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The people of Gaza are at the top of Belly‘s mind. On Thursday, the Canadian-Palestinian rapper released the nine-track album 96 Miles From Bethlehem as an ode to Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war, featuring appearances from Elyanna, Saint Levant, and MC Abdul. “I got a lot more to say,” Belly …

A planned screening of the film Bearing Witness about the Hamas attack on an Israel music festival in Cannes was canceled Tuesday, with organizers claiming it was due to a security threat, Variety reports. “About an hour before, we received an order from the [Israeli Defense Forces] not to hold …

The International Criminal Court issued applications for arrest warrants on Monday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and several other Israeli and Hamas officials on war crimes charges and allegations of crimes against humanity. The court alleges that both Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against Israel, in …

Columbia University has begun to suspend students who have not left a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the school on Monday. The university announced that students who remained and refused to sign a “form committing to abide” to its policies would be “placed on suspension, ineligible to complete the semester or …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not take kindly to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) speech on the Senate floor last week where he called for Israel to hold elections once the current assault on Gaza winds down. “What he said is totally inappropriate. It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not abide President Joe Biden‘s “red line” warning not to invade Rafah in Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge from the ongoing assault. “We’ll go there. We’re not going to leave. You know, I have a red line. You know …

Annie Lennox called for a ceasefire in Gaza during her tribute to Sinéad O’Connor at the Grammys. After performing “Nothing Compares to U” on Sunday, the singer became the first artist to call for a ceasefire in Gaza at a major awards show this year. “Artists for a ceasefire. Peace …

Christmas is supposed to be a day of peace, especially in the Holy Land. Not this year. Hamas and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad rejected on Monday a proposal for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza, Egyptian security sources told Reuters. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli troops …

Lauren Jauregui is lending her voice to a timely cause. On Friday, the singer released ballad “The Day the World Blows Up” to support the children of Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. “I wrote this song on November 6th but I feel like it has tried to write itself many …

Last month, the world watched as a spectacle rarely seen in modern warfare unfolded in Gaza. The Israeli military tore through al-Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip’s main hospital, forcing the evacuation of patients and refugees as part of a siege on the medical complex that resulted in dozens of patient …