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House Republicans blasted Democrats on Friday after a majority refused to condemn the horrors of socialism, warning that the vote revealed “more Democrats support socialism than oppose it.”

Israeli intelligence on Wednesday unveiled the dismantling of what it dubbed the “Hamas Octopus” — a sprawling Europe-wide terror network that stockpiled weapons to strike Israeli and Jewish targets on “command day.”

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia “should get top of the line” F-35 fighter jets “pretty similar” to Israel’s during an Oval Office meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, adding that Jerusalem is “aware” of the emerging deal and “is going to be very happy” as the two also discussed Riyadh potentially joining the Abraham Accords.

Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams used his visit to Israel to deliver one of his bluntest warnings yet about incoming socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, declaring, “If I were a Jewish New Yorker I would be concerned about my children,” and insisting, “Everything is not fine” for the city’s Jews as antisemitism surges and a new administration prepares to take power.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected a report that Jerusalem is pursuing a 20-year U.S. security-aid package, saying his “direction is the exact opposite” and adding that “it’s time to ensure that Israel is independent,” with an announcement expected “very soon.”

President Donald Trump formally requested Wednesday that Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the corruption trial a “political, unjustified prosecution” in an official letter.

The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Ohio chapter described the election of New York City’s new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as both a “coup” against the Democratic Party elites and a “referendum” on Palestinian and Lebanese “resistance,” framing the victory as a political and ideological revolt against the American establishment.

“The American taxpayer is being robbed in broad daylight,” Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt said as he urged Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to widen her crackdown on illegal alien abuse of federal food assistance programs.

The son of Hamas’s co-founder delivered a chilling warning about New York City’s socialist mayor-elect, describing Zohran Mamdani as a catastrophic figure who will “only succeed in one thing — burning the castle down” by functioning as a “Trojan horse” for what he identified as the Red-Green Alliance — a coordinated effort between radical communist and Islamist forces seeking to dismantle Western capitalism and fundamentally transform America’s largest city.

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.”