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Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 massacre, officials concerned Iran may launch more missiles

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People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly Hamas-led October 7, 2023 massacre, on the third anniversary of the attack, near Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2026.
Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. National Security Council Brett McGurk speaks at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain, November 18, 2023.

Biden aide McGurk says Washington had no warning of Oct. 7, reveals how war shook White House

 Military Vehicle patroling. Border Police are stationed and patroling at the Harif Mountain area, at the border between Israel and Egypt.

US waives human rights conditions on $320 million in military aid to Egypt over Iran war role

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.

Blinken denies telling Qatar to delay Israel-Hamas hostage mediation


Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases

Federal discrimination cases resolved at major schools as Biden’s term winds down.

 Aerial photo of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Details around hostage release, Palestinian prisoner exchange will be ironed out, WH official says

The US, Egypt and Qatar will be "intensively engaged" on the implementation of the deal, according to a White House official. 

 Demonstrators call for the return of the Gaza hostages in a hostage deal, December 14, 2024.

Until hostages are free 'there is nothing,' Aunt of released hostage Abigail Mor Edan tells Post

"Even when they're on the list, until you actually see that person free, there is nothing," Naftali said.

 US president Joe Biden released four-year-old hostage Abigail Idan. April 25, 2024.

Nvidia slams Biden administration's new AI export controls

The controversy comes at a time when AI technology has become increasingly central to global economic growth and technological advancement.

 Flags of China and U.S. are displayed on a printed circuit board with semiconductor chips, in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023.

Sudan: The real genocide - opinion

Whether you call it an obsession or antisemitism, social convenience or just ignorance, the international silence on the Arab genocide in Sudan adds up to the same thing: an egregious moral outrage.

 MASALIT WOMEN gather under a tree to share stories about the deaths of their children and other family members, mostly male, at a refugee camp in Adre, Chad, in 2023. The women had fled to Chad as a result of an ethnically targeted massacre in Sudan’s West Darfur state.

Blinken’s parting words: No hostage deal? Blame Hamas, not Netanyahu - analysis

Blinken's comments in the interview Saturday were not all that predictable when nearly 20 minutes of the 50-minute conversation turned toward Israel, Hamas, and Gaza.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends an interview, in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2024.

US proposes $8b. arms deal with Israel, including fighter jet munitions

The deal would need approval from House and Senate committees and includes artillery shells and air-to-air missiles for fighter jets to defend against threats such as drones.

 US President Joe Biden (Illustrative)

Biden's Jewish liaison Shelley Greenspan shares parting Shabbat message

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to announce if he'll fill Greenspan's role upon returning to the White House. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House after Syrian rebels announced that they had ousted Bashar al-Assad as president last Sunday.

'A feeling of a lost opportunity': Did Europe’s passivity cost lives in Hamas war? - opinion

“As an international community, we could have forced Hamas out and started working already on a future for the Gaza Strip," said a Biden aide.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken (left) is greeted by then-EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels last month.

Brother of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal unexpectedly released from US prison - report

The US has not confirmed the release of Mashaal, but the news has been widely reported in Arab media.

 Mofid Abdel Kader Mashaal