Israel and Palestine

Urbana resolution filed to call for end of war in Gaza and promote peace

World
David Turner

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — After countless hours of input from Urbana residents weighing in on the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Urbana City Council ...

Nearly all US Senate Democrats back two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden‘s fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday backed a ...

Muslim Civil Rights Group Condemns GOP Senators’ Treatment Of Muslim Court Pick

Politics
Amanda Smith

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country, on Friday denounced three Republican senators for their ...

Blinken, senior diplomats seek G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war and other global crises

World
David Turner

TOKYO (AP) — The Group of 7 leading industrial democracies worked to forge a unified stance on the Israel-Hamas war at intensive ...

Rashida Tlaib hits back at congressional censure motion

Politics
Amanda Smith

The progressive Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who is the only Palestinian American in the US Congress, on Tuesday defended her criticism of ...

Obama says the war in Gaza is killing people ‘who have nothing to do with what Hamas did’

Politics
Amanda Smith

Former President Barack Obama said, “What’s happening to Palestinians is unbearable.” The comment came in an interview with Pod Save America, an ...