The following is Tuesday's statement from a video released by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning reports that the International Court of Justice may issue warrants for the arrests of Israeli officials for actions in Gaza.
The next 72 hours will be crucial to see which direction Israel goes in its war with Hamas. Either Hamas will agree to an extended ceasefire and a release of hostages or Israel is poised to begin its invasion of Rafah, the last terrorist stronghold of Gaza.
President Biden has again told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the White House opposes Israel's planned invasion of the Gazan city of Rafah.
A unique Jewish choir sang psalms in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter during Passover to draw people closer to God. The choir, singing in Jerusalem's Old City, is looking forward to the day when the Jewish Temple will be rebuilt.
Despite war and rumors of war, tens of thousands of Jewish people came to the Western Wall during the intermediary days of Passover to pray and receive an annual blessing. Unsurprisingly, this year's focus was the hostages and their families.
The IDF says it's preparing to move into Rafah to rescue the remaining hostages and take out the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza. While the White House disapproves of the move, Israel is setting up thousands of tents to provide a sanctuary to keep civilians out of harm's way.
Earlier this month, after Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel with more than 300 drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles, the White House implemented a $10 billion sanctions waiver for Iran. While there has been much debate over Iran's frozen assets, Richard Goldberg of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies tells CBN News this latest move got little media attention.
Earlier this month we aired the riveting first part of our CBN News interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son, Hersh, has been held hostage by the Hamas terror group since last October 7th. Since the first interview aired, Goldberg-Polin and her husband have been thrust even further into the limelight after Hamas released a video of Hersh on April 24, still alive at the time the video was recorded.
Pro-Hamas demonstrations that began at Columbia University have spread to dozens of college campuses throughout the U.S. In Israel, the protests are reminiscent of darker times for the Jewish people that preceded the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
On Oct. 7, Adele Raemer survived the Hamas attacks in her kibbutz Nirim on the border with Gaza only to find herself and her extended family displaced, refugees of a kind in their own country. She's now advocating for the release of the hostages still being captive in Gaza.