USAID

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

|ByREUTERS
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
The writer meets with General Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces

General Abdi warns Syria’s fate relies on US support and integration of the SDF - opinion

From ISIS camps to new political battles, General Abdi explains the pressures shaping Syria’s uncertain future.

|ByQANTA AHMED
Armed Palestinians sit on trucks carrying humanitarian aid near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, June 25, 2025.

USAID, Reuters dismiss mountain of evidence showing Hamas steals humanitarian aid - analysis

The study's acknowledgment of severe limitations, combined with extensive documentation of Hamas aid diversion from multiple sources, raises serious questions about the reliability of its findings.

|ByEZRA TAYLOR
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 7, 2024

Fact check: Netanyahu, Smotrich's claim of $1b. Biden aid to judicial reform foes debunked

Netanyahu’s endorsement of the false claim came in the form of the sharing of a post by the Likud party from Friday afternoon.

|ByELIAV BREUER

Trump freezes funding to east Jerusalem hospitals

A PA official said that, as a result of the hospital funding cuts, Ramallah would double down on its boycott of the administration and its pending peace plan.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER, TOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Donald Trump receives a briefing from senior military leadership at the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC April 9, 2018.

India, Israel and the possibilities of collaboration in Africa

The combination of Israeli innovation/conceptual abilities and India’s “collective effort, inclusive growth” approach can provide the right direction to sustainable development efforts in Africa.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByDEVSENA MISHRA
Meron Reuben joins Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel on July 4.