Morad Hassan, a Palestinian actor living in Israel, talks about playing an IDF reservist in a Jewish theater production, why he refuses to take on typical Arab roles like ‘the terrorist,’ and the importance of nurturing a space for Palestinian…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Palestinian Actor Morad Hassan: 'When I Order Coffee, I Think Twice About Which Name to Give'
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Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to open next week, Palestinian official says
DAVOS, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The Rafah crossing with Egypt, Gaza’s main gateway, which has been largely shut during the Israel-Hamas war, will reopen next week, Palestinian technocratic committee leader Ali Shaath said on Thursday.
(Reporting by…
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Iran Guards chief says ‘finger on trigger’, warns US against ‘miscalculations’
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Israel and the US against “miscalculations” in the wake of mass protests, saying the force had its “finger on the trigger”.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly left open the…
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Donald Trump signs Gaza Board of Peace into effect
US President Donald Trump began the ceremony to officially establish the Gaza Board of Peace on Thursday in Davos.The Board of Peace signed the charter at the ceremony in Davos, forming the Board as an official international organization.Trump,…
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Trump's Board of Peace is Israel's new in Gaza
As Trump divides the world to those with him and those against him, it is enough to look at his disagreements with European countries to get the impression that Gaza and Palestine are marginal issues for the U.S. president, and that Israel’s…
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Trump to launch Board of Peace that some fear rivals UN
By Steve Holland
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will on Thursday launch his Board of Peace, originally intended to help end the devastating Gaza war but which he now sees having a wider role that Europe and some…
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‘They were shooting at their backs’: A glimpse into Iran’s brutal protest crackdown
Speaking from Istanbul, a protester says it was ‘too dangerous’ to go to a hospital after he was wounded, since police were waiting to detain and interrogate anyone with injuries
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‘Too dangerous to go to hospital’: a glimpse into Iran’s protest crackdown
Young protesters shot in the back, shotgun pellets fired in a doctor’s face, wounded people afraid to go to hospital: “Every family has been affected” by the deadly crackdown on Iran’s recent wave of demonstrations, said one protester.
Speaking to…
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Ex-CIA chief: Iranian regime’s actions not sustainable
Speaking at a Washington town hall on Monday, former CIA director and retired four-star US Army general David Petraeus told the audience that the regime’s crackdown on protests “signals enormous questions about the regime’s ability to…
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Tehran woman calls for US help in Iran protests
“I can say, as someone who has participated in every protest in Iran that’s happened over the last few years, that this was the largest, most impressive turnout that we’ve ever seen in Iran’s streets,” said Sara, a woman from Tehran, in an…
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