Angelina Jolie’s visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Friday caused an uproar on one of Israel’s leading news programs. Commentators criticized Jolie’s “hypocrisy” for daring to visit the crossing and for expressing support…
Category: 1. Israel
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UN urges Israel to drop proposed death penalty bill against Palestinians – JURIST
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday urged the Israeli government to abandon proposed legislation that would mandate death sentences solely for Palestinians in specific cases, for committed both in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian…
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San Jose State professor fights back after being fired over Palestine protest – Mondoweiss
Over the last two years, Maura Finkelstein and Katherine Franke, among others, lost their positions as part of the explosion of academic repression in the U.S. since the start of Israel’s latest genocide in Gaza. Now, San Jose State…
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Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak: Israel's regime is no longer a liberal democracy
At least six right-wing activists were detained during the protests, which saw demonstrators in Tel Aviv marking three years since the beginning of the judicial overhaul carried out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government
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U.S. operation in Venezuela raises questions about congressional oversight : NPR
NPR’s Daniel Estrin discusses with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST:
Before last night’s dramatic operations in Venezuela, which saw U.S. forces capturing the country’s…
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U.S. operation in Venezuela raises questions about congressional oversight – VPM
- U.S. operation in Venezuela raises questions about congressional oversight VPM
- The New York Times News Quiz, Jan. 2, 2026 The New York Times
- Venezuela and U.S. relations NPR
- ‘An explosion’: Evidence mounts of U.S. strike inside Venezuela amid…
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Thousands protest in Tel Aviv marking three years since judicial overhaul announcemen
Thousands of protesters gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, marking three years since Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced the judicial overhaul. “To this day Levin refuses to take responsibility for dividing the nation,” the organizers…
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Trump: US presence will be limited to oil
At Florida press conference, US President Donald Trump stated that ‘We will only have a presence in Venezuela as it pertains to oil, it won’t be much.’
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Machado says ready to lead Venezuela after Maduro's capture: 'The time for freedom has come'
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate hails US operation as a turning point, calls for immediate democratic transition and urges exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia to be recognized as Venezuela’s…
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Iran supreme leader says will not yield as protests simmer and US threatens – Reuters
- Iran supreme leader says will not yield as protests simmer and US threatens Reuters
- No major change in troop levels after Trump says US is ‘locked and loaded’ to defend Iranian protesters CNN
- Trump threatens to intervene in Iran if regime…
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