Tag: Israel

What Schumer and Biden Got Right About Netanyahu

One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don’t laugh, don’t doubt, don’t sneer — take notes. Something very new and important is happening and we need to understand it. Last week, I saw an elephant fly: The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer — an authentic, lifelong supporter […]

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Canada Lawmakers Back Motion Meant to Help Bring Peace to Gaza

The polarized debate in Canada over the conflict in Gaza spilled into the country’s House of Commons on Monday as lawmakers voted to endorse a wide-ranging package of nonbinding measures that a left-leaning opposition party had presented as way to bring peace to the region. The motion approved on Monday night — which called for […]

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Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.

The acute food shortage in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has become so severe that “famine is imminent” and the enclave is on the verge of a “major acceleration of deaths and malnutrition,” a report from a global authority on food security and nutrition said on Monday. The group, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification global […]

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Israeli Negotiators Head to Qatar for Cease-Fire Talks, Officials Say

Israeli negotiators were traveling to Qatar on Monday to participate in a new round of in-person talks aimed at achieving a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants, according to a senior Israeli official and another official briefed on the negotiations. The Israeli delegation’s trip to Doha, Qatar, […]

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Palestinian Christians Suffer—and Many American Churches Don’t Care

Antisemitism is pure evil, and as Christians, we must combat it and denounce it. However, contrary to misconceptions in the church and in the media, the Israel-Palestine struggle is not a religious conflict but a complex political dispute rooted in human rights violations and decades of injustice. I believe in Israel’s right to exist and […]

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Netanyahu Rejects Schumer Call for Israeli Election

The rift over the war in Gaza between Israel and the United States, its closest ally, broadened on Sunday when Israel’s prime minister accused a top-ranking American lawmaker of treating his country like a “banana republic.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing increasing pressure to negotiate a cease-fire, lashed out at Senator Chuck Schumer […]

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First Sea-Borne Aid Reaches Gaza Amid Fears About Security and Malnutrition

The first shipment of aid to reach Gaza by sea in almost two decades was fully unloaded on Saturday on a makeshift jetty in the Mediterranean, marking a milestone in a venture that Western officials hope will ease the enclave’s worsening food deprivation. The ship, the Open Arms, towed a barge from Cyprus loaded with […]

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A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer

Over 44 painstakingly scripted minutes on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, spoke of his Jewish identity, his love for the State of Israel, his horror at the wanton slaughter of Israelis on Oct. 7 and his views on the apportionment of blame for the carnage in Gaza, saying […]

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Second Gaza Aid Convoy Ends in Violence, With at Least 20 Killed

For the second time in just over two weeks, a convoy bringing aid to hunger-stricken northern Gaza ended in bloodshed late Thursday when Palestinians were killed and wounded in an attack surrounding the trucks, according to Gazan health officials and the Israeli military, which offered divergent accounts of what happened. The Gaza Health Ministry said […]

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Deci announces new AI dev platform and small model Deci Nano

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Amid a relatively quiet period from OpenAI, rival Anthropic has stolen headlines with the release of its new Claude 3 family of large language models (LLMs). But there’s another foundation model provider to keep an […]

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Schumer’s Critique Reveals Widening U.S.-Israel Divisions, Analysts Say

Senator Chuck Schumer’s harsh critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government revealed the widening gap between Israel and its most important ally, the United States, analysts said on Friday. But even some of Mr. Netanyahu’s rivals appeared reluctant to seize on the comments while the country is focused on the war in Gaza. […]

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Trump’s Court Delays Pile Up, and Schumer Says Netanyahu ‘Lost His Way’

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Why Biden and Bibi Are Tangling, and Why Biden Could Win

After Hamas’s brutal attack on October 7, Biden prioritized his commitment to Israel’s security over his distaste for its leader. But Netanyahu has done nothing to make the truce last. When Biden told Capehart, “It’s contrary to what Israel stands for,” he was referring specifically to the death toll in Gaza. Arguably, though, the comment […]

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Why Is Congress Probing a Union for Being Anti-Israel?

Like many progressive organizations, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, a union that represents public defenders in the New York City area, has been convulsed by battles over Israel’s war in Gaza. A recent article in the right-leaning Free Press revealed the strident and sometimes ugly language that union members used during a fight over […]

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Chuck Schumer’s Brutal Takedown of Bibi Is a Watershed Moment

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave a groundbreaking speech lacerating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the horrific civilian toll in Gaza. This is a big moment in U.S. politics: The highest-ranking Jewish Democrat stood strongly for Palestinian rights at a time when the war in Gaza is badly dividing the Democratic coalition. […]

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Little Expected of New Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Mustafa

The appointment on Thursday of Muhammad Mustafa as the new prime minister of the Palestinian Authority was supposed to be a nod to international demands for a more technocratic and less corrupt administration. But Mr. Mustafa, 69, who was appointed by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the authority, seems destined to fall short of producing […]

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Questions Persist as Israel Signals Support for More Aid for Gaza

Israel’s military on Thursday said it supported new initiatives to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza by land, air and sea, just hours after the military’s chief spokesman said it was trying to “flood” the enclave with sorely needed aid. Israel has endorsed three new aid efforts over the past week — a ship carrying food […]

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Guess Who’s Pissed at Chuck Schumer for That Netanyahu Statement

Trump has, in recent months, made several nods to his support of Russia. Last month, he used the legacy of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his own benefit while refusing to condemn Putin for his murder, likening his own criminal trials for fraud and rape to the attempted poisonings of Navalny, who fought for […]

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Surprise, Surprise: AIPAC Flips Out Over Schumer’s Netanyahu Comment

Trump has, in recent months, made several nods to his support of Russia. Last month, he used the legacy of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his own benefit while refusing to condemn Putin for his murder, likening his own criminal trials for fraud and rape to the attempted poisonings of Navalny, who fought for […]

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Chuck Schumer Says Benjamin Netanyahu’s Time Is Up

Trump has, in recent months, made several nods to his support of Russia. Last month, he used the legacy of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his own benefit while refusing to condemn Putin for his murder, likening his own criminal trials for fraud and rape to the attempted poisonings of Navalny, who fought for […]

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A Historic Visit to an Abortion Clinic, and What Could Happen to TikTok

The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter. The Headlines brings you the biggest stories of the day from the Times journalists […]

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Gazans Struggle to Find Food and Shelter in Rafah as Israeli Invasion Threat Looms

The fear has been building for weeks. More than one million Palestinians fled into Rafah, the southernmost region of Gaza, hoping to escape the war. Now, Israel has threatened to extend its invasion there, too. Amid days filled with struggles to secure food, water and shelter, uncertainty has dominated people’s conversations, said Khalid Shurrab, a […]

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Israel Allows Aid Directly Into North Gaza, Raising Hopes for More

Israel has allowed a small convoy carrying food to enter northern Gaza directly through an Israeli border crossing for the first time since the war began on Oct. 7, as global pressure intensifies to let more desperately needed aid into the territory, where hundreds of thousands are at risk of starvation. The Israeli military said […]

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Pro-Israel Lobby Faces Challenges Amid Gaza War and Shifting Politics

AIPAC, the pro-Israel group that has long been among Washington’s most powerful lobbying forces, is facing intense challenges as it seeks to maintain bipartisan support for Israel amid the war in Gaza — even as it alienates some Democrats with its increasingly aggressive political tactics. While AIPAC has traditionally been able to count on strong […]

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UN Aid for Gaza Is Turned Away Because of Scissors, an Official Says

A U.N. official said a truck carrying aid was turned around in Gaza this week because it contained scissors included in medical kits for children, calling attention to what aid groups have said is a laborious Israeli inspection process that is slowing down crucial humanitarian assistance. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, the main U.N. […]

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Repairing Gaza’s Phone Network Is a Perilous and Important Task

When Mohammed Sweirky prepared to leave for a work trip in January to repair telecommunications infrastructure that had been destroyed in northern Gaza, his wife and children pleaded with him not to go. Fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas members was still raging in the area, said Mr. Sweirky, who is a technician for Paltel, […]

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Israel Has No Choice but to Fight On

On Saturday, President Biden warned that Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel.” The Israeli prime minister replied the next day that Biden was “wrong.” The rift between the two leaders means that Israel risks losing its most important pillar of military and diplomatic support. I’ve argued […]

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Bernie Sanders and Dem Senators Urge Biden to Stop Arming Israel

“And then Congress said, well, they never, they ultimately, usually fail,” he continued on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “They are a gooch—like, extremely political, and they’re extremely subject to people called lobbyists who happen to be very, very talented, very good and very rich.” “I could have banned TikTok. I had it banned just about, I […]

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Democratic Senators Urge Biden to Stop Arming Israel

“And then Congress said, well, they never, they ultimately, usually fail,” he continued on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “They are a gooch—like, extremely political, and they’re extremely subject to people called lobbyists who happen to be very, very talented, very good and very rich.” “I could have banned TikTok. I had it banned just about, I […]

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U.S.-Israeli Citizen Itay Chen Was Killed in Oct. 7 Attack, Parents Say

Itay Chen, a 19-year-old U.S. and Israeli citizen thought to have been a taken hostage on Oct. 7 was in fact killed that day, his parents said on Tuesday. The couple, Ruby and Hagit Chen, said that the Israeli military told them that it had intelligence indicating that their son, a service member, was killed […]

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