If Chris Smalls is still feeling the effects of his tumultuous five day stint in Israel’s Givon Prison, he’s not outwardly showing it. He strolls through Brooklyn’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts alongside his assistant Julieta, admiring politically charged artwork by artist Estéban Whiteside before reaching a back room …
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A civilian ship carrying aid to Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirmed. The Handala flotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat …
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An ambush allegedly carried out by Hamas on Wednesday killed at least eight Palestinian aid workers, with an unknown number of others taken hostage, according to an aid group. The apparent massacre makes clear that Hamas, even after a year and half of deadly military strikes carried out by Israel …
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Thom Yorke temporarily walked offstage in October after a confrontation with a pro-Palestine heckler in Melbourne, Australia —now, six months later, he is attempting to clarify his views on the issue in a lengthy new post on Instagram. At the time, Yorke’s response to the heckler caused fans to speculate …
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Bono called for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas at 2025 Ivor Novello Awards last night. During the awards ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House, U2 became the first Irish act to receive Fellowship of the Ivors Academy. Bono took the opportunity to criticize Hamas and Israeli …
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The Justice Department charged Elias Rodriguez, whom they allege shot and killed two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening, with first-degree murder on Thursday. Interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the DOJ was investigating the shooting as both an act of terrorism and a hate crime and that …
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The Trump administration continues to amp up their targeted attacks on international student visa-holders as part of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “Catch and Revoke” program targeting pro-Palestine activists. Several foreign students have been arrested and detained, pulled off the sidewalk by plainclothes agents, and driven away in unmarked vehicles, …
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President Donald Trump endorsed the idea of relocating Palestinians in Gaza, proposing to send refugees to Jordan and Egypt to “clean out” the Gaza Strip. Speaking about his recent conversation with King Abdullah of Jordan, Trump told reporters on Air Force One, “I said to him, ‘I’d love for you …
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Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal that will bring an end to the 15-month war that has ravaged Gaza, multiple outlets have reported. The agreement will free dozens of hostages kidnapped by Hamas as well as Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas led an …
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The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Thursday that it has killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that killed more than 1,000 people and kicked off the year-long war between Israel and Hamas that has wrought devastation and tens of thousands of deaths in …
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