Eden Golan has become a focus for protests by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who want Israel kicked out of Eurovision over the war with Hamas.
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U.S. says Israel’s use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
Biden has tried to walk an ever-finer line in his support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war against Hamas.
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Heavy fighting in Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
The U.N.’s World Food Program will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza by Saturday unless more aid arrives.
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U.S. says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
The pronouncements are part of last-ditch push for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government to rethink their public commitments to invade the city in an effort to eradicate Hamas.
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Netanyahu says Israel ‘will stand alone’ if it has to after Biden threatens to withhold arms
The ultranationalist prime minister’s remarks indicated that Israel might proceed with an invasion of the packed Gazan city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally.
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Biden says U.S. won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah
The president said the U.S. is committed to provide defensive weapons, but won’t ship offensive weapons out of concern for the more than 1 million civilians sheltering in Rafah on the Gaza Strip.
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Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at D.C. campus
City officials were set to appear before hostile Republicans in Congress who are demanding police crackdowns on protests nationwide, but the hearing was canceled.
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Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing, but the UN says no aid has entered
The U.S., Egypt and Qatar are ramping up efforts to reach a possible agreement for at least a temporary cease-fire and the release of some of the scores of Israeli hostages still held by Hamas.
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Israel seizes Rafah border crossing in Gaza, putting cease-fire talks on knife’s edge
The White House described Israel’s operation as limited, but the U.N. warned of a potential collapse of the flow of aid to Palestinians from the closure of Rafah and the other main crossing into Gaza.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment; Columbia University cancels commencement
The Pro-Palestinian group is protesting Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‘direct research ties to the Israeli Ministry of Defense,’ a graduate student said.