After ‘Euphoria,’ Maybe We Were Too Hard on ‘The Idol’
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: HBO I have very distinct memories from the summer of 2023 when I watched every episode of The Idol and fired off a text every Sunday night
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Israel begins seizing Palestinian private land around West Bank archeological site
Israel’s expropriation of large swaths of land near West Bank archaeological sites is part of the Netanyahu government’s effort to extend Israeli control over the sites. An Israeli settler leader
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Israel strikes southern Lebanon but partial truce with Hezbollah appears to hold
Israel continues its campaign in the south, though has not struck Beirut after a deal announced by the US. Source link
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IDF officials: U.S. intervention in Lebanon is creating uncertainty in war planning
Senior command says it has never been in a situation where operational decisions are being affected by decisions taken by a foreign country. The army believes that public disapproval stems
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Forget Mamdani. The Real Story of New York’s Israel Day Parade Was Who Showed Up
We cannot let Democratic and Jewish leaders off the hook for legitimizing an event that featured some of Israel’s most vocal cheerleaders and enablers of war crimes New York Mayor
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'The perpetrators never face justice': Why aren't all eyes on Sudan?
Mutasim Ali fled Darfur, sought refuge in Israel and fought its government for refugee rights before moving to the United States where he became a scholar. He explains the moral
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The Israeli paradigm that led to October 7 didn't collapse, it was fiction from the start
An emerging genre of books meticulously dissect the Israeli government and intelligence failures that led up to Hamas’ October 7 attack. Yet all of these analyses sidestep Israel’s 20-year blockade
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Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Carney says
Canadian prime minister also announced that a new Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion will examine the nature, scale and drivers of antisemitism Source link
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Cultural Roundup | ‘Government-linked People Suggested I Not Translate “A Historian in Gaza” Into Hebrew’
Israelis love to think of themselves as am hasefer, “the People of the Book.” But actual books are rapidly disappearing from the public space. It has become rare to see
Science & Health
How the Strait of Hormuz Blockade Can Harm Marine Ecosystems Across the World
Current section Middle East News Iran News Since the outbreak of the Iran war, about 2,000 ships have been stuck in place, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz. Experts