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Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Cannes winner ‘Sentimental Value’

Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Cannes winner ‘Sentimental Value’

The 42nd Jerusalem Film Festival, taking place as planned from July 17 through July 26, will open with a screening of the award-winning “Sentimental Value,” a family drama directed by Joachim Trier. The film, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes,...

Israeli forces kill 95 people in Gaza as ceasefire calls mount

Israeli forces kill 95 people in Gaza as ceasefire calls mount

Smoke rises after the Israeli attack on Gaza City, Gaza on June 30, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images) Israeli forces killed at least 95 people on Monday, including over 30 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grew for a...

Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip leave 95 Palestinians killed

Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip leave 95 Palestinians killed

At least 95 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday, Qatar’s television channel Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli army attacked a cafe, a hospital, a school, and food distribution points in Gaza, killing at least 95...

Israel kills 935 Iranians in attacks on their homeland

Israel kills 935 Iranians in attacks on their homeland

Citing the latest statistics from the Forensic Medicine Organization, Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said on Monday that 935 martyrs, including 38 children and 102 women, some of whom were pregnant, were identified during the 12-day war waged...

Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip leave 95 Palestinians killed — TV

Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip leave 95 Palestinians killed — TV

DUBAI, July 1. /TASS/. At least 95 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday, Qatar’s television channel Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli army attacked a cafe, a hospital, a school, and food distribution points in...

UK slams Israel for 'inhumane' aid delivery system in Gaza

UK slams Israel for 'inhumane' aid delivery system in Gaza

Britain on Monday condemned Israel’s new aid delivery system in Gaza as “inhumane,” referencing reports of hundreds of Palestinians killed while attempting to access food and humanitarian supplies. “The suffering in Gaza is appalling and cannot...

Hamas claims fate of Gaza ceasefire lies in US-Israel talks

Hamas claims fate of Gaza ceasefire lies in US-Israel talks

Hamas officials have said the group is positively engaging with mediators, but the fate of a Gaza ceasefire lies in talks between the US and Israel. US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the...

Gaza conflict: Israeli forces kill 51 as ceasefire urged

Gaza conflict: Israeli forces kill 51 as ceasefire urged

Another witness, 35-year-old Bilal Awkal, said “blood covered the ground and screams filled the air”. “Women and children were everywhere, like a scene from a movie about the end of the world.” Approached for comment by AFP, the Israeli army said...

Gaza rescuers say over 50 killed in Israeli attacks

Gaza rescuers say over 50 killed in Israeli attacks

Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. The swift resolution of Israel's 12-day war with Iran has...

world US revokes visas for Bob Vylan after music duo's Glastonbury chants

world US revokes visas for Bob Vylan after music duo's Glastonbury chants

WASHINGTON — The United States has revoked visas for members of Britain's Bob Vylan punk-rap duo after they led chants during their set at the Glastonbury music festival in England over the weekend that the State Department and the BBC, who...

What Israel and the US didn't achieve

What Israel and the US didn't achieve

The 12-day war of aggression waged principally by Israel against Iran has been fascinating for its starkness on multiple fronts. Much like Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, on open display yet unstoppable, the falsehood and illegality of both...

Holocaust survivor, 82, dies from Molotov terror attack on Israel hostage marchers

Holocaust survivor, 82, dies from Molotov terror attack on Israel hostage marchers

An 82 year old Colorado woman has tragically died from her injuries following a Molotov cocktail attack on Israeli hostage solidarity walkers, according to prosecutors on Monday. Karen Diamond succumbed to the severe injuries she sustained during...

Molotov terror attack on Israel solidarity walkers leaves Holocaust survivor, 82, dead

Molotov terror attack on Israel solidarity walkers leaves Holocaust survivor, 82, dead

An 82 year old woman from Colorado has tragically passed away after succumbing to injuries sustained in a Molotov cocktail attack on a group showing solidarity with Israeli hostages, prosecutors revealed on Monday. Karen Diamond was critically...

Britain's High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel

Britain's High Court allows UK to keep exporting F-35 jet parts to Israel

The court rules that the decision on whether the exports were legal is a matter for the government, not the court [File: Will Oliver/EPA] London, July 1 (RHC)-- Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to allow the export of...

DESNÉ MASIE: What is art for in a time of war?

DESNÉ MASIE: What is art for in a time of war?

Investing in the arts helps celebrate the national culture, ensures nation-building and can boost the economy 01 July 2025 - 05:00 by Desné Masie A rumour has been going around the art world that SA will not be participating in the Venice Art...

School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top International, Sports And National News For July 1

School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top International, Sports And National News For July 1

School Assembly News Headlines Today, July 1: Every headline makes a larger global impact, regardless of whether it belongs to politics, international affairs, sports, entertainment, or business. July 1 brings some strong and impactful headlines,...

Pakistan won’t remain silent if US, Israel target Iran Leader

Pakistan won’t remain silent if US, Israel target Iran Leader

Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, a member of the Pakistani Senate, described Ayatollah Khamenei as a religious leader and a Marja (religious authority), who is also a political leader. Religious authorities issued a fatwa (religious decree) that...

‘I saw body parts flying everywhere’: Gaza rescuers say 51 killed in Israeli strikes as calls for ceasefire grow

‘I saw body parts flying everywhere’: Gaza rescuers say 51 killed in Israeli strikes as calls for ceasefire grow

GAZA CITY, July 1 — Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 51 people on Monday, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grew for a ceasefire in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The swift resolution of...

Israel’s ‘Operation Narnia’ plan to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientists was 15 years in the making: report

Israel’s ‘Operation Narnia’ plan to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientists was 15 years in the making: report

Israel’s plan to kill more than a dozen of Iran’s top nuclear scientists all at once was the culmination of a decade and a half of stalking and targeting — and seemed so far-fetched, it was dubbed “Operation Narnia.” The June 13 stealth attack saw...

Rubio Drops the Hammer: Violent Chant at British Music Festival Gets Band Banned

Rubio Drops the Hammer: Violent Chant at British Music Festival Gets Band Banned

A British punk-rap duo’s U.S. tour may be over before it begins. Their visas were revoked after a shocking anti-Israel chant led by the frontman during a major music festival in the UK. Key Facts: Bob Vylan’s lead singer led chants of “Death to...

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