The Maine lawmaker spoke at a news conference with fellow senators on Sunday.
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Israel says 2 Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released
The 2 Americans, Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie were out of the Gaza Strip and in the hands of the Israeli military, an army spokesman said.
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Gaza awaits aid from Egypt as Israel readies troops for ground assault
Israel’s defense minister has told ground troops to be ready to enter the Gaza Strip, though he didn’t say when the invasion will start.
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War between Israel and Hamas raises fears about rising U.S. hostility
While it’s too soon to say with certainty whether anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish crimes have increased during the war, hate crimes overall increased in the U.S. last year.
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Summit with Arab leaders called off as Biden heads to Israel
The postponement of the Amman summit comes after the Palestinian leader withdrew from the meetings in protest of an attack on a Gaza hospital, which Hamas blamed on an Israeli airstrike and which Israel blamed on a misfired Palestinian rocket.
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Blast kills hundreds at Gaza hospital; Hamas and Israel trade blame, as Biden heads to Mideast
Jordan cancels a planned summit of regional leaders and President Biden, saying that the war between Israel and Hamas was ‘pushing the region to the brink.’
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Biden postpones trip to Colorado as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies
The president’s decision reflects the competing pressure that he faces as he tries to manage bloody conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East, always one of the world’s most combustible regions.
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Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.
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Dozens killed in Gaza as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 52 Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border on Monday. It was the deadliest day there since a devastating 2014 cross-border war and cast a shadow over Israel’s festive inauguration of the new U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem. In a show […]
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J. Goodman: Israeli actions justified
In her rebuttal letter (July 24), Kathleen Kienitz complained that syndicated columnists Charles Krauthammer and Cal Thomas were “inane” in writing about Israeli action in Gaza. However, she failed to mention any fallacies in their reasoning. It is true, the Palestinians have suffered several hundred losses in Gaza, despite telephone and leaflet warnings from Israel […]