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NYT: Pentagon has been evacuating bases in Middle East
48+ min ago (474+ words) The United States has been gradually evacuating its troops stationed at bases in the Middle East amid concerns of a possible war with Iran, with a Friday report by The New York Times indicating that hundreds of troops have now…...
Democratic candidate running for US Senate in Illinois says Israel committed ‘genocide’
48+ min ago (705+ words) JTA " An Illinois congresswoman who is running for US Senate said during a debate Thursday night that she believed Israel committed a genocide in Gaza, in the latest sign of a sea change in Democratic sentiment about Israel. "It may…...
At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, health ministry says
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (374+ words) Hezbollah leader among dead as Israel says it hit militant command centres At least 10 people have been killed and 24 wounded " including three children " in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley, the Lebanese health ministry has said. Israel said it…...
Tucker Carlson falsely says Herzog visited Epstein island in interview with US envoy
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (1111+ words) The right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson said falsely that President Isaac Herzog visited Jeffrey Epstein's infamous island in an interview filmed in Israel and released on Friday. Carlson, a leading critic of Israel on the right, came to Israel on Wednesday…...
Renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens dies at 86
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (539+ words) JTA " Isaiah Zagar, the famed Jewish mosaic artist whose shimmering, kaleidoscopic installations transformed streets and buildings across Philadelphia and founded the city's Magic Gardens, has died. Zagar died on Thursday of complications from heart failure and Parkinson's disease at his…...
Gaza families struggle through Ramadan despite Israel-Hamas ceasefire
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (111+ words) As the sun dips behind the skyline of Gaza, 42-year-old Abeer Ghafeer crouches over a small open flame outside her tent, stirring rice in a pot boiling over a small fire surrounded by ruins. Around her, the scene is a…...
South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale after minister pans artist’s focus on Gaza
4+ hour, 9+ min ago (463+ words) JTA " South Africa will not participate in this year's Venice Biennale following a dispute between its culture ministry and the artist it had selected, whose planned installation focused on Gaza. Gabrielle Goliath, a South African artist selected to represent the…...
Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (903+ words) Nasrallah Abu Siyam shot dead in occupied West Bank as UN human rights office accuses Israel of war crimes Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American man during an attack on a village, the…...
Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least eight people
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (496+ words) Lebanon's official news agency NNA says "Israeli drone' targeted the Hittin neighbourhood of the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. Israeli attacks have killed at least eight people in eastern and southern Lebanon, in the latest breach'of a 2024 ceasefire deal with…...
In new memoir, acclaimed ‘Hairspray’ composer tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (1006+ words) JTA " Marc Shaiman likes to joke that for half a century he's been "the funny Jewish guy at the piano," a role as old as vaudeville and as enduring as a well-timed joke. Now, in his new memoir "Never Mind…...