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Biden will head to Israel, Jordan as concerns mount that conflict will spread

by MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press October 16, 2023October 17, 2023

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s travel to Israel as the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip grows more dire.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Biden postpones trip to Colorado as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies

by CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

The president’s decision reflects the competing pressure that he faces as he tries to manage bloody conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East, always one of the world’s most combustible regions.

Nation & World, News

Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply

by NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

Trucks carrying badly needed aid have waited there for days unable to pass through. Israeli airstrikes last week forced the shutdown of Rafah, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt.

Nation & World, News

Israel vows to ‘destroy’ Hamas. What happens to Gaza at the war’s end?

by Steve Hendrix and Loveday Morris The Washington Post October 15, 2023October 15, 2023

The images of Hamas infiltrators slaughtering Israeli families and kidnapping children ended that status quo. What will replace it is still impossible to predict.

Nation & World, News, Uncategorized

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as Israeli invasion looms

by NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press October 15, 2023October 15, 2023

Medics are warning that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people run desperately low on fuel and basic supplies.

Nation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized

The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift

by STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press October 15, 2023October 15, 2023

Republican primary voters across New Hampshire who pelted Republican presidential candidates with foreign policy questions this past week are hungry for better answers.

Nation & World, News

Blinken will return to Israel after stops in Arab nations aimed at avoiding a broader conflict

by MATTHEW LEE Associated Press October 15, 2023October 15, 2023

U.S. State Department announced the Secretary of State’s plan to travel Monday to Israel – his second visit in five days – as America’s top diplomat arrived in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egypt’s president.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: How do we answer what is happening in Gaza and in Israel?

by Pious Ali and Abraham Peck Special to the Press Herald October 15, 2023October 14, 2023

We Muslims and Jews in Portland seek to understand what our religious teachings have in common and what we must do to overcome those that separate us.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Years of inhumanity to Palestinians have inhuman consequences

by William Slavick Special to the Press Herald October 14, 2023October 14, 2023

Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians follows 75 years of the killing of Palestinian civilians and nearly two decades of an embargo that keeps Palestinians from getting food and medication.

Nation & World, News

Biden, others condemn attacks in the Middle East, continue to offer support for Israel

by Toluse Olorunnipa The Washington Post October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

The president’s response echoes his longtime pro-Israel attitude. But could draw criticism if Israel roars into Gaza.