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Turkish Tourism: Hotel Discounts to Rekindle Demand
Tornos News
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July 3, 2025
Faced with weak demand and domestic travelers’ discontent over high prices, hoteliers in Turkey are slashing prices to salvage the summer season. In a bid to attract more visitors, many hotels in popular tourist destinations are offering discounts...
Israelis switch vacation plans as foreign airlines stay away
Globes
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July 3, 2025
After 18 months in which one crisis has followed another, Israel's aviation map has been redrawn accordingly. Some destinations have disappeared from the departures and arrivals board at Ben Gurion airport, while some have been added, but above...
Traveling for the Fourth? Record numbers of Americans will be joining you
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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The number of Fourth of July travelers is expected to hit a record this year, with 72.2 million Americans traveling for the holiday. That’s 1.7 million more than in 2024, representing a 2.4% increase, public and government affairs director for AAA...
UN report: Israel’s occupation a joint criminal enterprise and genocidal machine
Helsinki Times
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July 3, 2025
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, presented her report released late June alleging that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The report, titled "From...
UK secretly hosts Israeli military planes bombing Gaza
Al Mayadeen
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July 3, 2025
Flight data reveals the UK Labour government secretly permitted Israeli warplanes involved in Gaza bombings to land and potentially refuel at RAF Brize Norton. According to flight data analyzed by Drop Site News, Britain’s Labour government has...
Israelis face espionage charges of spying for Iran, in court indictment
Ynet
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July 3, 2025
Two residents of northern Israel's Tiberias—Yoni Segal, 18, and Nehorai Mizrahi, 20—faced espionage charges Thursday for collaborating with Iranian operatives, including agreeing to travel to Iran for "assassination training" targeting a senior...
Israel's war on Gaza 'one of cruelest genocides in modern history'
Daily Sabah
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July 3, 2025
Israel is carrying out “one of the cruelest genocides in modern history,” U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese said Thursday, accusing it of using Gaza as a testing ground for weapons and urging a global arms embargo and suspension of trade...
Amnesty accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza through starvation tactics
Madhyamam
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July 3, 2025
Cairo: Amnesty International has accused Israel and a controversial Israeli- and US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza of using starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue committing genocide amid the ongoing conflict with Hamas. The...
Savvy NY Haredi businessman worth $500 million tells Israeli ultra-Orthodox: Stop dependency on state funds
Ynet
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July 3, 2025
Yoely (Joel) Landau, 45, is an eccentric Haredi businessman who amassed his fortune from nursing home businesses in New York. His name hit local headlines about a decade ago when he purchased a public building, Rivington House, from New York City...
Yemeni Customs Authority calls for compliance with economic boycott of American, Israeli Goods
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 3, 2025
Yemeni Customs Authority calls for compliance with economic boycott of American, Israeli Goods [Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:46:31 +0300] Sana’a - SABA The Yemeni Customs Authority has called on expatriates, travelers, merchants, and importers to adhere to...
Travel experts share tips for the July Fourth weekend
KOLN - Nebraska
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July 3, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - 72 million people across the country will travel for the Fourth of July weekend, according to AAA. Travel experts said the trend increases each year, but in 2025, more people, especially in the Midwest, are opting not to...
Wildfires burn across Greek tourist hotspot as thousands evacuate in soaring temperatures
LBC
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3 July 2025, 19:41 Firefighter uses a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Lerapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece. Picture: Alamy A fast-moving wildfire has ripped through a tourism hotspot in Greece as hundreds...
Morning Mail: Trump’s major victory, Israel’s deadliest attack in months, Qantas pledge
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Morning everyone. The US House of Representatives has passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his second term. Israel’s warships and artillery have launched one of the...
Amnesty says Israel using aid as a weapon to commit genocide in Gaza
Gulf Today
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July 3, 2025
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report on Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and US-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip during Israel's...
After the Iran war, is it safe to go to Israel? Here’s what to know
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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July 3, 2025
Many Americans who love Israel are facing a dilemma: Should they visit now, or hold off until times are safer? Since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, Israel has been locked in an ongoing conflict with neighboring countries and territories, most...
Israel government approves compensation plan for businesses harmed by Iran conflict
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 3, 2025
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 3 (ANI/TPS): The government of Israel approved the implementation of what it called a broad compensation plan for businesses that were economically damaged due to Operation "Rising Lion" against Iran. The plan includes a...
Kansas Citians encounter difficulty leaving Israel during war with Iran
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Multiple Jewish Kansas Citians were unexpectedly grounded in Israel during the outbreak of the war with Iran. The war, which broke out on June 13, resulted in the cessation of Israeli air traffic, significantly complicating visitors’ departures....
Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies bombardment, rescuers say
BBC
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David GrittenBBC News Reporting fromJerusalem ShareSave Women and children were said to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in southern Gaza At least 69 people have been killed by Israeli fire across Gaza on Thursday, rescuers say, as...
Tel Aviv Pride started, then stopped… and I was there
The Jewish News
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July 1, 2025
Rainbow flags were everywhere, moving in the breeze, and they moved me, as I had been invited to join a press delegation attending Tel Aviv Pride and was thrilled to be there. I was excited to report on celebrations that were scheduled, not in...
Israel approves broad compensation plan for businesses affected by operation 'Rising Lion'
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network – Tel Aviv Tel Aviv, Jul 3: In a major move to support war-impacted enterprises, the Israeli government has approved a comprehensive compensation plan for businesses that suffered economic setbacks due to Operation ‘Rising...