The Friday Five: Arab Civil War in Samaria
Israel launched Operation Iron Wall this week, taking over for the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in battling Hamas gunmen in Jenin, an Arab city in northern Samaria.
Israel launched Operation Iron Wall this week, taking over for the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in battling Hamas gunmen in Jenin, an Arab city in northern Samaria.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas survived an assassination attempt Tuesday by a group calling itself Sons of Abu Jandal. The group demanded that Abbas declare war on Israel and tried to kill him when he didn’t.
The Pentagon is increasingly worried by China’s growing stronghold on Latin America. It doesn’t help that the US has been without ambassadors for years in key nations like Panama, Chile, and Brazil.
Associated Press criticized Israel for destroying the building that housed its offices in Gaza. The IDF says the building also housed Hamas intelligence operations and weapons manufacturing—and that AP’s local reporters knew about it.
Evidence mounts that federal government unemployment bonuses are hobbling an economic recovery by paying people more to stay home than to go back to work.
American media was fixated on hearings about the January 6 riot at the Capitol Monday while the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount was engulfed in smoke.
Chinese scientists have researched ways to deploy biological weapons to fight a Third World War, including a weaponized coronavirus, since at least 2015, raising questions about the origins of COVID-19.
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