Letter writers discuss how Virginian Democrats are proposing repealing the marriage amendment to protect same-sex couples, human rights issues in Gaza during the war with Israel and keeping daylight saving time.

In north Gaza the IDF is now facing a bitter guerrilla war

The Israeli Army on Wednesday said it had recovered the body from the Gaza Strip of an Israeli citizen who was kidnapped by Hamas during its terrorist attack on Oct. 7 and held hostage, and was working to identify the remains of another body as a possible Israeli hostage. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), along...

The return of the body comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal to free the remaining hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza.

Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that troops have recovered the bodies of two additional hostages from Gaza.

Through organizing and community building, Planned Parenthood workers exposed the limits of the nonprofit-industrial complex.

Among other things, AIPAC's $45.2 million helped drive out two of the House’s early proponents of a ceasefire in Gaza.

As winter deepens, so does the suffering of dozens of hostages in Gaza, and their families are pressing for a ceasefire that will secure their release

A Hamas official said Trump was rash to say 'all hell will break out' unless the remaining hostages being held in Gaza go free by his Jan. 20 inauguration.

As the new year begins, Israel will need to find a strategy for the war in Gaza. Several factors are at play in this decision. First, the war has gone on for more than fifteen months since it began with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Although Israel has fought long conflicts in the pas...

Ireland filed a declaration of intervention on Monday in support of South Africas genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice. The decision comes after Irelands November parliament motion and December cabinet vote affirmed their stance that genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza. Irelands intervention is based on...

President-elect Trump repeated his warnings that all hell will break loose in the Middle East if hostages kidnapped from Israel and held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are not released before his inauguration on Jan. 20. "It will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone," Trump said...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story A Gaza ceasefire agreement in next 2 weeks? The US is hopeful The Biden administration says it is still hoping to secure a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in its final two weeks in the White House....

The deal would secure release of a third of the approximately 100 hostages who remain in Gaza, including two dual U.S.-Israeli nationals. In return, Israel would release some Palestinian prisoners.

Israel and Hamas are once again struggling to reach a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage

The Biden administration says it is still hoping to secure a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in its final two weeks in the White House, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. Blinken, on diplomatic travel in South Korea, said that the last couple of weeks have seen a re-intensified engagement, including by...