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Israelis Wonder: Is Biden Deterring Iran — or Deterring Israel?

Israelis are wondering whether President Joe Biden’s decision to deploy two aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean is meant to deter Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists from attacking Israel from Lebanon — or to deter Israel from attacking first.

Lebanon border (Daniel Carde / Getty)

Gavin Newsom Meets with Israeli Victims of Hamas Terror

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) met at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center with Israeli victims of the Palestinian terror group Hamas on Friday, including a Californian from Los Angeles who had been shot and survived.

Gavin Newsom (Office of the Governor)

Israel At War: Quiet Streets, Men at the Front

The streets of Israel’s capital city were eerily quiet on Friday afternoon — not just because of the approaching Sabbath, but because of the war that has seen soldiers and reservists called to the Gaza and Lebanon borders.

Biden billboard Israel (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Israel’s War Goals: Destroy Hamas, New ‘Security Regime’ in Gaza

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant outlined Israel’s goals in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday, saying that Israel aimed to destroy the terrorist group and, after establishing control, hand authority to a new “security regime” in charge.

Yoav Gallant (Gil Cohen-Magen / AFP / Getty)

Palestinian Source Contradicts Biden; Says Abbas Refused His Call

President Joe Biden told Americans in an Oval Office address on the Middle East conflict Thursday that he had spoken with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbass on his visit to the region this week — but a Palestinian source says he did not.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the

Report: Possibly 50 Were Killed at Gaza Hospital, not 500

The Agence Frence-Presse (AFP) news service reports that a European intelligence source believes that there were a maximum of 50 people killed at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, not 500 as Hamas claimed (and as the media repeated at the time).

Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza (Xinhua via Getty)

Gavin Newsom Makes Surprise Trip to Israel

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is making a surprise trip to Israel to show solidarity with the Jewish state as it battles Hamas terrorists following a massive Oct. 7 attack that killed over 1,400 people, wounded well over 4,000, and saw over 200 kidnapped.

Newsom

Evidence: Palestinian Terrorists, not Israel, Hit Hospital in Gaza

Evidence has emerged, from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as well as independent (and even hostile) media, showing that it was an errant Palestinian terrorist group’s rocket, and not an Israeli airstrike, that hit a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday evening.

Gaza hospital explosion (IDF)

Wexner Foundation Cuts Ties with Harvard over Response to Hamas Terror

The Wexner Foundation, a prominent North American Jewish philanthropic institution, has cut ties with Harvard University over its weak response to the massive terror attack by the Palestinian Hamas organization against Israel on Oct. 7, which killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis.

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