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President Lee likens video of Israeli soldiers abusing Palestinian child's corpse to comfort women, Holocaust

President Lee on Friday stressed the importance of human rights after sharing a clip on social media that seemingly showed Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian child's corpse, likening the scene to Japanese sexual slavery and the Holocaust.

2026-04-10

Israel approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic killings

Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis — a measure that has been harshly condemned by the international community and human rights groups as discriminatory and inhumane.

2026-03-31

Gaza's cease-fire had some momentum. Now, some fear a new war will distract the world

Some Palestinians say they fear the widening war sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza, just over a week after U.S. President Donald Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges.

2026-03-02

Trump's Board of Peace has several invited leaders trying to figure out how it'll work

The European Union's executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand on Monday were the latest to be asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan.

2026-01-20

UN approves U.S. plan authorizing an international stabilization force in Gaza

The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.

2025-11-18

Israeli leader insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of UN vote leaving that door open

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the United Nations Security Council planned to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza.

2025-11-17

Israel says militants have returned remains of 1 of the last 4 hostages in Gaza

Israel said Thursday that militants have handed over the body of one of the last four remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza.

2025-11-14

Russia proposes its own UN resolution on Gaza in challenge to U.S. draft

Russia on Thursday proposed its own draft of a UN resolution on Gaza in a challenge to a U.S. effort to pass its own text at the Security Council that would endorse President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan.

2025-11-14

Netanyahu and Kushner meet as Gaza cease-fire's first phase winds down

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next stages of the fragile Gaza cease-fire, while Israel returned the remains of another 15 Palestinians.

2025-11-11

Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce

The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a third day on Thursday night, killing two people, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency said, in another test of a fragile cease-fire agreement.

2025-10-31