Megha M. Vemuri's MIT graduation speech accused the school of supporting Israel's 'genocidal' actions in Gaza, leading to protest from some in the audience.

Israel will not allow a planned meeting in the Palestinian administrative capital of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, to go ahead, an Israeli official said on Saturday, after Arab ministers planning to attend were stopped from coming.

T hey are the leading extremists in the most right-wing government in Israel’s history: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are both West Bank settlers. They ran together on the same ticket in Israel’s most recent election,

Israel has said it will “not cooperate” with plans from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to host a Saudi-led delegation of foreign ministers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official told CNN on Friday.

A series of exchanges marked a new low point in the relationship between France and Israel, which accused the French president of “a crusade against the Jewish state.”

Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said Thursday night that the United States should stop all military aid to Israel, citing mounting civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Newsweek reached out to Massie's office via email Thursday for comment.

Israel is facing growing international pressure as aid distribution efforts in Gaza devolved into chaos during the first days of a controversial new mechanism backed by the United States and Israel.

As more Gazans fled their homes in the north, international demands grew louder for Israel to allow an urgent and massive injection of aid to stave off famine in the territory.

Mohammad Sinwar, Hamas's Gaza leader and brother of slain commander Yahya Sinwar, has been confirmed dead by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S, Faizan Zaki! The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night. Zaki, who has competed in the annual contest four times, came in second last year.

President Trump has expressed optimism recently that there would be a deal for a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.