Tag: Hamas
Biden offers sympathy to Herzog on Oct. 7, ‘deep sadness’ for ‘loss of innocent...
In a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 that left 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage into the...
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi declared dead
Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi, previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity, was murdered during the terror group’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and his body taken to Gaza, Channel 12 reported on Monday, the first...
German court affirms ban on ‘River to the sea’ chant
A German court on Wednesday upheld a ban imposed by police in two cities on chanting the slogan “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free,” citing its association with the Hamas...
German soccer fans pay tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Supporters of Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen paid tribute to murdered Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Saturday afternoon before their team's friendly match against FC Bayern Munich.
Fans in the stands at Weser Stadium in...
Hagari won’t confirm or deny rumors of Sinwar’s death
Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari on Monday morning addressed reports that Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar may have been killed or wounded in an Israeli airstrike.
“I can’t confirm it, nor can I...
With allies like these
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Egypt when news of the brilliant attack on Hezbollah terrorists through their beepers hit the airwaves. Because Israel hadn’t and still hasn’t claimed responsibility for the...
Israel proposes ‘safe passage deal’ to end war in Gaza
Israel has submitted a new proposal to the United States to end the war in Gaza by freeing all of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and allowing the terror group's leader Yahya Sinwar...
‘Defender of Israel Award’ goes to three men whon willingly put their lives on...
During the attacks and atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Elchanan Kalmanson, his brother Menachem Kalmanson and their nephew, Itiel, drove towards the Gaza Strip under heavy rocket fire,...
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce
Keen-eyed readers of this column will know that I am fond of occasionally quoting Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” In those lines...
Pope: I stand with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Pope Francis said Sunday that he stands with the family of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped on Oct.7 and murdered in late August.
The pontiff has maintained a policy of neutrality during the war...