Day: October 9, 2023

Nigerian police officer sentenced to death for killing pregnant lawyer in landmark verdict

10:49 pm October 9, 2023

A Nigerian court sentenced Monday a police officer to death for shooting and killing a lawyer in the commercial hub of Lagos. Many applauded the rare sentence as a punitive measure against rampant cases of police abuse. After nearly a year, Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos High Court found police officer Drambi Vandi guilty […]

Massachusetts pro-Palestinian protestors desecrate US flag, call America ‘Legit Gangsters’

10:47 pm October 9, 2023

Anti-Israel demonstrators in Massachusetts called the United States “Legit Gangsters” Monday and stood on the American flag while voicing support for Palestinians. At a demonstration at Cambridge City Hall, two protestors were seen standing on the U.S. flag, with one of them appearing to stomp on it, according to video footage taken by Fox News […]

Kirby confronted on recent Biden claim climate change ‘the only existential threat’ as Hamas bombs Israel

10:12 pm October 9, 2023

A top Biden administration official was pressed Monday on the president’s recent public claim that global warming is the sole existential threat to humanity, as the Palestinian group Hamas orchestrated militant attacks and kidnappings in Israel. On “The Story,” anchor Martha MacCallum cited continued American financial support for Ukraine following its invasion by Russia, and […]

Israel is waging war against Hamas now but a political reckoning still awaits Netanyahu

9:38 pm October 9, 2023

Editor’s note: The following column was first published in City Journal. Israelis are calling it “our 9/11.” The parallels are all too chilling, as Americans, especially New Yorkers, know well. But the devastation for Israel is proportionately even higher than it was for Americans. Adjusted for population, 700 murdered Israelis-the current estimate-would be the equivalent […]

Rubio says Israel has ‘no choice’ but to seek ‘complete eradication of Hamas’

9:34 pm October 9, 2023

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a series of posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “Israel has no choice but to seek the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza.” “There simply is no diplomatic solution or ‘measured response’ available,” Rubio wrote on X. “This tragically […]