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Benjamin Netanyahu arrest warrant delayed by UK submitting brief questioning whether court even has jurisdiction over Israel at all.

The parents of the young girl who was gang raped in France by a group of youths said that the attack “mimicked” the Hamas terror attacks in Israel.

President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that he would let Israel “finish the job” in its war against Hamas in Gaza — in contrast to President Joe Biden, whom he criticized for what he called a weak posture on the Middle East.

What Biden left out was that the Iranian missile attack came after Trump ordered the targeted killing of Soleimani, which Biden opposed.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, issued a reminder warning citizens to “reconsider” any travel plans to the country, amid rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terror group in southern Lebanon.

Two of the “hardliner” candidates in Iran’s sham presidential “election” dropped out on Thursday, urging their followers to unite against the lone “moderate” among the four remaining candidates, Masoud Pezeshkian.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Moscow is preparing to sign a “big treaty with Iran.”

Harvard University is being criticized for the preliminary recommendations of its antisemitism task force, which were released Monday alongside recommendations from a task force on Anti-Muslim bias, creating what critics call a “false equivalence.”

Embattled Squad member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), who is facing a tough primary in August, called the pro-Israel advocacy group AIPAC a “threat to democracy” in a social media post on Wednesday.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” denied Wednesday that its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist — but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) produced a photo of him in uniform.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) “condemned” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Wednesday for speaking out (belatedly) against an antisemitic protest at a synagogue on Sunday, saying the protest was legitimate.

“Since the massacre on October 7th, multiple decisions by your administration have undercut Israel’s efforts to bring U.S. Hostages home…”

After Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)’s primary defeat in New York, a second Squad member could be in trouble, according to a new poll that shows Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)’s opponent, Wesley Bell, pulling ahead.

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman traveled to Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun and Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice-chair of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and China’s highest-ranking uniformed official.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) continued his first trip to Israel on Wednesday by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) told reporters on Tuesday that “all the donors have come back” to fund the agency, with the exception of America, following the revelation of evidence that UNRWA employees engaged in atrocities against Israelis on October 7.

Israel slammed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or “Doctors Without Borders,” as the humanitarian organization mourned the death of its “colleague,” Fadi Al-Wadiya, who was also an Islamic Jihad terrorist and was killed in Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Moosa Zameer, the foreign minister of the Maldives, despite the fact that the Indian Ocean nation has banned Israelis from entering, in a move intended to exclude Israeli Jews.

U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a press briefing on Monday that the Biden administration believes “continued military action in Gaza just makes Israel weaker.”

Former Israeli ambassador to India Daniel Carmon suggested in remarks on Saturday that India “might now be returning the favor” to Israel.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has landed in Israel on a solidarity visit, greeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the hooded sweatshirt that has become Fetterman’s trademark.

A new study by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) organization, which is linked to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has concluded there is no famine in Gaza, though the risk is high.

Israel’s Supreme Court held unanimously on Tuesday that religious students must be drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), dividing Israelis and inadvertently making Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s case for judicial reform.

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer quoted Psalm 120, verse 7 on Tuesday when asked about potential peace overtures to the Lebanese people ahead of a possible war with Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that Mhamad el-Atrash, a Bedouin Arab who worked as a tracker for the military, had been killed on October 7 in battle against Hamas, which  is holding his body in Gaza.

During an interview with Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power” on Monday, Gen. Frank McKenzie, who served as CENTCOM Commander under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, stated that the constant focus on Israel has detracted from the fact that “Hamas has

President Joe Biden said that he was “appalled by the scenes” from an antisemitic mob that had targeted the Adas Torah synagogue in the Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson on Sunday.

The parents of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin spoke about a newly released video showing their son and other hostages being abducted on October 7, 2023, by Hamas terrorists, stating that they hope it can serve as a “call of action.”

Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, also known as Five for Fighting, told Breitbart News on Sunday that he has been targeted by antisemites since he came out in support of Israel after October 7 — though he himself is not even Jewish.

Tyler Cherry, the newly-appointed White House Associate Communications Director whose radical, anti-white tweets have become a lightning rod for controversy, also has a long history of anti-Israel rants on social media.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told soldiers on Sunday night in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, that they have nearly succeeded in dismantling Hamas’s remaining battalions in the area.

Iran and Bahrain announced they agreed on negotiations to normalize their diplomatic relationship after nearly a decade of strain.

Staffers at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Lebanon on Sunday blew the whistle on Hezbollah for putting their lives in danger by stockpiling smuggled Iranian weapons at the civilian facility.

The Cuban External Relations Ministry announced this weekend that it would intervene in the ongoing case against Israel brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “end the genocide against the Palestinian people.”

The prime minister of Egypt announced this weekend that the government of strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would shut down at least 16 travel companies implicated in sending Egyptians to the Hajj pilgrimage without proper registration, resulting in hundreds dead from heat illness this month.

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Monday that Israel condemned the “absolutely shocking” violent protest against Jews by pro-Palestinian activists outside a synagogue in Los Angeles, California on Sunday.