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Riyadh eyeing Syria-Israel talks as prelude to normalizing ties with Tel Aviv: Report
Saudi Arabia is eyeing the US-brokered talks between Israel and Syria as a potential step toward a future normalization agreement between Riyadh and the Israeli regime, according to a report. A senior royal source told the Israeli TV channel (KAN)...

Art Beat: PorchFest Edmonds, Stand Up for Driftwood, plus live music and theater
Tether the Star band members Maery and Brian prepare to play during PorchFest 2024. (Photo by Julia Wiese) Spotlight: PorchFest Edmonds Brings Music & Community Together July 13, 1-6 p.m. Downtown Edmonds, Map & Schedule Discover hidden musical...

Israeli Army Announces Rare Ground Operations In Southern Lebanon (Videos)
Click to see full-size image. (Israeli Defense Forces) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on July 9 that it had carried out several raids in southern Lebanon recently, locating and destroying Hezbollah weapon depots and other...

Israel seized 200 acres of land and built 23 settler outposts in West Bank in past six months
Ramallah, July 9 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority’s settlement activity watchdog reports that Israeli authorities seized approximately 200 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and built nearly two dozen settlement outposts there in...

Israel denied harming Iranians—700 dead civilians tell a different story
TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi announced on Wednesday that the Israeli regime’s 12-day military aggression against Iranian cities resulted in the martyrdom of nearly 700 civilians and injuries to more than 5,000...

Data-driven deaths: How Israel's AI war machine pinpoints Palestinian victims
Ali lived in what had been a relatively untouched neighbourhood in eastern Gaza city until the night of October 12, 2024, when from nowhere an Israeli bomb struck. Shaken but unhurt, the IT technician fled with his laptop to the Sheikh Radwan...

Israel’s quest for justice exposes Hamas’ systematic sexual violence campaign during October 7 massacre
Rape, gang-rape and acts of extreme sexual violence carried out by Hamas terrorists during their brutal Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel were part of a well-planned systematic weapon of war, a report, based on collated, open-source evidence...

Award-winning docs and dramas dot Jerusalem Film Festival
A week before the 42nd edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival opens on July 17, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, which hosts the festival, unveiled on Tuesday the full program for the festival online. The festival’s international program includes...

School Assembly News Headlines, 10 July 2025: Top national, international, sports, and business updates
Here is the school assembly news bulletin for Thursday, 10 July 2025. This summary highlights key national and international events. Covering updates from politics, public policy, technology, education, sports, and environmental issues, these...
Rushine de Reuck returns home after tough Israeli loan spell – PSL clubs lining up
Rushine De Reuck is reportedly back in the country looking for a new club after his loan spell with Israeli outfit Maccabi Petah Tikva did not go as planned. The 29-year-old spent the second part of last season on loan in Israel after finding game...

Protest organizers face charges as UK government bans critics of Israel
Protest organizers face charges as UK government bans critics of Israel London, July 9 (RHC)-- In London, the British capital, Ben Jamal of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and Chris Nineham of the Stop the War Coalition, are facing public order...

Resistance Ambushes Intensify across Gaza as Israeli Army Faces Mounting Losses
Resistance groups intensified their ambushes in Gaza. (Photo: video grab) By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian resistance factions have escalated their ambushes and mortar attacks across Gaza, inflicting rising losses on Israeli forces amid...

Largest US Labor Union Cuts Ties to Major Israel Defender
The move marks a challenge to the Anti-Defamation League’s decades of influence over curriculum related to Israel in U.S. schools. The National Education Association headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. (AgnosticPreachersKid /Wikimedia...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 12:47 p.m. EDT
Burna Boy's 'No Sign of Weakness' fulfills his rock star dreams NEW YORK (AP) — Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy is releasing his new album, “No Sign of Weakness,” on Friday. The Grammy-winning artist is bringing his own rock star dreams to life with...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 9:20 a.m. EDT
Movie Review: A weird 'Superman' is better than a boring one Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material. Gunn, the mind behind “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide Squad,” has...
Why We Need the New Superman Movie Today More Than Ever
James Gunn's Superman is arriving in theaters worldwide this week. Not only does it introduce the Man of Steel of this generation, but it will also mark the official launch of the new DCU franchise. The film couldn't come at a more appropriate...

Israel to import Xiaomi cars
Electronic products importer Hemilton, owned by the Aharoni family, and Land Rover importer Hamizrach, owned by the Eini family, have founded a joint venture to import cars, according to the companies registry. It is likely that the new company,...

'Not everyone feels like a lion': When an Israeli singer shatters the war's illusion on TV
"This nation of lions has a sick and deranged leadership," Naftali Bennett posted on X a few months ago. Perhaps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his bestial inspiration from him when he proudly named the operation in Iran "Rising Lion."

Israeli journalist exposes censorship of Iranian blows in 12-day war
A renowned Israeli journalist and political commentator has shed light on the high level of censorship by the Israeli regime in the recent 12-day war of aggression against the Islamic Republic, stressing that the Israeli police threatened and...

Meet Scarlett Johansson's rarely seen twin: Movie star has a handsome brother who works at a nonprofit
She's one of the most popular stars of her generation and recently was crowned the highest-grossing actor of all time after the blockbuster opening of her latest film, Jurassic World Rebirth. But despite Scarlett Johansson's high-profile stature,...