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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,… -
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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…. -
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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… -
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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… -
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Pro-Palestine Student Org Calls for National ‘Day of Resistance’ Backing Attacks on Israel
A national pro-Palestine student organization is calling for a "day of resistance" on college campuses Thursday in support of brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, emphasizing that they are not only in solidarity with Palestine, they are "PART of this movement." A toolkit released by the national Students for Justice in Palestine calls for the student… -
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‘IT’S NOT A WAR… IT’S A MASSACRE’: Israeli Soldiers Show Journalists Aftermath of Hamas Terror
Israeli soldiers report finding the bodies of babies, some of them decapitated, in the ruins of a town ravaged by Hamas terrorists in their surprise attack on Saturday. Israeli Defense Force soldiers took dozens of foreign journalists Tuesday to Kfar Aza, a town about 1.5 miles southeast of the Gaza border. Journalists surveyed the devastation,… -
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Iran’s Role in Hamas’ Attack on Israel
“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still.”—Isaiah 62:1 On Saturday, Israel suffered the worst attack on its civilian population in 50 years. Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza launched thousands of rockets at Israeli population centers and stormed through the security barrier into Israel where they massacred… -
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5 Things to Know About Israel’s 9/11 and the War Against Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Hamas Saturday after the terrorist group launched missile strikes and an incursion, killing hundreds and taking hostages. On Sunday, the U.S. Navy began moving warships and aircraft closer to Israel following the Hamas attacks. Here are five things to know about the attack and its aftermath. 1…. -
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Opposition to Biden’s Handling of Ukraine War Reaches All-Time High
A majority of American voters oppose Congress continuing to provide funding and weapons for Ukraine’s war with Russia, according to polling data released Monday and shared with The Daily Signal. By a 44% to 36% margin, Americans want their dollars out of this conflict. Of those who identify as Democrats, 52% want continued funding for… -
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The Ukrainian Gordian Knot
Most Americans understandably favor the Ukrainian resistance against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s naked 2022 aggression. Yet for Ukraine to break the current deadlock—our generation’s Verdun, with perhaps 600,000 combined casualties so far—and “win” the war, it apparently must have the military wherewithal to hit targets inside Russia. Such strategically logical attacks might nevertheless provoke a… -
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US Must Act Quickly to Preserve National Security Interests, Block Spread of China’s Influence
With the clock ticking toward a Sept. 30 deadline, the U.S. is racing to preserve strategic national security interests in the Pacific that it could lose to China if Congress doesn’t act soon. The impending expiration of long-time agreements with two Pacific Islands nations presents not just a threat to American national security, but a… -
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What Congress’ China Committee Chairman Would Ask Candidates at GOP Presidential Debate
The second Republican presidential debate is set for Wednesday night, and if Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, were the debate’s moderator, he knows what he would ask the candidates relating to China. “Maybe the most obvious question is perhaps the most important, which is: ‘Why should… -
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‘China’s Economy Is the Foundation of Much of Its Power Projection Around the World,’ Author Says
The People’s Republic of China “has used the power of its economy beyond its borders to push its illiberal and authoritarian geopolitical objectives and to change the behavior of individuals, governments, companies, and multilateral institutions,” says Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, author of “Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World.” “The reason I chose… -
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The Biden Admin’s Clear Vulnerability to Chinese Espionage
The Biden administration faces a massive foreign policy vulnerability because it has shown weakness in the face of multiple forms of Communist China’s aggression—and none more serious than espionage. Chinese espionage and covert influence are likely only to increase as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up, as the U.S. government becomes less and less inclined… -
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DHS Team Recruits Officials Who Falsely Called Hunter Biden Laptop Story ‘Russian Disinformation’
The Department of Homeland Security has sparked controversy by adding to its Intelligence Board multiple members who signed on to the since-debunked 2020 letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop story was “Russian disinformation.” Now, House Republicans want answers, saying the new additions bring into question the federal group’s credibility and impartiality. “Your decision to appoint…