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Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday removed $1 billion in military funding for Israel from legislation to fund the US government after objections from House of Representatives liberals, setting the stage for a potential fight over the matter later this year.

Earlier, a video, showing US President Joe Biden appearing to fall asleep during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, went viral on Twitter, although many later claimed that the footage was “misleading.”

Groups including Within Our Lifetime and Occupy Wall Street affiliates marched in New York City on Friday calling to smash the "settler Zionist state" and calling to "globalize the intifada."

The Biden administration will build on the “successful efforts” of its Donald Trump-led predecessor to encourage more countries to normalise ties with Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

The Biden administration held a short telephone call with leaders of American Jewish organizations on Aug. 27, giving them a general outline of the meetings between U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett earlier that day.

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett are set to hold their first face-to-face meeting Thursday, and Israel’s new Prime Minister intends to press Biden to give up pursuit of reviving the Iran nuclear deal.

Fifty-three House Democrats have warned of the grim humanitarian situation in Gaza in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which they denounced Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians in the besieged enclave and the occupation state's banning of essential material that are vital to ease Palestinian suffering.

United States Congresswoman Marie Newman has described Israel's forceful expulsion of Palestinian families in occupied Al-Quds as despicable, calling for an immediate end to this policy.

Hamas: We denounce in the strongest terms today’s entry of a US delegation into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the tour they carried out in its courtyards under protection from the Israeli occupation police.

A petition in the United States is calling on the United Nations to send a protection force to protect Palestinian civilians from Israeli occupation forces.

New York city police department promoted Palestinian American Filastin Srour 38, to a captain, making her the first woman of Arab descent to reach one of the highest ranks in the NYPD.

The State Department has approved selling Israel up to 18 CH-53K heavy-lift cargo helicopters in a deal estimated to be worth $3.4 billion, according to a notice released Friday.