But what makes this war different for me from any war before is Israel s internal politics. In the past nine months, a group of Israeli far-right and ultra-Orthodox politicians led by Netanyahu tried to kidnap Israeli democracy in plain sight. The religious-nationalist-settler right, led by the prime minister, tried to take over Israel s judiciary and other key institutions by eliminating the power of Israel s Supreme Court to exercise judicial review.
Iran, which for years has supported Hamas with money and weapons, has a strong stake in how this plays out in the weeks, months and even years ahead, writes Frida Ghitis.
Still grappling with the Hamas terrorist attacks on Saturday that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians, Jewish people throughout South Florida were told to stay vigilant Friday following calls from the former chief of Hamas for a day of protests across the Muslim world. “To all scholars who teach jihad… to all who teach and learn, this is a moment for the application (of theories),” the former .
The Israel-Hamas war has upended activity on U.S. college campuses, pitting student groups against their own university leaders as long-simmering tensions between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian organizations boil over. Some student groups have long denounced what they call Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and brutal treatment of its residents, and while politicians from across the political…
India News: PM Narendra Modi was briefed by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on the ongoing situation as his country carries out retaliatory strikes aga.