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Ben Shapiro speaks to the audience about the Israel-Hamas war wearing a yamaka at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
Benjamin " Bibi " Netanyahu [a] (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician, serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office in 1996–1999 and 2009–2021. [3] He is chair of the Likud party. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 16 years.
Goldberg-Polin was at the Re'im music festival when Hamas attacked the morning of 7 October. At around 8:00am, he sent his family a text message, "I love you". Ten minutes later he added, "I'm sorry." [8] During the attack, Goldberg-Polin, his best friend Aner Shapira, and others took refuge in a field shelter. Hamas militants repeatedly threw ...
Shapiro was born on January 15, 1984,[1]in Los Angeles, California, to a Conservative Jewishfamily. He is Ashkenazi Jewish. [2][3][4][5]When he was 9 years old, his family began to observe Orthodox Judaism.[5] He started playing violin at a young age[6]and performed at the Israel BondsBanquet in 1996 at age 12.[7]
Following the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent pro-Palestinian protests in the U.S., Shapiro became one of the most prominent political voices to speak out against the rise in antisemitism.
The 2023 Israel–Hamas war also showed a division within the MAGA movement, with Hinkle criticizing the likes of conservative pundit Ben Shapiro and white nationalist activist Laura Loomer for supporting Israel. [78] [77] In April 2023, Hinkle dubbed the firing of fellow conservative-populist pundit Tucker Carlson as the "end of an era". [79]
Hezbollah began firing at Israel the day after Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7. Israel responded by targeting what it calls Hezbollah’s military infrastructure with airstrikes and drones.
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel, the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The attack coincided with the Jewish religious holiday Simchat Torah.