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Anti-Israel agitators occupied Columbia University’s south lawn for hours on Wednesday as university president Minouche Shafik testified before Congress. Dozens of protesters camped out in tents on school grounds, calling on the university to divest itself from companies that have ties to Israel. Shafik is on Capitol Hill to testify regarding antisemitism on Columbia’s campus alongside co-chairs of the university’s …

Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the Italian resort island of Capri, with calls for new sanctions against Iran over its attack against Israel and more aid to Ukraine to fight Russia’s war topping the agenda. Under Italy’s rotating stewardship, the G7 leaders are expected to issue a united call for Israel to exercise restraint after Iran’s unprecedented …

Anti-Israel protests could ramp up as activists adopt more “extreme tactics” to put increased pressure on President Biden as the election nears, a new report warns. On Monday, anti-Israel agitators blocked traffic in San Francisco, Oakland, New York City, Philadelphia and several other locations as part of a campaign against the United States’ continued support for Israel in its war …

A U.S. official reportedly laughed off a Politico columnist’s question about what exactly President Biden’s strategy for Iran is following its missile and drone attack on Israel. “You know, a lot of people inside the administration ask that same question. Sometimes they ask it on the first day. Sometimes they ask it six months later,” the official reportedly told Politico’s …

House Democrats in the ultra-progressive “Squad” are being bolstered by a new joint fundraising venture as they face mounting threats to their jobs. The “Protect The Squad” website that was launched by Justice Democrats, a progressive PAC, appears to have been launched within the last week and is linked to Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue. It is the latest effort to …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday left no doubt in a statement regarding what his Jewish country might do should current tensions with Iran escalate further. “Israel will do whatever it needs to defend itself,” Netanyahu said in a statement. The comment came after separate meetings with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in …

Western powers are urging the Israeli government to show restraint in its expected response to the Iranian missile strikes last week. Officials from Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere have asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration not to escalate the situation into an active conflict — but those same officials say Israel is not listening to outside input. “It’s …

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., slammed the Biden administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East, warning Israel should not expect significant support from the president as it weighs a potential response to Iran’s drone and missile attack. Kennedy argued on “Fox & Friends” that the Israelis know the Biden White House isn’t filled with “wartime consiglieres” who are interested in continued …

Iran fired more than 320 warheads at Israel on Saturday. The explosives were carried by about 170 propeller-driven drones of the kind Iran has sold Russia for use against Ukraine, more than 30 cruise missiles, and more than 120 ballistic missiles — mostly fired from Iranian territory at least 1,100 miles away to the east with a few launched from …

A journalist who was present at an “anti-war” meet-up in Chicago recalled the chilling reactions of the group after learning that Iran had attacked Israel over the weekend. Olivia Reingold, a staff writer for the Free Press, attended the conference Saturday where she said an organizer of the event taught members chants in Farsi translating to “Death to America” and …