Tag Archives: Israel

Kirk Suggests Netanyahu Allowed Attack To Happen

“I’ve been to Israel many times, the whole country is a fortress. When I first heard this story, I still have the same gut instinct that I did initially: I find this very hard to believe. I’ve been to that Gaza border, you cannot go 10 feet without running into a 19-year-old with an AR-15 or an automatic machine gun …

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FBI Sees Rise In Threats Related To Israel-Hamas War

CNN reports: The FBI has seen an increase in reported threats in the US amid the Israel-Hamas war, Director Christopher Wray told reporters on a call Sunday. “Here in the US, we cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations could exploit the conflict to call on their supporters to conduct attacks on our …

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Biden Warns Israel Not To Reoccupy Gaza [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: President Biden warned Israel in an interview aired on Sunday not to reoccupy Gaza, his first significant public effort to restrain America’s ally in the wake of the Hamas assault that killed more than 1,300 people, including at least 29 Americans. Mr. Biden has offered staunch support for Israel since the Oct. 7 attack and …

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Kirby: US May Use Troops To Rescue Hamas’s Hostages

The Daily Beast reports: National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday that he won’t rule out the possibility that American troops could be deployed to help free hostages captured by the Hamas militant group, but noted there are no plans currently in place to do so. In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Kirby was asked whether he would …

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Graham On Trump’s Hezbollah Praise: “Huge Mistake”

Mediaite reports: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blasted comments from former President Donald Trump in which he called Hezbollah “very smart,” and slammed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, Graham was confronted about the former president’s remarks about Hezbollah during a speech in Florida on Wednesday. “Israel’s communication minister called …

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Israel Seeks To Shut Down Al Jazeera’s Local Bureau

Reuters reports: Israel’s communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera’s local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza. The proposal to shut down Al Jazeera had been vetted by Israeli security officials and was being vetted by legal experts, Shlomo …

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Israel Resumes Water Supply To Gaza After US Pressure

Axios reports: Israel resumed on Sunday the water supply to the southern Gaza Strip after strong pressure from the Biden administration, two Israeli officials told Axios. Israel’s decision to completely stop the water supply to Gaza exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, with aid groups warning water supplies were quickly running out. Israel announced on the second day …

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Blinken Calls For Protecting Civilians In Gaza Strip

The Associated Press reports: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as the Israeli military ordered half of the Palestinian territory’s population to evacuate in advance of an expected ground assault. Blinken met with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan as America’s top diplomat held a third day …

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DeSantis: US Should Not Accept Refugees From Gaza

“If you look at how they behave, not all of them are Hamas, but they are all anti-Semitic. None of them believe in Israel’s right to exist.  You don’t fly people and import them into the United States of America, so we’re going to be very strong on that. And I think about our country, you see these demonstrations supporting …

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Trump Lied About Israel’s Role In Killing Iranian General

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump falsely characterized Israel’s role in his administration’s assassination of Iran’s top general during remarks this week, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the planning of the operation. Trump said Wednesday that Israel planned to be part of the January 2020 operation that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani but abruptly backed out the …

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US Intel Warned Israel Days Ahead Of Hamas Attack

CNN reports: The US intelligence community produced at least two assessments based in part on intelligence provided by Israel warning the Biden administration of an increased risk for Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the weeks ahead of Saturday’s seismic attack on southern Israel, according to sources familiar with the intelligence. One update from September 28 warned, based on multiple streams of intelligence, …

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Israeli Shell Kills One Journalist, Wounds Six Others

The Associated Press reports: An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon, killing one and leaving six others injured. An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of the dead journalist and the six who were wounded, some of whom were rushed to hospitals in ambulances. Images from …

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NYPD Steps Up Readiness After Call For “Day Of Rage”

NBC News reports: Local and federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are stepping up their patrols of Jewish houses of worship, Jewish-owned businesses and Israeli diplomatic buildings as calls for attacks on the Jewish community in the U.S. intensify online. Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal recently called for Friday to be a global day of “anger” in support of …

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Israel Tells UN 1.1M Gaza Residents Should Evacuate

CBS News reports: As it continues to conduct relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the wake of the surprise Hamas attacks, the Israeli military informed the United Nations late Thursday night that the entire population in northern Gaza should evacuate south almost immediately. Stephane Dujarric, a U.N. spokesperson, told CBS News that liaison officers with the Israel Defense Forces …

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POLL: Majority Of Jewish Israelis Blame Netanyahu

The Jerusalem Post reports: Four out of five Jewish Israelis believe the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to blame for the mass infiltration of Hamas terrorists into Israel and the massacre that followed, a new Dialog Center poll released on Thursday found. An overwhelming majority – 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack …

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Israel Shreds Trump For Pro-Hezbollah “Propaganda”

The Hill reports: Israel’s communications minister said recent comments by former President Trump criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and complimenting the Hezbollah militant group “wound the spirit of Israel’s fighters and its citizens.” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi told his Israel’s Channel 13 it is “shameful that a man like that, a former U.S. president, abets propaganda and disseminates things that …

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State Department Warning: Reconsider Travel To Israel

CNN reports: The US State Department is warning Americans to reconsider travel to Israel in the wake of the weekend’s deadly Hamas attacks. The agency raised its travel advisory level on Wednesday to Level 3: Reconsider Travel because of civil unrest and terrorism, advising that “the situation in Israel remains dynamic; mortar and rocket fire may take place without warning.” …

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Israel Forms Emergency Unity Govt To Fight Hamas

The Jerusalem Post reports: An emergency government was formed on Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader Benny Gantz met in the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv earlier in the morning. The meeting lasted half an hour after which lawyers representing the Likud and National Unity stayed behind to finalize the details. As part of the …

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Power Goes Out In Gaza Strip After Israel Cuts Supply

The Messenger reports: The Gaza strip, cut off from Israel’s power grid, lost electrical service on Wednesday when the territory’s sole power plant ran out of fuel, reports said. The Al Jazeera Mubasher, news channel, citing the head of the Gaza Energy Authority, said the lights went out at 2 p.m. local time. Israel cut off its supply of electricity …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Addresses Nation On War In Israel

NPR reports: President Biden will address the American people Tuesday about the situation in Israel where Hamas militants attacked the country Saturday, killing more than 900 people, including at least 11 Americans. Israel has responded with a siege and heavy bombing of the Gaza Strip. Biden has expressed full-throated support for Israel in the wake of what he and his …

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