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☆ Opinion | To Be (Visibly) Jewish in the Ivy League
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Netanel Crispe, from Danby, Vt., is a 21-year-old junior studying American history at Yale. “I was wearing my black hat; I was very identifiably Jewish,” Crispe said. “Thank God, there was a small sphere at the end of the pole,” she told me. Yale and other universities have been sites of almost continual demonstrations since Hamas massacred and kidnapped Israelis on Oct. 7. That’s just fine, insofar as students have a right to express their views about the war in Gaza — whatever one thinks about those views.

Persons: Netanel, hasn’t, Sahar Tartak, ” Crispe, “, ” Tartak, — Organizations: Yale Locations: Danby , Vt, Yale, Gaza

☆ Terminally ill Palestinian prisoner dies after 38 years in Israeli custody
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | Kareem Khadder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Walid Daqqa, one of the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners in Israel, died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 63 after almost four decades of incarceration. At the time of his death, he was the longest imprisoned Palestinian in Israel, with the second longest sentence served overall, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society. Born in the Israeli town of Baqa al-Gharbiyye in the northern “triangle” region, Daqqa was a Palestinian citizen of Israel. Daqqa was not convicted of carrying out the murder but of commanding the group, which he denied, Amnesty said. After his death, a tent set up for mourners to gather on Monday in Baqa al-Gharbiyye was stormed by Israeli police, according to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoners Society and CNN video.

Persons: CNN — Walid Daqqa, Daqqa, Liberation of, Moshe Tamam, Tamam’s, Ortal, Israel, Daqqa “, ”, Addameer, Gharbiyye, Erika Guevara, Rosas, Ortal Tamam, “ Organizations: CNN, Palestinian Prisoners Society, Oslo Accords, Israel Prison Service, Popular Front, Liberation, Liberation of Palestine, Amnesty, Palestinian, West Bank, ” CNN, myelofibrosis, Research Locations: Israel, Oslo, Baqa, Palestinian

NTSB crews used the ship’s voyage data recorder, or VDR, to piece together a rough timeline of events leading up to the collision. But it will take months for them to gather the piles of physical evidence, maintenance records, ship data and witness interviews required to deliver a full report, Homendy said. • 01:24:59 a.m.: Numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. • 01:26:39 a.m.: The ship’s pilot made a general very high frequency (VHF) radio call for tugboats in the vicinity to assist the vessel. • Around 01:27:04 a.m.: The pilot ordered that the ship’s port anchor be dropped and issued additional steering commands.

Persons: Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key, Jennifer Homendy, Marcel Muise, Investigators, Homendy, “, who’ve, ” Homendy, James Wallace, Peter Gautier, Divers, Roland L, Butler Jr, Pete Buttigieg, Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, Butler, ”, Miguel Luna, Maynor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, CNN’s Tori B, Powell, Sarah Engel, Elise Hammond, Curt Devine, Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman, Daniel Medina, Sahar Akbarzai, Melissa Alonso, Hande Atay Alam, Lucas Lilieholm Organizations: CNN, Transportation, NTSB, Port, Fort McHenry, Maryland Transportation Authority, •, US Coast Guard, Maritime, Port Authority, Baltimore City Fire, Coast Guard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Locations: Seagirt, Port of Boston, Maryland, Singapore, Baltimore, Patapsco, Mexico, Guatemala, Camotán, Mexican

☆ What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing the 1.6-mile bridge to crumble like a pile of toothpicks and plunge cars and people into the frigid water below. Here’s what we know about the catastrophe:Why did the bridge collapse? The Patapsco River is about 50 feet deep under the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Wiedefeld said. The water temperature in Baltimore Harbor near the site of the bridge collapse was about 46 to 48 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday morning. The Francis Scott Key Bridge lies in shambles after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its pillars overnight in Baltimore.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, DALI, Dali, Wes Moore, it’s, Paul J, Wiedefeld, “, ” Wiedefeld, James Wallace, ”, It’s, Andrew McCabe, ” McCabe, McCabe, we’ve, Akbarzai, Andy Rose, Derek van Dam, Monica Garrett, AnneClaire Stapleton, Louis Mian Organizations: CNN, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maritime, Port Authority, Synergy Marine, Ltd, Maryland Gov, Maryland Transportation, Baltimore City Fire, Sonar, Synergy Group, National Weather Service, Reuters, University of Minnesota, FBI Locations: Singapore, Maryland, Patapsco, Baltimore, “, Baltimore Harbor, Harford County

CNN —Two police stations near Haiti’s National Palace were attacked by armed individuals Friday night, as gang violence in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince continued to spiral. Armed groups have burned down police stations and released thousands of inmates from two prisons, and Cherizier has warned of “a civil war that will end in genocide” if the prime minister does not step down. A woman cries as she walks near her husband's shop that armed gang members set fire to in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 7, 2024. Haiti is a member state, but it is unclear if Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will be at the meeting. CNN has reached out to the Haitian prime minister’s office for comment.

Persons: Prince, Jimmy Cherizier, Ariel Henry’s, Cherizier, Henry, Synapoha, ” Stephane Dujarric, Clarens Siffroy, Sophie Mealier, Pierre Espérance, Ariel Henry, Jim Rogers, Rafy Rivera, Michael Conte, Abel Alvarado Organizations: CNN, Kenya, Kenyan, Haitian, Port, Caribbean Port Services, UN, Getty, Haitian Human Rights Defense Network, CARICOM, Caribbean Locations: Haiti’s, Caribbean, Port, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Prince, Haiti, AFP, Region, Prince’s, Canada, Kingston

CNN —Heavy gunfire has forced flight cancellations at Haiti’s main airport and killed at least four at a police station, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and political instability. Haiti has been gripped by a wave of unrest and gang violence in recent years. A powerful Haitian gang leader said gun fights that broke out across Port-au-Prince on Thursday were aimed at overthrowing Henry’s government, multiple media outlets reported. An attack on Bon Repos Police Station, north of Port-au-Prince, on Thursday left at least four people dead and three wounded, a security source told CNN. The security mission, authorized by the UN, has been seen by the international community as key to contain a full-blow fallout in Haiti.

Persons: Toussaint, “, Laura Masvidal, Jovenel Moise, Ariel Henry, Henry, Jimmy Cherizier, ”, William Ruto, Antony Blinken Organizations: CNN, American Airlines, Toussaint Louverture, Haitian airline Sunrise Airways, ”, Sunrise Airways, United Nations, UN, Office, CARICOM, Bon Repos Police, Haitian National Police, Multinational, United Nations Security Council, Kenyan, United, Haitian, police Locations: Caribbean, Miami, Port, Haiti, United, Haitian, Kenya, United States

CNN —Attempts to hire a hearse to take the body of Alexey Navalny body to his funeral have been thwarted by unknown people, the Russian opposition leader’s team said Thursday. ET) Friday at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow’s Maryino district, where the opposition leader lived. The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow, where Navalny's funeral will be held. “On his orders, Alexey was tortured for three years,” she added, a reference to the time Navalny spent in prison. Even after that, they abused his body,” she said, as Navalny’s team alleges the body was held in order to pressure the family into agreeing to hold a private funeral.

Persons: Alexey Navalny, Kira Yarmysh, ” Yarmysh, ”, God, Olga Maltseva, Yarmysh, Ivan Zhdanov, Navalny’s, Navalnaya, Putin, Navalny, Navalny “, –, Yulia Navalnaya, Vladimir Putin, “ Putin, “, Alexey, Anna Chernova Organizations: CNN, of, Getty, Corruption Locations: Moscow’s Maryino, Moscow, AFP, Siberia, Russia, Germany, Soviet, Russian

CNN —Dozens are feared to be dead after an illegal gold mine in the Venezuelan town of La Paragua collapsed, according to the town’s mayor Yorgi Arciniega. The mayor estimates dozens of people have been killed, and more are still trapped in the collapsed mine. Egar Colina, a security official in the Bolivar state government, urged caution and said more state officials were trying to reach La Paragua to update the death toll. Bolivar is a forest-covered region that has long been affected by illegal mining for gold and other minerals. La Paragua is less than 40 miles from the park’s borders.

Persons: Yorgi Arciniega, Arciniega, Egar Organizations: CNN, CNN en Espanol, . Relief Locations: Venezuelan, La Paragua, Bolivar, Venezuela, Brazil

☆ Israel’s repudiation of a deal with Hamas draws fury from hostages’ families
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Survivors of the October 7 terror attack and the families of hostages were furious at the uncompromising repudiation of a deal that – ultimately – could have resulted in the return of all the remaining hostages in Gaza. Moshe’s words carried power – she was kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Oz and held hostage in Gaza for seven weeks. The families of the hostages held in Gaza have emerged as a leading voice and they attract huge support among Israelis. Protesters demand a hostage deal amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 1, 2024. These anti-government protests are still strictly separate from the hostage families’ events, which tend to take place just down the road at what has become known as the Hostage Plaza.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Netanyahu, –, Adina Moshe, Netanyahu, Sahar Kalderon, Aviva Siegel, Nili Margalit, Sharon Aloni Cunio, Susana Vera, I’m, ” Moshe, Nir Oz, David, Sa’id, Moshe, Lital Shochat, Shochat, ‘, Shochat Chertow, Shiva, ”, Doron Shabtai, Shabtai, Ivana Kottasova, Yair Lapid, ” “, Bibi ”, Evyatar Cohen, … Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv CNN, State, Wednesday, Reuters, Protesters, Israel Democracy HQ, Hamas, CNN, Israeli, Yesh Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Sderot, Jerusalem, Israel’s, Lebanon

☆ Khan Younis: Inside the underground compound where Israel says hostages were held
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Khan Younis CNN —The stale, damp air inside the tunnel smells of sewage. Inside this maze of tunnels under Khan Younis, there is a narrow room with an arched ceiling, divided in half by a barred metal gate. Any hostages held here would have had limited sense of time or place. The southern city of Khan Younis, which Israel considers one of the “main strongholds” of the group, is the current epicenter of fighting. Israel believes 132 hostages are still being held in Gaza in compounds like the one CNN was escorted to under Khan Younis.

Persons: Khan Younis, CNN Israel, Dan Goldfuss, Goldfuss, “, ”, Israel, Ivana Kottasová, – Sahar Calderon, Yaakov, Sapir Cohen, Nir Oz, ’, Yahya Sinwar, ” Goldfuss Organizations: Khan Younis CNN, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Gaza, of Health, Hamas, United Nations Locations: Gaza, Khan, Israel, Israeli, Israel’s, ”

☆ Mideast Crisis Biden Criticizes Opposition to Bill That Includes Aid to Israel and Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Some of the dead were killed inside Israel on Oct. 7. At least three hostages were killed by the Israeli military during its ground operations. Only one hostage has been freed by an Israeli military rescue operation. The Israeli military’s assessment did not conclude that any of the dead hostages were killed in Israeli strikes. But some of the hostages freed in November have said that they fear those still in Gaza could be killed in Israeli salvos.

Persons: Israel, “, ”, Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Gadi, Liat Bell Sommer, ” Ms, Sommer, Avi Kalo, Kalo, Sahar Kalderon, Johnatan Reiss, Aaron Boxerman, Gabby Sobelman, Sheikh Ahmad Organizations: Hamas, The New York Times, Tuesday, Times, Qatar — Locations: Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Qatar, United States

☆ Chile wildfires are likely deadliest on record, UN agency says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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CNN —Nearly 900 people have been arrested in Ecuador since Tuesday in a national security operation to stop an outburst of gang violence, Ecuador’s presidency said. The presidency says 94 of the 859 people detained are members of what they call “terrorist” groups. Ecuador has been rocked by blasts, police kidnappings and prison disturbances in a wave of violence beginning with the prison escape of one of Ecuador’s most powerful drug lords last weekend. The violence was triggered by the escape of high-profile gang leader Adolfo “Fito” Macías from a prison in Guayaquil on Sunday. Following Fito’s escape and the declaration, Ecuador’s prison agency reported incidents in at least six prisons in different provinces on Sunday.

Persons: Ecuador’s, Daniel Noboa, Noboa, ” Noboa, Adolfo “ Fito, CNN’s Jack Guy Organizations: CNN, Ecuadorian, Sunday Locations: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Guayaquil, ”, United States, Europe

CNN —At least 34 people have been confirmed dead following landslides in Colombia’s northwestern department of Chocó, the governor’s office said in a statement Saturday. So far, 17 bodies have been transferred to Medellin for forensic examination, and another 17 are expected to be transported as well, the statement read. A member of the rescue team stands at the area of a landslide in the road between Quibdo and Medellin, Choco department, Colombia on January 13, 2024. Fredy Builes/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople observe the area where of a landslide in the road between Quibdo and Medellin, Choco department, Colombia on January 13, 2024. Colombia has been plagued by deadly mudslides before.

Persons: Nubia, Nubia Carolina Córdoba Curi, “, Francia Marquez, Fredy Builes, Marquez Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Getty, Unit for, Risk Management, Colombian Civil Defense, National Army, Ministry of Health, Social Protection Locations: Chocó, Medellin, ”, Nubia Carolina, Quibdó, Quibdo, Choco, Colombia, AFP, Mocoa

The Israeli military says Hamas is holding 239 hostages in Gaza, including foreign nationals from dozens of countries, who were taken during the October 7 attack. She would have turned nine on November 17 while in captivity, the single parent, whose wife died of cancer, previously told CNN. While reasonably hopeful that Emily might be among those that will be released, he told CNN on Wednesday that he has heard nothing from the government about her whereabouts or condition. Leon Neal/Getty ImagesAnother family told CNN they face a “terrible week” ahead as they wait to learn whether their loved one will be among the hostages released. Liz Hirsh Naftali, Edan’s great-aunt, told CNN about the “excruciating” wait to hear if her great-niece is coming home.

Persons: Hadas Kalderon, Nir Oz, Kalderon’s, Erez, Ofer, Thomas Hand, “, Emily, Weeks, they’re, Leon Neal, Roman, Yarden, Gat, Abigail Edan, Liz Hirsh Naftali, Edan’s, ”, Abigail, ” Liz Hirsh Naftali, Israel’s, Anat Moshe Shoshany, won’t, she’s, –, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv CNN, CNN, Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Palestinian, ’ Affairs, Hamas Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza

☆ Jewish Students Meet Hostility at Yale
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Sahar Tartak | Netanel Crispe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Pushback emerges among donors and employers. When we found out about Monday’s anti-Israel event at Yale, “Gaza Under Siege,” we scrambled to produce fliers offering some context. They detailed Hamas’s atrocities, its anti-Jewish charter, its use of Palestinian civilians as human shields. Our classmates awaiting the event weren’t interested. They yelled, “don’t take the paper!” and tore it up or threw it back at us.

Persons: Mark Kelly New, “ don’t Organizations: Yale Locations: Mark Kelly New Haven, Conn, Israel, Gaza, ”

CNN —A Palestine TV correspondent and 11 members of his family were killed Thursday in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Authority-run television network, in what it described as an Israeli airstrike. Palestine TV has not published evidence linking it directly to an Israeli strike. Hattab’s death sent shockwaves through his newsroom, with Palestine TV journalist Salman Al Bashir making an emotional on-air report that reduced a television anchor to tears. Palestine TV journalist Salman Al Bashir takes off his vest and helmet while giving an emotional on-air report on Thursday after the death of fellow Palestine TV correspondent, Mohammad Abu Hattab, in Gaza. Al Bashir also said Israel’s weeks-long bombardment of the enclave had become unbearable for Palestinians in Gaza.

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☆ Inside the Israeli border towns attacked by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/50]Hadas Kalderon, whose 3 members of her family, two children Erez and Sahar, and their father, Ofir have been kidnapped, while Hadas' mother and niece were killed, cries in the burned-out remains of her mother's home, following a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip on Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, October 30. REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinNIR OZ, ISRAEL

Persons: Kalderon, Erez, Sahar, Ofir, Hadas, Nir Oz, Evelyn Hockstein, ISRAEL Organizations: REUTERS Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ A minor ChatGPT update is a warning to founders: Big Tech can blow up your startup at any time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementDid OpenAI just kill a bunch of startups by making a small update to ChatGPT? Specifically, he referred to "wrapper startups." AdvertisementAdvertisementIt isn't necessarily the case that founders who build AI wrapper businesses are doing this to exploit a weakness in ChatGPT. In May, data scientist Alex Reibman announced ChatOCR , a ChatGPT plugin that "reads text from PDFs, including scans and handwriting." Following the ChatGPT update at the weekend, he ran a poll on X that asked users what would happen to his plugin "now that ChatGPT has built in PDF processing."

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Palestinians flee their houses amid Israeli strikes after Israel's call for more than 1 million civilians in northern Gaza to move south, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. Israel contests the assertion that it drove Palestinians out, saying it was attacked by five Arab states after its creation. "Especially when we left (our house), we saw on the way people burnt and hit by air strikes. Some cars got bombed by air strikes. Daloul's daughter Sahar said there is no place to hide from air strikes.

Persons: Khan Younis, Mohammed Salem, Israel, Daloul, Sahar, Gina, let's, Abu Dawoud, Michael Georgy, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Hamas, Reuters, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, GAZA, Egypt, Palestinian, British, Palestine, Gaza City, Cairo

The Long Wait for Help as Massacres Unfolded in Israel It took most of a day for Israeli soldiers to arrive as people tried to hide from Hamas terrorists on Saturday. Around 6:30 a.m. A group of students in Nir Oz went into shelters. 6:31 a.m. Israeli response The Israeli military’s response to the rockets was immediate, but it said nothing of a ground invasion. 7:40 a.m. Israeli response The Israeli military reported that Hamas militants had crossed the border and urged civilians to stay in their homes. 2 hours after attacks began 8:23 a.m. Israeli response Israel declared a state of alert for war.

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☆ An Israeli family found out 5 relatives were likely kidnapped by Hamas after video showing one of the kids being grabbed by armed militants appeared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Israeli family believes that five relatives, including three kids, have been taken hostage by Hamas militants. They say a video emerged online showing one of the kids being grabbed by gunmen. The family is now pleading for the safe return of their missing relatives from the village of Nir Oz. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Israeli family believes that five relatives, including three children, were taken hostage by Hamas fighters amid the Palestinian militant group's attacks on Israel after seeing a video showing one of the kids being grabbed by gunmen appear online. The assault by the Hamas militant group has already left more than 900 dead in Israel, with many more injured.

Persons: Nir Oz, —, Carmela Dan, Erez Kalderon, Sahar Kalderon, Noya Dan, Ofer Kalderon, Noam Dan, Sabrina Belhassen, Nimtzovitch, Hama, Israel, Alisa Shodiyev Kaff Organizations: Service, Hamas, The New York Times Locations: Israel, Nir, Gaza, Belhassen

☆ Hamas militants shot festival goers at point-blank range with machine guns after throwing grenades, survivor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A survivor of the Hamas militant attacks on an Israeli festival has spoken to Israel's Channel 12. He described the terror as Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers. He said people hiding in a shelter were killed with a machine gun and grenades. AdvertisementAdvertisementA survivor of the Hamas militant attack on a rave in Israel has described the terror as militants opened fire on festival goers huddled inside a bomb shelter for safety. He described the chaos that unfolded as a group of Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert early Saturday morning.

Persons: —, Sahar Ben Sela, Sahar, Sela's Organizations: Service, Israel's, Social Locations: Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza

CNN —Activists on Wednesday accused Iran’s morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries. But Iranian authorities and the teenager’s parents said she was hospitalized due to low blood pressure. The CEO of the Tehran metro however told state media that there was no physical or verbal interaction between Geravand and members of his staff. There was nothing recorded on the videos,” Tehran metro managing director Masoud Dorosti, told state media. In a video posted on state-affiliated Fars News Agency’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, a group of girls are seen entering the metro train.

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CNN —More than 60 elementary school students were hospitalized in Jamaica on Monday after unknowingly eating candy laced with cannabis, according to officials. Minister of Education and Youth Fayval Williams told CNN none of the children – who are ages 7 to 12 – appear to be in critical condition, citing doctors. The candy caused the children “to vomit and hallucinate,” she posted Monday on X, formerly Twitter, adding that some kids were put on an intravenous drip. “Over 60 primary school students had to be taken to hospital. Jamaica decriminalized cannabis for people over 18 in 2015, with possession of 2 ounces (56 grams) or less downgraded to a petty offense.

Persons: Fayval Williams, –, ”, ” Williams, “ Organizations: CNN, Education, Food and Drug Administration, FDA Locations: Jamaica

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