Trump strongly defends Christianity at UN: 'The most persecuted religion on the planet today'



President Donald Trump distinguished the United States from other countries in the United Nations, pointing to our willingness to defend Christianity and protect our sovereignty.

During his address to the U.N., Trump highlighted the virtues of America ahead of the 250th anniversary of our country's independence on July Fourth, 2026. One of the many virtues Trump pointed to was the American principle of religious liberty, which protects Christianity, the "most persecuted religion" in the world.

'They repaid kindness with crime.'

"In honor of this momentous anniversary, I hope that all countries who find inspiration in our example will join us in renewing our commitment, values, and those values, really, that we hold so dear," Trump said.

"Together, let us defend free speech and free expression," Trump added. "Let us protect religious liberty, including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today. It's called Christianity. And let us safeguard our sovereignty and cherish qualities that have made each of our nations so special, incredible, and extraordinary."

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Trump also noted the success of his immigration policy, in contrast to the mass immigration many other Western countries have embraced.

"When your prisons are filled with so-called asylum-seekers who repaid kindness — and that's what they did; they repaid kindness with crime — it's time to end the failed experiment of open borders," Trump said. "You have to end it now. ... I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."

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Trump also pointed fingers at the U.N., saying the organization is funding an "assault on Western countries and their borders."

“In 2024, the U.N. budgeted $372 million in cash assistance to support an estimated 624,000 migrants journeying into the United States,” Trump said.

“The U.N. also provided food, shelter, transportation, and debit cards to illegal aliens ... on their way to infiltrate our southern border.

"What took place is totally unacceptable. The U.N. is supposed to stop invasions — not create them and not finance them.”

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Trump Blasts UN For ‘Funding An Assault On Western Countries’

The U.N. should pay back to the U.S. the money it spent on ushering unwelcome migrants across our borders illegally.

UN showdown will decide if the Abraham Accords are built to last



We recently marked the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords, a historic diplomatic breakthrough that upended decades of conventional thinking about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The agreement was intended to transform the Middle East, rewarding realism over extremism and demonstrating that peace pays.

In many ways, it has succeeded. But now, five years in, we face a moment of clarity. As France and Saudi Arabia lead a call to recognize the Palestinian state, the accords need recalibration.

Arab states cannot ask for access to Israel’s markets, security expertise, technology, and military protection while staying silent as the international system moves to target the Jewish state.

On Sept. 15, 2020, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain ended their boycott of Israel and established open relations. Morocco soon followed. Embassies opened. Flights took off between Tel Aviv and Dubai. And with that, the Middle East began to shift in a direction few thought possible.

Despite the trauma of the Oct. 7 massacre and the seven-front war against Israel that ensued, the accords have endured. Israeli tourists still visit Abu Dhabi and Manama. Business conferences continue. Flights remain regular. The economies of these Arab nations have benefited greatly from Israeli trade, technology, and innovation.

Security without reciprocity

According to the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, bilateral trade between Israel and the UAE alone reached $3 billion in 2023. In Morocco, Israeli firms have invested in agriculture, water management, and cybersecurity. The economic dividends of peace are real and growing. Israel has helped create new pathways to prosperity across the region.

Moreover, Israel has also systematically dismantled regional threats — namely, Iranian proxy forces in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon. It has rolled back Tehran’s nuclear capabilities through daring strikes aided by U.S. air power. It has kept Red Sea shipping lanes open by taking the fight directly to the Houthis. These actions make the region more stable for all.

Ironically — and tragically — Israel receives warnings from the very countries that have benefited from this new regional architecture. Back off against Hamas in Gaza. Don’t extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Lay off Hamas leaders who are enjoying protection in Qatar. Don’t relocate displaced Gazans — or else.

The list of Arab red lines imposed on Israel keeps growing, always with the vague threat of harming the accords.

This is not the behavior of true allies. It is the posture of parties who want to enjoy the benefits of peace without shouldering the responsibilities of partnership.

The UN test

As the United Nations General Assembly convenes, the imbalance is coming to a head. A growing international pressure is mounting to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. Hamas, a group committed to Israel’s destruction, would celebrate such a move as a political victory.

The message would be unmistakable: You murder Jews, you get a state.

If the Abraham Accords mean anything beyond commercial convenience and one-way security guarantees, participating Muslim countries must not allow this to happen. The same governments that send delegations to Tel Aviv and sign investment deals in high tech must now reject any declaration of Palestinian statehood that rewards violence and bypasses good-faith negotiation.

That is a simple request. Oppose any resolution that turns mass murder into political capital. Refuse to legitimize a governing entity that hides behind Arab civilians while murdering Israeli babies. Deny cover to Hamas leaders enjoying luxury Doha hotels while Israeli hostages waste away in Gazan dungeons.

Partnership has obligations

A partnership, by definition, is not a one-way street. It should include joint efforts to dismantle the machinery of terror, not vague calls for “restraint” every time Israel is attacked. Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Houthis threaten the entire Middle East. Israel has done the hard work of confronting these threats directly.

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Over the last half-decade, Israel and the Abraham Accords nations have redefined what was possible in the Middle East. They created a new model for cooperation based on mutual interests rather than historical grievances. But Israel has faced repeated admonitions from its new allies about what it must not do to defend itself.

That is not sustainable. It is not even moral.

Arab states cannot ask for access to Israel’s markets, security expertise, technology, and military protection while staying silent as the international system moves to target the Jewish state.

The Abraham Accords are still the best way forward. Five years later, the time has come to define what true partnership means. That starts with refusing to reward terror and standing up, publicly and clearly, at the United Nations this week.

The genocide that isn’t: How Hamas turned lies into global outrage



Extraordinarily effective Hamas propaganda has delegitimized Israel’s right of self-defense by confirming for a world that scorns Israel that its demon is engaged in genocide. It is not, but the same cannot be said of Hamas — the aggressor that has largely avoided that opprobrium.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 5.5 million Palestinians live in the Palestinian territories, principally the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The bureau estimates that in the last 12 months, Gaza’s population declined by 15,423 to 2,114,201. Meanwhile, “Palestine’s” total population grew by 1.17% in 2024 and is projected to grow by another 1.75% in 2025. According to the bureau, the principal factors in Gaza’s population decline were emigration, war casualties, and a declining birth rate.

If leftists prevent Israel from fighting an aggressor who has pledged to destroy it, targets civilians, and takes and murders hostages, who is complicit in genocide?

Though the Gaza Ministry of Health’s war casualty reports are statistically implausible and quietly rejected by the United Nations, the world’s media uncritically repeat the lies. Most recently, the media disseminated the ministry’s claim that war deaths exceed 60,000, reducing Gaza’s population by 10%. The actual comparison was to “projected growth”; 60,000 represents a 2.6% decline.

Peddling lies

Many outlets presented the ministry’s disinformation and malinformation as their objective reporting. For example, PBS explained:

The ministry is staffed by medical professionals. The United Nations and other independent experts view its figures as the most reliable count of casualties. … Israel’s offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced around 90% of the population and caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, with experts warning of famine.

The report added:

Israel’s offensive and its blockade have also gutted Gaza’s health system, with several hospitals having shut down and others only partially functioning as they receive waves of war-wounded.

Jaundiced by radical ideologies and anti-Semitism, and empowered by Hamas’ misdirection, at least 38 countries, the European Union’s second-ranking official, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, 14 members of Congress, and many others accuse Israel of genocide.

If Goebbels had Hamas propagandists on his side, we might all be shouting “Heil Hitler!”

In November, a U.N. special committee found Israel’s operations in Gaza “consistent” with genocide, including its alleged use of “starvation as weapon of war.” In July, the U.N. dishonestly announced that Gaza met two of the three criteria for famine. To reach that conclusion, the U.N., which has battered Israel for years, rigged the numbers.

On July 27, the World Health Organization warned that “malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip,” with 74 malnutrition-related deaths so far in 2025, most occurring in July. According to the WHO, “The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.”

But just one week later, a U.N. agency reported that Palestinian mobs and terrorists are stealing 89% of aid shipments. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee added that “Hamas made half a billion dollars last year stealing food [and] selling it on the black market in order to finance their activities.”

Rigging stats

On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a partnership of 25 organizations including U.N. agencies, announced that “reasonable evidence” exists of famine in Gaza since August 15. An Israeli response observed that “the declaration was issued not only without evidence that would justify it under the IPC’s own criteria, but also in contradiction to more recent data that was publicly available.” Although the IPC report cited the interception of aid, it justified that as the “desperation” of residents.

Other studies (including the U.N.’s) have not found widespread famine, a deliberate starvation strategy, or systematic attacks by Israel on civilians. Severe pre-existing medical conditions cause most deaths attributed to malnutrition.

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Hamas propaganda deceives with pictures that are staged, taken in other countries, taken years ago, or taken of children with genetic defects. It also promotes fabricated claims of Israeli attacks on Gazans seeking aid, including the untrue tale of a Gazan boy allegedly killed by the IDF at an aid distribution site.

Except for an approximately three-month blockade, Israel has facilitated aid. It warns civilians of pending attacks, set up hundreds of food distribution centers and aid packages, and supports airdrops of up to 130 tons of food per day. Last month, Israel announced additional actions, including lengthy combat pauses to coordinate aid delivery with the U.N. and other organizations.

The U.N. charter guarantees the “inherent” right of defense. The U.N. Genocide Convention defines “genocide” as killing “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” If Israel wanted to destroy the Palestinian people, it would have done so.

Instead, the claimed dead, including Hamas’ human shields and those executed by Hamas, total under 1.1% of Gaza’s population, which continues to grow. According to West Point’s John Spencer, the leading expert on urban warfare, no military has ever done more than Israel to avoid civilian casualties. Israel’s increasingly precise targeting of combatants has achieved a lower civilian death rate than most wars over the last 100 years.

Double standards for Hamas

The Hamas charter states that Israel must be “obliterated” and that “Moslems must fight Jews and kill them.” Hamas targeted civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, and has launched thousands of rocket attacks since then.

If leftists and anti-Semites prevent Israel and Jews from fighting an aggressor who has pledged to destroy them, targets civilians, and takes and murders hostages, precisely who is complicit in genocide?

Editor’s note: This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire.

Federal Investigators Compile Evidence of Systematic Hamas Aid Theft, Undercutting Leaked USAID 'Report'

The chief oversight body responsible for tracking American foreign assistance is compiling evidence that Hamas systematically steals U.N. aid in Gaza, including by placing terrorist operatives into U.N. facilities, and conducting active investigations into the issue, undercutting a recently leaked U.S. Agency for International Development "report" that found no evidence of such theft.

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What you’re not being told about Israel, Gaza, and the UN



Why does the mainstream media perpetuate the narrative of starving Gazans, when right now, there are hundreds of pallets of food and medicine sitting undistributed?

Mark Levin plays recent video footage capturing thousands of pounds of aid sitting untouched on pallets and in semis along Gaza’s borders.

“Of course, the U.N. is doing what the U.N. does. The U.N. works with Hamas. Hamas sells the food. Hamas uses it to extort, to threaten Palestinians there. They're shooting Palestinians alive who are starving who want food,” he says.

Israel is responsible for much of the aid being sent to Gaza, but the mainstream media buries this fact and instead spreads the narrative that Israel is guilty of war crimes.

Levin plays a soundbite from U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s interview with Bari Weiss on “The Free Press,” during which they addressed this issue.

Weiss pointed out that “in the New York Times, articles pairing Israel and genocide reached levels more than nine times higher than the peak for Rwanda, in which 800,000 people were murdered in 100 days.”

“What is going on here?” she asked Huckabee.

“To say that Israel has been involved in something like that is recklessly irresponsible, and it is factually off-the-charts untrue,” he answered.

“You really are hearkening back to the very foundation of what led to the Holocaust.”

Of course, another holocaust is exactly what Hamas and other Islamist groups aim for, but they’re sneaky about how they go about it. They project their own genocidal intentions on Israel.

Levin plays a clip from MEMRI capturing former ISIS official and current Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa declaring that “outlaw groups” — Druze and Christians — are slaughtering the innocent Bedouins.

The truth is the Bedouins are “terrorists that the army is supporting,” who are “slaughtering the Jews and Christians,” says Levin.

“The Israelis had to intervene to defend these people and to protect them. That's exactly what took place. The Bedouins are being urged and others to slaughter them,” he clarifies. “So this guy [Ahmed al-Sharaa] is so devious, so evil, and yet we put our money with him, hoping that he can turn Syria into some kind of a diverse democracy.”

To hear more of Levin’s commentary, watch the clip above.

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World Health Organization reports adverse effects following US withdrawal



On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump resumed America's withdrawal from the scandal-plagued World Health Organization — a departure Trump initiated in his first term that was delayed for four years by the Biden administration. Days later, the administration ordered U.S. public health officials to stop working with the WHO.

Since American taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for funding over 15% of the organization's annual budget, the WHO is scrambling to adapt, laying off workers, closing clinics, and killing programs.

According to an internal WHO memo seen by Reuters, the organization — facing an income gap of $600 million in 2026 when the withdrawal takes effect — is looking to slash its budget for 2026-27 by 21%, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion.

"The United States' announcement, combined with recent reductions in official development assistance by some countries to fund increased defence spending, has made our situation much more acute," said the memo, which was signed by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

"Despite our best efforts, we are now at the point where we have no choice but to reduce the scale of our work and workforce," added the memo.

'WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States.'

In his Jan. 21 executive order, Trump recalled his initial reasons for leaving the organization, namely "the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states."

Trump noted further that the "WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries' assessed payments. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO."

In early February, Ghebreyesus begged the Trump administration to reconsider, stating he would welcome the opportunity "to preserve and strengthen the historic relationship between WHO and the US."

Ghebreyesus suggested that contrary to Trump's characterization, the WHO was a reformed organization whose heavy financial reliance on the U.S. was short-term. The director-general also suggested that the WHO was not politically compromised by China and had not mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic.

'Drastic cuts to development aid by the U.S. and other countries represent a huge disruption.'

Growing increasingly desperate, Ghebreyesus pleaded again for a reversal of fortunes on Feb. 11, stating, "We regret the announcement by the United States, of its intention to withdraw, and it was also sad to see them participating less this week. I think we all felt their absence."

"We very much hope they would reconsider, and we would welcome the opportunity to engage in constructive dialogue," added Ghebreyesus.

It appears the WHO — which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently called a "very nefarious organization" — has since accepted the fact that the U.S. and its money are not making a return.

According to the Brussels Times, the WHO is executing a hiring freeze, a ban on nonessential travel, and renegotiations of supply contracts.

Ghebreyesus noted in the internal memo, "Drastic cuts to development aid by the U.S. and other countries represent a huge disruption for countries, NGOs, and U.N. organisations, including the WHO."

The organization's executive board, composed of 34 member states, recently recommended a 20% member fee hike to cover half of the WHO's budget by 2030, reported Agence France-Presse.

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From UN hopeful to House lifeline: Trump’s last-minute Stefanik switch explained



Shortly following his historic election victory last November, President Trump nominated loyal ally Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Of all his nominations, Stefanik faced the least opposition in her Senate confirmation hearing — even walking away with some Democrat support.

Last week, however, Trump pulled her nomination, citing fear that Stefanik’s House seat would be replaced by a Democrat in a special election. Granted the GOP holds a razor-thin House majority (218-213) after January 2025 vacancies, losing her vote could very well jeopardize his legislative agenda.

“Is this the right move from the Trump administration?” Jill Savage, host of “Blaze News Tonight,” asks Blaze Media senior politics editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford.

Bedford’s answer is a resounding yes.

Ambassador for the United Nations is “kind of a pointless job,” he says. “The whole point of the United Nations in New York is just so we can get foreign diplomats and leaders liquored up, hookered up, and on tape and video, and then go back to them later and say, 'Hey, we need a favor because we saw you with six prostitutes in your hotel room and a pile of coke, and your wife wouldn't want to see that.’"

Even still, he feels bad for Stefanik. The position is certainly “a stepping stone” and “a cool thing on your resume.”

However, what’s far more important is the GOP’s House majority, and where the numbers currently stand, Trump can’t afford to lose Stefanik’s vote — especially with wild cards like Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Chip Roy (R-Texas) in the House.

“It just comes down to the reality of giving the Republicans more breathing room particularly for this upcoming budget battle, which is expected in the next few weeks,” says Bedford.

“So who gets [the position] now?” asks Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson.

“Maybe Ron DeSantis — you know someone who is not necessarily a Trump ally, but it'd be good to get them on the team but at the same time kind of sideline them a little bit,” says Bedford.

To hear more of the conversation, including Bedford’s predictions on the upcoming budget bill, watch the clip above.

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‘Brilliance’ — Mark Levin praises Syrian activist who eviscerated 6 Muslim countries for complicity in Gaza war



On March 3, 2025, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Rawan Osman, a Syrian activist, tore into six Muslim countries over the war in Gaza in a 90-second speech that left even Mark Levin astonished.

“It's a minute and a half of genius, of guts, of courage,” he says. “They put a warrant on her head, there's no question about it.”

Osman, who was there with UN Watch, a nonprofit that calls out UN hypocrisy, boldly stared diplomats from Qatar, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria in the face while she ripped into their respective countries for their complicity in the Gaza war.

“My name is Rawan Osman. I'm half Syrian, half Lebanese. Since October 7, I visited Israel nine times, and I want to testify before God and you, Israel is not the problem,” she began.

“Last week, Israel buried Shiri Bibas with her children, Ariel and Kfir. Hamas said they had been arrested. Forensic reports show they were choked to death in Gaza, but many who point fingers at Israel might do better to look in the mirror.”

Then, she took aim at each country for its specific role in the war.

“I ask Qatar: Why didn’t you arrest the Hamas chiefs in Doha and demand release of the hostages? Why did you finance terror?”

“I ask Iran: Why do you send billions to Hamas and Hezbollah instead of liberating your own people who are suffering oppression and poverty?”

“Egypt, you charged Gazans thousands of dollars to escape the war. How can you lecture about the morality of displacing Gazans?”

“Jordan, why have you refused to accept any Gazans? Are they not your own people?”

“Lebanon, instead of discussing Hezbollah’s political role, ban the party.”

“Syria, if the new president is sincere about his transformation, I ask him to return the body of Eli Cohen. It’s been six decades. Allow his wife to bury him before she dies. Hamas abuses dead bodies.”

“Be a better Arab; be a better Muslim,” she concluded.

“Brilliance,” says Levin.

To see the footage of Osman’s blistering takedown and hear more of Levin’s commentary, watch the clip above.

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Miles of protected Amazon rainforest cleared for highway to UN climate summit



Climate alarmists are planning yet another summit under the auspices of the United Nations to discuss changing weather patterns, wealth redistribution schemes, and ways of regulating human behavior.

Instead of holding a virtual meeting, thereby eliminating the need for the November conference's over 50,000 participants to fly around the world, the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference will be held in Belém, Brazil — the gateway to the Amazon River.

To ensure that COP30's participants enjoy easy motorized transit in and out of the city, a four-lane highway is being cut through the protected Amazon forest, which absorbs one-fourth of the supposedly problematic carbon dioxide absorbed by all the land on Earth.

According to the BBC, eight miles of rainforest has already been cut down to make room for the partially built Avenida Liberdade highway. Former carbon-capture systems are being stacked high along the roadside.

The American conservation site Mongabay reported that construction on the highway through the 18,427-acre Belém Environmental Protection Area began on June 15, 2024.

Adler Silveira, the state government's infrastructure secretary, stated at the outset, "We are committed to advancing the works respecting environmental legislation and the preservation of local fauna and flora."

While rainforest is being flattened, the state government indicated that the highway will be illuminated with solar-powered lights and have bicycle lanes.

The state government has reportedly been interested in clearing an 8.3-mile stretch through the beleaguered rainforest to build the highway since at least 2012, but environmental concerns got in the way. The decision to hold COP30 in Belém, however, provided the state with an excuse to start chopping down trees.

'COP30 will be the first to undeniably take place at the epicenter of the climate crisis.'

While at the UN headquarters in New York last year, Hedler Barbalho, the governor of Pará, assured his peers that Belém could handle the conference and that preparations were underway to provide guests with "the most extraordinary experience of the environment ... on the floor of the Amazon."

Brazil's president-designate for the summit, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, noted in a Monday letter to other parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that "COP30 will be the first to undeniably take place at the epicenter of the climate crisis, and the first to be hosted in the Amazon, one of the world's most vital ecosystems, now at risk of reaching an irreversible tipping point, according to scientists."

Corrêa do Lago noted further that forests — like the one being chopped down outside Belém — "can buy us time in climate action in our rapidly closing window of opportunity. If we reverse deforestation and recover what has been lost, we can unlock massive removals of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere while bringing ecosystems back to life."

Environmentalists and biologists have criticized the project, suggesting that the highway could devastate the local ecosystem and disrupt wildlife movements. Other critics have suggested that the Avenida Liberdade highway will pave the way to more deforestation.

Daniela Dias de Souza, a geographer and project coordinator at the conservation NGO SOS Amazônia, told Mongabay that "deforestation tends to become increasingly stronger along roads because of the opportunities they create, for example illegal logging and even drug trafficking."

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