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Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers warned on Thursday that Ukraine risked being defeated by Russia unless it received more air defenses, as Kyiv urged a change in Western strategy towards the war. More than two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine is facing a shortage of ammunition, with vital funding from the U.S. blocked by …

As of this writing Israel has not responded to Iran’s massive attack against it Saturday night. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron relayed, after meeting with Israeli officials on Wednesday that it was “clear the Israelis are making a decision to act.” “We hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible,” Cameron added …

Police removed anti-Israel protesters from Columbia University‘s campus in New York City on Thursday, after the demonstrating students had set up an encampment on a campus lawn, and announced the suspension of those students involved. In total, 108 people were arrested and given a summons for trespassing, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said during an early evening press conference. …

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sounded the alarm about what she called an “attack” with a “toxic chemical substance” at an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University during a congressional hearing Wednesday. However, according to court documents, the substance was a non-toxic flatulence spray. Omar questioned Columbia’s president, Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, about a January incident that involved anti-Israel activists while they …

Anti-Israel agitators were caught on video lighting flares outside a Columbia University “occupation,” as the president of the prestigious New York institution testified before Congress on antisemitism spikes. The New York City Police Department said at least four people were arrested early Thursday morning in connection to the ongoing protest at Columbia University, PIX 11 reported. Video shared online also …

CAPITOL HILL — House Republicans on Wednesday grilled Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik regarding the employment of a professor who celebrated the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks as “awesome.” During the House Education and the Workforce’s hearing to discuss antisemitism on Columbia’s campus, Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., condemned what he called the “perverse” statements by a tenured Columbia professor, …

Former President Trump’s campaign will not say whether it would welcome support from individuals who were caught on video chanting “death to America” during a recent anti-Israel rally in the 2024 battleground state of Michigan. A Dearborn crowd was led in chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel”by Michigan-based activist Tarek Bazzi during the International Al-Quds Day rally …

An anti-hate watchdog recently handed out failing grades to some of America’s most prestigious universities for their handling of antisemitism on campus, and students at the same elite institutions are speaking out, saying the findings are not surprising. “The moral corruption surrounding our elite academic institutions should be alarming to not only Jews,” University of Pennsylvania undergraduate student Eyal Yakoby …

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday she did not see a U.N. resolution recommending the Palestinian Authority become a full U.N. member helping lead to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Thomas-Greenfield made the comments at a news conference in Seoul, after being asked whether the United States was open to recognise the request …

A Muslim University of Southern California (USC) valedictorian who was barred from giving a graduation speech said on Tuesday she is “not apologetic” for the anti-Israel views she expressed online, including calls to abolish the Jewish state. USC student Asna Tabassum told CNN she’s not sorry about promoting “unequivocal and unconditional right to life for all people, including Palestinians,” which …