FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that there is an increasing concern of a potential coordinated attack in the U.S., similar to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) attack in March at aconcert hall in Russia. Wray met with the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies to make his case …
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IDF confirms deaths of 4 Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity
Four Israeli hostages have died while in Hamas captivity, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Monday after obtaining new intelligence. The kibbutz Nir Oz said earlier Monday that three of their founders who were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and taken hostage were killed while in captivity. An IDF spokesperson said Amiram Cooper, Yoram Metzger, and Chaim Peri …
Read More »Families of hostages taken in Israel on Oct. 7 plead for peace at interfaith conference in NYC
Families of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 came together with religious leaders for an interfaith conference in New York City Monday amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The attendees, comprising the family members of Jewish and Muslim hostages as well as pastors, rabbis, and imams, pleaded for peace at the discussion hosted by UJA-Federation of NY. “It’s time …
Read More »Jewish survivor of Hamas Oct. 7 terror attack is 'still reeling,' pleads for peace in Israel
Eden Gefner said it must have been a miracle, surviving the Oct. 7th attack — hearing Hamas gunfire break through their front door as she and others hid in their safe room, tensely listening as Hamas terrorists rummaged through their home. Said Gefner, “As the minutes passed by, we started to understand that there [were] so many terrorists in the …
Read More »ICC prosecutor Khan co-authored essay saying defendants can’t get fair shake at world court: report
JERUSALEM – The British chief prosecutor Karim Khan for the International Criminal Court(ICC) published an academic essay in 2013 that suggested his own current effort to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be a travesty of justice because the court cannot provide due process to defendants. The Washington, D.C.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) located Khan’s essay, which …
Read More »Netanyahu seems to contradict Biden cease-fire offer: 'Non-starter' if all conditions not met
JERUSALEM –Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement on Saturday that seemed to contradict President Biden’s comments that would end the war in Gaza. Netanyahu’s office said that Israel’s conditions for ending the war –the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel …
Read More »France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans
French authorities on Friday raised preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending soccer games at the upcoming Paris Olympics. The interior minister said it was the first such thwarted plot targeting the Games, which start in eight weeks as France is on its highest threat alert level. The man is accused of planning a …
Read More »Hamas using anti-Israel campus groups to recruit future US leaders into 'terrorist cult': lawyers
A lawsuit filed this month against National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) offers an important window into how Hamas terrorists are allegedly using the campus group to recruit America’s future leaders into its “terrorist cult,” according to two lawyers involved in the case. Anat Alon-Beck of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Mark Goldfeder of the National …
Read More »United Nations slammed for holding meeting to honor 'Butcher of Tehran': 'Outright offensive'
The U.S. boycotted the United Nations tribute to recently deceased Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, calling into question the logic of showing respect for a man who has committed “numerous, horrific human rights abuses.” “The United States will not attend today’s United Nations tribute event for President Raisi in any capacity,” U.S. Mission to the U.N. spokesperson Nate Evans said in …
Read More »Illinois high school apologizes after printing quote from student 'happy' about Oct. 7 in yearbook
An Illinois high school says it has launched an investigation after a “deeply offensive” quote about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack was printed in its yearbook. An entry in Glenbrook South High School’s 2024 yearbook has sparked outrage in the community of the northern Chicago suburb of Glenview for quoting a 10th-grade student’s “happy” reaction to last fall’s terrorist …
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