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Israel warns Egypt: "Last chance" for hostage deal before Rafah invasion
axios.com Israeli officials told their Egyptian counterparts on Friday that Israel is ready to give hostage negotiations "one last chance" to reach a deal with Hamas, but if there…
Free Speech on the Ropes: Legislation to Revoke Not-for-Profit Status of Organizations that Support Palestine Protests Passes in House
nakedcapitalism.com Chuck L alerted me to an important tweetstorm by Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace about legislation that is designed to drop a hammer on not-for-profits…
It's Not Clear the TikTok Ban Will Survive Constitutional Scrutiny
vox.com President Joe Biden has signed a bill to ban TikTok, starting a nine-month countdown until the social media app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance will be forced to sell it…
Making the World Safe for KFC: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover
nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. I got an accidental introduction to the prevalence of imperialism via fast food, not through directly noticing the number of KFC’s here (there is at least one…
The Lever gets reader backing to expose corporate corruption and grows editorial team
pressgazette.co.uk A US investigative news outlet that has just hired nine new journalists to its team puts its ability to invest down to its flourishing subscriber strategy. The Lever was…
Bernie Sanders To Lead Progressive Fight Against Israel Aid In Senate With New Amendment
zerohedge.com Bernie Sanders To Lead Progressive Fight Against Israel Aid In Senate With New Amendment Authored by Jake Johnson via Common Dreams, US Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that…
Gaza War At 200 Days: IDF Pivots From Iran Threat Back To Hamas Operations
zerohedge.com Gaza War At 200 Days: IDF Pivots From Iran Threat Back To Hamas Operations Monday into Tuesday saw the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensify its operations in central and…
What is Project Nimbus, and why are Google workers protesting Israel deal?
aljazeera.com Tech workers are protesting against use of artificial intelligence and other cloud technologies by Israel in its war on Gaza. Google employees based in the United States…
Cinetic Media Signs ‘Songs From The Hole’ Filmmaker Contessa Gayles
deadline.com Cinetic Media has signed New York-based documentary filmmaker Contessa Gayles for management across all media. Most recently, Gayles took to SXSW with her film Songs from…
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2024
nakedcapitalism.com In Case You Might Miss… (1) Bragg’s theory of the case at last. “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of…
US to withdraw troops from Niger
semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Financial Times, Africa Defense Forum, and France 24 The News The U.S. will begin plans to withdraw its troops stationed in Niger,…
Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures
zerohedge.com Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Resigns Over Oct.7 Failures Israel’s top military intelligence official has announced his resignation in a shock development for…
Germany's fear of Donald Trump is hurting Ukraine: Ret. US General
newsweek.com Retired U.S. Lieutenant General Ben Hodges suggested that Germany may be withholding support for Ukraine amid fears that former President Donald Trump will win reelection.…
Bitcoin Briefly Falls Under $60,000 As Middle East Conflict Escalates
unchainedcrypto.com Bitcoin briefly plunged to a low of $59,698 late on Thursday night as US officials confirmed that Israel had carried out military operations in Iran. The price of the…
US vetoes UN membership for Palestine
semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by The News The United States on Thursday vetoed a draft UN resolution to grant full membership to Palestine, a vote that would have effectively…
Iran issues nuclear warning to Israel
newsweek.com Iran said that it may have grounds to review its "nuclear doctrine" if Israel targets its atomic facilities as fear grows of a wider war breaking out in the Middle East. The…
Monkey Man’s imperfect political critique still packs a punch
vox.com Dev Patel as Kid in his directorial debut Monkey Man. | Universal Pictures Dev Patel’s action-packed directorial debut also takes aim at contemporary Indian politics. Monkey…
Torrential rain wreaked havoc at Dubai's airport, with video showing a plane battling across a flooded runway
aol.com None Torrential rain and flash floods brought Dubai airport to a standstill on Tuesday. • None Dozens of cancellations left some passengers stranded with no way out of the…
A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
nakedcapitalism.com Yves here. Isreal’s Lavender system was designed explicitly to speed the process of mass killing, using AI targeting to give it a thin veneer of legitimacy. Sadly has a lot…
Zimbabwe Launches New Gold-Backed Currency Amidst Economic Turmoil
tftc.io Zimbabwe has introduced a new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), in an attempt to stabilize its failing economy. The currency, which debuted on April 8, has been met with…
King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War"
zerohedge.com King Abdullah Warns Israel He Won't Let Jordan Become "The Theater Of A Regional War" The threat of a broader Middle East-wide war looms as Israel mulls retaliation for the…
Top 50 biggest news websites in the world: Newsweek doubles visits year-on-year in March
pressgazette.co.uk Newsweek was the biggest-growing news website in the world in March, according to Press Gazette’s updated ranking. Top 50 most popular news websites in the UK (monthly…
Hezbollah Detonates Bomb After IDF Troops Caught Breaching Lebanese Border, Wounding 4
zerohedge.com Hezbollah Detonates Bomb After IDF Troops Caught Breaching Lebanese Border, Wounding 4 Four Israeli soldiers were wounded Monday after a bomb was detonated inside Lebanese…
Tel aviv stocks and global sentiment amid Iran - Israel tensions
forexlive.com Technical analysis of Tel-Aviv stock market in times of tensions with Iran In an environment where geopolitical tensions are escalating, particularly between Israel and…