“Gazans have been saying Israel is indiscriminately bombing them, with no goal other than to level Gaza to the ground. Now Israel admits the same.” An Israeli military spokesman admitted Tuesday what was plainly obvious to witnesses of the mass destruction underway in the besieged Gaza Strip: that the goal of Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign […]
WASHINGTON — The United States is sending its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, along with a full carrier strike group, to support Israel following a terror attack that killed hundreds of civilians. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement Sunday the U.S. is moving the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to […]
‘Nothing about today is “unprovoked”‘ Horrific. Unjustified. Morally wrong. But ‘unprovoked’? After the Palestinian group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years–with many killed, hostages taken, and fighting raging–many US elected officials released statements Saturday condemning the “unprovoked” attacks. But many others took to Twitter Saturday to ask incredulously how Israel’s continued brutal occupation of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine), co-chairs of the Senate Arctic Caucus, have introduced a bill to expand and improve economic ties with Iceland. Currently, Icelanders are not eligible for economic visas to visit and conduct business in the United States, one of the only Arctic nations whose residents face such […]