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Conspiracy theories spreading on social media are suggesting the thwarted terrorist attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday was actually an elaborate “false flag” operation staged by Israel.

Children’s YouTube and Netflix star Ms. Rachel’s political activism has sparked pushback from concerned parents, with one saying she serves as a mouthpiece for a false Hamas narrative, and puts activism ahead of education by exposing toddlers to ideas that erase basic sex categories at a stage when children first learn to organize the world that way.

Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Narendra Modi of India celebrated flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar on Wednesday after the details of how Flydubai Flight FZ1073 appeared to have thwarted a potential hijacking came to light.

Los Angeles area Rabbi Steve Leder is ripping actor Adam Brody’s “ignorant” accusation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.

An Israeli passenger who helped overpower the co-pilot accused of trying to crash a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai jet recounted how he put the attacker in a chokehold before grabbing the controls of the plunging aircraft himself — an extraordinary intervention Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later hailed as heroic.

Israeli officials quickly announced that the bloody “brawl” aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday was in fact a thwarted hijacking attempt, in which the copilot of the plane tried to knife the captain and then crash the aircraft.

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for an emergency landing after a “brawl” between the pilots.

Actor Adam Brody and actress Florence Pugh have called for a “free Palestine,” adding that they will be more vocal about the ongoing conflict in Gaza going forward.

Khalifa Shaheen al-Marar, Minister of State for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), touted his country’s efforts at diplomacy and mediation during his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday.

Hundreds of Israelis and Jewish Americans gathered in front of the Lincoln Center in NYC on Saturday to protest against the premiere of the controversial documentary NAZA at the New York Film Festival.

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was told to take a Palestinian girl’s name off his eye black during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals, or he would have to stop playing, The Athletic reported.

Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Kamal Madbouly told the U.N. General Assembly that the international order must be overhauled.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) called Friday for Israel to free Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for attacks that killed Israelis, as the midterm elections approach. “I am calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti from Israeli prison,”

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif used much of his address to the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday to criticize Pakistan’s regional rival India, while touting his own government’s efforts at diplomacy, including mediation of the conflict between the United States and Iran.

Democrats, the legacy media, and Hollywood do have the power and authority to bring this growing tolerance and acceptance of antisemitism to an end, to stomp it out with the same energy they put into the “Very Fine People” hoax. They have chosen not to. Chosen. They have made a choice. 

Transgender actor Elliot Page was among the celebrities protesting Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations in New York City on Thursday, while actresses Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were detained by police.

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who has “observer” status at the United Nations but was denied a visa to attend the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in person by the U.S. government, delivered his address by pre-recorded video Thursday.

Israel’s ambassador to the United States pleaded for prayers Wednesday after his son, an American citizen and IDF reservist, suffered life-threatening injuries in a Palestinian car-ramming terror attack in the West Bank.

New York Times shareholders led by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against The New York Times Company on Wednesday over the paper allegedly failing to tell the truth in its coverage of Israel. According to Uthmeier, the Times’ bias had been demonstrated by “72 recent errors where the company admitted in its own correction column, in a very single coverage area in just eight months, all pro-Hamas style reporting that had to be clawed back as incorrect.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian painted Iran as the “victim of terrorism” by the United States and Israel in his speech at the U.N.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda lieutenant who lead an alliance of insurgents and jihadis to depose dictator Bashar Assad in December 2024, began his second address to the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday by justifying his violent past as a struggle against “evil” and “injustice.”

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani lamented the “dangerous situation” in the Middle East during his address to the U.N.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent much of his address to the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) castigating Israel for its handling of the Gaza War without a word of condemnation for the terrorists who launched the conflict.

Israel and Morocco agreed to exchange ambassadors and open full embassies at a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz in New York on Wednesday.

Israel and Morocco agreed Wednesday to elevate their diplomatic missions to full embassies and exchange ambassadors at a U.S.-backed summit in New York, reaffirming the “spirit of the Abraham Accords” as Washington pushes to deepen and expand the landmark normalization agreements six years after President Donald Trump first brokered them.

Israel has begun providing intelligence to Saudi Arabia through the United States as Riyadh battles an escalating Houthi offensive that has struck deep inside the kingdom and threatened the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to multiple Israeli reports Tuesday.

Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, reflected on his decision to block rapper Macklemore from performing.

Pop star Ed Sheeran has dumped rapper Macklemore as his opening act after the rapper came under fire for his constant stream of anti-Israel, pro-Palestine, and pro-Hamas tirades from the stage during Sheeran’s tour this year.

The Israeli military on Thursday destroyed a massive underground structure beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. The immense explosion, captured on camera by onlookers, was so powerful that seismologists recorded the event as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake.

Foreign Minister Saar called the opening a “historic day” and said “Israel is the fortress on the front line for Western civilization.”

ABU SNAN, Israel (AP) — John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a quote attributed to the American actor that he said was completely false. The producer of the show acknowledged the mistake, citing “human error.”

The Government of Argentina on Monday announced that it will file criminal charges against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum over its involvement in an offshore oil project at the Falkland Islands, a British territory that Argentina claims as its own.

Comedians are boycotting an upcoming comedy festival in Portugal over the headline appearance of Jerry Seinfeld.

ATHENS, Greece — The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Theophilos III told Breitbart News exclusively that he is encouraging world leaders of all faiths to follow the lead of American President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.

Israel and Greece sealed a historic $3.5 billion defense agreement Monday that will see Jerusalem build Athens a complete multi-layered air defense network, significantly expanding the two countries’ strategic partnership amid growing security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called on Gulf states to unite against the United States and Israel as their “real enemy” in a written message Sunday, an overture to neighbors Tehran has spent months attacking and threatening as the Islamic Republic faces mounting military and economic pressure.