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DeSantis Announces Plan to Evacuate Floridians Stranded in Israel
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday an effort to rescue Floridians who are trying to leave Israel amid its war with Hamas terrorists. The announcement by DeSantis, a Republican, is part of an executive order he signed to respond to Hamas terrorists’ surprise attack Saturday on Israel, which left hundreds killed, maimed, or kidnapped, according…Jennie Taer -
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How Was Israel Caught Off Guard by Hamas?
Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, ruthlessly killing more than 1,000 Israelis in the name of their god and in furtherance of their desire for Israel’s land. These savages—as they may aptly be called—in concert with Iran and their disjointed Palestinian allies have a single-minded goal: to obliterate Israel and its people. The good…Armstrong Williams -
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‘Charade’: CAIR Doubles Down on Claims About Israeli ‘War Crimes’ After Hamas Terrorist Attacks
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for an “immediate cease-fire” in Israel and Gaza following the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel that killed more than 1,200 Israelis—including civilians and even babies—and took about 100 hostages. CAIR has also condemned as “war crimes” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for a counterstrike against Hamas. When…Tyler O’Neil -
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Why Was America So Late to Rescue Its Own Citizens From War-Torn Israel?
Update: Shortly after this article was published, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, “Beginning tomorrow, the United States government will arrange charter flights to provide transportation from Israel to sites in Europe.” When you think of a do-it-yourself project, usually it’s not along the lines of figuring out how to get yourself out…Katrina Trinko -
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America Should Let Israel Wipe Out Hamas Once and for All
“We stand with Israel,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “And we will make sure that Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.” It was a strong statement of support. But Israelis have heard such statements from American presidents before, only to be disappointed just weeks…Mario Loyola -
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Israeli Jewish Student Attacked at Columbia University Amid Pro-Palestine Protests
Columbia University has tightened access to campus beginning Thursday amid news that a Jewish student was attacked on campus by an allegedly pro-Palestine student. The New York Police Department confirmed to The Daily Signal on Thursday that officers responded to an assault on Wednesday around 6:10 p.m. in front of 600 West 116th Street. Upon…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Reality of Life in Israel Right Now
For some in Israel, daily life is continuing, now set by a backdrop of war. “Rocket alert sirens will go off, and they’ll say, ‘Hold on, let me take my computer, let me go to the safe room,’” Scott Phillips said of his friends living in Israel, adding that while talking to him on video…Virginia Allen -
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SPLC Silent as Leftists Appear to Celebrate Hamas Terrorist Attacks Against Israel
The Southern Poverty Law Center bills itself as the authority on “hate groups” and extremism, but it has yet to comment on the left-leaning organizations across America that have celebrated Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Jews in Israel this past weekend. It has remained silent on those attacks, as well. Hamas terrorists blew through sections of…Tyler O’Neil -
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Look at Videos, Pictures of Hamas Terror in Israel. It’s What Evil Looks Like.
I am a Jew. Those have been the words of the Jewish people for three millennia. Those were the words of the men, women, and children of Masada. Those were the words of the followers of Bar Kochba. Those were the words of Jews in Granada in 1066 and the Rhineland in 1096 and Khmelnytsky…Ben Shapiro -
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Rashida Tlaib Attacked Israel in Her Comments on Hamas Terror and Leaders of Her Party Won’t Call Her Out
House Democratic leaders have condemned the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, but they have yet to address statements from two fellow Democrats who condemned Israel as an “occupation” and an “apartheid system” in the aftermath. “I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said in an…Tyler O’Neil -
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NBC News Struggles to Find Quotable Critics of Hamas’ Invasion of Israel
Often, as Americans, we want to live in an old Coke commercial where everyone sings in perfect harmony on a hill while they’re holding their cola bottles. We don’t want to live in a world where evil humans just gun down peaceful concertgoers or kill unarmed civilians in house-to-house raids. Raping women, and then executing…Tim Graham -
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WATCH: Anti-Israel Students Host DC Vigil for Hamas ‘Martyrs’
WASHINGTON — George Washington University students held a “Vigil for the Martyrs of Palestine” on Tuesday evening where they mourned the Hamas terrorists killed attacking Israel. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter gathered in Kogan Plaza as dusk fell on Washington, D.C., “for a vigil in honor of our martyrs.” Organizers encouraged the students…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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‘THERE WILL BE BLOOD’: Hamas Issues ‘Unambiguous Call to Arms’ in ‘Support of Jihad-Waging Gaza’
Hamas issued a “Declaration of General Mobilization” Tuesday in what an expert warned was an “unambiguous call to arms” after Israel declared war following the Hamas’ terrorist incursion Saturday that killed more than 900 Israelis, including beheading babies. “A call to our Palestinian people, the masses of the Arab and Islamic world, and free people…Tyler O’Neil -
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House Oversight Panel Investigates Biden’s Iran Negotiations
In light of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, House Republicans are stepping up their investigation into the Biden administration’s use of officials who have sympathetic ties to Iran's Islamist regime. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday sought documents, other information, and a briefing from the State Department about nuclear negotiations with Iran. Of…Fred Lucas -
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Outrage Over Harvard Student Groups Blaming Israel for Hamas Attack
Over 30 Harvard University student groups publicly blamed Israel for the Islamist militant Hamas movement’s terrorist attack on the Jewish state Saturday. “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” they said in a joint statement. In Israel, at least 1,000 have died, many of whom were killed…Lucy Gilbert -
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Historical Ignorance Animates Hatred of Israel, Jews
Gun violence, kids in cages, sexual assault, religious extremism—Hamas’ historic terror strike on innocent Israeli civilians hits all the left-wing triggers. But where is the left-wing outrage? Anti-Israel protesters even displayed the Nazi swastika in New York City’s Times Square, demonstrating the historical amnesia and philosophical inconsistency of anti-Israel hatred. In street protests across America, the fringe…Joshua Arnold -
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BLM Backs Hamas: ‘A Terrorist Organization Supports a Terrorist Organization’
Black Lives Matter chapters in Indianapolis and Chicago are drawing sharp bipartisan criticism for praising the heinous actions of Hamas in its brutal invasion of Israel. On Tuesday, the Black Lives Matter Indy organization retweeted a post from the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, praising “[t]he heroic Palestinian people” and their “right to resist their racist,…Tony Kinnett -
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4 Indisputable Facts About Hamas’ Terrorist War Against Israel
I spent the weekend and most of Monday engaging in back-and-forth with fellow progressive Democrats who were trying to change the subject on the clear black-and-white facts about Hamas’ terrorist war against Israel. I kept reminding them of four indisputable facts. Fact one: Hamas openly declares it hates Jews. It is an openly bigoted, anti-Semitic organization….Lanny Davis -
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How and Why Hamas Carried Out ‘Savage Rampage’ Against Israel
The attack Hamas launched on Israel Saturday was “a genocidal savage rampage by uncontrollable militants who were simply trying to destroy Jews,” says Victoria Coates, who formerly served as a deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump. Hundreds of Israelis were killed in the initial attack and the death toll, which includes at least…Virginia Allen -
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Biden Blasts ‘Bloody Hand’ of Hamas, Compares Terrorist Group to ISIS
President Joe Biden condemned the “bloody hand” of Hamas on Tuesday even as some congressional Democrats expressed ambiguity about the Islamist terrorist group’s bloody incursion Saturday into Israel. “This is an act of sheer evil, more than 1,000 civilians slaughtered in Israel, along with them at least 14 American citizens killed,” Biden said at the…Fred Lucas