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Explained: Why is this week in the Israel-Gaza campus wars different from all other weeks?

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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik was supposed to speak at the December congressional hearing that proved disastrous for the presidents of Harvard and Penn. By a stroke of luck, she was out of town. In retrospect, U.S. campuses…

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Israelis feel the war is winding down. Gazans say it's still hell on earth

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Most Israeli army units have left Gaza, but still there are reports of dozens of Palestinians killed daily as airstrikes continue across the Strip. One Rafah resident says the fear is greater now than it was at the start of the war because…

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18-year-old Israeli woman seriously wounded in suspected terror stabbing; Attacker killed

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National Security Minister Ben-Gvir involved in car accident while returning from scene of suspected terror attack ■ ABC News reports Biden administration backtracks on sanctioning Netzah Yehuda battalion ■ Rocket fired from Lebanon toward…

Thursday, Apr 25

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U.S. sanctions Iranian company supplying suicide drones to Russia

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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has purchased at least 6,000 Shahed 136 suicide drones, manufactured by Iranian company Sahara Thunder. Now, the U.S. is demanding that its assets be frozen

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Why Israel's counterattack could accelerate Iran's nuclear program

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The technological superiority Israel demonstrated during Iran's attack a week ago, and its response – which penetrated Iran's defense systems – will force its leadership to recalibrate strategy

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Interpol issues warrant against Iranian minister for involvement in Argentina attack

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The arrest warrant was issued against Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, due to his involvement in the 1994 truck bomb attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people

Iranian rapper sentenced to death for supporting protests against regime

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Tamooj Salehi, who was charged with 'corruption on earth,' was described by Iran's Fars News Agency as being one of the leaders of the protest movement that had engulfed the country in late 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini

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'What do influencers have to do with airdrops?': Jordanian internet celebs join Gaza aid missions

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As Gazans scramble to raise the hundreds of thousands of dollars required to reach safety across the border with Egypt, some Jordanian content creators are documenting their journeys into Gaza, and Palestinians are asking - why?

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America's bear hug is fated to grow tighter amid Israel's wars

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Since October 7, Israel has become more dependent on the U.S. than ever both financially and militarily. Netanyahu is setting up Israel to become even more reliant in the years ahead

Wednesday, Apr 24

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Algeria's first KFC restaurant closes amid Gaza protests, reopens without logo

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The American fried chicken chain opened its first branch in the North African country to pro-Palestinian demonstrators charging it with ties to Israel and urging a boycott

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Explained: The Israeli extremists who want to rebuild the Temple, and the government ministers who back them

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They dream of rebuilding the Temple, re-instituting animal sacrifices, and a Jewish religious monopoly over one of the world's most contentious, incendiary sites, the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa Mosque. Once a fringe movement, its activists are…

Tuesday, Apr 23

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UN says Israel has not provided proof of allegations that UNRWA staff in Gaza belong to terror groups

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The independent review into the 'neutrality' of the agency is separate to investigations into Israeli claims that 12 staff members participated in the October 7 attacks

Monday, Apr 22

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Israel's 10 self-inflicted plagues since October 7

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From the 'Plague of No Strategy' to the 'Plague of Total Victory,' Israel's leaders have inflected plague upon plague on their people since the war with Hamas began over six months ago – and with no end in sight

Sunday, Apr 21

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The ultra-Orthodox Israeli army battalion the U.S. is set to sanction

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The Netzah Yehuda Battalion has a long history of bad behavior, driven by an ideology imbibed from the settler movement

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'Our future was here': Christians in Gaza are paying an unholy price for Israel-Hamas war

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Like all Palestinians in Gaza, hundreds of Christians living in the Strip found themselves with nowhere to hide once the war with Israel began after the October 7 Hamas attack. Though the disconnection from the wider Christian community -…

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Talks between Israel and Hamas are stuck, but continue to feed political interests throughout the region

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Qatar's mediation led to the release of four women hostages in October and the signing of the first hostage deal in November, and it provides an open channel between Hamas and the U.S. Receding from its role as mediator would deal a harsh…

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Hezbollah intercepts Israeli drone over Lebanon; Rockets fired at U.S. army base in Syria

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Gallant decries U.S. sanctions on IDF unit, pledges to respect to international law ■ Israeli soldier dies from wounds sustained in drone and missile attack on north ■ Israeli wounded by planted explosive device in West Bank ■ Palestinian…

Saturday, Apr 20

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Israeli military says 10 Palestinians, eight soldiers wounded in West Bank

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The military said its operation in the area had begun on Thursday. Palestinian media outlets reported Friday that one of the dead was Mohammed Jaber, the commander of the Tul Karm Brigades terror group

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Turkey's Erdogan meets with Haniyeh as Hamas leaders deny they may leave Qatar

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Two Hamas leaders said a Wall Street Journal report that the group's political leaders are considering leaving Qatar, while Hamas said it wants to strengthen ties with Turkey, including the direct receipt of aid

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A Palestinian sanitation worker is shot dead by an Israeli sniper for daring to go up on his roof

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Three days after a hardscrabble worker living in a West Bank refugee camp was shot dead by an Israeli soldier, his son was born and named after him

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Palestinian killed in clashes with settlers and soldiers in West Bank

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U.S. House passes $26 billion in emergency Israel aid ■ Turkish President Erdogan met Hamas chief Haniyeh in Istanbul ■ Three Hezbollah operatives killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, reports claim ■ IDF says ten Palestinian…

Palestinians wonder why settlers who attack them bother concealing their faces

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The murder of Binyamin Ahimeir in the West Bank led to a wave of settler violence under the protection of the army. But it was just an excuse to do what the settlers constantly do on a smaller scale: spreading fear, violently attacking…

Friday, Apr 19

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Israeli court orders release of Palestinian academic suspected of incitement to terror

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The judge criticized the police, saying that there was no justification for the arrest of Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian over her remarks about October 7. Police argued that she 'uses conspiracies to advance measures against Israel'

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With Israel's focus on Iran, a hostage deal with Hamas becomes a low priority

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Card after card is being lost in the negotiations with Hamas – as the violent escalation in the West Bank gets out of hand ■ After the Gaza war, the Israeli army will have to attend to its munitions shortage and beef up its reservist units…

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Western diplomats believe Israeli response to Iran is proportionate, won't lead to escalation

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Several diplomats say their countries held talks with Israel in recent days about their strike on Iran, in an attempt to prevent a flare-up. One diplomat said that danger is not behind us, 'but there is room for cautious optimism'

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Israel at war, day 196: World urges Israel, Iran to de-escalate after Isfahan strike

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Israel struck air base near Iranian city of Isfahan, international media reports ■ Senior Iranian officials say strike caused no damage, no immediate retaliation is planned, state media reports ■ U.S., EU sanction far-right Israeli…

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Israel's muted strike on Isfahan shows Netanyahu has no strategy on Iran, as well as Gaza

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Israel's lackluster strike on Isfahan is at most a temporary measure, a place-holder. And it was ordered by Netanyahu, who made a career out of talking up the Iranian threat but when the moment of truth came, he had nothing to say or offer

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Israel's response to Iran's attack impacts the legitimacy of an operation in Rafah

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According to reports, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority have already accepted the fact that Israel will enter Rafah, and have begun preparations for absorbing the displaced and managing civil affairs

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Iran gave Netanyahu an unprecedented opportunity, but he's a champ at missing opportunities

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Iran's attack a week ago gave Israel a chance to return to the Western world's good graces; will Israeli restraint prove prudent? ■ It's becoming clear: The hostages won't return before the war ends ■ Gantz keeps going with Netanyahu ■ Not…

Calls for de-escalation and restraint: World reacts to Israeli strike in Iran

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Leaders of European nations warned against further escalating the situation in the Middle East ■ Oman condemned Israel, Turkey said world should concentrate on 'stopping the massacre in Gaza'