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Times Square is evacuated after a grenade was found in the back of Uber as anti-Israel protestors make their way through New York City preventing NYPD from reaching the device. An Uber driver turned to look in the backseat after dropping a passenger off on 42nd Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square and saw the explosive device. The driver notified the police just after 4 pm and NYPD deployed the Emergency Services Unit and the Bomb Squad to the scene. Anti-Israel protestors were marching through the streets and blocking traffic at the time of the emergency.

Antisemitism took a frightening turn Monday at the University of California, Berkeley, where a pro-Palestinian mob surrounded a campus auditorium, broke a window, and harassed Jewish students trying to enter the building. Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat was invited by a Jewish student group to address the subject of Israel and international law. This included “the rules of wartime conduct and how the [Israel Defense Forces] can better protect civilians,” according to an Instagram post by Students Supporting Israel at Berkeley. But the speech never happened, as besieged Jewish students gathered inside a nearly empty auditorium in Zellerbach Playhouse while some...

The mainstream press regularly refers to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a civil rights group. CAIR holds itself out as America’s foremost Islamic civil rights organization. The Star Tribune recently described CAIR as “a Muslim advocacy group,” whatever that means. CAIR executive director Nihad Awad celebrated the Hamas 10/7 massacre at the 16th Annual American Muslims for Palestine jamboree in Chicago on November 24. The Middle East Media Research Institute — the invaluable MEMRI — posted the video that caught Awad in the act of being himself, as they used to put it on Candid Camera. If you...

The city of Seattle, Washington, agreed Wednesday to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who participated in the violent and destructive 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd.A Wednesday press release from the city revealed that Seattle is settling a complaint filed by a group of 50 protesters in September 2020 who claimed they were injured by police while participating in the demonstrations. Seattle admitted to no wrongdoing.According to the city, the complaint involved hundreds of interactions between the protesters and local law enforcement officials, over a million pages of...

Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Sunday, attempting to capture the attention of international media, Deadline Hollywood reported. The crowd, shouting, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," was joined by actress Melissa Barrera. Barrera is a Mexican actress known for her roles in the film series, "Scream" and "In The Heights." Barrera joined nearly 100 protesters, chanting against President Joe Biden and shouting at protesters from the Bring Them Home movement to return Israel's hostages in Gaza.

Anti-Israel protesters in New York City have not only crossed the boundaries of bad taste, they have shown themselves to be disgusting people who are not above chanting ‘shame’ at a cancer hospital where child patients could see and hear them.They marched past Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and in case you’re wondering, they knew exactly what they were doing and who would hear their pathetic message.The New York Post reported:Anti-Israel protesters target NYC cancer hospital for ‘complicity in genocide’ as terrified Jewish resident says ‘I thought I was in Germany in 1939’Thousands of anti-Israel protesters descended on Manhattan to demand...

"Accidents" and deaths may be inevitable in extreme climate activism that could merit blowing up thousands of pipelines, author and radical climate activist Andreas Malm said in a startling new interview. The "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" writer and activist gave an interview to The New York Times on his upcoming follow-up book, "Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown." At the top of the exchange, Malm was questioned on how "it’s hard to think that deaths don’t become inevitable if there is more sabotage" like blowing up pipelines. "Sure, if you have a thousand pipeline explosions per...

Hundreds of Biden administration employees and federal staffers from more than two dozen agencies are set to walk off the job next week in protest of the White House's handling of the Middle East crisis. An anonymous internal cabal calling itself 'Feds United for Peace' have organized the strike for Tuesday, marking 100 days of Israel's siege on Gaza, according to AI Monitor. The move is reportedly fueled by growing resentment inside the administration over Biden's unwavering support for Israel's military bombardment of Palestine, which has killed upwards of 23,000 people, mostly civilians. There are concerns that Biden's support for...

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters surrounded the White House Saturday night and attempted to breach the security the fencing outside the executive mansion in a threat to national security that prompted Secret Service agents and DC police in riot gear to rush to the scene. “F__k Joe Biden!” the mob demonstrators are chanting as they attempt to breach the White House. The metal perimeter was shaken so hard, that portions of it were damaged shunting backward. Secret Service operatives rushed to prevent an absolute breach that would allow the rioters to march toward the White House. The pro-Hamas rioters are also...

A large crowd of protesters who denounced Israel's military actions in Gaza were trying to shut down the Port of Oakland on Saturday morning. Hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the port, which they say is used to ship military equipment to Israel. The crowd gathered before dawn, trying to prevent port workers from getting to their jobs.

Thousands of protesters arrived in Washington, D.C. on Saturday for the "March on Washington for Gaza" rally to call for a ceasefire amid the Israel-Hamas war. The rally was organized by "American Muslim Task Force for Palestine" in partnership with the ANSWER Coalition. Other groups attending include American Muslims for Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine. Demonstrators unfurled a giant Palestinian flag for the march and others chanted, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” to a drum beat, according to USA Today. The day of the protest marks 100 days since the Oct. 7 attack...

A Jewish man who lost family in the October 7 attacks was jeered at by protestors who made pig noises and pretend horns while at a San Francisco council meeting. The incident occurred on January 8 at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing scheduled the day before a vote on a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. In a moving speech to the Board the man described how his first cousins were killed at Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. 'This resolution does one thing, it fuels antisemitism and hatred, as exemplified in this room right now' the...

We somehow managed to get through Christmas and New Year’s Eve without terrorist attacks. For what are they waiting? The FBI has admitted they’re watching at least 300 people on the Terrorist Watch List (TWL). Never mind why people on the TWL were allowed into the country so they could be watched in the first place. That’s “need to know” and Americans don’t have a need to know. Our security apparatus has also admitted thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of military aged males from countries that would like every American dead have crossed the border. These are countries like Iran,...

Pro-Palestinian protesters were at it again this morning in Manhattan, blocking three bridges and one tunnel connecting the island to the rest of New York City and New Jersey.Hundreds of arrests were made after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges as well as the Holland Tunnel on Monday morning…Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, the protesters blocked New Jersey-bound lanes of the Holland Tunnel.Port Authority police responded and arrested 120 protesters before the tunnel reopened to traffic just after 10:30 a.m.Here’s what that looked like (top clip) plus video of the arrests that followed as they chanted...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza forced California lawmakers in the Assembly into recess on Wednesday. The session was then adjourned. Lawmakers cleared the chamber as the demonstrators hung banners and chanted, KCRA 3’s Ashley Zavala reported.

These news stories, one from a small town in Pennsylvania and the other from the Big Apple, are just more evidence that the “liberation” efforts of “Palestine” and their “freedom fighters” come specifically through terrorism and pandemonium. First, from Aliquippa, PA, reported by AP News:The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack.…Then it — along with several other water utilities — was struck by what federal authorities say are Iranian-backed hackers targeting a piece of equipment specifically because it was Israeli-made.Here was the graphic displayed across the screen immediately after the...

A pro-Palestine mob has created a New Years Day nightmare as they have blockaded the JFK airport and surrounding roads, causing a gridlock for travelers. The protest was arranged by the pro-Palestine group called WOL as they instructed participants to flood JFK Terminal 4 on Monday. Only passengers with boarding passes and employees with valid forms of identification are being allowed to enter the JFK Air Train at Jamacia Station. Cars can be seen driving on the highway leading up to the airport as protestors shout 'NYD KKK, IDF, you're all the same.' 'VICTORY! Port Authority has effectively shut down...

Pro-Palestinian protesters are marching through New York City on New Years Eve after Mayor Eric Adams said he had the NYPD prepared to step up security ahead of celebrations in Times Square. Groups had expressed intentions to protest in Times Square against Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip having already disrupted the Thanksgiving Day Parade and lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. At Macy's in Herald Square, at least one demonstrator set off a bright red smoke bomb and were allowed to take a lap around the famous department store before being escorted out. At least one group...

In three days and a few hours, we ring in 2024. In New York City, as per tradition, there will be an event in Times Square, including the famous "ball drop." But this year, things are liable to be different. The NYPD is mustering what strength it has left, and there's a report that Mayor Eric Adams is "sure" pro-Palestinian protestors will try to disrupt the event. He's not wrong about the disruption part. He is wrong about the "pro-Palestinian" part.Mayor Eric Adams said he is “sure” pro-Palestinian protesters will try to interrupt the New Year’s Eve ball drop in...

Pro-Palestinian protesters have shut down entrance to the World Trade Center in New York City