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Newyork
A Special Anguish Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel
As the rest of the world watches the Gaza war with horror, one community is following it with a particular kind of anguish: the Palestinian citizens of Israel. They are connected by family ties, language, culture and history to their fellow ...
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Newyork
N.Y.C. Protest Calling for Gaza Cease-Fire Targets Pro-Israel Senators
Demonstrators marched to the Manhattan headquarters of the lobbying group AIPAC, then to the offices of senators who have accepted donations from the group, where some were arrested.
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World
‘October Rain,’ Israel’s Proposed Eurovision Entry, Causes a Storm
A song called “October Rain” might simply be a ballad about dreary fall weather. But in the charged atmosphere following the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of Oct. 7, the title could also signal a lament about that tragedy, or a rallying call to stand ...
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World
As Gaza Death Toll Mounts, Israel’s Isolation Grows
A worsening humanitarian crisis has brought a wave of condemnation against Israel’s ongoing military operation, and is testing the support of even its staunchest ally, the United States.
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World
In Brazil, Blinken intervenes in a dispute with Israel.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken confronted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil on Wednesday about his recent sharp comments on Israel, including the Brazilian leader’s comparison of Israel’s attacks in Gaza to the Holocaust. The ...
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World
U.S. Defends Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank at Top U.N. Court
A U.S. official urged judges not to call for Israel’s withdrawal from occupied territory, arguing that Israel faced “very real security needs” and that a Palestinian state must be established for a lasting peace.
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World
Israeli Rape-Crisis Group Report Finds ‘Systematic’ Sexual Violence on and After Oct. 7
An Israeli organization that supports survivors of sexual abuse released a report on Wednesday that concluded that acts of sexual violence against Israelis during and after the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 were “systematic and widespread.” “The report ...
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World
Amid Food Shortages, People in Gaza Are Ambushing Aid Convoys
Amid widespread food shortages and a breakdown in civil order, groups of desperate civilians in Gaza are regularly attempting to ambush aid convoys, according to two Western officials who were recently in the enclave and images of one such ambush ...
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World
Syria Blames Israel for Deadly Airstrike in Damascus
Syrian state media reported on Wednesday that an airstrike on a residential building in Damascus had killed two people, and said that Israel was responsible for the attack. The Israeli military declined to comment on the strike, which the Syrian ...
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World
South Africa Says Palestinians Endure ‘ More Extreme Form of Apartheid’
South Africa said Tuesday that Israel’s policies toward Palestinians were “a more extreme form of apartheid,” invoking its charged history of racial discrimination to add to global pressure on Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ...