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On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” USAID Administrator Amb. Samantha Power stated that “if Hamas would just take the ceasefire, we have trucks that really could be reaching hungry people and are unable to move because of the

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf told the Senate on Tuesday that the Biden administration did not believe that Israel could destroy Hamas through military action alone.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) accused the Biden administration Thursday of slow-walking arms and ammunition deliveries to Israel since January, when a group of left-wing Democrats hostile to Israel urged the White House to cut off its support.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at President Joe Biden on Thursday after the White House attacked him over his claim that the administration is holding back arms and ammunition necessary for Israel’s war.

Over a dozen international shipping organizations published a statement on Wednesday demanding that “states with influence” do more to protect civilian ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, responding to the Iran-backed jihadists sinking their second ship this week.

In light of the recent dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held by Palestinian civilians, a legal expert and military specialist are urging a reevaluation of use of the term “Palestinian civilian,” arguing that those participating in hostilities, such as hostage-taking and other Hamas crimes, lose their civilian status under international law.

The head of the Shiite Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened to expand his war against Israel in a speech on Wednesday, boasting that he allegedly has 100,000 terrorists at his disposal and suggesting war with Cyprus may also be imminent.

Wikipedia’s left-wing editors have declared the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish civil rights group that has become increasingly partisan over the past decade, an unreliable source on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A Canadian student group called Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) on Monday launched a “revolutionary” summer camp at its “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the grounds of McGill University in Montreal.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is correct to complain that President Joe Biden is withholding arms from Israel, deliberately failing to finalize sales approved by Congress.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced on Wednesday that the nation had designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization.

Emerson College revealed it is experiencing low enrollment numbers for the 2024-2025 freshman class, partly due to pro-Palestinian protests.

The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has deleted its announcement of a “Courage in Journalism” award for pro-Hamas, Gaza-based Palestinian journalist Maha Nussaini after the exposure of her antisemitic views.

The Biden administration is insisting its Gaza pier will be reopened this week, despite a report that said it was failing and could be dismantled soon.

At least 550 Muslims have died during 2024’s hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, most of them from “heat-related illnesses.”

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday that the Greek-owned coal carrier MV Tutor, struck by Houthi missiles and an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) on July 12, has sunk in the Red Sea. 

The White House has canceled a meeting with Israel to discuss the growing threat from Iran, retaliating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his claim Tuesday that the Biden administration was delaying weapons deliveries.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) responded to a question on whether the Gaza aid pier constructed by the Biden administration has failed due to numerous setbacks combined with the small amount of aid that

Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that former President Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran “exists only on paper and means nothing.”

New York Times columnist Thomas L. “Tom” Friedman, a close associate of President Joe Biden, writes in his latest column that the U.S should force Israel to give up the war against Hamas in Gaza and let the terror group claim “victory.”

The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a war with Israel at Tehran’s behest, according to Lebanese Christian Maronite MP Camille Dory Chamoun, who declared that three-quarters of Lebanese people oppose Hezbollah, and that Sunnis, Druze, and Christians will unite to act in defense of Lebanon’s interests against Hezbollah’s actions, and can even mobilize 20,000 fighters to do so if necessary.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has officially approved plans for an “offensive in Lebanon” against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group illegally occupying southern Lebanon that has been firing at northern Israel since October.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video statement Tuesday urging the U.S. to stop withholding weapons and ammunition from Israel.

Workers were left to clear the debris of the pro-Palestinian encampment at California State University Los Angeles on Monday, after police moved in at the urging of college administrators.

Jerry Seinfeld roasted another anti-Israel heckler in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday night with the crowd joining the comedian in booing his foe.

U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein met in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday with Nabih Berri, the speaker of Parliament and the leader of the Hezbollah-aligned Amal Shiite movement, in an effort to encourage de-escalation with Israel.

During a portion of an interview with “PBS NewsHour” Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin that took place on Sunday and was aired on Monday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that parts of the Hamas counteroffer

Israel must “de-Nazify Gaza” after defeating Hamas, according to former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who highlighted the need to address widespread anti-Jewish sentiment among Palestinians, who overwhelmingly support both Hamas and the October 7 massacre it perpetrated. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday that it had destroyed half of Hamas’s terrorist forces in the city of Rafah, and that the rest of the operation would take two more weeks.

A group of pro-Hamas and anti-Israel protesters harassed director Quentin Tarantino recently in a New York restaurant

A team from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group rescued the crew of a Greek-owned ship that Houthis attacked.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded the War Cabinet on Monday, allowing the Security Cabinet to take over most of its functions, following the departure last week of opposition politician Benny Gantz and his party.

A United Nations report on northern Gaza failed to confirm earlier warnings of famine in the area, though it said that people were still suffering as a result of the ongoing war — which Hamas launched from Gaza on Israel on October 7.

U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday as he tried to push Israel and Lebanon to avoid a war that Hezbollah has expanded in recent weeks by firing at northern Israel.

Republican lawmakers and American taxpayers weighed in on President Joe Biden’s highly-touted Gaza Pier he announced during his State of the Union speech in March.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld roasted a heckler who was ejected while shouting anti-Israel slogans during a performance on Sunday in Sydney, Australia.