President Biden is losing support from young Black voters who helped spur his 2020 victory primarily because of his administration’s support for Israel in the war in Gaza, a new report says. CNN’s Rene Marsh spoke with four Black voters in Georgia who were registered Democrats and supported Biden in the last election but said they wouldn’t be voting for …
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Streams of Palestinians filed into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Monday to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left in the wake of Israel’s offensive, a day after the Israeli military announced it was withdrawing troops from the area. Those returning found their hometown, Gaza’s second largest city, unrecognizable, …
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The United States plunged ferociously into World War I following a vote in the House of Representatives on this day in history, April 6, 1917. President Woodrow Wilson requested a declaration of war against Germany before a joint session of Congress on April 2, as the United States faced both the threat of unrestricted submarine warfare from Germany and the …
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The White House said it remains committed to ensuring a Hamas surrender and has engaged in conversations with intermediary countries, including Qatar and Egypt, to achieve that end. In a statement to Fox News Digital, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said it delivered that message “forcefully” to counterparts in Qatar and Egypt, which have acted as …
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission, saying the officers had mishandled critical information and violated the army’s rules of engagement. The findings of a retired general’s investigation into the Monday killings marked …
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CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities this week arrested 10 activists who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest where they accused the government of contributing to the siege of Gaza and called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador, a human rights lawyer said. Egypt’s government has condemned Israel’s campaign in Gaza and has played a central role, along with the U.S. …
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Turkish authorities have arrested two people suspected of providing information to the Israeli spy agency, a top official said Friday, in the latest in a series of such arrests in Turkey. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the suspects allegedly gathered information about people and companies of interest to Israel and passed on the data and documents to Israeli intelligence officials. …
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LONDON (AP) — More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is just one of a number of Israel’s longstanding allies whose governments …
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Dozens of Indian construction workers left for Israel this week to take up jobs there as the nearly six-month war between Israel and Hamas continues to rage in Gaza, officials said Thursday. Israel is facing a labor shortage after barring tens of thousands of Palestinian workers following Hamas’ deadly attack on Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war. …
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The missiles that killed several aid workers that were part of a World Central Kitchen convoy this week, including an American, in the Gaza Strip were likely to have been “absolutely perfectly accurate” Spike missiles, according to British media reports. Chris Lincoln-Jones, a former British army procurement officer, told The Times of London newspaper it was likely that three Spike …
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