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Three Israeli soldiers died Tuesday when a booby trap was set off during combat operations in a building in southern Gaza’s Rafah.

Saudi Arabia accused Israel on Wednesday of committing “continuous genocidal massacres” against Palestinians, casting the Biden administration’s efforts to broker a “normalization” deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia in doubt.

Multiple reports on Tuesday indicated that representatives from Algeria had prepared a draft resolution for the United Nations Security Council that would demand Israel stop its self-defense operations against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

Harvard University, stung by recent controversy over antisemitism, has adopted a new policy of not speaking out on public issues not directly related to the institution.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is planning to virtually nominate President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee ahead of their convention in August.

A confidential IAEA report found that Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium reached 30 times the limit of the 2015 nuclear deal.

The IDF is currently investigating the possibility that the secondary detonation of Hamas munitions caused the deadly fire in Rafah.

The 19% increase followed a 28% rise in 2022, which also was fueled by large numbers of Syrians being naturalized.

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Tuesday on “Morning Joe” that President Joe Biden’s “most important goal” was to get Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign.

The Chinese Communist Party will begin welcoming on Tuesday a parade of Arab heads of state for a multilateral summit to discuss Mideast issues, including the presidents of Egypt, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Colombia’s top diplomat Luis Gilberto Murillo said his socialist government will “insist” to “the global north” they stop supporting Israel.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen on Monday claimed responsibility for missile attacks against three civilian ships in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, plus drone attacks on two U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea.

Jerry Seinfeld has used an interview to open up about his visit to Israel last year in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack.

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the move was a step towards focussing “all our efforts” on a two-state solution.

Donald Trump told a gathering of donors he is ready to defeat pro-Palestinian campus protests by deporting demonstrators if he is returned to the White House.

Jews face discrimination in the American publishing industry and litmus tests about whether they support “Zionism,” according to a report Monday in the New York Times.

The Biden administration is reportedly pressuring Britain and France not to confront Iran over its growing nuclear program, including its apparent enrichment of uranium to near-weapons grade, according the Wall Street Journal.

South African Jewish leaders slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday for his use of the genocidal chant on Sunday, “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free,” which is a call for the elimination of the State of Israel.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) stated that China has been emboldened by President Joe Biden “leaving our ally Israel and sending money to Hamas through humanitarian aid.” He also

During an interview with the Fox News Channel on Monday, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) stated that Palestinian civilians will continue to die as long as Hamas isn’t held accountable for hiding among civilians. Mast said, “I think you look at

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) called for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) to be “removed from Congress” over a speech she gave at an anti-Israel conference that was linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

On Monday’s “CNN News Central,” New York Times White House and National Security Correspondent, author, and CNN Political and National Security Analyst David Sanger stated that it is “hard to believe” a ceasefire deal with Hamas can be reached because the

On Monday’s “CNN News Central,” New York Times White House and National Security Correspondent, author, and CNN Political and National Security Analyst David Sanger stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely correct that the Rafah operation that the

Egypt is preventing Palestinian civilians from escaping the war zone by blocking Gazan emigration, according to Caroline Glick.

Iran’s Interim President Mohammad Mokhber spoke to a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader to assure him of continued support for terrorism.

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lit a firestorm on social media last week by refusing to wear black during the mourning period for President Ebrahim Raisi; he then got into a vicious online feud with a prominent state media reporter named Ameneh Sadat Zabihpour over the snub.

Egypt confirmed Monday that one of its soldiers had been killed near the border with Gaza in a “shooting incident,” apparently with Israeli soldiers on the other side of the boundary, in the city of Rafah.

Four of the U.S. Army vessels supporting the “floating pier” in Gaza broke from their moorings Saturday and ran aground, with two of the four beaching themselves on the Israeli coast.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) spoke Saturday at an anti-Israel conference in Detroit, Michigan, that was connected to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which the U.S. regards as a Foreign Terror Organization (FTO).

Palestinian sources claimed that 50 people had been killed — including civilians — as Israel launched an airstrike Sunday night in Rafah that targeted several major Hamas commanders.

A museum in Seattle had to close its “Confirming Hate Together” exhibit after several employees walked out in protest of Israel.

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) explained how federal taxpayer dollars are being funneled through innocuous-sounding organizations to fund the anti-Israeli sentiment on college campuses.

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this month has prompted two scrambles for power, both for power and for Raisi’s place as a leading candidate to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as “supreme leader.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) suggested that people vote against President Joe Biden during the upcoming 2024 presidential election due to his handling of the ongoing war in Gaza and for his support of Israel.

The Israel Heritage Foundation led a historic mission to Israel with a high-level U.S. delegation to express solidarity with the Jewish state and its residents, as well as to gain a firsthand understanding of Israel’s existential struggle, meeting with prominent Israeli policymakers and visiting key sites, including the “Ground Zero” of Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

Pope Francis received a group of some 30 “Palestinian and Ukrainian children” in the Vatican this weekend, the Vatican reported.