Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman will receive the highest honor awarded by the top U.S. Jewish university this week, the New York City school confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. While Yeshiva University celebrates the graduation of more than 1,700 students on Wednesday, the Washington Heights institution will award Fetterman its Presidential Medallion. In a statement, the school called …
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Biden White House rejects ICC sanctions proposed by lawmakers after Israel warrant requests
The White House refused to support proposed sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the international tribunal requested arrest warrants for Israeli officials for alleged “war crimes” as the country fights the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza. “We don’t believe that sanctions against the ICC is the right approach here, no,” said National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby during …
Read More »Israeli tanks roll into central Rafah for first time in Gaza war
Israeli tanks were reportedly seen in the center of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, according to witnesses, as Israel enters the third week of its ground operation in the southern Gaza city. The tanks were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the witnesses told Reuters. The Israel Defense Forces said its operations in the city continue …
Read More »Trump tells NY donors he'll stop college 'radical revolution,' send anti-Israel agitators 'out of the country'
Former President Trump reportedly told a private gathering of New York donors earlier this month that he will stop the “radical revolution” happening at American college campuses if elected president again.The presumptive Republican nominee also vowed that he would throw foreign students protesting against Israel “out of the country,” The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing donors who spoke on …
Read More »Netanyahu responds to strike that killed Hamas terror leaders, civilians: 'Investigating the incident'
JERUSALEM – IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nation’s military on Monday flatly refuted claims that the country’s air force aimed to harm civilians in its strike that eliminated two senior Hamas terrorist leaders on Sunday, the same day Hamas launched its most recent barrage of missiles into densely populated areas of Israel. There are mixed reports about the number …
Read More »Israeli excavators discover 2,300-year-old gold ring at City of David site
Israeli researchers digging in Jerusalem’s City of David archeological site have uncovered an “exceedingly well-preserved” 2,300-year-old gold ring that is believed to have belonged to a boy or girl that lived in the area during the Hellenistic period. The piece of jewelry, which is “made of gold and set with a red precious stone, apparently a garnet,” has “accumulated no …
Read More »Egyptians, IDF exchange gunfire at Rafah border crossing: reports
Egyptian service members and Israeli Defense Forces exchanged gunfire Monday at the Rafah border crossing along the Gaza Strip, the Times of Israel is reporting. Other Israeli media outlets are reporting that an Egyptian soldier was killed Monday during the incident. The Israel Defense Forces said “a shooting incident occurred on the Egyptian border” and that the “incident is under …
Read More »Aid starts entering Gaza through land after US ‘floating pier’ damaged by weather
Aid began flowing into the Gaza Strip from southern Israel on Sunday, after a U.S.-made “floating pier” on the Mediterranean Sea was damaged by weather. The new aid deployment is flowing through southern Israel due to disagreements with Egypt. The IDF has taken over the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, which has typically been used for transporting aid throughout …
Read More »Israeli airstrike on Rafah kills 2 top Hamas commanders, dozens of civilians
An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas compound in the Gazan city of Rafah has killed two top Hamas officials as well as dozens of civilians. While the exact number of killed remains unclear at this time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it struck a Hamas compound in Rafah in which “significant Hamas terrorists were operating.” The IDF, citing …
Read More »‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib calls Biden ‘enabler’ of genocide at conference linked to terrorist group, CCP
“Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Sunday blasted President Biden’s handling of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, deriding him as an “enabler” of genocide while speaking at an event attended by at least one member of a designated terrorist organization and funded by an asset of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The event, the People’s Conference for Palestine was …
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