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The University of California of Los Angeles (UCLA) claims that it should not be ordered by a federal court to protect Jewish students from antisemitism when they return to campus in the fall, after the “encampment” this past spring.

The statue honouring Holocaust victim Anne Frank in Amsterdam’s Merwedeplein Square was graffitied with the word “Gaza” in red paint.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant told Israel’s cabinet Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had killed or injured 60% of Hamas terrorists in Gaza over the nine months of war since the Hamas terror attack of October 7.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines released a statement on Wednesday that said Iranian government actors have funded pro-Gaza protests in the United States.

The socialist government of Brazil announced on Monday that it had enacted a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority, the organization in charge of the West Bank, in a show of solidarity with the anti-Israel cause.

Masoud Pezeshkian, the “moderate” and “reformist” winner of Iran’s special election, vowed to continue supporting terrorism against Israel.

A rocket fired Tuesday by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah killed two people traveling in a vehicle in Israel’s Golan Heights, part of a barrage fired to avenge the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s former bodyguard.

The Iranian Navy frigate Sahand sank at the port of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday, two days after it capsized during repairs and was rebalanced.

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, declared America “small and weak” in remarks on Monday, crediting the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism for eroding Washington’s influence on the world stage.

Pope Francis released a statement Tuesday denouncing military attacks in Kyiv and Gaza while calling for an end to both conflicts.

IDF soldiers in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood discovered and demolished six terror tunnels that included weapons and valuable troves of intelligence.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he plans to invite Syrian dictator Bashar Assad to visit Ankara and mend relations that were strained by Turkey’s support for rebel groups during the long and bloody Syrian civil war.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and military leaders locked arms with Masoud Pezeshkian, the ostensibly “reformist” president-elect.

Illinois Democrat Rep. Brad Schneider announced on Friday that his office had been vandalized in what he described as a “vile act of hate,” which saw photos of hostages in Gaza — some of whom are Americans — being ripped off the wall. U.S. Capitol Police are looking into the incident but will not provide information, citing the need to “protect the investigation.”

French-Israelis are telling French Jews to migrate to Israel after the tumultuous elections this weekend, which put a coalition of far-Left antisemitic parties and Muslims in control of France.

Israel says that a successful Rafah operation and military pressure in general are leading Hamas to show a greater willingness to compromise and to reach a deal to release Israeli hostages in exchange for a pause in the war in Gaza.

French Jews fear they may have “no future” in the country after the far-left’s victories in the parliamentary elections over the weekend.

Iranian navy light frigate Sahand capsized while alongside for repairs in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported on Sunday.

The Palestinian terror group Hamas has reportedly dropped a key demand that Israel agree never to fight it again, as a condition for releasing its remaining hostages, according to media reports.

Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian defeated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s protege Saeed Jalili on Friday to become Iran’s next president.

The head of the Yemeni Ansarallah terrorist organization, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, boasted in a national address on Thursday that his jihadists had turned American aircraft carriers into “obsolete weapons.”

A schism on the left saw multiple independent candidates best the Labour Party in the general election running on a pro-Palestinian platform.

Brazil’s police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, criminal association, and money laundering.

Hezbollah’s number-two official said Friday that the “upheaval” of protests in Israel for a hostage deal and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to lead to a deal that ends the war in Gaza while leaving Hamas intact.

A cadre of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted July 4th fireworks in New York City as they paraded through the streets while burning American flags and chanting anti-Israel rhetoric.

Israel is sending best wishes to the United States as Americans celebrate Independence Day, emphasizing shared values of liberty and freedom, as the Jewish state fights to preserve its existence against totalitarian terrorists.

Three people, two of them Jewish, claim they were attacked at a Palestinian Resistance event in Asheville, North Carolina, last Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday that Hamas remains the obstacle to a hostage deal because the terrorist group is insisting on an “unacceptable” clause that would force Israel to end the war.

Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conceded on Wednesday that the regime documented “less than expected” turnout in last week’s special presidential election – but insisted that low turnout was not the result of an international boycott campaign against the sham vote.

Vincent Clerc, CEO of Danish shipping giant Maersk, informed his customers that he expects Iran-backed Houthi terrorism to continue disrupting Red Sea shipping into the third quarter of 2024, and perhaps beyond.

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) confirmed to the independent organization U.N. Watch, the group confirmed on Tuesday, that it is taking “appropriate action” in response to allegations that “Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” Francesca Albanese illicitly took money from pro-Hamas groups.

Another mainstream media news organization has been accused of hiring a terrorist — this time CNN, which has been accused of hiring a freelancer in Gaza named Abdel Qader Sabbah, who reportedly has ties to Hamas.

Lebanon’s foreign minister, Abdullah Bou Habib, has sent a message to Israel through Azerbaijan that the Lebanese people do not want war and prefer to live in peace.

Iranians who boycotted the first round of their sham election have second thoughts after the moderate candidate did better than expected.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen have apparently decided music and singing will no longer be tolerated in areas under their control.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Tuesday on a report in the New York Times that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is low on ammunition and prepared to seek a ceasefire in Gaza that allows Hamas to survive.