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Articles by Joel B. Pollak

Freed Israeli Hostage: Hamas Operated on Me Without Anesthetic

Former hostage Mia Shem, 21, says that Hamas forced her to endure surgery performed by a veterinarian and without anesthetic after she was taken to Gaza during the terror attack of October 7 and that she was held captive in ordinary Palestinian civilian homes.

Mia Shem (or, alternatively, Maya Schem) being embraced by her family upon her release fro

Israel: ‘UN Agencies Have Endangered Civilians in Gaza’

The government of Israel accused the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday of putting Palestinian civilians in danger by allowing terrorists to use UN facilities in Gaza to launch attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

Rockets are launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza,

American Family of Israeli Hostage: ‘Time Is Running Out’

The American family of Israeli hostage Amiram Cooper, 85, is warning that he has been denied essential medication, abandoned by the Red Cross, and starved by Hamas — and that it may soon be too late to save him without urgent diplomatic intervention.

Amiram Cooper (Hostages and Families Forum)

Pollak: The Roots of Campus Antisemitism

The explosion of antisemitic protests and riots at elite universities across the United States in the wake of the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, has shocked Americans — and the world.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz

Report: Israel Targets Central Gaza; Last Hamas Stronghold, Rocket Site

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it had begun fighting in the central Gaza Strip, one of the last major Hamas strongholds, and the source of much of the remaining rocket fire that terrorists have managed to launch from at Israeli civilians.

An Israeli tank rolls along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 6, 2016 as

Report: Chinese-owned TikTok Refused Ads About Israeli Hostages

TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media company whose role in spreading anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda has come under scrutiny, refused an ad promoting awareness of the plight of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, deeming the ad “too political.”

Jerusalem march for hostages (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Netanyahu Dismisses Report Biden Told Him Not to Attack Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a report that U.S. President Joe Biden had told him not to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon on the first day of the war, when the Iran-backed terror group joined Hamas in shelling Israeli civilians.

sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes during the general election on Tuesday at a

WATCH: Antony Blinken Asks Why World Isn’t Demanding Hamas Surrender

Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked Thursday why the world was pressuring the victim of terror, Israel, instead of pressuring the terrorist “aggressor,” Hamas, whose surrender would end the war in Gaza and save the lives of many Palestinian civilians.

Antony Blinken (Alex Wong / Getty)