Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Forces if Israel Strikes Nuclear Sites
Tehran has vowed to unleash an “unprecedented response” if Israel launches a military strike on its nuclear facilities, warning that any such action would engulf the region in war and drag U.S. forces into the line of fire. As tensions mount, Washington has begun evacuating embassy personnel in Baghdad and other regional countries, with President […]
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Exclusive: Houthis Warn US and Israel of ‘War’ If Iran Attacked
A source within the Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has shared with Newsweek a warning to Israel and the United States amid reports of a potential Israeli attack being planned against Iran. Reports Wednesday of U.S. nonessential personnel and family members being evacuated from regional countries, including Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait, were […]
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei Captures Houthi Missile Attack on Israel
Argentine’s President Javier Milei shared images of a suspected Houthi missile attack against Israel a day after Israeli forces struck a port used by the Yemeni group in an unprecedented naval attack. Milei landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Monday night for a three-day-visit to meet with Israeli leaders, staying at King David […]
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Greta Thunberg Deported by Israel
Pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, have been deported to their “home countries,” Israeli authorities said on Tuesday, after their protest vessel headed for Gaza was seized by the Israeli military. Passengers who sailed on the Madleen, a vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition carrying a “symbolic” amount of aid toward Gaza, arrived at Tel […]
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Israel Will Block Greta Thunberg’s Boat From Reaching Gaza: IDF Chief
Israel’s government has ordered the country’s military to intercept the humanitarian ship carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists to Gaza and stop it from reaching the embattled territory. “I have instructed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] to act so that the Madleen does not reach Gaza, and to take whatever measures are necessary to that […]
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Republican Says US Should End All Military Aid to Israel
Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said Thursday night that the United States should stop all military aid to Israel, citing mounting civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Newsweek reached out to Massie’s office via email Thursday for comment. Why It Matters Tensions in the Middle East remain high despite ongoing ceasefire negotiations between the […]
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Israel Plans Iran Attack Even if Trump Reaches Nuclear Deal: Report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites even if the United States secures a diplomatic agreement with Tehran—escalating fears inside President Donald Trump‘s administration that a surprise Israeli attack could derail ongoing nuclear negotiations, according to a New York Times report. U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Israel […]
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MAGA Leaders Defend Americans’ Right to Boycott Israel
Prominent figures from within President Donald Trump‘s “Make America Great Again” or “MAGA” movement came out against the bipartisan IGO Anti-Boycott Act, House Resolution 867—saying it would criminalize boycotts and free speech against Israel. Newsweek reached out to Representative Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, and Representative Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, who introduced […]
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Israel Says It’s Conducting Strikes In Gaza Amid Ceasefire: What We Know
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The […]
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On Israel, the International Criminal Court Is Wrong on the Law—and the Facts | Opinion
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) took the extraordinary and deeply flawed step of issuing arrest warrants for both the leaders of Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, and the leaders of Israel, a democratic state engaged in self-defense against those very same terrorists. This decision is not just morally indefensible, it was wrong on […]
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