Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar will deliver keynote speeches at the Israeli embassy’s Independence Day reception on Thursday, headlining a more subdued event under the shadow of the Gaza war. The gathering comes amid tensions between the Democratic U.S. leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a U.S. push for Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in the war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
The court’s decision leaves the 1st District lines that a lower court said amounted to a “bleaching” in place.
Australian police are investigating a bakery in Sydney which made a cake featuring a Hamas terrorist and Palestinian flags for a four-year-old boy.