To particiapte, three naturalized athletes – including skeleton racer Jared Firestone and figure skater Mariia Seniuk – require the interior minister’s approval, but the position remains vacant due to political infighting: ‘It’s inconceivable…
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Absence of Israeli interior minister threatens three athletes' participation in Winter Olympics
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35,000 ‘Partially or Completely’ Deaf in Gaza Due to Israel bombs
An estimated 35,000 children and adults “have partially or completely” lost their hearing due to bombings during Israel’s two-year genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, according to a Le Monde report, citing a survey by a local non-profit…
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By suspending 37 aid orgs is Israel pushing toward expulsion?
The Israeli noose around Gaza tightened December 30, with news that Jerusalem revoked the licenses of 37 aid groups that operate in the destroyed enclave, effective March 1.
Such a move suggests that the Israeli government means to drive…
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IDF soldier arrested on suspicion of murdering Israeli Druze man in road rage incident
Sharif Muafak Hadid from the northern Israeli town of Daliat al-Carmel was murdered with an M-16 in a road rage incident, police said. The soldier and his brother, who was with him at the incident, were arrested, including on suspicion of…
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Near NATO border, Putin stages show of force with ‘meteorite missile’
Kyiv accuses Vladimir Putin of “hallucinations.” One of his closest allies warns that international relations have become a “madhouse.” And one thing is clear: the breakthrough Donald Trump had hoped for in talks to end the war in Ukraine…Continue Reading
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Israeli Hostage’s Mother Einav Zangauker Announces Entry to Politics, Considers Joining Likud
Einav Zangauker, who emerged as one of the Israeli hostages’ movement’s most prominent activists in the struggle for the release of her now-freed son Matan Zangauker, announced on Friday that she would enter politics and was not ruling out…
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Day after pro-Hamas protest, Mamdani says hate chants ‘have no place in our city’
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said hateful rhetoric has “no place in our city,” after a pro-Hamas protest in a Jewish neighborhood sparked outrage from other elected leaders.
Anti-Zionist activists chanted…
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Benjamin Netanyahu declares aim to end US military aid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his aim to taper off Israeli reliance on American aid, discussed Israel’s public perception crisis, and touched upon ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran during an interview with The Economist…
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Thais Have Had Enough – and the Golden Age of Israelis in Koh Phangan Comes to an End
A visit to this island today is like a trip to a sausage factory where, as the saying goes, no one wants to know how the product is made. The sausages, in this case, are Instagram photos of tourists against a backdrop of white sand holding…
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UVA board members’ texts reveal they plotted with Youngkin, decried DEI
As Republican leaders moved to root out what they have criticized as liberal ideology at the University of Virginia, some conservative appointees to its board texted privately about ending “chemical and surgical mutilation” for transgender…
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