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.
Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud has been appointed to the State Department's Assembly of Local Leaders program, according to a report from The Washington Free Beacon.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel has a “legitimate right to defend itself."
A suicidal man had a good view of the sunset over the Hudson River from his perch on the side of a Manhattan overpass earlier this month. It would likely have been the last thing he'd ever see — apart from the pavement below — were it not for New York Police Department officers Carl Fayette and Eleodor Mata.
In the backdrop of this appeal, discussions have been initiated within the Biden administration, in collaboration with congressional members, to potentially curate a larger combined aid package.