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IOC responds to booing of Vance and Israel at Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (539+ words) The International Olympic Committee encouraged "fair play" and commended the US administration"s level of engagement with this Milano-Cortina Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) responded to the booing of US vice-president JD Vance at Friday night"s Winter Olympics…...
Photos show an Israeli strike blowing up a Gaza building in split-second detail
20+ hour, 47+ min ago (222+ words) So when the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of people living near a Gaza City intersection Friday afternoon and warned of an impending airstrike, Alshrafi was ready. In a post on social media, an Israeli military spokesman identified the target…...
Why Israel clock marking time since October 7 attack is finally set to turn off
1+ week, 3+ day ago (736+ words) The shutdown, after 844 days, follows the discovery in Gaza of the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage A clock in a Tel Aviv square, which has served as a poignant rallying point for Israelis demanding the release of hostages…...
Israel will honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism
3+ week, 2+ day ago (235+ words) Several prominent pro-Israeli leaders are expected to attend the event Israel is set to posthumously honour conservative activist Charlie Kirk for his work combating antisemitism, four months after he was assassinated while speaking at an American university. The award will…...
Netanyahu calls for restraint after bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox boy in Israel
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (277+ words) The violence reflected tensions between authorities and ultra-Orthodox as the government mulls plans to draft them into the military An ultra-Orthodox teenage boy has died after being run over by a bus during a protest in Jerusalem, prompting Israel's Prime…...
Trump goes off-message alongside Netanyahu to boast about his $400M ballroom saying next inauguration will be held there
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) President Donald Trump says entertainment space will be "bigger" than previously described and suggests his successor will be sworn in within its walls in January 2029 President Donald Trump broke off from a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…...
Cooper to visit Middle East as UK pledges demining help for Gaza
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) Yvette Cooper will visit the Middle East this week to step up calls for the flow of aid into Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The UK on Thursday pledged "4 million to help a UN body clear…...
Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon in what UNIFIL calls a serious attack
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (317+ words) Israeli drones dropped four grenades close to U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel as they were working to clear roadblocks, the force said Wednesday. No one was hurt in the attack. The peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL…...
Jim Jarmusch ‘disappointed’ by distributor Mubi’s ties to Israeli military
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (685+ words) The streaming platform is distributing Jarmusch's latest film "Father Mother Sister Brother' Director Jim Jarmusch has said he was "disappointed and disconcerted" to find out that Mubi had accepted an investor with ties to the Israeli military. In May, Mubi…...
Whatever Gaza’s future, October 7 was the beginning of Netanyahu’s end
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (173+ words) As Israel's prime minister calls up 60,000 reservists for his siege of Gaza City, amid growing anti-government protests, Mary Dejevsky asks: will he come to regret it? Presiding over all this is the prime minister who has dominated Israeli politics for…...