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More than 50 consultants at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have called on the State to stop using medicines manufactured by an Israeli company where “viable alternatives” are available. Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli multinational, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of generic and specialist drugs. The company, which makes Sudocrem, has a big presence in Ireland and is one of the largest suppliers of generic medicines to the HSE. Teva said any boycott of its medicine could “impose a risk on the health and wellbeing” of patients. …

The world's leading authority on food insecurity has confirmed a famine in Gaza. In a report published Friday, the United Nations-backed group of experts finds that over half a million people parts of north Gaza are at risk of dying from starvation, and hundreds of thousands more people face catastrophic shortages as the famine spreads to other areas. "As this Famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted and reversed. The time for debate and hesitation has passed, starvation is present and is rapidly spreading," the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, report says. The images of skeletal children...

“As long as Hamas exists, there will be no peace in Gaza,” the U.S. secretary of state told the radio host Sid Rosenberg. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that his department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR?” Sid Rosenberg, the host of an eponymous radio program, asked Rubio. “I look at these organizations. I have a mayor’s race here in New York City with this psycho, this lunatic Mamdani.” “Both of these groups, you...

Latest DevelopmentsAid Trucks Looted: Data from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) showed that between May 19 and August 5, more than 2,600 trucks carrying humanitarian aid crossed from Israel into Gaza. However, only 300 of these trucks reached their intended destinations in Gaza during that period, with some 2,309 trucks being “intercepted” and looted along their delivery routes — undermining the recent claim of Tom Fletcher, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, that “the vast majority of the aid gets to civilians.” UNOPS’s data did not distinguish between the parties responsible for the interceptions, noting only that...

On August 13, 2025, Israeli forces eliminated the terrorist Mohammed Naif Abu Shamla, the commander of the Nukhba platoon in the Hamas terror organization, in southern Khan Younis. Abu Shamla infiltrated Israel’s territory and took part in the attempted infiltration of the IDF’s (Israel Defense Forces) Mars outpost during the October 7 massacre. During the war, he promoted numerous terror plans against IDF forces and the State of Israel as part of his role in the Hamas terror organization.(ANI/TPS)

Some viral videos this month claim that Spain’s humanitarian aid dropped in Gaza contained pork or allegedly stale food. The controversy started after a clip, posted by a Palestinian journalist named Alam El-Din Sadiq, showed a young boy opening a bag of aid in Khan Yunis, alleging the supplies were mouldy and later sold in markets for over NIS 300 (about €75). Other reports claim that Spanish humanitarian aid in Gaza included ‘pork meatballs’ and pork, a food that the Islamic religion prohibits Muslims from eating. Spanish authorities’ response: “It’s halal-certified!” Over the last two months, Spain has dropped roughly...

A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday, according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The approval of the E1 project, which would bisect the occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, was announced last week by Smotrich and received final go-ahead from a defense ministry planning commission on Wednesday, he said. […] A German government spokesperson commenting on the announcement told reporters on Wednesday that settlement construction violates international law and “hinders a negotiated two-state solution and an...

An IDF tank was filmed on Wednesday running over a terrorist who attempted to launch an RPG at it during the foiled abduction attempt in Khan Yunis. A cell of at least 18 armed terrorists attempted to raid an IDF outpost along the Morag Corridor in Khan Yunis, opening fire with firearms and antitank fire. The terrorists reached the entrance to the fortified position, with some managing to breach it and fire directly at the troops on guard. Soldiers from the Nachshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade returned fire, killing around ten terrorists in close-quarters combat, while the remaining attackers...

Dozens of anti-Israel Microsoft employees, many wearing face masks and keffiyes, swarmed the company’s headquarters in Washington state to protest the Big Tech giant’s ties to Israel’s military. The protesters set up tents in a “liberated zone” on the Redmond campus, renaming it the “Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza” — and toted signs that urged co-workers to “Join the worker intifada: no labor for genocide.” Other placards said “stop starving Gaza.” A group calling itself “No Azure For Apartheid” organized Tuesday’s sit-in after The Guardian reported that an Israeli military intelligence agency was using Microsoft’s Azure software to amass recordings of...

A grieving father of an American woman killed while serving on Israel’s border patrol was verbally abused by neighbors who shouted antisemitic slurs and mocked him for his daughter’s death, according to the hurting dad and video. Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, 20, was stabbed to death...while patrolling Jerusalem’s Old City in November 2023. Her father, David Lubin, hasn’t known peace since his daughter’s untimely death. Back home in Atlanta, where Rose lived with her family before moving to Israel, David said he’s been frequently harassed by his vindictive neighbors who labeled the mourning father as a “corrupt Israeli.” The...

Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Ted Cruz, and by all accounts, it was a train wreck. Tucker was quite aggressive and did not let Cruz answer. It did not appear that Cruz was adequately prepared, misquoting verses and not knowing the references. I thought it would be good to address the one issue that is something I can speak into, and that is Tucker’s confusion over whether rebirthed Israel is the Israel that the Bible speaks of. Dear Tucker, It was excruciating, watching the short clip of you asking Ted Cruz about Israel. You told him, “I’m a Christian. I want...

Hamas has apparently accepted the terms of a ceasefire deal similar to one that was proposed last month but never put in place. The deal would free some remaining hostages in exchange for more than 200 Palestinian prisoners.In a statement, Hamas said it had accepted the new proposal presented on Sunday by Qatar and Egypt.Basem Naim, a senior member of Hamas’ political bureau, said on social media, “The movement has accepted the new proposal from the mediators. We pray that God extinguishes the fires of this war on our people.”Two Israeli officials told CNN that Israel had received the Hamas...

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee mocks the BBC after it implied Israel starved a Gazan woman who, in fact, died of leukemia. Sharing journalist Melanie Phillips’ critique, he quips the BBC would apologize “the same day a Baskin Robbins opens in hell.” .....

In a targeted airstrike last week, the IDF killed five armed fighters who were near a vehicle marked with the emblem of the international humanitarian aid organization World Central Kitchen (WCK) last week, the military announced on Tuesday. It said that the WCK confirmed that it had no affiliation with the international organization and had posed a threat to troops. It added that they "deliberately affixed the emblem and wore yellow vests in an attempt to conceal their activity and avoid being targeted, cynically exploiting the status and trust afforded to aid organizations."

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid creating a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression The UK’s official human rights watchdog has written to the government and police expressing concern at a potentially “heavy-handed” approach to protests about Gaza and urging clearer guidance for officers in enforcing the law. In the letter to Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, and Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan police, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the perception that peaceful protest could attract disproportionate police attention “undermines confidence in our human rights protections”. ...

At South Carolina GOP rally, Graham defends Israel against genocide claims, praises Trump’s steadfast support since Oct. 7 attack and warns US abandonment of ally would bring moral and spiritual consequences Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham delivered an emphatic defense of Israel on Wednesday night during a South Carolina Republican Party rally, telling the party’s evangelical supporters that the U.S. must continue to stand firmly with its Middle East ally. Speaking late in the evening, Graham described Israel as “in a fight for their lives,” surrounded by enemies who “would kill them all if they could.” He sharply criticized accusations of...

Former President Mary Robinson has condemned what she called “ridiculous”, “nonsense” and “malicious lying” regarding Israeli claims that it is ready to distribute aid into Gaza. Mrs. Robinson said that Israeli claims that UN agencies are not working quickly enough to distribute aid are “all ridiculous”. “We saw the most there was incredible collaboration between the Egyptian Red Crescent… and the UN,” she said, after a visit to Egypt and the Rafah crossing alongside former New Zealand president Helen Clark. Following the visit, Mrs. Robinson said that targeted sanctions should be imposed on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all...

CNN is a seemingly endless fount of dumb ideas. Yesterday, we caught a CNN correspondent recommending that if Anas Al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist, instead of killing him, the IDF should have asked Al Jazeera to fire him! Today, it was CNN contributor and former NPR host Lulu Garcia-Navarro's turn. Criticizing Trump's use of federal agents to supplement DC police, Garcia-Navarro said the real solution to "girl brawls" is to have "better social media policies and better money for schools."So, limit teens to 15 minutes a day on TikTok, perhaps? Yup, that'll bring girl brawls and other crime by the...

Tucker Carlson recently sat down with Mother Agapia, the “Nun from Palestine” and sister of ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, to talk about Christian persecution in the Holy Land. But as the interview unfolds, it actually reveals a completely different — and much darker — reality about life for Christians in “Palestine,” Judea, and Samaria. Run Time 13 m 27 s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADxh1fCl2M&t=118s&pp=2AF2kAIB

A new documentary about the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas has been booted from the Toronto International Film Festival — because organizers insist the filmmakers need the rights from the terrorist group to use their horrific footage of the massacre. The festival claims the movie, called “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,” did not meet certain requirements to screen at the prestigious September event, widely attended by Hollywood stars and bigwigs, including not securing so-called “legal clearance” to use Hamas’ live-streamed video of the rape, murder and kidnapping of Jews. The stunned filmmakers, including Canadian director...