A group of people gather to greet two severely wounded Palestinian teenagers from Gaza arriving at Dulles International Airport near Washington for urgent medical treatment on Aug. 9, 2025. Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it’s stopping all visitor visas for …
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State Department move comes as Israel’s war and induced-famine in Gaza reach new extremes, with 61,827 killed so far. The United States has announced that it is halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a “a full and thorough” review, a day after social media posts about Palestinian refugees sparked furious reactions from right-wingers. The Department of State’s …
Read More »Playbook: Buttigieg responds to Gaza criticism Politico Pete Buttigieg criticized by Ro Khanna, others for response to Israel questions | RISING The Hill Gaza is already emerging as a foreign policy litmus test for 2028 Dems yahoo.com ‘Just Tell Us What You Believe’: Buttigieg Torched Over Non-Answer on Israel-Palestine Common Dreams The new politics of Israel Politico Source link
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Madonna begs Pope Leo XIV to save Gaza | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/World News “Please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late,” Madonna wrote, adding that she cannot bear as a mother to see the suffering of the children in Gaza. US singer songwriter Madonna arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at …
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U2 speak out on Israel’s actions in Gaza: “The level of depravity and lawlessness we are seeing now feels like uncharted territory” NME U2 Voice Support for Gaza: ‘Silence Serves None of Us’ Rolling Stone Families of captives fume at Netanyahu for only vowing to free ‘20 hostages’ in Gaza The Times of Israel Bono says he feels ‘revulsion’ for ‘moral failure’ in …
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Apart from the attack on the Nova music festival on October 7th, which felt like it happened while U2 were on stage at Sphere Las Vegas, I have generally tried to stay out of the politics of the Middle East… this was not humility, more uncertainty in the face of obvious complexity… I have over recent months written about the …
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Aug 10, 2025, 08:55 AM ET Mohamed Salah is a Premier League and Champions League winner with Liverpool. (Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has called out UEFA for not saying how a footballer known as the “Palestinian Pele” died in its tribute to him. The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said on Wednesday that Suleiman …
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Welcome to Slate’s weekly news quiz. It’s Friday, which means it’s time to test your knowledge of the week’s news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has concocted questions on news topics ranging from politics to business, from culture to sports to science. At the end of the quiz, you’ll be able to compare your score with that of the average …
Read More »Huckabee cites Dresden bombing to defend Israel’s Gaza offensive Politico US envoy to Israel taunts Starmer and likens Gaza assault to Dresden bombing The Guardian Ambassador Huckabee’s Interview with CBS News U.S. Embassy in Israel (.gov) Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away The New York Times Huckabee: ‘Possibly starvation’ in Gaza The Hill Source link
Read More »Trump doesn’t oppose Netanyahu plan for full Gaza occupation: U.S. officials Axios Trump admin live updates: Trump hits India with more tariffs over Russian oil imports ABC News Friendship, love and loss in Gaza: A graphic novel Al Jazeera The challenge in expanding aid to Gaza Politico Chiefly focused on food aid, Trump says Gaza occupation ‘pretty much up to Israel’ The Times of Israel …
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