Prominent pro-Palestinian Columbia activist detained by U.S. immigration authority
Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, who was a lead negotiator for the protesters during last spring's Gaza solidarity encampment on campus, was detained on university property. The arrest follows Trump's executive order on antisemitism from last month
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Voting for delegates to upcoming Zionist Congress kicks off in U.S. on Monday
American Jews will be choosing from 21 slates, ranging from ultra-Orthodox to progressive Zionist. Following the last elections in 2020, the progressive American Jews lost their long-standing majority in the Zionist Congress
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A play about identifying the dead of October 7 will help Israelis heal
Roee Joseph wrote 'Shura' after helping identify bodies as part of his army reserve duty early in the war. His contrast between detachment and empathy is fascinating
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Trump's podcast pals are mainstreaming America's worst anti-Jewish conspiracy theorists
U.S. Jews have debated when would be the proper time to sound the alarm: Would it be with Elon Musk's Inauguration Day salute? Steve Bannon mimicking the gesture one month later at CPAC? If the last week has proven anything, we may be past the point of forecasting
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Direct U.S.-Hamas hostage talks: Qatar's brilliant maneuver
Prime Minister Netanyahu was nudged out of his complacency when Qatar decided to eliminate Israel as a middle man and offer the U.S. a deal to release its citizens held in Gaza. To get ahead of a potential deal between Hamas and the U.S., Israel is now advancing negotiations for the 'Witkoff proposal'
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New Israeli mall takes shoppers to America – kind of
The giant BIG Fashion branch north of Tel Aviv boasts Victoria's Secret, Shake Shack and Lululemon, but Rodeo Drive it's not
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Evasion, cynicism and panic: Netanyahu's campaign against a state commission of inquiry
Amid public demand for accountability over the October 7 massacre, Netanyahu resists calls for a state commission of inquiry, launching a campaign of demonization in hopes of ousting the Attorney General
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Nine warning signs were missed by Israel before Oct. 7. So whose job is on the line next?
This week, Netanyahu finally downed his first culprit, as IDF chief Halevi's resignation came into effect. While Halevi's first to speak with the hostages' families, Netanyahu keeps himself busy by trying to decide on his next victim – Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar or Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara
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Trump met the freed Israeli hostages, but did he listen to them?
The optics of the freed hostages meeting the U.S. president are undeniably powerful, granting them agency they were so long denied. Whether their cries will just amount to lip service now depends on Trump
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Trump, GOP eye Columbia University as prime target in antisemitism purge
As Trump threatens to cut funding to the college over pro-Palestinian protests, investigates the University of California and holds a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on antisemitism, Democrats accuse the GOP of politicizing the issue. Their actions 'erode the freedoms that've allowed American Jews to flourish,' said one student
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'Trump is an antisemite, Israel bores him': An interview with biographer Michael Wolff
Journalist Michael Wolff, author of 'All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America,' explains why Trump believes the October 7 attacks wouldn't have happened if he were in power, and why the president thinks 'it's all Netanyahu's fault!'
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'A mutiny of Zoomers': Could a roof collapse bring down Serbia's 'unmovable' leader?
Serbia's authoritarian President Aleksandar Vučić is facing a major challenge in the form of a student-led protest movement, which has brought the Balkan state to a halt as it seeks an end to mass corruption
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Ex-Israeli PM Bennett's closed-door Columbia meeting with Jewish students ignites protests
Bennett met with Israeli and Jewish-American students in a closed-door meeting. News of his visit sparked protests from hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists. On campus, Bennett called to 'bomb the heck' out of Iran and accused Hamas of 'self-genocide'
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Trump rejects Arab States' bid to rebuild Gaza, stands by takeover plan, White House says
In response to the Arab League's strong opposition to displacing Palestinians from Gaza, the U.S. invokes 'humanitarian' concerns to justify Trump's expulsion plan, arguing Gazans 'cannot humanely live amid debris and unexploded ordnance'
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Will Donald Trump watch as his Gaza cease-fire crashes and burns?
If Netanyahu and Hamas are left to their own devices, the entire process will collapse. This is the moment for Trump to get back in the game
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The Ryan Reynolds effect: How the actor helped turn an Israeli artist into a Spotify star
Yehezkel Raz, Spotify's second most-streamed Israeli musician in the world, creates soft and delicate music, which attracts four million monthly listeners and hundreds of millions of streams
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No defense, lax standards: IDF's initial probes into October 7 massacre are infuriating and horrifying
The investigations published on Monday make it clear that Hamas was able to surprise the Israeli military thanks to the decline in procedural discipline and what border units were being called on to do. 'We forgot how to defend,' one of the investigators said
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Why it's impossible to fully celebrate the Oscar success of 'No Other Land'
I fear that, just like the golden age of documentaries from Israel and Palestine that transformed my own appreciation for the genre, it isn't enough. The film will not stop the occupation
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How do you return to the home that was the site of a Hamas massacre?
Israel members of Kibbutz Kfar Azza near the Gaza border describe their feeling of abandonment as they struggle to find a way to live in their old houses
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For its annual viral Ramadan ad, Arab media giant attacks Trump's Gaza plan
This year's commercial by Kuwaiti telecoms giant Zain, focusing on the Palestinians of Gaza, has harsh words for President Trump: 'This land is not for sale...Your 'deal of the century,' dust in sand. And in the 'Riviera,' drown by your own hand'
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