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Netanyahu Thanks Fetterman During Jerusalem Meeting: ‘Israel Has Had No Better Friend’
US Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on June 26, 2024. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)
US Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday while on his first-ever trip to the Jewish state.
Netanyahu and Fetterman held a joint press conference where the Israeli leader heaped praise on the senator for his unflinching support for the Jewish state amid its ongoing war against the terrorist group Hamas.
“We’ve been through dark times in these months of anguish war. During that time, I can say that Israel has had no better friend than Sen. John Fetterman. Senator, welcome to Israel,” Netanyahu said.
In the months following Hamas’ brutal slaughter of over 1200 people throughout southern Israel on Oct. 7, Fetterman has emerged as a stalwart ally of the Jewish state. The Pennsylvania senator has repeatedly defended Israel’s right to wage a military campaign aimed at freeing the hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and dismantling the Islamist organization’s military and governing capabilities in Gaza. He has also condemned fellow progressive lawmakers for demanding the Biden administration curb weapons transfers to Israel.
“I want to thank you for your courageous statements that show moral clarity and moral courage and you just say it the way it is,” Netanyahu said to Fetterman. “We appreciate this friendship at all times but especially at these times. So welcome, friend.”
Fetterman reiterated his commitment to supporting Israel.
“We stand with Israel through this. I’m so sorry for what’s been done to this nation but I’m just honored to be here today,” the senator said.
Fetterman met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday. Herzog also thanked Fetterman for his steadfast support for the Jewish state. The Pennsylvania lawmaker sported a bracelet gifted to him by the family members of the Oct. 7 Nova Music festival massacre. Fetterman vowed not to remove the bracelet until all remaining hostages from Gaza were reunited with their families.
Fetterman’s position on Israel has perplexed and enraged some of his former left-wing allies. Several of his top staffers have left his office to join organizations much more critical of the Jewish state. Anti-Israel activists have repeatedly held raucous protests and demonstrations outside of his office, demanding that he support a “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. Despite the intense backlash Fetterman has received from the left, he has continued to express public support for Israel.
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Benjamin Netanyahu was burned in effigy on the streets of Montreal during a Friday night riot
Justin Trudeau condemned for subsequently attending a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.
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Report: IDF targets Hezbollah chief in Beirut
Illustrative. Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Hadath, Lebanon October 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
JNS.org – A massive explosion in a building in Beirut on Saturday killed 11 people and wounded dozens in what Arab media said was a failed Israeli attempt to kill Hezbollah’s head of operations, Muhammad Haydar.
Israel did not immediately claim responsibility specifically for the explosion early on Saturday in the eight-story building in the Lebanese capital’s Basta neighborhood. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said only that Israel struck an unspecified target in Beirut, the fourth strike in the city in a week.
Basta is situated in the city’s center. The bulk of Israel’s strikes in Beirut have been in the Dahiyeh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold in the city’s south.
Lebanese media reported that at least 63 people were wounded in the strike.
Avihai Edraei, the head of the Arabic-language department of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, posted a tweet on X on Saturday calling on residents of Dahiyeh to evacuate their homes. They are living near Hezbollah installations, he said, against which “the IDF will act in the near future.”
The targets of Saturday’s strikes “were located by Hezbollah in the heart of the civilian population. Prior to the attack, many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians,” the IDF wrote in a statement. A headquarters, a weapons depot, “and additional Hezbollah terror infrastructures” were attacked, the statement said.
According to Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, Israel has killed 2,450 terrorists in Lebanon and Syria. Lebanese health authorities said that 3,365 people have died in strikes by Israel. Those data do not distinguish between terrorists and civilians. On the Israeli side, terrorists have killed 121 people, with 76 of them being soldiers.
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Troubling Details Emerge About Disappearance of Chabad Rabbi, Inaction of UAE Authorities
Zvi Kogan. Photo: LinkedIn via i24 News
i24 News – i24NEWS learned chilling details about the disappearance of Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan, who went missing last week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Kogan did not show up for scheduled meetings he had during the day. After he failed to make contact, his wife contacted the security officer of the Chabad house, who alerted the local authorities. Information about the incident was also shared with the Israeli authorities.
Kogan disappeared from a location about an hour and a half from Dubai. i24NEWS can report that complaints were made to both the Dubai Police and the Abu Dhabi Police on Thursday, yet no actions were taken by either.
i24NEWS also became privy to the information that although Kogan’s car got a speeding ticket on its way to Oman, in this case too the authorities in the Emirates and Oman did nothing.
i24NEWS can also confirm that there is tremendous anger in Israel at the Emiratis, who did not respond to the suspicious signs and did not act in time. In fact, actions were only taken after the intervention of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
The story has troubling echoes of the abduction by Iranians of German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd; he was kidnapped from Dubai to Iran via Oman and was eventually executed.
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