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☆ Israelis are arming up in the aftermath of Hamas’ attack. Some are worried it is playing to the far right’s vision for the country
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Tara John | Adi Koplewitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“We saw this in the first days of the war, wherever there were weapons, the scale of the disaster was smaller,” Ben Gvir said in a press release. Critics see it as part of a far-right vision to inflame Israeli-Palestinian relations in the country, especially in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, such as Ben Gvir and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, support annexing the West Bank. When CNN asked Ben Gvir at the Caesarea event last week whether his actions were inciting violence against Palestinians, CNN was kicked out of the ceremony. He adds that arming people like that “is only showing what he (Ben Gvir) is trying to cause, which is chaos.”CNN has reached out to Eliasi for comment.

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☆ Israel Needs a Biden Peace Plan - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Thomas L. Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

We will either have to become captives of Netanyahu’s strategy — which could take us all down with him — or articulate our own American vision for how the Gaza war must end. That would require a Biden administration plan to create two states for two indigenous peoples living in the areas of Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. The Biden plan — are you sitting down? Resolutions 242 and 338, which was also the cornerstone for negotiations in the peace plan put forward by President Trump in 2020. Is the Palestinian Authority up to such a deal?

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☆ New Video Suggests Israeli-Russian Academic Kidnapped in Iraq Is Alive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Alissa J. Rubin | More About Alissa J. Rubin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Ms. Tsurkov was kidnapped in late March after having coffee in a Baghdad cafe. Ms. Tsurkov went to Iraq in January to do academic research. Israel and Iraq do not have diplomatic relations; Iraq deems Israel a hostile state and has banned all contact with it. In the video, Ms. Tsurkov, who speaks in Hebrew throughout, is shown alone, seated on a couch. At the end of the video, Ms. Tsurkov speaks directly to her family, pleading with them to help win her release.

Persons: Elizabeth Tsurkov, Tsurkov, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, “, ”, Netanyahu, Sara, Yair, Iraq “, ” Ms, Rina, Arkady, Emma, Avital, David, ” Falih Hassan Organizations: Princeton University, Al, Hezbollah —, Kataib Hezbollah, New York Times, ”, New Lines Institute, Strategy Locations: Iraqi, Israeli, Russian, Baghdad, Al Rabiaa, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Syrian, United States

☆ Israel's new Eitan APC spotted in combat against Hamas in Gaza. The IDF prematurely rushed the hi-tech armor into service.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Israel's new Eitan APC has performed its first combat missions in Gaza battling Hamas, IDF said. Featuring advanced technology from the Merkava tank series and Namer armored vehicles, the Eitan offers high mobility and firepower in various terrains. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Eitan APC first went into action during the October 7 terrorist attacks on southern Israel by Hamas, according to Walla, an Israeli news outlet. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Eitan commander, Lieutenant Yotam, told Walla: "The Eitan brings important capabilities such as flexibility, high level protection and lethality. Eitan APC: 'The best and most advanced'Israel's Eitan APC Zachi EvenorEitan means "strong" in Hebrew.

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☆ The Members of This ‘Manuscripts Club’ Were Obsessed With Medieval Books
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Bruce Holsinger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It seems nothing less than a miracle that so many manuscripts from the era endure to our day. These heroes are the subjects of Christopher de Hamel’s lovingly written and lavishly illustrated “The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts.” Crack the spine of any volume by de Hamel and you will step into a world of bookish wonderment. One of the most eminent living scholars and catalogers of medieval European manuscripts, de Hamel is also their greatest champion, having devoted his career to revealing their treasures and mysteries to scholarly and public audiences alike. Alongside his catalogs of private and public collections, he has published studies and guidebooks on a variety of topics. “Scribes and Illuminators” (1992) is still widely taught to students in paleography and codicology (the sciences of old handwriting and old manuscript books, respectively), while “The Book: A History of the Bible” (2001) surveys the history of the sacred Hebrew and Christian texts through the lens of their myriad surviving manuscripts.

Persons: Christopher de Hamel, Hilary Mantel’s, ”, Cardinal Wolsey’s, Dukes, Christopher de Hamel’s, de Hamel, Illuminators ” Locations: Norfolk, Sussex, paleography

☆ Fact Check: Video does not show Israeli soldier saying Netanyahu is ‘deceiving’ people
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A 45-second clip was shared repeatedly on Facebook (archived) and X social media (archived) captioned “Israeli soldier after returning from Gaza - We fought with ghosts, I was saved from hell. Netanyahu deceives his people with video and says we are winning.”However, a Reuters translation of the man’s remarks in Hebrew in the video clip is: “I am in pain about Yigal along with you. A video of an injured Israeli police officer sending a recorded message to members of his unit does not accuse Israel's prime minister of deception. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu deceives, Yigal, Netanyahu, “ Yair Wisner, Wisner, Israel's, Read Organizations: Israel’s, Facebook, YouTube, Kipa, Israel Police, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Rabbis From Across the Globe Flock to New York for Prayer — and Hope
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | More About Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The rabbis came from Israel and Ukraine, from Azerbaijan and France, from Thailand and farther still, as thousands of Jews filed into a graveyard in Queens under a sea of black hats. The roughly 6,500 orthodox rabbis, in New York City for an annual conference, arrived in a city convulsed by protests over the war between Israel and Hamas. “We are losing everything we have,” Rabbi Avraham Wolff, the chief Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi of Odesa, Ukraine, said in Hebrew. And just before he left for New York, Russian rockets fell on Odesa. “For them I have to be strong.”He added, “If I have to cry, I do it under my blankets.”

Persons: —, Avraham Wolff, “, ” Organizations: Lubavitch, Hamas Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, France, Thailand, Queens, New York City, Odesa, New York, Russian

Propaganda videos recently released by Hamas and analyzed by CNN demonstrate how complicated and elaborate the fighting has quickly become. Here’s what we know about the battle for Gaza City. On Monday, an IDF spokesperson told CNN that the Israeli military was moving toward Gaza City, which he said the Israeli military had encircled since reaching Gaza’s coast on Sunday. “(They) first want to isolate Gaza City from the north and the south and concentrate your forces. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Thursday.

Persons: CNN —, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, “, ” Gallant, Danny Orbach, ” Orbach, Beit, Ali Jadallah, Mark Hertling, Miri Eisin, –, ” Eisin, Hertling, It’s, ”, Hani Bakhit, Mohammed Salem, ” Volker Türk, ” Israel Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel Defense Forces, Global, Israel’s, IDF, Hebrew University, Getty, UN, United Nations, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch Locations: Gaza, Ramallah, Gaza City, ”, Gaza’s, Beit Hanoun, Jerusalem, Shati, Atatra, Anadolu, Miri, Wadi Gaza, Israel

Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip are homing in on what may be the most challenging aspect of their ground operations in the war-torn enclave: the expansive network of underground tunnels built by Hamas. The Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza has spent decades building what it says are more than 300 miles worth of tunnels in the blockaded territory, often more than 100 feet underground. The Israel Defense Forces euphemistically nicknames this underground system the "Gaza metro." The tunnels house weapons stocks, electrical generators, command and control centers undetectable from above — and likely many of the hostages that Hamas kidnapped from Israel on Oct. 7. "And our forces from the north and south are approaching them and fighting inside the built-up area."

Persons: Din, Yoav Gallant, Gallant Organizations: Hamas, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, ", NBC, Health Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Video of captured woman mistranslates captor as threatening 'rape'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Go back to your place!”In an Oct. 22 post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, one user captioned the video: “Hamas posted its own videos boasting of the rape of Israeli girls. At no time in the video is rape mentioned, according to a Reuters translation of the Arabic audio on the video, nor do any of the men say the woman is going to be raped. In the video, one man says: “No, no, she is a female captive, leave her, leave her, she is a female captive. Take her back, take her back, she is a female captive. Go back to your place!”He uses the Arabic term “sabia”, translating to “female captive” or “female prisoner of war”.

Persons: Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces, Thomson Locations: Iran, Israel

☆ In Today’s Middle East, an Ember of Hope - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He studied the Holocaust in a master’s program, learned excellent Hebrew and tried to see the humanity in Israeli soldiers at West Bank checkpoints. A process of mutual dehumanization has led each side, he said, to regard the other as morally inferior. He noted that Israelis often suggest that the problem is that Palestinians don’t love their children and are ready to sacrifice them for the struggle, while Palestinians traffic in a similar stereotype about Israelis. But he said they were stopped by four Israeli soldiers who angrily told them to return and threatened to seize their car. “We must share this land as one state or two states or five states,” he said.

Persons: Aramin, dehumanization, ”, “ Organizations: West Bank Locations: Palestinian, Oslo, Gaza, Germany, Israel, Palestine

☆ Netanyahu suspends a minister who said that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza was an option.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Isabel Kershner | More About Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took the highly unusual step on Sunday of suspending a far-right minister from his government, after the minister said that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza and killing everyone there was “one way” of dealing with the threat from Hamas. Mr. Netanyahu’s swift action came amid an immediate and broad outcry over the comments made on Sunday morning by Amichay Eliyahu, the minister of heritage from the ultranationalist Jewish Power party. In his remarks, made to a Hebrew radio station, Mr. Eliyahu also said that there was no such thing as noncombatants in Gaza. While the Jewish Power Party is a member of Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition government, Mr. Eliyahu is not a member of the war cabinet prosecuting Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. Still, his abrupt suspension appeared to reflect Mr. Netanyahu’s concerns both over the low levels of public confidence in his leadership, as shown by recent opinion polls, and the challenges Israel faces in maintaining international support amid its assault in Gaza, particularly given the high civilian death toll there.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Amichay Eliyahu, Eliyahu Organizations: Jewish Power, Jewish Power Party Locations: Gaza

“It’s unbelievable that 80 years after Nazi times, we go back to such times and have antisemitic acts here, in the center of Europe,” Engelmayer told CNN. “That’s not the life we want.”Swastikas were sprayed on the walls outside the Vienna cemetery. Georg Hochmuth/APA/AFP/Getty Images‘The scale is completely different’The spike in antisemitic attacks in Europe has been wide-reaching. In London, the first week after Hamas’ attacks saw a 1,353% rise in antisemitic incidents, the Metropolitan Police reported. Not to go to places which are considered Jewish, like a synagogue.”But alongside the fear, the rise in antisemitic incidents has been met with defiance.

Persons: Austria CNN —, Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer, ” Engelmayer, Oskar Deutsch, ” Deutsch, ”, “ That’s, Georg Hochmuth, Gérald Darmanin, Robert Habeck, Menachem Margolin, “, Rabbi Engelmayer, Karl Nehammer, Tal Yeshurun, Yeshurun, ” Yeshurun, there’s, Annegret Hilse, “ We’re Organizations: Austria CNN, CNN, Wednesday, Nazi, Jewish, AFP, Getty, Metropolitan Police, European Jewish Association, ” Locations: Vienna, Austria, tatters, Europe, Israel, London, Germany, France, United States, Dublin, Ireland, Berlin, “

☆ Opinion | The Laws of Campus Culture War
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

They represent the moral and philosophical foundations for the concrete constitutional rules of culture war that directly apply on campus. One of the most powerful and compelling arguments for free speech in American history was born out of mob suppression. In 1860, Frederick Douglass wrote his “Plea for Free Speech in Boston” after a violent mob shut down an antislavery event. Every college and university — public or private — that receives federal funds has an affirmative duty to protect students’ civil rights. In the recent past, schools have sometimes been too enthusiastic about stopping harassment, defining the term so broadly that university anti-harassment policies actually violate students’ free speech rights.

Persons: George Washington, ”, “, Abraham, ” Washington, Johnson, Watts, they’re, Deactivating, Frederick Douglass, ” Douglass, Biden, Davis, VI, Scott Alexander’s, it’s, — Organizations: State University System of, Justice, Cooper Union, Cornell University, Trees School, . Ohio, Klan, Hamas, Civil, of Education, Cornell, Democratic Locations: State University System of Florida, Palestine, New York City, Ithaca, N.Y, ”, United States, America, Newport, R.I, Texas, Terminiello, Chicago, Brandenburg, ., Ohio, “, Gaza, Florida, Boston, Monroe County

☆ Opinion | Seeing the Big Picture in Two Big Wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Thomas L. Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Step back far enough, and you can see exactly what is driving so much geopolitics today: Ukraine is trying to join the West. Or they would have agreed to Lend-Lease assistance for the allies only if President Franklin Roosevelt would eliminate the I.R.S. That’s why today America must help Israel and Ukraine to blunt the Russia-Iran axis in their theaters. But the morning after their wars, Israel and Ukraine are going to have to face some very hard choices. Because while we may write big checks to both today, they will not be blank checks.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Biden, Johnson, Franklin Roosevelt, G.O.P, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Leon Aron, Vladimir Putin’s, “, ”, gunning, ” Aron, Israel, Donald Trump, —, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Internal Revenue, Lease, Fox News, NATO, European, Palestinian Authority, “, West Bank, Hamas, Putin, Iran’s, U.S, Patriot, Republicans, Palestinian, European Union Locations: Ukraine, West, Israel, Russia, Iran, cheaters, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Tehran, Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Gaza, It’s, Kyiv, Gaza City, U.S, Ramallah, America

☆ Israeli settler attacks fuel the fire as Gaza war rages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( John Davison | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Ben-Gvir's office did not respond to a request for comment about whether guns had already been distributed in the West Bank. At least eight of those were since Oct 7. alone, worrying ordinary Palestinians, Israeli security experts and Western officials. Washington has condemned settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank while the European Union on Tuesday denounced "settler terrorism" that risked a "dangerous escalation of the conflict." Hamas cited Israeli actions in the West Bank, core to a would-be Palestinian state, in waging its killing spree. 'GREAT DANGER'Settler-related violence is becoming harder to stem with the ongoing Gaza war and the augmented power of far-right politicians, Israeli security experts say.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Father, QUSRA, Mourning, Mohammed Wadi, Israel hurtled, Wadi's, Shira Liebman, Itamar Ben, Mohammed's, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Abdullah Abu Rahma, Liebman, We've, Lior Akerman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben, Ariel Danino, Akerman, Den, Wadi, I'm, Emily Rose, Ali Sawafta, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Reuters, Yesha, National, Twitter, Humanitarian Affairs Office, OCHA, European Union, Wall Resistance Commission, Hamas, United Nations, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Nablus, West, Bank, Gaza, Qusra, Yesha Council, Lebanon, Washington, Israel's, Israel, Lebanese, Wadi, Abdullah, Jerusalem, Ramallah

☆ Opinion: I thought I’d be safe from antisemitism at my college. I was wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Cassidy Delgreco | Opinion Gabriel Levin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Gabriel Levin is a sophomore at Cornell University and a columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun. CNN —An arrest has been made after evil posts online called for the eradication of Jews at Cornell, the university I attend. Even though the suspect, a fellow student, is in federal custody, the constant threat of anti-Semitism looms over us still. I applied to Cornell University, where I’m now in my sophomore year, in part to get away from all that. My classmate who allegedly made those heinous threats against Jews wanted us to cower in fear, or worse, return hate for hate.

Persons: Gabriel Levin, wasn’t Gabriel, ”, I’m, Cornell, Cornellians, Russell Rickford, I’ll Organizations: Cornell University, The Cornell Daily Sun, CNN, Cornell, Jewish, Cornell’s Center, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Orange County , California, Cornell, Gaza, Israel, Illinois, Los Angeles, New York

☆ Israeli official disgraced the memory of the Holocaust by comparing war on Hamas to WWII, memorial museum says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter an Israeli envoy wore a Nazi-era yellow star to a Security Council meeting, an Israeli Holocaust memorial museum quickly condemned him. During the Security Council meeting, Erdan repeatedly lamented the Council's inability to condemn Hamas, while drawing parallels to the Holocaust. Writing in Hebrew, he said wearing he was "sorry" to see members of the Israeli delegation wearing the yellow patch. AdvertisementAdvertisementDayan went on: "The yellow patch symbolizes the helplessness of Jews and being at the mercy of others. Dayan urged people to wear a blue and white flag, the colors of Israel's flag, instead of the yellow patch.

Persons: —, Yad Vashem, Dani Dayan, Gilad Erdan, Erdan, Jude, Dayan, " Dayan Organizations: Nazi, UN Security, Yad, Service, United Nations, UN, Hamas, Security Council, Assembly, Health Ministry Locations: Israeli, Israel, Canada

☆ Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Aurora Ellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Aid organizations that serve civilians in Gaza say they are receiving record amounts of donations in a sign of public support for relief efforts even as a growing stock of supplies remain stalled at Egypt's Rafah border crossing. In the Gaza Strip, where 2.3 million people live, civilians are in dire need of clean water, food and medicine, emergency medics say. However, with a web of political and logistical obstacles on getting aid in, much of the money and supplies intended for Gaza is in limbo, forcing aid groups to wait as they amass truckloads of goods. Aid groups say they are building up supplies in hopes of eventually getting them through to civilians in Gaza, nearly half of whom are children. The majority of support comes from donors based in the United States, he added, with individual donations averaging around $138.

Persons: Aurora Ellis, Steve Sosebee, Derek Madsen, Anera, Rabia, Anera's Madsen, Basma Bsharat, Diane Craft, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Palestine Children's Relief, Israel, Palestine Aid Society, UNRWA, Hamas, Palestinian American, U.S, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn , New York, U.S, United States, Israel, Rafah, Canada, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Palestine, Crescent, UN, Palestinian, Palestinian American, Brooklyn, Clifton , New Jersey

☆ The Lost Promise of the Oslo Accords - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Serge Schmemann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

As a result, the Oslo peace process he had begun, named after the city where it was secretly hatched, had become irreversible. In fits and starts, the Oslo process ground to a halt, and the Israeli “peace camp” that had championed it disintegrated. We must live side by side in peace, equality and cooperation.” Mr. Savir and Mr. Qurei emerged close friends from the negotiations. (Mr. Savir died last year; Mr. Qurei in February). In the 1996 electoral campaign following Mr. Rabin’s death, Mr. Netanyahu attacked Shimon Peres, Mr. Rabin’s partner and often guide in the Oslo negotiations, for “subcontracting” Israeli security to the Palestinians.

Persons: Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin, Yasir Arafat, ”, Rabin’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, dispossession, Uri Savir, Ahmed Qurei, “, we’ve, Qurei, Abu Ala, ” Mr, Savir, Arafat, Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, subcontracting, Ariel Sharon’s, Mahmoud Abbas Organizations: Mr, Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinian Authority, West Bank Locations: Oslo, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, Palestinian, Jerusalem, Ramallah, United States

☆ Fact Check: Photo of cheering crowds waving Israeli flags at soldiers is AI-generated
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A picture showing crowds on balconies cheering and waving Israeli flags as soldiers march along the road was generated with AI for inspirational purposes, according to its creator, but is confusing some users online who question if the image shows a real scene. The image has been shared online with the hashtags #HamasTerrorist and #IsraelFightsBack on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. !” (The nation of Israel is alive) and (in Spanish) “The people from Israel stronger and more united! The original image was uploaded to Facebook by user Omri Shefi on Oct 11 as part of a set of thirteen images showing civilians and soldiers waving Israeli flags, cheering and walking through the streets. The image of the crowds on balconies cheering soldiers and waving Israeli flags was made with AI for inspirational purposes, according to its creator.

Persons: Omri Shefi, Shefi, ” Shefi, Israel, Read Organizations: Facebook, Israel, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ These are the elite special force units Israel could send into Gaza to clear Hamas' labyrinth of tunnels and rescue hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel has sent elite troops into Gaza as its ground invasion of the territory ramps up. They will be tasked with clearing the Hamas' labyrinth of tunnels and rescuing over 200 hostages. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael has indicated that it had sent elite troops into Gaza as it intensifies its ground operations against Hamas following the October 7 terrorist attacks. "To the residents of the Gaza Strip: The Gaza governorate (Gaza City) has become a battlefield. Shelters in northern Gaza and Gaza governorate are not safe," read one leaflet in Arabic, per The Telegraph.

Persons: Israel, Herzi Halevi, —, Halevi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sayeret, It's, Egoz, Sting ”, Jonathan Conricus, Khan, Gaza Ilia Yefimovich, John Spencer Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Service, Hamas, Reuters, British SAS, YouTube, Duvdevan Commando, IDF, Hezbollah, Israeli Special Forces, K9, Israel, ARIS MESSINIS, Getty Images Israel, Associated Press, US Army, Urban Warfare, Modern, Institute, Health Ministry, AP Locations: Gaza, Israel, Yom, Lebanon, Entebbe, Uganda, Kibbutz Be'eri, Iran, Lebanese, Gaza City, Sderot, AFP, Khan Yunis, Rafah, West

☆ Hamas militants were high on 'poor man's cocaine' during the October 7 terrorist attacks, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hamas militants were high on Captagon pills during the October 7 terrorist attacks, reports say. AdvertisementAdvertisementCaptagon pills fueled Hamas militants during the October 7 terrorist attacks, Israel's Channel 12 News reported. The drug, which is also known as "poor man's cocaine," is a highly addictive, synthetic stimulant that is widely consumed across the Middle East. On board, authorities discovered more than $100 million worth of cannabis and Captagon pills that had been hidden among sawdust, coffee, and spices. In 2021, data on seizures in the region valued the Captagon trade at $5.7 billion, per the FDD.

Persons: —, Bashar Assad's, Natalie Ecanow, Assad, Ecanow, captagon, David Adesnik, Bashar Assad, SANA, Maher Al Organizations: Militant, Service, IDF, West Bank, The, United, Hezbollah, Islamic State, American Chemical Society, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Arab, Research, Fourth Division Locations: Gaza, Israel, West Germany, Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Jordan, Latakia, Libya, Crete, Salerno, Naples, Italy, Syria's

It was the first commemoration since the killer was convicted and sentenced to death after a long-stalled legal process. While the commemoration focused on the Pittsburgh attack, there were reminders of the ongoing war in the Middle East. But Israeli victims of the Hamas attacks were also on his mind. Will anything be done for them?”The commemoration comes as plans advance for the reconstruction of the Tree of Life synagogue complex, which has been dormant since the shootings. ___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Persons: ”, Maggie Feinstein, Robert Bowers, Bowers, Eric Olshan, “, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Myers, it’s, — Dor Hadash, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, David Rosenthal, Cecil Rosenthal, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Joyce Fienberg's, Howard Fienberg, I’ve, Daniel Libeskind Organizations: PITTSBURGH, Western, Western Pennsylvania U.S, Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Pittsburgh, Israel, United States, Maine, Schenley, Western Pennsylvania, Gaza, America

☆ She fled the Israeli army as a young woman. Now in her 90s, she is running again
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Ashkelon, Israel CNN —Souad Al-Alem was one of the roughly 10,000 people forced to flee the Palestinian town of al-Majdal. It was 1948, she was a young woman and Israel’s troops were approaching the community during the Arab-Israeli war in what is now part of the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Now in her 90s and living in Gaza, Al-Alem has been forced to run again. All of its houses are long gone, replaced with modern Israeli buildings that are now part of Ashkelon. Of the six sites of former villages visited by CNN earlier this week, none had any information about Palestinian villages on display.

Persons: Israel CNN — Souad Al, Alem, “, it’s, ” Al, Majdal, Ivana Kottasova, they’d, Israel, Khan Younis, hasn’t, ”, Umar al, Zochrot, Ghubari, Gilad Erdan, Ebead, Taghrid Ebead, Hassan Eslayeh Organizations: Israel CNN, Hamas, Israel Defence Forces, Palestinian Ministry of Health, CNN, Al, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Zochrot, United Nations, Israel’s Locations: Ashkelon, Israel, al, Gaza, Al, Ramallah, Palestinian, East, Tel Aviv, United States, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, ”, Gaza City

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