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"Hezbollah continues to rely on seemingly legitimate business investments and key facilitators to generate revenue for the group’s operations,” stated Brian Nelson, a U.S. Treasury under secretary.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said "outside agitators" played a key role in pro-Hamas protests at Columbia University.
“Hitler, Hitler go back home, Palestine is ours alone,” more than 100 demonstrators chanted at George Washington University on Friday.q
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Chants at the demonstration included “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest. Disclose, divest” and “Let Gaza live.”
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U.S. hopes to begin delivering aid using the new pier by early May.
Barbara Leaf defended the U.S. decision to veto Palestinian membership at the United Nations.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has warned that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state by the U.N. General Assembly will result in an immediate halt to all transfers of funds to the P.A.
By David Isaac
The universities have done little to quell the unrest and the protesters have faced little in the way of disciplinary action, while Jewish students remain threatened.
"Antisemitism is the canary in the coal mine."
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"This critical legislation will make our nation and world more secure as we support our friends who are defending themselves against terrorists like Hamas," Joe Biden said.
“This isn’t Fallujah, this is Morningside Heights,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, calling for a ban on masks at Columbia University.
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"I am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country," the Jewish philanthropist said.
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Asked about antisemitism, the U.S. president said he also condemns "those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians."
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“On any campus, threatening Jewish students with violence or glorifying the terror of October 7 is antisemitism,” she said.
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Biden administration officials looked on with mounting alarm as the number of ballistic missiles fired at Israel kept increasing.
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The army said it is not aware of U.S. measures against the battalion but is monitoring the situation.
The moves are the latest actions against Israelis that the Biden administration accused of “undermining peace, security and stability in the West Bank.”
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“Unprecedented threats do not need to equate to unnecessary fear or panic,” said Michael Masters, of Secure Community Netw
Haddad is an Israeli-Arab Zionist activist.
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Isra Hirsan is organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP
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The U.S. president was apparently referring to Rafah, Hamas' last terror stronghold in Gaza.
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The cause of the fire is not yet clear.
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“You’re always welcome back to my office,” the Pennsylvania senator told the more than 100 Yeshiva University students who visited him in Washington.
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“Get them out of the way,” wrote Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). “It’s time to put an end to this nonsense.”
“Antisemitism is nothing short of a national emergency, a five-alarm fire that is still raging across the country and in our local communities and campuses.”
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A coordinated effort on April 15 (tax day) aimed to shut down economic activity at sites throughout the United States and in other countries.
Sen. Chris Coons said the House must “promptly” pass the Senate foreign aid bill “to ensure that our Israeli allies have everything they need to defend themselves from attacks by Iran and its proxies.”
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"Critics cannot help but downplay the actual wrongs against Israel and overplay the fictional wrongs by Israel," the New York Democrat said.
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The victim is in stable condition, and the Ramapo Police Department questioned and released a "possible suspect."
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“If there’s any talk of ceasefire, President Biden, that ended on Oct. 7, when Hamas decided to barbarically murder, not just Jews in Israel, but others,” the House Majority leader said.
The deal wants a US commitment to supporting a Rafah operation in exchange for the ceasefire.
“We have seen them reject a number of proposals before that we have thought would deliver incredible benefits to the Palestinian people that they claim to represent,” a U.S. State Department spokesman said.
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It is "unimaginable" that a U.S company should sell a book by an arch-terrorist "responsible for the murder of thousands," said the CEO of B'Tzalmo, the NGO whose complaint led to the move.
A spokeswoman said the investment firm is “working with our analysts and clients to implement each of the remaining experts’ recommendations swiftly—before the end of this year.”
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Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) said “Joe Biden is about to abandon Israel the same way he abandoned Afghanistan.”
“This is only a small portion of what’s been going on with these illicit trades,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran.(
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The decision puts on hold deals worth a combined $9.5 billion to procure a squadron of F-15 fighter jets and a squadron of F-35 fighter jets.
“If we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side,” White House advisor John Kirby said.
The Jewish organization has collected 180,000 letters to U.S. President Joe Biden, marking the 180 days since Oct. 7.
“We favor a diplomatic solution. We know that there is no military solution,” the State Department’s Yemen envoy said.
“It’s not a military act, but it’s an act of defiance that is essential,” said Richard Heideman, who represented the Fuld estate in the lawsuit.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denounced "unprecedented sanctions on Israeli citizens whose entire sin is that they settle in Judea and Samaria."
Secretary of State Blinken "underscored the U.S. commitment to the realization of the creation of an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel."
The payments will continue, just under a different name and model.
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Three of Sen. John Fetterman's top communications staffers have left his office in the past month reportedly.
By Joshua Marks
The US is now deciding IDF battle plans!? How many IDF soldiers' lives will be needlessly endangered as a result?
The Biden administration has secretly approved the transfer of significant military aid to Israel.
Rep. Anthony D’Esposito introduced legislation, because “Israel should have a seat at the table in decisions that are being made in the processes moving forward.”
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The national security minister told The New York Times that the US president is "enormously mistaken" to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The IDF would also be responsible for physically connecting the pier to Gaza's shore, according to U.S. officials.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The proportion who disapprove of the IDF campaign rose from 45% in November to 55% this month.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
That must not have been easy for them to admit.
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"The lack of a decisive victory in Gaza may bring us closer to a war in the north," Gallant said ahead of meetings in Washington.
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The former US president's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, also gave public backing to the pending Rafah operation.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
"We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake," Harris said.
“It is the most pro-Israel State and Foreign Operations bill that we have ever seen,” said Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
Beijing and Moscow said the draft resolution wasn’t sufficiently strong in calling for a halt to fighting in Gaza.
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Senior U.S. officials have said both that Israel needs a plan to protect civilians before going into Rafah and that such protection is impossible.
By Josh Hasten
The United States has blacklisted a total of seven Israelis pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Feb. 1 Executive Order, but will not reveal how it determined that they are "undermining peace, security and stability" in Judea and Samaria.
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Just 18% of U.S. Muslims said that Israel had valid reasons to go to war against Hamas.
By Joshua Marks
The Biden administration received the written guarantees ahead of Sunday's deadline. They will then decide if the claim is credible.
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According to U.S. officials, a "flood" of humanitarian aid and the construction of temporary shelters will be necessary.
By Josh Hasten
Gush Etzion Regional Council mayor calls the sanctions "another scandalous decision from the chairman of Joe Biden's election campaign."
Earlier, they lay on a street at night near a Queens-based printing plant to halt the publication of the city’s major newspapers.
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"We expect our friends to act to overthrow the terror regime of Hamas and not the elected government in Israel,” said the official.
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Four U.S. officials confirmed to "Politico" the president is mulling the option.
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“These were conscious decisions to remove Zionism as a core value in various JCCs,” the pro-Israel writer reported.
Video shows the 15-year-old girl being punched in the head.
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"I’m on a hot mic here,’ Biden replied. ‘Good. That’s good."
“I was not very happy with the speech before he got to Israel,” said Sid Rosenberg. “And then he hits you with how he really feels.”
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“President Biden cares more about appeasing the radical left than helping our ally Israel and protecting U.S. taxpayer dollars,” Rep. James Comer stated.
The United States wants to increase the amount of humanitarian aid delivered into Gaza.
They all face charges of discrimination; at one school, “globalize the intifada” was projected onto a building by Students for Justice in Palestine.
The president also addressed at least 17 relatives of American hostages held by Hamas sitting in the chamber, pledging that "we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home."
Washington sanctioned two ship owners and two vessels tied to "an Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force-backed Houthi financial facilitator."
The data shows an increase of 4% since 2022
The embassy announced the restriction "due to the potential for security incidents."
“The convoy last week really encapsulated the frustration by the White House and much of Congress, especially Democrats,” said the Atlantic Council’s Jonathan Panikoff.
“Netanyahu opposes a two-state solution,” the Democrats said. “That puts him in direct conflict with President Biden and virtually all Arab states.”
“We’re gonna insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need,” Biden added. “No excuses.”
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The shooter wounded two more people.
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Quoting Hamas, the U.S. defense secretary told a House committee that Israel had killed more than 25,000 Gaza women and children!
“It is now more important than ever that the American people hear from you directly in a public setting,” the Republican letter says.
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The Florida senator wrote to the U.S. defense secretary after a Dutch appeals court’s decision threatened to halt delivery of U.S.-made F-35 parts to Israel.
“These actions are vital for the economic well-being of Palestinians and Israelis alike,” said the U.S. treasury secretary.
Netanyahu pointed out that US citizens overwhelmingly support Israel over Hamas.
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Qatar was also unaware of any breakthroughs.
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“My national security advisor tells me that we’re close,” the U.S. president said, per the pool report.
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Ruth Gottesman, who is part of a prominent Jewish family that has donated to many organizations, including Yeshiva University, is supporting students at YU's former medical school.
By Ariel Kahana
Six of the seven men were not known to the Shin Bet or Israel Police, an investigation shows.
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“The Biden administration must stop undermining Israel and facilitating efforts to delegitimize Israel. It is misguided and unconscionable.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The progressive legislator from Missouri called the group “outright vile and appalling” while accusing it of trying to “manipulate the public.”
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Rafah came up at press conferences of the White House and Pentagon, as well as in conversations with the U.S. secretaries of defense and state.
“This poll tells us very little about how N.Y. Jews will vote,” said Mark Mellman, president of Democratic Majority for Israel.
"It’s a simple question that I hope the administration can answer clearly and promptly," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote.
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The unnamed official questioned why the U.S. government is paying to investigate its ally for human rights abuses, per the Washington Free Beacon.
"Israel utterly rejects international diktats regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians," the text begins.
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The ADL revealed hate on the Telegram channel of Genesse Moreno.
The North African country, with a long history of being anti-Israel, appears to believe the United States is out of excuses to block the resolution.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Why do you think that we should make a country out of a people that just conducted a Jewish genocide four months ago?" Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) asked the Biden administration official.