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Total Agency Loan Volume Is Projected to Decline 15-30% From Its Series Low Set in January 2023

By Edward Pinto October 24, 2023/in Budget and Finance, Economy, Hot Topics, News, Policy, Politics, Regulation/by Edward Pinto By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li PDF to full report Key takeaways: The median purchase rate rose 1/8 ppts. to 7 5/8% in week 42, setting a new series record. Mortgage News Daily reported a daily avg. 30-year […]

Israel Screens Raw, Unseen Hamas Footage for Reporters to Understand ‘What We’re Fighting For’

By Family Research Council You didn’t have to be in the roomful of international journalists to understand the sheer horror of what they saw. For all of the grisly, stomach-turning images posted online, nothing compared to the 43 minutes of torture screened for reporters on an Israeli military base Monday. Afterward, many, including Breitbart’s Senior Editor-at-Large Joel […]

THE WAR ON X: WW III • The Global War Against Islamic Terrorism — Day 17

By Dr. Rich Swier Today, October 24th, 2023 is the 17th day of the The Global War Against Islamic Terrorism. We are now finding out just how barbaric Hamas is. Hundreds of journalists and photographers from media companies all over the world attended today the screening of a film of assorted footage showing the extent […]

‘We’re Prepared’: Americans Serving In The Israeli Military Readying For Possibility Of Gaza Ground Invasion

By The Daily Caller Two Americans serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they are prepared for possible orders to go into Gaza to engage in a ground invasion to destroy Hamas. Ben and Hillel, who are both dual citizens of the U.S. and Israel, were called to the IDF reserves after Hamas terrorists […]

Hamas Fighters Were Promised $10,000 And An Apartment For Taking A Hostage, Captured Terrorist Tells Israelis

By The Daily Caller A captured Hamas terrorist told Israeli interrogators the terrorists were promised $10,000 and an apartment for taking hostages, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. “[W]hoever brings a hostage back [to Gaza] gets $10,000 and an apartment,” one captured Hamas fighter who stormed Israel on Oct. 7 told his interrogators, the outlet reported. One […]

The Most Persecuted Peoples in the World—The Followers of Jesus of Nazareth

By Dr. Rich Swier In a Christianity Today article titled “The 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus” the CT Editors report, More than 5,600 Christians were killed for their faith last year. More than 2,100 churches were attacked or closed. More than 124,000 Christians were forcibly displaced from their homes because of their […]

“WHAT I SAW”: Foreign Press Screens Gruesome Videos Of Atrocities [Too Graphic for Public Release] Collected from Hamas

By The Geller Report Hundreds of journalists and photographers from media companies all over the world attended today the screening of a film of assorted footage showing the extent of the horrors committed by Hamas. Footage was taken from numerous sources, including from bodycams worn by the terrorists, dashcams, from emergency rescue personnel and Israeli […]

57% of U.S. Muslims Believe Hamas Atrocities Justified

By Jihad Watch America, we have a problem. The Cygnal poll is unique in that it polled Muslims in America as a separate group about the Hamas attack on Israel during which the Islamic terrorists massacred civilians, raped and kidnapped women, and killed and kidnapped children. 28% of Muslims in America strongly agree that Hamas was justified […]

Amid War, Naval Academy Seeks Another Gender and Sexuality Professor

By Family Research Council In the Middle East, thousands of innocent civilians are losing their lives in the crossfire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. Since October 7, men, women, the elderly, children, and infants have become victims of war — and the fighting only continues. “This is very bad,” said Linda Robinson, a senior fellow […]

Apocalypse Two: The Wars In 2006 And 2023

By Middle East Media Research Institute Palestine | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 534 The Arab street was mesmerized by this steadfastness against Israel, by the new weapons and tactics, by the unexpected losses among the Israelis. The Arab masses cheered the heroes and the martyrs as a wave of enthusiasm and popularity engulfed the “Resistance” fighters. Many authoritarian […]

Israeli Christian: ‘This is not a war for only Jews against Hamas. It’s the fight of light against darkness.’

By Jihad Watch Yes. But many Christians are blinded to this by a lingering and/or recrudescent antisemitism. Israeli Christian says Hamas isn’t just a danger to Jews: ‘Fight of light against darkness by Kassy Dillon, Fox News, October 22, 2023: Shadi Khaloul, a Christian Israeli, said he believes the ongoing war isn’t just between Jews and […]

‘Proportionality’ in Response to Terror — Anti-Semitism by Another Name

By Matthew Hausman, J.D. Though goodwill would be welcome from those who recognize the existential threats routinely faced by the Jewish nation, it’s not a prerequisite for the exercise of Israeli strength. So, Israel was attacked by Hamas on Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, the last day of the high holiday season, in a devastating assault against […]