“He [Netanyahu] wants to get as many of the hostages back without paying, really, the price for it.”
Public Affairs Professor Sami Al-Arian talks about the hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas.
Published On 23 Feb 2025
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Israel won’t allow HTS forces or new Syrian army in southern Syria
Israel on Sunday said it would not tolerate the presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in southern Syria, nor any other forces affiliated with the country’s new rulers, and demanded the territory be demilitarized.
Former Al Qaeda affiliate…
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Forensic Evidence Confirms Shiri Bibas Not Killed by Israeli Airstrike
‘Our examination found no injuries consistent with a bombing.’…
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Sudan’s RSF, accused of genocide, signs charter to form rival government | Sudan war News
The signatories said they would establish a government of ‘peace and unity’ despite concerns from human rights groups and the international community.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accused of carrying out crimes against…
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Netanyahu at officers' graduation: 'We will defeat the monster, Hamas will not rule Gaza'
Netanyahu held up a photo of the Bibas family, who were murdered in captivity in Gaza, and stated: ‘Against this we fight, and we must and can defeat those monsters – we will defeat them.’
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From Truman to Trump: Palestine: America’s Fork in the Road
Donald Trump and Harry S. Truman. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Dr. M. Reza Behnam
The genocide of the Native people of North America was a 200-year catastrophe. Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, begun over 78 years ago, has never…
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French authorities arrest 4 suspects after deadly Islamist stabbing attack
Among detained is a suspected assailant, 37-year-old Algerian Brahim A., whom the interior minister called an Islamic extremist with schizophrenia; His two relatives and a host also were held, prosecutors say; attacker was convicted of glorifying…
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Rape kit preservation law falters: Knesset committee raises concerns – Israel News
A law to preserve rape kits collected from victims of sex offenses has not been fully enacted since it came into effect in 2022, lawmakers said at a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting Wednesday.
There is also an…
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Bibas family: 'Thank you for the love, embrace, and tears'
‘Warm embrace, love and strength that you have sent us from all over Israel and the world strengthen us and accompany us during these moments of crisis,’ say family members of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir.
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Netanyahu’s trial testimony schedule sparks prosecution pushback – Israel Politics
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to shorten the number of corruption trial testimony hearings each week is in contradiction with his demands for more and exhaustive sessions, the prosecution argued Sunday in a filing calling for…
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