Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Tuesday that Israel must reopen Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Israel sent tanks into the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized control of the crossing, a key aid passage, while warning it will deepen its operation if truce talks fail to secure the release […]
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden opposes the seizure of a Columbia University campus building by pro-Palestinian protesters, the White House said Tuesday as demonstrations raged at colleges across the country. “The president believes that forcibly taking over a building on campus is absolutely the wrong approa...
Anti-war students from across the US capital banded together to form a pro-Palestinian encampment near the White House. They demanded their schools condemn Israel’s war on Gaza and divest from Israeli businesses. Students from Georgetown University and George Washington University formed a sit-in on the latter’s University Yard, just ove...
Washington, United States – AFP Iran’s massive aerial attack on Israel was a “spectacular and embarrassing failure,” the White House said Monday, after US forces helped shoot down most of the missiles and drones fired by Tehran. “I’ve seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail, that this spectacular and ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Humanitarian aid flowing into the Gaza Strip has seen a significant surge in recent days, said White House National Security spokesman John Kirby on Monday. In an interview with MSNBC on Monday, Kirby emphasized the aid’s crucial role in alleviating the dire humanitarian situation in the area. “The aid has inc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus is “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Washington next week for a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the White House has said. The February 12 meeting comes as regional efforts continue to broker an agreement to halt Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The White House said Abdullah and Biden will […]
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call Friday that he still backs future statehood for the Palestinians, the White House said, amid tensions between the two leaders over the issue. “The president still believes in the promise and the possibility of a two-state...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Friday it was “seriously concerned” about reports that a Palestinian teenager with dual US citizenship had been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. “We’re seriously concerned about these reports. The information is scant at this time, we don’...
Washington, United States — AFP The United States has told Israel of its “concerns” about the mounting civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House has said. President Joe Biden — who has been Israel’s strongest support and ally — warned Israel on Tuesday it could lose support over “indiscriminate bomb...
