Author Archives: EllieS

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/middleeast/israel-us-aid-talks-gaza-intl The United States and Israel are discussing plans to send humanitarian aid into Gaza that would include safeguards to ensure that the aid is not diverted to Hamas. The aid would be delivered via “private foundation” with US and … Continue reading →

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp348npzy8xo The Israeli military has admitted to launching an airstrike on a UN building that led to the death of an employee of the UN Office for Project Services. The building was in an “isolated location” and both sides of … Continue reading →

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1162491 Much of the heavy machinery used to sort through debris searching for remains and survivors fo air strikes was destroyed in a recent bombing, leaving an “estimated 11,000 bodies” buried under the rubble with little to no hope of … Continue reading →

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/middleeast/police-arrest-netanyahu-aide-intl/index.html Netanyahu is being accused by opposition and the families of hostages held in Gaza of leaking classified documents to sabotage ceasefire negotiations. The documents allege that Hamas leaders planned to smuggle themselves out of Gaza and through Sinai to … Continue reading →

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/mahmoud-khalil-first-amendment-trump Courts have tended to find that legal permanent residents like Khalil have 1st Amendment protections, but his detention and the case for his potential deportation rests on a clause that allows the Secretary of State to deport or deny … Continue reading →

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/trumps-un-ambassador-pick-says-israel-has-biblical-right-to-west-bank With Trump’s inauguration, there will be changes in the USA’s policy on Israel and specifically Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Both Trump’s UN ambassador pick, Elise Stefanik and the new US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, have supported … Continue reading →