Category: 1. Israel
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Another Gaza baby freezes to death – Not a ceasefire Day 106
Palestinians struggle with flooding and cold after heavy rain hits the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza on December 13, 2025. (Adam Bilal – Anadolu Agency) -

Netanyahu’s 11 Moves Taking Israel From Democracy Toward Authoritarian Rule
Not a day goes by without someone warning about Israel’s decline toward the dark realms of autocracy. Early this month it was former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who explained in simple terms that Israel was already under one-man rule…
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‘Rafah crossing to open with European observers, Israel to monitor r
A Palestinian source in the Gaza Strip management committee told Sky News Arabia that “the Rafah crossing will soon open in both directions with European observers present, and an Israeli remote monitoring mechanism via special security cameras.”…
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The Middle East is at a tipping point as the U.S. fuels crisis across the region – Mondoweiss
A lot of eyes were focused on the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, but while the world was riveted on Switzerland, scant attention was being paid to the Middle East where escalating tensions threaten to reach a boiling point.
In…
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Iran Guards have ‘finger on the trigger,’ chief of force says as US fleet heads to region
Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a force which was key in putting down recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that left thousands dead, is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger,” its commander said…
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Iran will treat any attack as 'all-out war against us,' says senior Iran official
Tehran’s warning comes amid domestic unrest and international pressure, signaling both deterrence and internal posturing. ‘If the Americans violate Iran’s sovereignty … we will respond,’ said a senior Iranian official, underscoring Iran’s…
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Brazilian film The Secret Agent premiers in Israel
The Secret Agent, a Brazilian movie that just opened in theaters throughout Israel, is an odd mixture of genres: It’s a political thriller with more than a touch of noir and even has some horror elements.
Imagine if Quentin Tarantino…
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Remembering the Jewish lawyer who sued Henry Ford
People remember 20th-century industrialist Henry Ford as one of the most vicious and influential antisemites in American history, but few know the story of how he was sued for libel by a young Jewish lawyer named Aaron Sapiro in the mid-1920s, in…
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After Palestinian shepherd communities, forced displacement targets a new frontier
Fifteen homes in one neighborhood of the village of Sinjil have already been abandoned due to settler violence, and those who remain have shut themselves behind fences and gates
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What the State Department Said about Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk
Mahmoud Khalil on Aug. 16, 2025, in New York, United States. Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Newly-released State Department documents unsealed by a federal judge prove once and for all that the Trump administration abducted Rümeysa…
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