Israel-Hamas war

Palestinians react next to the bodies of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Stirp, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

There’s progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas

A Hamas delegation is in Cairo and Egyptian state media say there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza.

FILE - Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential buildings and a mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2024. Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at concessions by both sides following months of stalemated talks. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Here’s what’s on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire talks

PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine, delivering crucial and life-saving medical relief and humanitarian aid where it is needed most

Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation

FILE - Palestinians line up for free food during the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Jan. 9, 2024. A top U.N. official said Friday, May 3, 2024, that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the International Workers' Day march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” and announced his government would end diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment

FILE - College students from various nearby schools march down Commonwealth Avenue in Boston on Oct. 16, 1965 to attend rally on Boston Common protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds currently echoing across the landscapes of the nation’s colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)

The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled

They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds currently echoing across the landscapes of the nation’s colleges and universities.

Judith Tzamir, a Holocaust survivor from Germany, poses for a portrait in her family home in Kibbutz Meflasim, southern Israel, Friday, May 3, 2024. On Monday, Tzamir will join 55 other Holocaust survivors from Israel and around the world for a memorial march in Poland, called March of the Living. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7

Israel will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day starting Sunday evening, the first time since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, forcing some Israeli Holocaust survivors to confront difficult memories of loss.

Rawan Antar, 21, center, chants in support of Palestinians during the University of Michigan's Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News via AP)

A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war

Some U.S. universities that have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war have taken steps to contain disruptions during their commencement ceremonies.

Police lift a pro-Palestinian demonstrator from the ground on the University of Virginia campus, in Charlottesville, Va., where tents are set up, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Cal Cary/The Daily Progress via AP)

25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters

Twenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus.

Sadiq Khan makes a speech after he is re-elected for a record third time as Mayor of London, following the counting of votes, at City Hall in London, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Khan, the Labour Party's Mayor of London, has romped to victory, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.'s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

London, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Mayor Sadiq Khan wins historic third term

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has won a historic third term in office. The win announced Saturday marks his staying power despite unhappiness among some voters, who blame him for a lot of the capital’s problems.

Christian pilgrims hold candles as they gather during the ceremony of the Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Cheers and flames as Orthodox worshipers greet the ancient ceremony of the ‘Holy Fire’

Christian Orthodox worshippers in Jerusalem have thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in one of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar.

In this photo taken from video provided by Stacey J. Spiehler, hecklers shout at a pro-Palestinian protester at the University of Mississippi, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Oxford, Miss. The hecklers vastly outnumbered pro-Palestine demonstrators and video shot by a student journalist showed one white heckler making monkey gestures and noises at a Black woman who was supporting pro-Palestinian protesters. (Stacey J. Spiehler via AP)

Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman

Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman.

Dean Kahler, who was shot an paralyzed at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, holds a photograph he took of a U.S. National Guardsman talking to students during the 1970 anti-war protest, during an interview in his home Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Plain Township, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests

Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970.

Rabbi Levi Cunin, with Chabad on Campus, speaks during a pro-Israel rally at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism.

FILE - Actor Robert De Niro attends the Tribeca Festival opening night premiere of "Kiss the Future" at the OKX Theater at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. On Friday, May 3, 2024, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming De Niro was captured on video yelling at anti-Israel protesters in New York City.(Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A video clip of actor Robert De Niro yelling in a crowd shows him rehearsing for a Netflix series, not confronting anti-Israel protesters in New York.

Students gather near Sciences Po university Friday, May 3, 2024 in Paris. French police peacefully evacuated dozens of students from a building of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, who had gathered there in support of Palestinians, echoing similar encampments and solidarity demonstrations across the United States. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French police peacefully remove pro-Palestinian students occupying a university building in Paris

French police have peacefully removed dozens of students from a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po.

Palestinians stand in the ruins of the Chahine family home, after an overnight Israeli strike that killed at least two adults and five boys and girls under the age of 16 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 3, 2024. An Israeli strike on the city of Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip killed several people, including children, hospital officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

The Latest | Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah risks killing hundreds of thousands, UN says

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread nationwide.

Dozens of tents were in place as part of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The school said staff and volunteers have been trained to manage any disruptions that might occur at graduation at Michigan Stadium on May 4. (AP Photo/Ed White)

Universities take steps to prevent pro-Palestinian protest disruptions of graduation ceremonies

Some U.S. universities with weekend graduation ceremonies are taking steps to contain any disruptions amid tension over the Israel-Hamas war.

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn’t been seen since World War II, the UN says

The United Nations says the world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today.

A student encampment is shown at Middlebury College as they protest the Israel-Hamas war in Middlebury, Vt., on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Answering readers’ questions about the protest movement on US college campuses

A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.

FILE - A person is carried away at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA late Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Today’s campus protests aren’t nearly as big or violent as those last century — at least, not yet

Although it might be tempting to compare the U.S. campus protests to the anti-Vietnam War movement of a half century ago, experts say that would be an overreaction at this point.

Palestinian medics treat a wounded person as the other one carries a young wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, early Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress

Hamas says it’s sending a delegation to Egypt as soon as possible to continue talks in the latest sign of progress in the fragile cease-fire process.

Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Stirp, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks

Hamas said Thursday that it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt’s latest proposal. U.S.

Holocaust survivor Herbert Rubinstein talks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Holocaust survivors from around the globe participating in a new digital campaign called "#CancelHate" which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

Holocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms.

Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses

As police helicopters hovered overhead, the sound of flash-bangs pierced the air. Protesters chanted “where were you last night?” as the officers approached.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration weighing measures to help Palestinians bring family from region

The Biden administration is weighing measures to help Palestinians living in the United States who want to bring family from the war-torn region.

Pro-Palestinian protesters camp out in tents at Columbia University on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in New York. With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters nationwide are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict. Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. (AP Photo)

House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws.

Israeli soldiers gather near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel before they enter Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas war.

Texas A&M students and members of Texas A&M Young Democratic Socialists of America participate in a pro-Palestinian protest in Rudder Plaza on campus, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP)

Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US schools

After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death across the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East has latched onto the demonstrations roiling American university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war.

Students walk on the campus of Boston College, Monday, April 29, 2024, in Boston. While many colleges and universities in the Boston area have been scenes of encampments and arrests, Boston College has been relatively quiet. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere

A student protest movement has washed over the country since police first tried to end an encampment at Columbia University in New York nearly two weeks ago.

FILE - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi waits to meet Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Thursday, March 14, 2024. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran's nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight of the program remains limited, officials said Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehran’s nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight remains limited.

Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, gestures as he speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Maarab east of Beirut, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Geagea blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel's crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon

The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon has blasted the militant Hezbollah group for opening a front with Israel to back up Hamas saying it did not stop Israel’s crushing offensive on the Gaza Strip and brought huge harm to Lebanon.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog talk during their meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken presses Hamas to seal cease-fire with Israel, says ‘the time is now’ for a deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas to impress on them that “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza during a protest calling for their return, after meeting families of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

The Latest | In Israel, Blinken pushes Hamas to agree on Gaza cease-fire deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel to press for a cease-fire deal with Hamas, saying “the time is now.”