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• Gaza and Ukraine on top of Nobel Peace Prize agenda as nominations close; Israeli orgs nominated

  Haaretz - 14:46 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Women Wage Peace, an Israeli organization co-founded by Oct. 7 victim Vivian Silver, was among the nominations for the prize. Among the approximately 300 nominations, numerous individuals were linked to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, including Gaza-based journalist Motaz Azaiza

  Tags: Gaza Israeli Ukraine

• 'This government is taking us bad places': Israel's protest movements are back on the streets

  Haaretz - 14:33 Jan 31, 2024
  

• Research sheds new light on origin of syphilis, rescues Columbus' reputation

  Haaretz - 14:09 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Genetic analysis doesn't definitively close the case of syphilis' origin, but detects its cousins in prehistoric South America – and redates the emergence of the disease

• Why this Israeli artist won't be attending her own exhibition in South Africa

  Haaretz - 13:46 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Israeli artist Moran Kliger was set to fly to her exhibition's opening in Cape Town, but the October 7 attack, the ongoing war in Gaza and the animosity between Israel and South Africa caused by the trial in the Hague made her feel unsafe to go

  Tags: Israeli South Africa

• U.S. city councils increasingly call for Israel-Gaza cease-fire, analysis shows

  Haaretz - 13:42 Jan 31, 2024
  

  At least 47 cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling for a halt to Israel's Gaza bombardment, some in swing states that could be decisive in Biden's re-election bid

• Horror on paper: Israelis design captivating posters on October 7

  Haaretz - 13:22 Jan 31, 2024
  

  An exhibition dealing with the Hamas attacks will have 70 posters printed on 70-by-70 centimeter stock, and divided into seven categories

• Auschwitz survivor, Scholz decry rise of the far right and increased antisemitism in Germany

  Haaretz - 12:48 Jan 31, 2024
  

  At the German parliament's memorial event for victims of the Holocaust, and amidst the rise of the far-right AfD party, Eva Szepesi and the German chancellor expressed concerns for the country's future. 'Those who remain silent are complicit,' the chancellor said

• 'My classroom supplies are an eraser and an AK-47': Top Israeli satire show mocks UNRWA

  Haaretz - 12:26 Jan 31, 2024
  

  'Eretz Nehederet,' Israel's most popular sketch comedy show, mocked the UNRWA in wake of recent Oct. 7 Hamas-affiliation allegations. It also had a fictional UN chief 'horrified ;by UNRWA, saying, 'Of course, I think we need to double their funding'

  Tags: UNRWA

• Her childhood Holocaust dream brought this Israeli filmmaker all the way to the Oscars

  Haaretz - 10:44 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Tal Kantor hoped to visit Hollywood to promote her animated short film 'Letter to a Pig' in October, but the Gaza war changed everything – including how people respond to her touching, Oscar-nominated work about a Holocaust survivor and the power of compassion and empathy

  Tags: Holocaust

• Norway urges maintaining UNRWA funding, says it wasn't briefed by Israel on allegations

  Haaretz - 10:26 Jan 31, 2024
  

  The Scandinavian country urged other UNRWA donor nations to 'reflect on wider consequences,' of cutting funding amid reports of employees' taking part in Hamas and Islamic Jihad Oct. 7 attacks. 'UNWRA is a vital lifeline for 1.5 million refugees in Gaza,' Norway's foreign minister

  Tags: UNRWA

• Record company cuts contract with Roger Waters amid history of anti-Israel statements

  Haaretz - 10:01 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Variety Magazine website reported that the move by the German-based company also follows the founder of the band Pink Floyd's past remarks against Israel, the U.S., and support for Russian President Vladimir Putin

  Tags: Israel

• ICJ set to rule on case in which Ukraine accuses Russia of violating int'l treaties

  Haaretz - 09:45 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Russia is set to appear before the UN's top court on Wednesday for Ukraine's allegations, accusing them of backing terrorism and committing ethnic discrimination

  Tags: Russia

• Reform leaders 'dismayed' by Netanyahu's rejection of two-state deal with Palestinians

  Haaretz - 07:54 Jan 31, 2024
  

  'In this darkest of times, we remain committed to a resolution of the conflict that will ensure Israel's security and allow for Palestinian self-determination and self-governance' the Reform movement leaders said in a statement

  Tags: Reform

• Israeli army names three reservists killed in Gaza Strip fighting on Tuesday

  Haaretz - 07:53 Jan 31, 2024
  

  The army also said that five soldiers were seriously wounded in battles in Gaza on Tuesday. They are receiving medical treatment and their families have been notified

  Tags: Tuesday

• Netanyahu's ex-chief of staff turned state evidence Ari Harow convicted of fraud, breach of trust

  Haaretz - 07:40 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Harrow was charged over profits he pocketed from a company he kept ownership of despite being ordered to sell his part before starting his tenure

• Israeli Police officer thought to be in Hamas captivity in Gaza was killed on October 7

  Haaretz - 07:02 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Guili is one of 61 police officers killed on October 7. Guili, a resident of Meitar in the southern Israel, was on sick leave on October 7 and decided to head toward the Western Negev when he understood an emergency was underway

  Tags: October

• Netanyahu's current coalition won't survive a hostage deal with Hamas

  Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 31, 2024
  

  The Israeli prime minister is nearing a critical decision point: to accept the deal with heavy concessions and face criticism from many Israelis, or reject it as demanded by far-right ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, risking the departure of centrist ministers. Meanwhile, he's resorting to vague semi-denials

• Nobody believes the Kahanists' empty threats to topple Netanyahu's government

  Haaretz - 04:00 Jan 31, 2024
  

  Given their lack of involvement in running the war, the proponents of expelling Gaza's Palestinians are clinging on to a conflict with Gantz's centrist party – mainly because it is soaring in the polls. Even if Ben-Gvir and Smotrich object to a hostage deal, they won't go the whole nine yards

• IDF commander killed in Gaza fighting; Hamas inches toward accepting hostage deal

  Haaretz - 03:22 Jan 31, 2024
  

  IDF releases name of officer killed in combat in the Gaza Strip ■ NBC News: U.S. plans 'campaign' of retaliatory attacks on Iran-backed militias that could last 'weeks' ■ The Stockholm police detonated an explosive charge found near the Israeli embassy in Sweden ■ Hamas sources say Hamas political head will agree to potential hostage deal if provides guarantees for extended cease-fire ■ Palestinian reports: Four dead, including a child, in the assassination of an Islamic Jihad member in Rafah

  Tags: Hamas

• 'It's happening again': Holocaust survivors who lost family October 7 speak at Knesset

  Haaretz - 00:43 Jan 31, 2024
  

  1,894 Holocaust survivors, including 554 from communities near the Gaza border, were evacuated from homes when Hamas launched its brutal attacks on Israeli communities

  Tags: Holocaust

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