Palestinian Territories
An attack on Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza, appears imminent — and ongoing Israel-Iran tensions are complicating hopes President Joe Biden will stop it.
Workers protested against Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon to provide the Israeli government and military with AI and cloud services.
A special State Department panel told Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
"They should get out and move those people off the streets," the Republican senator said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The human rights office was referring to a recent rash of attacks by armed settlers and Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied territory.
An Israeli military spokesman said that 99% of the drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted.
The retaliatory attack confirmed anxieties about the Gaza crisis spiraling into a broader war. But Iran, Israel, the U.S. and Hamas also walked away with gains.
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have gone on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began.
GOP senators mostly found creative ways to avoid criticizing the former president.
The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development made the acknowledgement ― the most significant from the Biden administration ― after she was asked about a HuffPost story on Wednesday.