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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) rejected a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Senate Democratic caucus in a virtual meeting, arguing against discussing Israel in a partisan way. Netanyahu, the right-wing Israeli leader, met with Senate Republicans in a closed virtual meeting on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Schumer…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that he is considering inviting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress amid rising tensions between Democrats and the Israeli government leader — a sign of the partisanship edging into the Gaza war. A source familiar with the matter said a range of options are being discussed for Netanyahu…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak to Senate Republicans on Wednesday as tensions escalate between him and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over the future of Israel and its war with Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu will address the Senate GOP conference via video at their weekly lunch, a spokesperson for Sen. John Barrasso…

Israel killed Hamas’s No. 3 commander in an airstrike last week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan informed reporters on Monday.  “Israel has made significant progress against Hamas. They’ve broken a significant number of Hamas battalions [and] killed thousands of Hamas fighters including senior commanders. Hamas’s number three, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week,” Sullivan…

The Israeli military raided the largest hospital in Gaza again on Monday, claiming that Hamas militants have regrouped there. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the military was launching a “high precision operation in limited areas” of Shifa Hospital on Monday. He said Hamas militants were using the hospital to “command attacks against Israel” and…

The UN food agency cautioned that a famine is about to happen in a part of Gaza, as Israel is still targeting the area. The World Food Programme (WFP) said a new report found that famine “is imminent in the northern part of the Gaza Strip” with the entire population facing crisis levels of food insecurity. In Gaza’s two northern…

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized Israel’s claims that the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is a proxy for Palestinian militant group Hamas, saying the accusations are an effort by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayanhu to eliminate the agency. “There’s no doubt that the- the claim that Prime Minister Netanyahu and others are…

President Biden on Sunday touted what he called the “strong” friendship between the U.S. and Ireland while marking St. Patrick’s Day at the White House alongside Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.  “We celebrate the bonds of our friendship today connecting millions of Irish Americans and American people. We celebrate the friendship between the two…

José Andrés called for Israel to be “doing more” in getting aid to Gaza, emphasizing that nothing can get through to the territory “without the permission of Israel.” Andrés and his organization, World Central Kitchen, have been organizing efforts to deliver food and humanitarian aid to embattled Gaza. In a “Meet the Moment” interview from NBC’s “Meet the…

Former President Trump criticized Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday after the Senator said there should be an election to replace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the remarks are emblematic of poor policy towards the country by the Democratic Party. Schumer, the most senior Jewish politician in the country and an ardent…