Middle East

Netanyahu promises to increase aid to Gaza after a phone call with Biden

5:12am April 05, 2024

President Biden warned Israel its behavior would determine future U.S. policy on Gaza, after an Israeli airstrike killed seven workers from the food charity World Central Kitchen.

Morning news brief

5:12am April 05, 2024

President Biden talks with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. The group No Labels will not run a third-party presidential candidate. Court rules border officials are responsible for children's welfare.

President Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to express concerns about Israeli strikes that killed aid workers and humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

Biden warns Netanyahu that U.S. policy on Gaza hinges on improved conditions there

8:34pm April 04, 2024

by Tamara Keith

President Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed in Israeli strikes. He said a cease-fire is needed so aid can get in.

Former U.S. diplomat argues for stronger tactics on Israel

6:23pm April 04, 2024

Days after Israeli bombs hit World Central Kitchen aid workers, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with the Council on Foreign Relations ex-president Richard Haass about the U.S. and Israel's relationship.

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A closer look at U.S. military support for Israel

5:39pm April 04, 2024

by Greg Myre

President Biden says Israel is inflicting too many civilian casualties in Gaza. Yet he's also proposing $14 billion in fresh military assistance to help Israel wage the war.

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Members of the public join a walking vigil through the streets of Falmouth, England, for British aid worker James Henderson, organized by Palestine Solidarity Cornwall, April 3. Three British men working for World Central Kitchen were killed along with four colleagues when their clearly marked vehicles were targeted by Israeli military strikes.

World News

Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

1:37pm April 04, 2024

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

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A member of Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet calls for elections in Israel

10:38am April 04, 2024

Benny Gantz, who leads an opposition party and also regularly faces the prime minister as part of the war Cabinet, is calling to set a date for elections. Polling shows Netanyahu would lose to him.

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National

Morning news brief

5:18am April 04, 2024

Popular Israeli lawmaker calls for new elections. Tuesday marks 75th anniversary of NATO's founding. Concrete structures meant to protect the collapsed Baltimore bridge appear unchanged for decades.

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In the U.K., calls to stop the export of weapons to Israel are growing

5:13am April 04, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

Protests continue at factories where parts for F-35 jets are made — while some in the ruling party want to halt arms sales.

A young boy looks out from a car as members of a Palestinian family leave Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with personal belongings on March 31.

Biden met with a small group of Muslims yesterday. This doctor walked out

11:08pm April 03, 2024

by Asma Khalid

The relationship between the White House and Arab Americans and Muslims is fraught because of President Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza,