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“Schindler’s List” director Steven Spielberg is reportedly going to document survivors testimony to the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel as a “powerful tool to counter antisemitism.”

The Jerusalem Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) foiled an attempted Hamas ambush in Gaza last week, based on intelligence that suggested Hamas terrorists were going to emerge from a tunnel near an IDF encampment.

Israel is preparing for war against the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, which has attacked Israel repeatedly since Hamas launched its terror attack on October 7, and has forced the evacuation of Israel’s northern towns.

Dr. Phil McGraw condemned America’s universities for fostering the intense antisemitism the country has seen in the months following the horrific October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

Israel said Monday that the United Nations is not doing enough to ensure that humanitarian aid is reaching Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, amid reports of Hamas stealing the aid, and amid delays in the processing of air trucks entering the territory.

Israel’s military has “achieved a significantly better civilian-to-combatant casualty ratio in battle than most — if not all — other armies,” according to former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp, who acknowledged the IDF’s success despite the fact that Hamas fights “from within the civilian population,” uses “human shields,” and “deliberately [tries] to force the IDF to kill as many of their civilians as possible,” so that the world “turns on Israel and falsely condemns it for war crimes.” 

A Hamas spokesman said Sunday that the terror organization will kill all of the presumed 137 hostages in its custody if Israel does not accede to its demands.

Even if these neo-Nazis are eventually fired, the fact it took more than four days, more than an hour, tells you that academia is rotten and evil, something beyond redemption.  

Several thousand people demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish incidents.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces have targeted civilians in Ukraine and laid waste to large portions of that country, criticized the humanitarian situation in Gaza in a call Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Christmas trees, and churches, symbolize a dominant culture radicals detest, and that they wish to overthrow, not to persuade.

A group of parents in San Francisco who spearheaded the recall of three school board members last year is demanding that action be taken against an outside group that organized a walkout of pro-Palestinian students chanting radical slogans in October.

South Africa has seen public Hanukkah celebrations canceled as the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has entertained leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization on a solidarity visit to the country.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has failed to comment on an antisemitic mob Friday that vandalized walls across from synagogues in Westwood with anti-Israel slogans.

The Mossad said Sunday that Iran has escalated attempts to harm Israelis across the world since October 7, pointing to the arrest of two Iranians linked to a plot to commit a terror attack in Cyprus as evidence of the heightened threat.

France said Sunday that one of its warships in the Red Sea was targeted by drones coming from Yemen. Both were intercepted and shot down.

LOS ANGELES, California — Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized buildings near synagogues, as well as a nearby church, with anti-Israel graffiti on Friday night after demonstrating against President Joe Biden at a nearby fundraiser on Friday night.

A video of freed Israeli hostages recounting their experiences in Hamas captivity was released on Saturday, as Israelis continued to press for their freedom.

Two “African type” teens were arrested after a pregnant woman was assaulted and robbed in Paris for being “Jewish and therefore rich”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of “barbarism” and “Islamophobia” for its stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

President Joe Biden rubbed elbows with Hollywood elites at a ritzy Los Angeles fundraiser Friday evening. But outside, leftist pro-Palestinian activists upstaged the event by voicing their vehement opposition to Biden and his stance on the unfolding war between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli hostage Sahar Baruch, 25, an engineering student who was abducted from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, has been killed in Gaza — and the Hamas terrorist group is blaming Israel, saying that he was killed during an attempted rescue earlier this week.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops found weapons stashed inside a teddy bear inside a school in Gaza on Friday, the latest example of Palestinian terrorists using civilian infrastructure to conduct their activities, which is a war crime.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Thursday that the two countries would pressure fellow members of OPEC+ to “adhere” to their agreements “in a way that serves the interest of producers and consumers,” a sign the two would join to pressure smaller member nations to keep production reduced.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Friday that large numbers of Palestinian terrorists were surrendering to Israeli soldiers after battles in Gaza, and that detainees were being interrogated to provide intelligence to the Israeli military.

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Friday that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, allowing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to continue pounding Hamas terrorists as they began to surrender.

Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were wounded in an overnight attempt to rescue hostages held by Hamas, the Israeli military said on Friday.

Harvard president Claudine Gay apologized Thursday for her weak stance against antisemitism during congressional testimony earlier this week, telling the Harvard Crimson that she had failed to live up to her own “guiding truth.”

Tennessee Titans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair took a few minutes to explain his support for Palestinians Thursday.

Many who have long supported left-wing causes face a mounting crisis as they witness a surge of anti-Jewish hostilities emanating from the left.

Israeli troops observed the first night of Hanukkah on Thursday night by lighting candles on the battlefield — and, in one case, in the midst of “Palestine Square,” at the heart of Gaza City, where Hamas recently filmed propaganda videos with Israeli hostages.

The parents of Naama Levy, a teenager and advocate for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence who was abducted on October 7 and was last seen covered in blood and being dragged by the hair by a Hamas terrorist, are calling on international organizations and countries to pressure the Palestinian terror group to release her.

The moshav, or agricultural community, of Ein HaBesor, Israel, survived the unprecedented Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7 without losing a resident, fending off an assault that devastated neighboring communities, leaving some with little to no population and no usable infrastructure.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsnight,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said that many believe that the phrase “From the river to the sea,” is a call for genocide, but “if there is antisemitism in Congress, it is coming from the

Those who believe Palestinians in Gaza oppose Hamas and would reciprocate Israeli efforts for peace are “naive,” according to former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who argues that Hamas “Nazi terrorists” have “massive support” from Gazan civilians.

Video and photos of large numbers of Palestinian men in Gaza — stripped to their underwear, blindfolded, and handcuffed — went viral Thursday, with critics of Israel claiming there had been mass arrests, and pro-Israel bloggers claiming they were terrorists who gave themselves up.