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Right-wing media defend Trump's call to “take over” Gaza and expel Palestinians

02/05/25 5:00 PM EST
Daily Wire host: “The strategic goal in Gaza is now and has always been ethnic cleansing”

02/05/25 10:23 AM EST
After Trump announces that the U.S. will take over Gaza, Newsmax's Greg Kelly says the president is “allowed to think out loud”

02/05/25 9:32 AM EST
Right-wing media figures are twisting new UN casualty reporting to mislead about the death toll in Gaza

05/21/24 9:16 AM EDT
Right-wing media encourage invasion of Rafah, Biden impeachment

05/10/24 7:19 PM EDT
Right-wing media invoke “great replacement” conspiracy, smear Palestinian refugees from Gaza as potential terrorists

05/03/24 5:05 PM EDT
Fox Business' Charles Payne on pro-Palestinian student protests: “Even the notion of an encampment is a physical threat”

05/01/24 3:27 PM EDT
Fox News’ Dana Perino says universities “have to take a look at” the number of international students they allow on campus

04/30/24 6:02 PM EDT
Pro-Palestinian student protests have been largely peaceful. Right-wing media want to call in the National Guard.

04/25/24 6:15 PM EDT
Far-right media figures with extreme ties are planning a “United for Israel” march at Columbia to counter peaceful pro-Palestinian student protests

04/24/24 6:30 PM EDT
Fox host jokes about college students finding cheap apartments in Gaza

04/24/24 10:26 AM EDT
Israeli strikes killed 7 humanitarian workers with World Central Kitchen. Right-wing media responded by attacking founder José Andrés.

04/10/24 11:21 AM EDT