WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs, killing three people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
The statement by U.S. Southern…
Category: 1. Israel
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Abbas: No one will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state
Palestinian Authority chairman marks 61 years since Fatah’s “revolution” and declares: Gaza will return to PA control; no Palestinian state will be established without it.
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Israel suspends multiple humanitarian organizations’ work in Gaza
Aid groups say Israel’s registration requirements are unnecessarily invasive and arbitrary.
By Grace Gilson, Reposted from Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 30, 2025
The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is halting the operations of more…
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With CIA strike, signs Trump is ‘shaping the battlespace’ in Venezuela
WASHINGTON — The day after Christmas is typically quiet in the nation’s capital. But President Trump’s decision to acknowledge a covert U.S. strike on Venezuelan territory, in an interview with an obscure local news outlet on Friday, set…
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Hostages Forum announces closure, says ‘struggle not over’ while Ran Gvili still in Gaza
The group representing most families of hostages in Gaza announced its own closure Wednesday, with only one of what was once more than 250 captives held in the enclave.
Under the slogan “Bring Them Home Now,” the Hostages and Missing…
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Cold kills another Palestinian baby in Gaza as Israel blocks aid
Over 250,000 families in camps across Gaza face hypothermia and flooding due to worn-out, uninsulated tents. (Anadolu Agency) At least 25 people, including six children, have died as a result of harsh…
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AIPAC Is Making Some Changes, But It Won’t Give Up Its Influence.
The pro-Israel lobby is confronting a growing problem.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee waged a proud and public campaign to assert its dominance last cycle — sinking more than $100 million into the 2024 elections to oust critics…
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Abbas says building independent Palestinian state “inevitable reality”-Xinhua
RAMALLAH, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state is “an inevitable reality,” affirming that Palestinians are moving steadily toward freedom and…
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New West Bank antiquity bill seeks to extend Israeli authority over Areas A and B
A new version of a bill whose purpose is to extend Israeli authority over antiquities and heritage sites in the West Bank aims to include Areas A and B — where the Palestinian Authority has civilian control — under the scope of its…
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Palestinians watch as Israeli bulldozers claw down their West Bank homes
NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory’s…
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