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Trump: I'm Working on Plan to 'Get People Fed' in Gaza

'It is something that should have happened a long time ago,' he says

(Newser) - Earlier this week, President Trump said "there is real starvation in Gaza," contradicting remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, Trump told Axios that he's planning to do more about it. "We want to help people. We want to help them live. We want...

In a First, Arab Nations Want Hamas to Disarm

It could accelerate the push for Palestinian statehood, though the US remains opposed

(Newser) - For the first time, all 22 Arab League nations have united to call on Hamas to disarm and relinquish control of Gaza, which the New York Times describes as an unprecedented move that could reshape the path toward a Palestinian state. The move, announced at a United Nations conference...

Trump Threatens Canada Trade Deal Over Palestine Statehood

With tariffs set to go into effect Friday, president says Carney's support of statehood is problematic

(Newser) - President Trump is tossing cold water on hopes for a new US-Canada trade deal, just as a deadline looms for higher American tariffs. At issue, per the Washington Post : Canada's decision to back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this September, provided the Palestinian Authority meets certain conditions,...

Washington Post Publishes Wrenching List of Gaza Names

'Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children killed, every day for nearly 2 years'

(Newser) - Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed at a rate of more than one every hour, the Washington Post reports. The Post has published a list of the names and ages of around 18,500 children killed in the war. Some 953 of them died...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Gaza Crisis 'Genocide'

She's the first Republican lawmaker to use the term for humanitarian crisis

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken ranks with fellow Republicans and called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a genocide. "It's the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis,...

Starmer to Israel: Ceasefire or We'll Recognize Palestine

UK wants Israel to take 'substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza'

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September—unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, reports the AP...

Experts: 'Worst-Case' Famine Scenario Happening Now in Gaza

They against 'widespread death' without immediate action to get aid in the hands of Gazans

(Newser) - The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert on Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without immediate action. The alert, still short of a formal famine declaration, follows an outcry over images...

Trump Differs With Netanyahu, Sees 'Real Starvation' in Gaza

'You can't fake that,' says president

(Newser) - Asked Monday about reports of starvation in Gaza , Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could not have been clearer. "There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza," he said, reports the Independent . The problem is that Netanyahu's biggest international ally appears to...

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows
Israel Wins Wars, Often
Loses What Follows
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Jul 28, 2025 9:22 AM CDT

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows

In the New Yorker , David Remnick sounds a note of caution about a supposed 'golden age'

(Newser) - We may have all recently witnessed a key piece of history play out in the Middle East. "There is a very good chance that you won't be able to understand the 21st century without understanding the Twelve-Day War," former Israeli lawmaker Michael Oren tells David Remnick of...

Israel Begins 'Tactical Pause' to Allow Delivery of Food

UN worries it's not enough amid widespread hunger

(Newser) - With concerns mounting over starvation-level hunger in Gaza , the Israeli military on Sunday began what it called a "tactical pause" in fighting in certain areas to allow the delivery of aid.
  • The military said it would enact the pause in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Muwasi, three areas of
...

Witkoff Says US Has Cut Gaza Talks Short

Trump envoy says Hamas 'shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire'

(Newser) - President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday the US is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations after the latest response from Hamas "shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."
  • "While the mediators
...

People in Gaza Are 'Walking Corpses'
People in Gaza
Are 'Walking Corpses'
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Jul 24, 2025 10:25 AM CDT

People in Gaza Are 'Walking Corpses'

Aid agencies say hunger crisis has reached 'astonishing' new levels

(Newser) - Aid agencies have been warning of a looming hunger crisis in Gaza for months, and a spate of new reports suggests it has fully arrived:
  • This week, the UN's World Food Program said the crisis had reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the
...

AFP: Journalists in Gaza Could Die of Hunger

Local reporters say food shortages are crippling their ability to work

(Newser) - As food shortages in Gaza reach critical levels, Agence France-Presse is urgently appealing for its journalists to be allowed out of the besieged territory—raising alarm about both the physical toll on reporters and the looming loss of vital on-the-ground coverage. AFP is urging Israel to let its freelancers...

Israeli Fire Kills 85 Palestinians Trying to Get Food From Convoy

Evacuation orders in Gaza are expanded

(Newser) - At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said, on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war. A UN official said Israeli forces opened fire toward crowds trying to take food...

Cast Member Unfurls Flag During Opera's Curtain Call

London's Royal Opera House condemns the pro-Palestinian move

(Newser) - A cast member at London's Royal Opera House has caused a ruckus by holding a Palestinian flag during curtain call. The incident took place Saturday after the final performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . At one point, the cast member staging the protest...

Israeli Troops Fire on Crowds Going to Food Sites: Witnesses

At least 32 are killed near US-supported distribution hubs

(Newser) - Israeli troops opened fire Saturday on crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a US- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which launched operations in...

Trump Calls Netanyahu After Shell Hits Gaza Church

Strikes killed 3 at church Pope Francis called daily

(Newser) - An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. Pope Francis, who died in April, had regularly spoken to the priest about the war's toll...

In One Sense, Trump Got Done in 5 Months What Took Biden 4 Years

He's ordered nearly as many airstrikes as his predecessor in much less time

(Newser) - Donald Trump entered his current term in the White House touting ambitions to be a "peacemaker" president, pledging an end to America's often drawn-out conflicts. Yet within his first six months, the Independent reports that Trump's administration has launched at least 529 airstrikes across Africa, the...

Israeli-American Scholar: I Know a Genocide When I See One

Omer Bartov condemns silence of other Holocaust scholars on Israel's actions in Gaza

(Newser) - Omer Bartov, an Israeli-American genocide scholar, says he has reached the "painful conclusion" that Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza—and the silence of most other Holocaust scholars "has made a mockery of the slogan 'Never again.'" Bartov says that more than a...

31 Reported Killed on Way to Aid Site

Airstrikes' toll includes four children, hospital officials say

(Newser) - At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said. The 31 people killed were on their way to a distribution site...

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