Nations around the world reacted to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, but one nation stood out in its reaction. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu to Hungary on Nov. 22, saying the arrest warrant would “not be observed.” Orban, in comments […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court has also issued a warrant for Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, who is sometimes known as Mohammed Deif. The court said the warrants were for […]
The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire in Gaza on Nov. 20. The 15-member council voted on the resolution proposed by 10 nonpermanent members, including Algeria, Ecuador, and Japan. The United States was the only member to vote against it, using its veto power as […]
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Nov. 17 urged the Senate to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it continued to pursue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. In June, the House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at imposing sanctions on those involved in […]
BEIRUT—A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah terrorist group’s chief spokesman on Sunday. Mohammed Afif al-Naboulsi was killed in a strike on the Arab socialist Baath party’s office in Beirut, Hezbollah confirmed in a statement. He had been especially visible after all-out war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September. Israel’s military […]
Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever accusing it of silencing the ice cream maker from making statements in support of Palestinians in the Gaza war. The complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court in New York, says the multinational conglomerate has failed to adhere to its contractural obligations with Ben & Jerry’s by […]
Israel has confirmed for the first time that it was behind the pager and radio attacks that killed or wounded thousands of members of the Hezbollah terrorist group in September, as Israel prepared for a ground war against the group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally approved the attacks, his office’s spokesperson said on Nov. […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Before their meeting, Biden reaffirmed that his commitment to Israel is “ironclad.” Herzog expressed gratitude to Biden, calling him “a friend.” The Israeli president began his remarks by sharing the “sad news […]
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the war in the Middle East. With Trump now set to become the 47th president of the United States, NTD sat down with Cameron Hamilton, former division director at the Department of Homeland Security, for his analysis of how the new Trump administration could impact the conflicts in […]
JERUSALEM—An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s attack last week and Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza and Lebanon. The predawn strike on Tira was one of several barrages fired from Lebanon. Many of the projectiles were intercepted by Israeli air […]
BATROUN, Lebanon—Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday, as the conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel showed few signs of easing. Earlier on Saturday, Lebanese authorities said it was investigating whether Israel was behind the capture of a Lebanese sea captain who was taken […]
The top U.S. envoy at the United Nations has called on Israel to reconsider legislation that would impede the work of the U.N. relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA. Meanwhile, Israel is accusing the U.N. of turning a blind eye to the members of the Hamas terror group it says have infiltrated UNRWA. NTD’s Daniel Monaghan […]
Israel has passed two bills banning UNWRA’s operations in Israel. Many now fear that the move will cripple aid deliveries into Gaza, but is this true? To find out more, NTD spoke with Alex Traiman, the CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief for Jewish News Syndicate.
Former Israeli intelligence official and senior official on Arab affairs, Avi Melamed, joined NTD to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East conflict.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite photos analyzed Sunday by The Associated Press show. Some of the […]
Israel says that air strikes on military targets in Iran on Saturday morning have concluded its retaliation for Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on April 13 and Oct. 1. Iran’s military said early Saturday that Israeli strikes on the country targeted military bases in Ilam, Khuzestan, and Tehran provinces, causing “limited damage,” and that two soldiers […]
