BY BRETT SAMUELS AND ALEX GANGITANO |
President Biden's response to the terrorist attacks against Israel may have given him a point of contrast with former President Donald Trump on foreign policy and leadership style. Biden has drawn plaudits from both sides of the aisle for his unequivocal support for Israel, speaking in personal and visceral terms about the impact of the violence launched by Hamas, which has left more than 1,000 Israelis dead. |
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The rocket fire that began around 7 a.m. on Saturday wasn't particularly alarming for the residents of Israel's kibbutz Kfar Azza. Communities closest with the Gaza Strip had grown used to the threat over about 15 years of intermittent war. But the horror of Hama's unprecedented attack on Israel quickly became apparent. [Warning this article contains descriptions of death surrounding civilians and children.] |
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As Israel's military orders 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to immediately evacuate, questions remain as to what forces are expected to do and when they will officially begin. The evacuation, ordered by Israel's Defense Forces (IDF), comes ahead of an apparent ramped-up bombardment in retaliation for Hamas' attack on Israel, which began Oct. 7. Here's what to know about the situation as it unfolds. |
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Israel's expected ground offensive in Gaza will be potentially catastrophic for civilian life in Gaza, while also posing steep risks for Israeli forces and raising the danger of widening a war with Iran-backed proxy groups. For the first time in years, Israeli forces will have to penetrate deep into Gaza, a coastal enclave where thousands of Hamas militants operate out of an underground network of tunnels, while also hiding among civilians. |
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Former President Trump in a late-Friday rant claimed he was the only president who could protect Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip. "I kept Israel safe, remember that. I kept Israel safe," he said in a video posted to Truth Social. "Nobody else will, nobody else can, and I know all of the players." |
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Multiple U.S. colleges and professors are getting entangled in controversy over their reactions to the Israel-Hamas war. Stanford University had to release a statement after reports emerged of a "non-faculty instructor" who was said to have "addressed the Middle East conflict in a manner that called out individual students in class based on their backgrounds and identities," according to the school. |
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BY EMILY BROOKS AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
House Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for Speaker on Friday, the conference's second attempt to find a candidate who can win the gavel on the House floor. Jordan, currently chair of the House Judiciary Committee, earned 124 votes to win the nomination over Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.). Scott had mounted a last-minute bid for Speaker that was largely seen as a protest to Jordan's candidacy. |
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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had a fiery exchange with reporters Friday about the House's ongoing dilemma, blaming Democratic members for bringing "chaos to Congress." After House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was nominated for the top position on Friday evening, lawmakers went on recess for the weekend without bringing a vote to the House floor. |
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In a letter addressed to acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) that was obtained by The Hill, the group of Democrats said they would support temporarily expanding his authority, which would allow the chamber to take up urgent bills including government funding and foreign aid. "In light of our nation's pressing issues, a looming government shutdown, and the attacks on our key ally, Israel, we strongly support an immediate vote to expand the Speaker Pro Tempore's authorities to all for the consideration of a legislative agenda limited to the most pressing issues," the letter said. |
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OPINION | On Monday, Oct. 2, the United States Supreme Court began its new term, addressing several pressing cases with one common theme: the authority of federal agencies. This theme might seem far from the concerns of regular Americans, but it touches on our political system's most fundamental principles. Taken together, these cases could do much to push our system back toward adhering to those principles. |
OPINION | Hamas's shocking attack was the largest incursion into Israel since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Lessons from that conflict shaped modern U.S. defense, and Israel's next war could have similar effects on American military thought. While the ripples of what some are calling Israel's 9/11 remain to be seen, there is no doubt that the world will be plunged into a period of instability that should concern all Americans, especially as the war in Ukraine rages on. |
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BY GABRIEL J.X. DANCE AND MICHAEL FORSYTHE | When a company with Chinese origins broke ground last year on a crypto-mining operation in Cheyenne, Wyo., a team at Microsoft that assesses national security threats sounded the alarm. Not only was the site next door to a Microsoft data center that supported the Pentagon -- it was about a mile away from an Air Force base that controlled nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles. |
BY DAVID LUHNOW, SHANNON NAJMABADI, JOSEPH DE AVILA, ADOLFO FLORES AND JOHN KAMP |
The Hamas attack that killed at least 1,300 people in Israel has left Jewish communities around the world on edge, as Jews confront rising vitriol, threats and violence. |
BY WAFAA SHURAFA AND JOSEPH KRAUSS |
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas' bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. |
BY MIRIAM BERGER AND SUFIAN TAHA |
QUSRA, West Bank — At least 11 Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces and dozens injured across the West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, as fears rise over mounting violence and instability ahead of an expected Israeli land invasion of Gaza. |
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