The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with the Palestinian Authority on June 14. The announcement came during a meeting of the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, with CCP head Xi Jinping. During their meeting, Xi told Abbas that China is willing to assist the Palestinians in achieving…

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas wrapped up a trip to China Friday after seeking economic aid and voicing support for Beijing’s repressive policies toward Muslim minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. During his four-day visit, Abbas met with head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping. The leaders then issued a joint statement…

An Israeli woman critically wounded in a 2001 suicide bombing at a Jerusalem restaurant has died, an Israeli hospital said Thursday. Her death marks the sixteenth fatality from that attack. Hana Nachenberg was 31 at the time and was dining with her 3-year-old daughter when the blast occurred, Israeli media reported. She was in a…

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand—his pickup truck parked just outside the door at the roadside motel where he’s taken refuge since early February. Shelby Walker bounces from hotel…

The House of Representatives on April 25 passed a bill encouraging nations in the Middle East to normalize their relations with Israel. The House passed the bill in a 401–19 bipartisan vote under a suspension of normal House voting rules. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), who emphasized the “strong bilateral relationship…

The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion initiative to speed up the development of new vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, even as it officially declares an end to the emergency. A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment clean-up site crashed in Columbiana County on Monday, spilling…

The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion initiative to speed up the development of new vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, even as it officially declares an end to the emergency. A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment clean-up site crashed in Columbiana County on Monday, spilling…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the government of Israel as police clashed with Palestinians barricaded inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on April 4. Trudeau said despite Canada being a “dear and close and steadfast friend” to Israel, he was deeply concerned about the direction that the Israeli government has been taking, and needed to see…

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel-Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel–Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli–Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…