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There are several facts about Karine Jean-Pierre’s record of radical politics that might prove to be more important than her skin color or her sexual preference

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has reportedly been banned from speaking in June at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City because liberal staff claimed that he does not “align with the museum’s values and its message of inclusivity.”

President Joe Biden joined other world leaders to congratulate Israel on its 74th Independence Day on Thursday, saying the U.S.’ ties with the Jewish state were unbreakable.

In an unusual twist, Iranians were filmed chanting “Death to Palestine” in protests in the southern Iranian city of Sirjan in recent days, the Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday.

Following the Trump-led Abraham Accords signed in 2020, Tuesday saw the first ever ceremony in an Arab country honoring fallen soldiers and victims of terror for Israel’s Memorial Day.

A delegation of senior Hamas officials visited Moscow to meet with Russian officials amid ongoing clashes on the Temple Mount, a report from the Hebrew-language Walla website said on Wednesday morning.

Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior member of the royal family and former chief of intelligence for the kingdom, said on Monday that his country feels “let down” by the indifferent response from the Biden administration to attacks on civilian targets launched by the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen.

Israel on Tuesday evening marked the beginning of Memorial Day with a siren and a minute of silence in honor of the country’s fallen soldiers and terror victims.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, a day after Israel expressed outrage over Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s claim that Hitler had Jewish blood.

Once students are taught to hate America, it is a short leap for them to hate Israel, and Jews, because in both cases they learn repudiate the idea that people can liberate themselves from oppression and earn success.

A large Hamas banner with a photo of a terrorist was raised on the Temple Mount on Monday morning, as more than 200,000 Muslims ascended the Al Aqsa Mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of Ramadan.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday lambasted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for saying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and Jews are among the worst antisemites, saying his remarks were “unforgivable.”

Israel’s Mossad spy agency foiled an Iranian attempt to assassinate an American general — even as Biden negotiated with Iran for a new nuclear deal.

The Israeli security guard who who was killed by two Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank town of Ariel while shielding his fiancée was laid to rest on Sunday.

An American family triggered panic at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport after they tried to board a plane with an unexploded artillery shell in their luggage.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday to meet Saudi leaders for bilateral talks, marking his first visit with the Kingdom’s rulers since 2017, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday.

The editorial board of the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at the nation’s oldest university, called for a boycott of Israel for alleged “crimes against humanity,” and demanded a “free Palestine,” meaning the destruction of the State of Israel.

Angry protesters hit the streets of Iran on Friday after a two-year pause driven by the coronavirus pandemic. They demanded the immediate destruction of Israel, the U.S. and the UK along with anyone who even dares to speak favorably of the Jewish state, as directed by paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Hossein Salami.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett marked Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday in the presence of the head of Germany’s parliament, saying the memories of Nazi atrocities were part of the Jewish people’s genetic makeup.

A U.S. citizen named Alexei Saab allegedly performed surveillance work at various U.S. landmarks for the foreign terrorist group Hezbollah from 2000 to 2005 and was “ready to attack Americans at popular locations if Iran was attacked by the US,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel Adelsberg said in a federal court on Monday during the opening arguments of Saab’s terrorism trial, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday.

In a stunning admission, former Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari acknowledged the Islamic Republic of Iran intended to develop nuclear weapons from the very start of its nuclear program, while voicing regret the goal was not kept secret enough.

The White House warned Tuesday that Iran is only weeks from a nuclear “breakout” and the Trump administration is to blame.

Last year saw a record number of reports of antisemitic incidents around the world, a new study in Israel released Wednesday ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance day.

Rhoda Kadalie’s support for Israel was among the more controversial stances taken by the late anti-apartheid activist, feminist, and columnist, who died last week at 68 after a battle with lung cancer.

Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth announced he will step down this August after 30 years at the helm of the global non-profit organization.

The Biden administration is closer than ever to admitting the talks in Vienna to return to the nuclear deal with Iran have failed permanently, Israeli officials have reportedly said.

During violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in recent days, a Palestinian imam led a prayer calling for the “extermination” of the “evil” Jews and their supporters that was broadcast on Palestinian Authority (PA) television.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour of misleading viewers over Israel’s recent handling of Palestinian rioting on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City.

The Israel Defense Forces shelled targets in Lebanon on Monday after a rocket was launched into Israel earlier in the evening.

As Palestinian violence on the Temple Mount has intensified in recent days, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated in U.S. cities calling for deadly violence and an end to the Jewish state. In one incident, a Jewish counter-protester was allegedly punched in the face for carrying an Israeli flag.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terrorists have committed at least 80 violations of an ongoing ceasefire since it went into effect in early April, the official army of the country alleged on Thursday.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour was accused of “hostility” after a tense back-and-forth with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in which the anchor criticized the Jewish State’s response to recent violent Palestinian riots against Israeli police and Jewish worshippers, with the Israeli leader replying: “When faced with violence you have to act tough.”

Israel Police arrested seven Palestinians on Wednesday for throwing Molotov cocktails from inside al-Aqsa mosque, ostensibly one of Islam’s holiest sites. The intervention came amid ongoing clashes as Jewish visitors enter the Temple Mount compound for the last time until the end of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.

The Israeli military hit terror targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to a missile fired from the coastal enclave, which broke a four month lull in rocket fire.

Vice President Kamala Harris caused a stir among liberal activists after she served wine made in a Jewish West Bank settlement at her Passover seder on Friday, prompting her office to clarify she was not making a political statement.

The Islamic State terrorist group has called on followers to avenge its recently killed leader and take advantage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine to carry out terror attacks in Europe. On Sunday,  Abu Omar al-Muhajir, the spokesman for the Islamic

Turkish forces operating in Syria reportedly shelled two villages on Sunday, coming perilously close to positions held by Russian troops. Turkey is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is currently in a state of highly elevated tensions with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Jordan’s prime minister on Monday praised Palestinian rioters on Temple Mount for physically assaulting Israelis going to pray at the site, which is Judaism’s holiest.

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Monday the very “heart” of Israel is at risk if it even hints at action against Tehran, before claiming the Islamic republic alone defeated Saddam Hussein and that fate now awaits the Jewish State.

Clashes between Palestinian rioters and Israeli security forces erupted again on Sunday morning in the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, as Palestinians tried to stop Jewish worshipers from entering the holy site.