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‘Mouthpiece for Hamas’: Mamdani’s Oct 7 Statement Called ‘Obscene Blood Libel,’ a Direct Danger to Jews in New York

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.”

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Netanyahu Slams Allegations of Starvation in Gaza as ‘Bare-Faced Lies,’ Links Modern Claims to Historic Blood Libels

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a forceful defense of Israel’s conduct in Gaza on Monday, drawing parallels between contemporary anti-Israel accusations and the medieval blood libels that preceded centuries of Jewish persecution, while announcing that Israel has authorized airdrops of humanitarian aid to bypass Hamas’s theft of food supplies.

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Sarah Palin Sues New York Times for Defamation

On Tuesday evening, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hired Hulk Hogan’s lawyers and sued the New York Times for defamation for falsely accusing her in a June 14 editorial of inciting Jared Lee Loughner to shoot Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ).

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Sarah Palin Considering Suing New York Times for Libel

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is considering suing the New York Times for libel after the Times published a Wednesday editorial falsely accusing her of inciting Jared Lee Loughner to shoot Rep. Gabby Giffords in 2011 even though it has long been established that there has never been any evidence whatsoever linking Palin to the attempted assassination.

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