Americans are torn in three directions over the United States’ role in resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict that has rocked the Middle East, according to a Gallup poll. Asked their assessment of the situation, 41% of American adults said the United…
As 20,000 lay dead in Gaza, U.S.-based nonprofits raise millions to support Israeli soldiers with warm coats and gloves
As Israel Defense Forces have killed more than 20,000 people in Gaza and wounded another 50,000, a U.S.-based nonprofit seeks to “raise $50 million to address the severe humanitarian needs and the well-being crises that will inevitably ensue for IDF…
Are young voters switching to Trump over Israel’s war?
Young voters supporting Donald Trump over Joe Biden makes me catch my breath. How is it possible that an indicted insurrectionist who lies routinely has such support among young people? Have our young people lost their collective minds? But yet…
Israeli military bombs only Catholic parish in Gaza, and snipers slay two women leaving mass
The only Catholic parish in Gaza and a convent serving nuns associated with the order of the late Mother Teresa both were targeted by Israeli Defense Forces Dec. 16, leaving two women dead, others injured and the convent in rubble….
The problems with Hamas, Gaza, Israel (and America?)
The Hamas problem This is a terrorist organization. The tragedy of Oct. 7 with 1,200 murders of mostly women, children and innocent Israeli civilians, the atrocities committed, the ongoing terror of the remaining hostages along with continued rocket attacks make…
Israeli soldiers make videos as they mock Islam in captured mosque
Amid a war already marked by charges of genocide, Israeli soldiers were filmed mocking Islam in a mosque in the West Bank this week. The desecration of the Muslim place of worship brought a swift apology from Israel Defense Forces…
It is not antisemitic to oppose the nation of Israel’s atrocities
Reminiscent of the Vietnam War, we stand today on the brink of throwing out the American ideal of free speech in favor of political correctness. Yes, I know it normally is conservatives who cry foul over the dangers of political…
Letter to the Editor: A rebuttal on ‘useful idiots’
December 6, 2023 Dear Editor: On November 28, 2023, Erich Bridges wrote an opinion piece in Baptist News Global arguing one should not participate in any demonstration calling for a cease-fire or an end to the Hamas-Israel war because, in…
Even as Biden supports their interest in Israel, white evangelicals disapprove of his job performance
White evangelical Christians — the core supporters of Donald Trump — overwhelmingly disapprove of the job President Joe Biden is doing, but also strongly disapprove of his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, which many Democrats complain has…