Statement from Netanyahu's office, after a war-cabinet consultation: the proposal from Hamas is "far" from Israel's requirements, but Israel will send a delegation to talk about it; in the meantime, the operation in Rafah will continue.

In a world-exclusive interview, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC explains why he's seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Hamas and Israel, and breaks down the legal process leading to today's announcement.

BREAKING: International Court of Justice orders immediate halt of Israel's operation in Rafah haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

🚨🚨🚨ICJ orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah. All the details in my report on Axios axios.com/2024/05/24/icj…

Minutes after ICJ order ,Israeli warplanes launched a series of air strikes on the Shaboura camp in center of the city of Rafah, the sound of explosions were terrifying locals said, clouds of black smoke hung over the buildings rescue teams unable to reach the camp

If the ICC will grant its chief prosecutor's request to issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Germany would be put in a difficult position: Would it actually arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he comes to visit?

Incredible interview with Aryeh Neier; Jewish, fled Nazi Germany as a child, long-time human rights campaigner, co-founder of Human Rights Watch. cnn.com/videos/world/2…

Gathering the best and brightest minds to debate whether or not this was an acceptable number of displaced children burned alive in their tent camp axios.com/2024/05/27/raf…

Ireland, Norway, Spain to recognize Palestine as state p.dw.com/p/4gMON?maca=e… We spoke to Palestinians in Ramallah about what the move means for them.

White House, yesterday: the Rafah offensive doesn't cross our red line because Israel hasn't gone in with "large units, large numbers of troops" Haaretz.com, this morning: the Israeli army is sending more troops to Rafah, with a fourth brigade-level team now operating there

What does the departure of Benny Gantz from the Israeli war cabinet and government mean?

“We are losing our identity as people, as Jews, as human beings.” Former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour

ICJ says Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is 'de facto annexation' haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

From reading the Separate Opinions, it seems that except for Judge Sebutinde, the Court did not have many profound disagreements. This is important considering prior experience with the Court (remember Comma-Gate). Here, things seemed pretty straght-forward. Some thoughts 🧵

Our briefing this week The Economist is about Gaza's future. Optimistic "day-after" schemes have little basis in reality. No one has a real plan to provide security, distribute aid and start rebuilding—only a hope that someone else will do these things. 🧵 economist.com/briefing/2024/…

🟡 SCOOP: In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim about UNRWA. Months later, the top editor overseeing standards privately made an admission: The paper didn’t know — and still doesn’t know — whether it was true, Max Tani reports. semafor.com/article/08/04/…

Hezbollah has just confirmed in an official statement that Nasrallah is dead

“He told me to take them. In the next attack, use them as a human shield.” An IDF soldier and five former Palestinian detainees tell CNN that the Israeli military has used civilians as human shields in Gaza, as Jeremy Diamond reports.

Huckabee has no foreign policy experience, he's an ardent supporter of Israeli settlements and he has previously described Palestinian statehood as a "fantasy"

Feckless to the very end, an impotent administration that laid down one "red line" after another, only to erase them and pretend they never existed once Israel crossed them