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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Macklemore addressed the controversy surrounding his comment made while performing at a benefit concert called Palestine Will Live Forever. Over the weekend, the rapper performed his pro-Palestine song “Hind’s Hall 2” in Seattle, Washington, and made headlines for saying, “Fuck America” during the event. In a lengthy statement posted to …
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A 17-page memo from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) detailed instances of Israel deliberately interfering with humanitarian aid efforts including the killing of aid workers, bombing hospitals, and denying trucks carrying food and medicine from entering Gaza, where the United Nations has declared a “full-blown famine” in the …
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The bodies of five attendees of the Supernova Festival, which Hamas attacked on Oct. 7 igniting the Israel-Hamas war, were recovered on Saturday, Israel officials said on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. The body of a sixth hostage was also recovered. The news sparked protests across Israel on Sunday. Among …
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CHICAGO — The first major protest during the Democratic National Convention on Monday was primarily a peaceful one as more than 200 coalitions, according to organizers, gathered at Union Park, blocks away from the United Center where major events for the DNC are taking place this week. The goal, according …
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As students across the country prepare for their return to classes, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position as head of the university. The move comes after a firestorm of criticism of Shafik’s handling of student protests against the ongoing war in Gaza earlier this summer. Shafik …
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Bella Hadid is breaking her silence after receiving backlash following an Adidas campaign referencing the 52nd anniversary of the Munich Olympics. In the ad, Hadid is featured wearing shoes inspired by the Adidas’ SL72 sneakers, which debuted in the 1972 Munich Olympics that were struck by tragedy when 11 Israelis …
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A disgruntled George Clooney, a longtime supporter of Democratic candidates, rang up the White House last month after President Joe Biden denounced the International Criminal Court’s request to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant. The prosecutors also sought the arrest …
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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 …
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For months, Palestinian civilians were told to evacuate their homes and head to Rafah, a tiny Southern city designated a “safe zone” by Israel, while Israel conducted an aggressive military campaign throughout the rest of Gaza. Israel’s effort to root out members of Hamas in the wake of its Oct. …
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