World News In recent weeks, social media users have pushed false claims that “crisis actors” are staging scenes of carnage and that U.S. Marines are flooding in to fight on the ground in Gaza. Palestinians look for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip, … [Read more…]
World News Around 800 people left Gaza over the past two days — the first time people departed the besieged territory other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces. Palestinians look at the apartment of Khaled Kharousha that was destroyed by the Israeli military in Nablus, West Bank, Friday, Nov. 3, … [Read more…]
National News Since the attacks by Hamas, antisemitic threats in the U.S. have reached “historic levels,” the agency’s director said. Threats against Muslims have also increased. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. … [Read more…]
Local News Many with Massachusetts ties are feeling the impacts of the war. Protesters took to Boylston Street to march toward the Israeli Embassy during an “All Out for Palestine” rally. Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe More than three weeks after Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip launched a brutal surprise attack on Israelis, … [Read more…]
World News The military released grainy images Saturday showing tank columns moving slowly in open areas of Gaza. Friends and relatives of Roi Popplewell mourn during his funeral at Kibbutz Yagur near Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) AP By ISABEL DEBRE, JULIA FRANKEL and SAM MAGDY, Associated Press October 28, … [Read more…]
The Boston Globe Hospitals are under fire from their own staff for their comments — as well as for their silence. Tufts Medical Center was criticized by some for its initial statement. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff By Chris Serres, The Boston Globe October 23, 2023 | 11:06 AM As doctors with years of medical training, hospital … [Read more…]
World News Israel repeated its calls for people to leave northern Gaza, including by dropping leaflets from the air. Palestinians rescue a woman after an Israeli airstrike on buildings of the Abu Asad family in Deir el-Balah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah) AP By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI … [Read more…]
“To put it mildly, it’s not been an easy time to wear a yarmulke or a hijab in America over the last month. … There are a thousand different reasons why this is hard to talk about, but it does feel important to at least try.” The post Video: John Oliver weighs in on Israel-Hamas … [Read more…]
World News Students on both sides are witnessing acts of hate, leaving many fearing for their safety even as they walk to classrooms.Students on both sides are witnessing acts of hate, leaving many fearing for their safety even as they walk to classrooms. Eden Roth, a Jewish student at Tulane University in New Orleans, discusses … [Read more…]
World News Entire city blocks have been reduced to rubble, and around 70% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, with many heeding Israeli orders to head to the southern part of the besieged territory, which is also being bombed. Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire caused by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee … [Read more…]