The Bay area city of Richmond, California, passed a resolution in a 5-1 vote that claims the "state of Israel is engaging in collective punishment against the Palestinian people in Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on Israel."
On October 7, 2023, the fundamentalist Islamist organization Hamas committed an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,400 Israelis.
The House Republican conference has nominated U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the Speaker's gavel, marking a significant turn in the ideological trajectory of the party.