February 20, 2024Middle East The Artist Whose Oct. 7 Series ‘Attracts Fire’ Seismic world events in Ukraine and the Middle East draw Zoya Cherkassky’s highly personal responses. “There was nothing to be ironic about,” […] Read more
February 20, 2024Middle East Two Hospitals in Southern Gaza Are Left Barely Functioning An Israeli raid reduced one of the territory’s biggest facilities to little more than a shelter, while food and fuel are almost […] Read more
February 19, 2024Middle East Brazil’s President Lula Recalls Ambassador to Israel, Escalating a Dispute The Israeli foreign minister said Mr. Lula was not welcome in the country until he took back remarks comparing Israeli actions in […] Read more
February 19, 2024Middle East Houthi Attack Forces Crew to Abandon Cargo Ship in Gulf of Aden The attack on the ship, the Rubymar, appeared to be one of the Houthis’ most successful after months of firing drones and […] Read more
February 19, 2024Middle East U.S. Says it Struck Houthi Targets, Including Underwater Drone, in Yemen The American military said it believes it is the first time such an undersea weapon had been used in the current conflict […] Read more
February 19, 2024Middle East Overwhelmed by War, Another Gazan Hospital Is Declared ‘Not Functional’ Conditions at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip were described as desperate after Israeli forces raided it in search of Hamas […] Read more
February 18, 2024Middle East Brazil’s Lula Angers Israel After Comparing War in Gaza to the Holocaust Israel said it had asked for a meeting with the Brazilian ambassador. Israel said it had asked for a meeting with the […] Read more
February 18, 2024Middle East Israel Formally Rejects Unilateral Recognition of a Palestinian State The largely symbolic move followed proposals by international allies that were discussed during recent cease-fire negotiations in Cairo. The largely symbolic move […] Read more
February 18, 2024Middle East Netanyahu Says He Won’t Bow to Pressure to Call Off Rafah Invasion The Israeli leader has come under international pressure to drop a threatened incursion into the city where more than a million Palestinians […] Read more
February 16, 2024Middle East Netanyahu Condemns B’nei Re’em Shooting That Killed Two Israelis The Israeli authorities called the attack, which took place near the town of B’nei Re’em, an act of terrorism. The Israeli authorities […] Read more