Palestinian Territories
Many Palestinian aid workers are facing an uphill battle trying to coordinate humanitarian assistance in Gaza while keeping their families safe.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s team encouraged progressives to applaud President Biden’s ultimatum to Israel. Not every activist is ready to cheer just yet.
The #blockout2024 hashtag has picked up steam as people are blocking celebrities who haven't publicly supported Palestine.
Congressional aides told HuffPost a May 8 letter from Israel's ambassador was “stunning,” “embarrassing” and “verging on offensive.”
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"President Biden has the blood of innocent people on his hands," said Lily Greenberg Call in her resignation letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The International Criminal Court was also called the West's "puppet body" by Russia after issuing an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine.
The Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is now Israel.
Aid workers are struggling to distribute dwindling food to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel's assault on Gaza's southernmost city.
Maj. Harrison Mann's letter criticized the U.S. for still supporting Israel, "which has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation" of Palestinians.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.