The Biden administration expects "Israel to follow through on its commitment" to get U.S.-funded flour into Gaza, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday after Axios reported Israel's ultranationalist finance minister is blocking the transfer of the shipment.
Why it matters: The delay of the shipment has added to President Biden's frustration with the Israeli government, U.S. officials told Axios.
Israel will allow a United Arab Emirates field hospital in the Gaza Strip to use Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said on Wednesday.
The big picture: Israel must approve any use of the service in Gaza under the agreement between Starlink and the Israeli government, according to Karhi.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not approve sending an Israeli delegation to Cairo on Thursday for follow-up talks over a possible hostage deal, two Israeli officials said.
Why it matters: Proposing follow-up talks appears to be an attempt by Egyptian and Qatari mediators to make progress on issues unrelated to the main sticking point in the talks — the number of prisoners Hamas wants to be released — in order to create continuity and momentum for the negotiations.
A record number of NATO member states are expected to meet the alliance's defense spending targets this year, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.
Why it matters: News of the uptick follows recent remarks from former President Trump, who said he'd "encourage" Russia to attack NATO members that didn't meet financial obligations to the alliance.
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that in any new hostage deal, Israel may have to release more Palestinian prisoners for each freed hostage than it did in the previous pause in Gaza fighting, two U.S. and Israeli officials said.
Why it matters: The number of Palestinian prisoners Hamas is demanding Israel release as part of a new hostage deal is the main sticking point in the indirect talks between Hamas and Israel.
Among the estimated million Mexicans and Mexican Americans who were forced to leave the U.S. for Mexico during the Great Depression "repatriation" was Anthony Acevedo, a future World War II medic and Holocaust survivor.
The mass deportationsthatformer President Trump has promised will take place if he's re-elected could cause shock waves in the economy and disrupt communities — but, unlike similar efforts in the past, they'd be met with resistance from Latino civil rights groups and elected officials.
Israeli ultranationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is blocking a U.S.-funded flour shipment to Gaza because its recipient is the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), two Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios.
More than a fifth of the 1,189 migratory species the United Nations monitors are threatened with extinction and 44% are showing population declines, a landmark UN report warns.
Threat level: The biggest threats to creatures including elephants, snow leopards, sea turtles, whales, songbirds and butterflies are habitat loss from human activity and overexploitation, per the UN's State of the World's Migratory Species report, published on Monday.
