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Politico:
Tuberville won't bend on military blockade amid Israel crisis — After Hamas attacked Israel, Senate Democrats said it was past time for several top-level military nominees to be approved. — Sen. Tommy Tuberville is not relenting from his monthslong blockade of military nominations …
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville won't lift his military blockade amid Israel-Hamas conflict — For months, the Alabama Republican has held up more than 300 military nominees, including top officers who would command forces in the Middle East. — WASHINGTON — The office of Sen. Tommy Tuberville …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
There's not a chief of naval operations to help Israel due to Tommy Tuberville's protest: Retired Commander — The U.S. reported that a carrier strike group is being sent closer to Israel in solidarity with the country. They'll be supplying munitions beginning Sunday, said President Joe Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
U.S. plans to move ships and planes closer to Israel
U.S. plans to move ships and planes closer to Israel
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RedState, ZeroHedge News, New York Post and CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut — DUBAI—Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas's Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting …
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Washington Post:
Netanyahu warns of long war with Hamas; Hezbollah and Israel trade fire — The Israel Defense Forces launched fresh strikes on Gaza early Sunday local time as violence in the region continued overnight, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of a long and difficult war ahead.
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Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
US strengthens ‘defense posture’ in Middle East amid war in Israel — The United States is strengthening its presence in the Middle East following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel this weekend by moving planes and ships closer to the conflict. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin …
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NBC News:
The significance of why Hamas chose to attack Israel now
The significance of why Hamas chose to attack Israel now
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Verified accounts spread fake news release about a Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel — The edited White House press release has sparked false headlines that rose to the top of Google search results. — A doctored White House press release posted online falsely claimed …
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Task & Purpose
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
With contempt sentencing looming, ex-Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro demands new trial plus time out of U.S. for medical procedure — Ex-Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro wants a new trial after being convicted of contempt of Congress for bucking the House Select Committee Investigating …
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Raw Story
BBC:
‘They were going tree by tree and shooting’ - Israeli partygoer describes festival attack — Gili Yoskovich was among hundreds of young people at a dance music festival in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip, when gunmen opened fire in the early hours of Saturday morning …
Benjamin Wittes / Dog Shirt Daily:
How Not to Respond to a Terrorist Attack — The things I least want to hear on a day when Hamas terrorists kill hundreds of Israeli civilians. — I'm afraid it's not a good evening, but I wish you one anyway. — I seldom write about Israeli-Palestinian matters, but it's not because I don't think about them.
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Haaretz:
Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War — The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister, who has prided himself on his vast political experience and irreplaceable wisdom in security matters …
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nationalinterest.org, Daily Kos and Middle East Monitor
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts — Information researchers said that the new outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas is an early test of how the revamped X conveys accurate data during a major crisis. — As false information …
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Rolling Stone, The Messenger and Breitbart
CNN:
At least three Americans killed in attacks in Israel near Gaza border, according to memo — At least three Americans have been killed in the attacks in Israel close to the Gaza border, according to an internal US government memo reviewed by CNN. — Earlier Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken …
NBC News:
'I'd still vote for' Biden if he was ‘dead’: Pa. voters react to Trump-Biden 2024 rematch — Some Pennsylvania voters would rather cast an unenthusiastic ballot for Biden than a vote for Trump.
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Press Herald