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☆ Israeli woman describes being rescued by the IDF from Hamas fighters who took her hostage and massacred her village
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Paul Ronzheimer | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli woman living on Kibbutz Be'eri was taken hostage by Hamas fighters on Saturday. But Israeli officials say they have found 107 bodies there, after Hamas fighters targeted it as part of its surprise attacks launched over the weekend. But she said she heard Hamas militants forcibly breaking down her door and entering the house. Efrat said the fighters told her they wouldn't hurt her and only wanted the keys to the kibbutz's vehicles. The Hamas fighters asked her to help extract people from a vehicle, though she was uncertain if they were dead or alive, she said.

Persons: Be'eri, —, Adi Efrat, Axel Springer, Efrat, Bild's Paul Ronzheimer, Eyal Warshavsky Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Bild, Saturday, The, New York Times, Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Be'eri, Israel, Gaza

REGULATORY SCRUTINYWhile disinformation has spread on all major social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok, X appeared to be the most recent to draw scrutiny from regulators. On Tuesday, European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton warned Musk that X was spreading "illegal content and disinformation," according to a letter Breton posted on X. Musk himself recommended that X users follow two accounts that had previously spread false claims for "real-time" updates on the conflict, the Washington Post reported. False information has also spread on messaging app Telegram and short-form video app TikTok, said DFRLab's Trad. Like other online platforms, YouTube has moderation employees and technology to remove content that violates its rules.

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Israeli-American pitcher Dean Kremer will make his first career playoff start for the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night while thinking about family members in Israel, where war has been declared following a deadly incursion by militant group Hamas. Kremer said he has no hesitation about pitching Game 3 of the AL Division Series against the Texas Rangers, a game the Orioles have to win to extend their season. “I still want to pitch, but, I mean, it’s going to be in the back of my head,” Kremer said Monday. Though he was born and raised in Stockton, California, Kremer is the son of Israeli parents and identifies strongly as Israeli himself. Kremer is 13-5 with a 4.12 ERA in 32 starts this season, which included both of the Orioles' clinching games.

Persons: Dean Kremer, Kremer, “, ” Kremer, Brandon Hyde, ” Hyde, Manny Machado, ___ Organizations: Baltimore Orioles, Hamas, AL, Texas Rangers, Orioles, Tampa, Boston, San Diego Padres, Dodgers Locations: ARLINGTON , Texas, Israel, Stockton , California, Baltimore, Los Angeles

☆ An Israeli woman held hostage in her home for 15 hours said she distracted Hamas militants with coffee and cookies until she was rescued
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Talia Lakritz | Alisa Shodiyev Kaff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rachel and David Adari said they were held captive by Hamas militants in their home in Israel. Rachel Adari told Israel's Channel 12 that she offered the militants coffee and cookies to buy time. "I said to my husband, if we will die, we will die together," Rachel Adari told the outlet in Hebrew. Israeli special forces killed the Hamas militants and freed Rachel and David Adari after they had been held for 15 hours. "At 2:30 a.m., a grenade landed next to us, and I jumped on top of my wife," David Adari said.

Persons: Rachel, David Adari, Rachel Adari, —, David Adari's, Israel's, Lior Organizations: Israel's, Service, Bullets, Google, Gaza Ministry, Health Locations: Israel, Ofakim, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Bruno Mars concertgoers, not attack on Israel desert festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The caption at the top of the clip, written in Hebrew, says that it shows the moment the gates opened at a Bruno Mars concert. At the 00:13 mark, a Bruno Mars poster is viewable, with "Live Nation" seen at the top of the poster. Reuters located the video to HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, where Bruno Mars held a concert on Oct 4. Live Nation's Israel Instagram account announced on Oct 7 that Mars' second concert scheduled for that evening was cancelled. The video shows people running through entrance gates at a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv, uploaded to TikTok on Oct 5.

Persons: Bruno Mars, Israel, ”, “ Israel, TikTok, Read Organizations: Nature Party, Palestinian Terrorists, Reuters, Israel, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Israel, HaYarkon, TikTok

☆ A woman said her 85-year-old Israeli grandmother was whisked away by Hamas on a buggy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Photos published by the AP show an elderly woman driven in a buggy by gun-toting militants. Dozens of people were taken hostage by Hamas on Saturday in a wave of surprise attacks. AdvertisementAdvertisementA woman has been asking social media for information after seeing a photo of her 85-year-old grandmother being driven away by Hamas fighters. The photos show an elderly woman wrapped in floral garb sitting in the vehicle, as a militant behind her totes a rifle. US State Secretary Antony Blinken said on Sunday that the US is working to verify reports of Americans being among those killed or taken hostage by Hamas.

Persons: —, Adva Adar, Yaffa, Hatem Ali, Adar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Antony Blinken Organizations: AP, Service, Hamas, Facebook, Associated Press, Times, Reuters Locations: Israeli, Kfar, Gaza, Times of Israel, Israel, Syria, Lebanon

☆ Israel-Hamas war: Fact-checking online misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rachael Kennedy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Misinformation has spread online following Hamas' surprise attack on Israel from Gaza and Israel’s response with air strikes, as the two sides continued to battle. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsMISCAPTIONED PARACHUTE GLIDERSWhen Hamas launched the Oct. 7 surprise attack, militants backed by rocket fire flew into Israel on paragliders. However, Biden has not authorized $8 billion in military aid for Israel, as some people online have falsely claimed. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsThe video of first appeared online at least four days before Oct. 7. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsThe video, titled “Lost girl,” includes audio of a man saying in Arabic, “"Who are your parents?

Persons: “, ”, Joe Biden, Israel “, Biden, Bruno Mars, ‘, ’, Rachael Kennedy, Stephanie Burnett, Toby Chopra Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, Egyptian Military Academy, Rights, Israel, Tel, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, paragliders, Cairo, Ukraine, Reim, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, London

CNN has requested comment from Musk and X on the posts related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Community notes allow users on X to fact-check false posts on the platform. While notes were appended to both of these false posts, they often come after a false post has been viewed thousands – or in some cases millions – of times. “In times of war, social media becomes a propaganda battlefield; there is always an element of disinformation and exaggeration,” said Emerson Brooking, senior resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. He said other platforms that have little or no guardrails including the social media messaging app Telegram are also hotbeds of misinformation, but X is unique given Musk’s behavior.

Persons: Musk, influencer Jackson Hinkle, Hinkle, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Israel, Emerson Brooking, ” Brooking, ” Joe Galvin, ” Galvin, X Organizations: CNN, Elon, White, Washington, Pentagon, Jerusalem Post, Directorate, Defamation League, Atlantic, Forensic Research, “, monetization, Twitter Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Gaza, Azerbaijan

☆ Israeli festival attendees played dead for hours to try to stay alive during Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Festival attendees in Israel played dead to try to stay alive during Hamas' attack on Saturday. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementAttendees of a music festival in Israel played dead for hours after Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, according to a new report. Armed fighters arrived at the Nova outdoors festival shortly after the attack began, shooting into the crowds and taking hostages. Israeli rescue service Zaka said 260 bodies were recovered from the festival site, but Israeli officials have not said how many were injured or taken hostage there.

Persons: —, Zaka, Israel Organizations: Service, Hamas, Armed, Guardian, Monday Israel Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Opinion: In times of crisis, Israelis rally around their leaders. This time is different
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Janine Zacharia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In the entire nearly five years of the second Palestinian intifada from 2000 to 2005, roughly 1,000 Israelis were killed. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9. Ahmad Hasballah/Getty Images Rockets launched from Gaza are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system on October 8. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants in Sderot on October 7.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Supporters of Israel and backers of the Palestinian cause rallied in American cities Sunday over the conflict that has killed hundreds and wounded thousands in the Middle East. Palestinian Americans planned to gather Sunday outside of the Israeli consulates in Atlanta and Chicago. “It really should be no surprise that this is happening.”Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was set to lead a Jewish community gathering in support of Israel at a synagogue in San Francisco. A pro-Palestinian march was planned for Times Square Sunday afternoon. Associated Press journalist Cedar Attanasio in New York, Jeff Amy in Atlanta and Sophia Tareen in Chicago contributed to this report.

Persons: “, ”, Hatem Abudayyeh, Nancy Pelosi, Kathy Hochul, Joe Biden, ’, ___ Bleiberg, Cedar, Jeff Amy, Sophia Tareen Organizations: ATLANTA, —, Israel, U.S . Palestinian Community Network, Chicago Coalition for Justice, Times, Democratic, Columbia University, White, GOP, Associated Press Locations: East, Atlanta, Chicago, U.S, Palestine, Israel, San Francisco, New York City, Washington, Dallas, New York

Netanyahu’s vow to unleash the full force of the Israeli military on Hamas has raised fears for the safety of Israeli civilians spread in undisclosed locations across the densely populated Gaza Strip. “It will make things much more complicated.”Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesLocating Israeli hostages in Gaza — something Israeli intelligence agencies failed to do in the case of Shalit — poses further challenges. “So the army would have to bomb everything.”Hamas already has said it seeks the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails — some 4,500 detainees, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem — in exchange for the Israeli captives. There is “absolutely no chance” that the current government would agree to the release of Palestinian prisoners, said Gayil Talshir, a political scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This included the Schalit deal in 2011, and Israel’s release of 1,150 jailed Palestinians in exchange for three Israeli prisoners in 1985.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Netanyahu, ” Michael Milstein, Shalit, ”, Yaakov Amidror, “, Khalil Shikaki, —, Gayil Talshir, Yair Lapid, Netanyahu “, Bezalel Smotrich, ” “, Ehud Yaari, Tali Levy, Adva Adar Organizations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Hamas, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Center, Policy, Survey Research, Palestinian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Saturday Locations: Jihad, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, ”, Ashdod

☆ How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Videos issued by Hamas showed fighters breaching the security fences, with the dim light and low sun suggesting it was at around the time of the rocket barrage. A photograph released by Hamas showed a bulldozer tearing down a section of security fence. [1/3]A view of a junction shows the aftermath of a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in the Sderot area, southern Israel October 7, 2023. Hamas videos and unverified images circulating on social media showed dead civilians, Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters. Israel's Foreign Ministry said Hamas gunmen had gone house-to-house killing civilians.

Persons: Erez, Zikim, Ammar Awad, Yaacov Shabtai, Jihad, Dan Williams, Nidal, Angus McDowall, Ros Russell Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Fighters, Reuters, Israel's, Ministry, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Zikim, Israeli, Reim, Sderot, Ofakim, Jerusalem

☆ Elon Musk describes himself as 'aspirationally Jewish' as he pushes back on reports that X is spreading antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said that he can't be antisemitic as he's "aspirationally Jewish" and has been to Israel. Musk has faced criticism over the level of antisemitic content on X since he took over the site. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk described himself as "aspirationally Jewish" in a recent interview where he discussed the fallout with the Anti-Defamation League over the spread of antisemitic content on X. "I actually went to Hebrew preschool … I don't know if I'm genetically Jewish, maybe somewhere, but I'd say I'm aspirationally Jewish," he said. Musk is currently in a high-profile dispute with the Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish non-profit that combats antisemitism.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Ben Shapiro, I've, Jonathon Greenblatt, Greenblatt Organizations: Service, Defamation League, Jewish, ADL, European Union of Jewish, Elon Locations: Israel

☆ The Mystery of My Mother’s Prayer Book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Ken Schlager | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I could now surmise that my mother was given the book at some point before 1930, when she was perhaps 10 or 12. Below her address, she had written a poem:I pity the riverI pity the brookI pity the oneThat steals this book! Most likely this was something my mother had seen in an autograph book upon graduating elementary school. This was the home of my mother’s older brother, Dr. George Kanner, and his family. Rather than travel some circuitous route through multiple owners before landing on eBay, the prayer book had been in my family all along, in a house where I had spent many childhood sleepovers with my cousin David.

Persons: ” Eager, Tallis, Dr, George Kanner, David Organizations: Hewes Street, Jos, Schlesinger Library, Departed, eBay Locations: Brooklyn, Lafayette, Vienna, Garden City

☆ Iran parades new 'longest-range' drone on Iraq war anniversary, state media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday paraded its military hardware on the anniversary of its 1980s war with Iraq, including "the longest-range drone in the world" along with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, Iranian state media said. The United States has accused Iran of providing Mohajer-6 drones, among other unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to Russia for its war against Ukraine. [1/8]Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2023. The United States issued fresh Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting multiple people and entities in Iran, Russia, China and Turkey over Tehran's drone and military aircraft development. The Iran-Iraq war erupted on Sept. 22, 1980 when the forces of then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Iran.

Persons: Shahed, Arash, Tehran's, Ebrahim Raisi, Majid Asgaripour, Saddam Hussein, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: United, Ukraine, West Asia News Agency, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Iran, Iraq, Republic, United States, Russia, Washington, Tehran, Ukraine, “, Persian, Israel, China, Turkey

☆ Iran Parades New 'Longest-Range' Drone on Iraq War Anniversary -State Media
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Iran on Friday paraded its military hardware on the anniversary of its 1980s war with Iraq, including "the longest-range drone in the world" along with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, Iranian state media said. It has an operational range of 2,000 km (1,240 miles) and can fly for up to 24 hours, state media reported then, adding that its payload could reach 300 kg (661 pounds), double the capacity of the Mohajer-6 drone. U.S. officials have accused Iran of providing Mohajer-6 drones, among other unmanned aerial vehicles, to Russia for its war against Ukraine. The Iran-Iraq war erupted on Sept. 22, 1980 when the forces of then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Iran. The conflict, which was economically devastating and left at least half a million dead, ended in stalemate in August 1988.

Persons: Shahed, Arash, Ebrahim Raisi, Saddam Hussein, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Reuters Locations: Iran, Iraq, Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Tehran, Persian, “, Israel

☆ Memorial from broken headstones unveiled for desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings. Brest, also known as Brest-Litovsk, had been a hub of Jewish life before World War II, with Jewish residents first recorded there in the 14th century. Debra Brunner of The Together Plan stands in a warehouse in Brest, surrounded by the broken headstones. The Together PlanThe first stage of the desecration began during the war, when the Nazis tried to destroy the cemetery by selling off the headstones. His whole family other than his nuclear family was murdered.”He added: “In 1997 there were no signs of the cemetery.

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☆ As Instacart goes public, it's no victory lap for founder Apoorva Mehta
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Mehta was replaced as CEO of Instacart in July 2021 following a messy dispute with some of the company's largest investors. Instacart Founder Apoorva Mehta in his 2003 yearbook photo from Westdale Secondary School. The app started gaining momentum and Mehta put out ads on Craigslist for shoppers to do the grocery runs for him. Whole Foods reportedly broke the news to Mehta and a fellow Instacart executive on an early morning call. In a sworn affidavit, Mehta denies that he misappropriated any trade secrets and says he's since cut ties with Singh.

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Yosef Chaim Bernfeld, a young businessman from New York who is trying to clean up his life, journeyed to Uman this weekend for a “spiritual fix.”Every Jewish New Year, even this one during a raging war, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims turn this city in central Ukraine into a mini Jerusalem. They roam around in big groups sucking down Coke Zero and kosher pizza, paying in shekels. They pump out Hebrew hip-hop and dance hard together in the middle of the street. They exchange blessings — “I ask God to give you a sense of belonging, to give you stability, to grow your business this year” — and drink copious amounts of red wine way past the wartime curfew.

Persons: Yosef Chaim Bernfeld, — “ Locations: New York, Uman, Ukraine, Jerusalem, shekels

☆ Israel’s Arab citizens demand justice after alarming rise in gang-related murders
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Standing at a protest march in Haifa against the rising crime wave affecting Arab communities in Israel last week, Abu Salah cries out “Enough! Filling a ‘vacuum’The rise in violence is fueled by organized crime, Israeli officials say. Nobody else is doing this job except the criminal organizations,” Abu Rass says. “In the Arab sector, criminal organizations are active that have armed militias with thousands of soldiers and many weapons,” Ben Gvir said last month. On Thursday the committee announced proposals including giving police additional technology and administrative tools, and increasing financial penalties against criminal organizations.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli archaeologists near the Dead Sea, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The cache of exceptionally intact artifacts was found about two months ago and tells a story of empire and rebellion, of long-distance conquest and local insurrection. The swords were dated based on their typology, and have not yet undergone radiocarbon dating. Political Cartoons View All 1145 ImagesThe cool, arid and stable climate of the desert caves has allowed exceptional preservation of organic remains, including hundreds of ancient parchment fragments known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Archaeologists returned to this particular cave near the desert oasis of Ein Gedi to document an inscription found decades earlier.

Persons: Gedi, ”, Asaf Gayer, Guy Stiebel, —, “ Organizations: JERUSALEM, Israel Antiquities Authority, Survey, Scrolls, Ariel University, Tel, Tel Aviv University, Jewish Locations: Israel, Roman, Judaea, Tel Aviv, “

☆ Why I Love Doing Homework (Even If My Kids Hate It)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Saul Austerlitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But here’s the thing: I love homework. I don’t love being the bad guy my kids jeer when I remind them that it is homework time once again. I love bearing witness to the steady accretion of skill, until I notice that my younger son is suddenly reading fluidly, no longer requiring my assistance. I even enjoy the process of tweaking my older son’s math routine, again and again, until all the pieces — whiteboard, marker, dining table, checking your work — cohere. My grandfather Joseph Austerlitz — whose face I see reflected in my older son’s — left Vienna in 1936, not long before the Nazi Anschluss.

Persons: Charles Darwin, —, Joseph Austerlitz —, Saul Austerlitz, Dutton Locations: Vienna, Nazi

☆ Opinion: How the words of ‘I Have a Dream’ soared and challenged the nation 60 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“It really shocked me,” Jones recalled. “Mahalia Jackson was his favorite gospel singer,” Jones recalled. “He took the written text … and shoved it to the side of the podium,” Jones recalled. Thank God almighty, we are free at last.”As the thunderous applause passed, “Martin looked at me and said, ‘How do you think I did?’ ” Jones recalled. King and Rabbi Abraham Heschel standing in the middle room, they’re both sobbing,” Jones recalled.

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Bernardo Arévalo had been enjoying a quiet and predictable life for nearly a decade with his family in Geneva, working on pro-democracy issues for a nonprofit. That placid existence ended after he returned to his homeland, Guatemala, and got drawn into politics. Today, whenever Mr. Arévalo appears in public, he attracts throngs to hear him assail the government’s attacks on Guatemala’s democracy. Flanked by a well-armed security detail after receiving death threats following the assassination last week of a presidential candidate in Ecuador — which sent tremors across Latin America — Mr. Arévalo wears a bullet-resistant vest and travels in an armored S.U.V. Now, in what is building into a watershed moment for Central America’s most populous country, Mr. Arévalo, a Hebrew- and French-speaking polyglot with a doctorate in sociology, is on the cusp of winning the presidency in a runoff on Sunday — an implausible scenario just months ago.

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