Israel’s communications minister ordered the government to return a camera and broadcasting equipment it had confiscated from The Associated Press (AP) Thursday, reversing course hours after blocking the news organization’s live video of Gaza. The government seized the AP equipment from a location in southern Israel after accusing it of violating a new media law by providing images to the …
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Ex-NSC official calls to defund ICC's 'kangaroo court' over Netanyahu arrest bid: 'We're going to be next'
The International Criminal Court (ICC) should be defunded over its decision to pursue arrest warrants againstIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before it targets the United States, according to ex-National Security Council official Richard Goldberg. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that his office has “reasonable grounds” to believe Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders have committed “war …
Read More »US allies France, Belgium defend ICC prosecutor's request for Israeli arrest warrants
France, Belgium and other European allies are expressing support for the International Criminal Court amid ongoing demands from the U.S. to drop accusations of war crimes against Israel. Protestations from the U.S. and Israel began after ICC prosecutor Karim Khan filed applications for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders for alleged …
Read More »Detroit cop on administrative duties after telling anti-Israel protester to 'go back to Mexico'
A Detroit police lieutenant has been placed on administrative duties after a shouting match in which he told a pro-Palestinian protester to “go back to Mexico.” The encounter Sunday outside Huntington Place in downtown Detroit where President Joe Biden was giving the keynote during an NAACP fundraiser was recorded on police body camera and cellphone video. In both videos, the …
Read More »Morning Glory: Can Donald Trump restore deterrence?
First, some reminders. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine twice: When former President Obama was president and again when Joe Biden was president. President Obama precipitously withdrew American forces from Iraq in late 2011. ISIS announced itself in 2013 and by 2014 had seized a vast territory in Iraq and Syria. Donald Trump took office in January of 2017. …
Read More »Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claim they shot down another US drone as attacks intensify
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday they shot down an American drone over the impoverished Arab country. The U.S. military did not immediately acknowledge the claim. If confirmed, this would be the second MQ-9 Reaper drone downed by the Houthis over the past week as they press their campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. …
Read More »Anti-Israel agitators interrupt Blinken Senate testimony, hauled out by Capitol police
At least four anti-Israel agitators were hauled out of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing by Capitol police while Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified about his department’s budget on Tuesday. While Blinken began his opening statement, a man stood up shouting the name of a 6-year-old boy reportedly killed in Gaza. “Blinken, you will be remembered as the Butcher …
Read More »State Dept denies Iran's rare request for US assistance after deadly helicopter crash: 'Logistical reasons'
The United States ultimately denied Iran’s rare request for American assistance following the deadly helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.At a press conference on Monday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the U.S. was “asked for assistance by the Iranian Government.” “We did make clear to them that we would offer assistance, as …
Read More »Police clear anti-Israel encampment at University of Michigan
An anti-Israel protest encampment at the University of Michigan was removed from campus by police early Tuesday, a public safety official confirmed to Fox News Digital. Officers with the university’s public safety department began clearing the encampment just before 6 a.m. on the Central Campus, Melissa Overton, public information officer for the University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and …
Read More »WATCH: Hearing goes off the rails as Ted Cruz accuses Biden official of funding Hamas attack on Israel
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz pulled no punches while questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a heated Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. The tense clash between the two began with Cruz blasting the Biden administration’s “worst foreign policy disaster of modern times,” referencing its handling of Iran and the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, and …
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