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US sanctions Israeli nonprofit that supports West Bank settlers in latest round of penalties
BY ASAF ELIA-SHALEVAUGUST 28, 2024 5:33 PMThe United States announced sanctions against a nonprofit that has received funding from the Israeli government aswell as the civilian security chief of a West Bank settlement. The sanctions are the United States’ latest effort tocurb extremism among settlers, and come as violence in the West Bank has escalated.The nonprofit, Hashomer […]
Man arrested in France synagogue arson, as ISIS claims German stabbing attack ‘to avenge Muslims in Palestine’
BY PHILISSA CRAMERAUGUST 25, 2024 8:28 AMA man has been arrested in France after a synagogue there was set ablaze early Saturday morning, in at least thesecond French synagogue arson in recent months. And police in Germany said they had taken into custody a 26-year-old Syrian man in connection a stabbing rampage at a music festival that […]
Afghan women sing in defiance of Taliban morality laws
By Kathryn Mannie Global NewsPosted August 29, 2024Afghan women activists inside and outside the country have published videos of themselves on social media singingrevolutionary songs against the strict laws of the Taliban government. In one song, the singer asks “will you seal thesilence of my mouth until the second order?” referring to a supposed future Taliban order […]