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New footage from the IDF shows a Hezbollah rocket barrage striking a church in southern Lebanon, damaging a Christian place of worship and putting civilian lives at risk.

Hezbollah’s violence harms Israelis, Lebanese civilians, Christians, Muslims, and anyone living under the shadow of their extremism.

Both peoples, Israelis and Lebanese alike, have suffered for far too long under Hezbollah’s reign of terror.
Today’s Israel Day on Fifth Parade is a reminder that support for Israel comes from every background.

Alongside the Jewish community, Christians, Druze, Hindus, Sikhs, Persians, Baháʼís, Yazidis, Arab Israelis, and countless other allies will march in solidarity with the People of Israel.

The parade celebrates friendship, coexistence, and the belief that people of different faiths and cultures are stronger when they stand together.
While others tried to intimidate her into silence, Anila Ali chose courage.

The Muslim women’s empowerment advocate and interfaith leader will march in New York City’s Israel Day Parade despite receiving threats for doing so.

Real peace is built by people willing to stand together across differences, reject extremism, and refuse to let hate dictate who they can support or stand beside. Anila’s decision is a powerful reminder that coexistence is stronger than intimidation.
According to a new report from the Washington Free Beacon, a U.S. federal investigation into UNRWA is expected to expand to at least 1,500 UNRWA-linked individuals suspected of terror ties.

The report says the growing probe has intensified discussions in Washington over possible punitive measures against the U.N. agency, including sanctions, stripping UNRWA of certain legal protections, and even a potential foreign terrorist organization designation. 

Concerns about UNRWA’s relationship with Hamas are not new. The USAID Office of Inspector General has already reported evidence linking current or former UNRWA staffers to Hamas affiliation and/or participation in the October 7 attacks.

Congressional oversight officials have also raised concerns about UNRWA’s transparency and cooperation with U.S. inquiries into staff members’ alleged Hamas ties. 

Any organization entrusted with providing aid and education to Gazans must be transparent, accountable, and free from terrorist infiltration.

Humanitarian work cannot become a shield for terror networks.

The truth matters — and international institutions must be held to the standards they claim to represent.
After two weeks of fear, prayers, and tireless search efforts from the community, 14-year-old Esther from Toronto has been found safe. ❤️

We are relieved to hear this news and continue to keep Esther and her loved ones in our thoughts as she receives the care, support, and privacy she needs in the days ahead.
CNBC’s Joe Kernen said out loud what many people increasingly recognize: “Anti-Zionism gives people who harbor hatred for Jews an out to be antisemitic.”

Criticizing Israeli government policy is one thing. Singling out the Jewish state for demonization and holding it to a standard no other country is held to, is something entirely different.
Hananya Naftali reminded the internet how Jewish and Israeli students were treated at UCLA during the encampments and protests that followed the October 7th massacre. 

UCLA is now being sued once again for what the US Department of Justice calls, ‘deliberate indifference to the suffering of its Jewish and Israeli students,’ in the suit. 

Universities cannot claim to be adequately addressing hatred against Jews on campus while simultaneously allowing their mistreatment.
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams will attend the Israel Day parade this weekend, an event every mayor of New York City has attended since the event’s inception. 

This kind of allyship from the city’s former mayor is so important. Israel’s diversity will be represented at the event including members of the Jewish, Muslim, Druze, Christian, and other communities who call Israel home. 

Solidarity, truth, and equality will be on full display in Manhattan on Sunday. 💙🇺🇸🇮🇱

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