Renzo DowneyMay 12, 2021
4min2849
The ongoing conflict boiled over again this week.
Tag: Hamas
Renzo DowneyMay 12, 2021
Guest AuthorJune 19, 2020
21min1693
Florida State University Student Senate votes twice in a no-confidence vote against two different Senate President days apart.
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2018
3min211
Facing criticisms from Republicans of not being sufficiently pro-Israel, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum sought to clarify his position and allay concerns Tuesday. Gillum’s platform: A statement from his campaign for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in which Gillum asserted “ensuring lasting safety and security for Israel is an unquestionable priority and that building peace […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 6, 2018
5min386
A Thursday email sent out by the Republican Governors Association slammed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum as “too radical for Florida” based on comments he made regarding recent violence in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. “In a recent podcast interview, Gillum ‘condemn[ed]’ Israel for ‘murder’ for acting in self-defense against Hamas terrorist operatives attempting to ‘breach into Israel’s borders,’ […]
Scott PowersAugust 18, 2016
4min378
In a flurry of foreign policy statements Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio blasted the administration for allegedly lying about the cash-for-hostages Iran deal, and called for the U.S. to cut humanitarian support for Palestinians. A statement from Rubio’s re-election campaign also called out Rubio’s most-likely Democratic challenger in the November election, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, for […]
Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016
7min384
After Debbie Wasserman Schultz had accused her Democratic congressional opponent, Tim Canova, of wanting to disarm Israel, Canova changed the wording on his website. But Wasserman Schultz is not taking her foot off the pedal on the issue. “The best way to protect American and Israeli security is to focus on disarming those actors who […]
Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016
5min350
Seizing on an issue he believes could help him in his primary election later this month, Florida Congressional District 23 candidate Tim Canova is again attacking Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her support of the Iranian nuclear deal finalized in 2015 — and now he’s bringing up a controversial interview made by an Obama Defense Department official to further […]
Guest AuthorAugust 24, 20146min235
Florida was lucky that Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford in February 2012 did not trigger a riot. But if we consider the anatomy of a riot, we’ll know that it wasn’t simply dumb luck — but the absence of destructive forces. First, the entire country, both black and white, grieved for Trayvon. Apart from some loony […]
Bob SparksAugust 5, 20147min234
This week marks two rather grim anniversaries that few in this country will mark. They are significant events in U.S. and world history, but they have either faded over time or were events many wished to forget. On Aug. 6, 1945 the city of Hiroshima, Japan nearly ceased to exist after the first atomic bomb […]
Guest AuthorJuly 30, 20144min267
On July 12 Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip and began their operation to stop Hamas from attempting to destroy the Jewish state one rocket at a time and there’s no indication that the fighting will end soon. As each day passes, Israel’s “Operation Defensive Edge” is becoming a bloody, devastating war. The result is […]