Earlier this summer, during London rap duoBob Vylan‘sperformance at Glastonbury Festival in England, rapper Bobby Vylan led the massive crowd in chants of “Free, free Palestine,” as well as “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces].” The chant led to fierce backlash, resulting in Prime Minister Starmer saying at …
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Carsie Blanton needed to say farewell to her guitar. The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music. They passed around the guitar, sang a song or two, including Blanton’s “Little Flame” (sample lyric: “Prison cells/Freedom …
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Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has spoken out against indie film distributor Mubi after learning the company received investment from Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital film with ties to the Israeli military. Mubi co-produced the director’s latest effort, Father Mother Sister Brother, which premiered yesterday at the Venice International Film …
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More than half a million people in the northern part of the Gaza Strip are officially experiencing famine, a United Nations-backed food security initiative announced on Friday. This classification comes nearly two years into Israel’s war with Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization that has governed Gaza since 2007 and launched …
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The Last Dinner Party have pulled out of their set at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth, England today (Aug. 23), in solidarity with the Mary Wallopers, whose set was cut short on Friday after the Irish band showed their support for Palestine. “We are outraged by the decision made to silence …
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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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Donald Trump’s administration stopped all visitor visas from Gaza — including those for humanitarian and medical aid — on Saturday after far-right provocateur and Trump friend Laura Loomer posted about several Palestinian children being allowed into the U.S. for medical care amid Israel’s relentless siege and blockade. The State Department …
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U2 shared a lengthy post on their website clarifying the band members’ individual stances on Israel and Gaza. “We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand,” the Irish group wrote. Each band member—Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, …
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In the race to develop Silicon Valley‘s dominant large language model, Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk‘s xAI, remains the least predictable. A month after the company unveiled Grok 4 — you may remember that the previous version had to be reined in after it started spouting antisemitic rhetoric and …
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Although Israel said last Sunday it would pause military activity in select areas of Gaza to allow more food aid in, humanitarian organizations have said that the amount of food entering the area is far from enough, and without additional aid, an increasing number of Palestinians will die from famine. …
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