Mr. Netanyahu called the Hamas video “cruel psychological warfare.” Hamas is prepared for a long, bloody fight, and its fighters have turned Gaza into a labyrinth of tunnels, stocked with weapons and food. Some of the hostages are hidden in the tunnels, many of which are likely booby-trapped. After pounding Gaza and its people with…
Month: October 2023
Why Doug Burgum Is Staying in a Race He Can Afford to Lose
Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota knows that many people, including powerful voices in his own party, think he should quit the Republican presidential primary, abandoning his quixotic bid so that momentum can gather behind a challenger to Donald J. Trump, and ultimately President Biden. “This seems like they’re trying to do the job of…
U.S. Looks to Allay European Fears of a Subsidy War
The Biden administration is trying to ease European concerns about America’s new climate and tax law, which some allies view as a protectionist industrial policy that threatens their economies. More than a year after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, European officials are still frustrated by the legislation, which included more than $300 billion in…
Man Threatened Fani Willis and Sheriff in Trump’s Georgia Case, Indictment Says
A man who threatened a prosecutor and a sheriff involved in the Georgia investigation of former President Donald Trump for election interference was indicted in federal court on Monday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The man, Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, Ala., had left threatening messages to Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of…
Biden’s Support for Israel Now Comes With Words of Caution
Three days after Hamas terrorists slaughtered more than 1,400 Israelis, President Biden assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel that he supported his vow to “avenge this black day” and to turn Gaza “into a ruin” from the air and on the ground. “I told him if the United States experienced what Israel is experiencing,…
14th Amendment Trump Disqualification Trial Begins in Colorado
A courtroom in Denver will host, starting Monday morning, something the nation has never seen: a trial to determine whether a major party’s likely presidential nominee is eligible to be president at all. The lawsuit, filed in September by six Colorado voters with the help of a watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in…
Trump’s Verbal Slips Could Weaken His Attacks on Biden’s Age
One of Donald J. Trump’s new comedic bits at his rallies features him impersonating the current commander in chief with an over-the-top caricature mocking President Biden’s age. With droopy eyelids and mouth agape, Mr. Trump stammers and mumbles. He squints. His arms flap. He shuffles his feet and wanders laggardly across the stage. A burst…
How Years of Israeli Failures on Hamas Led to a Devastating Attack
Israeli officials have promised a full investigation into what went wrong. Even before that inquiry, it is clear the attacks were possible because of a cascade of failures over recent years — not hours, days or weeks. A New York Times examination, based on dozens of interviews with Israeli, Arab, European and American officials, as…
Summer Lee and Other Democrats Face Potential Primary Challenges for Israel-Palestine Views
In the northern suburbs of New York, George Latimer, the Westchester County executive, is contemplating a challenge to Representative Jamaal Bowman, who defeated the staunchly pro-Israel chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, in 2020. And progressive organizations are girding for possible challenges to Representatives Cori Bush of Missouri, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan…
Israel’s Hidden Victims, Arab Bedouins, Were Attacked by Hamas Too
During their murderous Oct. 7 rampage, Hamas militants attacked Zikkim Beach near the Gaza Strip where Abd Alrahman Aatef Ziadna and his family had been camping along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Mr. Ziadna, 26, was slain inside his tent, and four members of his Bedouin family vanished. Since the slaughter of 1,400 Israelis…