In his first interview since being released from federal detention Friday, pro-Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil told the New York Times that his three-month detention “felt like a kidnapping.” “All the ‘Know Your Rights’ information and fliers I read and familiarized myself with were useless,” Mr. Khalil told the Times. “There are no rights in […]
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President Donald Trump said he hoped there would be no need for more strikes like the ones he ordered late Saturday on Iran’s nuclear sites — but he said he was prepared to act again if needed. In a four-minute address broadcast from the White House, Trump called the U.S. bombing of three nuclear sites […]
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After days of publicly considering joining Israel in its fight against Iran’s nuclear program, and a day after saying he would make a decision “within two weeks,” President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that U.S. forces had attacked Iran. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, […]
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An Ohio man was arrested after allegedly attempting to run Jewish Republican Rep. Max Miller off the road Thursday. Miller said the man had threatened him and called him a “dirty Jew” while displaying a Palestinian flag during the road rage incident. Feras S. Hamdan, 36, was arrested on charges of aggravated menacing after turning […]
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Nearly two thirds of Jewish students at Columbia University reported not feeling accepted for their religious identity during the school year that included Hamas’ attack on Israel, compared to 15% of students overall, according to a report released this week. Jewish students were by far the most likely to report that political conversations about controversial […]
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A suspect was arrested Thursday who allegedly planned a mass shooting at the Barshop Jewish Community Center in San Antonio, Texas. The suspect, who was not identified, was located by police in another state and was arrested based on statements made by the suspect while in police custody, according to San Antonio Police Chief William […]
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The New York Police Department is investigating threats received by mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, including one featuring an apparent allusion to an Israeli attack on Hezbollah last year. On Thursday, Mamdani’s campaign shared a voicemail that it received this week. It came as Mamdani, who is Muslim, drew criticism over his comments about the pro-Palestinian […]
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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on Thursday to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May. Alexander graduated from Tenafly High School before enlisting in the Israeli army and was serving on a base on Oct. 7, 2023, when […]
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Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba was hit directly by an Iranian missile amid the most damaging barrage in days early Thursday. No one was killed in the strike, which Israeli media said came a day after the hospital building that was hit had been evacuated. But hundreds of people were treated in hospitals across Israel […]
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Lawmakers from both parties are pushing to block President Donald Trump from bringing the United States into Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran. A Senate bill and a resolution introduced in both the House and Senate landed this week as Trump has signaled to officials and in public comments that he may be leaning towards intervening […]
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