A little bit of everything
So, “soldiers” of Hamas have attacked Israel killing approximately 1,400 civilians, and kidnapping 250 or so others. Doing our best to put aside the horrific, depraved specifics of the killings, were these attackers nuts or acting in self-defense?
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The U.S. could be forced to commit ground troops to fight Hamas if Iranian-backed forces kill a sufficient number of American military personnel stationed in the Middle East, according to several foreign policy analysts who are monitoring the crisis.
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To my gleeful surprise, the “March for Israel” was strong, and bipartisan (no, Rashida Tlaib apparently couldn’t make it – she was busy looking up “From the River to the Sea” to prove that it meant swimming locations for Hamas sign-ups).
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Dear Friends, In the world there is no greater ally or friend to the United States of America than Israel.
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WASHINGTON – Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, and Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, on Wednesday unveiled legislation to combat disinformation on TikTok and other social media platforms that has surged during the war between Israel and Hamas.
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War correspondents particularly interest me due to the voluntary life-threatening danger in which they put themselves and the difficulty of reporting, especially live when it is possible.
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The FBI’s director and the secretary of homeland security told Congress Tuesday that the United States faces increased threats from extremists amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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Images of burnt babies, women being raped, people being kidnapped, and families being murdered inside their homes draws parallels to crimes perpetrated against the Jewish people by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War.
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Still in shock, we heard that the hospitals had issued an urgent appeal for blood. We walked along Tel Aviv’s suddenly deserted streets to Sourasky Medical Center—one of the city’s largest hospitals—and there discovered hundreds of Israelis already lined up to donate blood.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to advance Jacob Lew as the nominee for ambassador to Israel.
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