Hamas applauded the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia on Sunday for their formal recognition of a Palestinian state, calling the move “an important step” and a reward for what it described as the Palestinian people’s resistance and struggle. In its statement, the organization praised the recognition as helping affirm Palestinians’ claims over land, holy sites, and their long‑held dream of independence, with Jerusalem as the capital.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett issued stark warnings Sunday, saying that by recognizing a Palestinian state, countries like the UK and France risk empowering radical Muslim minorities within their own borders. Bennett made the remarks ahead of a diplomatic push, led by France and Saudi Arabia, to recognize a Palestinian state during UN General Assembly gatherings.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed sanctions on the Lex Instituto de Estudos Juridicos LTDA (Lex Institute) for its support of Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
A recent report from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) found that Generation Z is shifting toward the Republican Party in a significant blow to the Democratic Party.
Rebecca Cooke, the Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin’s Third District, has built her campaign on being “somewhere in the middle.” But her endorsement of New York City socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani raises sharp questions about that image and her political alignment.
