Israel's Defence Minister, Israel Katz, has said his country will continue blocking lifesaving supplies, such as food, medicine, fuel, and cooking oil, from entering the war-battered Gaza Strip despite stark warnings from another international medical charity. "Israel's policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population," Katz said in a statement on Wednesday. "No one is currently planning to allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza, and there are...

The suspect in the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence said he targeted the Jewish politician over “what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” according to documents. The alleged firebug Cody Balmer called 911 following the Sunday attack, identified himself by name, and delivered the chilling message addressed to the governor over the phone, according to a search warrant obtained by PennLive. Balmer, 38, said Shapiro, who was hosting Passover dinner just hours before the blaze, needed to know he “will not take part in his...

The United States is rebuking a United Nation decision to extend Francesca Albanese’s tenure as the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories. “The United States continues to strongly denounce Francesca Albanese’s tenure as the ‘UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967,’’” the U.S. mission to the U.N. wrote in a Tuesday statement. “The Human Rights Council’s (HRC) support for Ms. Albanese offers yet another example of why President Trump ordered the United States to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparred with Emmanuel Macron over the French president’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state and encourage other countries to do the same.

A Palestinian state would be “a bastion of Iranian terrorism,” Netanyahu said on a call with Macron on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Israeli leader. “The prime minister expressed fierce opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state, and said that this would constitute a huge prize for terrorism.”