Biden met with a small group of Muslims yesterday. This doctor walked out
The relationship between the White House and Arab Americans and Muslims is fraught because of President Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza,
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These are the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Three of those killed by an Israeli airstrike were British and the others were Australian, Palestinian, Polish and a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
The White House plans a smaller Ramadan gathering as the war in Gaza continues
White House officials appear to be trying to hold an event that will both reflect the somber mood in the Muslim community because of the war and also curb the possibility of protests.
World Central Kitchen, led by a humanitarian chef, has fed crisis zones for years
World Central Kitchen has long brought food to war zones and disaster areas around the world. The deaths of seven of its workers in Gaza come on top of the loss of six workers in Ukraine.
This isn't the first time the U.S. and Israel have disagreed over Gaza
The U.S. and Israel are close allies, but they've had sharp disagreements. Are the current differences over the war in Gaza a short-term dispute or a fundamental change in the relationship?
An Israeli airstrike has killed World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, founder says
José Andrés, the founder of the organization that feeds people in war and disaster zones, said Monday that "several" international volunteers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Boiling weeds, eating animal feed: People in Gaza stave off hunger any way they can
Palestinians in Gaza tell NPR they've resorted to boiling weeds in seawater, eating animal feed and grinding date pits. "If the bombs don't kill us, the hunger will," a teenage girl says.
Israel cancels high-level talks in Washington after cease-fire vote clears the U.N.
The Security Council voted 14-0 in favor of a resolution demanding a cease-fire through the end of Ramadan in two weeks. The United States abstained from the vote, allowing the measure to pass.
There's already 'catastrophic' hunger in Gaza. Who decides when to call it a 'famine?'
A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.
Famine in northern Gaza is 'imminent,' warns the world's leading authority on hunger
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a new report that concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million, face serious food insecurity as war continues.