(Free Beacon) Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.), who leads a committee tasked with communicating “where House Democrats stand” on key issues, recently paid tribute to an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah as a “hero” and has […]
(Jerusalem Post) Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) explained his “no” vote on the ongoing hostage deal at the start of the 50th annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Sunday. In a one-on-one conversation with the […]
(Free Beacon) One of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D.) guests on an official state trip to the Middle East this week is an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of Hezbollah as a “hero” and recently called for Jews to be sent […]
(Jewish Insider) A discussion scheduled for Tuesday at Georgetown University Law Center featuring a convicted member of the U.S.-designated terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is being postponed so that the university can “conduct a serious investigation,” Jewish Insider […]
(Hill) Arab American and Muslim leaders are blasting President Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza, warning that it’s antithetical to their beliefs and amounts to ethnic cleansing. The backlash comes after Trump made significant inroads among these groups’ voters in the November […]
(AP) Residents of the largest Arab American community in the U.S. had plenty to say during the 2024 presidential campaign about the roiling politics in the Middle East. But after President Donald Trump’s stunning announcement on Tuesday that he wanted to remove […]
(Hill) A pro-President Trump Arab American organization, which performed voter outreach on his behalf to the Arab American communities during his 2024 White House run, has changed its name after the commander in chief’s remarks about taking over Gaza. The group’s name […]
(Jewish News) An MP has been criticised after calling for the release of “hostages on both sides” in a question put to Keir Starmer on the Gaza conflict during PMQs. The independent MP Iqbal Mohamed asked a question relating to allegations about Israel and […]
(JNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations praised the “long overdue” hostage-for-ceasefire-and-terrorists-release deal on Wednesday, saying it would prevent a “genocide in Gaza.” The anti-Israel group, which blames the Jewish state for being attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, praised President-elect Donald Trump and […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the most strident opponents of Israel in Congress, wore a Palestinian keffiyeh to the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, commemorating the late American leader’s advocacy against so-called “apartheid” in the Jewish state. “Rest […]
(Hill) Muslim and Arab American voters in the U.S. face an uncertain political future as President-elect Trump prepares to take office later this month. Long considered a reliable part of the Democratic base, Muslim Americans scrambled the political calculus in 2024 amid […]
(Deutsche Welle) It has been several weeks now, but Wasel Yousaf has photos on his phone to help him relive the memory of meeting his idol. “He made a joke about how tightly I was shaking his hand,” Yousaf said, looking at […]
(Jewish News) Labour has been urged to investigate the conduct of the MP Kim Johnson after she promoted the activities of Islamist advocacy group CAGE on social media. Last weekend the firebrand MP also sparked further communal anger when she told a […]
(AP) Just a week after winning several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed “there is no such thing as Palestinians.” Meanwhile, the […]
(NBC) Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the […]
(NY Post) A far-right Dutch pol is demanding the deportation of the antisemitic thugs who hunted down and attacked Israeli soccer fans after a match in Amsterdam — labeling them “multicultural scum.” “Looks like a Jew hunt in the streets of Amsterdam. […]
(NL Times) Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were attacked and assaulted in several places in Amsterdam after the football club’s match against Ajax on Thursday, mayor Femke Halsema confirmed on Friday morning. Five people were taken to the hospital and 62 people were […]
(Detroit News) Republican Donald Trump won the presidential vote in the cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights in Tuesday’s election on his way to winning Michigan after the former president courted voters in Metro Detroit’s traditionally Democratic Arab American and Muslim communities. […]
(Detroit Free Press) Donald Trump met with Arab American supporters Friday afternoon at a halal cafe in Dearborn, vowing to bring peace to the Middle East if he’s elected, and repeatedly criticizing Liz Cheney. “You’re going to have peace in the Middle […]
(National Post) Francesca Albanese, the embattled United Nations special rapporteur overseeing the Palestinian territories, is set to headline a Montreal event featuring Charlotte Kates, a leader of Samidoun, a designated terror group. The inaugural “Coordinating Council 4 Palestine” conference will be held on […]
(CNN) Former President Donald Trump on Saturday invited several Muslim leaders onstage with him at a campaign rally in Michigan as he courts Arab American and Muslim voters disillusioned or angry over US policy on Israel and Gaza in the critical battleground […]
(Politico) Kamala Harris’ campaign is facing deep skepticism from Arab American voters in Michigan, many of whom are appalled by President Joe Biden’s handling of the war in the Middle East and remain undecided about whether to back a candidate who supports […]
(Townhall) Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) only has a few months left in office, but the Squad member is being lauded in other ways for his anti-Israel narratives. While Bowman lost his primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer in June, he’ll be […]
(National-UAE) Senior French officials have rallied behind Karim Bouamrane, a prominent mayor of Moroccan origin, in response to remarks widely viewed as racist by a researcher who said he is “Muslim in appearance” and suggested his popularity comes from his refusal to […]
(Sky News) Islamist terrorism may get a “further boost” from recent unrest in the Middle East, including the killing of the leader of Hamas, a former head of MI6 has warned. Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the 7 October attack, was killed […]
(AP) Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation’s only Muslim-majority cities on Friday as the dueling presidential contenders fought for a small but pivotal bloc of Arab […]
(NBC) Last month, Mohammed Hassan, a longtime city councilor in Hamtramck, Michigan, the only Muslim-majority city in the country, got a call from someone with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign asking him what they needed to do to win back disaffected Michigan Muslims. […]
(NY Post) Iranian operatives in the US fund and fuel hate on campus and spread propaganda across the country — and even get face time with friendly American elected officials, according to an alarming new report on extremism by George Washington University […]
(Iran International) Tehran enlisted criminals to carry out armed attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen coinciding roughly with its vast missile barrage against Israel this week, a Swedish police source and another informed source told Iran International. Shots were fired […]
(NBC) Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz addressed a Democratic Muslim voter group Thursday night as the Harris campaign works to engage a group of voters who threaten to defect in large numbers over the Biden administration’s handling of the deteriorating situation in […]
(Middle East Eye) A group of leading Muslim American scholars and imams have signed a letter calling on Muslim voters to spurn Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election over US support for Israel’s war on Gaza. […]
(Fox) An anti-Israel protester in New York City was seen holding a sign supporting the Hezbollah terror group during a rally as world leaders convened at the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan. In footage captured by FNTV, a masked and hooded […]
(Ynet) Popular Palestinian shawarma restaurant King of Falafel and Shawarma located in New York is asking diners to step on a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they enter. The eatery’s owner placed images of political leaders including Netanyahu and U.S. […]
(Washington Examiner) “Squad” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) targets one audience more than any other for her campaign’s Facebook ads: fans of the Qatari-backed website Al Jazeera. Tlaib’s campaign has spent over $81,000 on ads in the last 90 days, largely to draw […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result. Congress initiated the probe […]
(Free Beacon) Jewish groups condemned the Biden-Harris administration earlier this year for meeting with Michigan activist Osama Siblani, citing his record of anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas remarks. Those concerns appear to have fallen on deaf ears at Kamala Harris’s campaign headquarters. Harris campaign […]
(Free Beacon) House lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would compel the Biden-Harris administration to document and assess all terrorism threats to the United States that are disseminated through foreign messaging apps such as Telegram, according to a copy of the […]
(NBC) A national Muslim organization that had declared itself “uncommitted” on President Joe Biden’s re-election bid is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy. Salima Suswell, the founder and chief executive of the Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund, first shared the group’s decision with […]
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) San Francisco branch, mourned the death of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, portraying the terrorist as a martyr before calling for Israel’s eradication. “Never say that those martyred in the […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) lambasted Israeli officials as “genocidal” for targeting a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, despite remaining silent just days earlier when Hezbollah killed 12 children in a rocket attack on northern Israel. “This is exactly what the […]
(Detroit News) Detroit-area Arab and Muslim community leaders condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress, while some said it’s too early to declare support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential front-runner. Arab and Muslim […]
(Fox) Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in a scene that quickly turned chaotic. At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean (Pa.) met with the pro-Hamas advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, before announcing her boycott of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress, she said Wednesday. In an interview on CNN, Dean said […]
(Detroit News) Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, held up a sign saying “war criminal” and “guilty of genocide” Wednesday during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to lawmakers, during which he delivered a fiery […]
(Hill) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday called it “utterly disgraceful” that Congress has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address it Wednesday. “Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in the […]
(Jerusalem Post) To stop rising antisemitism in the Netherlands and Europe political leaders must put an end to open border mass immigration and reverse the cultural relativist failure to foster integration, Dutch Party for Freedom founder and leader Geert Wilders told the […]
(NY Post) The Big Apple is in danger of falling under “radical Muslim occupation” like many cities in Europe, Israel’s new consul general warned in an exclusive interview with the Post. “You know what[‘s] happening in London these days, you know what’s […]
(Reuters) Human rights advocates on Friday condemned former President Donald Trump’s references to Palestinians, and immigrants allegedly taking black American jobs, during Thursday’s debate with President Joe Biden, calling the remarks racist or insulting. Biden and Trump had a brief exchange on […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Bob Casey has touted an official at a pro-Hamas activist group who this week attacked the Pennsylvania Democrat’s Senate colleague, John Fetterman, for meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, the executive director of the Council […]
(Breitbart) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned an Israeli raid Saturday in Gaza that led to the rescue of four Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists, saying that Israeli forces had committed a “horrific massacre.” As Breitbart News reported Saturday, Israeli […]
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