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Let’s call this new Hamas War what it is: ethnic cleansing against Jews. What you’ve witnessed these last three days is old-school tribalism, a real Old Testament war brought directly to your phone courtesy of modern telecommunications. It’s “rape the women, kidnap the children, murder randomly” — and upload the videos for all to see, even the families of the victims. We have to go through some dark places in today’s column, so please forgive the attention-grabbing headline. In one of this new war’s most horrific twists, “one of the Hamas attackers who broke into the home of a grandmother...

After the horrifying images of what Hamas did in Israel on Saturday went around the world, it’s hard to believe that anyone came out in support of the Palestinian jihad. But numerous leftists found a way and seized the opportunity of the bloody massacre of hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians to advance anti-Israel talking points. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Ramallah) led the way with a statement that was a masterpiece of blame-shifting and displacement of responsibility. After seeing ordinary Israelis massacred wholesale at a peace festival, on the street, and in their homes, Tlaib began by putting the perpetrators and their...

A Washington Post columnist who once led the paper’s international opinions section lent support this week to those kidnapping, raping, and killing Israeli citizens. Karen Attiah, a prominent journalist, echoed a social media post by a fringe Somali that said, “what did y’all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.” The X post suggests that those on the Left who bandy about terms like “decolonization” but don’t support the terrorism of Hamas are hypocrites, and that that is exactly what the leftist academics are pushing for with that language. She reposted someone else elaborating on that same thought: “All my...

There are a number of confirmed and potential candidates lined up to replace Kevin McCarthy for speaker of the House, as an election for the role is set to take place Wednesday.The confirmed and possible candidates have had differing voting records on U.S. aid to Ukraine, with some supporting further funding and others voting against it.“I’ve been clear all along. Why should we be sending American tax dollars to Ukraine?” Jordan said during an interview with Fox News on Thursday. “We don’t even know what the goal is. No one can tell me what the objective is.”The confirmed and possible...

Facing the prospect of a prolonged war and with a counter-offensive mounting, Israel’s Second Amendment-lacking citizenry was granted new permissions “to allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves.” Since Hamas terrorists launched their attack on the people of Israel, killing more than 700 people and taking dozens hostage, the Israel Defense Force’s response has been one of increasing force. In addition to calling up 300,000 reservists while launching strikes against the “evil, dark, medieval extremists” a new statement from Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir captured the intensity of the lingering danger. “Today I directed the Firearms Licensing...

Vietnamese government agents apparently targeted several U.S. lawmakers and journalists with spyware using public posts on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, according to an investigation by Amnesty International and a consortium of media outlets. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) were all tagged in posts earlier this year that featured malicious links to install Predator, a spyware similar to Pegasus, the investigation found. McCaul, who serves as the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was allegedly targeted in a reply to a tweet from Taiwan’s Ministry of...

#NEW @MBAMortgage , @NAHBhome , and @nardotrealtor just wrote a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell. They’re asking for… 1. No more rate hikes 2. The Fed to “not sell off any of its MBS holdings until and unless the housing finance market has stabilized”

The Biden administration has scheduled the president to speak later this week about global warming and “Bidenomics” in Philadelphia — all while Israel mounts a defense against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. About an hour after the White House called a “lid,” notifying the media that President Joe Biden would likely not make a public appearance on Monday, the White House sent a notice to reporters about a newly scheduled speech set to take place Friday. The speech will cover topics of global warming and “Bidenomics,” not the raging conflict on Israel’s western border with the Gaza Strip.

DailyMail.com has obtained a naked selfie of Frank Biden, President Joe Biden's younger brother The photo was uploaded to a gay porn website Guys With iPhones.com in 2018 when Frank was 64 When approached by DailyMail.com, Frank conceded he was the man in the photo but denied posting it online saying his phone must have been hacked A naked selfie of Joe Biden's brother Frank has been discovered on a gay porn site. The photo was uploaded to GuysWithiPhones.com in 2018, when Frank – who has a long-term female partner Mindy Ward – was 64. Even after more than five...

At least 900 people have died and more than 2,500 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed into the country from the neighboring Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said at least 100 civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage. The Israel Defense Forces has since declared "a state of alert for war" and launched retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza, a 140-square-mile territory where 2 million Palestinians have lived under a blockade...

More than 1,500 people have been killed since the Hamas militant group launched a surprise assault on Israel from Gaza early Saturday, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "we are at war." An Israeli embassy spokesperson said Monday the death toll has risen to at least 900 Israelis, most of them civilians. Another 2,150 were reported wounded. More than 250 of the dead were Israelis who came under attack at the Supernova music festival near the border with Gaza when militants opened fire on the crowd. Israeli officials also say Hamas fighters captured more than 100 hostages, including...

Hamas is threatening to escalate their war crimes further while Joe Biden refuses to perform his sworn duties as commander-in-chief. As Cristina Laila previously reported, the Biden regime called a lid before noon. The so-called president will be prioritizing nap time over doing his job. The Regime made this move for the feeble Joe even as Hamas kidnaps young women, abuses the bodies of the victims, beheads Israeli soldiers, and slaughters innocent civilians at peace gatherings. The news gets even worse, though. Hamas is now threatening a mass execution of innocent hostages in Israel on live television each time an...

Hamas refused a cease-fire in exchange for wounded and captured Israeli officers, Hazem Qassem said and said: "There is no question of a cease-fire and that this time we are going to the final victory." The negotiations were led by Egyptian negotiators, and Anthony Blinken mediated in calming the tensions, to which "Hamas" replied that they had the initiative and that it would be buying time because they had received information that Israel had sent 80 percent of the artillery ammunition to Ukraine and they they have this knowledge that now Israel wants to "buy time", according to the "Wall...

Australian Jews were warned not to travel to Sydney due to pro-Hamas demonstrations, Sky News reported. Australian Jewish Association (AJA) President David Adler said Jewish citizens were warned to avoid Sydney's central business district on Sunday night as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the city's Opera House. "We've seen one or two Jewish people who turned up early, who have been taken away by police because they carried an Israeli flag," Adler told Sky News. "An email went around to the Jewish community warning us to stay out of the city of Sydney tonight, to stay away from the Town Hall...

A coalition of 31 student groups at Harvard University that released a statement blaming Israel for terrorist attacks against the country by Hamas doubled down on the statement within hours of issuing it. The coalition, which calls itself the Harvard Palestinian Solidarity Committee, released a statement Saturday and said that the "Israeli regime" was "entirely responsible" for the spate of terrorist attacks over the weekend by members of the terrorist group Hamas. Around 1,400 Israelis and Palestinians have been killed in the attacks. “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” the coalition,...

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets onto northern Israel on Monday in response to at least four of its members being killed in Israeli shelling on Lebanon, two security sources told Reuters. The exchange of fire marks a significant expansion of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants to the Israeli-Lebanese border further north. Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel fought a brutal month-long war in 2006. Hezbollah in a statement on Monday said it had fired rockets and mortars on two Israeli military posts in the Galilee. The Israeli military said it identified a number of "launches" from...

Israel calls on public to prepare to stay in shelters for 72 hours Israeli public urged to stock up on enough water, food, medicines, batteries, necessary lighting

The atrocities that occurred during the Iranian-backed Hamas attacks and invasion of Israel cannot be ignored. We must acknowledge how this happened. Logically, what happens when the largest state-sponsor-of-terrorism is able to free up billions of dollars now being sent for verifiable purchases? They are able to fund their terror operations with less restrictions. President Biden’s strategy rests on trusting the Iranians. It’s foolish, dangerous and we refuse to do it. This attack was more evil and complex than ever before and requires the world to react in united support of Israel. I am calling on all Abraham Accords and...

'Somebody doesn’t want that person to be found, and the most likely reason is that person is or was a federal source for some agency at some point...' On June 8, 2022, a Twitter account linked to U.S. counterterrorism operator Jade Parker claimed to have identified the suspect who placed pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest-turned-riot. “I have a very good idea who the unidentified Jan 6 bomber & affiliated network [are],” stated the account linked to Parker—a credentialed terrorism analyst, who’s worked with numerous government agencies, including U.S....

NFL broadcasts have been known for having some questionable and confusing graphics packages over the years. But during the second quarter of Sunday’s rivalry showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, NBC’s Sunday Night Football telecast displayed a graphic that ended up finishing with a bonfire on San Francisco’s Baker Beach. There were several parts of the graphic to break down for their aesthetic choices around Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. But there is one major problem with the graphic: Bonfires are prohibited from Baker Beach. Listed as the third question in the Presidio’s FAQ section is...