The first photo of the unconquerable Salman Rushdie since his stabbing in August: In the new issue of the newyorker.com/magazine/2023/
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Exactly right: Hamas has previously avoided claiming direct resp for attacks, leery of provoking Israeli reprisals on Gaza. But a direct connection between violence in the West Bank and the Hamas leadership could risk drawing Gaza into the fight.
Turns out the photos posted by below are misleading. The New York Times just published pictures of the damaged castle. It was severely damaged, but far from gone.
#Turkiye #Gaziantep
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Koch network to back alternative to Trump after sitting out recent primaries
Israeli government aims to legalize West Bank outposts, but asks settlers to delay building new ones
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Meanwhile, Russia's spy balloon remains intact in Florida.
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Meanwhile, Russia's spy balloon remains intact in Florida.
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Moscow and Tehran are moving ahead with plans to build a new factory in Russia that could make at least 6,000 Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine, said officials from a country aligned with the U.S.
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Ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf: 'Pakistan must keep demanding resolution of the Palestinian dispute…[but it] also needs to keep readjusting its diplomatic stand toward Israel based on the mere fact that it exists and isn't going away'
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And the winning poster of this week’s #Israel’s pro #democracy demonstration is: “Grandfather and grandmother did not come from Morocco only to have another king”
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More than 100 thousand Israelis are demonstrating tonight in Tel Aviv and other cities around the country against Netanyahu's plan to weaken the supreme court and other Democratic institutions. This is the 6th week in a row demonstrations are taking place
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Incisive piece by : Netanyahu is an existential threat to Israel. He can be resisted – but only with Palestinian support | Jonathan Freedland
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Nous apercevions déjà l'hôtel, ses lumières si hostiles le premier soir, à l'arrivée, maintenant protectrices et douces, annociatrices du foyer.
Marcel Proust / A la recherche du temps perdu
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"Stupid," "blatant," and "unnecessary" are some of the attributes Netanyahu used to describe Blinken 's statement on need for reaching broad consensus on changes to Israeli democratic institutions.
נתניהו: התערבות ארה"ב בתוכנית המשפטית "מיותרת וטיפשית"
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BREAKING: Netanyahu considering appointing #MeyerHabib as Israeli ambassador. Needless to say, such an appointment would deal a blown to efforts by all French Jews to fend off antisemitic claims of dual loyalty, if not worse.
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The election of Netanyahu's personal delegate to the French National Assembly, #MeyerHabib, annulled over charges of electoral fraud. twitter.com/bourgeo4811792…
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As Israel seeks to formalize ties with Sudan, the U.S. is stepping up pressure on Khartoum to expel the Wagner Group. Sudan won't embrace Jerusalem without massive American aid.
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Netanyahu and his supporters have used Canada as a model for a democracy with an ‘override clause’ for Supreme Court decisions. Irwin Cotler - former Canadian justice minister, AG, & strong supporter of Israel - tells such a comparison is “uninformed & misleading”
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The election of Netanyahu's personal delegate to the French National Assembly, #MeyerHabib, annulled over charges of electoral fraud.
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comme son pote #Netanyahou en #Israel des corrompus @Meyer_Habib on pique dans la caisse des israéliens des palestiniens et des français twitter.com/2022Elections/…
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"Stupid," "blatant," and "unnecessary" are some of the attributes Netanyahu used to describe Blinken 's statement on need for reaching broad consensus on changes to Israeli democratic institutions.
נתניהו: התערבות ארה"ב בתוכנית המשפטית "מיותרת וטיפשית"
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As Israel seeks to formalize ties with Sudan, the U.S. is stepping up pressure on Khartoum to expel the Wagner Group. Sudan won't embrace Jerusalem without massive American aid.
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Pianist 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 dazzling the audience at the Israeli Schubertiada tonight in Tel Aviv. Also performing were pianist Graham Johnson, cellist Hillel Zori, and mezzo-soprano Hagar Sharvit.
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The coup is not planned. It is now already in effect. Netanyahu has now declared that he is not subject to the rule of law.
Netanyahu tells High Court AG's position on his conflict of interest is 'unacceptable'
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Gay, Jewish, and a Human Rights Lawyer: A U.S. Ambassador Finds Himself on Hostile Ground in Hungary
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When Sudanese announce that the parties discussed ways to strengthen the horizons of cooperation between the two countries, you realize that the day-long chatter of a possible breakthrough was off the mark. The Biden admin will not underwrite deal with the military leadership.
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When Sudanese announce that the parties discussed ways to strengthen the horizons of cooperation between the two countries, you realize that the day-long chatter of a possible breakthrough was off the mark. The Biden admin will not underwrite deal with the military leadership.
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#Israel #Sudan : Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen meets Sudanese ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in Khartoum - in first official visit to the country by an Israeli diplomat #الخرطوم #السودان twitter.com/kaisos1987/sta…
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FT Exclusive: Antony Blinken is expected to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing, making him the first US secretary of state to meet the Chinese president in five years on.ft.com/3jxXKTk
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Israel's Attorney General says gov't's judicial overhaul 'severely harms' country's checks and balances
“Today…protecting Israel also means defending it from a political leadership that is undermining our society’s cohesion and its democratic ethos, the foundations of the Israeli success story.” w an open letter
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The Long Twilight of the Islamic Republic: Iran’s Transformational Season of Protest, by Ali Vaez
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As rightly pointed out here (and in Hebrew), the news re an imminent breakthrough b/w Israel and Sudan are overblown. Eli Cohen has cultivated a dubious relationship w/ Gen/ al-Bourhan and is on a personal mission in Khartoum. But absent US backing, nothing will give.
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Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen arrived in Khartoum on Thursday and met Sudan's military leader General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan who led the military coup in the country.
Why it matters: This is the first visit by an Israeli minister minister to Sudan in two years
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Haaretz's lead editorial: This is a McCarthyite government that leaves the public no choice. The stronger the attempt to shut mouths, the greater the necessity to continue talking and acting against the regime coup.
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Hugely important. (Just read the statement and it's well drafted and strongly worded.)
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Incredible statement released by Jewish Federations, AIPAC, Conference of Presidents and other leaders. They say they are concerned about:
* Judicial reform
* Settlement expansion
* Changes to law of return
* Pluralism at Kotel
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And now a wonderful review in the Washington Post! (Not sure about the face I’m making…)
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"Being both the pyromaniac and the firefighter isn’t unheard of. Netanyahu is trying hard to portray himself as one, fanning the flames in Israel while reassuring the world, particularly the United States, that he can put out the fire.
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Israeli Nobel laureate says judicial overhaul plan would mark ‘the end of democracy’
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Ex-Supreme Court justice Mazuz: "The public isn't stupid and doesn't buy the spin. It understands that there's a coup d'état here'
Ex-State Attorney Lador: 'Herzl foresaw the Jewish state, Ben-Gurion established it, and I see who will destroy it today'
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