Netanyahu to US lawmakers: ‘No substitute for victory’

There is no substitute to an Israeli victory over the Hamas terrorist organization, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a bipartisan delegation Wednesday, comparing Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas to the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany in World War II.

Prime Minister Netanyahu hosted a joint delegation of members of Congress and senior officials from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, following a meeting with Republican Senator Rick Scott.

Vanderbilt University Suspends Anti-Zionist Protesters

Vanderbilt University in Tennessee has suspended over a dozen students belonging to an anti-Zionist group that occupied an administrative building and refused to leave, according to the school’s official newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler.

On Tuesday, the group “Divest Coalition” amassed inside Kirkland Hall, where its members clamored for administrators to reverse its cancellation of a referendum that, if passed, would have allowed the Vanderbilt Student Government to boycott companies linked to Israel. According to The Hustler, administrators made the decision based on the measure’s potential to jeopardize the school’s eligibility for being awarded state contracts, which nonprofits and businesses participating in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel are, per state law, barred from receiving.

Vatican again turns off lights for ‘Earth Hour’ to promote ‘respect for Our Mother Earth’

The Vatican once again turned off its external lights for an hour this weekend to “raise awareness of respect for Our Mother Earth.”

In a statement issued to journalists accredited to the Holy See late Saturday afternoon, Father Enzo Fortunato – the recently appointed director of communications for St. Peter’s Basilica – announced the darkening of the basilica that evening:

On the occasion of the Earth Hour initiative, the Dome of St. Peter’s Basilica will be turned off this evening for one hour starting at 8:30 pm. A symbolic gesture to raise awareness and inspire women and men of our time to respect Our Mother Earth and to take action against the climate crisis.

Islamization of London: Pakistan’s Flag Hoisted On Top of Westminster Abbey’

Ceremonies were conducted in various capitals worldwide to commemorate the 84th Pakistan Day, a significant national holiday in Pakistan. This day primarily honors the adoption of Pakistan’s first Constitution, marking the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956. This established Pakistan as the world’s first Islamic republic.

Among those who celebrated, Westminster Abbey’s involvement stands out as particularly disturbing. The United Kingdom’s decision to fly the Pakistani flag above its most esteemed Anglican church is a shocking display of submission to Islam.

Most Americans oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, poll finds

Most Americans disapprove of Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday — a downward shift in Americans’ opinions on the war.

More than half of Americans — 55 percent — said they disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza, while 36 percent approve of it, according to the poll, which surveyed 1,016 U.S. adults this month. Nine percent said they had no opinion on the matter. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.

UN: Haiti Situation ‘Cataclysmic’

The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is “cataclysmic”, with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday.

In a fresh report, the United Nations rights office detailed how “corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence (had) eroded the rule of law and brought state institutions… close to collapse”.

This, it said, had left Haiti in “a cataclysmic situation”.

Cost of port closure staggering

Hours after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday morning, the scale of the economic toll is beginning to emerge.

In addition to any loss of life and property, costs are mounting as one of the nation’s most critical ports closes and a major interstate highway connection has been severed.

Experts told Business Insider that the port alone contributes $15 million in daily economic activity, which will come to a near-standstill “until further notice.”

‘Only a decisive victory will bring to an end of this war,’ Israeli DM Gallant

As relations between the United States and Israel are seemingly at their lowest point in decades, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with several senior U.S. officials to discuss the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

“[I just completed a meeting] at the U.S. Department of State, with my friend Secretary Blinken,” Gallant stated on Tuesday afternoon.

“We discussed developments in the war against Hamas and the military operations required to destroy Hamas as a military and governing authority in Gaza.”

Hamas will do anything to stop Gazans leaving Rafah

The IDF’s Rafah operation must begin with a large-scale evacuation and screening to ensure that terrorists don’t escape with civilians.

The presence of over a million Gazan civilians in the Rafah area serves as a kind of “armor” for Hamas’s remaining battalions in southern Gaza, which is why any Israel Defense Forces operation aimed at taking control of this last bastion of the terror group must begin with the evacuation of civilians.

In order for the Israel Defense Forces to be able operate freely in Rafah, the civilians there will have to evacuate—and Hamas will do everything in its power to prevent them from doing so for precisely this reason.

Documents from Germany’s public health agency reveal the decision to “lockdown” was political

On 17 March 2020, at the beginning of the covid hysteria, the Robert Koch Institute (“RKI”) changed its risk assessment from “moderate” to “high” overnight. Five days later, on 22 March, public life in Germany came to a standstill.

The RKI is Germany’s government agency public health agency responsible for disease control and prevention. Documents relating to its crisis team’s proceedings were previously regarded as confidential. However, investigative journalists from the magazine Multipolar submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to find out what information the RKI had when they made their decisions.

When the RKI failed to respond, Multipolar filed a lawsuit which compelled RKI to produce the documents. But the documents have been heavily redacted.