In the past week, the U.S. has targeted Israeli settlers in the West Bank, families continued to mourn their losses and Israel claimed to have defeated Hamas in a key Gaza city.
President Biden's executive order, issued Thursday, names four people and will lay the groundwork for financial sanctions against Israeli settlers who carry out violent assaults.
An Israeli radio station is broadcasting messages and songs to hostages in Gaza, and a Palestinian station in the West Bank is broadcasting families' messages to relatives recently jailed in Israel.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday a bill that would add a definition of antisemitism to state law. It's been a long time coming for advocates who hoped to toughen penalties for those who commit a crime with antisemitic intent. State Rep. Esther Panitch, a Democrat and Georgia's lone Jewish lawmaker, spoke with GPB's Peter Biello.
As a girl of 10, Estelle Laughlin and her family were forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, then sent to a concentration camp. She lived through the Nazi genocide. This new war has shaken her to her core.
Israel says the men who were killed on Tuesday were militants. Israeli forces dressed as civilians and hospital staff during the raid in the West Bank city of Jenin.
The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel displaced tens of thousands of Israelis from their kibbutzim near Gaza. Since then, rabbis have been crisscrossing the country offering trauma-informed care to victims.
With Arab students suspended for social media posts, it's "the first time we see this large amount of disciplinary procedures against students for expressing themselves," says a civil rights attorney.
An escalation of violence in the Middle East over the last 24 hours, including a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members, has raised concerns about the possibility of a regional war.
Last week, Israel saw its deadliest day during its war with Hamas, and displaced Palestinians fled Khan Younis and headed toward a flooded Rafah, where shelter and resources remain scarce.
