Right-wing Israeli ministers join thousands at event calling for the country’s resettlement of Gaza

[ad_1] JERUSALEM — Warnings from the White House — and the United Nations’ top court — appear to have done little to stop some of Israel’s right-wing ministers from touting an alarming vision that the country’s own prime minister has dismissed: rebuilding Israeli settlements in Gaza after the war. Several ministers within Prime Minister Benjamin…

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says Americans should not ‘toss someone out of our public discourse’ for accusing Israel of genocide

[ad_1] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Sunday argued that Americans should not “toss someone out of our public discourse” for accusing Israel of genocide in its war against Hamas. During an interview on “Meet the Press,” Ocasio-Cortez argued that “large amounts of Americans” feel the term “genocide” applies to Israel’s actions in the Middle East….

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Biden administration discussing slowing some weaponry deliveries to Israel to pressure Netanyahu

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is discussing using weaponry sales to Israel as leverage to convince the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed long-standing U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in the Gaza Strip, according to three current U.S. officials and one former U.S. official. At the direction of the…

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Ukraine faces a ‘make or break’ year on the battlefield, as another Trump presidency looms

[ad_1] Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar also said his country had been “emphatic in condemning the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, but I think it’s gone beyond that now,” he added. Elsewhere, countries like China — which in March released a 12-point peace proposal aimed at ending the war that was dismissed by the U.S….

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