The Biden administration has halted expedited arms shipments to the Jewish state in response to Democrat pressure to undermine Israel in its war on Hamas, according to Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, who accused the president of “deliberately misleading the American people” and “insulting a key ally” that is “under sustained threat.”
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.
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.
Israel reiterated Thursday that its goals for the war in Gaza include the “dismantling of Hamas’s governmental and military capabilities,” after a controversy over a military spokesman’s comments.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CBS’s “The Late Show,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) responded to a question on America’s role in the Israel-Hamas conflict by stating that “We have a foreign policy that pretty much follows the idea of peace through
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.
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.
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.
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.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video statement Tuesday urging the U.S. to stop withholding weapons and ammunition from 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.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said that Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) “has engaged in antisemitic rhetoric” and only condemned the actions of Hamas in the October 7 attack after several months “when it
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 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.
An effort by the Maldives, a tiny Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean, to ban Israelis has run into a problem: the fact that Israel’s population is 20% Arab means that the ban excludes many Arab Muslims as well.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sunday that it will observe a daytime pause in fighting along a route in southern Gaza for aid deliveries, together with Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).
Israel’s military lessons learned from battling Hamas in Gaza, amid diverse modern warfare challenges, are set to significantly improve U.S. military readiness and “save American lives,” according to retired United States Army major and urban and subterranean warfare expert John Spencer, who highlighted the strategic importance of adapting such insights to enhance American tactical responses and training protocols.
A Druze Arab Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officer, Captain Wassem Mahmoud, was killed Saturday in Rafah, in southern Gaza, along with seven other soldiers, when their armored personnel carrier was hit by an explosive device.
The U.S. will sanction an Israeli protest movement called Tsav 9, which has interfered with some aid shipments to Gaza in recent weeks because of opposition to providing aid that will be stolen by Hamas while it holds hostages.
Israeli agents — including women — infiltrated into the city of Nuseirat in central Gaza and gathered intelligence for weeks before the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a successful raid on Saturday to rescue four Israeli hostages.
The mother of 19-year-old Israeli hostage Liri Albag told the media Friday that freed hostage Noa Argamani said that female Israeli hostages, including Albag, were used as slaves in a “luxury villa” in Gaza, doing forced domestic labor.
Israel rejected a French mediation effort with the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Friday, saying that France had adopted “hostile” policies toward Israel and ignored atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists.
There are too few Muslim moderates when it comes to Hamas. It is time to ask Muslim leaders: will they condemn Hamas? Will they accept Israel’s right to exist? Will they support peace?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly says that there were 104 Palestinians killed in Saturday’s successful hostage rescue in Nusierat, Gaza — all of whom were combatants.
“No one has any idea” how many of the remaining 116 Israeli hostages are still alive, a senior Hamas official told CNN in an interview that aired Thursday.
President Joe Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Italy that Hamas was responsible for blocking a proposed ceasefire and hostage deal that had the approval of the United Nations Security Council and the Israeli government.
A new poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) reveals that 67% of Palestinians still support the October 7 terror attacks, and the same proportion believe that Hamas will win the war with Israel.
Israeli hostages who were freed in a rescue operation Saturday reportedly confirmed that they had been held by Palestinian journalist Abdallah Aljamal — but a CNN story about the claim continues to say it is “without … evidence.”
Left-wing Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo repeated pro-Hamas propaganda about four rescued Israeli hostages on Saturday, using the phrase “4 for 274” to claim that the cost in Palestinian lives during the operation was too high.
Pro-Palestinian students reportedly occupied an administration building for several hours on Wednesday evening, trapping staff inside and trashing the premises before leaving after midnight. There were apparently no arrests.
Israeli hostages were forced by their Palestinian captors to recite the Quran and Islamic prayers every day, according to one of the hostages freed in a daring raid on Saturday.
A far-left organization in New York City that has been at the forefront of anti-Israel protests has vowed to “shut down DC” when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to speak before Congress.
