The United States House of Representatives on Tuesday passed, with strong bipartisan support, legislation which targets members of Hamas and Hezbollah responsible for the use of human shields, a war crime under international law, The Jerusalem Post reported. The legislation, titled the Sanctioning of the Use of Civilians as Defenseless...

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Doctors delivered a baby whose mother was critically wounded in a terror attack outside of the Jewish community of Ofra in the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Six others, including the woman’s husband, were also injured in the attack. The 21-year-old mother is reported to be in stable...

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A resolution introduced by outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemning Hamas garnered an unprecedented level of support — it was supported by 87 countries — in the General Assembly, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. However, due to a last-minute maneuver, the threshold for passage was...

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The United Nations is set to pass its first resolution condemning Hamas for its terrorism Thursday afternoon, The Times of Israel reported. RT @USUN: This afternoon, the UN will vote on a US resolution that asks a simple question: do countries support Hamas' terrorism, or don't they? The UN has...

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A Hamas military court condemned five Gazans and one Israeli to death on charges of aiding the Jewish State, The Times of Israel reported Monday. The six condemned individuals were charged with “collaboration” with Israel. One of the Gazans, identified as Ali, was said to have been recruited by Israel...

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CNN announced that it was ending its association with commentator Marc Lamont Hill following a speech at the United Nations in which he called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea,” a phrase often used by the terrorist group Hamas, the New York Post reported Thursday. Hill had...

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The United States is urging European nations to support a United Nations resolution that condemns Hamas, the terrorist group that has complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told reporters that U.S. diplomats were working on language...

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The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, revealed last week that it had broken up a Hamas terror cell, described as differing from past Hamas plots in “both scope and potential risk,” which “cynically” exploited Gazans who were allowed to leave to seek medical treatment in Israel. At the center of...

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Lior Weintraub, Vice President and Director of the Israel Office of The Israel Project, hosted journalists Tal Shalev and Neri Zilber to review an intense week in Israel on the latest Tipping Point podcast. The three discussed how early elections in Israel were avoided last minute and how long the government...

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The decision of Education Minister Naftali Bennett to keep his party, Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home), in the government has forestalled talk of early elections, for now, The Times of Israel reported Monday. Following the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and the exit of his party Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel is...

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