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Why the Left Hates Israel and America
This week, my organization, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, held an event in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, the district of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. Forty Christian pastors—white, black, Hispanic—attended to speak out in support of Israel. We brought these Christian spokespersons into the backyard of one of the most aggressive voices in the U.S…. -
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House Votes to Censure Rashida Tlaib Over Anti-Israel Comments
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan’s 12th District has been censured by the House of Representatives following a vote on Tuesday night. A privileged resolution to censure Tlaib was introduced on Monday by Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia following her repeated comments criticizing Israel for its response to terrorist attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7. After… -
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Are ‘MAGA’ Republicans Worse Than Hamas? Many on Far Left Appear to Think So
“MAGA and Christian Nationalism: Bigger threat to America than Hamas could ever be” was the original headline on a vicious article published at the left-wing website Salon.com on Thursday. The piece, written by Brian Karem, drew considerable attention on social media as many condemned the thesis and the tone of the piece. Karem was Playboy’s… -
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Donors’ Power of Purse Sends Loud Rebuke to Colleges’ Shameful Silence on Pro-Hamas Protests
Students from across the U.S. and Europe have taken to the streets to defend the indefensible or “contextualize” that which no context can justify; that is, mass killings and gang rape in the Holy Land on Oct. 7. Many of their elders now wonder how kids they raised to be civilized seem to be stumped… -
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Hamas Leader Shows Why Israel Can’t Afford to Let the Terrorists Remain in Gaza
President Joe Biden, who initially declared his “rock-solid and unwavering” support for Israel, called for a “pause” in the Jewish state’s ground assault in Gaza on Wednesday amid criticism of Israeli airstrikes. Yet, a senior member of Hamas’ Politburo showed exactly why Israel must root out the genocidal terrorist group after the horrific pogrom of… -
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To Give Peace a Chance, Hamas Must Free All Hostages and Surrender
Just as the Israel Defense Forces encircle the Hamas stronghold of Gaza City, calls for a “cease-fire” are accelerating. For the first week or two after the Hamas Holocaust of Oct. 7, which saw the most Jews massacred in a single day since Hitler, and hundreds more taken hostage into Gaza, calls for a cease-fire… -
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Israel-Hamas War Keeps Getting Sicker
There is something surreal, even sick about the current Israel-Hamas war. Throughout European and American cities and campuses, tens of thousands of Middle East immigrants and students, and radical leftists chant nonstop, “Free Palestine from the River to the Sea.” More recently, they are also yelling, “Israel, you can’t hide, we caught you in genocide.”… -
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House Passes Israel Aid Bill Funded by IRS Cuts
The House passed a stand-alone bill Thursday that would send military aid to Israel in its conflict with Hamas terrorists, to be funded by cuts to the budget of the Internal Revenue Service. The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024 would provide funds to the Defense Department to replace equipment provided to Israel as military aid,… -
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2,500 Orthodox Jewish Rabbis Condemn Reform Judaism Statement Calling for ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — The Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents more than 2,500 Orthodox Jewish rabbis in American public policy, sent a letter to the Union for Reform Judaism, condemning that organization's call for a "humanitarian pause" in Gaza, warning that any such cease-fire would give Hamas terrorists the opportunity to regroup… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Leave It to Biden to Blow an Opportunity’ to Send a Clear Message to Iran, Sen. Marshall Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Biden administration should act quickly to support an aid package for Israel, thus sending a clear message to Iran as the Jewish state seeks to root out Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Sen. Roger Marshall urges. “Leave it to President Biden to blow an opportunity to bring… -
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Abraham Accords Needed ‘More Than Ever’ as Israel-Hamas War Escalates
The escalating Israel-Hamas war means that the Abraham Accords between Israel and two former enemies in the Middle East “are needed now more than ever,” Jared Kushner said in a post last week on social media. Kushner should know. As a top White House aide as well as son-in-law to then-President Donald Trump, Kushner was… -
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Author of Trump’s Iran Sanctions Tells Biden How to Respond to Ballistic Missile Attack Against Israel
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a medium-range ballistic missile toward Israel Tuesday, requiring an Israeli air defense system to block it and signaling that the war Hamas started with a terrorist attack against the Jewish state may quickly expand into a regional conflict. Robert Greenway, who orchestrated former President Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran,… -
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SPLC FINALLY Issues a Statement on Hamas Terror Attack, and Manages to Make Things Even Worse
After remaining silent on the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the rising antisemitism in the U.S. for three weeks, the Southern Poverty Law Center finally commented on the issue, only to stealth-edit its statement days later. SPLC President Margaret Huang had suggested that Israel intentionally targeted Palestinian civilians, including children, for airstrikes…. -
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How Israel Defense Forces Strive to Exceed Requirements of Law of Armed Conflict
As the Israel Defense Forces enter Gaza to wage war against Hamas, it’s important to remember the extent to which Israel works tirelessly to meet and vastly exceed the requirements of international law, including the law of armed conflict. The four basic principles of the law of war: distinction, proportionality, military necessity, and limitation. … -
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Pro-Palestine Protesters Clash in Chicago With Radical Black ‘Israelite’ Group
An extremist group that believes black Americans and other people of color are the real descendants of the ancient Israelites clashed Saturday with pro-Palestine protesters in Chicago while police attempted to calm the two groups. The sometimes violent exchanges between pro-Palestine protesters and members or supporters of Black Hebrew Israelites followed a march around the Chicago… -
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Cease-Fire Isn’t a Real Option for Israel, This Activist Says
The U.N. General Assembly called Friday for a “humanitarian truce” between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, but a cease-fire isn’t an option for the Jewish nation, activist Boris Zilberman says. If the Israel-Hamas war is put on pause, Zilberman says, Hamas terrorists will use the time “to retool.” Zilberman, director of public policy and strategy… -
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DC Freshens Up ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art Despite Hamas Endorsements
The District of Columbia is freshening up its massive "Black Lives Matter" street mural even as the Black Lives Matter organization faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month. BLM affiliates have expressed solidarity with the "resistance" against Israel, compared attacks on Israel to racial… -
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After Attack on Israel, Terror Threat Looms Over US Southern Border
Earlier this month, Hamas launched the largest coordinated attack against Israel in more than 50 years, leaving over 1,400 dead in its wake. To carry out its heinous attack, Hamas penetrated one of the most secure borders in the world. Over 6,000 miles away, we, too, face a crisis at our borders. Americans have lived… -
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SPLC Silent After Anti-Israel Vandals Strike Near Tree of Life Synagogue Ahead of Shooting Anniversary
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and the Anti-Defamation League condemned the anti-Israel vandalism in a Jewish community near the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh one day before the fifth anniversary of the horrific murder of 11 congregants. Yet the Southern Poverty Law Center, which bills itself as an expert on “hate groups” and antisemitism, has… -
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Polls Showing Support for Israel Hide Some Ugly Truths
According to a new Harvard/Harris poll, only the police and military are more respected than Israel. It’s heartening that Americans overwhelmingly support civilization over the Islamofascists of Gaza and Iran. Then again, “Palestinian Authority” gets 17% support, and Hamas has a 14% positive rating—which is to say 14% of your neighbors have taken the side…