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☆ Detained, Beaten, Underfed: Gazan Workers in Israel Describe Ordeal After Oct. 7 Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinian workers, who were stranded in Israel following the Oct. 7 attack, return home to the Gaza Strip. Photo: Str/Zuma PressWhen Hamas launched the Oct. 7 attacks that killed some 1,200 people across southern Israel, Maher Skaik, a 62-year-old from the Gaza Strip, was working in the Tel Aviv neighborhood where he had been a pastry maker for more than two years. A week later, Skaik said police officers came to the apartment he shared with several other Palestinian workers and took them into custody. Skaik was detained for a few days in a small cell where a group of detainees, several of whom he said were beaten by guards, slept on the floor squeezed together.

Persons: Maher Skaik, Skaik Organizations: Press, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Ruzwana Bashir Is Quietly Connecting the Tech World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Story by Melia RussellPhotography by Lelanie FosterRuzwana Bashir is ransacking her kitchen cabinet for just the right tea. Bashir wears an Erdem floral-printed bra top, Erdem skirt, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Old Jewelry earrings along with her own bracelet and ring. "Part of building a business was going out and sharing what you were doing with the world," Bashir says. For years Bashir's startup had been building muscle around these capabilities; now it had an eager audience. Eating at acclaimed restaurants is fine, but Bashir prefers the more-intimate affairs at tech executives' homes because, she says, "you can stay longer."

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Paris CNN —France has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the alleged use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, a judicial source told CNN on Wednesday. This is the first international arrest warrant against Assad. “All Interpol member states should then comply with the arrest warrant,” Chammas told CNN. “We have never used our chemical arsenal in our history,” Assad said in 2017. He added that “morally” the Syrian government would never do this “because it’s not acceptable.”

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☆ France issues arrest warrant against Syria's President Assad - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - French judges have issued arrest warrants for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher al-Assad, and two other senior officials over the use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, a judicial source said on Wednesday. It is the first international arrest warrant that has been issued for the Syrian head of state, whose forces responded to protests that began in 2011 with a brutal crackdown that U.N. experts have said amount to war crimes. It is the first time international arrest warrants have been issued over the chemical weapons attack in Ghouta in 2013, says Mazen Darwish, lawyer and founder of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), which filed the case in France. In October, French judges issued warrants for two former defence ministers over a 2017 bomb that killed a French-Syrian man at his home in Daraa. Reporting by Layli Foroudi and Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Richard LoughOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Bashar al, Assad, Maher al, Mazen Darwish, Darwish, Layli Foroudi, Dominique Vidalon, Benoit Van Overstraeten, Richard Lough Organizations: Eastern Ghouta, Syrian Center for Media, United Nations, Organisation, Chemical Weapons, Thomson Locations: Syria, Douma, Eastern, Syrian, Ghouta, France, Daraa

Cosgrave resigned as CEO last month, saying his personal comments on the conflict had become a distraction from Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon. Web Summit appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as the chief executive. The Web Summit said more than 300 of its partners were coming to the event and that some "who were deliberating have come back on board and reversed their decision". The event attracts about 70,000 participants every year, drawing speakers from global tech companies and startups, as well as politicians. Reporting by Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira; Editing by Andrei Khalip and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Paddy Cosgrave, Cosgrave, Katherine Maher, Maher, Gonzalo Calvo, Chelsea Manning, Kuo Zhang, Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira, Andrei Khalip, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Web, Palestinian, Hamas, Google, Meta, Siemens, Web Summit, Wikimedia, Reuters, Ellanoor, WikiLeaks, Thomson Locations: LISBON, Lisbon, Israel, Irish, Gaza, Netherlands, Spanish

A satellite identifies tank tracks in the dirt, and a mall security camera catches the moment a bomb in Gaza detonates. While journalists' access to the war in Gaza is limited, a flood of video from all sorts of sources documents what is — and isn't — going on. That means combing through an endless supply of video posted on sources like X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, Telegram and Facebook. Sometimes images from video games are passed off as real, but experts can usually spot them. Satellite images, video and photos helped The Washington Post track where Israeli forces went during their initial incursion into Gaza.

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Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of the Family Leader, said he and the RNC came to an agreement on the forum. “The RNC and I have agreed on the format of @TheFamilyLeader November 17 Thanksgiving FAMiLY Forum. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott – were invited to the Family Leader’s Thanksgiving Family Forum scheduled for November 17. There’s no way that should cause the RNC to penalize any candidate,” DeSantis told reporters after a campaign event in Ames, Iowa. Trump was invited to the event but has no plans to attend, an aide to the former president said.

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☆ Web Summit CEO: Attendees this year represent 'future of the industry'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWeb Summit CEO: Attendees this year represent 'future of the industry'Katherine Maher, CEO of Web Summit, said that next week's event will see have a high impact despite several top names in technology, from Meta to Amazon, having pulled out.

Persons: Katherine Maher Organizations: Web Locations: Meta

Here are six takeaways from the third GOP presidential primary debate:Foreign policy takes center stageOn Israel’s war with Hamas, there was little disagreement between the five candidates. “I am going to send troops to our southern border.”It was like Tuesday night never happenedJust like in the second debate, abortion concerns didn’t make it into the first more than 90 minutes of the program. The biotech entrepreneur came out swinging against the media, Haley, the debate moderators, the media, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, DeSantis and the Florida governor’s boots. Instead, the former South Carolina governor spent much of the debate sparring with Ramaswamy. During the Simi Valley debate, Haley said during a discussion about the app that she felt “dumber” every time she heard him speak.

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☆ Ohio to Decide on Abortion Rights in Highest-Profile Ballot Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Columbus, Ohio, residents lined up at an early-voting location on Friday. Photo: Andrew Spear/Getty ImagesOhio voters on Tuesday will decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, marking the highest-profile ballot question on a range of issues around the U.S. The Ohio vote is the latest test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than a year ago, voters have defeated ballot measures that would have restricted abortion rights in other red states such as Kansas and Kentucky.

Persons: Andrew Spear, Roe, Wade Organizations: Images Ohio, U.S, Supreme Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky

☆ Ohio Voters Enshrine Abortion Access in State Constitution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Supporters of the abortion rights referendum cheer the results Tuesday in Columbus Ohio. Photo: Andrew Spear/Getty ImagesOhio voters decided Tuesday to put abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, one of several states where the issue resonated with voters and showed its potential to help Democrats next year. The Ohio vote was another key test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Democrat Andy Beshear Tuesday won another term as governor in Kentucky, where he criticized abortion restrictions passed by the legislature.

Persons: Andrew Spear, Andy Beshear Organizations: Images Ohio Locations: Columbus Ohio, Ohio, Kentucky

☆ Ohio Voters Are Casting Ballots on Abortion Rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kris Maher | Jon Kamp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Voters lined up Tuesday at a polling location in Columbus, Ohio. Abortion protections are on the ballot in the state. Photo: megan jelinger/ReutersOhio voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Midwestern state’s constitution, in the highest-profile ballot question on a range of issues around the U.S. The Ohio vote is the latest test of where voters stand on one of the most consequential issues heading into next year’s presidential election. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade more than a year ago, voters have defeated ballot measures that would have restricted abortion rights in other red states such as Kansas and Kentucky.

Persons: megan jelinger, Roe, Wade Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Supreme Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Reuters Ohio, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky

☆ Without A Fight wins Melbourne Cup as jockey Zahra triumphs again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Horse Racing - Melbourne Cup - Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia - November 7, 2023 Jockey Mark Zahra reacts after riding Without A Fight to victory in race 7, the 2023 Melbourne Cup, during Melbourne Cup Day Joel Carrett/AAP Image via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMELBOURNE, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Without A Fight won the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday, with jockey Mark Zahra celebrating back-to-back triumphs in Australia's most prestigious race. Zahra became the first jockey to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups since Glen Boss rode Makybe Diva to a hat-trick of wins from 2003-05. Gold Trip, carrying the top weight of 58.5kg on a firm track, slumped to 17th under replacement jockey James McDonald. 'EXTRAORDINARY RIDE'Prepared by British duo Simon and Ed Crisford, Without A Fight ran 13th in last year's Melbourne Cup. Three-times Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Damien Oliver rode Alenquer to 21st in his final Melbourne Cup, the gelding cleared by stewards in the morning after reported for foot bruising.

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☆ Hamas Armed Wing: More Than 60 Hostages Are Missing Due to Israeli Airstrikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - The armed wing of Palestinian militant faction Hamas said on Saturday that more than 60 hostages were missing because of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, also said on Hamas' telegram account that 23 bodies of Israeli hostages were trapped under the rubble. "It seems that we will never be able to reach them due to the continued brutal aggression of the occupation against Gaza," he said. Reuters could not immediately verify the statement. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba, writing by Hatem Maher; Editing by Emelia Sithole)

Persons: Abu Ubaida, Deen al, Ahmed Tolba, Hatem Maher, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Hamas, Brigades, Gaza, Reuters Locations: CAIRO, Gaza

☆ Jewish Viewers Find a Refuge in Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jeremy W. Peters | More About Jeremy W. Peters | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Since September, Fox News’s audience has grown by a larger percentage than CNN and MSNBC in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington and Miami. And in the New York market — the nation’s largest — Fox has lately beaten its left-leaning rival, MSNBC, by a few percentage points. In September, Fox was drawing 16 percent fewer viewers than MSNBC in New York. Fox News — with the largest audience in all of cable television in recent years — draws a sizable number of Democratic and liberal-leaning viewers. “My Jewish liberal friends will text me and they’ll say, ‘Oh, this is where you go in the afternoon?’ because they never watched Fox before,” she said.

Persons: Israel, Fox, ”, “, Jessica Tarlov, Bill Maher ” Organizations: CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox, Democratic, Nielsen, The Free Press Locations: Gaza, Israel, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Los Angeles , Philadelphia, Washington, Minneapolis

Details of how Japan is paring back military procurement due to currency fluctuations have not been previously reported. China, which has not ruled out using military force to bring Taiwan under its control, has expressed concern about Japan's military spending plans, accusing it of displaying a "Cold War mentality." In December, defence ministry officials discussed an order for 34 twin-rotor Chinook transport helicopters at roughly 15 billion yen per aircraft, two of the sources said. She declined to comment on whether the defence ministry had dropped an order for the seaplane. A ministry spokesperson confirmed the companies delivered a letter on Oct 25 to Defence Minister Minoru Kihara urging the government to proceed with the defence procurement as planned.

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☆ Hezbollah says it downs Israeli drone; Israel disputes account
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday it destroyed an Israeli drone over south Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, an account disputed by Israel's military which confirmed the missile launch but said its aircraft suffered "no damage". It was the second time this week that Hezbollah claimed to down an Israeli drone with a surface-to-air missile, with cross-border clashes escalating as Israel wages a ground incursion against Gaza's Hamas rulers. Hezbollah said in a statement its fighters shot down the drone just after midnight over two villages on the Lebanese side of the frontier. The Israeli military said that a surface-to-air missile was launched from Lebanon toward one of its drones. "There was no damage to the (drone)," the statement said.

Persons: Hatem Maher, Rami Ayyub, Sandra Maler, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel

☆ Web Summit appoints new CEO after predecessor quit over Israel-Hamas comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Web Summit has appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as chief executive following the resignation of Paddy Cosgrave, whose comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict prompted some companies to withdraw from an upcoming conference. Cosgrave, who founded Web Summit, resigned as CEO earlier this month, saying his personal comments on the conflict had become a distraction from Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon, one of the world's largest tech conferences, which is due to start on Nov. 13. "In recent weeks Web Summit has been at the centre of the conversation, rather than the host. "Today Web Summit is entering its next phase." Maher led Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit behind Wikipedia, for five years and is chair of messaging platform Signal Messenger, a Web Summit statement said.

Persons: Katherine Maher, Paddy Cosgrave, Cosgrave, Maher, Cosgrove, Conor Humphries, Louise Heavens, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: DUBLIN, Summit, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lisbon, Gaza

☆ Impeding relief aid to Gaza may be a crime under ICC jurisdiction, prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO Oct 29 (Reuters) - Impeding relief supplies to Gaza's population may constitute a crime under the International Criminal Court's (ICC) jurisdiction, the court's top prosecutor told a news conference in Egypt on Sunday. United Nations officials have said the aid supplies are limited and do not correspond to the huge need on the ground. Khan said he was not able to get into Gaza but hopes to visit the Gaza strip and Israel while he is in the region. Israel, which is not a member of the ICC, has previously rejected the court's jurisdiction and does not formally engage with its investigations. Khan has previously said that the ICC has jurisdiction over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during both the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and in the territory of Gaza.

Persons: Stringer, Karim Khan, Israel, Khan, Stephanie van den Berg, Bart Meijer, Hatem Maher, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Sunday, United Nations, ICC, Thomson Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Egypt, CAIRO, The Hague, Cairo

☆ Egypt says 'Israeli obstacles' impeding aid delivery to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinians, who fled their houses amid Israeli strikes, take shelter at a tent camp at a United Nations-run centre, after Israel's call for more than 1 million civilians in northern Gaza to move south, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 28 (Reuters) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday "Israeli obstacles" including truck inspection procedures were impeding the prompt delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian enclave. The Rafah crossing, which is controlled by Egypt and does not border Israel, has become the main point of aid delivery since Israel imposed a siege on Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants from the coastal strip on Oct. 7. Israel has vowed to wipe out the Hamas group that rules Gaza, which it says killed 1,400 people and took hundreds hostage in an Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel. Reuters GraphicsReporting by Enas Alashray and Hatem Maher; Editing by David Evans and Helen PopperOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ 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.

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☆ Hamas armed wing says Israel 'stalled' on possible deal over hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 28 (Reuters) - Hamas was about to reach an agreement with Israel over the hostages held by the Palestinian militant faction but Israel had "stalled" on that possibility, a spokesman for the group's armed wing said on Saturday. Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, also said in a video speech the group would only release all the hostages it has if Israel freed all Palestinian prisoners. Hamas can also hold talks over a "partial" agreement over the captives, he added. Reporting by Hatem Maher and Enas Alashray; editing by David EvansOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Hamas Armed Wing Says Israel 'Stalled' on Possible Deal Over Hostages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Hamas was about to reach an agreement with Israel over the hostages held by the Palestinian militant faction but Israel had "stalled" on that possibility, a spokesman for the group's armed wing said on Saturday. Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, also said in a video speech the group would only release all the hostages it has if Israel freed all Palestinian prisoners. Hamas can also hold talks over a "partial" agreement over the captives, he added. (Reporting by Hatem Maher and Enas Alashray; editing by David Evans)

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☆ Qatar-led negotiations between Israel and Hamas continue, source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An explosion is seen on the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from the Israeli side, October 27, 2023. REUTERS TV via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsDOHA/JERUSALEM, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Qatar-mediated negotiations between Israel and Hamas aimed at de-escalating fighting in Gaza continued on Saturday, a source briefed on the negotiations said, even as Israel intensified its assault on the enclave. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that efforts to secure the hostages' release will continue even during the Gaza ground offensive. Earlier, the armed wing of Hamas said it had been close to reaching an agreement with Israel over the hostages, but Israel had "stalled" on that possibility. Qatari envoys have previously helped mediate truces between the Islamist group and Israel.

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Egypt's military spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said two drones were fired from the southern Red Sea aiming north. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that combat helicopters had been scrambled when "an aerial threat was spotted in the Red Sea region". EGYPT EXPOSED"The air force and air defence force are intensifying efforts to secure Egyptian airspace on all strategic directions," the Egyptian military said. The U.S. said last week a Navy warship in the Red Sea intercepted projectiles launched by the Houthi, potentially toward Israel. Bordering both Gaza and Israel, Egypt is exposed to the conflict that blew up after Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on Israel and the subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

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