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Hunter Biden Art Buyer Advocated for Her Grandniece’s Release From Hamas Captivity
The American kidnap victim released by the terrorist group Hamas during its ongoing cease-fire with Israel is a great-niece of Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a major Democratic Party donor who paid handsomely for Hunter Biden’s art and won an appointment to a plum cultural post from President Joe Biden. Hirsh Naftali’s Biden connections went all but… -
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Supermodel Hadid Apologizes for Repeating Claim That Israel Abducts, Rapes, Tortures Palestinians
Gigi Hadid, an American fashion model of Palestinian descent, has apologized for sparking outrage last week for making numerous false claims against Israel amid its war with Hamas, claiming Israel abducts, rapes, and tortures children. “Israel is the only country in the world that keeps children as prisoners of war. Abduction, rape, humiliation, torture, murder… -
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WILL WAR RESUME? 4 Killed, 5 Wounded in Hamas Attack in Jerusalem During Truce
Hamas gunmen attacked and killed three Israelis at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Thursday just after Israel agreed to an extended temporary truce in Gaza, the BBC reported. A fourth person died later. Israel and Hamas negotiated to extend a cease-fire one more day, to a seventh day, in order to allow the release… -
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Timeline of Releases of Hostages Held by Hamas
About 50 days passed before Hamas agreed to release a group of Israeli and foreign hostages held in captivity. Hamas took an estimated 240 men, women, children, and babies hostage on Oct. 7 during a violent terrorist attack that left about 1,200 Israelis dead. Hamas and Israel agreed to a temporary cease-fire beginning Nov. 24. The… -
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Leftist Meltdown at Oakland City Council Over Hamas ‘Terrorist’ Label Is Sign of Things to Come
An Oakland City Council hearing revealed where left-wing views of justice lead, when the council debated a resolution Monday night to call for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Deep blue, out-of-touch cities in the San Francisco Bay Area often like to play United Nations, so that’s hardly news. What created a… -
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Oakland City Council Meeting Turns Chaotic as Some Residents Oppose Condemning Hamas
Residents of Oakland, California, loudly objected to proposed amendments during a City Council meeting Monday that would have condemned Hamas. The City Council passed a resolution unanimously Monday night calling for a cease-fire and humanitarian aid, The Associated Press reported. Israel agreed to extend the cease-fire with the radical Islamic terrorist group by two days after multiple groups of hostages were released since Friday…. -
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Anti-Israel Protests Help Diagnose the University’s Ailment, But It May Be Too Late for a Solution
Machiavelli observes in “The Prince” that politics presents challenges akin to those physicians sometimes face: “ … in the beginning of the illness it is easy to cure and difficult to recognize, but in the progress of time, when it has not been recognized and treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to recognize and… -
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Polling on Israel, Hamas, Iran, and Ukraine Finds Gen Z’s Views Diverge From Other Demographics
More than seven weeks out from the Iranian-sponsored Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, new TIPP polling reveals how the American people are responding to the attacks, as well as to the ensuing war in Gaza and spreading protests here at home. While—as with most polling—gender, ethnicity, and political affiliation appear to drive some responses, perhaps… -
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Thousands of Doctors Signed an Anti-Israel Letter So Radical, Even The Lancet Won’t Publish It
The Lancet, one of the world's oldest and most influential medical journals, agreed to publish an open letter signed by more than 3,000 physicians and demanding actions that would undermine Israel's ability to protect itself from another Oct. 7-style terrorist attack. The letter also framed Israel's response to the massacre of its citizens as an… -
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Hamas Took Their Brother Hostage
Yonatan Lulu-Shamriz's daughter was celebrating her second birthday on Oct. 7 in Israel. Inside the safe room of their home 1 mile from the border of Gaza, Lulu-Shamriz's little girl was delighted that she was allowed to eat her birthday cake with her fingers as her parents had not had time to grab forks as they fled… -
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Trump Admin Veteran Sets the Record Straight on Biden’s $10B Waiver for Iran
After Iran-backed Hamas terrorists massacred about 1,200 Jews in Israel and Iran-backed militias throughout the Middle East attacked U.S. bases across the region, the U.S. State Department under President Joe Biden extended a waiver that allows Iran to sell electricity to Iraq and use the money to purchase goods overseas. “It is beyond insane,” Robert… -
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‘CALLING FOR MY DEATH’: Jewish MIT Student Opens Up About Fears After Pro-Hamas Protest
Jewish students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report fearing for their lives after pro-Hamas protesters blocked entrances to a central building, called for ethnic cleansing, and surrounded students holding Israeli flags. One Jewish student, who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, told The Daily Signal that he is afraid of sitting in… -
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For Hamas, Conflict Is ‘Only Starting With Israel,’ Embassy Official Warns
The world needs to understand that Hamas is “a brutal terrorist organization, [and] that it’s only starting with Israel,” Sawsan Hasson says. According to Hasson, head of public diplomacy at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, Hamas’ leaders have been quite vocal that they plan to carry out similar acts of violence against the United… -
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‘NOT PEACEFUL’: Capitol Police Protect DNC Headquarters From Anti-Israel Protesters
A riot erupted at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in front of the building, demanding a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The protest turned violent as people from the crowd charged the door, and police got involved to break up the violence. Several… -
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I Watched Raw Footage From Hamas Attack on Israel. It Was the Most Graphic Thing I Have Ever Seen.
WARNING: Some of the descriptions and images below are graphic and disturbing. How quickly can I get to the bathroom if I need to throw up? I was shoulder to shoulder with men and women in suits, faith leaders who had come to the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., for a screening of a… -
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Sen. Roger Marshall Explains Why He Believes Democrats Blocked Israel Aid Package
Every Senate Democrat voted in opposition to a stand-alone Israel aid package. The package, which passed in the House on Nov. 2, would have provided Israel with $14.3 billion and was set to pull funding from President Joe Biden’s IRS budget to do so. On Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., used a special motion to… -
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Hundreds of Thousands Flood DC to March for Israel
WASHINGTON—Hundreds of thousands of men and women flooded the nation's capital on Tuesday for the March for Israel and demanded the return of hostages captured by Hamas. According to estimates from the rally's organizers, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an estimated 290,000 people attended the… -
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Some of the Best Signs at DC March for Israel
Tens of thousands of demonstrators attended the March for Israel held Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington. Reporters for The Daily Signal and staffers from The Heritage Foundation were on the ground at the march and captured photos of some of the signs demonstrators carried. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The… -
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American College Students Chant Nazi-Inspired Slogan Against Israel
“There is only one solution: intifada revolution!” campus radicals chanted last week at Princeton University, Tufts University, the University of Maryland, and other collleges nationwide. If these students’ call for “one solution” to the “problem” of the Jewish state reminds you of Nazi Germany’s so-called Final Solution, there’s a reason for that: The chant was… -
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‘Heil Hitler’: Watch What Happened at March for Israel
A video captured by Dominick Buehler, a member of the Young Leaders Program in the Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation, shows a horrific scene from Tuesday’s March for Israel: Buehler says the man repeatedly shouted, “F— Jews” and “F— white people” and also referred to the Jewish people “occupying” Palestine. “People were shocked,” Buehler…