INTERNATIONAL

  MICHAEL YOUNG None of the major actors in the Middle East wants to see the conflict spread, but are locked into positions that lead in the contrary direction.   If the war over Gaza spreads to Lebanon, would a regional conflict become inescapable? Virtually all the major parties involved probably don’t want it to escalate into a wider regional …

  As Downing Street endorses Netanyahu’s “mighty vengeance,” David Cronin provides a briefing on Britain’s support for Israel since 1948, which has involved a number of twists. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Israel’s Prime Minister in London in March. (Simon Walker, No 10 Downing Street, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) By David CroninDeclassified UK Rishi Sunak has given Britain’s full approval to the flattening …

  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 killed in the bombing of a hospital in Gaza. Israeli officials blamed the blast on an errant rocket launched by the Islamic Jihad militant group. However, an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

(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 …