(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/18/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation, today condemned as “indefensible” a United States veto of a U.N. resolution that would have condemned violence against all civilians in the current Middle East conflict and would have urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.   The Security Council vote on …

  Miriam Alster/Pool/AP A State Department official has resigned from the agency over the Biden administration’s approach to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the official announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Josh Paul, who said he has worked in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for more than 11 years, said in his LinkedIn post that he resigned “due to a policy disagreement concerning …

Berlin has deployed several Special Forces units to Cyprus as it prepares for “all scenarios” in the Middle East, Bild reports FILE PHOTO: Members of the GSG 9 Special Forces unit of the German Federal Police. ©  Global Look Press / dpa / Rolf Vennenbernd The German government has decided to deploy some of the nation’s top Special Forces units to Cyprus …

The Gaza hospital “massacre” should not be tolerated by the international community, Authority leaders insisted Palestinians bring wounded to the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, October 18, 2023 ©  AP / Ali Mahmoud           Palestinian officials have called on the nations of the world to step in and prevent the “deliberate genocide” of their people by Israel after hundreds were …

  US President Joe Biden embraces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi, UAECNN —  Some of the United States’ closest Arab …