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UN rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘one of cruelest genocides’ in modern history; urges arms embargo, global disengagement
Middle East Monitor
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July 3, 2025
Israel is responsible for “one of the cruelest genocides in modern history,” the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory said on Thursday, accusing Tel Aviv of weaponizing Gaza as a testing ground and calling for sweeping...
Amnesty International says Israel using starvation to commit Gaza genocide
The Hindu
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July 3, 2025
Amnesty International issued a report Thursday (July 3, 2025) claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip during...
Amnesty Int'l: Israel, aid system use starvation for Gaza genocide
Inquirer
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July 4, 2025
Palestinian men carry the bodies of children killed earlier in the day in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during a funeral procession from Baptist Hospital to a cemetery, on July 2, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the...
Israel Agrees to U.S.-Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a U.S.-proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, who will be the next Dalai Lama, and a landmark agreement between Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association. Won’t Concede Israel agreed to a...
Thousands to rally for hostages as cabinet set to discuss emerging Gaza truce
The Times of Israel
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July 5, 2025
Tens of thousands of Israelis are set to join hostage families at mass rallies on Saturday night to urge the government to reach a deal that will free all the remaining captives held in Gaza after Israel and Hamas accepted the outlines of a US...
Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Includes Ten Israeli Hostages Release
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) A new 60-day ceasefire plan for Gaza, which includes the release of 10 Israeli hostages and the remains of 18 others, emerged in Israeli media on Thursday. The proposal, reported by an Israeli media outlet, reveals that these releases...
FOX Broadcaster Voices Spine Chilling Story of Israeli Driver’s War Plagued Struggle to Get to NASCAR
Essentially Sports
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July 3, 2025
NASCAR drivers are no strangers to pushing through pain and adversity to chase their passion. Take Ricky Rudd in 1984, who, after a brutal airborne crash in the Busch Clash at Daytona left his face swollen, raced the Daytona 500 with his eyes...
Weed tourism lights up global travel
BizNews
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Marijuana-inspired travel is the next big thing in the global travel industry as the world begins to realise that ganja really is the new tourism gold. Knowing that cannabis and the tourism dollar are fast friends would most likely have Bob Marley...
An Israeli peace activist at the gates of Gaza: ‘What’s happening in the Strip is terrible’
El País
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July 3, 2025
Six faces printed on a banner watch over visitors next to the security checkpoint flanking the entrance to Kibbutz Be’eri, just a couple of miles from Gaza. The only woman among them, Ofra Keidar, was buried last week in the cemetery of this...
Legal expert reveals how Trump admin can deport major anti-Israel activist
Fox News
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The Columbia University student has been held at a Louisiana immigration detention center since his arrest in March (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil is now free...
U.S. officials reduce travel warning for Israel, the West Bank, but dangers remain
MLive - Michigan
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July 3, 2025
The State Department has reduced its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank, but says visitors could be in danger if they decide to visit. On Tuesday, the agency announced a Level 3 “Reconsider travel” advisory for those planning to travel...
Israel to bring 1,020 more foreign workers for hotel industry
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 2, 2025
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 2 (ANI/TPS): Israel's Ministry of Tourism announced that the bringing of an additional 1,020 foreign workers to Israel to work in the housekeeping and cleaning industry (as in hotels) was approved following a development...
Forest Hills folks volunteer in Israel
Queens Chronicle - New York
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In the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, more than 30 members of the Forest Hills Jewish Center showed their support in a fundamental, hands-on way. Congregants Matt and Judy Beizer spearheaded a trip to Israel from May 25 to...
‘Lies’: Israel denounces Amnesty charge that aid system uses starvation in Gaza genocide
The Times of Israel
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July 3, 2025
CAIRO — Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming it had evidence that a controversial Israeli- and US-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit what it called genocide...
Suspected Iran spies accused of plotting assassination of ‘senior figure’ in Israel
The Times of Israel
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July 3, 2025
State prosecutors filed an indictment Thursday against two young men from Tiberias accused of carrying out missions on Iran’s behalf, including a plot to assassinate a “senior figure” in Israel. Another suspected spy was indicted on similar...
Naqvi praises PM Shehbaz for Iran-Israel ceasefire mediation
Pakistan Today
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July 3, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for playing a pivotal role in brokering the Iran-Israel ceasefire after the two countries engaged in a 12-day conflict marked by bombing campaigns and...
FSU grad among those rescued from Israel by Tampa team
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida
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FSU students and grads on a trip to Israel were evacuated after experiencing missile attacks during the conflict between Israel and Iran. The students, part of a geopolitical education tour organized by Hillel at FSU, were moved to safer locations...
Things to know for 4th of July travel
WBAY - Wisconsin
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July 3, 2025
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - A record 1.6 million Wisconsinites are traveling for the 4th of July weekend, either driving or flying. That’s 2.4% more than last year. Flights are up this year, too. Nearly 59,000 Wisconsinites are flying to their...
Students homeward bound from Israel
Solomon Star
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July 3, 2025
Five Solomon Islands students studying in Israel are expected to arrive back in the country on Friday. They are returning home after the conflict in the Middle East had delayed their return. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon....
Israel's economy can't survive a long war with Iran - and Trump knows it
Middle East Eye
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July 2, 2025
Iran's recent campaign of strikes against Israel has redrawn the theatre of conflict, shifting away from kinetic warfare alone towards a strategic offensive against the economic and financial infrastructure underpinning Israeli state power. What...