Israel’s military says the Red Cross has retrieved a coffin of a deceased hostage in the southern Gaza Strip and is now “on the way to IDF [Israel Defence Forces] troops” in the territory.
Posting on X, the IDF urged the public to “act with…
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The Blogs: I Dreamed an Oasis in Gaza | Whimsy Anderson
I Dreamed an Oasis: A Vision Born from Despair
Like many Israelis, October 7, 2023, was my worst nightmare realized. The loss of 1,200 lives, the shattered kibbutzim, and the renewed cycle of violence broke me, as it did millions.
The recent…
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The Blogs: Post-War Gaza: Israel’s Chance to Rebuild Image | Benjamin Peng
When the Gaza strip becomes quiet, narratives grow louder. As the gunfire fall silent, the world’s attention turns not only to what has been destroyed—but to what comes next.
The ceasefire in Gaza, fragile as it is, offers Israel not only…
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The Blogs: When the Trojan Horse Wears a Label of Progress | Linda Sadacka
New York has always thrived on disagreement. Debate is part of its oxygen. But lately, the arguments feel darker—less about policy, more about identity. A growing number of New Yorkers whisper the same fear: that a new kind of politics has…
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United Rugby Championship: Edinburgh cruise to dominant win over Benetton
Edinburgh: Goosen; Graham, O’Conor, Lang, Van der Merwe; Scott, Shiel; Schoeman, Ashman, Rae, Skinner, Gilchrist, McConnell, Richardson, Bradbury.
Replacements: Harrison, Whitcombe, Hill, Young, Douglas, Vellacott, Thompson, McCann.
Benetton:…
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The Blogs: NSW Australia: Speech vs Sacred Space | Ab Boskany
In Australia: A Court Protecting the Shout, Forgetting the Prayer
The New South Wales Supreme Court has struck down the state’s special ‘move-on’ powers for protests ‘in or near’ places of worship, declaring them an unjustified…
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The Blogs: Sylvia Wygoda Changed My Life | Andrew Logan Lawrence
When I think about the people who shaped me, I think about Sylvia Wygoda.
She didn’t hold public office, cure an incurable disease, or win a Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, she never sought the spotlight at all. She spent her life telling the…
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“It’s Going to Be a Hell of a Tour” » allblacks.com
Memories of campaigns past and the clashes that laid the foundations for what is now being called Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry will be the prelude for both the All Blacks and Springboks ahead of their return to touring schedules, first next year in…
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Mysterious Blob of Darkness Found Lurking Deep in Distant Galaxy : ScienceAlert
In an astonishing feat of gravitational sleuthing, astronomers have found a mysterious, dense blob of invisible matter embedded in a galaxy whose light took 7.3 billion years to reach us.
Exactly what this blob might be is currently an open…
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If life on Mars exists, it may be preserved in a frozen time capsule
If life ever existed on Mars, traces of it might still be frozen beneath the planet’s icy surface.
A new study from NASA and Penn State University suggests fragments of biomolecules from ancient microbes could survive in Martian ice for tens of…
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