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IDF and defense establishment urge Netanyahu to agree to ceasefire – Israel News

October 31, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

The defense establishment as a whole wants to move closer to a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, not believing there is much more that can be achieved militarily and frustrated by the daily loss of soldiers Jerusalem Post has learned. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant both […]

CNN Bans Conservative Writer After 'Beeper' Comment Against Muslim Commentator

October 29, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has banned conservative writer Ryan Gidursky from the network after he told panelist Mehdi Hasan, “I hope your pager doesn't go off,” in a controversial televised exchange. “Did you just say I should die?” Hasan said, responding to Gidursky’s apparent reference to September Attack where pager The explosive device used […]

CNN ejects guest who told Mehdi Hasan: 'I hope your pager doesn't go off'

October 29, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

A panelist was kicked off CNN host Abby Phillip's show on Monday after telling another guest, “I hope your pager doesn't go off” while discussing the rhetoric that erupted at the former's New York rally President Donald Trump was distributed on Sunday. The comment was made by conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky, founder of the 1776 […]

Analysis: Iran faces difficult choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli attacks

October 27, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

JERUSALEM (AP) — Now it’s Iran’s turn. How the Islamic Republic responds to the unusually public Israeli airstrike on its homeland could determine whether the region continues to move toward all-out war or whether it already remains stable devastating and destabilizing levels of violence. In the cold calculating range of Geopolitics in the Middle Eastan […]

Israel on War Day 386: Israel strikes Iran | Israeli News

October 26, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Israel sent a message to Iran warning the Iranians not to respond ahead of its retaliatory strikes on Friday, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Israeli embassy aimed to contain the ongoing exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran and prevent further escalation, sources said. US and Israeli officials reported […]

Israeli attacks kill 38 people in Gaza and 3 journalists in Lebanon

October 25, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli attacks on residential areas in the southern Gaza Strip killed 38 people on Friday, including 13 children from the same extended family, Palestinian health authorities said. In northern Gaza, health authorities reported that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities […]

In the Middle East: Escalation Now – Kevin D. Williamson

October 25, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

In any case: escalate. To try to follow the war between Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran through the American press is to read through a dark glass – and the US press is better at this than its British and European counterparts. We should try to wipe some dust off the glass so we can […]

Gold companies, troubles in the Middle East and election uncertainty are driving up prices

October 25, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Bars of 99.99 percent pure gold are placed in a workroom at the Krastsvetmet precious metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk Alexander Manzyuk | Reuters Gold prices rose slightly on Friday after recovering from a period of profit-taking as tensions in the Middle East and unrest ahead […]

Which is the Hezbollah-linked financial institution that Israel is targeting in Lebanon?

October 21, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes on branches of a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, claiming the quasi-banking system is being used to finance the militant group's military wing. The strikes destroyed more than a dozen branches al-Qard al-Hasan Sunday night across Lebanon, coming two weeks after […]

'Beirut in flames' as Israel attacks Hezbollah-linked bank

October 21, 2024 | angela | Leave a Comment

Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, late October 20, 2024. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,400 people have been killed and over 11,400 others injured in Lebanon since the latest escalations in hostilities began. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA-EFE Oct. […]