Weekend Blackout Plus: Russian riot, Hasan Minhaj vs. The New Yorker, the Nancy Pelosi haunted house, and more... Reason · Oct 30, 2023
Fake Bella Hadid AI video shows supermodel declaring support for Israel The model has repeatedly shown solidarity with Palestine Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023
Collaborative water management can be a building block for peace between Israelis and Palestinians Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water pipelines entering Gaza, much as it controls most of life there. But water can also be a source of hope for an alternative future. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023
Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear In the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the Israeli military response, Jewish people in Israel and around the world have, at times, been posting on social media or otherwise saying publicly that people who criticize Israel’s response are, or might be, antisemitic. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023
In the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns – and ultimate victims In 1903, a local mob killed 49 Jews, including several children, and raped and wounded 600 others, in the city of Kishinev, then part of the Russian Empire. These three days of violence later became known as the Kishinev pogrom. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023
Family of Shani Louk, woman Hamas took to Gaza, confirm she was killed Young Israeli-German woman was initially believed to have been kidnapped alive in attack on Supernova music festival The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
Katherine Maher replaces former Web Summit CEO following ‘war crimes’ post Katherine Maher’s appointment comes after Paddy Cosgrave resigned as CEO over his comments on the Israel-Hamas war. Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023
Cornell University on alert after violent threats to Jewish community WARNING: Distressing content. Cornell Police have notified the FBI of a potential hate crime The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023
The Israel-Hamas war benefits Russia, but so would playing peacemaker The recent official visit to Moscow by representatives from Hamas and Iran was roundly condemned by Israel. A spokesperson for Israel’s foreign ministry called the visit an “obscene step that gives support to terrorism and legitimises the atrocities of Hamas terrorists”. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023
Congress driven by vote bank politics on Israel-Hamas issue: BJP BJP says Congress driven by petty vote-bank politics over Israel-Hamas conflict. India's stand on Palestine issue clear, categorical and unequivocal. No politics on terrorism, India's policy unchanged. Rajiv Gandhi government laid ground for boosting ties with Israel. Vajpayee spoke in one voice with Rao government The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023
Israel-Hamas war shows need for 'political resolution' to conflict, activist says With the death toll soaring in Gaza, the international community urging Israel to show restraint, and Israelis and Jews still reeling from the October 7 Hamas attacks, Hannah Weisfeld is firm in her belief that a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians is the only viable route to peace.… France 24 · Oct 30, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: hard experience says a land war won't go well – and faltering international support suggests the world knows it For the past four decades, Israel’s experience of fighting paramilitary militias has been grim. The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023
‘The Palestine team carries hope’: football dreams live on amid conflict Palestine’s FA says list of registered players killed in Gaza is long and full of children as it awaits news on World Cup qualifiers The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
Shani Louk: Kidnapped woman confirmed dead after being abducted by Hamas at Nova festival Shani Louk was taken hostage by Hamas and paraded at gunpoint Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023 Israeli forces appear to be advancing on Gaza City from two sides Witnesses report Salah al-Din Road cut as Israel expands assault, in apparent effort to divide strip in two
The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023 J.P. Nadda says Pinarayi Vijayan govt. in Kerala soft-pedals on radicalism BJP's J.P. Nadda also accused the LDF government of being steeped in corruption in various sectors, including education, health, transport, and recruitments.
Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2023 Russia’s Dagestan airport closed after anti-Israel protests: What to know Authorities arrest 60 people as protests against arrival of flight from Israel forces Makhachkala airport to shut down.
The National (Scotland) · Oct 30, 2023 'The arrogance is palpable': Senior Labour MP snubs Anas Sarwar Gaza call A LABOUR frontbencher dismissed calls from Anas Sarwar and Sadiq Khan for a ceasefire in Gaza as they’re “not part of the shadow cabinet”.
The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023 Backlash as Hamas leader invited to address major pro-Palestinian protest in India BJP calls pro-Palestinian protest rally ‘anti-national’ and asks for legal action against organisers
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023 London's plea for unity: Tory and Labour voices unite to call for tolerance over Middle East conflict London must remain a beacon of tolerance, ministers and the Mayor said on Monday amid warnings that Jewish people have been too afraid to enter the centre of the capital during pro-Palestinian protests.
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer's big test on Israel, Gaza and party unity Just three weeks ago, Sir Keir Starmer was master of all he surveyed. The Labour Party conference in Liverpool was the dictionary definition of message discipline. Everyone from shadow cabinet ministers to ordinary party members appeared in lockstep behind the leader, while the hard-Left was barely a rump. Hamas’s terrorist…
Newslaundry · Oct 30, 2023 Unlike Russia-Ukraine, India’s ‘neutrality’ on Gaza truce has no good explanation “Woh zamana gya jab log samajhte thhey videsh niti koi door ki baat hai…” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is heard saying in a video clip that surfaced on social media on Sunday. The purpose of taking the G20 meetings through the country, he says, was to “make the world…
The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023 Oil prices could reach 'uncharted waters' if the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the World Bank says The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas intensifies
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023 World Bank warns oil price could soar to record $150 a barrel Escalation of Israel-Hamas war into Middle East-wide conflict would disrupt oil supplies and stoke food prices, says Bank
The National (Scotland) · Oct 30, 2023 Rishi Sunak to chair Cobra meeting over Israel-Hamas war terror fears RISHI Sunak is to chair an emergency Cobra meeting amid fears that the conflict between Hamas and Israel could have increased the domestic terror…