Israel / Middle East - Page 2

President Joe Biden condemned “antisemitic protests” happening on college campuses, while attempting to see the perspective of Palestinians, during an Earth Day event on Monday held at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia.

Harvard College has suspended the “Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee” (PSC) on Monday for the remainder of the school year because of an unauthorized protest it held last Friday in solidarity with anti-Israel students at Columbia. The Harvard Crimson reported: The suspension

Former President Barack Obama used a Passover message on Monday to work Palestinians into the Jewish holiday, calling for empathy for those suffering in “Israel and Gaza,” and for solidarity with “people of all religions.”

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad claims his regime has meetings “from time to time” with officials from the Biden administration.

Nearly half of Gen Z voters are sympathetic toward Hamas, and one-third do not believe Israel has the right to exist as a nation, per a poll.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has announced that he is cutting Columbia University off and will no longer be donating to the school

Rep. John Carter (R-TX) says anti-Israel protesters “vandalized” one of his offices in Texas and vowed to find the “parties responsible.”

CNN anchor Dana Bash said Monday on “News Central” that the rhetoric used at anti-Israel-Hamas war protests at Columbia University was dangerous “anti-Semitism.”

Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the senior leadership of Iraq in Baghdad on Monday seeking support against Israel’s self-defense operations against Hamas and approval for his years-long bombing campaign against Kurdish groups in Iraq.

Columbia University canceled all in-person classes Monday as pro-Palestinian protests continued to rock the Ivy League institution. The move came hours before the evening start of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

At least 45 people were arrested Monday at Yale University after police in riot gear moved onto the campus to break up a pro-Palestinian protest. In-person classes were also canceled for the day.

Luxury real estate developer Mohamed Hadid is accused of sending Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) racist and homophobic messages after the government official defended Israel in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7. 

Messages surfacing on the social media application Telegram on Monday both claimed and denied that the Iranian terror proxy Kata’ib Hezbollah would resume attacks on American troops in its home country of Iraq, leaving unclear the intentions of the group.

The Jewish world is preparing for the start of the Passover holiday on Monday evening in a year when there are Jewish slaves being held in captivity by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have established an anti-Israel encampment on the university’s lawn, days after a similar encampment was established at Columbia University in New York.

The White House issued a statement in response to the ongoing anti-Israel protests and encampment taking place at Columbia University, describing them as being, “Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.”

An Orthodox rabbi who serves the Jewish community at Columbia University sent a message to Jewish students this weekend urging them to leave campus for their own safety in the midst of pro-terror, pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Anti-Israel protesters reportedly placed tents on the lawn of Columbia University in New York City days after others were removed by law enforcement officials.

A left-wing group with Muslim Brotherhood ties is behind the Biden administration’s imminent announcement of sanctions against an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit composed of religious soldiers, according to NGO Monitor.

A standup performance from former TV host Chelsea Handle was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters Friday in Richmond, Virginia.

Fatah, the “moderate” ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, has admitted on live television that Hamas steals humanitarian aid and kills aid workers in the Gaza Strip.

As President Joe Biden and his Democratic colleagues continue to undermine the U.S.’ longtime strategic alliance with Israel, a recent event saw top faith leaders, Republican lawmakers, and conservatives gather to underscore a unified stance against the failed two-state solution, while promoting the idea of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) as integral to Israel, grounded in a religious and political opposition to Palestinian statehood.

Protesters at Columbia University chanted explicitly pro-terror slogans this week, calling for the killing of Israeli soldiers, as they occupied the campus illegally — even after a wave of arrests by the New York Police Department. The video of the

Anti-Israel protesters at Yale University tore down an American flag on Friday night as they occupied the campus in what Jewish students have called an act of intimidation against them and against the university.

The Biden administration’s reported decision to sanction a religious unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for alleged past human rights abuses will come back to haunt the U.S. as other countries do the same to American units.

Former Ohio State quarterback and national champion Cardale Jones blasted anti-Israel protests at his alma mater. Claiming that the activities of the protesters did not represent “THE Ohio State University” he attended.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the Biden administration’s reported decision Saturday to slap sanctions on a unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the past.

On Saturday’s broadcast of CNN’s “First of All,” Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) stated that her vote against the Israel aid package was a message to put “a check on Netanyahu’s ability to wage this horrible war and to escalate tensions

On Saturday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) stated that none of the Israel aid in the package passed by the House earlier in the day “should be used for any offensive operations in Gaza until the hostages have [been]

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that while some Democrats will vote against some of the foreign aid bills, they “will be thoughtful” and “What you don’t see is this mass movement of Democrats

Bulgarian customs officials say they seized 403 kilos of heroin found in a truck en route from Iran to Western Europe.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Washington Post Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart said he believes that “there are no political considerations involved” in President Joe Biden’s policy towards Israel, but left-wing critics of the administration’s approach are putting pressure

The House of Representatives debates bills to fund the war in Ukraine as well as military aid to Israel and Taiwan that House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democrats are looking to pass on Saturday, April 20.

Actress Susan Sarandon joined anti-Israel protesters assembled outside of Columbia University a day after more than a hundred pro-Palestinian activists were arrested.

On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that Israel shouldn’t start another war by moving “against Hezbollah in Lebanon to dramatically escalate the conflict to the north.” Moulton said, “[W]e absolutely do not want to

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” host Joy Reid argued that Israel’s strike on Iran on Thursday was “wag the doggish” and designed to distract from the war in Gaza and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has an