TEHRAN — On Friday evening, the 13th day of nationwide protests and strikes that have shaken the Islamic Republic, hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets across the country. The regime, caught off guard by the scale of the…
Category: 1. Israel
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On innocence and suckerhood
I got scammed this week. Cheated. They took my money and sold me a pig in a poke, or more precisely, a receiver in a plastic bag.
Now you might ask: a receiver? Yes, a receiver, that thing that connects the speakers to the set-top box and the…
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Speaking the language of music, Israeli-born couple brings Moroccan roots to US university
JTA — The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings — usually in the Moroccan Arabic of her ancestors, rather than her native Hebrew.
The students — most of them Black, most…
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Report in Lebanon: Israeli drone attacked village in southern part of country – Ynetnews
- Report in Lebanon: Israeli drone attacked village in southern part of country Ynetnews
- Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah targets in several areas in Lebanon Reuters
- Israel-Gaza live updates: Lebanon army says it completed 1st phase…
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SA premier denies pressuring Adelaide festival to drop Randa Abdel-Fattah | Peter Malinauskas
The South Australian premier has denied exerting pressure on the Adelaide festival board to disinvite Randa Abdel-Fattah as a speaker at Adelaide Writers’ Week, while reiterating that he agreed with the decision.
The board dumped the Palestinian…
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Former Adelaide Festival leaders pressure board to reinstate Palestinian author
The Adelaide Festival board is under mounting pressure to reinstate Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation to Adelaide Writers’ Week after nearly a dozen former festival leaders labelled her exclusion an “egregious…
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Longtime pro-Israel Democrat Steny Hoyer announces retirement from US House
JTA — Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer, Maryland’s longest-serving member of Congress and a lawmaker with longstanding close ties to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, has announced his retirement.
“I did not want to be one of those…
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IDF commander reveals operational complexity of West Bank
The commander of the IDF’s Battalion 101 in the Paratroopers Brigade revealed the complexity involved in West Bank operations during an interview with Walla published on Friday.The commander, referred to as Lt.-Col. R. summarized a recent,…
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Trump: U.S. Watching Iran Closely and Will Intervene if It ‘Starts Killing People’
Here are Friday’s updates on Gaza, the West Bank and the Middle East:
■ Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed 13 since Thursday, medical officials said. The IDF said six militants were killed in what it termed retaliation for a failed rocket…
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Iranians Are Rallying Around the Son of the Former Shah as Protests Swell – The Wall Street Journal
- Iranians Are Rallying Around the Son of the Former Shah as Protests Swell The Wall Street Journal
- The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? CNN
- Exiled Iranian crown prince urges Trump to help…
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