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Haaretz - 11:19 May 09, 2024
Dani Dayan, the head of Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum, tells Haaretz that the notion that Israel has no right to exist might end up 'the undoing of the universities, not of the Jews' -
Israel Hayom - 10:30 May 09, 2024
Political leaders Thursday reaffirmed Israel's determination to eliminate Hamas and secure the return of hostages held by the terror organization after US President Joe Biden threatened to withhold weapon shipments if the IDF entered Rafah. "Israel will continue to fight Hamas until its destruction. There is no more just war than this," Foreign Minister […] -
Israel Hayom - 10:00 May 09, 2024
US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza while negotiations in Cairo on a ceasefire plan for the enclave were due to continue on Thursday. "I made it clear that if they go into Rafah […] -
JPost.com - Antisemitism - 07:05 May 09, 2024
Israel "has a right to defend itself, and we need to get rid of this cancer that is Hamas," Ali said.
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Armenian News - Tert.am - 05:38 May 09, 2024
President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah. “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in an exclusive interview on “Erin Burnett OutFront,” referring to 2,000-pound bombs that Biden paused shipments of last week. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,” Biden said. The president’s announcement that he was prepared to condition American weaponry on Israel’s actions amounts to a turning point in the seven-month conflict between Israel and Hamas. And his acknowledgement that American bomb... -
Haaretz - 22:19 May 08, 2024
In CNN interview, U.S. president said that he told PM Netanyahu that Israel would not have America's support if it enters Gaza population centers -
Haaretz - 21:42 May 08, 2024
In an interview aired Wednesday, Aviv Kochavi also admitted that Israel failed to recognize that Hamas was an existential threat before October 7 -
Haaretz - 18:48 May 08, 2024
Austin publicly confirmed the Biden administration paused a pending weapons transfer to Israel last week, but said no final decision has been reached -
Haaretz - 17:01 May 08, 2024
Defense Secretary Austin confirms U.S. is pausing specific weapons shipments to Israel ■ Israel sees no sign of breakthrough in truce talks, but keeping delegation in Cairo, official says ■ PM Netanyahu meets with CIA chief Burns ■ Kerem Shalom border crossing reopens to humanitarian aid ■ Visiting Lebanese border, Israel's defense minister says 'mission here is not completed' ■ Here's what you need to know 215 days into the war -
Haaretz - 16:15 May 08, 2024
From trade to academia to diplomacy, Israel is facing intensifying international isolation. The burning question is whether Israelis will continue to deflect the consequences of the Gaza war - or change course -
Israel Hayom - 14:26 May 08, 2024
The United States' decision to temporarily halt a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel has drawn deep frustration from Israeli officials, according to an Israeli official who spoke to NBC News. This comes as the Biden administration raises concerns over a potential Israeli military offensive on Rafah and pushes for a ceasefire between […] -
Armenian News - Tert.am - 11:58 May 08, 2024
The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior US administration official says. The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC's media partner in the US. Israel has not "fully addressed" US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah, the official says. Israel made no immediate comment. Overnight, there were further Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli forces backed by tanks took control of the Palestinians side of the key Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt. The Israeli bombardment was particularly intense around Rafah. Local medics said seven members of one family were killed in one strike. Rafah has been a key entry point for aid and the only exit for people able to flee since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last October. The crossing remained closed on Wednesday morning, but the... -
Israel Hayom - 04:01 May 08, 2024
Less than a month after the Iranian attack on Israel, which led to the cancellation of flights to and from Israel by many foreign airlines, one of the most significant foreign airlines operating in the country is taking a dramatic step for those planning to fly to the US. The American airline United, which […] -
Haaretz - 02:27 May 08, 2024
Pentagon chief says U.S. reviewing near-term security aid to Israel ■ amid events in Rafah Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing for aid into Gaza ■ Israeli special forces officer dies from wounds sustained in West Bank raid ■ Netanyahu meets CIA chief in Israel amid U.S. efforts to salvage Gaza talks ■ Israeli defense minister at northern border: 'It might be a hot summer' ■ Missiles hit northern Israel, IDF strikes 20 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon -
Haaretz - 17:58 May 07, 2024
While the Biden administration has effectively paused a sale of weapons to Israel, officials dismissed claims this marks a new shift in policy despite U.S.-Israel tensions over a looming Rafah operation -
Haaretz - 17:11 May 07, 2024
Prior to the ground invasion of Rafah, Israel made it clear in talks that the operation's objective is to exert pressure on Hamas in the hostage negotiations and to harm the crossing's reputation as a symbol of Hamas power -
Haaretz - 14:08 May 07, 2024
Former Rep. John Hostettler, who has long been accused of trafficking in antisemitic tropes, voted against foreign assistance to Israel on 13 separate occasions during his previous 12-year spell in the House of Representatives -
Haaretz - 07:31 May 07, 2024
Since October 7, the flagrantly anti-democratic, morally bankrupt political theology of Israel's right-wing Jewish radicals, a worldview that justifies the death, starvation, and hunger of Palestinians, is becoming more dominant. Jews in Israel and around the world must confront this desecration of our tradition -
Haaretz - 03:00 May 07, 2024
Hamas' announcement that it accepts the proposed cease-fire deal took Israel by surprise, given the crisis in the talks over the past few days ■ While Jerusalem keeps sending delegations to Egypt, the IDF is increasing the military pressure and operating to the east of Rafah -
Israel Hayom - 02:05 May 07, 2024
The Biden administration has delayed the sale of thousands of precision weapons to Israel, raising questions about whether the US is deliberately slowing the delivery of arms to its top Middle East ally amid growing domestic political pressure. The administration faces pressure from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers to cut back arms supplies […]