U.S. hopes Hamas leader’s death will end Gaza war. Israel may have other ideas
WASHINGTON — President Biden and his senior leadership hailed Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as an “opportunity” to end the yearlong war that has…
After hostage killings, can Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks be revived?
TEL AVIV — In the wake of the deaths of six Israeli hostages, including a California-born U.S. citizen, both the Israeli government and the Palestinian militant…
Nova Music Festival memorial exhibition opens in Los Angeles
In a cavernous, 50,000-square-foot industrial event space in Culver City stand the charred remnants of six cars destroyed by rocket-propelled grenade fire. There are portable…
Coldplay stops concert as Israeli comic rushes stage, falls
Chris Martin briefly paused a Coldplay concert in Greece after a man draped in an Israeli flag tried to rush the stage but instead wound…
Who will run Gaza after the war? Israel? Hamas? The U.N.?
WASHINGTON — Pressure from numerous fronts, domestic and international, is building on Israel to end the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice, Arab and…
Reds’ Alon Leichman hopes to keep Israeli hostages in spotlight
For Alon Leichman, the assistant pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds, his job is at Dodger Stadium this weekend. His heart is in Israel. His…
Do pro-Palestinian protests signal a shift in U.S. support for Israel?
WASHINGTON — The relationship between the United States and Israel has been a tight embrace almost ever since the founding of the Jewish-led state 76 years…
U.S. bracing for imminent Iranian response to attack attributed to Israel
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its allies are sounding an unusually urgent alarm over Iran’s possible plans to retaliate in the coming days over Israel’s purported…
Russia, China veto Gaza cease-fire resolution at U.N.
WASHINGTON — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-backed resolution calling for an “immediate and sustained” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip — a turnabout from…
Israeli religious nationalists see God’s hand in Oct. 7 attack
YITZHAR, West Bank — Carrying planks of plywood, a group of Israeli settlers pushed past soldiers guarding the barrier surrounding the Gaza Strip and quickly got…
Biden is in L.A. for fundraiser at Israel supporter’s home
President Biden is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles today for a campaign fundraiser at the home of Israeli American media mogul Haim Saban, possibly…
Newsom cancels in-person tree lighting ceremony, citing protests
In an abrupt shift of plans, California’s annual holiday tree lighting at the Capitol was postponed a day and moved online, a change state officials…
With truce breakdown in Israel-Hamas war, bombing resumes
TEL AVIV — It was, it seemed, the way of this war. As America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, flew out of…
At NATO, untangling Ukraine and Israel is a U.S. challenge
BRUSSELS — Washington’s battle over aid to Israel and Ukraine — should it be one, both or neither? — moved to the largest of global stages…
U.S. falling short in diplomatic push with Israel, Arab world
WASHINGTON — Israel’s war with Hamas, which has killed thousands of people in a single month, is reverberating across the globe, roiling U.S. politics while sowing…
How pinkwashing has been weaponised against Gazan solidarity
In recent times, homophobic sentiment has been on the rise in Israel, often coming from its own politicians. Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich has…
“Our safety is bound together”: Why Palestine’s freedom matters to me
American Israeli artist Yael Malka offers her personal perspective on the Gaza conflict as a queer Jewish person. WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY YAEL MALKA Last…
Israel-Gaza war live updates: United Nations pushes for second border crossing to open to deliver aid to Gaza Strip
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says officials "remain concerned" about Australians in Gaza. "We want Australians and other citizens to be able to leave, and we're…
This is what is happening in the Gaza Strip and how to help
A humanitarian crisis has been unfolding over the past three weeks in the Gaza Strip. In response, GAY TIMES will be publishing editorial content calling…
Column: Biden stakes reputation on helping Israel, Ukraine succeed
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden didn’t set out to be a wartime president, but he made himself one. Last week, the president staked his place in history…