U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire.
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Biden postpones trip to Colorado as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies
The president’s decision reflects the competing pressure that he faces as he tries to manage bloody conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East, always one of the world’s most combustible regions.
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Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.
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Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as Israeli invasion looms
Medics are warning that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.
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The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift
Republican primary voters across New Hampshire who pelted Republican presidential candidates with foreign policy questions this past week are hungry for better answers.
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Blinken will return to Israel after stops in Arab nations aimed at avoiding a broader conflict
U.S. State Department announced the Secretary of State’s plan to travel Monday to Israel – his second visit in five days – as America’s top diplomat arrived in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egypt’s president.
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Commentary: How do we answer what is happening in Gaza and in Israel?
We Muslims and Jews in Portland seek to understand what our religious teachings have in common and what we must do to overcome those that separate us.
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Native Mainer leads Jerusalem Post’s wartime coverage
David Brinn, who grew up in Portland, is the managing editor of Israel’s largest English-language daily newspaper.
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Rabbi Rachel Isaacs: Our Jewish community is in mourning
Pray for justice and peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike, writes a local faith leader.
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
The evacuation order sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.