• BOE policy aligns with press freedoms for student journalists

    Exactly two years after former Gov. David Ige signed a law supporting student journalists and their press freedoms, the state Board of Education has clarified school censorship policy, which was celebrated by McKinley High School student journalists and their adviser.

  • Israel is censoring and killing journalists bravely covering their atrocities in Gaza

    Israel is deliberately restricting media coverage of its assault on Gaza and the resulting humanitarian crisis – as well as killing anyone sufficiently courageous to bring the truth of its genocide to the world.

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    World Court ruling shows consensus to end Israel's war in Gaza, Palestinian Authority says

    The Palestinian Authority welcomed the World Court's order on Friday for Israel to halt its operations in the city of Rafah, saying it represents an international consensus to end the war in Gaza, presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh told Reuters. Hamas, which governs Gaza, also issued a statement welcoming the decision, but told Reuters that it fell short of recognising that other parts of the enclave are under attack. "We believe it is not enough since the occupation's aggression across...

  • Cannes Film Festival Award Winners: Coppola Shunned for Risk Taking $120 Mil "Megalopolis," Palme d'Or to "Anora," Jury Prize to "Emilia Perez," Grand Prize "All We Imagine are Light"

    Coppola Shunned (Second column, 7th story, link) Related stories:Cannes Film Festival Winners AnnouncedSEX WORKER DRAMA 'ANORA' WINS PALME D'ORREVIEWGerwig's jury plumps for crowd-pleaser over political picksAll actresses in trans musical 'EMILIA PEREZ' jointly awardedGomes best director for 'GRAND TOUR'

  • Why Is the Literary World Silent on Gaza?

    Anis, I’m disturbed by the banner image you chose which paints Israel as a [sic] evil monolith—this is a particularly disturbing image as it draws on the antisemitic trope of blood libel. But beyond that, the image shows the Star of David with an impaled child—again, this pulls on some of the very worst anti-Semitic More

  • Why Arab leaders aren't helping the Palestinians in Gaza

    Amid the gruesome Gaza war, passions are running high throughout the Arab world. Huge Palestine solidarity protests have been occurring across the region, and this terrifies many ruling elites who fear the Palestinian issue.They view it as dangerously destabilizing, and starting months ago, a handful of Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, began clamping down on pro-Palestine activism in their own countries.Such a crackdown in these Arab countries is no surprise and should be...

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    After World Court ruling, Palestinians want action not words

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO (Reuters) - Forced from her home by Israel's seven-month-long Gaza offensive, Salwa al-Masri has little hope her plight will be alleviated by a ruling from the U.N.'s top court ordering Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah. "The massacres are only increasing," she said, as she cooked a meal on an open fire outside a tent in Deir al-Balah. "They shouldn’t say one thing, while the action is something different," said Masri, who fled her home in northern Gaza...

  • Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza strikes

    CAIRO >> Israeli forces killed at least 50 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip today and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hamas media said.

  • Sullivan presses Netanyahu for a more focused military campaign in Gaza

    White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated Biden administration pressure on Israel to limit its military operation in Gaza during a visit to the country on Sunday. Sullivan is on a combined trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia as the U.S. leans on its lead Arab ally in the region to calm tempers in

  • Palestinians Stranded In Gaza After Paying Egypt $5,000 Each To Flee

    Palestinians Stranded In Gaza After Paying Egypt $5,000 Each To Flee Via Middle East Eye The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has been closed indefinitely since the Israeli military seized the crossing on 7 May, a closure which has left thousands of Palestinians in limbo. Since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in October, and the subsequent closure of all other crossings, the Rafah crossing with Egypt has been the only passageway for civilians fleeing the conflict. An...

  • Heritage Foundation Announces 2024 Innovation Prize Award Winners

    The Heritage Foundation unveiled the 2024 recipients of its coveted Innovation Prize, recognizing nine organizations for their contributions to conservative policy priorities. The winners, honored Read More

  • World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza’s Rafah

    THE HAGUE >> Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel today to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide.