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2 Months Into War: Here’s Where Israel-Hamas Fight Stands
Dec. 7 will mark two months since Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 others hostage. Fighting between Hamas and Israel resumed Friday after the release of about 100 hostages during a weeklong cease-fire. As Israeli troops advance in Gaza, they are “constricting the size of ground they don’t control,” defense expert Robert…Virginia Allen -
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How Does Israel’s 10/7 Crisis Compare?
Israel is engaged in one of its most challenging international crises since at least the Yom Kippur War of 1973. On Oct. 7 (henceforward referred to as 10/7), Israel suffered the worst terrorist attack in modern history in proportion to the number of its inhabitants. As U.S. President Joe Biden said, 10/7 was like 9/11…Yoav Tenembaum -
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Facing Loss of State Funding, Radical Maryland Group Backpedals on Ferocious Support for Hamas
Trouble is brewing in the deep-blue state of Maryland, where Democratic state senators are discovering that—gasp!—an “immigrant advocacy” group they have coddled for decades is really full of Hamas supporters who compare Palestinian terrorists to the experience of Hispanics in the Old Line State. The group is CASA de Maryland. State lawmakers have been forcing weary taxpayers to underwrite…Mike Gonzalez -
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China-Linked Company Directly Paid Joe Biden, Latest Released Bank Records Show
A Hunter Biden business entity tied to China made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden in the months leading up to the former vice president’s announcement that he would run for president in 2020, according to newly released subpoenaed bank records from the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. The monthly payments came from Owasco PC,…Fred Lucas -
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Who Are the Hostages Still Being Held Captive in Gaza?
Israeli citizens and foreigners remain hostages to Hamas and other radical Islamic terrorist organizations in Gaza. It is believed that there are just over 120 hostages still in Gaza. Eleven of the hostages are foreigners and the rest are Israeli, according to Israeli officials. Those waiting to be freed range in age from 10-month-old baby…Virginia Allen -
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America’s Indo-Pacific Allies Willing to Be Force Multipliers for US to Help Deter China
America is not the only country with an interest in countering the threat of an aggressive Communist China that’s intent on world domination. Its allies in the Indo-Pacific are keenly interested in preserving a free and open region as well. In a meeting last week between Australia and India, Australia’s defense minister said that for…Wilson Beaver -
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Hamas Leader Threatens Israel: Oct. 7 ‘Was Just a Rehearsal’
The architect of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel sent a threat to the Jewish state this week, claiming the massacre “was just a rehearsal.” Yahya Sinwar made the threat in his first public statement since the terrorist attack, Israeli media network Arutz Sheva reported. “The leaders of the occupation should know,” Sinwar said,…Lucy Gilbert -
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Why Anything Short of Total Eradication of Hamas Isn’t Enough
For a week now, the world has watched a high-stakes, emotionally draining, and dangerous game being played out in Gaza. What began as a mediated four-day “truce” and swap of 50 Israeli civilians held hostage by Hamas in exchange for 150 convicted Palestinian-Arab terrorists has now been dragged out much further. Hamas, unusually self-aware for…Josh Hammer -
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Zelenskyy Says Summer Counteroffensive Did Not Achieve Its Aims
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy characterized the Ukrainian military’s summer counteroffensive against Russia as a disappointment, failing to achieve its expansive goal of pushing Russian forces back to pre-2014 lines, in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. Ukraine’s forces have made incremental advances against Russian lines and crippled Moscow’s Black Sea naval fleet, Zelenskyy…Micaela Burrow -
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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…Ben Weingarten -
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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…Lucy Gilbert -
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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…Kate Anderson -
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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…Virginia Allen -
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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…Jarrett Stepman -
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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….Harold Hutchison -
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Anti-Christian Hate Rising in Europe: From Job Firings to Arson to Murders
A new report is documenting a drastic rise in anti-Christian hate crimes across Europe. The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe published its annual report last week, detailing a 44% increase over the course of 2022 in social hostility toward and violent attacks against Christians as well as acts of vandalism and desecration against…S.A. McCarthy -
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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…Peter Berkowitz -
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Can Europe Become Western Again?
For the first time in a millennium, Europe no longer plays a critical role in promoting Western civilization nor in world history at large. Ostensibly it should. Some 750 million people live on the European subcontinent. Europe still remains the most popular tourist spot on earth. Its hallowed architecture, art, infrastructure, and natural beauty still…Victor Davis Hanson -
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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…Victoria Coates -
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‘Communism Is Not Only Here, It’s Going Mainstream,’ Survivor of Mao’s China Says
Xi Van Fleet, who lived under the bloody communist rule of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, says the goal of her new book “is to lay out the parallels of the two Cultural Revolutions that I experienced—[the one] 50 years ago and the one I experience with millions of Americans right now, the woke revolution.” “And…Samantha Aschieris