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☆ Israeli politics swirl as Hezbollah conflict ramps up
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It’ll take him months on end to train for the job,” said Gadi Eisenkot, a highly respected former Israeli military chief and member of the opposition. Policy and domestic politics are impossible to separate in any democracy, but especially in Netanyahu’s Israel – and especially now. Remarkably, Netanyahu held a security consultation on Wednesday but did not invite his defense minister, an Israeli official told CNN. Hezbollah says that it’s attacking Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza; Israel wants to get Hezbollah to stop firing even without a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. With both the Philadelphi Corridor and Hezbollah, Netanyahu’s critics have questioned why, if they were so critical, he waited months to raise the stakes over those issues.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Gideon Sa’ar, “ It’ll, ”, Gadi Eisenkot, –, Gallant, Netanyahu, Israel –, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Ben Gvir, Ben Gvir’s, Abir, ” Eyal Hulata, “, ’, ” Gallant, Baz Ratner, it’s, ” Gilad Malach, Netanyahu’s, ” Malach, Damocles, Sa’ar, Bezalel Smotrich, Ammar Awad, Reuters Eisenkot, I’m, Gallant –, Malach, Michael Shemesh, Kan, ” Shemesh Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Reuters, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Democracy Institute, National Security, Finance, General Staff Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Lebanon, Gaza, United States, Abir Sultan, ” Lebanon, Egypt, Israeli, New York

He recalled how during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, there was a sense of hope because several countries were actively mediating. It was formed in 1982, after Israel invaded Lebanon, with the initial aim of ending Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon, which it achieved in 2000. Hezbollah has fired rockets, missiles, and drones into northern Israel; and Israel has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes. Israel has vowed to do whatever it takes to safely return its citizens to their homes in the north. Hezbollah has also said that it does not seek war but that it will continue striking Israel until there is a cease-fire in Gaza.

Persons: Elias Faouz, ”, Faouz, ” Faouz, “ It’s, —, Sandra Moukhtar, Moukhtar, Sarah Waizani, ” Waizani, “ Organizations: U.S, Lebanon’s Health, AFP, Getty, World Bank, Organization for Migration Locations: Lebanon, United States, Israel, Beirut, Gaza, Maarakeh, Iran, Hezbollah, U.S, United Kingdom, Tehran, Baalbeck, Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, Moukhtar, Syria, Dahiye

☆ Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel's Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

That may be enough to overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and inflict huge damage on the country's cities and infrastructure, experts say. Two unnamed US officials told the publication that Israel believes the Iron Dome could be vulnerable, particularly in the north. The Iron Dome is one of the most advanced defense systems in operation today. Each battery consists of three to four launchers carrying dozens of Tamir interceptor missiles and a sensitive radar, US military Iron Dome contractor Raytheon Technologies said. AdvertisementIsrael's Iron Dome repelled a barrage of rockets from Hezbollah.

Persons: —, William Wechsler, JALAA, Wechsler, Israel, Tamir, It's, " Wechsler Organizations: Service, Hezbollah, Business, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Israel's, Middle, The Atlantic Council, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, IDF, Iron Dome, Raytheon Technologies Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza, Israel's, Beirut, Tehran, Anadolu, United States, Tel Aviv

☆ ‘Education of hatred’: Killing of Japanese boy sparks soul searching in China over rising nationalism
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It was the second knife attack on Japanese children and third assault on foreigners in China in recent months. “As a Chinese, I feel heartbroken, outraged and ashamed,” said a Shenzhen resident who laid a white rose outside the Japanese school following the boy’s death last Thursday. The killing has shaken the Japanese community in China, with some of Japan’s biggest companies offering to repatriate staff members and their families. Generations of Chinese grew up learning about the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in school textbooks and on state television. “There is no so-called Japan-hating education in China,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Monday.

Persons: ”, …, Xi Jinping, Lin Jian, “, influencers, WeChat, Kuaishou, Zhang, “ Little, ” Zhang, Yoko Kamikawa, Wang Yi, ” Kamikawa, Wang, Japan, I’m, I’ve Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Authorities, Kyodo, East China, Japan, ” Foreign, Communist Party, CNN, Japan’s, Associated Press, Japanese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Foreign Ministry Locations: Hong Kong, China, Japan, Shenzhen, Beijing, East, United States, Tokyo, Yasukuni, China’s, Shanghai, New York, Guangzhou, ”, “

The longest video shows three Israeli soldiers standing on a rooftop. “This is a serious incident that does not coincide with IDF values and the expectations from IDF soldiers,” the military said in a statement to CNN. The governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu Al-Roub, told CNN that the Israeli military took four bodies from Qabatya. “Soldiers went up and kicked and pushed the bodies off the roof, as we have seen. The Israeli military has in recent weeks used increasingly militarized tactics in the occupied West Bank.

Persons: Kamal Abu Al, Ameed, ”, “ Soldiers, “, Mustafa Barghouti, Lauren Izso, Tim Lister Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, Associated Press, CNN, Al, IDF, Israeli Security Agency, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Palestine Red Crescent Society Locations: Jerusalem, Qabatya, Jenin, Qabatiya, Palestinian, Palestine

TOKYO — A 10-year-old student at a Japanese school in China died Thursday after being stabbed on the way to school the day before, Japanese officials said, as they demanded that Beijing do more to protect Japanese nationals in the country. Lin said the boy was a Japanese national whose parents are Japanese and Chinese citizens. “Effective measures will continue to be taken to ensure the safety of foreigners in China, including people from Japan,” he said. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the student was stabbed on Wednesday about 220 yards away from the Shenzhen Japanese School in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Flags at Japanese diplomatic missions in mainland China and Hong Kong were lowered on Thursday.

Persons: Fumio Kishida, Kishida, ”, “, Philip Fong, Lin Jian, Lin, Yoko Kamikawa, Kamikawa, ” Arata Yamamoto, Rae Wang Organizations: Washington, Foreign Ministry, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Shenzhen Japanese School, Foreign Affairs, Embassy, Weibo Locations: TOKYO, China, Beijing, Japan, U.S, Japanese, Shenzhen, Mukden, Shenyang, Manchuria, Suzhou, Tokyo, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Asia, Pacific, Chinese, Jilin

☆ UN members vote to demand Israel end occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —United Nations members voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to demand that Israel end its occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months. Fourteen countries voted against, including the United States, Hungary, Israel, Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, and Tuvalu. In its advisory opinion, the ICJ said Israel should end its occupation “as rapidly as possible.” The UN’s resolution gives a 12-month timeline. During the 1967 war, Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan heights from neighboring Arab states. The Palestinians want the West Bank and Gaza for a future state, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Persons: Riyad Mansour, Danny Danon, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, ” Louis Charbonneau, Israel, ”, Agnes Callamard Organizations: CNN — United Nations, UN, International Court of Justice, West Bank, Assembly, Palestinian, Human Rights Watch, HRW, Amnesty International Locations: Israel, United States, Hungary, Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Tuvalu, East Jerusalem, Palestinian, Palestine, New York, UN, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ For decades, Chinese workers have retired relatively early. That’s about to change
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hong Kong CNN —For decades, Chinese workers have wrapped up their working lives at relatively young ages: 60 for men and as early as 50 for women. The announcement sparked immediate widespread discussion – and backlash – across Chinese social media. Some social media users appeared encouraged that the changes weren’t more drastic and included some flexibility. Major protests erupted in France in 2023 in response to a government attempt to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Even for those of working age, employment remains a steep challenge following the pandemic and a raft of government-led industry crackdowns in recent years.

Persons: ”, Yuan Xin, Yuan, Demographers, It’s Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Xinhua, Communist Party, Weibo, China Population Association, Nankai University, for Economic Co, Development, Social, Communist, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Employers Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China, Tianjin, France, Communist China

☆ Hamas leader sends letters from hiding after almost a year of silence
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Abbas Al Lawati | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

One of Israel’s most wanted men, Sinwar hasn’t been seen since the war. On Tuesday, he issued his first statement since the war, congratulating Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for his election victory, according to Hamas’ Telegram channel. The next day, his office said he wrote letters thanking those who offered condolences for Haniyeh’s death. CNN cannot verify if Sinwar is indeed the author of the letters. Sinwar was named political leader of Hamas after Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran in July.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, ” Sinwar, Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Sinwar hasn’t, hadn’t, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Sinwar, Haniyeh, ” Organizations: CNN, Zionist, Hezbollah’s Telegram, Israel, Hamas, ’ Telegram Locations: Lebanese, Iran, Gaza, Israel, Tehran, Al Aqsa, Jerusalem

The Israeli military said Tuesday that an American woman who was killed during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week was "likely" hit "unintentionally" by Israeli fire. Eygi’s family said she was peacefully demonstrating when she was killed and that video showed the bullet appeared to come from an Israeli military shooter. They had separately called for an independent U.S.-ordered investigation and said an Israeli investigation would not be enough. A Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into the 2022 killing of another American in the West Bank, veteran Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, remains ongoing. Israel refused to cooperate with the FBI's investigation and to date no one in the Israeli military has been prosecuted.

Persons: Ezgi, Washington, Eygi’s, Vedant Patel, Patel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel Organizations: West Bank, University of Washington, International Solidarity Movement, Islamic Jihad, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, State Department, U.S . State Department, Justice Department, Military Police, Investigation, Military, Corps, International Court of Justice, Federal Bureau of Locations: American, Seattle, Israel, U.S, Palestinian, Israeli, Jerusalem

Almost half the population of East Timor, the most Catholic nation outside Vatican City, attended a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Tuesday on the third leg of his Asia trip. An estimated 600,000 people packed the seaside park of Tasitolu near the capital, Dili, the Vatican told reporters, citing local authorities. But the Vatican has also admitted it concealed sexual abuse by members of the clergy in East Timor, including key figures in the independence movement. Francis, 87, is the first pope to visit East Timor since it became an independent state in 2002. “We have the opportunity to see the pope face to face.”The Mass was held at the same site where St. John Paul II, the last pope to visit East Timor, celebrated a historic liturgy in 1989.

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, “ Viva, Francisco, ”, Lucrecia Nono, “, John Paul II, John Paul Organizations: Vatican City, Vatican, Catholic Locations: East Timor, Vatican, Asia, Tasitolu, Dili, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore

☆ Senior Republicans urge Biden to lift restrictions on Ukraine hitting targets deep inside Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —A group of key House Republicans have written to President Joe Biden urging him to lift the restrictions on the use of US-provided long-range weapons systems and allow Kyiv to strike targets deep inside Russia. The UK is also considering whether to allow Ukraine to strike deeper inside Russia with its own long-range system, the Storm Shadow. “No change to policy,” one senior administration official said, adding that there is currently no openness to lifting restrictions. Last month, senior Ukrainians presented US officials with targets they would like to strike in Russia during a visit to Washington. But the Ukrainians say there are weapons productions facilities that would be within reach of the ATACMS inside Russia that are worthy military targets, a source familiar with the Ukrainians position told CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky, Antony Blinken’s, Biden, Blinken, David Lammy, Keir Starmer, “, Michael McCaul, Michael Turner, Mike Rogers, Ken Calvert, Thomas Kean, Richard Hudson, “ Biden, Harris, Donald Trump, Defense Lloyd Austin, ” Austin, ”, ” Blinken, “ It’s, Zelensky, ” John Kirby, It’s, CNN’s MJ Lee Organizations: CNN, Republicans, British, UK, House Foreign, House Intelligence, House Armed Services, House, Helsinki, Republican, Defense, Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Ukraine “, Ukraine, Russian, US National Security Council Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Washington, London, U.S, Germany, Russia’s Kursk, Iranian, Crimea

Dili, East Timor CNN —Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where more than half the population is expected to turn out for an open-air mass on Tuesday. People wait for Pope Francis to arrive at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. Pope Francis greets Catholic worshipers in Dili, East Timor, on September 10, 2024. Four hundred years of ensuing Portuguese colonial rule led to the widespread spread of Catholicism in East Timor and other cultural differences from Muslim-majority Indonesia. East Timor is also on track to become the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, which could happen next year.

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☆ Burnout Cure for Girlbosses: Female Executives Vs. Hustle Culture
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

But for few has its pursuit been more complicated than for the elite career women Byars strives to help. AdvertisementWhen she finally felt ready to go back to corporate life, she looked for a more sustainable way to pursue professional success. The issue with high-achieving women, Byars says, is they focus on meeting only two of those needs — security (money) and esteem — while neglecting the rest. When the clients cry, it's mostly related to the need Byars says is the trickiest to meet: esteem. But if you're a woman with four kids and a senior-level corporate job, is there really any amount of mindset shifting you can do to avoid burnout?

Persons: Erin, She's, I've, Erin needn't, They've, Kathleen Byars, Byars, Kate, there's, Mary Kay, Scott, —, Ali, she's, that's, Erin interjects, Let's, I'm, They're, they're, she'll, Kiersten, We're, it's, It's, LeAnn Rimes, isn't, Erin's, strum, Aki Ito Organizations: Virgin, Goodlife Institute, CWU, Habitat, Humanity, BI, Business Locations: Nashville, I'm, Dallas, Chile, CWU, Byars

☆ Hezbollah: What weapons does it have? A visual guide
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Lou Robinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Though no match for Israel’s military might, Hezbollah’s increasingly sophisticated arsenal has the potential to inflict significant damage on Israel and its allies in the region. As it fought in the trenches of that nearly decade-long war, Hezbollah became seasoned in urban warfare and solidified its alliances with other Iran-backed groups fighting in Syria. Throughout its decades-long conflict with Israel, Hezbollah has been engaged in asymmetric warfare. It has sought to grow its political and military might, while seeking to establish deterrence despite Israel’s military superiority. Because of Hezbollah’s growing power, a possible all-out war between Israel and Lebanon would thrust the Middle East into uncharted waters.

Persons: Yemen’s Houthis, Bashar al, Assad Organizations: CNN, Islamic Locations: Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Red, Beirut, Islamic Republic

☆ Ukraine’s march into Russia exposes Putin’s crisis management problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But his track record of handling recent crises in Russia reveals a different side of his presidential persona: one of paralysis and indecision. Despite a claim of responsibility from ISIS-K, he continued to insist that Ukraine, and the West had played a role. Dmytro Kholod, commander of Ukraine’s “Nightingale” battalion, currently in Kursk, told CNN by phone on Wednesday that he has noticed a shift in the behavior of Russian troops. It is just a strategy for perpetuating war and allowing Russia to wait us all out,” said Ryan. “Now we see that when he’s really presented with a crisis, he’s not a cornered rat, he’s just like an imposter.

Persons: CNN —, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Evgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, ” Putin, Prigozhin, Yan Dobronosov, ”, Boris Bondarev, “, Mick Ryan, Ramzan Kadyrov, don’t, Andrei Belousov, Dmytro Kholod, Ukraine’s “ Nightingale, ” Ryan, he’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Efrem, Ryan, Bondarev Organizations: CNN, Crocus, Russia’s, ISIS, US, Kyiv, Getty, of Human Rights, ”, Kremlin, Naval, Black, Institute for, Russian MoD, Russia, AP, NATO, Putin Locations: Russia, Russian, Kursk, Ukraine, Crocus City, Moscow, Ukrainian, Sudzha, AFP, Beslan, Kharkiv, Crimea, Kursk Oblast, ”

☆ Ukraine Steps Up Strikes Into Russia as Moscow Pushes Ahead in the East
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Marc Santora | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Ukrainian forces fight to isolate a large group of Russian soldiers caught between a river in Russia’s Kursk Province and the Ukrainian border, Kyiv has launched a series of strikes at airfields, ports and oil depots in Russia aimed at degrading the Kremlin’s war effort. A Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian port of Kavkaz hit a large cargo ferry laden with fuel on Thursday, triggering a towering blaze at the facility, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials as well as video posted to social media channels. Kavkaz is one of the country’s largest passenger ports and the main ferry terminal connecting Russia with Crimea. “This ferry is one of the key links in the Russian military logistics chain, primarily for supplying the occupying forces with fuel and lubricants, but it also transported weapons,” a Ukrainian Navy spokesman, Dmytro Pletenchuk, said in a statement. The attack on the transit hubs came after strikes on the only bridge linking Crimea to Russia over the Kerch Strait left it damaged, forcing Moscow to increasingly rely on large ferries capable of carrying rail cars to support its occupation forces on the peninsula, which it annexed in 2014.

Persons: ”, Dmytro Pletenchuk Organizations: Ukrainian Navy Locations: Russia’s Kursk Province, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Russia, Crimea, “, Kerch, Moscow

☆ Israel and US brace for Iranian attack as diplomats push hard for Gaza ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Israel and the United States are preparing for a potential Iranian attack on Israel as efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza intensify, with talks set to resume this week amid intense diplomacy to avert a wider regional war. A major Iranian attack reprisal against Israel could risk derailing the ceasefire talks that US officials have said were at an advanced stage prior to the assassination of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which Iran blamed on Israel. But the country’s mission to the United Nations said on Saturday that Tehran’s retaliation to Israel’s suspected killing of Haniyeh is “totally unrelated to the Gaza ceasefire,” adding that it has a right to self-defense. Palestinians pray next to the bodies of those killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City on Saturday. Egyptian and Qatari mediators have told Israel that Sinwar wants a deal, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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☆ Zelensky says Russian forces started fire at Russian-controlled nuclear plant in southern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post Sunday. Zelensky posted a video showing a large plume of smoke coming out of one of the towers on the plant’s territory. The Russian-installed communications director of the nuclear plant, Evgeniya Yashina, told state media TASS that there were no victims following the strike. 1 was damaged, and plastic steam traps caught fire following the Ukrainian drone strike,” citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Team was told by ZNPP of an alleged drone attack today on one of the cooling towers located at the site.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, ”, Yevhen Yevtushenko, Yevgeniy Balitsky, ” Balitsky, Vladimir Rogov, Maria Zakharova, Yashina, ZNPP Organizations: CNN, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian Foreign, TASS, Ministry, Russian Ministry Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Europe, Ukrainian, Nikopol, ” Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Enerhodar, ZNPP’s

In the 1980s, the U.S. military was in the middle of a transformation. Mr. Walz, now Minnesota governor and the presumptive Democratic candidate for vice president, raised his hand to join the Army National Guard just two days past his 17th birthday on April 8, 1981. Mr. Walz never went to war. And it ended when Mr. Walz was 41, as the military ramped up for war after Sept. 11. Since being picked as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate this week, he has found himself facing allegations previously aired by Minnesota Republicans and newly amplified by JD Vance, former President Donald J. Trump’s running mate.

Persons: Tim Walz, . Walz, Walz, Kamala Harris’s, JD Vance, Donald J Organizations: U.S, Democratic, Army National Guard, Army, Minnesota Republicans Locations: Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Nebraska, Minnesota, America

☆ In photos: Petra Basnakova’s journey with the Palestinian Bedouin
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Yahya Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Slovakian photographer Petra Basnakova made a series of remarkable and personally transformative discoveries during her three-year-long journey among Palestinian Bedouin families. Petra BasnakovaIn the foreground, the Bedouin community of Jabar Al-Bab; behind it, the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. In her book, Basnakova reminisces over a serene Ramadan night when Nadia, a Bedouin matron and a prominent figure in Basnakova’s journey, thanked her for being a bridge of empathy between Palestinian Bedouin and the rest of the world. And by everything, I mean they have hope that one day they will be finally free.”Nawal is part of the Rashayda Bedouin community near Jericho. Petra Basnakova

Persons: Petra Basnakova, ” Basnakova, “ I’ve, “, ”, Nabi Musa, Petra Basnakova Basnakova, —, Basnakova, Besnakova, Nadia, Petra, Ma'ale Adumim, lazing, Nawal, Nawal's, Al, Petra Basnakova Issa Mohammad Jamal Organizations: CNN, United Nations, West Bank, ” Locations: Slovakian, Sand, Jerusalem, Europe, Nabi, Petra, Negev, Gaza, Israel, Jericho, Jabar Al, Ma'ale, Palestine, Palestinian, Jabal Al, Jabal

☆ ‘We shoot first, ask questions later’: Why some Israeli reservists refuse to go back to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Zeena Saifi | Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Every day for two months, Michael Ofer Ziv spent hours watching grainy, black-and-white footage of the Gaza Strip from a tiny room across the border. CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on his claims. Green said he felt his role was to protect the civilians who had been attacked on October 7 and thought the Israeli military would go in and target Hamas. Yuval Green‘Losing so much’Reservists who refuse to serve again, like Ofer Ziv and Green, could face serious consequences. Yuval GreenDespite the risks, both Green and Ofer Ziv are committed to their decision.

Persons: Michael Ofer Ziv, ”, Ofer Ziv’s, ” Michael Ofer Ziv, Ofer Ziv, ” Ofer Ziv, “, Hatem Khaled, ‘, Yuval Green, Green, … we’ve, Khan Younis, Yuval Green ‘, Michael Sfard, Sfard, ” Sfard, refuser, ” Yuval Green, he’s, …, … we’re Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Reuters, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, Rafah, Khan, …

☆ A boomer who moved from Minnesota to Mexico said his cost of living dropped by 50% — but transplants need to respect the culture
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Eleven years ago, Mark LeGeros made a big change: The now-65-year-old moved from Minneapolis to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. There are still adjustments moving abroad, and hopeful movers need to know that. Living abroad brings its own challenges, along with rewards. "But just always have a support group that are dealing with living abroad because you need that adjustment group to help you put things into perspective." "But if you want the adventure of living abroad and learning a new culture, being curious, that kind of thing, that's when you probably should really consider living abroad."

Persons: Mark LeGeros, it's, that's, I'm, LeGeros, He's Organizations: Service Locations: Minneapolis, Puerto Vallarta , Mexico, Mexico, United States

☆ Middle East tensions: Those leaving Lebanon hold their families extra tight as they say goodbye
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Ivan Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Beirut, Lebanon CNN —When our plane finally took off from Beirut, it was nearly an hour late. Before departing for the airport, we held each other extra tight, not sure when we would see each other again. Moments later, the Israeli military carried out a “targeted strike” in southern Beirut, roughly 10 minutes’ drive away. The next day, the hills shook with the sound of sonic booms as Israeli war planes broke the sound barrier overhead. The CNN team in Beirut later confirmed reports that Israeli warplanes had broken the sound barrier in skies over Lebanon.

Persons: Angelina, Ghenwa, Hussein, Kayta, Ivan Watson, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Katya, Israel, Fu’ad Shukr, Ismail Haniyeh, hasn’t, Mayyas, Lebanon’s Virgin Radio haven’t, Jack Sleiman, Taym, It’s Organizations: Lebanon CNN, Airlines, Hezbollah, CNN, Israel’s, America’s, Lebanon’s Virgin Radio Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Israel, Golan, Lebanese, Harat, Tehran . Iran, Gaza, Tel Aviv , Washington, Tehran, Beirut’s

☆ Ukraine pushed Russia's Black Sea Fleet out of Crimea but retaking the peninsula will be incredibly hard
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewUkraine has dealt a massive blow to Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. Russia has retained control of Crimea since invading and annexing the peninsula in 2014 and secured Sevastopol as the headquarters for its Black Sea Fleet. Related stories"Without an amphibious naval force to land in Crimea, how can Ukraine project enough troops onto the peninsula to claim its control?" Ukraine has resorted to hitting Russia's air defenses in Crimea with missiles and long-range weapons, including US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS. "Even with F-16s, I don't think Ukraine has the ability to provide its ground forces effective close air support, given Russian air defense capability," he told BI.

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