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Rep. Ilhan Omar 'proud' of daughter after NYC arrest at anti-Israel protest

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised her daughter Friday, a day after the Ivy League college student was arrested in New York City while participating in an anti-Israel protest. “I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi,” Omar wrote on X. “She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary …

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Iranian academic at Princeton University accused of publicly supporting terror groups

FIRST ON FOX – A decades-old interview is adding to a widening scandal involving a former high-ranking Iranian official and controversial Princeton professor. Seyed Hossein Mousavian is accused of endorsing Hezbollah and Hamas in a 1997 German newspaper interview. The new revelations about Mousavian’s pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah interview in a German paper, coupled with what some claim was an endorsement …

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Israel strikes back at Iran: Five key questions

Israel carried out limited strikes in Iran early Friday in retaliation for Tehran firing a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last Saturday. Here are the key facts you need to know about the latest escalation of violence between the two countries. 1. Where did the strike hit? Fox News confirmed there have been explosions in Iran’s Isfahan province, …

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Anti-Israel Columbia student protesters stonewall, directing Fox News reporter to 'media team'

When Fox News correspondent CB Cotton attempted to interview some of the anti-Israel protesters milling about on Columbia University’s campus in Upper Manhattan, she was confronted and told to speak with an unidentified “media team.” Cotton, who said she was permitted to film on campus by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, asked the protesters to elaborate on their demands …

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Arrest of Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protest was political, fellow 'Squad' member says

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow “Squad” member Rep.Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to “free academic expression” during afiery congressional hearingon Wednesday and the following day her …

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Ex-Patriots star Julian Edelman, who is Jewish, discusses 'hurtful' antisemitism: 'Sad moment right now'

Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, antisemitism and acts of hate against Jews have skyrocketed. The Anti-Defamation League reported this week that recorded antisemitic incidents were up 120% in 2023 from the year prior (8,873 in total). Perhaps the most jarring was that there were 1,009 bomb threats against synagogues and other Jewish institutions last year versus 91 in 2022. Prominent …

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Rutgers students want school to sever ties with Tel Aviv University

Rutgers’ University students want their school, the State University of New Jersey, to sever ties with Tel Aviv University in the wake of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Rutgers University Student Assembly New Brunswick (RUSA) posted on their Instagram account that students voted to call for the school to terminate a partnership with Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the results were …

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Republicans accuse Biden, Schumer of emboldening Iran prior to attack on Israel

Republicans in the Senate are accusing the Democratic Party, including President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of emboldening Iran prior to the country’s recent attack on U.S. ally Israel. “Instead of standing with our ally, Israel, Democrats are focused on appealing to their radical left base, which hates Israel and is actively supporting Hamas and Iran,” Sen. …

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House Republicans excoriate Ilhan Omar suggesting Columbia University protests not 'anti-Jewish'

CAPITOL HILL – House Republicans excoriated progressive “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for suggesting during the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s hearing tackling antisemitism at Columbia University that none of the demonstrations deriding Jews on campus have been “anti-Jewish.”Fox News Digital caught up with two Republicans on the committee at the Capitol after the hearing, asking their thoughts about …

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USC should let its valedictorian speak or be honest about why it isn't

Reasonable people can disagree about whether Asna Tabassum, who has expressed the view that the state of Israel should be destroyed, ought to be the University of Southern California’s duly appointed commencement speaker. There are prominent conservative voices such as Mary Katharine Ham, David Harsanyi, and Guy Benson, firm supporters of the Jewish state of Israel all, who say let …

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