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San Francisco State University (SFSU) will divest from three arms manufacturers because they allegedly fail to meet “human rights standards.”

White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters in a press briefing Monday that “Hamas is the main obstacle” to a hostage deal that would lead to a ceasefire — despite the administration’s pressure on Israel.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen claimed on Sunday to have shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

A poll released Monday by the Jewish Democratic Council of America claims that Vice President Kamala Harris will win over two-thirds of the Jewish vote, while former President Donald Trump will only win one in four Jewish votes, suggesting Democrats have not lost Jewish support.

Police admitted being too slow to arrest at Palestine protests that followed the October terror attacks on Israel and would act quicker now.

A trustee of Brown University, in the Ivy League, has resigned over the board’s decision to hold a vote on divesting from Israel, which was part of a deal made with pro-Palestinian students who had disrupted campus in the spring.

House Republicans have released a report on President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, which suggests he had become so committed to the idea of leaving quickly that he made errors in preparation.

Boxing reporter and pro-Israel activist Emily Austin told the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, last week that Jews had a duty to speak out, and to elect Donald Trump in November.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the “great majority of Israel’s citizens” are not falling for the psychological warfare tactics of Hamas, which aim at dividing the country, and were revealed in the past week.

Three Israelis were shot and killed by a terrorist Sunday at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said.

A shooting saw the perpetrator roam and fire a rifle for ten minutes, with police initially unsure whether the rifle was a prop or real. 

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the country’s oldest pro-Israel group, has written to Temple University to demand tough action against pro-Palestinian protesters who targeted the Hillel, the local Jewish student center.

A U.S. citizen who was part of an anti-Israel organization was shot and killed during clashes between Israeli soldiers and violent Palestinian protesters near Nablus on Friday in Samaria (the Northern West Bank).

Massive protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the news of the murder of six hostages by Hamas faded by the end of the week in Israel — though weekly protests will continue on a smaller scale.

Maersk said that disruptions to global shipping that attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen have caused are worsening. 

The first night of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was interrupted Thursday when anti-Israel protesters briefly tried to interrupt screening of the opening offering.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) argued that the primary pressure to achieve a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict has to be put on Hamas and that Hamas “is not an organization that can be

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that Israel did agree to President Joe Biden’s proposal on a ceasefire and still does agree to it, “and the imperative also continues to be on Hamas to

The family of murdered American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin has released a Hamas propaganda video filmed by the terrorists before they executed the 23-year-old last week in cold blood as Israeli soldiers approached.

Harvard University ranks last in the nation among colleges and universities for free speech — for the second year in a row.

Former President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday that they must convince other Jews to vote Republicans to save Israel, and America.

Israel launched a massive polio vaccination drive this week to inoculate Palestinian children in Gaza against the deadly and crippling disease, which was detected in water supplies in the territory earlier this year, during the war.

Actress Selma Blair, who is perhaps best known for her roles in “Cruel Intentions” and “Legally Blonde,” declared, “I stand with Israel” and “I stand with the hostages,” and slammed anti-Israel protesters who take to the streets “praising” terrorists.

Brigadier General Amir Avivi (Res.) has a surprising message: Israel needs to wean itself from U.S. aid — while deepening U.S.-Israel relations through joint investments in the military technology of the future.

An armed man was shot dead by German police early Thursday morning near the Israeli consulate in the southern city of Munich.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) stated that humanitarian aid for Gaza approved in the foreign aid bill passed by Congress is going into Gaza and wondered why the hostages held by Hamas aren’t being

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told reporters at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) annual leadership meeting that if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refuses to allow a vote on a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections, and the government shuts down as a result, that will be his own fault.

The six Israeli hostages whose bodies were found Saturday had been murdered by Hamas in a tunnel in Rafah, in Gaza, underneath a children’s room, with a tunnel shaft surrounded by stuffed animals and Disney cartoons.

Israeli hostage Eden Yerushalmi, 24, was found to weigh only 36 kilograms — 79 pounds — at the time of her death, having been starved by Hamas terrorists before being murdered last week, according to Israel’s Channel 12 news.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg wrote Tuesday: “If I had a choice between getting rid of Hamas and getting rid of Netanyahu, I’d choose Netanyahu.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefed the foreign media, in English, on Wednesday, bringing maps to show Israel’s small size relative to the Middle East, and Gaza’s proximity to major Israeli cities.

Breitbart’s Joel Pollak explains the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas War and why Americans should be concerned about how the Biden administration is acting on the global stage.

Climate radical Greta Thunberg continues to branch out into other areas of lpolitics, and has been arrested on a Palestine demonstration.

Bret Stephens, a columnist for the New York Times who is a frequent critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says that the Israeli leader is right that a hostage deal requiring a withdrawal from the Gaza border is a “poison pill.”

A pro-Israel counter-protester who confronted thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Manhattan on Labor Day declared afterwards: “If you’re Jewish and you vote for Democrats, you’re crazy, I’m sorry — you’re insane.”

Pro-Palestinian protesters returned to Columbia University on Tuesday for the start of classes — picketing, calling on students to boycott their classes, and even vandalizing the Alma Mater statue at the center of the New York campus.