Israeli families grappled with their desire to mark Independence Day even as the country is facing a drawn-out war and one of its most difficult tests in decades.
War in Israel
Negotiations to secure at least a pause in hostilities in the seven-month war have been deadlocked for months.
Students at many college campuses this spring set up similar encampments, calling for their schools to cut ties with Israel and businesses that support it.
Overall, the protests in Europe have not reached the intensity of demonstrations at several U.S. universities.
Emory University held its undergraduate commencement at Gas South Arena Monday morning — breaking from the tradition of the ceremony at the quad at the school’s Druid Hills campus.
House Republicans are planning a floor vote this week on draft legislation that would seek to force the administration into continuing weapons transfers to Israel.
The United Nations now claims that “the fog of war” is to blame for a major overstatement of the number of Gazan children who have been killed in the war.
During the day’s opening ceremony, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed again to defeat Hamas, a promise he has made repeatedly during Israel’s war with the terrorist group.
The exodus of Palestinians from Rafah accelerated Sunday as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern Gaza city.
A seventh grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco grew accustomed to seeing her classmates display their support for Palestinians.
A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement with about 30 students chanting “free Palestine” amid a mix of boos and cheers.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s message to Netanyahu about Gaza.
Debates and protests sparked by Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip have worked their way into seemingly every corner in the world — even the free-spirited desert festival in Nevada known as Burning Man.
Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest Saturday night
Ilya Tarshansky, a survivor of the Oct. 7 surprise Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, spoke to an audience of about 100 people at the Folsom Community Center on Thursday.
