Tag: Israel

A United Nations helicopter carrying Italian peacekeepers takes off from the UNIFIL headquarters for a patrol over the Blue Line, a U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel, in the costal town of Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. A statement by the Lebanese Higher Defense Council on Wednesday instructed the country's military to confront any Israeli "aggression" on its land or maritime borders. The statement comes amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors, who are technically at war.

Beltway Confidential

Time to end UNIFIL

Gabriel Noronha · July 10, 2025 6:00 am

Columbia Business School Assistant Professor Shai Davidai speaks during a rally to mark the first anniversary of the October 7th terror attacks on Israel on October 06, 2024 in New York City. On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists mounted a series of attacks and raids on Israeli towns near Gaza, killing 1,145 people and taking 251 hostages. Holding placards and carrying Israeli flags, hundreds walked through Central Park demanding that the 101 hostages remaining in Gaza be freed by Hamas. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Jewish Columbia professor Shai Davidai leaves school after warning about antisemitism

Ross O'Keefe · July 9, 2025 6:20 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Capitol Hill.

Netanyahu denies rift with Trump over Gaza, says two are in ‘full coordination’

Samantha-Jo Roth · July 9, 2025 5:00 pm

WATCH LIVE: Senate leaders meet with Netanyahu

Annabella Rosciglione · July 9, 2025 3:45 pm

African leaders seek to charm Trump with talk of Nobel Peace Prize

Naomi Lim · July 9, 2025 3:22 pm

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese attends rally against Israel's attacks over Gaza, in Madrid, Spain on June 23, 2025.

US imposes sanctions on ‘biased and malicious’ UN Palestinian rapporteur

Mike Brest · July 9, 2025 3:08 pm

Inside Scoop: New Middle East, Conservative court victories, insider trading

Amy DeLaura · July 9, 2025 5:00 am

A woman walks with an umbrella reading 'End the war immediately,' during a protest demanding immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at the site of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re'im in southern Israel, Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

New evidence of Hamas Oct. 7 sexual violence emerges in Israeli report

David Zimmermann · July 8, 2025 2:49 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump calls Netanyahu back to White House to discuss Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

Samantha-Jo Roth · July 8, 2025 2:11 pm

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Now Ukraine aid is ‘America First’?

Peter Laffin · July 8, 2025 12:57 pm

WATCH LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill and meets with Speaker Mike Johnson

Ross O'Keefe · July 8, 2025 11:43 am

Daily on Defense

Trump’s Netanyahu dinner chatter: Weapons for Ukraine, ceasefire for Gaza, nuclear deal with Iran, and a Nobel Peace Prize

Jamie McIntyre · July 8, 2025 7:28 am