Palestine
Democrats made a stunning turn-around in joining Republicans to cut off future and current funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the chief aid group helping Gaza.
"Artists for ceasefire. Peace in the world," Lennox shouted at the end of her performance.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron said recognition won't come while Hamas is in Gaza, but it could while negotiations between Israel and Palestine continue.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 150 people have been killed in the territory in the last 24 hours and another 313 were wounded as Israeli forces continue to battle militants, even in the northern part of the territory.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The measure would reaffirm American support of a two-state solution to the ongoing war.
"You know where your tax money is going, and it's being used to go kill your brothers and sisters," the teen's cousin told HuffPost.
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants near the main hospital in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis.
The Israeli military says that Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the war.
European Union foreign ministers are saying they think the creation of a Palestinian state is the only credible way to achieve peace in the Middle East.
An internal State Department analysis obtained by HuffPost shows no improvement and humanitarian experts believe conditions are only worsening.