Sam Husseini (born 1966) is an American writer and political activist. He is the communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy,a D.C.-based nonprofit group that promotes progressive experts as alternative sources for mainstream media reporters. He formerly worked at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and at the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Husseini has written articles for a variety of publications,including CounterPunch,The Nation,The Washington Post,USA Today and Salon.
Robert Malley is an American lawyer,political scientist and specialist in conflict resolution,who was the lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Al-Shifa Hospital was the largest medical complex and central hospital in the Gaza Strip,located in the neighborhood of northern Rimal in Gaza City.
Yigal Palmor is the Head of the International Relations Unit and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman at the Jewish Agency for Israel,where he had previously served for four years as Director of Public Affairs and Communications. He was the longest serving Spokesperson and Head of Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel from August 2008 to August 2014. Prior to this post,he served stints in Israel's embassies in Madrid and in Paris,served as Deputy Director of the European Institutions department,and later as Director of the Maghreb,Syria and Lebanon department. He was a spokesperson of the Israeli delegations in a number of peace summits,including the Casablanca and Cairo Regional Economic Summits and the Annapolis Conference. In January 2009 he was dubbed "my favourite diplomat" by Australian former minister (Labour) Barry Cohen. In February 2013,he was elected "Best Government Spokesperson" in a survey of Israeli journalists.
Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the 71st United States secretary of state from 2021 to 2025. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Blinken was previously national security advisor to then–Vice President Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013.
Political relations between the State of Palestine and the United States have been complex and strained since the 1960s. While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine,it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people;following the Oslo Accords,it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of the Palestinian territories.
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan is an American attorney who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2021 to 2025 under president Joe Biden.
John F. Kirby is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as White House National Security Communications Advisor from 2022 to 2025. He previously served in the Biden administration as Pentagon Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 2021 to 2022. He worked as a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN from 2017 to 2021. He served in the Obama administration as Pentagon Press Secretary from 2013 to 2015 and as the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 2015 to 2017.
Edward Price is an American diplomat,political advisor and former intelligence officer who served as the deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2024 to 2025.[†] In this role,he is considered a Deputy Cabinet Secretary and is a sitting member of the National Security Council's Deputies Committee. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State from 2023 to 2024 and the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2023. He worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2006 until 2017.
Avichay Adraee is a Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces who serves as the head of the Arab media division of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. As a result of his position,he receives extensive exposure in the Arab media and is known throughout the Arab world. He is of Syrian Jewish,Iraqi Jewish,and Turkish Jewish descent.
Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war,the United States began to send warships and military aircraft into the Eastern Mediterranean and began sending Israel more military supplies. The Joe Biden administration stated that Israel would receive "whatever it needs" to support its offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Joe Biden's tenure as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20,2021,and ended on January 20,2025. Biden,a member of the Democratic Party who previously served as vice president for two terms under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017,took office after his victory in the 2020 presidential election over the incumbent president,Donald Trump of the Republican Party. Upon his inauguration,he became the oldest president in American history,breaking the record set by Ronald Reagan. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic,an economic crisis,and increased political polarization. He withdrew his bid for a second term in the 2024 presidential election due to low popularity and concerns over his age and health. Trump won the election and succeeded Biden as president.
On 31 July 2022,Ayman al-Zawahiri,the leader of the Salafi jihadist group al-Qaeda,was killed by a United States drone strike in Kabul,Afghanistan.
Matthew Lee is an American journalist and diplomatic writer who has been working for the Associated Press since 2007. He previously wrote for Agence France-Presse from 1995 to 2007,as well as working for The Daily Progress and The Washington Post.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the fourth quarter of 2023,from October 1 to December 31,2023. To navigate between quarters,see timeline of the Joe Biden presidency.
The 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire refers to a proposed armistice and prisoner exchange to end the Israel–Hamas war was agreed to by Israel and Hamas on 15 January 2025,and came into effect on 19 January. The proposal was first drafted by mediators from the United States,Egypt and Qatar,accepted by Hamas on 5 May 2024 and presented by U.S. president Joe Biden on 31 May. By January 2025,a similar proposal had been agreed to by both Israel and Hamas. The proposal is a serial initiative in three stages,beginning with a six-week ceasefire,the release of all Israelis being held hostage in Gaza in exchange for some of the Palestinians being held by Israel,a permanent ceasefire,Israel's withdrawal from Gaza,and a reconstruction process lasting from three to five years.
On 6 June 2024,the Israel Defense Forces fired two missiles at Al-Sardi,a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Though the complex had not been used as a school since the outbreak of the war,UNRWA said approximately 6,000 people were using it for shelter.
On February 10,2024,17-year-old Palestinian-American Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Khdour was shot and killed by an Israeli gunman while driving with his cousin outside Biddu in the West Bank. According to news organizations,the killing was perpetrated by Israeli forces. Khdour's killing came a month after the killing of another 17-year-old Palestinian-American named Tawfic Abdel Jabbar,making him the second American citizen killed in the West Bank since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas War.
