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Domestic support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud Party is on the rise.

The Labour Party said that it would reverse the suspension of aid to the Hamas-tied United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza.

The Adidas shoe company is apologizing for ads in which it used the rabidly anti-Israel model Bella Hadid in a campaign for a shoe referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, where Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Friday that the “aerial target” that hit Tel Aviv, evading air defenses, killing one civilian, and wounding eight others, was an upgraded Iranian drone fired by the Houthis in Yemen.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a visit Thursday to soldiers on the front lines in Rafah, Gaza, where they have been hunting Hamas terrorists, above and below ground, and consolidating their control of the border.

Chinese green energy companies Jinko Solar, TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology, and Sungrow announced on Tuesday they have signed major deals with Saudi Arabia to build wind, solar, and energy storage projects. 

Two Israeli protesters burst into the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday and demanded the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza, as Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was chairing a meeting of the body.

Billionaire philanthropist Mortimer “Mort” Zuckerman cut off funding to Columbia University this week over the institution’s perceived failure to respond to antisemitism and anti-Israel radicalism on campus since October 7.

The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, took on antisemitism and anti-Israel terror in a moving set of speeches on Wednesday night featuring a Harvard student and an American-Israeli hostage family.

Terrorists opened fire on a Shiite mosque outside of Muscat, Oman, launching a ten-hour siege that concluded with at least nine dead.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office praised former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his record of achievements in protecting Israel and promoting peace between Israel and neighboring Arab states.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacked two more ships with drones, missiles, and even crewed vessels on Monday.

The government of Iran denied an anonymous report by the left-wing U.S. outlet CNN claiming American law enforcement authorities had discovered evidence of an Iranian plot to kill former President Donald Trump, insisting Wednesday it had nothing to do with the assassination attempt.

Noa Argamani, 25, one of the four Israeli hostages rescued by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a daring raid last month, will accompany Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to address Congress next week.

Matt Brooks, the CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), told the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening that Donald Trump would stand with Israel and stop the antisemitic “mob.”

DAZN boxing reporter and pro-Israel activist Emily Austin told Breitbart News at the Republican National Convention that President Donald Trump will protect Jews — while President Joe Biden “can’t.”

The families of five female Israeli hostages published images taken during their first days in captivity in Gaza after October 7 in an effort to draw attention to their plight. The images of Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced “acts of terror and terrorism” on Sunday, seemingly in response to the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, although Ahmadinejad did not refer to Trump by name in his message.

Iran expert Rich Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Tuesday morning that President Donald Trump could remove the Houthis in Yemen as a threat on taking office.

Marvel Entertainment has stripped the Israeli identity from one of its characters, Sabra, and rewritten her backstory, describing her as Russian instead, ahead of the release of “Captain America: Brave New World.”

The U.S. Treasury accidentally sanctioned an Israeli man who had nothing to do with a protest movement that President Joe Biden’s administration has been targeting at the behest of radical anti-Israel organizations.

The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, kicked off Monday with several invocations. One portion of the invocations included a special prayer for the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.

Erik Prince, the entrepreneur who founded Blackwater and other military companies, said Monday that the Pentagon had blocked him from giving Israel technology to flood the Hamas tunnels in Gaza.

Argentina formally designated the Hamas jihadist group an international terrorist organization over the weekend, joining countries such as the United States, the European Union, Australia, and Paraguay.

UK police on Monday arrested two pro-Palestinian demonstrators after a protest at Britain’s Cenotaph war memorial in central London.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his Cabinet on Sunday, in the wake of the attempted assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump the day before, that there have been similar threats in Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA) confirmed Sunday that an airstrike Saturday had killed the commander of Hamas’s battalion in Khan Yunis, Gaza, but the fate of Muhammad Deif remained unclear.

Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his shock and best wishes to President Donald Trump on Sunday after the latter survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania the day before.

“We condemn this act of terror and reaffirm the positions of the State of Palestine, which has always rejected violence, terrorism, and extremism, regardless of its source.”

Israel’s Army Radio reported Saturday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had likely succeeded in killing Hamas’s military leader, Muhammad Deif, along with other senior terrorist leaders in an airstrike in the city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes stated that “we’ve seen some movement in Joe Biden’s policies, and I think a lot of it is because he is listening to folks like the

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he would oppose cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Israel unless a “comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine.”

President Joe Biden admitted that his plan to attach a temporary pier to Gaza to deliver aid was a failure.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) discovered a command center this week used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists within the Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Friday that Israel has no intention of withdrawing from the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphi corridor, in a hostage deal, despite media reports to the contrary.

Harvard University has quietly reversed the suspensions of five students who violated campus policies in their anti-Israel, pro-Hamas, and antisemitic protests this spring, leading to dismay for Jews — and exultation among activists.