“I’m a bit of a troublemaker,” says Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows. The self-described atheist is referencing the reaction to a video message he recorded for Israeli hostages Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, welcoming the two men home after two years in captivity. Gilboa-Dalal, who was 22 when kidnapped by …
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On Oct. 10, the No Music for Genocide collective announced that Clairo, Lucy Dacus, Nao, and more have joined their ranks. Last month, the decentralized organization kicked off a boycott movement protesting what a United Nations commission and other organizations have deemed Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in their …
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[Editor’s note: This guest column includes descriptions of death and violence that some may find triggering.] Today marks two years since Oct. 7, the single deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust, and strangely, there’s a love song playing in my head: “Die With a Smile” by Bruno Mars …
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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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Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Gere, and Penélope Cruz are among the A-list actors who’ve signed an open letter criticizing Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences leadership for their response to the alleged assault and arrest of Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian filmmaker who won an Oscar for co-directing No Other Land, …
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“The deal that I first put forward last May for the Middle East has finally come to fruition… After so much pain, destruction, and loss of life, today the guns in Gaza have gone silent,” President Joe Biden said Sunday, announcing the commencement of the ceasefire in Gaza and celebrating …
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Jimmy Kimmel welcomed “America’s sweetheart” Tim Walz to Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, with the VP candidate kicking off his interview by calling for the Israel-Hamas war to come to an end. “It’s a little heavy today,” Walz confirmed, acknowledging the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel last October. …
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Lee Sasi attended the Nova music festival in the Re’im forest of Southern Israel where Hamas militants murdered 380 people on Oct. 7, 2023. In coordinated attacks, heavily armed fighters killed more than 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers and took 251 hostages across the region that day, marking the worst …
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President Joe Biden, who has pledged support for Israel amid the country’s ongoing war with Hamas that has left more than 37,000 Palestinians dead, claimed in a recent interview that he’s “the guy that did more for the Palestinian community than anybody.” During a conversation with Chris “Speedy” Morman for …
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For months, Residente has been directing his fans’ attention to the deadly outcome of the Israel-Hamas war. On Thursday, the Puerto Rican rapper continued his mission by releasing a video for “Entre Los Escombros,” or “Under the Rubble,” his song with Palestinian singer Amal Murkus about the killings in Gaza. …
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