Iraqi Jihadists Claim Flurry of Ineffective Attacks on Israel
Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq claimed responsibility for five drone and missile attacks against targets in Israel.
Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq claimed responsibility for five drone and missile attacks against targets in Israel.
An Israeli-funded Super Bowl ad calling for the return of fathers captured by Hamas in their October 7 attack on Israel drew more complaints than any other ad that ran during the championship game, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) documents claim.
The State of Israel is encouraging investors to stop investing in Turkey, asking consumers to stop buying Turkish products, and urging the U.S. Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey for violating American anti-boycott laws.
The Israeli government is reportedly buying 40,000 tents for use by Palestinian civilians ahead of a possible attack on Hamas in Rafah, the southern Gaza city that is the last stronghold of the terrorist organization’s last four battalions.
Israel released video Monday of an interrogation of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official admitting that one of its rockets hit the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, and not an Israeli airstrike, as Palestinians and the media originally claimed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the date had been set for an Israeli military operation in the city of Rafah, near Gaza’s border with Egypt, to attack the last remaining Hamas battalions and destroy them.
The Israeli government denied Monday that the withdrawal of ground forces from southern Gaza on Sunday meant that it was giving up on its plan to attack Hamas in the city of Rafah and destroy the last four terrorist battalions.
Biden opposed Israel winning the war because he wanted a Palestinian state, and forced Israel to accept responsibilty for Palestinian civilians.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he is “not clear” on the Biden administration’s position on Israel’s war with Hamas.
Israelis protest Netanyahu because he is the closest target; it is a form of coping with tragedy. Democrats hate him because he gets Americans and they don’t.
Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Program and wife of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the situation in Gaza had become dire. Anchor Jake Tapper said,
Celebrity chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Israel was committing a “war against humanity.”
Pope Francis reiterated his appeal for a negotiated solution to the armed conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, urging efforts to decrease tensions.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sunday that it had withdrawn its forces from southern Gaza, following a demand from U.S. President Joe Biden last week for an “immediate ceasefire.” Hamas declared victory on the news.
Israelis marked six months since the October 7 terror attacks on Sunday — mourning the dead, praying for the return of the remaining hostages, and worrying about divisions that have re-emerged under Biden administration pressure.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called the World Central Kitchen (WCK) after seeing a gunman mount one of its vehicles and fire into the air on Monday evening, but WCK could not reach its employees, according to a report.
Israeli commandos located and retrieved the body of Elad Katzir, 47, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz who was murdered in Gaza by his captors from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that Israel hasn’t fulfilled its duty to protect civilians and allow humanitarian assistance and “we have tens of thousands of dead and
Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon have reportedly been holding “secret strategy sessions” with Hamas in Lebanon.
The U.N. Human Rights Council demanded Friday that Israel be held accountable for war crimes, without mentioning the atrocities of Hamas.
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder dodged a question Thursday about why no one in the U.S. was held accountable for a mistaken 2021 drone strike, while demanding Israel punish officials for a similar incident.
“The incident could have been prevented, and at the same time, those who approved the attack were convinced that they were attacking armed Hamas operatives and not WCK operatives.”
With Biden abandoning Israel, the price of survival may be that the Jewish state has to become a pariah, at least for the near future.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the United States should not send additional aid to Israel while there were children in Gaza staving.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared to equate the State of Israel with the terrorist organization Hamas in remarks on Thursday, suggesting that both showed the same disregard for civilian life, evidence to the contrary.
In a riveting Dr. Phil primetime episode, Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hamas’s cofounder, charged that there is “lots of hatred” against Jews in Islamic culture, insisting that “the vast majority” of Palestinians support Hamas, that October 7 was “an attempt for ethnic cleansing” and part of a “holy war,” and that without Israel as a common enemy, the Palestinians “would kill each other.”
President Joe Biden demanded an “immediate ceasefire” from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call on Thursday between the two leaders, threatening a loss of U.S. support for the war if Israel does not comply.
The State Department said on Wednesday that while the Biden administration remains committed to a “two-state solution” for Israel and the Palestinians, it opposes the Palestinian effort to negotiate statehood at the United Nations.
Oscar-winning director Jonathan Glazer, who used his acceptance speech last month to trash Israel, is donating posters to an aid group for Palestinians that was accused in 2018 of radical propaganda and antisemitism.
The University of California Los Angeles Medical School required all first-year students to attend a prayer in March by a guest speaker on “racial equity” who led students in a prayer to “Mama Earth” and chants of “Free Palestine.”
Israel reiterated its intention Thursday to enter the town of Rafah in Gaza to destroy the remaining battalions of Hamas, promising to achieve “total victory” when it did so.
The Biden White House is attempting to overthrow the elected government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, using a four-part plan that reportedly involves the United Nations and left-wing activists in Israel.
Celebrity chef José Andrés was using anti-Israel clichés even before the tragic killing of seven workers from his World Central Kitchen (WCK) on Tuesday, and they do not help the situation any more now than they did before the event.
An unidentified attacker was caught on video Tuesday throwing firebombs at Kever Mordechai and Esther in the Iranian city of Hamada.
Israel faces the prospect of a “color revolution” in the middle of its war against Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza as the opposition backs street protests against government, and a key cabinet minister has demanded new elections.
President Joe Biden issued a statement late Tuesday in response to the accidental killing of seven aid workers in Gaza by an Israel airstrike, blaming Israel for aid distribution problems and claiming Israel is not doing enough to protect civilians.
The Japanese government said on Tuesday it will resume funding UNRWA despite allegations of Hamas infiltration.
Pakistani police made more than 50 arrests after a mob of anti-Israel protesters set fire to a KFC in the northeastern town of Mirpur.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John Fetterman’s support of Israel makes them “political gadflies” to the left, a Wall Street Journal op-ed asserts.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed a law Tuesday that will allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shut down Al Jazeera, an outlet that has broadcast anti-Israel propaganda and has even been linked to terrorism in Gaza.