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Netanyahu Outlines Israel’s Plan for Taking Control of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel does intend to take full control of the Gaza Strip but does not want to rule the territory long-term. “Well, we don’t want to keep it,” Netanyahu said in an interview Thursday with Fox News’ Bill Hemmer. “We want to have a security perimeter, but we don’t want to… -
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Churches Burn and Christians Face Beheadings in Africa
Radical Islamic groups are targeting and killing Christians in multiple African nations. An ISIS affiliate, known as Islamic State Mozambique Province, is taking responsibility for recent beheadings of Christians in Mozambique and setting fire to homes and churches, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, a research organization based in Washington, D.C. On July… -
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An Allegedly Civilized World Genuflects to Hamas
As the governments of the U.K., Canada, and France announce their intent to recognize a Palestinian state, I recall the words of C.S. Lewis, so aptly quoted by President Ronald Reagan in his famous “evil empire” speech: “The greatest evil is not done now … in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to… -
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Conservatives, Stop Funding Radical Leftists
Stop giving money to your adversaries. This should seem like an obvious rule of politics. But until the Trump administration went after funding for NPR, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other leftist organizations, conservatives couldn’t seem to stop handing taxpayer dollars to activists determined to undermine their principles. While President Donald Trump has… -
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Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Take Full Control of Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly decided Israel will seek to take full control of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu’s office informed Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir of the decision Monday. Zamir, according to The Jerusalem Post, was told, “If this does not suit you, then you should resign.”… -
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WATCH: Mother Responds to ‘Nightmare’ Hostage Propaganda Video
“I can’t stand, and I can’t walk to the bathroom,” Rom Braslavski says through tears in a hostage propaganda video released over the weekend. Hamas took Braslavski hostage from the Nova Music Festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His family gave permission Sunday for the video of the young man to be released… -
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Cambodia Nominates Trump for Peace Prize, Becoming the Third Country to Do So
Cambodia announced Friday it will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped bring the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict to a ceasefire agreement. “He should get the Nobel, not only for his work on Cambodia but also elsewhere,” said Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol in an interview with The Wall Street… -
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Netanyahu, Fetterman Respond to Horrific Hamas Video Showing Starving Hostage Digging Grave
Hamas released on Friday a horrifying propaganda video depicting a starving Israeli hostage digging his own grave. The images have sparking outrage around the world. In the five-minute video, the emaciated Evyatar David is seen inside a narrow, claustrophobic tunnel, digging his own grave while crossing off the days on a calendar. “I haven’t eaten… -
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They Aren’t Alright
A few weeks ago, press outlets globally ran a horrific story about Israel shooting at starving Palestinians trying to get food. The story was not true. Before the press began retracting it, a man in Colorado attacked several Jews, killing, among others, a Holocaust survivor. Earlier this week, the New York Times, on its front… -
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Europe’s Recognition of ‘Palestine’ Is a Cynical Joke
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this week that their countries would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The first problem with that is “Palestine” is a fictional place. There never was any such thing. And diplomatic recognition of it no more changes this reality than if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… -
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‘These Are Not Ordinary Crimes’: State Dept. Bureau’s New Findings Prove Trump Right on South Africa
When President Donald Trump interrupted his Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to play a video evidencing widespread persecution against white South Africans in May, the left-wing media called it an “ambush.” Which only leaves one to wonder what the media would call what happened to the Heunis family the night of… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Aid Group Marks Delivery of 100 Million Meals to People of Gaza
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation reached a milestone Friday: The humanitarian aid organization backed by the U.S. and Israel has delivered 100 million meals to the people of Gaza since its launch at the end of May. “Reaching 100 million free meals delivered directly to the people of Gaza in just two months of operations is… -
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New York Times Issues Editor’s Note Over Condition of Child in Viral Image
The New York Times has issued an editor’s note over an image the outlet published of an extremely frail child in Gaza. The image of the child, each bone of his rib cage visible, went viral. After publishing the story, the Times learned that the child has “pre-existing health problems.” “Mohammed, according to his doctor,… -
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WATCH: IDF Releases Video of ‘Hamas Terrorists Looting an Aid Truck’
New video shared on social media shows Hamas looting an aid truck in Gaza, according to the Israel Defense Forces. “Footage from just 4 days ago shows Hamas terrorists looting an aid truck, this is the same organization spreading false claims about a deliberate starvation campaign in Gaza. Make it make sense,” the IDF… -
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Should Palestine Be Recognized as a State? Trump Responds
President Donald Trump declined to weigh in on the issue of Palestinian statehood Monday. “Well, I’m not going to take a position,” Trump said when a reporter asked him if he agrees with a recent statement from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling for recognition of a Palestinian state. “I’m looking forward to getting people… -
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The US-Japan Trade Deal Provides Both Certainty and Clarification
President Donald Trump announced last week that the U.S. has successfully negotiated a new trade deal with Japan, one of our greatest trading partners and allies. This U.S.-Japan trade agreement promises to reshape the two countries’ economic relationship. It set the U.S. tariff on most Japanese imports at 15%, lower than the 25% that Trump… -
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North Korea Rejects Talks With South Korea’s New Liberal President
The sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has rejected diplomatic talks with South Korea’s new liberal leader. “We clarify once again the official stand that no matter what policy is adopted and whatever proposal is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it and there is neither the reason to meet… -
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Sports League Keeps Politics Off the Field When Israel’s Participation Triggers Threats
Fourteen football players boarded a plane and flew from Israel to Amsterdam in the middle of July for the Australian Football League’s European tournament. When news of Israel’s participation in the tournament triggered threats of protests, Australian Football League Europe did not capitulate to political pressure. It is the role of the Australian Football League… -
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Israel to Permit Aid Airdrops Into Gaza as Tensions Grow Over Humanitarian Situation
Israel will soon allow Jordan and the United Arab Emirates to resume aid airdrops into Gaza. In coordination with the Israel Defense Forces, Jordan may conduct its first airdrop as soon as Friday, The Times of Israel reports. In 2024, the U.S., working with Jordan and other nations, airdropped aid into Gaza. The plan to… -
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France Will Recognize Palestine as a State, Macron Says
France will recognize Palestine as a state, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine,” Macron wrote on social media. “The urgency today is to end the war in…