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Top Israeli Minister ‘Not Angry’ at Biden Envoy’s Call to ‘Throw Him off a Plane’

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he was “not angry” at U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides over the latter’s call to have him “thrown off a plane,” which were made in response to the Israeli minister’s own comments calling to “wipe out” a Palestinian village of Huwara, the site of a terror attack in which two Israeli brothers were killed.

Tom Nides, the US Ambassador to Israel, speaks to the Foreign Press Association at the Kin

U.S., Israel Slam U.N. Official over Antisemitic Remarks

Israeli and American officials blasted a United Nations attorney who is leading an “neutral, third party” investigation into Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians after her long history of antisemitic comments was revealed in an explosive report on Wednesday

The United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City on February 28, 2022. It will

Hollywood Celebrities Flock to Joe Biden’s First State Dinner

Oh, what a night. President Joe Biden held the first state dinner of his administration on Thursday evening, welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte alongside 330 other guests from across the gilded elites of fashion, entertainment, politics and business to the White House.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her son Charlie Hall arrive

U.N. Votes to Take Israel to International Court over ‘Illegal Occupation’

A United Nations committee approved a draft resolution Friday calling on the International Court of Justice in the Hague to urgently issue its opinion on the legal consequences of allegedly denying the Palestinian people the right to self-determination, a move Israel’s envoy to the global body maintains will “endanger” the country’s future as well as any chance of peace with the Palestinians.

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Australia Snubs Israel: Reverses Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has reversed the previous conservative administration’s recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Tuesday’s move drew an angry response from the Jewish state and applause from Palestinian activists and the Hamas terrorist organization.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Foreign Minister Penny Wong (L) speak d