HuffPost obtained rare interviews with Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzouk and Basem Naim, pressing them six months since Oct. 7 on the group's attacks on civilians and its vision for the future of...

Morale is low, and some staffers are preparing to formally express their opposition to President Joe Biden's approach, officials told HuffPost.

As Israel escalates its offensive, U.S. diplomats are being discouraged from publicly using three phrases that would urge calm.

A HuffPost review of nearly 20 State Department updates on the Israel-Hamas war found repeated references to the Gaza Health Ministry with few caveats about its accuracy.

Josh Paul, who spent a decade in State's bureau overseeing arms sales, exclusively spoke with HuffPost after quitting over the U.S. approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Keeping South Africa’s case against Israel’s U.S.-backed offensive alive, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take six big steps to prevent further human rights violations.

Officials are worried Israel is seeking U.S. weapons for a war in Lebanon, and analysts say an uptick in attacks tied to Iran risks ensnaring the U.S. in a major conflict.

The Minnesota Democrat is taking aim at a $320 million package of bomb equipment that the Biden administration wants to provide to Israel's military.

Several officials spoke to HuffPost about what one called the United States’ “monstrous disregard for innocent Palestinian lives” ― and the challenge of questioning Israel internally.

Today, we mark a devastating and tragic milestone—100 days of captivity for the more than 100 innocent people, including as many as 6 Americans, who are still held being hostage by Hamas in Gaza. For...

The Biden administration is finalizing plans to urge Switzerland to reject a request from Palestine and its supporters to hold a conference on violations of the Geneva Conventions.

The officials made the comments in a government cable sent within the Biden administration on Tuesday and obtained by HuffPost.

U.S. policy stymies Iran's access to medicine and vital equipment, 32 members of Congress say in a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

A task force on preventing atrocities did not meet until two weeks into the war, and officials say department leaders are telling them their expertise won't affect policy.

Brett McGurk is pursuing a proposal to rebuild the Palestinian territory that focuses on a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials told HuffPost. Many say that plan would sow seeds of...

House Democrats have drafted a letter seeking the resignation of White House aide Brett McGurk, whose Middle East policies are seen as worsening the Gaza crisis.

White House spokesman John Kirby said last month such probes are not occurring, but sources tell HuffPost U.S. officials have been assessing Israel's possible international law violations for months.

Israeli soldiers have killed two Palestinians just this week.

The Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won’t help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere.

Today: Changes to Apple’s Podcast app leaves the audio industry reeling, NBC quietly cuts its Racial Equality and Justice team, and HuffPost spars with the National Security Council.

The first-term congresswoman is again affirming that she's about more than the image right-wing conspiracy theorists present.

Though his bill failed, Bernie Sanders put senators on the record on the U.S.-backed military campaign in Gaza. Israeli envoy Michael Herzog visited the Senate before the vote.

The Biden administration is finalizing plans to urge Switzerland to reject a request from Palestine and its supporters to hold a conference on violations of the Geneva Conventions.

Democrats made a stunning turn-around in joining Republicans to cut off future and current funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the chief aid group helping Gaza.

"The Khashoggi thing is over a year old," former adviser Susan Rice said when asked if Obama would weigh in on the Saudi journalist's murder.

A vote Tuesday underscores the importance and the struggles of the U.S. mission to the United Nations and its leader, veteran diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Relatives are lobbying Congress as CIA Director Bill Burns is in the Middle East and reports swirl of a potential hostage release.

With Israel's Gaza operation set to expand to Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering, Biden's approach to truce talks and military aid draws skepticism.

"I want him to understand: they're only using you," the Missouri Democrat told HuffPost of her ultraconservative colleague Rep. Byron Donalds.

After 12 House Democrats slammed their colleague on Wednesday, top House Republican Kevin McCarthy seized an opportunity to divide his opponents.

No Biden staffers who signed a letter regretting Obama's Yemen policy would say on the record how the administration's support of Israel's bombardment is different.

The Biden administration is under fire from journalists who are outraged over an NSC spokesperson's claim that a reporter fabricated quotes in a new article.

A bipartisan group of senators announced plans to try to block Trump’s weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates after HuffPost revealed the effort was in the works.

A task force on preventing atrocities did not meet until two weeks into the war, and officials say department leaders are telling them their expertise won't affect policy.

A State Department spokesperson told HuffPost the president is permitting a $23 billion package for the United Arab Emirates that he had placed under review.

The officials made the comments in a government cable sent within the Biden administration on Tuesday and obtained by HuffPost.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) told HuffPost of a plan to block the missile sale. Other top Democrats are pressuring Biden to end the brutal intervention in Yemen.

Over two dozen humanitarian and human rights groups made the argument in a message exclusively obtained by HuffPost and sent to President Joe Biden, after a similar message from eight senators.

Yousef Al Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates, a confidante of Jared Kushner, said watching Trump speak was "a waste of my time," emails leaked in 2017 showed.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Brian Schatz sent a letter to the State Department on Tuesday, asking the administration to outline ways to use U.S. leverage over the Israeli prime minister.