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Actor George Clooney reportedly called one of President’s Biden’s top aides last month to complain about the president’s critique of the International Criminal Court (ICC) seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a case his wife, lawyer Amal Clooney, worked on. As first reported by The Washington Post, the Academy Award-winning actor called Steve Ricchetti, counselor to …

The State Department revealed Wednesday that the shooter accused of opening fire on the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon earlier today was wearing what “appeared to be an ISIS insignia.” Spokesman Matthew Miller said “one member of the embassy’s local guard force was seriously injured” and the gunman has been arrested following the attack in Beirut that unfolded around 8:30 a.m. …

Progressive “Squad” Democrats are furious that their leaders have agreed to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. “Absolutely,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital on Wednesday when asked if she was disappointed that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., agreed to sign onto the invitation. “We should not …

Columbia University reached a settlement with a Jewish student on Tuesday, resulting in the Ivy League school’s agreement to take additional steps to make its students feel safe on campus. The anonymous student alleged harassment and intimidation “from an extreme element within the on-campus Gaza war protests had forced Jewish (and other) students off Columbia’s campus,” the student’s legal team …

Some Democrats in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, are hesitant to support President Biden in November over his position in the Israel-Hamas conflict. “I have a very hard time imagining myself being able to pull that lever for him seeing what [Biden] has endorsed and allowed to happen,” Abe Taleb, who lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., told The Wall Street Journal, …

President Biden’s cognitive performance is once again being thrust into the spotlight following a new report from The Wall Street Journal that the 81-year-old is showing signs of slowing down during private meetings. Many Republicans and even some Democrats said the president showed his age in those settings, according to the Journal, citing conversations with45 lawmakers and administration officials about …

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday morning that the Jewish state is”prepared for very intense action in the north” in response to the Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah’s continued rocket and drone attacks into northern Israel. Speaking from an Israeli military basein Kiryat Shmona, Netanyahu declared,”We said, at the start of the war, that we would restore …

A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday. Human Rights Watch said in its report that there was no evidence of burn injuries due to white phosphorus in Lebanon, …

An interfaith conference held in New York City on Monday urged world leaders to remember the hostages still in Hamas custody and to seek a deal that will ultimately see them returned to their families. “I hope that our event yesterday can motivate other religious leaders around the country and around the world to see and speak to our shared …

Forty-two House Democrats voted with Republicans on a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court in response to its top prosecutor seeking arrest warrants against top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The bill, led by Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Brian Mast, R-Fla., passed along bipartisan lines in a 247-155 vote on Tuesday. Two Republicans voted “present” on …