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Israel announced Tuesday that it had rescued a Bedouin Israeli Arab Muslim hostage, Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, from a Hamas tunnel in Gaza in a special operation by Israel’s Shayetet 13, the Israeli equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALs.

The pro-Palestinian group Abandon Biden revealed Friday that it embarked on its “Abandon Harris” campaign earlier this week. The campaign is devoted to ensuring Vice President Kamala Harris loses the presidential election.

The general narrative of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week was to erase Kamala Harris’s dismal record as vice president — indeed, to somehow pretend that former President Donald Trump has somehow been in office all this time and she is running as a plucky challenger brimming with hope and joy.

The “Uncommitted” movement is staging a sit-in outside the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention is being held, demanding that a Palestinian speaker be added to the schedule.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) stated that he’s unsure if 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris actually “needs to have a plan” on the Israel-Hamas war to win over the “uncommitted” voters.

Judy Woodruff of PBS Newshour retracted claim she made about Trump telling Netanyahu not to make a hostage deal. She also apologized.

The “Uncommitted” movement, which has threatened to withhold votes from Vice President Kamala Harris unless she promises to end U.S. support for Israel, is furious at Democrats for allowing Israeli speakers but not Palestinians.

Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to pressure the Israeli government to yield to Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal.

Northwestern University announced that all students and faculty would receive “mandatory trainings on antisemitism” as well as “other forms of hate.”

American students will return to their colleges in the coming weeks – and with them, pro-Hamas activists, preparing to re-occupy campuses to protest against Israel.

Representatives of the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas condemned the terms of an alleged “bridging proposal” to move it towards a ceasefire with Israel on Monday.

Israeli forces conducted a daring and difficult operation in the tunnels under Khan Yunis, in Gaza, on Monday night to retrieve the bodies of six hostages who died in Hamas captivity.

President Joe Biden told the Democratic National Convention on Monday evening that the pro-Palestinian protesters “on the street” outside — who included supporters of Hamas, and who shouted antisemitic slogans — “have a point.”

A pro-Palestinian march at the Democratic National Convention featured a Hamas flag at the front of the procession on Monday afternoon, highlighting the radicalism of some of the more prominent participants.

Pro-Palestinian protesters tried — and failed — to block a public sidewalk on Monday as pro-Israel Christian and Jewish counter-demonstrators staged a counter-protest around the perimeter of Union Park.

A group of Hamas supporters flew the banner of the terrorist group at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the Democratic National Convention — but they flew it upside-down, and not on purpose.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed a decree on Sunday outlawing exports of coal to Israel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday met Monday with Israeli officials and pushed for a hostage and ceasefire deal as Democrats kicked off their convention in Chicago, with the goal of a deal by the end of the week.

The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations jointly claimed a “suicide mission” in Tel Aviv late Sunday, warning there are more to come on Israeli soil.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that pressure — from the U.S. and from domestic opposition — for a hostage deal needs to be on Hamas, not the Israeli government, due to the terror group’s ongoing obstinacy.

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Vice President Kamala Harris would focus “heavily towards the humanitarian side of things” in the Israel–Hamas war.

Iran’s “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned his underlings in a meeting on Wednesday that making a “nontactical retreat” would meet the “divine wrath” of Allah as the world awaits a highly touted attack by Tehran on neighboring Israel.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel acknowledged that Israel’s military has “done other things that have been, in the sense of the safety and sanctity of human life, conducted

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby discussed the ceasefire talks this week that Hamas isn’t attending and said that “it’s really important that both sides be willing to compromise and show

Anti-Israel pollster James Zogby, who serves as president of the Arab-American Institute in Washington, praised Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, for signaling a coming shift in U.S. policy towards Palestinians, insisting she will “turn a corner” on Gaza war policy, as he credited his own influence through discussions he had with her, soon after Hamas’s October 7 attack, for the Democratic nominee’s turn on the Jewish State.

Hamas launched rockets at Israel on Tuesday from a protected humanitarian area in the Gaza Strip, Israel said on Wednesday, further proof of the degree to which Hamas is violating international law and endangering civilians.

On Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) said that he doesn’t know if Israel wants a ceasefire. Host Wolf Blitzer asked, “A far-right, high-ranking member of the Israeli Cabinet made another provocative visit

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh responded to charges that the pressure seems to always be on Israel to change when Hamas is the one holding up a ceasefire by

On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) stated that while he’s had his issues with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu is actually trying to negotiate a ceasefire and Hamas isn’t and Hamas “has violated

Disney’s upcoming Snow White star Rachel Zegler is facing backlash after calling to “free Palestine” — a phrase adopted by anti-Israel activists demanding the elimination of the Jewish state — as she promoted the new musical film.

“Moderate” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian demands British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemn Israel for “crimes” in Gaza.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host and NBC News Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated that Israel lacks a clear plan for Gaza in the future, “And that just takes attention away

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart Ali Bagheri Kani on Sunday that the Chinese Communist Party supports Iran “defending its sovereignty, security and national dignity” prior to an expected Iranian attack on Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the names of 12 additional terrorists who were killed in an airstrike on Saturday on a military installation at the Al-Taba’een school in Gaza, bringing the total number to 31.

Israelis are bracing for a possible attack by Iran or its Hezbollah proxy on Tisha B’Av, the annual Jewish day of mourning, which begins Monday evening.

Hamas has rejected hostage talks that were set for this week, hours after CNN published a poorly-sourced article claiming that the terrorist group was serious about a deal but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not.