Southwest
Cruz defies anti-Israel agitators who descend on his home 'just about' every weekend: 'Wake the neighbors'
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz remains unbowed in his support for Israel despite nearly two dozen anti-Israel protests staged outside the Houston-area home he shares with his wife and their two children, Fox News Digital has learned.
Protesters have gathered to shout slogans outside Cruz’s home since February as outcry surrounding Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel mounted. The demonstrations came in response to Cruz’s staunch support of Israel during the war and as the Texas senator railed against “cultural Marxism” promoted in the classrooms of the nation’s elite universities.
“It doesn’t matter how long this anti-Israel, pro-terrorist harassment continues. Sen. Ted Cruz will continue to fight antisemitism and stand for Texas values. He’s proud to stand with Israel as the country fights to utterly eradicate Hamas for as long as it takes,” a Cruz spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
The latest incident came Friday evening, when anti-Israel protesters gathered outside Cruz’s Texas home for the 23rd time since Feb. 10.
‘SCREAMING AND CURSING’ ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS DESCEND ON SENATOR’S HOME MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES
Anti-Israel agitators have staged 23 protests outside Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s home since February. (Sen. Cruz’s office )
Photos and video show about a dozen protesters outside Cruz’s home Friday chanting and clapping while holding signs such as “Cease Fire Now,” “No rest for the wicked, Ted” and “Israel bombs playgrounds.” The protesters were also seen ringing bells as they chanted and wore masks.
Cruz posted to X about the agitators Friday evening, saying they have shown up to his home most weekends this year and “scream, disturb the peace & wake the neighbors.”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attends a Senate Judiciary Committee markup in Hart Building May 11, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“For the past 6 months, anti-Israel protestors have come to my home just about every Sat morning at 7 am and most Fri nights until 10 or 11 pm. They scream, disturb the peace & wake the neighbors,” he posted. “No matter how much these antisemites cheer Hamas, I will stand with Israel.”
During the college school year, agitators and student protesters flooded college campuses nationwide to protest the war in Israel, which also included spiking instances of antisemitism and Jewish students publicly speaking out that they don’t feel safe on some campuses.
TED CRUZ UNLEASHES ON BIDEN, DEMS OVER ‘REPULSIVE’ PROTESTS, SAYS US LACKING ‘REAL PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP’
Radicals on Columbia University’s campus, for example, took over the school’s Hamilton Hall building, while schools such as UCLA, Harvard and Yale worked to clear spiraling student encampments where protesters demanded their elite schools completely divest from Israel.
Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Terrorist organization Hamas launched a war in Israel Oct. 7, which initially fanned the flames of antisemitism on campuses in the form of protests, menacing graffiti and students reporting that they felt as if it was “open season for Jews on our campuses.” The protests then heightened to the point Jewish students at some schools, including Columbia, were warned to leave campus for their own safety.
ROWDY ANTI-ISRAEL GROUP GATHERS OUTSIDE TED CRUZ’S HOME FOR EARLY MORNING PROTEST: ‘HARASSING MY FAMILY’
Anti-Israel agitators protesting outside Sen. Ted Cruz’s home for the 23rd time since February. (Sen. Cruz’s office )
The college protests were tied to far-left organizations backed by dark money and liberal mega-donor George Soros, Fox News Digital previously reported. The National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) had a large presence amid the protests on Columbia University’s campus and on the campuses of UCLA, Tufts and the University of Texas at Austin in Cruz’s home state.
A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a flag on the rooftop of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York April 30, 2024. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The national chapter celebrated Hamas’ initial attack on Israel in October, describing it as a “historic win for the Palestinian resistance,” The New York Times reported in October.
NYPD RELEASES VIDEO SHOWING PROFESSIONAL ‘PROTEST CONSULTANT’ AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
The protesters outside Cruz’s home in recent months are tied to Students for Justice in Palestine, law enforcement told the senator earlier this year, Fox News Digital reported last month.
An anti-Israel protester holds a sign outside Sen. Ted Cruz’s home in Texas. (Sen. Cruz’s office )
Cruz has previously been the target of liberal protesters working to stage demonstrations outside his house in the Houston area, including in 2021, when 60 to 70 climate activists gathered.
Amid the protests at his home and on college campuses, Cruz has reiterated his support for Israel, slamming the agitators as people “whose minds have been poisoned” to “hate America.”
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROTESTS: REP. ELISE STEFANIK URGES TRUSTEES TO REMOVE SHAFIK AFTER MOB SEIZES BUILDING
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks out of a meeting room for the lawyers of former President Trump and back to the Senate floor through the Senate Reception room on the fourth day of the Senate impeachment trial for Trump on Capitol Hill Feb. 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/Pool/Getty Images)
“The protests, the antisemitic protests, the anti-Israel protests we’re seeing have been disgusting,” Cruz told Fox News host Brian Killmeade on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” last month. “They have been repulsive. These are radicals whose minds have been poisoned. They have been taught to hate Israel, and they’ve been taught to hate America.
“And they are chanting in support of Hamas and in support of vicious terrorists. You look at a university, the Orthodox rabbi at Columbia advising them to stay home because they said Columbia cannot and will not protect your safety. That is utterly unacceptable. And the university administrators side with the radicals.
“Joe Biden and the entire Democrat Party leadership has been AWOL as we are seeing this horrific antisemitism erupting on college campuses across the country.”
Read the full article from Here
Two men were killed in a high-speed crash on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas over the weekend, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The driver, 45-year-old Omri Moalem, was heading south in a gray Porsche 2-door convertible near Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road before 7:30 p.m. on June 20 when he lost control, authorities […]
Los Angeles, Ca
L.A. Tenants Union trying to save business owner given eviction notice ‘without reason or discussion’
The Los Angeles Tenants Union (LATU) is trying to save a Highland Park business after they say the owner was given 60 days notice to vacate “without any reason or discussion.”
The tenants union says that Junior’s Discount Party Supply, has been owned by Silvia Flores for 20 years and that the store, located on York Boulevard, is “known and loved by thousands of community members who utilize her crucial services for party rentals, general household items and to send money transfers.”
“Her legacy small business has been successful and has supported her family,” LATU says.
That legacy is now at risk, however, as LATU says the building was purchased this past month, meaning Flores and four neighboring businesses were issued 60-day eviction notices.
“[The] 60-day eviction notice [terminates] her tenancy of two decades without reason or discussion,” LATU said in a statement tied to a petition to keep the store open. “Silvia has not violated any clause of her lease nor has she fallen behind on rent payments. In fact, the new property owner has not even introduced himself to the woman who he intends to uproot from her business and the community.”
LATU listed the new owner as Dr. Donald Abrahm and his real estate investment company AEA Investments VIII, LLC. They also said that the idea of pushing out “legacy businesses without a care for people or neighborhood[s]” is nothing new.
“In addition to causing Silvia, a low-income immigrant mother and grandmother, to lose her livelihood, this eviction will further accelerate gentrification in Highland Park. This is just one example of a war on commercial tenants,” the union said. “Displacement of tenants, whether residential or commercial, is an issue that too many of us have faced and we refuse to be complicit. Although this eviction is technically legal, it is unjust and inhumane.”
Forecasters are warning Southern Californians to brace for an incoming heat wave, with temperatures climbing well above seasonal averages and peaking around midweek.
The National Weather Service said the hottest conditions will hit Tuesday through Thursday, with Wednesday likely to be the warmest day of the stretch.
Inland valleys across Los Angeles and Ventura counties could see temperatures rise into the low to mid-90s, while some desert communities may reach or exceed 100 degrees. Coastal areas are expected to remain somewhat cooler, with highs generally ranging from the mid-70s to low 80s.
Forecasters said the warming trend will begin Monday and intensify through Wednesday as high pressure strengthens over the region. Temperatures in inland areas are expected to run 4 to 10 degrees above normal for late June.
NWS officials issued a heat advisory from Tuesday morning through Thursday evening for portions of L.A. County, citing an increased risk of heat-related illnesses.
Officials noted that even though temperatures may fall just short of more extreme warning criteria in some areas, heat impacts could be amplified by large outdoor events and an influx of summer visitors unfamiliar with local conditions.
According to Weather Service spokesperson Carol Ciliberti, temperatures in downtown L.A. and surrounding metro areas could approach 90 degrees, while the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys are expected to climb into the mid-90s.
The Antelope Valley and parts of Santa Barbara County’s Cuyama Valley could top 100 degrees.
“The increased temperatures bring a higher risk of heat-related illnesses, especially for the young, the elderly and those without air conditioning,” Ciliberti told The Times.
The heat wave is also expected to suppress the marine layer that has contributed to persistent June gloom conditions, leading to sunnier skies for much of the week.
Forecasters are also monitoring an unusual push of mid-level moisture expected late Tuesday into Wednesday. While the chance of measurable rainfall remains low, weather models indicate a 5% to 15% chance of light showers, mainly across L.A. and Ventura counties.
The hot, dry conditions may also elevate fire weather concerns across portions of Southern California. NWS warned that drying vegetation and the potential for large fire plumes could increase wildfire risk in valleys and mountain areas.
Meanwhile, air quality concerns remain in parts of L.A. as smoke from the ongoing Boyle Heights warehouse fire continues to affect the region. Weather officials said the shallower marine layer could contribute to poor air quality while the fire remains active.
Relief is expected later in the week. Forecast models show the ridge weakening by Thursday and into the weekend, allowing temperatures to cool several degrees each day.
-
New York1 hour agoVideo: Historic Brooklyn Church Destroyed in Fire
-
Los Angeles, Ca1 hour ago2 killed in high-speed crash on Mulholland Highway
-
Detroit, MI2 hours agoMan armed with gun shot by police in downtown Detroit ahead of fireworks show, police say
-
San Francisco, CA2 hours agoSan Francisco home with a history of squatters hits the market for $1.3 million
-
Miami, FL2 hours agoMiami Heat slip behind Boston Celtics in Giannis Antetokounmpo race
-
Dallas, TX2 hours ago1 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Battle That Could Make Or Break 2026 Season
-
Boston, MA2 hours agoWith Columbia Threadneedle out, Boston Triathlon director is looking for a new sponsor – The Boston Globe
-
Denver, CO2 hours agoDenver transfers $3 million from its contingency fund to pay out settlements
