Published by The Daily Caller Jewish Yale University student Sahar Tartak was reportedly “jabbed” in the eye with a Palestinian flag pole Saturday night while reporting on a pro-Palestine protest at the school’s campus. Tartak, who is the editor-in-chief of the Yale Free Press, posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) claiming that she had […]
Published by HNGN United States President Joe Biden has condemned pro-Palestinian activists for acts of “blatant” antisemitism during protests at Columbia University against the war in Gaza. Biden’s remarks came hours after a statement by the White House denouncing “physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community.” In a statement released on Sunday in
Published by DPA International Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a video address ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday, said Israel will soon deliver more painful attacks to the Palestinian Islamist Hamas group in Gaza. In a Sunday video address, Netanyahu announced “further painful blows” against Hamas, saying “this will happen shortly.” Israel has been
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Published by DPA International People in the West Bank launched a general strike on Sunday in protest against Israel’s killing of Palestinians in a refugee camp in Tulkarm and in the Gaza Strip. The Fatah movement, among other groups, had called for the strike. According to eyewitnesses, there was hardly any traffic on the streets
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], April 21 (ANI): Israeli war Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz joined a growing chorus of criticism by fellow politicians over US President Joe Biden’s administration decision to impose sanctions on a unit of Israel Defence Forces, calling it a ‘dangerous precedent’. He said it ‘conveys the wrong message’. https://twitter.com/gantzbe/status/1781785299724403053
By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Benny Kashriel, the mayor of Ma’ale Adumim, a bedroom community of 30,000 just over the Green Line from Jerusalem, shared with me in November 2022 that Ma’ale Adumim is mentioned in the book of Joshua 18:17. The mayor presented me with a special recognition. Judy and I
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US lawmakers after they voted in favor of aid packages for their countries. The two leaders statement came after the US House of Representatives approved a USD 95.3 billion foreign-aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and other American allies on Saturday. [ANI]
Published by HNGN More than 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass this week after protesters established an encampment at New York City’s Columbia University in support of Palestinians in Gaza. New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday (Apr. 18) that the demonstrators occupied the space on the university’s South Lawn for
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We unloaded our books onto the counter. They looked lovely there, the covers all being based on my own watercolor paintings. Unfazed, the librarian handed me an empty form and told me to start filling it out. I began to embark on the task, expecting to have to make an effort to get my books into the annals of posterity. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Published by RBC-Ukraine (UK) Military officials from Israel and the US have denied involvement in the strike on an Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces military base near Baghdad, according to the US Central Command. “We are aware of reports claiming that the US conducted airstrikes in Iraq today. Those reports are not true. The US has
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Published by RBC-Ukraine Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, downplays the scale and consequences of the airstrike on the country’s territory, which occurred on the night of April 19, and states that Tehran is investigating the incident, according to NBC News and Reuters. According to the official, the drones took off from Iranian territory and flew
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Yisrael Yeshayahu Sharabi was an Israeli politician, minister and the fifth Speaker of the Knesset. Born in Sadeh, Yemen, to a Jewish weaver by trade, he was sent to Sana’a at an early age where he studied under Rabbi Yihya Qafih. (Wikipedia)
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Published by Radar Online Chelsea Handler’s comedy show at Richmond, Virginia’s Altria Theater on Friday night was interrupted multiple times by pro-Palestinian protesters, RadarOnline.com has learned. Several attendees were removed from the venue for disrupting the show, and ABC 8 News WRIC Richmond reports that one person was arrested. “Palestinian babies — you’re a genocide
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives passed legislation Saturday to provide key aid to Ukraine and Israel, and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. The bills, passed in a rare Saturday session, were approved in quick succession by
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