A majority of “connected” American Jews support the U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran, according to a new survey released by the Jerusalem-based Jewish People Policy Institute. Roughly two-thirds of respondents said they back the war effort, the poll found, even as many expressed concern that the conflict could fuel antisemitism and anti-Israel hostility at home. […]
An Israeli military commander urged citizens to strictly follow emergency shelter instructions after Iranian cluster munitions struck several locations in central Israel, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. Speaking from the site of one of the impacts, Maj. Gen. Shai Klapper, head of the IDF Home Front Command, said the attacks demonstrated both […]
Lebanon’s president issued one of his strongest warnings yet against Hezbollah, accusing the Iran-backed terrorist group of endangering the country and risking a devastating new war with Israel that could transform Lebanon into “a second Gaza.” Speaking during a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa, Lebanese […]
Lindsey Graham: To our friends in Saudi Arabia: I am willing to do a treaty to go to war for you, but you got to step up and let America know you’re a reliable ally…
Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval Office and Cabinet Room and routinely recorded his conversations, has died. He was 99. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by his wife, Kim, and John Dean, […]
I am writing this as a Lakewood mother whose daughter is currently stuck in Israel. And I know I am far from the only one. Like many heimishe families, we sent our daughters to seminary in Eretz Yisroel this year. It is not easy to send a child across the world, but we do it […]
The State Department on Monday drew down personnel at more U.S. diplomatic missions in and around the Middle East as it faces increasing, but historically familiar, criticism for not doing enough to prepare embassies, consulates and American citizens living abroad for conflict. The department ordered the departure of nonessential staff and families from Saudi Arabia […]
Trump: I will not allow a terrorist regime to hold the world hostage and attempt to stop the global oil supply and if Iran does anything to do that, they’ll get hit at a much, much harder level. I will take out those targets that were easy and that I mentioned just before.
Trump: We’ve left some of the most important targets for later in case we need to do it. If we hit them, it will take many years for them to be rebuilt having to do with electricity production and many other things… we could take them all out in one day.
President Trump on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer: What a horrible politician. He is now a Palestinian officially. He’s registered as a Palestinian.
Belarusian journalist Pavel Dabravolski was convicted Monday of treason and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison, activists said, the fifth media worker to be jailed in two weeks in a relentless government crackdown on freedom of the press. Dabravolski, who has reported for international and domestic news outlets and won numerous prizes for […]
A Kentucky man who joined the Army shortly after graduating from high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war, the Pentagon announced Monday. Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, died Sunday after being wounded during a March 1 attack on the Prince Sultan Air […]
Scenes of confusion and anger erupted at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday after travelers who had purchased tickets discovered they could not board their flights despite the airport reopening for outbound travel. Passengers arriving for departures were stunned to learn that the number of travelers allowed on each flight had been abruptly reduced overnight, leaving […]
