday about reports of starvation in Gaza , Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could not have been clearer. "There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza," he said, reports the Independent . The problem is that Netanyahu's biggest international ally appears to...

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows
Israel Wins Wars, Often
Loses What Follows
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Jul 28, 2025 9:22 AM CDT

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows

In the New Yorker , David Remnick sounds a note of caution about a supposed 'golden age'

(Newser) - We may have all recently witnessed a key piece of history play out in the Middle East. "There is a very good chance that you won't be able to understand the 21st century without understanding the Twelve-Day War," former Israeli lawmaker Michael Oren tells David Remnick of...

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