12.7.13: Saudi Arabia – Israel’s New BFF? | North Korea releases 85-year-old American

» Times Minute: Mandela's Family; Jobs Report Implications; 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Opens
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» North Korea releases 85-year-old American
08/12/13 01:04 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post
SEOUL — North Korea said Saturday it had released an elderly U.S. citizen it had held for more than a month, having taken into account his “sincere” apology for crimes against the state and his “advanced age and health condition.” Read f...

» North Korea frees U.S. Korean War veteran after seven weeks
07/12/13 07:19 from Reuters: International
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea freed an 85-year-old retired American soldier on Saturday after detaining him for more than a month for crimes it said he committed during the Korean War six decades ago.

» North Korea Frees U.S. Tourist
07/12/13 06:53 from WSJ.com: World News
North Korea freed U.S. citizen and war veteran Merrill E. Newman, citing his "sincere repentance" for alleged "hostile acts" against the country.

» Korean War Veteran Arrives in Beijing After Being Released from North Korea
07/12/13 01:00 from Voice of America
A U.S. Korean War veteran has arrived in China after being released from custody and deported from North Korea.Officials from the U.S. Embassy greeted 85-year-old Merrill Newman at the airport in Beijing Saturday.He had been visiting Nor...

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» Air traffic computer fault hits flights from England
07/12/13 07:28 from Reuters: International
LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of travelers were delayed at major airports across England on Saturday because of a technical problem at an air traffic control center.

» Glitch Snarls British Air Traffic
07/12/13 07:34 from Voice of America
Hundreds of flights have been delayed or canceled at Britain's busiest airports because of a technical problem at a main air traffic control center.National Air Traffic Service, which controls the crowded airspace over Britain, said Satu...

» U.S. Offers Missile Defense to Gulf
07/12/13 01:58 from WSJ.com: World News
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday will announce an initiative designed to improve cooperation among Persian Gulf kingdoms and beef up the region's missile defenses.

» World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Royal Marine Sentenced for Killing an Afghan Insurgent
07/12/13 01:51 from NYT > International
The marine, Sgt. Alexander Blackman, and two others were charged after military authorities found footage of the episode on a helmet camera belonging to one of the men.

» Mandela Leaves Divided Legacy in Africa
07/12/13 05:46 from WSJ.com: World News
Nelson Mandela's moral sway on the continent was unrivaled and, some democracy activists say, underutilized.

» US President to Pay Respects to Nelson Mandela
07/12/13 05:39 from Voice of America
The White House says President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will travel to South Africa next week to pay respects to late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Friday the Obamas wil...

» US Jobless Rate Lowest Since 2008
07/12/13 01:00 from Voice of America
The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to 7 percent, its lowest point in five years.The government said Friday that employers added another 203,000 workers to their payrolls in November - more than some economists predicted, and a si...

» Is Vladimir Putin rewriting Russia's history books? - NBCNews.com
28/11/13 19:45 from Russia - Google News
NBCNews.com Is Vladimir Putin rewriting Russia's history books? NBCNews.com Russian history books have long come under fire for their murky coverage of the dark period of Soviet terror under Communist leaders like Josef Stalin, who w...

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» Russia Investigates Fake Pilot Licenses
06/12/13 23:44 from WSJ.com: World News
Pilots working for small regional airlines in Russia may be flying with licenses fraudulently obtained from flight schools they never attended, according to investigators. 

Michael Kammen, Historian of U.S. Psyche, Dies at 77 - NYT

Professor Kammen (pronounced KAY-man) received the 1973 Pulitzer for history for “People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization,” published the previous year. That book sought to describe the national character from the country’s earliest days to the 20th century.

Underpinned by exhaustive research and abundant documentation, Professor Kammen’s books, essays and criticism — he was a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and other publications — were noteworthy for remaining accessible to the general reader.

His work, which stood at the nexus of history, folklore, psychology and sociology, helped cast the form of the modern scholarly field known as memory studies.

Professor Kammen displayed a passion for paradox and an affection for contradiction, and in “People of Paradox” he uncovered no shortage of either. The American sensibility, he argued, was rooted in a simultaneous opposition: the continuity of Old World traditions juxtaposed with the discontinuity of New World innovations.

“We should understand, as William James did, that Americanism is a volatile mixture of hopeful good and curable bad,” he wrote.

Reviewing the volume in The Times Book Review, the historian Marcus Cunliffe wrote of Professor Kammen, “I pay him the sincere tribute of envy: I wish I had written ‘People of Paradox’ even though I do not agree with him in every instance.”

If the historian’s essential task is to answer the question “What happened?” Professor Kammen sought to answer further questions: How do we as a people construct what happened? How do we remember — or misremember — it long afterward?

» Ahmed Fouad Negm, Dissident Poet of Egypt’s Underclass, Dies at 84
06/12/13 23:27 from NYT > International
Mr. Negm’s fearless and often bawdy critiques of power made him a folk hero, but also earned him a total of 18 years in jail.

His personality was as diverting as his poems: He cursed and teased, extolled the virtues of hashish and boasted about his many marriages. On a wall of his home he painted a line of poetry: “Glory to the crazy people in this dull life.” 

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Mr. Negm started writing in the late 1950s, during a three-year prison sentence on a forgery charge. After he was released in 1962, he published his first book, “Images From Life and Prison.” 

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Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa or Sheikh Imam (July 2, 1918 -- June 7, 1995) was a famous Egyptian composer and singer. For most of his life, he formed a duo with the famous Egyptian colloquial poet Ahmed Fouad Negm. Together, they were known for their political songs in favor of the poor and the working classes.

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Spat between Netanyahu, ex-Shin Bet head turns snarky 

Yuval Diskin snipes that the prime minister’s inflated expenses are necessary so he can concentrate on the Iranian threat 
BY GAVRIEL FISKE December 5, 2013, 3:19 pm



On Wednesday Diskin, a long-time Netanyahu critic, said that the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians posed more of an existential danger to Israel than Iran’s renegade nuclear program, comments dismissed by sources close to Netanyahu.

“The alternative to the vision of a two-state solution is one state,” Diskin said Wednesday, speaking at a Geneva Initiative conference in Tel Aviv. He criticized the way the government has handled the most recent round of negotiations and warned that the longer the conflict persisted, the harder it would be to find a solution.

“The implications of a lack of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are more existential than the Iranian nuclear [program],” he said, noting that the current state of affairs in the West Bank was like a powder keg.


Diskin called for the replacement of the current Israeli government with “a new coalition based on parties that support two states for two peoples.” He asserted that due to infighting, Netanyahu’s coalition had wasted a tremendous opportunity to inject hope into the peace process when it chose to forgo a settlement construction freeze in favor of a prisoner release.
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Russians and Saudis ‘aren’t discussing philosophy’

Arab media analyze the new alliance between Moscow and Riyadh since Morsi’s ouster in Egypt; Syria: Islamic Front leaves FSA

“Syria is the next ‘secret’ deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia,” reads the headline of Friday’s editorial in London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

The paper ridicules a statement by Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which described talks in Moscow this week with the head of Saudi intelligence Prince Bandar bin Sultan as “philosophical in nature.”

“Of course, the Russian and Saudi intelligence agencies are studying philosophy, respect for human rights, Budhism and Yoga and not cutting deals,” the editorial sates ironically.

“Prince Bandar’s second visit to Moscow in four months follows two major changes in the region: the first is the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, and the second is the Iranian nuclear deal signed on November 24. If the ‘philosophical’ deliberations lead to an agreement, this will entail a third regional change: Syria.”

The military coup in Egypt, argues the editorial, has forged a new unlikely alliance between two rival parties: Russia and Saudi Arabia.

“Both Moscow and Riyadh lead a political strategy that opposes Islamic political parties, each for their own reasons.”

“The unexpected alliance between Saudi Arabia and Russia over Egypt has opened the door to another possible agreement between them on the Syrian issue. But a deal in Syria would not be possible without the agreement of Iran, Russia’s ally and the greatest protector of the Syrian regime.”  

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Former Shin Bet chief: Ending internal conflict key for Israel

An unbridled public debate erupted this week on Dec. 4 in Israel between two main approaches dividing the Israeli public in connection with the peace process, diplomatic isolation and the Jewish state’s other geostrategic struggles.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/12/yuval-diskin-benjamin-netanyahu-two-state-solution-mandela.html#ixzz2moMEEXWo 
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Tehran: Mossad and Saudi intelligence are designing super-Stuxnet to destroy Iran’s nuclear program

DEBKAfile Special Report December 3, 2013, 9:31 AM (IDT)

Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency “reveals” that Saudi Arabia and Israel’s Mossad are “co-conspiring to produce a computer worm more destructive than the Stuxnet malware to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program.” The report appeared Monday, Dec. 2, during foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s tour of Arabian Gulf capitals,with the object of easing tensions between the emirates and Tehran. Riyadh was not on his itinerary.

In 2010, Stuxnet, reputed to have been developed by the US and Israel, was the malworm which attacked the software of Iran’s uranium enrichment program and caused a major slowdown, as well as disrupting its only nuclear reactor at Bushehr.

The Iranian agency now claims that Saudi intelligence director Prince Bandar Bin Sultan and the head of Israel’s Mossad Tamir Pardo met in Vienna on Nov. 24, shortly after the six world powers signed their first interim nuclear agreement with Iran in Geneva.  

The two spy chiefs brought with them teams of Israeli and Saudi cyber specialists to discuss “the production of a malware worse than Stuxnet to spy on and destroy the software structure of Iran’s nuclear program,” according to Fars. Riyadh was willing to put up the funding estimated roughly at $1 million.

This plan was approved after the Geneva deal was roundly castigated by Saudi Arabia for acknowledging Iran’s rights to enrich uranium as “Western treachery,” while Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu called it “a historic mistake” and a danger to the world.  

Without spelling this out, the Iranian source suggested that President Barack Obama, who in 2010 was ready to go along with the Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, had changed course and opted out of further cyber war after deciding to make Iran his strategic partner in the Middle East.

Israeli intelligence had therefore turned to Saudi intelligence, said the Iranian source.

The same source “disclosed,” without citing dates, that the Saudi prince and the Israeli spy chief had rendezvoused a number of times in the Jordanian port of Aqaba. When those meetings became an open secret in the Middle East, Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz is said to have warned Bandar that the close direct collaboration between the two agencies was causing concern in the royal house.
In another “revelation,” Fars claimed that Prince Bandar secretly visited Israel under cover of French President Francois Hollande’s state visit on Nov. 17-18, ahead of the Geneva meeting on Iran’s nuclear program. This source said the Saudi prince took part in the high-powered Franco-Israeli discussions in Tel Aviv on ways to halt Iran’s nuclear progress.

DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources infer four motives from the manner and timing of the Iranian news agency’s story:

1.  To draw the Crown Prince into reprimanding Bandar for being over-zealous in his partnership with an Israeli head of intelligence and so embarrass him at home. This fits into the context of the succession struggle which our Gulf sources report is afoot in Riyadh. A group of princes is campaigning for Salman’s removal as Crown Prince. Bandar is one of them.
By highlighting his association with Pardo, the Fars publication seeks to discredit Bandar and stir up trouble to sharpen the infighting in Riyadh, with a view to weakening Saudi Arabia’s hand against Iran.

2.  Tehran is getting seriously worried about the Saudi-Israeli intelligence partnership and the prospect of them acting together for covert operations, including cyber warfare, against their nuclear projects. Going public on this partnership is intended to show the Iranian people that the regime is on top of these dangers and well prepared to forestall them.
3. Detractors of the Geneva accord in Tehran are being warned by the regime that formidable external threats lie in wait for the national nuclear program and they would be well advised to desist from their opposition to the deal with the six powers, because it weakens the country’s defenses.
4. The Fars disclosures were picked up and run by Russian media on Dec. 2 - albeit shunned by Western publications – evidence of the close cooperation between Iranian and Russian intelligence services.
No part of these reports is confirmed from any other sources.

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From: Israel News Review: 

» Obama speaking at the SABAN Forum, says US commitment to Israel's security 'sacrosanct'
07/12/13 15:11 from JPost.com - Front Page
US President hails efficacy of sanctions against Iran but says a diplomatic resolution of nuclear issue must be tested; on Israeli-Palestinian peace says could be restricted to W. Bank and Gaza could follow.

» Obama: Iran can have a peaceful nuclear program, including enrichment - The Times of Israel
07/12/13 15:08 from benjamin netanyahu - Google News
The Times of Israel Obama: Iran can have a peaceful nuclear program, including enrichment The Times of Israel Ilan Ben Zion Ilan Ben Zion is a news editor at The Times of Israel. He holds a Masters degree in Diplomacy from … [More] Tel A...

» Obama: Israeli-Palestinian deal possible, will be implemented in stages - Haaretz
07/12/13 15:03 from benjamin netanyahu - Google News
Haaretz Obama: Israeli-Palestinian deal possible, will be implemented in stages Haaretz This year's forum, which began on Friday, is titled “Power Shifts: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Dynamic Middle East.” Other key speakers include Pr...

» Why Saudi-Israeli Team Hates Iran Deal - Consortium News
07/12/13 14:55 from benjamin netanyahu - Google News
Why Saudi-Israeli Team Hates Iran Deal Consortium News The Saudi-Israeli alliance opposes a diplomatic settlement with Iran over its nuclear program because the deal could kill hopes for enlisting the U.S. military in one more violent re...

» Saudi Arabia – Israel’s New BFF?
07/12/13 08:33 from The Times of Israel
There is a strong convergence of interests with the Saudis who, like Israel, fear a US tilt toward Iran

» Kerry Moves to Ease Tensions With Israel - Wall Street Journal
06/12/13 18:57 from Mossad - Google News
Kerry Moves to Ease Tensions With Israel Wall Street Journal TEL AVIV—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry tried to ease tensions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the recent deal on Iran's nuclear program, asserting ...

» Kerry: Mideast Peace Deal Closest in Years - Voice of America
06/12/13 16:10 from Mossad - Google News
Kerry: Mideast Peace Deal Closest in Years Voice of America JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he believes Israel and the Palestinians are closer to a peace agreement than they have been in years at the end of a three-da...

» LIVE WEBCAST: President Barack Obama at Saban Forum 2013—Power Shifts: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Dynamic Middle East
06/12/13 22:00 from Brookings: Topics - Arab-Israeli Relations
Event Information December 6-8, 2013 Online Only Live Webcast Watch a live webcast of Secretary of State John Kerry here at 4:00pm today, December 7 --> A Conversation with President Barack Obama Moderated by Forum Chairman Haim Saban Lo...

» LIVE WEBCAST: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Saban Forum 2013—Power Shifts: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Dynamic Middle East
06/12/13 22:00 from Brookings: Topics - Israel
Event Information December 6-8, 2013 Online Only Live Webcast Watch a live webcast of Secretary of State John Kerry here at 4:00pm today, December 7 --> Keynote Address by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Loading the player... jwplayer...

» Saban Forum 2013—Power Shifts: U.S.-Israel Relations in a Dynamic Middle East
06/12/13 22:00 from Brookings: Topics - Israel
Event Information December 6-8, 2013 Online Only Live Webcast Watch a live webcast of Secretary of State John Kerry here at 4:00pm today, December 7 Video Archive: A Conversation with President Barack Obama Moderated by Forum Chairman Ha...

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» Netanyahu says he is ‘willing’ to reach deal to free Israeli hostages
30/03/25 11:09 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Prime minister said military pressure was working, Israel was ready to talk but ‘Hamas must lay down its arms’ Rejecting claims from Hamas and Israeli protesters that his government is not engaged in serious negotiations aimed at securin...

» Netanyahu says he is ‘willing’ to reach deal to free Gaza hostages
30/03/25 11:09 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Prime minister says military pressure is working, as he rejects claims that Israel is not serious about negotiations Rejecting claims from Hamas and Israeli protesters that his government is not engaged in serious negotiations aimed at s...

» Orbán to host Netanyahu in defiance of ICC arrest order
30/03/25 07:53 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Five-day visit to Hungary this week will be Israeli leader’s first since warrant to member of international court

» ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
30/03/25 05:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks • ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming ho...

» Syria swears in new government months after Assad was deposed
29/03/25 21:35 from FT.com - World, Middle East
President Ahmed al-Sharaa claims to form a diverse cabinet following international pressure

» Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire
29/03/25 16:47 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflict Hamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant grou...

» Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah
29/03/25 13:40 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency says Israel’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”...

» Cash, tents and a secret vault: Nicolas Sarkozy’s Libya trial
29/03/25 10:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Former French president awaits verdict in corruption case linked to the late Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi

» ‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump
29/03/25 10:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
The university had a history of being a home for cutting-edge discourse on Palestine – until it capitulated to the administration’s demands Last week, Columbia University announced that it would cave to demands by the Trump administratio...

» Academy apologises for failure to back Palestinian Oscar winner over attack
29/03/25 10:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Letter signed by 700 members offers support to Hamdan Ballal after initial statement had failed to name director The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologised after criticism for its failure to support the detained Pales...

» Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire – video
28/03/25 18:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israeli drone strikes targeted the Dahiyeh neighbourhood in southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since a fragile ceasefire was agreed between Hezbollah and Israel in November Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah c...

» Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire
28/03/25 14:35 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Plumes of smoke rise from suburb of Dahiyeh in Lebanese capital after airstrike that threatens fragile truce Israel has conducted an airstrike on Beirut for the first time since signing a November ceasefire with Hezbollah. Huge smoke plu...

» The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan
28/03/25 14:30 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza The abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesda...

» ‘This is no isolated event’: attack on Palestinian director brings rising settler violence into focus
28/03/25 13:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Activists fear unprecedented levels of violence, with the apparent backing of Israeli authorities, part of drive to force Palestinians out of the West Bank It was around 6pm, just after its Palestinian residents had finished their daily ...

» Israel strikes Beirut for first time since November ceasefire
28/03/25 10:46 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East

» Israel scraps system protecting aid workers in Gaza, agencies say
28/03/25 08:05 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Military no longer acknowledges notifications designed to help groups move safely around the strip

» Friday briefing: How Gaza is becoming the deadliest conflict zone for journalists
28/03/25 03:37 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
In today’s newsletter: Media workers in Gaza and the West Bank have faced relentless danger, and attacks on press freedom on the rise across the world Good morning. More than 170 journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023 , with som...

» Kuwait tries to kickstart diversification away from oil
28/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Gulf state set to borrow for the first time in eight years as it seeks to catch up with Saudi Arabia and UAE

» Gulf petrostate Kuwait tries to kickstart diversification from oil
28/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Nation set to borrow for the first time in eight years as it seeks to catch up with Saudi Arabia and UAE

» Gulf petrostate Kuwait tries to kick-start diversification from oil
28/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Nation set to borrow for the first time in eight years as it seeks to catch up with Saudi Arabia and UAE

» From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast
28/03/25 00:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report Earlier this month, No Other Land won the Oscar for best documentary feature . The film ...

» No Other Land co-director condemns Academy’s letter to members after Hamdan Ballal attack
27/03/25 22:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Yuval Abraham criticised the Academy’s statement defending its silence after Israeli settlers attacked his co-director Hamdan Ballal The Israeli director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has condemned the Academy of Motion ...

» Israel parliament defies protests to pass law tightening grip over judges
27/03/25 14:35 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Opposition parties say political control of appointments will make judges subject to politicians and undermine democracy Israel’s parliament has passed a law expanding elected officials’ power to appoint judges, in defiance of a years-lo...

» The Trump team group chat news is obscuring an essential question | Mohamad Bazzi
27/03/25 13:37 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Amid outrage over Trump cabinet members sharing military details, we’re forgetting to scrutinize decades of failed US policy The revelation that top members of Donald Trump ’s administration disclosed secret US military plans against the...

» It took an Oscar winner’s ordeal for the west to see the truth of settler violence. This is how to stop it | Ofer Cassif
27/03/25 13:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
I have spent years fighting this reign of terror in the West Bank – and Hamdan Ballal’s treatment is typical of it Dr Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset, representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) since 2019 Im...

» It took an Oscar winner’s ordeal for the world to see the truth of settler violence. This is how to stop it | Ofer Cassif
27/03/25 13:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
I have spent years fighting this reign of terror in the West Bank – and Hamdan Ballal’s treatment is typical of it Dr Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset, representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) since 2019 Im...

» Who is Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who broke the Signal leak scandal?
27/03/25 12:39 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Atlantic editor-in-chief added to a White House group chat to discuss military plans has history of serving in the Israeli military – and angering Trump Though exactly how Jeffrey Goldberg ended up on a Signal group chat to discuss what ...

» Israel overhauls judge appointments in face of protests
27/03/25 07:04 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Opposition says law to bring politicians into selection process will bring Israel ‘to the brink of civil war’

» Israeli politicians sign letter urging Australian MPs to dump two-state policy
26/03/25 20:22 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Letter from Knesset members addressed to Queensland LNP backbencher Andrew Wallace was distributed at event he hosted, attended by several Coalition MPs and senators Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking...

» Netanyahu repeats threat to seize territory in Gaza as anti-Hamas protests continue
26/03/25 15:54 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostages Benjamin Netanyahu has repeated Israeli threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli h...

» Gazans protest in rare display of dissent against Hamas
26/03/25 15:05 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Rallies are largest show of public anger against militant group since the start of devastating war with Israel

» Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Ken Roth
26/03/25 14:26 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reason Donald Trump ’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker . Much as it ma...

» Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Kenneth Roth
26/03/25 14:26 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reason Donald Trump ’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker . Much as it ma...

» ‘It was revenge for our movie’: Oscar winner says soldiers helped settlers attack him in West Bank
26/03/25 13:31 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Hamdan Ballal says Israeli soldiers beat him with their rifle butts and threatened to kill him The Oscar-winning Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal has said that Israeli settlers who attacked him were aided by two Israeli soldiers, ...

» Netanyahu repeats threat to seize parts of Gaza if Hamas does not release hostages – as it happened
26/03/25 11:58 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage here Here are some of the latest images coming in via the newswires: The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 830 people had been killed in the P...

» BBC’s Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of blocking journalists from Gaza
26/03/25 11:58 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
BBC’s international editor says lack of access is ‘because there’s stuff they don’t want us to see’ Middle East crisis – live updates Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, has accused the Israeli government of blocking journalist...

» Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu repeats threat to seize parts of Gaza if Hamas does not release hostages
26/03/25 11:37 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israeli PM says he will take ‘more powerful repression’ if Hamas does not release remaining hostages Full story: Hundreds join Hamas protest in Gaza Here are some of the latest images coming in via the newswires: The Gaza health ministry...

» ‘I thought I was going to die’: director Hamdan Ballal recounts attack by settlers and soldiers in West Bank
26/03/25 11:14 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Exclusive: Filmmaker who won an Oscar earlier this month says Israeli settlers were aided by IDF soldiers who beat him with their rifles During an attack on Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal on Monday, Israeli settlers wer...

» Lebanon closes in on next central bank head in test of reform agenda
26/03/25 11:04 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that could influence whether government revives IMF deal

» Lebanon closes in on next central bank head
26/03/25 11:04 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that will test new government’s reform agenda

» Middle East crisis live: hundreds join anti-Hamas protest in Gaza
26/03/25 09:38 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Demonstrators in Beit Lahia called for an end to the war with Israel, shouting ‘Hamas out’, amid the IDF’s intense bombing campaign Full story: Hundreds join Hamas protest in Gaza Here are some of the latest images coming in via the news...

» Israeli blockade fuels black market for tattered cash in Gaza
26/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Traders charge commissions of 30% on hard currency while others repair bills by hand due to severe shortage

» The money menders of Gaza
26/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Traders charge commissions of 30% on hard currency while others repair bills by hand due to severe shortage

» Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention
25/03/25 17:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
No Other Land director released a day after he was attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli forces An Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was attacked by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces has been released from detent...

» Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director, released after detention by Israeli military – as it happened
25/03/25 12:50 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
This blog is now closed, you can read our full story here At least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. G...

» Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director, released after detention by Israeli military – Middle East crisis live
25/03/25 12:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Ballal released after spending night on floor of military base after he was detained following attack by Jewish settlers in West Bank At least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza sinc...

» ‘Like a punishment’: witnesses describe Israeli settler attack on No Other Land director
25/03/25 11:29 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Activists from Center for Jewish Nonviolence say Israeli police ‘did not intervene’ in attack on Hamdan Ballal It was shortly after Palestinian residents had finished their daily Ramadan fast that dozens of masked Israeli settlers entere...

» Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention
25/03/25 10:58 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal released a day after he was attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli forces Middle East crisis – live updates An Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was attacked by Jewish settlers and detained...

» Israel passes budget in boost to Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition
25/03/25 10:40 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Opposition condemns bill that will lead to massive increase in military and defence spending

» Lawyer for Oscar-winning Palestinian director detained by Israeli forces says he will be released – Middle East crisis live
25/03/25 10:37 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Attorney for Hamdan Ballal says he spent the night on the floor of a military base while suffering from serious injuries At least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2...

» Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes
25/03/25 10:15 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israel Defense Forces has confirmed it killed Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, claiming they were terrorists Press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza on Monday, who died in separate targeted ai...

» Five killed by Israeli shelling in southern Syria, officials say; US appears to confirm fresh Yemen strikes – Middle East crisis live
25/03/25 10:05 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israel shells province of Darra amid warning of escalation in region; US attacks Houthis in a bid to regain control of international shipping lanes At least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attack...

» Once hunted by Assad, Syria’s White Helmets return to Damascus
25/03/25 08:01 from FT.com - World, Middle East
First responders branded as terrorists under ousted dictator are helping to rebuild a shattered state

» Syria’s White Helmets return to Damascus
25/03/25 08:01 from FT.com - World, Middle East
First responders branded as terrorists under ousted dictator are helping to rebuild a shattered state

» Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
25/03/25 07:00 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Columbia’s long been run more like the vast business empire, than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson It was never about eliminating antisemitism. It was always about silencing Palestine. That is what ...

» US appears to confirm fresh strikes on Yemen; Israel issues fresh calls to evacuate northern Gaza – Middle East crisis live
25/03/25 06:16 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
US attacks target Houthis in a bid to regain control of international shipping lanes; IDF tells people to head towards ‘known shelters’ At least five people have been killed in Israeli shelling of the southern Syrian province of Daraa , ...

» Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
25/03/25 05:39 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Director of No Other Land attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked sett...

» Israel military issues further calls to evacuate northern Gaza as airstrikes continue – Middle East crisis live
25/03/25 05:31 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Military tells people to head towards ‘known shelters’ despite the fact there is no guarantee of safety as 57 people killed in past 24 hours The United States Central Command (Centcom) appears to have confirmed fresh attacks on Yemen, wi...

» Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
24/03/25 17:59 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank before being handed to Israeli military, witnesses say A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli ar...

» Moment Israeli settlers attack activists in West Bank – video
24/03/25 17:29 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
A group of Jewish American anti-settler activists filmed the moment Israeli settlers attacked them in the Palestinian village of Susya, south of Hebron, on Monday. During the attack, Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of ...

» The Israel-Hamas war in maps and charts
24/03/25 17:05 from FT.com - World, Middle East
A visual guide to the conflict

» Top US officials share classified details of military strikes with journalist
24/03/25 16:34 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Vice-president and defence secretary among those who debate charging Europe for American attack on Houthis

» Top US officials shared classified details of military strikes with journalist
24/03/25 16:34 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Vice-president and defence secretary debated charging Europe for American attack on Houthis

» Israel readies plans for occupation of Gaza
24/03/25 15:50 from FT.com - World, Middle East
New military leadership, with far-right’s support, draws up drastically harsher proposal to destroy Hamas

» Ben Jennings on Trump’s bid for the Nobel peace prize – cartoon
24/03/25 15:17 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
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» Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours, says health authority
24/03/25 14:48 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Death toll includes women, children and journalists, nearly a week after Israel broke ceasefire Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Palestinia...

» Israeli airstrikes kill at least 65 people in Gaza in 24 hours
24/03/25 14:37 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Death toll includes women, children and two journalists, according to Palestinian health authorities Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 65 people in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including women, children and two journalists, the Pales...

» From Berlin to Tokyo, the fears of a new nuclear arms race
24/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Washington extended an atomic umbrella over its allies. Now some fear it may be time to seek their own weapons

» Israeli strike at Gaza hospital leaves several dead including Hamas political leader – video
23/03/25 23:31 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has killed at least five people including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas has said, in an attack that Israel said targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza hea...

» ‘There was just wave after wave’: Gaza doctors recount horror of the last week
23/03/25 16:35 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
About a third of all casualties admitted to Nasser hospital were under 14, as Israeli airstrikes broke fragile ceasefire Early on Tuesday morning, within minutes of the wave of Israeli air strikes that broke the fragile two-month ceasefi...

» Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week
23/03/25 15:27 from World news: Israel | theguardian.com
Israel continues to batter territory in renewed offensive as death toll from nearly 18 months of war passes 50,000 Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total ...

» Israel’s political crisis deepens after vote against attorney-general
23/03/25 12:19 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet withdraws confidence in Gali Baharav-Miara

» Israel strikes targets in Lebanon following rocket attack
22/03/25 16:08 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Exchange of fire threatens truce that ended 13 months of fighting

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22/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
While most tourists stick to the Nile valley, Stanley Stewart heads west into a land of oases, temples, monks and miracles

» Detained British bank analyst awaiting verdict in Saudi Arabia
22/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Former Bank of America contractor Ahmed al-Doush was arrested while on a trip last year

» Abu Dhabi’s quest to turn its DNA ‘gold mine’ into big business
22/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Project backed by national security chief Sheikh Tahnoon aims to commercialise mammoth Emirati genetic database

» Israeli cabinet sacks head of Shin Bet intelligence agency
21/03/25 12:50 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Move set to intensify split between Netanyahu government and legal authorities

» Israel’s defence minister threatens to annex territory in Gaza
21/03/25 09:21 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Israel Katz says parts of strip will come under ‘permanent’ IDF control if Hamas does not release remaining hostages

» Trump imposes sanctions on Chinese companies over Iranian oil shipments
21/03/25 05:47 from FT.com - World, Middle East
US measures are latest salvo in a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Tehran

» The illicit oil trade that is keeping Libya divided
21/03/25 02:00 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Heavily subsidised fuels are being smuggled out of the country and sold abroad, helping sustain its rival political factions

» The Gaza ceasefire must be restored
20/03/25 14:59 from FT.com - World, Middle East
Donald Trump is the one world leader with significant leverage over Israel’s premier

» Lammy urged to impose sanctions on Dubai officials over UK businessman’s detention
19/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Letter calls on government to impose ‘Magnitsky-style’ measures

» Saudi Arabia cracks down on ‘immoral acts’
16/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Prince Mohammed creates unit to combat prostitution and begging after years of loosening hardline social restrictions

» End of ‘blank cheque’ era for outside consultants in Saudi Arabia
15/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Western firms profited as kingdom launched ‘giga-projects’ but market is slowing as Riyadh reins in spending

» Big budget Saudi TV series stirs controversy in Middle East
13/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Iraq and Iran have banned mega production focused on seventh century schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims

» Saudi-owned Scopely buys Pokémon Go in $3.5bn gaming deal
12/03/25 13:54 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
US-based Niantic is selling its games business as part of a pivot to artificial intelligence

» Pilgrims in Mecca search for a moment of peace
12/03/25 12:56 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Saudi Arabia’s plan to increase religious tourism must include ways to manage the growing crowds

» Dubai’s property market is thriving — and its neighbours are taking notes
12/03/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Price rises of 147 per cent in five years, soaring skylines and a rush of new residents are an inspiration to some, a cautionary tale to others

» US and Ukraine hold talks on ending war with Russia
11/03/25 13:41 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launch attacks on each other’s territory

» Ukraine seeks to persuade US to resume aid in high-stakes talks
10/03/25 06:26 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
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» The Gulf state purging tens of thousands of its citizens
09/03/25 01:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last year

» Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on cinemas. Now it just needs people to turn up
09/03/25 01:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Local box office has struggled since movie ban was lifted in 2018

» PwC and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund clash over hiring of executive
07/03/25 15:30 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
‘Friction and angst’ over Neom auditor preceded Public Investment Fund’s ban on Big Four firm

» Dubai property rally closes in on pre-2008 record
07/03/25 01:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Growing population and buoyant economy have fuelled four-year bull run, but some warn rising prices are unsustainable

» Oil prices fall after Opec+ confirms crude production increase
04/03/25 06:52 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Traders had been expecting cartel to postpone plan to boost output

» Saudi Aramco chief says DeepSeek AI makes ‘big difference’ to operations
04/03/25 06:43 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
World’s largest oil company using Chinese AI software in its data centre in Damman

» Adnoc and OMV announce deal to combine petrochemical assets
03/03/25 20:05 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Two companies say they are creating world’s fourth-largest group in plastics called polyolefins

» UAE investor buys stake in Mali gold mines from Canada’s Allied Gold
25/02/25 10:15 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Investment is biggest sign of confidence in sector since junta started crackdown on miners

» Kiss the ring: business titans line up for Saudi Arabia and Trump
25/02/25 01:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Plus, the chief executive at Prosus clinches his biggest deal yet and a new firm threatens the reign of FTI Consulting

» Saudi Arabia quietly steps up releases of political prisoners
25/02/25 01:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Rights groups say conservative and liberal critics of the kingdom are among dozens freed in recent weeks

» Qatar uses sovereign wealth to entice venture capital to Doha
24/02/25 05:21 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
QIA will continue to invest most of its wealth outside the Gulf state but wants to make the country a regional hub for VC

» The queen of Wall Street
24/02/25 02:00 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Plus, a golden age of US-Saudi co-operation, Europe’s ‘failed’ securitisation market, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi

» Investors told of golden age of US-Saudi co-operation at Miami conference
23/02/25 02:49 from Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com
Trump is strengthening bonds with the oil-rich kingdom as he strains ties with other traditional allies

» In Tel Aviv, diverse mix of artists shines spotlight on Israeli hostages
04/11/23 04:34 from The Times of Israel
From around the country, artists come to city's museum square to paint victims held in Gaza, in the hopes of drumming up support -- and one day gifting portraits to their owners The post In Tel Aviv, diverse mix of artists shines spotlig...

» 2 charged with terror offenses for paraglider signs at pro-Palestinian rally in London
04/11/23 04:16 from The Times of Israel
Prosecutors say there's reasonable suspicion the suspects are supporters of Hamas terror group; UK's PM Sunak slams plan for pro-Palestinian protest on Remembrance Day The post 2 charged with terror offenses for paraglider signs at pro-P...

» Underground blood bank processes unprecedented amounts as troops push into Gaza
04/11/23 03:17 from The Times of Israel
Fortified structure has molecular lab, air-filtration system to let staff work even during chemical or biological warfare, safe room to shield against severe missile threats The post Underground blood bank processes unprecedented amounts...

» As some US Jews take down mezuzahs due to antisemitism, some non-Jews put them up
04/11/23 01:29 from The Times of Israel
'This is the most beautiful thing anybody has ever said to me,' California rabbi says of offer by neighbors to affix mezuzahs, calls the one at his home 'the security system' The post As some US Jews take down mezuzahs due to antisemitis...

» NY Dem seeks meeting with Jewish voters as his stance on Israel-Hamas war criticized
04/11/23 00:11 from The Times of Israel
Facing potential primary, Jamaal Bowman invites constituents to sit-down on antisemitism that rabbi says no one will attend: 'The relationship with him has hit rock bottom' The post NY Dem seeks meeting with Jewish voters as his stance o...

» IDF force makes ‘targeted’ incursion into southern Gaza as offensive pushes ahead
03/11/23 23:28 from The Times of Israel
Israel has ‘significantly refined’ battle plans against Hamas, says Biden official * Blinken to meet with Arab FMs in Amman * IDF death toll in ground op at 24 The post IDF force makes ‘targeted’ incursion into southern Gaza ...

» Honduras recalls ambassador to Israel over ‘serious humanitarian situation’ in Gaza
03/11/23 23:12 from The Times of Israel
Despite move, which follows protests by several other Latin American nations, Honduran FM says ties with Israel stable and that diplomats and staff remain at embassy in Jerusalem The post Honduras recalls ambassador to Israel over ‘...

» German soccer team sacks player for sharing ‘from the river to the sea’ post
03/11/23 22:36 from The Times of Israel
Mainz gives boot to Anwar El Ghazi as prosecutors investigate him for 'disturbing public peace by condoning criminal acts in conjunction with incitement to hatred' The post German soccer team sacks player for sharing ‘from the rive...

» Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official
03/11/23 22:03 from The Times of Israel
Israeli officials say inspectors uncovered oxygen concentrators for tunnels used by Palestinian terror groups inside truck carrying aid to Strip The post Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US officia...

» Israelis urged to reconsider overseas travel amid rising antisemitism worldwide
03/11/23 20:29 from The Times of Israel
National Security Council calls on citizens to 'weigh the essentiality' of planned trips before departing, avoid outward displays of their Jewish and Israeli identities The post Israelis urged to reconsider overseas travel amid rising an...

» In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past
03/11/23 20:13 from The Times of Israel
Airing weekly in the US through Nov. 16, the show draws on the experiences of co-creator Jennifer Podemski, a victim of the 'Sixties Scoop' torn from her mother's arms The post In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her tra...

» Thousands protest in Tel Aviv as Blinken visits, demanding hostages’ return
03/11/23 18:42 from The Times of Israel
Rally included display of an empty Shabbat table, dolls awaiting captive children and protesters wearing red eye coverings The post Thousands protest in Tel Aviv as Blinken visits, demanding hostages’ return appeared first on The T...

» IDF still surrounding Gaza City, kills ‘numerous’ terror operatives, destroys tunnels
03/11/23 17:33 from The Times of Israel
Military says it struck ambulance carrying Hamas cell: 'They transfer terror operatives and weapons in ambulances'; WHO 'shocked' as footage shows dead civilians The post IDF still surrounding Gaza City, kills ‘numerous’ terr...

» Projectile damages AFP’s Gaza bureau; IDF: Strike nearby may have caused debris
03/11/23 17:21 from The Times of Israel
French news agency's eight staff had evacuated south and so the bureau was empty when explosive projectile smashed in, apparently moving horizontally from east to west The post Projectile damages AFP’s Gaza bureau; IDF: Strike near...

» Israel sends hundreds of Gazan laborers held since Oct. 7 back into Strip
03/11/23 16:44 from The Times of Israel
Israel was slowly increasing number of Gazans with work permits in recent months, a strategy shattered by the Hamas massacres The post Israel sends hundreds of Gazan laborers held since Oct. 7 back into Strip appeared first on The Times ...

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The train went off the tracks near a river in the Bronx

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The engineer driving the speeding commuter train that derailed in New York City last weekend, killing four people, has been suspended without pay, a railroad spokesman has said.

William Rockefeller is "out of service, and not being paid", the spokesman for Metro-North Railroad said.

According to his lawyer and union representative, Mr Rockefeller experienced a momentary loss of awareness as he zoomed down the tracks. They called the episode a "nod", a "daze" or highway hypnosis.

Their accounts raised questions about just how widespread the problem is in the transportation industry and what can be done to combat it.

At the time of the crash, the train was going 82mph (132kph) into a sharp turn where the speed limit drops to 30mph (48kph). That's when the engineer says he snapped out of it and hit the brakes, but it was too late.

The train hurtled off the tracks, leaving a chain of twisted cars just inches from a river in the Bronx. Four people died and more than 60 were injured.

While the term highway hypnosis has been around for decades, there's no technical definition of it and scant specific medical study of it, although multiple studies have found that long driving times on straight roads can cause people to lose focus.

Some experts equate highway hypnosis with a sort of autopilot state - performing a task, usually competently, without awareness of it. Sleep experts say the daze could really be a doze, especially if a driver has undiagnosed sleep problems.

Nearly every bus or train driver has experienced the feeling of being momentarily unaware while driving long hours, said Larry Hanley, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which has yet to determine the cause of the crash, concluded talking with the engineer on Tuesday. Investigators continued interviewing the train's other crew members.

Investigators have said Mr Rockefeller had enough time off for a full night's rest before the crash, but they were looking at his activities in the previous days.

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Some alleged beneficiaries of Medicaid in New York might come as a surprise: Russian diplomats and their families.

In a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday that is likely to further pressure already sour relations between Moscow and Washington, the Manhattan U.S. attorney accused 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their spouses of participating in an alleged scheme that garnered nearly $1.5 million dollars in fraudulent Medicaid benefits.

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said 49 Russian diplomats got Medicaid to pay for childbirths while spending lavishly on luxury goods. Associated Press

Prosecutors alleged the diplomats routinely underreported their incomes in order to qualify for Medicaid, the joint federal-state health-insurance program for the poor and disabled. Between 2004 and 2013, 92% of the childbirths to Russian diplomats in New York, or 58 of 63 births, were paid for by Medicaid, according to the complaint.

"The investigation has revealed the systematic fraudulent submission of falsified applications for Medicaid benefits associated with the medical costs for pregnancy, birth, and young children by Russian diplomats and the spouses of the diplomats," a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent wrote in an affidavit contained in the complaint.

To qualify for Medicaid benefits for births, noncitizens have to show proof of their immigration status and income.

During the time they were allegedly receiving the benefits, the defendants frequently bought luxury goods and took expensive vacations, according to prosecutors.

The diplomats and their spouses allegedly made purchases at Tiffany TIF 0.00% & Co., Bloomingdale's and Jimmy Choo, according to the complaint. They also allegedly spent money on lavish vacations and a chartered helicopter.

Prosecutors alleged the pattern of spending was "generally inconsistent with the grossly underreported incomes" the defendants claimed on their Medicaid applications.

It is unclear whether the complaint would result in actual prosecutions or if it was largely symbolic. All of the diplomats are currently or previously employed at the Russian Mission to the United Nations, the Russian Federation Consulate General in New York, or the New York office of the Trade Representation of the Russian Federation, according to prosecutors.

Requests for comment on Thursday to the Russian Consulate and U.N. Mission weren't immediately returned. A spokeswoman for the trade representation office declined to comment.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said his government was "bewildered" that the U.S. hadn't taken up the issue through diplomatic channels first, the Interfax news agency reported. "It's incomprehensible that the appropriate agencies chose to make these accusations public without discussing them through diplomatic channels," he said.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Thursday that none of the Russian nationals had been arrested because their status as diplomats confers immunity from prosecution in the U.S. Additionally, of the 49 charged, all but 11 are outside the U.S.

Mr. Bharara said that his office had been in close contact with the State Department about the probe. The U.S. and Russia don't have an extradition treaty.

According to Mr. Bharara, the State Department can ask a foreign country to waive diplomatic immunity for charges that would ordinarily result in prosecution. The State Department can then require the diplomats to leave the U.S. if the waiver isn't granted.

The State Department informed its Russian counterparts about the charges, a spokeswoman said. She declined to comment on whether or not it would ask Russia to waive immunity but added, "We don't think this should affect our bilateral relationship with Russia."

According to the complaint, the FBI has been investigating the diplomats for a year and a half. The complaint indicated that prosecutors had used a handful of cooperators involved in the alleged conspiracy to build their case.

Write to Christopher M. Matthews at christopher.matthews@wsj.com

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