Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced plans to cut diplomatic ties with Israel due to its actions in Gaza. Speaking at a May Day rally in Bogota, he criticized Israel for civilian casualties.
President Joe Biden visited Michigan on Thursday, aiming to emphasize his strengths amid discontent among the state's Arab American population over his handling of the Gaza situation.
Israeli authorities about a month ago arrested three citizens they accuse of smuggling illegal goods into Gaza. The men have since been charged in the Beersheba District Court.
Some 4,200 refugees have been rescued from the frigid waters of the Mediterranean Sea over the course of just five days, suggesting a record-setting surge in migrants. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned that the situation off Italy's coastlines was "out of control."
Some 60 journalists around the world lost their lives in the course of their work in 2014, the Committee to Protect Journalists said, and more than 40 percent of them were murdered.
Amnesty International published a report on Wednesday accusing Israel of committing war crimes and displaying a "callous indifference" in attacks on family homes during the war in the Gaza Strip over the summer.
Retired military officials break silence to push Israeli PM toward peace with Palestine More than 100 former senior military officials in Israel are pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue a comprehensive peace deal with Palestine.
United Nations brokered the deal Israel and Palestine continue to move forward following 50 days of fighting between the two, as the sides reached a deal to begin the reconstruction process in the battered Gaza Strip enclave.
Gaza will take 20 years and $6 billion to rebuild, report says The war-torn Gaza strip has been assessed and estimates say the damage from seven weeks of attacks will take 20 years and about $6 billion to rebuild, Al-Jazeera reports.
Militant group carries out shootings near mosque and at police station Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV announced on Friday that as many as 18 people were killed for allegedly passing information to Israel, according to CNN.
Amal Alamuddin was appointed to the expert panel to investigate the Israel offensive on GAza last month - but she turned it down. With an upcoming wedding and several cases, the lawyer may have been too busy.
Palestine announced it would accept a 72-hour cease-fire Sunday in order to allow peace talks to progress with Israel, who refused to attend the talks if violence continued.
Joan Rivers said her comments were taken out of context. When it comes to the conflict on the Gaza Strip, Joan Rivers has chosen not to remain quiet. She was approached by a TMZ reporter at LAX airport, where she blamed Palestinians for the conflict and said they were warned ahead of time to get out.
