Rep. Sean Casten introduced the Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026 — a bill that would prohibit the use of US-origin weapons in Gaza and the West Bank unless Israel meets a defined set of compliance conditions verified by the State Department.
In a Tucker Carlson interview, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all the biblical territory described in Genesis — a comment that triggered condemnations from fourteen Arab and Muslim nations, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, and the OIC, while the White House remained silent.
Contracting records reviewed by the Guardian reveal the Trump administration’s Board of Peace is planning a 5,000-person military installation covering more than 350 acres in southern Gaza — complete with armored watchtowers, bunkers, and a firing range — on land whose ownership is unclear and where 1.9 million displaced Palestinians now live.
A coalition of Palestinian footballers, clubs, and advocacy groups filed a 120-page complaint at the International Criminal Court on February 16 accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino and UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity — specifically apartheid and the transfer of civilians into occupied territory — by allowing Israeli settlement clubs to compete in official football leagues.
Arundhati Roy withdrew from the 2026 Berlinale after jury president Wim Wenders said filmmakers should ‘stay out of politics’ when asked about Gaza — a statement Roy called ‘a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity.’
The UN announced Israel blocked three humanitarian missions in Gaza — including wastewater access — as Rafah returnees reported interrogation, blindfolding, and denial of medical care. At the Munich Security Conference, the debate was about reconstruction governance.
German Bundestag President Julia Klöckner toured Gaza embedded with the Israeli military, meeting no Palestinians — a visit German lawmakers warned risks legitimizing Israeli occupation and annexation plans at a critical diplomatic moment.

The DNC’s Own Secret Report Says Gaza Cost Harris the Election. They’ve Been Hiding It.
A confidential Democratic National Committee analysis concluded that the Biden administration’s handling of the Gaza war was a ‘net-negative’ for Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign — and party leadership has kept the findings secret because of how politically damaging they are.