After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised her daughter Friday, a day after the Ivy League college student was arrested in New York City while participating in an anti-Israel protest. "I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi," Omar wrote on X. "She has always led with courage and compassion, from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15, to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16, and now pushing her school...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to "free academic expression" during a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday and the following day her daughter, Isra Hirsi, was arrested. "The day after...
Isra Hirsi, the 21-year-old daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), is not happy that her actions have consequences.Last week, Hirsi was one of more than 100 students arrested for setting up and participating in the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on Columbia University's campus. The anti-Israel protest remains ongoing, forcing Columbia to cancel in-person classes on Monday. The protest, moreover, is reportedly threatening the safety of Jewish students. On Sunday, Rabbi Elie Buechler, a prominent...
Isra Hirsi, 21, was part of a now days-long protest on the campus of Columbia University in support of Palestine. She and two of her Barnard College classmates - the college is a sister school with Columbia - are among the more than 100 protestors have been arrested. Hirsi has long been an activist rabble-rouser, as a 2020 TEDxTalk at Wake Forest University in North Carolina reveals
'We should not have to tolerate antisemitism or bigotry for all Jewish students, whether they're pro-genocide or anti-genocide,' she said. 'It is gaslighting to impute that Jewish people are somehow at fault for being harassed and menaced,' said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
'Squad' member Rep. Ilhan Omar walked around Columbia University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment with her daughter, Isra Hirsi, on Thursday. Omar and Hirsi were seen touring the Gaza camp smiling and taking selfies. Hirsi was arrested at the same encampment a week earlier, later leading to her suspension from Barnard College
In his first interview since Israel's attack, Iran's foreign minister downplayed the missile strike. Through an Iranian government interpreter, he told NBC News' Tom Llamas that Iran will not strike Israel again unless provoked.
Political and military leaders are still absorbing the extraordinary exchange of fire, writes James Landale.
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday applauded the passage of legislation to provide Ukraine, Israel, and America’s Indo-Pacific partners with $95 billion in security assistance to support their national defense, including $9.15 billion in lifesaving humanitarian aid, and to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley,
Israeli Official Confirms Airstrike on Iran to Washington Post Three
There are competing claims about the scale of Friday's attack on the Isfahan region.