TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar's Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance. The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast...
Pro-Palestinian Protesters at USC Comply With Order to Leave
Students protesting the ongoing war in Gaza left a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they could face arrest if they didn’t go. The move, days before commencement was set to begin, came after the university said campus safety officers,...
Israel Vows Military Operation ‘in the Very Near Future’ After Latest Hamas Attack
JERUSALEM — Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it, while the defense minister claimed Hamas wasn't serious about a cease-fire deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places...
Yellen Says Threats to Democracy Risk US Economic Growth, an Indirect Jab at Trump
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen's Address in Arizona Yellen delivered an address Friday in Arizona, using economic data to paint a picture of how disregard for America's democratic processes...
New Sea Route for Gaza Aid on Track. Treating Starving Children Is a Priority
FITZGERALD — On-the-ground preparations are on track in Gaza for humanitarian workers to be ready to deliver food, treatment for starving children and other urgent assistance by early or mid-May when the American military expects to finish building a floating pier to receive the shipments, a U.S. Agency for International...
As Border Debate Shifts Right, Sen. Alex Padilla Emerges as Persistent Counterforce for Immigrants
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had a question. “Is it true?” Biden asked Sen. Alex Padilla, referencing the roughly 25% of U.S. students in kindergarten through high school who are Latino. Padilla said the question came as he was waiting with the president in a back room at a library...
At Time of Rising Antisemitism, Holocaust Survivors Take on Denial and Hate in New Digital Campaign
DUESSELDORF, Germany — Herbert Rubinstein was 5 years old when he and his mother where taken from the Jewish ghetto of Chernivtsi and put on a cramped cattle wagon waiting to take them to their deaths. It was 1941, and Romanians collaborating with Germany's Nazis were rounding up tens of...
Israel Briefs US on Evacuation Plan for Palestinians Ahead of Planned Rafah Assault
WASHINGTON — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to U.S. officials familiar with the talks. The officials, who were not authorized to comment...
Canadian Police Make 3 Arrests in Sikh Separatist’s Slaying That Sparked a Spat with India
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian police said they arrested three suspects Friday in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June that become the center of a diplomatic spat with India, and are investigating possible ties between the detainees and the Indian government. Details of the Arrests Three Indian...
Universities Negotiate End to Protests, Open Dialogue on Investment Policies
NEW YORK — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and Rutgers stand out amidst the chaotic scenes and 2,300-plus...