Tag Archives: mideast

Biden campaign: We don't want the votes of 'Death to America' protesters in Michigan

EXCLUSIVE: The Biden campaign said it does not want the votes of those 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 last Friday’s International Al-Quds Day rally. When asked …

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Israeli PM, military leaders hold emergency meeting amid possible direct Iranian attack

Senior Israeli leaders held a meeting Friday amid growing concerns of a possible, direct attack from Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, General Michael Erik Kurilla and the Israeli security echelon at the Hatzor Israeli Air Force base, where they discussed the possible attack. The meeting came just days after Iran’s …

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Iran attack threat prompts US general visit to Israel, review of military capabilities

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Gen. Michael Kurilla met with IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen Hezi Halevi in Israel on Thursday, amid rising tensions with Tehran, which has continued to threaten revenge for the destruction of an Iranian consulate in Damascus. Kurilla was scheduled to visit Israel, but he took the trip sooner than planned due to threats …

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Netanyahu not consulted on strike that killed Hamas leader's 3 sons, Israeli media reports

Israel’s senior commanders and political leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, were not consulted before a military strike killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, Israeli media reported Thursday. Neither Netanyahu nor Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had been told in advance of the airstrike, which was coordinated by the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet intelligence …

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Lebanese national sanctioned over alleged Hamas links found dead near Beirut

A Lebanese man sanctioned by the U.S. for his alleged links with the Palestinian group Hamas was found dead Wednesday after he went missing for a week, Lebanese state media and judicial officials said. Mohammad Srour, 57, was sanctioned by the U.S. in August 2019 for giving “financial, material, technological support, financial or other services” to Hamas and for his …

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Israel threatens direct attack against Iran if Tehran launches strike 'from its territory'

Israel’s foreign minister drew a line in the sand with Iran on Wednesday, warning the country that Israel would respond with direct attacks on Iranian targets if Iran launches an attack on Israel from within its territory. The minister, Israel Katz, issued the warning after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei once again threatened retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that …

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3 of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's 'terrorist' sons killed by Israeli airstrike, IDF says

Israel’s military confirmed Wednesday that an airstrike carried out in the Gaza Strip has killed three of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sons. “The three operatives that were struck are Amir Haniyeh, a cell commander in the Hamas military wing, Mohammad Haniyeh, a military operative in the Hamas terrorist organization, and Hazem Haniyeh, also a military operative in the Hamas terror …

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Israel vows to strike back after warnings of Iranian attack, says enemies 'will be met with a strong defense'

Israel warned on Wednesday that anyone who tries to strike them “will be met with a strong defense,” after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its Syrian consulate earlier this month. “We know how to respond quickly and decisively to the territory of whoever attacks our territory – no matter where …

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President Biden, ISIS-K is ramping up its terror. You must ramp up our response

If I were to describe a president who, acting on a long held belief but purportedly responding to the American public’s war-weariness, orders the withdrawal of all American troops and leaving no residual force in a countrybesieged by diminished but resilient terror groups whose ambitions include attacks against the American homeland, you might assume I was referring to August 2021, …

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Netanyahu presses importance of Rafah invasion to eliminate Hamas: 'No force in the world will stop us'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underscored his military’s commitment to the mission to destroy Hamas just days after ordering the majority of his ground forces to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. “We will complete the elimination of Hamas’ battalions, including in Rafah,” Netanyahu said at an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Induction Base. “No force in the world will stop us.” …

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