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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recounted the horrors of Saturday’s terror attack by the Palestinian terror group Hamas in an address Wednesday evening to his nation introducing his emergency national unity government. As Breitbart News reported earlier Wednesday, Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz of the Blue and White Party agreed to form an emergency government of national unity, setting aside political differences until the end of the war. Other opposition parties may follow.

Harvard University President Claudine Gay wrote a 119-word letter after student groups blamed Israel for the Hamas attacks. Harvard University issued a brief statement after the institution was criticized for its silence on Hamas's deadly attacks on Israel and students blaming the "apartheid regime" for the war in the Middle East. Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard, published a 119-word statement condemning "the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas" and wrote that "such inhumanity is abhorrent" regardless of individuals' views concerning the origins of the conflict in the region.

What we need most at this moment in regards to the recent Hamas offensive in Israel is a rational and objective look at the long history of this conflict and what we in American should understand, advocate and respond to. The first thing to note, and perhaps the most important, is that as shocking as this offensive by Hamas has been in terms of loss of life, cruelty and reported vicious acts of murder and rape, it did NOT come out of nowhere. It had all the hallmarks of revenge...

“The United States bears some responsibility, no doubt about that. And I think that Hamas and jihad bear responsibility for killing innocent people,” he said. “Palestinians have a right to defend themselves in the same way that Israel has a right to defend itself. There’s no doubt about that. But neither has a right to kill innocent people.” He added that “the state of Israel has been doing that for 75 years.” West’s remarks come on the heels of a statement issued by more than 30 student groups at Harvard,...

Dozens of official Harvard groups had signed a letter over the weekend blaming Israel for the attacks Following national criticism, Harvard’s president condemned the Hamas attack and wrote that the student groups who had signed a letter blaming Israel do not speak for the university. “While our students have the right to speak for themselves, no student group — not even 30 student groups — speaks for Harvard University or its leadership,” President Claudine Gay wrote in a statement sent to The Harvard Crimson, the paper reported Tuesday. “We will...

"As the events of recent days continue to reverberate, let there be no doubt that I condemn the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas," Gay began. "Such inhumanity is abhorrent, whatever one’s individual views of the origins of longstanding conflicts in the region." "Let me also state, on this matter as on others, that while our students have the right to speak for themselves, no student group — not even 30 student groups — speaks for Harvard University or its leadership," she added. "We will all be well served in such...

The only thing that should be surprising about this particular news item is that anyone is actually surprised. Leaders of the European Union have been hurriedly huddling to determine how to respond to the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists. You might think that would be a fairly easy call to make, but you would be mistaken. A proposal was put on the table yesterday to freeze funding for the Palestinian Authority in response, but they couldn’t agree and pushed the decision back until the EU’s foreign affairs ministers meet...

The White House on Tuesday said statements from members of Congress calling for a ceasefire in Israel instead of issuing their full support for the country, following the surprise attack by Hamas, are “wrong” and “disgraceful.” White House press secretary was asked about Biden’s message to members of Congress who seem to be equating the Hamas terror attack with actions that were previously taken by Israel. When asked which members, Real Clear Politics reporter Philip Wegmann said that some members have called for a ceasefire and not gone as far...

Harvard President Claudine Gay responded Tuesday to student groups that blamed Israel for the deadly terrorist attacks conducted by Hamas over the weekend. Over 30 Harvard student organizations released an open letter Sunday in support of Palestine, calling Israel an “apartheid regime” and blaming the “Israeli colonial occupation” for causing the brutal Hamas terrorist attacks that killed over 900 Israelis, including unarmed women and children, according to an Instagram post.

Harvard’s leadership said in a statement Monday that they “have no illusion that Harvard alone can readily bridge the widely different views of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but we are hopeful that, as a community devoted to learning, we can take steps that will draw on our common humanity and shared values in order to modulate rather than amplify the deep-seated divisions and animosities so distressingly evident in the wider world.” On Saturday, the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack at Israel’s border with Gaza. At least 1,600 people on...