With Election Day drawing to a close in New York City, veteran Democratic operative Hank Sheinkopf warned that a victory by socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani would mark not only the end of Jewish New York but the hijacking of the Democratic Party’s remains by radical forces determined to export their revolution nationwide.
Hamas returned the body of American-Israeli Capt. Omer Neutra to Israel on Sunday, a bittersweet handover his father marked with Jeremiah’s line that “your children shall return to their own land” — “Our Omer is on Israeli soil … so much pain, and so much relief.”
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) warned New York City — the financial capital of the world — would face “a complete disaster” if socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani takes power, cautioning his radical agenda on policing and governance will endanger the city’s safety and security and trigger a mass exodus that harms both New York and the nation.
Thirty days into the government shutdown, Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) accused Democratic Party chiefs Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries of surrendering to the Marxist wing led by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — a capitulation she said is now holding the government hostage.
A shocking poll shows that two years after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre that murdered more than 1,200 Israelis, a majority of Palestinians still say the terror group was right to launch the attack.
One of Israel’s most polarizing lawmakers — Ahmad Tibi, a member of the Knesset who describes himself as Palestinian-Israeli and once served as an adviser to Yasser Arafat — urged New Yorkers to “Go Zohran!” on Monday, hailing socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as a “symbol of unity, tolerance, and hope.”
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) accused Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) of treating the U.S. Senate like a retirement community, while arguing that after nearly 25 years in Washington, the career politician has become “a dinosaur in the halls of the Senate,” asserting Texas needs fighters, not fossils to carry forward President Donald Trump’s America First movement.
House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) unloaded Friday on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after he officially endorsed “jihadist communist” Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor, declaring the decision will doom Democrats’ chances of retaking the House.
Veteran Democrat strategist James Carville spelled out his “fantasy dream” for punishing Trump “collaborators” after the president leaves office in 2029 — he said their heads should be shaved, they should be clad in orange jumpsuits, and then marched down Pennsylvania Avenue while the public spits on them.
More than 650 rabbis warned Wednesday that electing Democratic Socialist frontrunner Zohran Mamdani would endanger “the safety and dignity of Jews in every city,” citing his refusal to condemn “globalize the intifada,” denial of Israel’s legitimacy, and “genocide” claims, according to a letter published by the Jewish Majority.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the Senate Republican Conference chair and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, called on the Department of Homeland Security to audit every visa approved under the Biden administration for applicants from high-risk countries, warning that Biden’s vetting policy “allowed dangerous individuals tied to terrorist groups to enter the United States.”
Survivors, first responders, and victims’ families from the 9/11 community are “disgusted and outraged” by Zohran Mamdani’s decision to campaign and pose for a smiling photo with a radical imam once named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, said leading 9/11 attorney Michael Barasch.
A post by radical Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner to become New York City’s next mayor, ignited a firestorm after he proudly shared photos of himself smiling beside Imam Siraj Wahhaj — an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing — with lawmakers and public figures warning that jihad is coming to New York unless voters wake up.
Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both refused to commit to disarming this week — brazenly defying the peace plan President Donald Trump brokered and both terror groups accepted— with a senior Hamas official telling Reuters he could not say “yes or no” to surrendering weapons.
Rom Braslavski, freed this week after two years in captivity under the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was systematically tortured, kept in shackles, and repeatedly pressed to renounce his Jewish faith and convert to Islam in exchange for food, his mother told Hebrew media Wednesday.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Evyatar David endured systematic starvation, psychological torture, and months buried alive in Hamas tunnels before Monday’s historic release after two years in captivity.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Sunday night on the eve of the return of the remaining hostages to Israel, calling it “an evening of tears and joy,” while warning that the threat to Israel’s security “is not over.”
Following what many in Israel considered a snub by the Nobel Committee on Friday, after it awarded the Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Israel Prize laureate Ronny Douek formally nominated U.S. President Donald J. Trump for the country’s highest civilian honor, hailing him as “a leader who, more than any other in our generation, has proven through his actions an unwavering commitment to Israel’s security and to peace in the Middle East.”
World leaders, lawmakers, and public figures are calling on the Nobel Committee to honor President Donald Trump after he brokered what Israeli officials hailed as a “miraculous” deal set to free all remaining hostages and bring an end to the Gaza war — an achievement hailed as historic and unprecedented, with allies calling him the “President of Peace” and “the peacemaker the world needed.”
“A great day for Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday night, announcing the approval of a landmark deal to bring home all the remaining Israeli hostages — a breakthrough reached with direct backing from President Donald Trump.
New York City’s Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani marked the two-year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 massacre by accusing Israel of waging a “genocidal” war — bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble, alleging “war crimes.” He further declared “our government has been complicit through it all” — with Republicans and others erupting, calling the post “beyond disqualifying, heinous, disgraceful, and vile,” and blasting him as a “mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda.”
Families of hostages still held in Gaza — together with relatives of those already returned — urged the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award President Donald J. Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) on Sunday released its 2025 list of the Top 50 Christian Allies of Israel, led by Pastor Paula White-Cain and honoring the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, recognizing influential Christian figures who have “stood with Israel during these critical times,” with IAF President Josh Reinstein calling their support “a testament to the enduring bond between the Christian and Jewish communities.”
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said Saturday that President Donald Trump “is the Peace President,” declaring that if ongoing efforts result in Hamas’s disarmament, the return of all hostages, and an end to the Gaza war, Trump “without question deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night said Israel is “on the verge of a very great achievement,” expressing hope that a deal could be reached in the coming days to bring home all remaining hostages in one phase while the IDF maintains control inside Gaza.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, responding Friday to the Yom Kippur terror attack outside a Manchester synagogue and the pro-Palestinian demonstrations that erupted within hours, warned Britain is facing “societal breakdown,” declaring: “I feel more worried about the state of broken Britain than I ever have before.”
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Wednesday issued qualified support for President Trump’s Gaza plan, with concerns — praising its promise to free hostages while warning of concessions that could empower terrorists, but adding that if the deal is properly interpreted and carried out, it has “the potential to dramatically change the landscape and increase the safety and security of Israel and its people, and improve the lives of Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle East.”
A Dearborn, Michigan, Islamic institute hosted a memorial marking one year since Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s death, praising the U.S.-designated terror leader’s “bravery,” featuring tributes to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and telling attendees the Iranian ruler is “our leader.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night released a video summarizing his U.S. visit, running from a U.N. General Assembly address to a White House meeting where President Donald Trump unveiled a plan to end the Gaza war and free all hostages.
Retired United States Army Major John Spencer, one of the world’s leading experts on urban and subterranean warfare, declared Monday that President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 20-point peace plan for Gaza represents “the most comprehensive proposal put forward to date for both ending the war and setting durable conditions for peace.”
Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef, called on Israelis to mount a counter-flotilla against an international convoy seeking to breach the Gaza blockade, declaring: “This isn’t a protest; it’s malice. We’re not debating. We’re sailing.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in his address to the United Nations General Assembly Friday that “the long-suffering Iranian people will regain their freedom” and “make Iran great again,” predicting that the Middle East will look “dramatically different” in the years ahead.
A new documentary exposing how “15 days to slow the spread” spiraled into years of school closures that devastated more than 50 million students premiered this week, with director Natalya Murakhver saying that “15 Days: The Real Story of America’s Pandemic School Closures” gives voice to parents, students, and doctors who fought to be heard.
Thousands of Iranian Americans and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) flooded New York City this week to denounce regime president Masoud Pezeshkian’s appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, declaring “conditions are more favorable now for the collapse of the regime than they have been in decades” and demanding international recognition of the Iranian people’s right to overthrow the theocracy.
Democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state television that the American federal government is “bankrolling a genocide” against Palestinians, declaring U.S. support has resulted in the death of “a Palestinian child every hour for over a year.”
Opposition Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch blasted Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recognition of a Palestinian state as “absolutely disastrous,” charging it hands Hamas terrorists a victory while leaving Israeli hostages “languishing in Gaza.”
House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Friday led a congressional letter to France, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia ahead of next week’s United Nations General Assembly, warning that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state would be “a reckless policy that undermines prospects for peace” and, as President Trump has branded it, a dangerous reward for terror.
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) delivered a blistering response to Barack Obama’s claim that America is at an “inflection point” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, declaring that “we are already past it” and charging Democrats with fostering a culture of demonization that has turned political violence against conservatives into a grim reality.
Israel announced Wednesday the operational deployment of the Iron Beam, the world’s first high-energy laser defense system ready for combat, a breakthrough officials hailed as a strategic game-changer in modern warfare.
IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin declared Tuesday evening that “Hamas has turned Gaza City into the largest human shield in history” as Israeli forces expanded ground operations in the terror group’s central stronghold.
