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57+ min ago (174+ words) Al Bawaba highlights the top News of the Week for the past 7 days in various topics, including politics, business and entertainment. Visit our official website and social media pages below: Official website for more news: https://www.albawaba.com/ X/ Twitter: https://www.x.com/AlBawabaEnglish Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/albawaba_english/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlBawabaNews/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/albawabanews.bsky.social - Silent Threat in the sky: The Hidden 6000 Airbus glitch that triggered global flight chaos ALBAWABA - In a shocking move aimed at ruining the legacy of his predecessor, U.S. President Donald Trump said that all executive orders and official documents signed by former President Joe Biden through the automated signature system known as the "auto-pen" would be canceled. "Perjury": Trump voids 92% of Biden's orders signed with the auto-pen Kim Kardashian pays $80K for Robert Kardashian bible linked to O.J. Simpson Zelensky's inner circle shaken: Top Aide Yermak resigns after corruption raid Video: Top Zelensky aide raided in $100 Million corruption…...

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2+ hour, 3+ min ago (1599+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. For the first time, two scholars have used radiocarbon analysis to pinpoint the era in which Pharaoh Nebpehtire Ahmose reigned over Egypt, determining that he must have ascended the throne in the second half of the 16th century BCE. In so doing, they have also opened new avenues for investigating a long-rumored connection between the events described in the biblical Exodus and a devastating volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea long considered contemporary to Ahmose, said Prof. Hendrik J. Bruins from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the lead author of a new study in which the scholars published their findings. The'study, published in the prominent journal PLOS ONE last month, has significant implications for understanding the history of Egypt, the land of Israel, and the wider region....

2+ hour, 36+ min ago (523+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 With a pot of glue, a blade, and a keen eye, Manal al-Saadani repairs tattered banknotes " a necessity in the Gaza Strip, where the cash in circulation is wearing out. For every revived note she gives back to a customer, they give her a few coins in return. As Gaza remained heavily blockaded for much of the war that began when Gazan terror groups carried out their October 7, 2023, massacre on southern Israeli communities, basic supplies were depleted, including banknotes, with no new ones supplied to its banks. Israel argues that its naval blockade is legal as it battles Hamas terrorists in the coastal enclave, and is designed to prevent the terror group from importing weapons. Every day, Saadani carries her small plastic table a few kilometres from Al-Bureij refugee camp and sets it up in the…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago (778+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 JTA " Earlier this week, several pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel groups in North Carolina touted the state pension fund's sale of $6.7 million in Israeli government bonds as a "victory." But despite the groups' claims, the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer said that the sale had nothing to do with "divestment" but was simply a part of a routine portfolio rebalance. "The sale of two Israel Government International bonds was not related to a divestment exercise," the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer said in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. "The previously held bonds were sold in October during a larger fixed income portfolio rebalancing exercise that sold bonds with shorter remaining maturity than the portfolio typically holds." The activists had hailed the sale as a win for the boycott Israel movement. "VICTORY: NC DIVESTS FROM ISRAEL!!...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago (633+ words) Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solution A global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many as the best hope of leading a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current Gaza ceasefire. The campaign, being led by Barghouti's West Bank-based family with UK civil society support, is seeking to put the 66-year-old's fate at the centre of the next stage of the ceasefire. Successive opinion polls show he is the most popular Palestinian politician in Gaza and the West Bank. Murals with the words Free Marwan, coordinated by Calum Hall, the founder of Creative Debuts, a creative consultancy and art platform, have started to appear in London, and a huge public art installation appeared in the…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago (458+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 JTA " A Palestinian restaurant in New York City has named its new location "Hinds Hall" after the moniker anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University gave to a campus building they occupied last spring. In a post on Instagram on Thursday, the restaurant, Ayat NYC, which has eight locations, announced that its new storefront in Morningside Heights would be renamed in solidarity with the protesters at Columbia. "It stands right next to Columbia University where students stood up for Gaza and renamed Hamilton Hall, a campus building to Hinds Hall and we choose to stand with them and carry that name forward," the post read. Critics of Columbia's anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests at the time accused its participants of antisemitism and calling for violence against Jews. In June, a report by the Columbia University Task Force on Antisemitism…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago (907+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 Deep in a rugged valley of southern Lebanon, a cave complex offers a small picture of the subterranean infrastructure Hezbollah relied on near the Israeli border, along with the difficult task the country's army faces as it seeks to disarm the terror group. Roughly 100 meters (330 feet) long, the complex in the Zibqin area, outfitted with electrical power and ventilated shafts, likely served as a command center and contained a smattering of abandoned equipment including first-aid kits and military jackets. Weapons there had already been confiscated by the army. The army took dozens of journalists from local and and international media outlets Friday on a tour of the rugged area along the border. Its troops could be seen in places where Hezbollah once had a heavy military presence. The Lebanese army has intensified its efforts in areas…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago (692+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday's events as they happen. Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the US attorney for the District of Columbia has announced, while investigators continue to seek a motive. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in critical condition after the'Wednesday afternoon shooting'near the White House. President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has said the charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War, now include one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Beckstrom and Wolfe were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard as…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago (558+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 785 The military is considering an expanded operation in southern Syria if it finds that Syrian government forces were involved in gunfire at soldiers during an arrest operation in Syria's south early Friday morning, Channel 13 said in an unsourced report. According to the network, the Israel Defense Forces could transition to conducting fewer arrest operations against terror operatives active near the border and instead increase airstrikes to eliminate targets. Kan news reported that Israel has identified that some of those planning attacks against IDF soldiers and the Druze community in southern Syria work for the Syrian government's intelligence forces. It was unclear from the report to what degree they are involved with the government and whether their actions against Israel are known to Syrian authorities. The IDF said troops came under fire early Friday morning in the…...