Israel Weighs Plan to Flood Gaza Tunnels With Seawater

WASHINGTON—Israel has assembled a system of large pumps it could use to flood Hamas’s vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip with seawater, a tactic that could destroy the tunnels and drive the fighters from their underground refuge but also threaten Gaza’s water supply, U.S. officials said. The Israel Defense Forces finished assembling large … Read more

The Poisonous Legacy of the Gold Rush

It’s a phenomenal, 60-degree day, the sky a cloudless blue. Spunn Street is lined by stately homes wanting down on the historic major avenue of Jackson, California, the excessive peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains seen within the distance. There’s a slight bend within the street—and there it’s. A series-link fence topped with barbed wired … Read more