In addition to the roughly 20 hostage family members in attendance at the State of the Union address, more than 60 members of Congress could be seen wearing yellow ribbons for the hostages as well as stickers with "153" marking the number of days the hostages have been in Gaza
There is nothing new about reporters using press releases as "news," but when they're using terrorists' press releases as facts, it's concerning. Here are some examples:
The media rushed to report Hamas’ false claim that the IDF had killed dozens in a strike against Palestinians waiting for aid. But what really happened, and who is responsible? (Honest Reporting video) --------------------------------
Special visa program for U.S.-affiliated Afghans could end this year (Reuters) Once the remaining special visas are issued, more than 10,000 applicants and their families cleared for final vetting and interviews outside Afghanistan would be unable to begin new lives in the U.S., a State Department official said. There are 130,000 applications still unprocessed.
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Top Israeli Mental Health Doctor Axed From Conference in Australia After Threats From Pro-Hamas Activists (Algemeiner)
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Lawmakers from Baltics: Washington needs to ‘wake up’ and fund Ukraine, Israel’s fights (Jewish Insider)
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The "seven-front war" that began in Gaza, spread to Judea & Samaria, and continues in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen finally ends in Iran.
Iran Has the Largest Ballistic-Missile Arsenal in the Middle East (Wall Street Journal)FBI Launches Manhunt for Iranian Agent Plotting to Assassinate U.S. Officials (Federal Bureau of Investigation)Illicit Iranian Oil Sales Total $90 Billion in Past Three Years, Fueling Tehran's Terror Proxies (Washington Free Beacon) U.K. Investigates Iranian-backed Islamist Incitement (Focus on Western Islamism)---------
Tactics and Strategy in the War with Hezbollah (Jerusalem Post)
Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as U.S. envoy visits Beirut to press a ceasefire (AP)
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Bruce Bechtol on North Korea and the Middle East (MEF) countries such as Israel and the U.S. must consider North Korea's proliferation of weaponry "an existential national security threat"
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Palestinian Authority Commits to Pay $97 Million a Year to Hamas (Washington Free Beacon)
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Is U.S. Military Assistance Subsidizing Turkey's Occupation of Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq? (MEF) Erdogan is much more likely to use the warplanes against Yezidis and Kurds in Syria and Iraq, or against Armenians.
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UN is disturbingly ambivalent about the rape of Israeli women (National Post)
