Netanyahu blasts Mamdani at UN: ‘You can’t silence me. You can’t silence the truth’

Qatar strongly pushed back against Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, rejecting the Israeli prime minister’s UN General Assembly address in which he accused the nation of spending billions to “spread lies about my country.”

“For this ongoing escalatory rhetoric against Qatar is nothing more than an attempt to divert attention from the violations committed by his government in the occupied Palestinian territories and their humanitarian repercussions,” Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said on X.

“Attempts to hold Qatar, or anyone else, responsible for a global shift in public opinion shaped by what people themselves are witnessing are no longer persuasive,” Dr. Majed Al Ansari said.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell and Michael Dorgan

NEW YORK — People’s Forum activists began dismantling their protest operation at 7:01 p.m., rolling away a wagon packed with ready-made signs and breaking down the group’s makeshift stage after precisely three hours of demonstrations.

The People’s Forum, a Manhattan-based activist hub funded by Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, has become a recurring organizer and meeting point for anti-Israel demonstrations, and the day’s protest from set up to breakdown revealed their critical role as logistics and strategic coordinators of anti-Israel protests.

The organization has received $22 million from Singham, whose funding network has supported a constellation of far-left nonprofits, media outlets and protest groups.

Throughout the day, demonstrators associated with the network marched with signs targeting Israel and the United States. Protesters chanted “globalize the intifada,” displayed bloodied imagery of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for boycotts of Israel-linked companies.

The event also featured participation from groups including CodePink, the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Democratic Socialists of America and other organizations operating within the broader red-green activist network.

As the People’s Forum team rolled its signs away and cleared the sidewalk, the ground was littered with flyers for future protests, revealing the professionally sustained street mobilization the Singham network has funded against Israel.

As a protester rolled a wagon of signs, she raised her middle finger.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Michael Dorgan and Preston Mizell

An activist called for expanding the campaign against Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense contractor, and United Airlines, which activists accuse of transporting military cargo to Israel, during Thursday’s anti-Israel protest in New York City.

The activists gathered in a park across from the United Nations, beneath a giant poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the word “CRIMINAL” emblazoned across his image.

The activist called for demonstrations against Elbit and United and urged protesters to pressure New York officials and the Port Authority to stop military shipments.

“We demand United drop Elbit. We demand no more military cargo through our city and we demand an arms embargo now,” the activist said.

The activist also referenced authorities seizing shipments bound for Elbit facilities and said activists could “win” by pressuring governments to act against Israel.

Elbit is a major Israeli manufacturer of drones, surveillance systems and other military technology.

Anti-Israel activists argue that targeting the company can pressure suppliers, investors and governments to sever ties with Israel’s defense industry.

United Airlines has become a new target because activist groups claim the airline transported thousands of shipments of military material to Israel, including cargo reportedly destined for Elbit facilities and other Israeli military locations.

The groups are urging a boycott of United under the slogan “No Weapons on United.”

Those figures and allegations come from activist campaign reports and have not been independently established in the public sources cited here.

The campaign reflects a shift from protesting Israeli government policy to targeting the broader military and commercial supply chain — manufacturers, airlines, logistics companies, universities and financial institutions that activists say support Israel’s war effort.

Elbit has long been a target of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

By Asra Q. Nomani

A leader of the Filipino youth group Anakbayan railed against the U.S. military presence in the Philippines during Thursday’s protest in New York outside the United Nations, echoing a message that overlaps with China’s campaign against the U.S.-Philippines alliance.

The group describes itself as a “national democratic” movement fighting for Philippine sovereignty and opposing what it calls “U.S. imperialism.”

Its U.S. chapters have campaigned against American military access to Philippine facilities and opposed agreements such as the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and the Visiting Forces Agreement.

The group argues that U.S. military access makes the Philippines a platform for American power in Asia and increases the risk of conflict with China.

Its goal is to remove U.S. forces and military infrastructure from the Philippines and end what it calls Washington’s control over the country’s foreign policy and defense strategy.

Anakbayan has also described the Philippine government’s military partnership with the United States as part of a broader system of “U.S. monopoly control.”

The campaign aligns with a central objective of Beijing’s regional messaging: weakening the U.S.-Philippines alliance and opposing American access near the South China Sea and Taiwan.

That does not, by itself, establish that Anakbayan is directed by the Chinese government or funded by Neville Roy Singham. But its anti-American military campaign fits within the broader pro-China narrative promoted by parts of the Singham-linked activist and media network, which portrays U.S. alliances and military cooperation as imperialism while presenting China’s regional role in a more favorable light.

The issue is particularly consequential because the Philippines has expanded U.S. access to additional military sites as China has increased pressure on Philippine vessels and claims large areas of the South China Sea.

Philippine officials say the facilities remain under Philippine control and are intended to strengthen the country’s defense — not create permanent American bases.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the collapse of the deal between Washington and Tehran on “a lack of coordination” and “misunderstandings” Thursday when pressed on who would guarantee that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard obeys the agreement.

“We were supposed to put a team together according to this MOU in order to coordinate any misunderstandings or correct lack of coordination,” Pezeshkian said on "Special Report."

“We never had the chance to establish and set up this team,” he added.

“This is not only from us,” Pezeshkian said. “The same holds true for the American forces that are present in the region and open fire at will on any location when they wish.”

“In order to prevent such events from taking place, two groups must be identified and have open channels of communication so as to be able to prevent such instances from occurring, not only reacting,” he said.

Pezeshkian also said Tehran would “never attack our own population,” before accusing the U.S. of targeting Iranian civilians.

“You know the things you did,” he said. “Who conducted terrorist actions against us? Hit our schools?”

When Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly, he portrayed his nation as the victim of American and Israeli terrorism.

But outside the hall, a thousand protestors chanted that he should be arrested for being a terrorist.

"They are terrorists, they must go!" the crowd repeatedly shouted, waving green, white and red flags of the resistance.

"The president of Iran speaks and lies over and over again. He is a murderer. He is a terrorist," former New York City Mayor Rudy Guillani told the gathering.

"It is useless to negotiate with them because they are terrorists, murderers, possibly in some ways insane religious maniacs. This would be like trying to reach an agreement with Hitler."

Various former high-level government officials struck the same tone, slamming the radical Islamic regime that they say has savagely oppressed and butchered the Iranian people for decades. Estimates say upwards of 20,000 protestors who took to the streets of Iran earlier this year demanding freedom have been murdered by the government. Reports of executions of political prisoners continue each week.

This is an excerpt of an article written by Fox News Digital's Eric Shawn.

By Asra Q. Nomani

A representative of CUNY Divest, a student-led divestment campaign within the City University of New York system, criticized Pakistan and called for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving an 86-year federal prison sentence in the United States.

Siddiqui was convicted in 2010 of attempting to murder U.S. nationals and U.S. officers in Afghanistan.

Prosecutors said she grabbed a U.S. Army officer’s M-4 rifle at an Afghan police compound in 2008 and fired at members of a U.S. interview team while expressing her desire to kill Americans.

A jury convicted Siddiqui on attempted-murder, armed-assault and assault charges, and she was sentenced to 86 years in prison.

Siddiqui’s supporters dispute the U.S. government’s account and portray her as a victim of persecution. Her case has become a rallying point for activists in Pakistan and the United States.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that Tehran was willing to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, brushing aside concerns over the material as “not a big deal” while insisting the regime does not seek a nuclear weapon.

Discussing Iran’s uranium enriched to 60%, Pezeshkian said Tehran was willing to “thin” it out by diluting the material.

“We had conducted negotiations and were willing to thin out the material to a great extent, to dilute it,” Pezeshkian said on "Special Report."

When asked whether the regime wanted a nuclear bomb, Pezeshkian said, “Not at all. Not at all.”

“As our martyred esteemed supreme leader had announced several times that from a religious decree, it is unholy. It is illegal to have weapons of mass destruction,” Pezeshkian said.

Asked whether any enriched uranium remained buried, Pezeshkian said, “No. We said we're willing to dilute them.”

“It's not a big deal,” he added.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that Tehran remains willing to pursue an agreement with Washington through negotiations, even after what he described as the "assassination" of Iran’s supreme leader, scientists and military commanders.

“That which is discussed and negotiated is within the framework of international law, and what would be rightfully ours under international law,” Pezeshkian said.

“We never sought anything more. In result of that, based on that foundation, we're seeking an agreement if the counterpart agrees to it.

“We have no problems. We did reach an agreement with your president,” he said, referring to President Donald Trump.

“That agreement was signed, and based on that, we are willing and still wish to move forward.

“And the framework was agreed upon. We had not closed the Strait of Hormuz; it was open, without any legal justification or framework.

“They attacked us. They assassinated and martyred our esteemed supreme leader, our scientists, our military commanders and government.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied that his country has attacked maritime traffic as Fox News’ Bret Baier pressed him Thursday on Iran’s actions in the region during an exclusive interview on “Special Report.”

“We have not attacked,” Pezeshkian said when questioned about attacks on maritime traffic.

Baier also challenged Pezeshkian over Iran’s nuclear program, including uranium enriched to 60%, as well as Tehran’s relationship with the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Pezeshkian denied Iran was funding the Houthis and Hezbollah during the interview.

The Houthis, an Iran-backed group in Yemen, have repeatedly targeted commercial shipping in the region. A commercial vessel was struck Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member and forcing more than 20 others to evacuate, according to Oman’s navy.

Iran has also maintained a stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% purity, well above levels typically used for civilian nuclear power, as its nuclear program remains a central issue in negotiations with the U.S.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that he met face-to-face with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for about seven hours roughly a month ago and insisted Khamenei is healthy and firmly in charge of Iran’s government.

“Precisely, I don't remember the dates. About a month, month and a half ago. We met for about seven hours,” Pezeshkian said on “Special Report” about his meeting with the supreme leader.

He also went on to clarify that the meeting lasted “seven hours.”

“As I said earlier. We conducted talks face to face,” he explained.

Pezeshkian also detailed Khamenei’s health and said he was very much in charge.

“Very much so, completely. The implementation of the policies is in the hands of the administration and the government. But the consultations and the directions come from there,” he said.

When Baier pushed Pezeshkian on whether the supreme leader would address the Iranian people about the war or address President Trump, Pezeshkian answered:

“Well, this is a process that was created in our society, which is the lack of security that was created by the action of foreigners, the action of aggressors.”

Republican Sens. Todd Young of Indiana and Tim Sheehy of Montana raised concerns Thursday over allegations that China is providing intelligence support to Iran amid the ongoing conflict.

Young said President Donald Trump should confront Chinese President Xi Jinping over alleged cooperation between Beijing and Tehran.

“The president should make clear that we know that China is collaborating with the Iranian regime, and we're prepared to take some sort of action,” Young said Thursday.

Sheehy also raised concerns about alleged Chinese assistance to Iran during an appearance on Fox News Channel Thursday.

The comments come as China’s relationship with Tehran faces renewed scrutiny and Trump meets with Xi.

Fox News’ Bret Baier also pressed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian about allegations that China provided satellite imagery to Iran during an exclusive interview Thursday on “Special Report.”

By Asra Q. Nomani, Michael Dorgan and Preston Mizell

NYPD officers dragged away an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as protesters burned it during Thursday’s demonstration in New York City.

The scene unfolded amid a packed crowd waving Palestinian flags and holding anti-Israel signs, as protesters pressed toward police barricades and filmed officers removing the effigy from the street.

Critics say the burning of a political figure’s effigy reflects an “assassination culture” that normalizes violence against political adversaries and can help foment an atmosphere in which the killing of public figures is justified.

Protesters wore black-and-white keffiyehs and shouted, “Israel will be Arab.”

Around them, Palestinian flags flew above the crowd as demonstrators packed the street near the police line.

Critics say the imagery and slogans went beyond opposition to Israeli policy, promoting the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state and glorifying violent resistance against its supporters.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that Tehran did not start the war but would continue defending itself and respond “strongly, resolutely” if its enemies keep fighting.

“We did not choose war,” Pezeshkian said in an exclusive interview on Fox News’ “Special Report.”

“The war was imposed on us. We do not seek war. Rather, whenever they attack us, we are forced to defend ourselves. We never started a war, but if they wish to keep fighting with us, we will respond strongly, resolutely.

“And today, the pressures that they keep imposing on us are so as to force us to surrender outside of a legal framework of international law, which is impossible.”

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister warned Thursday that the growing threat from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis extends far beyond his country's borders, calling for international cooperation to protect critical shipping routes after Saudi forces intercepted six ballistic missiles launched toward the kingdom.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told Fox News Digital that Riyadh was coordinating with Washington and other international partners as Houthi attacks threatened Saudi territory and commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

The Saudi-led coalition said Thursday that its air defenses had intercepted six ballistic missiles allegedly launched by the Houthis toward the Saudi cities of Taif and Yanbu, according to Reuters.

It was not immediately clear whether the attacks caused casualties or damage. Saudi authorities also issued emergency warnings across several areas, including Jeddah and Mecca, before announcing that the immediate danger had passed.

Yanbu, a major Red Sea oil export hub, has become particularly important as the war with Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

This is an excerpt from a report by Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell and Michael Dorgan

Members of the Revolutionary Communists of America chanted “globalize the intifada” as they marched through the protest, while members of the Democratic Socialists of America and CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans marched behind them.

The march was awash in red flags, including banners bearing the hammer and sickle, alongside Palestinian flags. One marcher carried a communist newspaper with the headline “Gen Z is going communist,” while others walked behind a Revolutionary Communists of America banner declaring, “Down with imperialism — No war but the class war.”

The juxtaposition of communist symbols and Palestinian flags provided a vivid visual of what critics have described as a “red-green alliance” between far-left and pro-Palestinian activist movements.

The Arabic word “intifada” means “uprising” and is most closely associated with the Palestinian uprisings against Israel. Supporters of the slogan “globalize the intifada” have described it as a call to spread resistance and solidarity with the Palestinian cause worldwide.

Jewish organizations and critics of the slogan “globalize the intifada” say the term is not merely a call for peaceful protest. They argue that it invokes the Palestinian intifadas, periods marked by suicide bombings and other attacks on Israeli civilians and is understood by many as a call to spread violent resistance aimed at eliminating the State of Israel.

Evans’ participation was notable because CodePink operates within the broader network connected to Shanghai-based American tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, who has directed hundreds of millions of dollars to far-left activist organizations and media outlets. Fox News Digital previously documented $278 million flowing into six core nonprofits, including CodePink.

The scene underscored how revolutionary communist groups, socialist organizations, figures connected to the Singham network and anti-Israel activists converged at the same demonstration, marching under overlapping slogans and messaging against Israel.

Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon confronted members of Iran’s delegation Thursday, personally handing them a Starlink after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a device during his U.N. General Assembly address to blast Tehran’s restrictions on internet access.

Earlier, Netanyahu accused Tehran of spending heavily to censor internet access and displayed the Starlink device during his speech, saying it could allow Iranians to access information without government restrictions.

“I thought it’s appropriate to give you the Starlink,” Danon is heard telling one of the members of the delegation.

“If you are the prime minister, it can be very useful for you to allow the Iranian people to get their freedom after what you did to them,” he said before asking the delegate to “take it and deliver it back to Tehran.”

“It can be very useful for you in Iran.”

“We love the Iranian people, and we pray for the regime change there. It will come that day,” Danon said.

Netanyahu also slammed the Iranian government during his speech, accusing Tehran of preventing Iranian citizens from being able to “access the truth.”

“This is a communications device, Starlink, that allows people to access truth, to exercise choice, to exercise freedom of thought and freedom of speech,” he said.

“So when they inevitably defect, they too will be able to freely tell their story on social media,” he said.

Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using his United Nations General Assembly speech Thursday to justify Israel’s campaign in Gaza while pointing to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant alleging war crimes.

“As he has done time and again, Prime Minister Netanyahu used his speech to repeat baseless lies meant to sanitize his genocide of Palestinians,” Mamdani said in a statement.

“Yet no lie can change the fact that he remains the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity,” he added.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell and Michael Dorgan

Neville Roy Singham’s wife Jodie Evans appeared at an anti-Israel protest in New York on Thursday and told Fox News Digital that her husband supports “stopping a genocide,” while denying that he funds CodePink and other protest efforts.

Evans, who co-founded CodePink with Medea Benjamin, also said Singham has not been in the United States for six and a half years.

Evans marched with CodePink activists behind a large “STOP ARMING ISRAEL” banner and carried a poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “WANTED” for “GENOCIDE.”

Asked by Fox News Digital’s Asra Nomani about Singham’s funding of CodePink and other protest efforts, Evans denied it.

“What about it? He doesn’t. He doesn’t,” Evans said.

Pressed about Singham’s support for organizations behind the protests, Evans said, “He’s not been in the United States for six and a half years.”

When Nomani asked whether he supported the effort, Evans replied, “He supports stopping a genocide, you bet.”

Evans stood out in trademark CodePink colors, wearing an oversized fuchsia hat, pink peace-sign earrings, dark glasses, a pink-and-white keffiyeh and a shirt reading “I ♥ Palestinian Human Rights.”

Evans’ presence is significant because CodePink has been a recurring participant in protests involving the broader activist network connected to Singham, a Shanghai-based American tech tycoon whose funding has flowed into far-left nonprofits, media outlets and activist groups.

Fox News Digital previously documented $278 million flowing into six core nonprofits in the broader network, including $1.33 million to CodePink.

The organization’s involvement also highlights the network’s broader ideological alignment with China.CodePink has repeatedly promoted narratives favorable to the Chinese Communist Party, defended Beijing’s policies and criticized U.S. efforts to confront China over issues including human rights, Taiwan and national security.

That makes CodePink more than a participant in individual protests. It is part of a wider activist infrastructure that overlaps with anti-Israel activism, pro-China messaging and campaigns against U.S. foreign policy.

At demonstrations involving Israel, ICE, American military action and other U.S. policies, CodePink activists have frequently appeared alongside organizations that have received funding from Singham or operate within the broader network tracked by Fox News Digital.

Evans’ comments provided a rare direct statement about Singham’s view of the protest cause. While Singham has largely remained outside the United States, Evans continues to appear at protests involving causes promoted by organizations he has supported.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell and Michael Dorgan

At 3:47 p.m., Manolo De Los Santos, a top leader in the Singham network’s professional protest business, arrived at the Bryant Park protest.

De Los Santos is the executive director of the People’s Forum and a key figure in the Singham network.

The Manhattan activist hub has received $22 million from Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham and has helped organize anti-Israel protests and other far-left campaigns.

De Los Santos refused to answer any questions about Singham.

De Los Santos appeared alongside Layan Fuleihan, education director at the People’s Forum and a leader from the Palestinian Youth Movement, another organization connected to the broader Singham network.

In an impromptu interview with Fox News Digital, De Los Santos called Israel’s actions a “genocide” and expressed opposition to Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.

His appearance at Bryant Park placed one of the Singham network’s central organizers alongside the Palestinian and socialist groups leading the protest. 

Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation arrived at Bryant Park at 3:39 p.m. pushing black wagons loaded with stacks of professionally printed protest signs and carrying megaphones, just minutes before a 4 p.m. march toward the United Nations was scheduled to begin.

Fox News Digital video showed activists unloading roughly 100 yellow signs and handing them out to demonstrators as the crowd gathered.

The signs included messages reading “Free Palestine,” “No New U.S. War in the Middle East,” “War Criminals Not Welcome,” “New York Rejects Zionism” and “Sanction Israel — Zionist Delegation Out of NYC.”

Several signs carried branding from the Palestinian Youth Movement, which has appeared alongside socialist and anti-Israel groups in broader protest coalitions.

Fox News Digital has previously reported that PSL works closely with organizations in the broader activist network linked to Shanghai-based tech entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham.

Thursday’s scene offered another on-the-ground example of organized groups arriving with signs, equipment and prepared messaging ahead of a major demonstration.

By Asra Q. Nomani and Preston Mizell

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to appear on Fox News’ “Special Report” Thursday in an exclusive sit-down interview at 6 p.m. ET with Bret Baier.

Pezeshkian discusses Iran’s stance on nuclear weapons and shares details of a seven-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, among other topics.

Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech Thursday before mocking Iran’s delegation for leaving behind a photo of slain commander Qassem Soleimani.

“After days of lies, the prime minister set the record straight,” Danon told Fox News Digital after Netanyahu’s speech.

“Israel will not apologize for defending its citizens, nor will it be deterred by those who seek to turn the aggressor into the victim and the victim into the accused.

“We will continue to stand firm against incitement and delegitimization, expose lies and defend the State of Israel,” he added.

Danon also commented on the photo of Soleimani left behind by members of the Iranian delegation after they walked out as Netanyahu began addressing the General Assembly.

“It’s understandable why they left a photo of a former general. Photos are about all they have left of their senior generals,” he said.

Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020.

Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.

By Asra Q. Nomani, Preston Mizell and Michael Dorgan

Members of the Revolutionary Communists of America gathered behind a sea of red flags at Bryant Park Thursday as protesters prepared to march toward the United Nations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The group stood behind a large banner reading “Down with imperialism — No war but the class war,” while demonstrators held signs declaring “Capitalism has no future” and “Fight for communism.”

“We are the Revolutionary Communists of America and we are building a mass communist party across the country, including here in New York,” one speaker told the crowd through a megaphone, urging demonstrators to join the group’s “communist contingent” in opposition to Netanyahu and what he called U.S. and Israeli “imperialism.”

The scene echoed a pattern Fox News Digital has documented at previous mass demonstrations, where openly communist and socialist organizations have joined broader protest coalitions around causes ranging from Israel to immigration, Cuba and other international flashpoints.

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin was at the front of a protest outside the United Nations Thursday alongside actress Susan Sarandon, as hundreds demonstrated against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his address to the General Assembly.

Benjamin has been one of the anti-war feminist group’s most visible public faces for decades, frequently leading demonstrations and disrupting congressional hearings. But Benjamin has also been a major funder of left-wing protest and activist groups. 

Arc of Justice, Benjamin’s family private foundation, gave nearly $3.2 million to CodePink since 2009, a Fox News Digital investigation published last week found.

The grants were part of nearly $24.6 million the foundation distributed over more than two decades to protest groups, legal advocacy organizations and progressive nonprofits. 

Among Arc of Justice’s largest recipients were CodePink, Global Exchange, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Grassroots International and Social Good Fund, alongside grants to dozens of organizations involved in anti-war activism, progressive policy, legal advocacy and progressive media.

Benjamin and CodePink also overlap with the broader activist network Fox News Digital has tracked around Shanghai-based Marxist entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham who has poured at least $278 million into six core nonprofits, including approximately $1.33 million to CodePink.

Benjamin co-founded CodePink with Jodie Evans, who married Singham in 2017. 

CodePink has since become a prominent anti-war protest group, organizing demonstrations over Israel, Iran, Cuba, China and other U.S. foreign-policy issues while frequently disrupting congressional hearings and government events. 

Earlier this year, Benjamin and Evans joined a delegation to Cuba that included political streamer Hasan Piker.   

Today’s 4 p.m. protest at Bryant Park brings together a coalition of organizations spanning the Singham network, revolutionary socialist groups, anti-war activists and Muslim advocacy organizations.

Most of the groups have a single objective, as one man's hat showed with its message, “Make ‘Israel’ Palestinian Again,” as he stood in front of Bryant Park: to destroy the state of Israel.

The lineup reflects what critics describe as a “red-green alliance” linking far-left organizations with groups focused on Palestinian nationalism and Islamist activism.

The organizers include two nonprofits that have received major funding from Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham: CodePink and the People’s Forum.

CodePink, co-founded by Jodie Evans, has been a prominent organizer of anti-Israel demonstrations and other campaigns targeting U.S. foreign policy. The People’s Forum, a Manhattan-based activist hub, has hosted speeches, conferences and protests featuring leaders from the broader Singham network.

Other organizations involved include the Palestinian Feminist Collective, the Palestinian Youth Movement and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a revolutionary communist organization that has helped organize anti-Israel protests, demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other street actions across the country.

The protest also drew from the wider far-left network, including 18MR, About Face: Veterans Against the War, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Jewish Organization for Palestinian Liberation and Jewish Voice for Peace New York City.

The broader Muslim network represented at the protest included Al-Awda NY/NJ, Global Sumud US, the Muslim American Society and an unidentified group with a key symbolizing the right of Palestinians to “return” to Israel.

The combination is significant because the groups don't operate as isolated organizations. They frequently share speakers, venues, social-media campaigns and protest infrastructure, allowing messages and demonstrations to move quickly across ideological networks.

The event offers a snapshot of the coalition that has driven anti-Israel activism in New York and other cities since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack.

At Bryant Park, organizations connected to Singham-funded nonprofits appeared alongside socialist groups, Palestinian advocacy organizations and Muslim activist networks.

Critics say the coordination demonstrates how the same activist infrastructure can mobilize around Israel, Cuba, Venezuela, immigration enforcement and other political causes.

Singham hasn't been charged with a crime, and the organizations have denied wrongdoing. But congressional lawmakers and federal investigators are examining the network’s financing, nonprofit activities and possible foreign influence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taunted Iran’s delegation at the United Nations on Thursday, holding up a Starlink device and suggesting its members may eventually defect and use it to speak freely about the regime.

"This is a communications device, Starlink, that allows people to access truth, to exercise choice, to exercise freedom of thought and freedom of speech,” he said.

“"I'm going to leave this device with you so you can give it to the Iranian delegation. So when they inevitably defect, they too will be able to freely tell their story on social media." Netanyahu added.

Despite voter fury and rising fuel prices, most Republican senators stayed the course with President Donald Trump and his war on Iran in a vote Thursday.

Though vulnerable Republicans on the campaign trail broke with Trump earlier this week, calling for an "immediate end" to the war, lawmakers on the Hill stuck with him and defeated another attempt by Democrats to rein in his war authorities as the conflict nears the eight-month mark.

Still, there was a group of rebellious Republicans who had consistently voted with Democrats, including Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Rand Paul, R-Ky.

New blood was added this time with Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. Tillis, who is retiring at the end of the year, argued his decision to vote for the latest war powers resolution came after the administration again blew past a 60-day deadline to involve Congress.

"We know the resolution's not gonna pass, but it is important to start saying, ‘We deserve an update. You better start treating — Congress can be an assistance with this war effort, if you inform us,’" Tillis said.

To Tillis’ point, the resolution that failed in the Senate, which passed in the House with seven Republican defectors, would have headed to the president’s desk, where it likely would have been vetoed.

And without a veto-proof majority, the effort wouldn't have teeth legally. However, it will hurt on the airwaves in the ads to come.

Thursday’s vote comes as Republicans are getting an earful about the war, particularly over skyrocketing gas and diesel prices, on the campaign trail. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged that fuel prices are a growing issue for Americans.

This is an excerpt from a report by Fox News Digital's Alex Miller.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tore into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, accusing him of spreading “lies” about Israel and trying to prevent him from speaking in the city.

“So to all those spreading these lies about my country and about our brave soldiers, whether they sit in this hall or in the office of the antisemitic mayor of New York, I say this: Shame on you,” Netanyahu said.

“Shame on you for distorting the facts. Shame on you for inverting victim and aggressor. Shame on you for spitting in the face of truth, Mr. Mamdani,” he added.

Netanyahu said many Jews no longer feel safe in New York since Mamdani was elected mayor.

“They talk to me. They tell me this isn’t the city we remember. It changed so quickly,” Netanyahu said.

He also criticized Mamdani for praising individuals he described as supporters of Hamas, including Hasan Piker.

“You falsely, repeatedly accuse Israel of genocide,” Netanyahu said. “Mr. Mamdani, you tried to stop me from coming here. You tried to silence me,” he added.

“Well, you can’t silence me. You can’t silence the truth.” “Israel didn’t commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide,” Netanyahu said.

“And that’s exactly what Mr. Mamdani’s Hamas buddies would have done to us had we not stopped them. They would have killed every last one of us.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday that Israel faces another front in the war in the Middle East, accusing Qatar and Turkey of waging disinformation campaigns against his country.

“It’s the war for truth,” Netanyahu said.

“Several foreign countries have spent untold billions to spread lies about my country. The first to do so was Qatar.

“This is the same Qatar that hosts the Hamas butchers of Oct. 7.”

Netanyahu then turned his focus to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“Erdogan is a tyrant,” Netanyahu said at the United Nations General Assembly. “He also hosts the Hamas terror chiefs. He’s murdered thousands of Kurdish civilians. He denies the Armenian genocide.

“He jails journalists and opposition leaders. In fact, I think he holds the world’s record on this. And that’s a tough call. But I think he’s No. 1.

“He illegally occupies Northern Cyprus, an EU member, and he regularly transgresses against Greece, a NATO member. Now he wants to take over Syria.

“Well, that’s not surprising because he calls for Israel’s destruction almost every single day. He says he’s going to be the ruler of Jerusalem.

“No, sir. You won’t. This is our country, our city, our eternal capital.”

“Tyrants the world over seek to threaten us. They seek to undermine our resolve with their campaign of lies. But ultimately, as on the military battlefield, the Jewish people will prevail," Netanyahu said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday that Israel had defeated its enemies on seven fronts after they “ganged up” on the country for three years, crediting the U.S. with helping deliver what he called “crippling blows” to Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah.

“For three years, seven fronts — Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran, militias in Iraq, militias in Syria, Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria — they all ganged up on us to wipe us off the face of the earth,” he said.

“They failed because instead of collapsing, we delivered crippling blows to all of them.

“With our great American friends, we crushed Iran's army, navy, air force and nuclear facilities. Israel hammered Hamas.

“We pummeled Hezbollah. You remember the beepers. Remember these things? Remember them? No,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities Thursday as one of the easiest decisions of his career, while accusing world leaders of “mind-blowing hypocrisy” for publicly condemning Israel after privately thanking him.

As Netanyahu spoke, some were seen leaving the hall.

“Devastating Iran's nuclear facilities was hard,” he said at the U.N. General Assembly.

“It was very hard to do. But for me, it was one of the easiest decisions I've ever had to make as prime minister.

“Because if we hadn't done it, we'd all be dead.”

“Now, you want to hear the ultimate irony in defending itself. Israel is also also defending many of the countries whose delegates just left this hall.

“In fact, I want you to know that many of the leaders even thanked us privately for taking out Iran's nukes,” he added.

“It's hard to imagine more mind-blowing hypocrisy,” Netanyahu said.

Hollywood stars Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon, and whistleblower Chelsea Manning were seen chanting during a protest blocking the road in front of the United Nations hours ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Page, who was once known as Ellen Page before announcing a gender transition in 2020, was seen chanting "free, free Palestine. Stop the genocide," in a video taken by ScooterCaster NY.

Page was seated on the ground holding a large red banner reading "STOP ARMING ISRAEL." Sarandon was also sitting on the ground a few rows behind Page.

Seated next to Sarandon was Medea Benjamin, a political activist and co-founder of the organization Code Pink. Benjamin has ben arrested numerous times during her activism and protesting.

Manning, who was once known as Bradley Edward Manning before announcing a gender transition, was also seen in the video.

Manning was convicted via court marshal in 2013 for leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks.

The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority confirmed Thursday that the country was suspending all flights by Iranian airlines to and from the country until further notice.

The agency cited a U.S. ban on Iranian airlines from using airports throughout the world. The UAE joins Azerbaijan, Oman, Iraq, Georgia, Turkey and the European Union from banning Iranian airlines from some or all of their airports.

On Sept. 8, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a sanctions package that included a suspension of Iran's three primary air carriers.

"Any foreign firm or individual enabling sanctioned Iranian airlines—including through aircraft transfers, cargo services, or general sales agent support—will face serious consequences for supporting the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism," the sanctions announcement read. 

Negotiators from the U.S. and Iran are discussing a phased deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S. blockade in the Persian Gulf, Reuters reported Thursday.

A senior Iranian official reportedly said the most realistic scenario would be a phased negotiation that would see the Strait open in exchange for a lifting of the blockade and the U.S. releasing some Iranian assets.

"One way forward would be to solve the crisis in stages. The first would be to end the blockade and reopen Hormuz," the unnamed official told Reuters.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the relationship between the two sides was developing.

"They want to talk to us, they are talking to us, even today they are talking to us. The relationship is developing... But we cannot allow them—and they understand—we cannot allow them to obtain a nuclear weapon," Trump told reporters Tueday.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also confirmed the sides were negotiating on Tuesday.

"Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we engaged in lengthy talks with the Iranian delegation through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day," he wrote in a Tuesday post on X.

"They successfully completed a round of discussions that we hope will prove constructive and promising. The mediators will continue their work," he concluded.

Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that Palestine seeks to establish a "non-militarized" state next to Israel.

"We seek a democratic Palestinian state that respects the rule of law and human rights. A non-militarized state. A non-militarized state that lives in security and peace alongside the State of Israel. Is this possible?" he asked the Assembly from a pre-recorded video.

He also claimed that Palestine rejects any violence against civilians.

"I reaffirm the commitments in which we believe seek security and peace. For all. We reject attacks against civilians by any party whatsoever. We reject terrorism and extremism in all their forms. We combat antisemitism, racism, and hatred in all their forms And we believe in a culture of dialogue and coexistence," he said.

Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, appealed to President Donald Trump to uphold a commitment Trump made to Arab leaders in 2025

"We call upon President Trump to fulfill the commitments he made to the leaders of the Arab and Islamic states last September to prevent the annexation of Palestinian land and to reject displacement," Abbas, who was speaking to the Assembly from a pre-recorded video after the Trump Administration denied him a visa, said.

In September of 2025, after meeting with the heads of state of numerous Middle Eastern countries, Trump told reporters "I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Nope. I will not allow it. It's not going to happen."

Abbas on Thursday, however, accused Israel of planning to separate and annex the Palestinian territory.

"We particularly warn also against the implementation of the E1 settlement plan. This plan aims to separate the northern West Bank from its south, isolate East Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings and prevent the realization of a geographically contiguous Palestinian state," he said through a translator.

Major General Yahya Safavi, a former chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and current advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khameni, said Iran could expand the war to the Indian Ocean if the U.S. or Israel strikes Iran again.

"Our armed forces are very intelligent in creating scenarios. Therefore, they have prepared their own plans for the worst-case scenarios so that if the Americans and the Zionists attack our national centers and interests again in any way, this time the war front will be wider," Safavi said, according to a translation of comments he made in a video posted to Iranian-affiliated media outlet Fars.

"Now that it has expanded from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, this front may be expanded in response to the next stage of a possible war (and extend to the Indian Ocean or elsewhere," he said.

Safavi also added that Iran is monitoring U.S. ship movements in the Mediterranean and Red Seas and in the Indian Ocean.

"We have very good intelligence and we are completely monitoring the Americans from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean; we know where their ships, planes and troops are and we are fully prepared," he said.

"Of course, Iran is seeking peace and lasting security. Iran is not a warmonger; we are a peace-loving nation; but if they impose a war on us, we will stand up to the aggressors," he continued.

The U.S. military has been using infrared lasers to dismantle Iranian infrastructure and technology, including attack drones and cruise missiles, in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report from the New York Post.

The technological tactic has saved the military a significant amount of money, the Department of War reportedly told the Post, claiming that laser use comes "at a much lower cost than using more expensive kinetic weapons like missiles."

Surprisingly, the weapons' operators configure the lasers using a modified Xbox video game controller.

"If you’ve shot a Spartan laser in ‘Halo’, you can probably fire [one of the cutting-edge weapons] in real life," Jared Keller, the author of a newsletter titled Laser Wars, told the Post.

Keller also explained to the outlet that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attended a demonstration of the weapons system in June.

"Secretary Hegseth was able to take over a controller and shoot down a drone with, I think, a couple minutes of training," Keller reportedly told the outlet.

A spokesperson for the Saudi Arabian-led Coalition Joint Forces Command (CJFC) announced Thursday that Saudi Arabia had intercepted six ballistic missiles launched by Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

“Coalition: Interception and destruction of (6) ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Houthi militia,” Colonel Turki Al-Malki, a CJFC spokesperson, wrote in a Thursday post on X.

The barrage was the latest attempt by the Yemen-based Houthis to target and attack Saudi Arabia after the terrorists escalated a military campaign against their northern neighbor in July.

Earlier this month, the Houthis launched a ground campaign against Saudi forces and against the Saudi-backed government of Yemen.

On Sept. 10, the group captured the Red Sea port city of Mokha and surrounding logistic hubs.

Following the ground campaign, the group began launching ballistic missiles at key targets in Saudi Arabia, including strikes near King Khalid International Airport in Saudi’s capital Riyadh.

Al-Maliki identified the latest strike as targeting Saudi cities Taif and Yanbu.

“Escalations and violations by the terrorist Houthi militia will be dealt with firmly,” he added in another post.

UNITED NATIONS - Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša accused the United Nations of applying double standards to global conflicts, arguing that the international community's focus on Gaza has overshadowed Russia's war in Ukraine and other humanitarian crises, while revealing that President Donald Trump has promised to visit Slovenia, the homeland of first lady Melania Trump.

Speaking exclusively to Fox News Digital on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Janša said the international body must give greater attention to conflicts beyond the Middle East rather than concentrating its diplomatic efforts on a single crisis.

"We have to get rid of double standards," Janša said, calling for the U.N. to apply its available diplomatic and security tools equally instead of putting its attention, money and energy into one conflict while neglecting others.

This is an excerpt from a story by Efrat Lachter and Brooke Curto.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told Fox & Friends on Thursday that Neria Leiter, an Israeli military reservist and son of Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, was injured in a car ramming in the West Bank.

"At the beginning it sounded really bad, he went through several operations overnight and now we are praying for him," Danon said.

Leiter was critically injured Wednesday in a car ramming at a security checkpoint in Jerusalem's West Bank.

Danon also provided an update on Israel's plan to rebuild Gaza.

"The one core issue [is] disarmament of Hamas. If Hamas is still in charge over Gaza, there is no hope for Gaza. Whatever money you're going to put there, they're going to take it and transfer it into terror activities," Danon said.

He did add, however, that Israel is preparing for the day when the fighting ends. "We are not waiting for them to disarm. At the same time, we develop those plans. We're getting ready for the day after, but we have to realize that someone, either the IDF, or international forces, someone has to make sure they disarm," Danon concluded

Danon also echoed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's teaser that there will be a "surprise" during Netayahu's speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that the Iranian regime was “cornered” as Washington “sequenced” military, economic and financial pressure.

“They're cornered animals,” Bessent said on Fox News’ “Special Report.”

The Treasury secretary went on to say the results Washington was seeing were the product of what he called “sequencing.”“The world has never seen anything like this, and it's because of sequencing.

“So we had six weeks of kinetic activity. We have the blockade, and now we have an effort never seen before in terms of constricting and cutting off the financial oxygen to them,” he said of the regime.

“I don't know whether it's going to be a week, a month or two months, but they're going to yell uncle.“

And the goal here can be one of three,” he said before outlining how the outcomes could include the regime turning on itself or an uprising by the Iranian people.

“And then three, to get the Iranians to, if they want to make a deal, to stick to the deal.

“We gave the MoU a try on June 3, and then the Iranians, a few weeks later, began firing on ships in the Strait and being very aggressive. And this time, if there is a deal, I guarantee you they're going to stick with it,” he said.