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Israelis mark subdued Independence Day under shadow of war in Gaza
Draped in an Israeli flag a kid walks barefoot on the grass during Israel's Independence Day celebrations at a park in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Israelis are marking 76 years since Israel's creation. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg).
opinion
Are the campus protests just noise? A look back at the anti-apartheid movement offers insights
Daniel Manulak
world
Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as catastrophe unfolds in Gaza
Palestinians living in Israel hold Palestinian flags as they take part in the annual Return March to mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of their mass dispossession in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation, near Haifa, in northern Israel, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
opinion
For Palestinians, the disaster unfolding in Rafah triggers painful memories
Raja G. Khouri
world
Gaza ceasefire talks at stalemate amid Rafah operation, Qatar PM says
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani looks on as he attends a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/ File Photo
world
Joe Biden’s administration says it doesn’t believe genocide is occurring in Gaza
U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
world
Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(FILES) Jerry Seinfeld poses on the red carpet for the 21st Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2018. Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's graduation ceremony on May 12, 2024 as comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has vocally supported Israel over its war in Gaza, received an honorary doctorate, videos posted on social media showed. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Megalopolis’ and a #MeToo reckoning
FILE - Francis Ford Coppola arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Coppola's film, "Megalopolis" will compete at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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U.S. campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible ‘hot summer of protest’
FILE - Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Israel pushes deeper into Rafah and battles a regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza
A Palestinian man makes his way as he flees Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
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Western Canada: Police action and arrests at University of Calgary change the tone for protests over Gaza war on Canadian campuses
Pro-Palestinian supporters face-off with police near an encampment at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Thursday, May 9, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Israel orders new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it prepares to expand operations
People ride on a vehicle loaded with belongings, as Palestinians prepare to evacuate, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
world
UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a special session of the UN General Assembly regarding the Palestinian bid for full membership to the UN, at UN headquarters in New York City on May 10, 2024. A veto from the United States during an April 18, 2024 UN Security Council meeting previously foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. says Israel’s use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
world
For many Israelis and Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas are an obstacle to peace
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak during an event about the Middle East peace talks in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
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UN agency closes compound in East Jerusalem after arson
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Affairs Director in the West Bank Adam Boulokos visits the agency's headquarters in east Jerusalem where the traces of a fire are visible after "Israeli extremists" reportedly set ablaze the perimeter of the building on May 10, 2024. The attack came after two months of "Israeli extremists staging protests outside the UNRWA compound", agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said on X (formerly Twitter). (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Hamas is in trouble with Palestinians in Gaza
Hussein Ibish
world
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon; group responds with drones
FILE PHOTO: An Israeli F-35 combat aircraft is seen in the skies over Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
world
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
Israeli army main battle tanks and other military vehicles are positioned in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Hamas movement. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. due to render first-of-its-kind verdict on whether Israel following law in war in Gaza
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
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Minister said ‘hundreds’ of Canadians might use Gaza visa, but more than 7,500 applied
An immigration lawyer in Toronto says new figures from the federal government show just how "grudging" Ottawa's efforts have been to rescue Canadians' family members from the deadly war raging in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ismael Abu Dayyah
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Morning Update: Number of companies listed as Indigenous jumps sharply as Ottawa adopts procurement target
Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
world
With Gaza’s maternity care in shambles, danger and misery abound for babies, parents and midwives
world
Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but UN says no aid has entered
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramez Habboub)
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Evening Update: Israel’s Rafah invasion blocks major aid corridor for Gaza, UN says
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
politics
Israel’s military operation in Rafah ‘completely unacceptable,’ Joly says
Palestinians crowd a street as smoke billows nearby from Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
world
The Eurovision Song Contest is kicking off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow
alyona alyona & Jerry Heil of Ukraine performs the song Teresa & Maria during the dress rehearsal for the first semifinal at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Monday, May 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Israel captures main aid route into Gaza as Rafah invasion intensifies
FILE PHOTO: Israeli military vehicles operate in the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, in this handout image released on May 7, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
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Gaza’s Rafah crossing closed because of Israeli tanks, border authority says
FILE PHOTO: A convoy of aid trucks drives into Gaza from Rafah crossing, April 9, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this screen grab taken from video. REUTERS TV/via REUTERS/File Photo
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Oxford, Cambridge students set up pro-Palestinian protests in solidarity with U.S. campuses
People gather at Oxford University, outside Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British university campuses to protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Oxford, Britain, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
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UN says ‘full-blown famine’ is in northern Gaza. What does that mean?
FILE - Boxes from Jordan wait in an inspection area for trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies bound for the Gaza Strip, on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing between southern Israel and Gaza, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. But a formal — and highly sensitive — famine declaration faces the complications of politics and of confirming how many people have died. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
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Israel launches invasion of Rafah after rejecting ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas
People flee the eastern parts of Rafah, after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Doaa al Baz
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Hezbollah drone hits northern Israeli town, casualties reported
A photo shows an Israeli jet fighter flying over the southern Lebanese markettown of Marjeyoun on May 6, 2024. Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group said it fired "dozens of Katyusha rockets" at an Israeli base in the occupied Golan Heights on May 6 in retaliation for a strike in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jordan’s King Abdullah presses Joe Biden to avert Israel offensive in Rafah
US President Joe Biden speaks about the protests over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza that have roiled US college campuses, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2024. Biden broke his virtual silence Thursday on the nationwide Gaza campus protests, saying the US was not authoritarian but insisting "order must prevail." The White House remarks comes after hundreds of police cleared a sprawling protest encampment overnight at the University of California, Los Angeles, tearing down barriers and arresting students. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Oil climbs as Gaza tensions rise, Saudi Arabia hikes prices
FILE - Pumpjacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field are seen in Bakersfield, Calif., on Jan. 16, 2015. The state of California has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, claiming they deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels blamed for climate change-related storms and wildfires that caused billions of dollars in damage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Hamas says it agrees to ceasefire proposal in Gaza war
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault on Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled