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Israel has too much to lose to be afraid of condemning the Muslim Brotherhood - editorial

The Brotherhood does not only represent an alternative political ideology; all too often, it has served as a veil for radicalization and terror.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a national protest for Gaza, outside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operation office on May 01, 2025 in Miramar, Florida.

Florida designates Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR as terror groups, joining Texas

Police guard the service entrance to the Palm Beach County Convention Center ahead of the motorcade arrival of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump on Election Day, in West Palm Beach, Florida U.S., November 5, 2024. (illustrative)

Florida police kill Turkish man threatening Tallahassee synagogue, Ron DeSantis

The entrance to Auschwitz, the Nazi Concentration camp, next to a photo of protestors outside of the Everglades ICE detention facility, with signs calling it a "Concentration Camp," with a photo of the barbed wire of Auschwitz in the background.

Critics controversial nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility: ‘Alligator Auschwitz’


Mayor of town where Unilever HQ sits: Reverse Israel stance

Unilever CEO Alan Jope said to the Englewood Cliffs mayor that the company "still opposes the BDS movement and that they still have a commitment to [their] business in Israel."

Ben and Jerry's.

DeSantis warns on investing in Unilever after Ben & Jerry's Israel stance

“I will not stand idly by as woke corporate ideologues seek to boycott and divest from our ally, Israel,” DeSantis said in a news release.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks during a campaign rally by then US president Donald Trump at Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, US, October 23, 2020.

Trump beats DeSantis as GOP 2024 presidential favorite in CPAC straw poll

The CPAC poll results are a sharp turnaround from a straw poll taken last month for the Western Conservative Summit.

THEN-US PRESIDENT Donald Trump winks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint news conference in  the White House in January.

DeSantis edges out Trump as Republican 2024 presidential favorite - poll

The Florida governor's standing in the polls comes as his popularity among GOP voters continues to rise * Ted Cruz at distant 3rd place, followed by Mike Pompeo, Tim Scott.

Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks during a campaign rally by then US president Donald Trump at Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, US, October 23, 2020.

Florida’s Jewish agricultural commissioner announces run for governor

In 2019, she traveled to Israel in part to research Israeli agricultural technology advances, but also to demonstrate that Democrats remained in the pro-Israel camp.

Voters leave a polling station in Tallahassee, Florida, November 6, 2018

Broward County, Florida commission passes anti-Israel boycott resolution

The Florida state legislature in 2016 passed an anti-BDS bill that prevents state institutions from investing in or contracting with companies that boycott companies or products made in Israel.

Ron DeSantis visits Brauser Maimonides Academy Jewish Day School, November 2018

Florida’s DeSantis removes Airbnb from state blacklist

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan visit the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs legislation against antisemitism into law

The legislation defines as antisemitism calls for violence against Jews, advancing conspiracy theories about Jewish control and Holocaust denial.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addresses the Israel-USA Business Summit 2019, May 29, 2019

Florida governor: BDS doesn’t target Iran, just the Jewish state

"If you support BDS in Florida, you are dead, politically,” DeSantis said during a small ceremony with Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan visit the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank

Thank you, Gov. DeSantis

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