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☆ New details emerge about Netanyahu aide accused of leaking Hamas documents to the press
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Raf Sanchez | Raf Sanchez Is A Foreign Correspondent For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Investigators discovered that a low-level Israeli soldier had illegally removed Hamas documents from a military database and passed them to Eli Feldstein, a communications consultant working for Netanyahu, prosecutors said. Feldstein acted “with the intention of influencing public opinion in Israel on the negotiations regarding the hostages and in particular the issue of the contribution of the demonstrations to the strengthening of Hamas,” prosecutors said. Days after it was published, Netanyahu cited the article as evidence of Hamas’ intent “to use psychological warfare on the hostage families” and to put pressure on the Israeli government. The Israeli soldier accused of leaking the document to him has also been arrested, along with three other military personnel, prosecutors said. “For the past few days, my office has been under a wild and unrestrained attack,” Netanyahu said at the time.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Eli Feldstein, Netanyahu, Feldstein, ”, “ Bibi, Yahya Sinwar, Hersh Goldberg Polin, Bild, Sinwar, Shin, “, ” Netanyahu, Tzachi Braverman, Braverman, Jack Chen Organizations: NBC News, Israel Defense Forces, Military, NBC, Police Locations: TEL AVIV, Gaza, Israel, Germany

☆ Los Angeles leaders move to protect immigrants and LGBTQ students in advance of Trump’s return to the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Veronica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Los Angeles CNN —Los Angeles officials on Tuesday moved to cement the city and its schools as sanctuaries for immigrants and LGBTQ youth as the city positions itself to push back strongly against President-elect Donald Trump’s platforms on immigration and gender. The Los Angeles City Council, which represents the second-largest US city, unanimously voted to adopt a “sanctuary city” ordinance that prohibits city resources from being used in immigration enforcement or to cooperate with federal immigration agents, unless required by state law. LGBTQ advocates also fear his presidency will result in wider restrictions on transgender people and rollbacks of protections for other LGBTQ groups. Los Angeles City Council members listen as a man speaks in support of a proposed "sanctuary city" ordinance at City Hall on Tuesday. Teachers and administrators will receive training on how to respond to federal immigration personnel who request information about students and families or who are trying to enter school property.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Karen Bass, They’ve, Jackie Goldberg, Hydee Feldstein Soto, ” Bass, ”, Gavin Newsom, Trump, Tom Homan, Etienne Laurent, “, Homan, ” Homan, Curren Price, ” Price, Goldberg, stokes, Rocío Rivas, ” Rivas, Brendan Carr Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, Los, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles Unified School District, Republican, Trump, Bass, City, Democratic, Los Angeles Police Department, Trump -, Customs, Getty, “ Fox, Friends, Los Angeles Unified, Teachers, Department of Education, CNN, Federal Communications Commission, of Education Locations: Los Angeles, Los, “, Wisconsin

☆ Netanyahu aide leaked classified document to influence public opinion on hostage negotiations, court says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | Mike Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have leaked classified information to foreign press in the hopes of influencing public opinion on hostage negotiations, according to a court release published Sunday. Eliezer Feldstein was arrested earlier this month for allegedly leaking “classified and sensitive intelligence information,” according to court documents. Sunday’s court release outlines more of the details surrounding this alleged leak. This came shortly after the Israeli military announced on September 1 that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza. Both cited Israeli intelligence sources and supported a narrative being pushed by Netanyahu at the time.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Eliezer Feldstein, Feldstein, Feldstein “, Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz –, –, Gantz Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, United, Jewish, Minister’s Locations: Rishon Lezion, “, Gaza, Israeli, Germany’s

The Israeli prime minister was engulfed in scandal Monday over a case involving one of his aides that has sent shockwaves across the country. The firestorm — brought into public view when an Israeli court loosened a gag order Sunday night — has enraged Netanyahu's political opponents and hostage families. Palestinians fill containers with clean water in the midst of the devastation in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza on Sunday. The Israeli leader faced mounting outrage from hostage families and much of the country's public over his failure to agree to a cease-fire deal. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 27.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Netanyahu, Shin, Eliezer Feldstein, Feldstein, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Pamela Smith, Benny Gantz, it’s, Yair Lapid, Lapid Organizations: Rishon, Zion, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency, AFP, Getty, NBC, Chronicle, Jewish, NBC News, Military Intelligence Directorate, United Nations General Assembly, AP Locations: Gaza, Beit Lahia, London, Egypt, Israel, Philadelphi, New York, Netanyahu's

CNN —Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media. Opposition leaders say the intelligence was “faked,” and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Protesters in Tel Aviv call on Netanyahu to strike a deal to release hostages held in Gaza, in late October. The next day, Netanyahu held a news conference and presented an alleged Hamas document he said was found in a tunnel in Gaza. “This affair came out of the Prime Minister’s own office, and the investigation must examine if it wasn’t at the Prime Minister’s orders.”Dana Karni and Mike Schwartz contributed to this report.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Netanyahu, Eliezer Feldstein, Feldstein, Yair Lapid, Jack Gue3z, ” Netanyahu, ”, Zwigenberg, Yair Netanyahu, Daniel Hagari, Sinwar, Bild, Yahya Sinwar, Gil Cohen, Benny Gantz –, Gantz, Lapid, ” Lapid, ” Dana Karni, Mike Schwartz Organizations: CNN, Minister’s, Protesters, Getty, Jewish Chronicle, Hamas, Magen, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, AFP, United Kingdom, Germany’s, Israel, Egypt, Sinai, Iran, Yemen, Philadelphi

☆ Opinion: ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ beats Florida’s right-wing politicians at their own game
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But sometimes — as in Ethan Coen’s and Tricia Cooke’s wonderful “Drive-Away Dolls” — they’re more adventurous. Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyCoen, best known for his collaborations with his brother Joel, co-wrote and co-directed “Drive-Away Dolls” with his wife and queer filmmaker, Cooke. Jamie (played by Margaret Qualley) and Marian (played by Geraldine Viswanathan) are pictured in "Drive-Away Dolls." Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan co-star in Ethan Coen's and Tricia Cooke's latest film, "Drive-Away Dolls." “Drive-Away Dolls” tells the audience watching through that fence or otherwise, that queer looking, queer film, queer art and queer people are all a valuable, fun and worthy heist.

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, George Clooney, Ethan Coen’s, Tricia Cooke’s, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky Coen, Joel, Cooke, Jamie, Margaret Qualley, Beanie Feldstein, Marian, Geraldine Viswanathan, Marian’s, Gary Channel, Matt Damon, —, Coen, Tricia, Sen, don’t, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, “, they’ve, Ethan Coen's, Tricia Cooke's, buttoned, John McNaughton’s, Norman, ” Organizations: CNN, Texas, Channel, Florida Gov Locations: Chicago, Tallahassee, Florida, American, Florida —, Marion, Hitchcock’s

☆ ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Review: Ethan Coen’s Sluggish Joyride
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The title of Ethan Coen’s leaden romp “Drive-Away Dolls” summons up the vulgar excesses of old-school exploitation cinema, with its horrors and pleasures, carnage and flesh. This is the most recent movie that Ethan Coen has made without his brother, Joel, his longtime collaborator. (Ethan also made the 2022 documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind.”) To a degree, “Drive-Away Dolls” seems of a piece with the Coens’ practice of playing with story forms (film genres and otherwise), which they have consistently satirized, upended and all but gutted. Written by Coen and his wife, Tricia Cooke, “Drive-Away Dolls” opens on an old-style neon bar sign spelling out the word “Cicero,” immediately suggesting that you’re in familiar Coen territory. After some character introductions — enter Jamie, Marian et.

Persons: Ethan Coen’s, —, Margaret Qualley, Jamie, Geraldine Viswanathan, Marian —, Ethan Coen, Joel, Ethan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Coen, Tricia Cooke, “, Cicero, ”, Pedro Pascal, Marian et, Bill Camp, Marian’s, Beanie Feldstein, Marian Locations: Philadelphia, Florida, Tallahassee

☆ Modern Masculinity Is Broken. She Knows How to Fix It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Talk Modern Masculinity Is Broken. Now, with her new book, “What About Men?” Moran turns her eye to what she sees as the limited and limiting discussions around modern masculinity. If I’m going to start talking about a difficult idea, I want to approach it in the most successful way possible. Part of the framing of your book is that there’s not enough discussion about young men’s struggling to adapt to changing ideas about masculinity. Men going: “Our lives have gotten materially worse since women started asking for equality.

Persons: Caitlin Moran, Moran, ” Moran, “, men’s, Beanie Feldstein, Caitlin Moran’s, you’ve, we’re, David Marchese, Alok Vaid, Menon, ordinariness, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Downey Jr Organizations: The Times, IFC Films, Everett, The New York Times, WENN Rights, Marvel Locations: London

☆ Lifted by Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Recoups on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” starring Lea Michele is now officially a hit: It has recouped its capitalization costs, completing a remarkable box office turnaround of the sort rarely seen in the commercial theater. The show’s lead producers, Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis and David Babani, announced on Monday that the production had made back the $16.5 million it cost to mount. That milestone not only gives the production bragging rights, but also means that “Funny Girl” can generate a profit during the last few weeks of its run, which ends on Sept. 3. Only a handful of Broadway productions have announced the recoupment of their capitalization costs since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, as higher expenses and smaller audiences have made the always challenging economics of Broadway even more difficult. Critics were underwhelmed; the show won no Tony Awards (it was only nominated for one); and by summer its sales had drooped.

Persons: Lea Michele, Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis, David Babani, Barbra Streisand —, Beanie Feldstein, Critics Organizations: Wilson Theater

☆ Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

These are also among the countries most vulnerable to climate impacts, and most in need of climate finance. "A SIGN OF HUMAN SUCCESS"Globally, the 8 billion population milestone represents 1 billion people added to the planet in just the last 11 years. Even while the global population reaches ever-new highs, demographers note that the growth rate has fallen steadily to less than 1% per year. "A big part of this story is that this era of rapid population growth that the world has known for centuries is coming to an end," Wilmoth said. Rapid population growth combined with climate change is likely to cause mass migration and conflict in coming decades, experts said.

Lea Michele referenced the viral rumor that she can't read in a recent TikTok video posted over the weekend. Jonathan refers to actor Jonathan Groff, who Michele is close friends with. The online rumor that Michele can't read began as a joke in 2017, according to meme database Know Your Meme. The commenters on Michele's TikTok video appeared thrilled to see the actor subtly weighing in the years-old meme. And then there’s a rumor online that I can’t read or write?

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