House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said conditioning U.S. aid for Israel on certain demands is a policy that would be consistent with U.S. policy with allied countries. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Turner said he thinks the White House has been clear that Israel should “lessen” the Palestinian death...
The efforts of No Labels to organize a third-party ticket in 2024 got a potential boost with Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) flirtation of a presidential bid. No Labels has for months been gathering information about the viability of a so-called “unity ticket” in next year’s presidential race. While the group is still assessing whether to...
Michael Herzog, the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., said on Sunday that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and militant group Hamas could extend "day by day" as more Israeli hostages have been released in the recent days. During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Herzog told anchor Dana Bash that the ongoing ceasefire...
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations (U.N.) Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, said Sunday that recent attacks in the Gaza Strip against U.N. relief locations have shown a “disregard of international humanitarian law.” During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Lazzarini about the recent killings of about...
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Sunday said former President Trump’s “intolerant” language contributed to widespread intolerance, including the recent rise in antisemitism in the United States. “When you show intolerance towards everyone, which is what he does, you give permission as a leader for others to have their intolerance come out,” Christie said in...
Officials from the United States and Israel said Sunday that the “ball is in Hamas’s court” on whether the four-day truce to release hostages will be extended. A third wave of hostages was released from the militant group Hamas’s custody Sunday amid a four-day truce struck between them and Israel. National security adviser Jake Sullivan...
Three Palestinian men were shot and injured near the University of Vermont on Saturday in what authorities suspect could be a hate-related crime. The Burlington Police Department (BPD) said in a press release that two of the three victims are in stable condition while the third sustained “much more serious injuries.” The three men, who...