Trump tower glimmers on Gaza coast in Israeli minister’s AI video promoting ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians

An Israeli minister posted an AI-generated video of a redeveloped Gaza on X Tuesday calling for the “voluntary emigration” of the region’s Palestinian population. The post by Gila Gamliel, the science and technology minister from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, bore the title “Gamliel-Trump Plan,” echoing another AI generated vision for Gaza as […]

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The largest Reconstructionist synagogue is set to cut ties with the denomination over Israel tensions

The largest synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement is moving to cut ties with its denominational body over what its leaders describe as a failure to confront hostility to Israel among affiliated rabbis and rabbinical students.  The rupture is emblematic of a wider debate among American Jews about Zionism and the boundaries of legitimate criticism of […]

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Syrian detente hopes dim as president accuses Israel of sowing ‘chaos and destruction’ with strikes

The interim president of Syria, Ahmed al-Shaara, accused Israel on Thursday of attempting to sow “chaos and destruction” following the Israeli army’s intervention in his country’s sectarian violence. Much remains murky about the situation that has flared this week in the Sweida province of Syria. But it is clear that one result may be a […]

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Israel is so concerned about homegrown Iranian spies it is launching a PR campaign to dissuade them

Dozens of Israelis have been arrested in recent months on suspicion of spying for Iran, prompting the Israeli government to launch a PR campaign designed to dissuade collusion. Titled “Easy Money, Heavy Price,” the campaign will include ads on radio, websites and social media meant to convince Israelis that spying for the country’s sworn enemy […]

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Family of Palestinian-American allegedly beaten to death by settlers in the West Bank calls for US investigation

The family of a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man they say was beaten to death Friday by Israeli settlers in the West Bank has called on the U.S. State Department to investigate the incident. “This is an unimaginable nightmare and injustice that no family should ever have to face,” the family of Sayafollah Musallet, also known as […]

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Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s father expresses frustration with Netanyahu as latest truce talks falter

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not take credit for the return of hostages murdered while in Gaza, the father of one of the most prominent in the group said on Sunday. Jon Polin, the father of murdered Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, called on Netanyahu’s office to stop claiming that “military and diplomatic […]

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