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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

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Pople look at barriers set up where a man deliberately rammed his car into people exercising, killing at least 35 and injuring many others, in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong province, November 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
November 12, 2024, 4:03 pm
35 dead as driver rams into crowd at sports center in southern Chinese city
62-year-old man detained for attack in Zhuhai, police say he was motivated by financial problems after divorce; Tokyo warns citizens in China not to speak Japanese loudly
By HUIZHONG WU
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 10, 2024, 9:48 pm
Bill calling for national security strategy gets ministerial committee backing
High-level body also gives the nod to extension of law blocking Al Jazeera and expansion of police surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers
By Sam Sokol
A screenshot of a Google spreadsheet titled, "Is your fav author a zionist" that shows a list of authors that the document's creators deem pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian. (Google screenshot)
May 10, 2024, 10:22 pm
‘Is your fav author a zionist?’: Viral list sparks antisemitism fears among authors
List posted online categorizes writers as ‘Pro-Israel/Zionist,’ ‘Pro-Palestinian/Anti-Zionist,’ various types of ‘It’s complicated,’ or ‘Both sides-ing it’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Illustrative: Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 20, 2024, 8:27 pm
Gantz’s party threatens to veto bill allowing Ben Gvir to censor foreign media
Newly revised legislation would grant far-right National Security Minister Ben Gvir the power to define networks as security threats as a precondition of their closure
By Sam Sokol
Author Rachel Beanland and the cover of her 2023 novel "The House Is On Fire." (Courtesy of the author)
September 6, 2023, 3:57 pm
Florida JCC censured after nixing book talk on slavery due to ‘political climate’
Head of West Palm Beach community center apologizes to Rachel Beanland over move after complaints from book council, amid efforts by governor to clamp down on teaching about racism
By Andrew Lapin
American author Bernard Malamud, author of 'The Fixer,' in August 1980. (Nancy R. Schiff/Getty Images via JTA)
August 19, 2023, 3:23 am
How a US school district put a contested Bernard Malamud classic back on the shelves
On an oft-unseen battlefield of the culture war over books in states and school districts around the country, there are panels of judges that may feel more like a book club
By Andrew Lapin
Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Barbie' in London, on July 12, 2023. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
August 15, 2023, 6:24 pm
Algeria abruptly bans ‘Barbie’ almost a month after blockbuster’s local release
Ministry of Culture and Arts notifies cinemas in Algiers, Oran and Constantine to ‘immediately’ pull movie, doesn’t explain why
By AP
BARBIE Score from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Graphic: Business Wire via AP)
August 10, 2023, 1:52 pm
Kuwait bans ‘Barbie’ film over ‘public ethics’ concerns
Cinema censorship committee says flick promotes ‘ideas and beliefs that are alien’ to society; horror movie ‘Talk to Me’ likewise nixed for featuring transgender actor
By AFP
The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, Monday, November 25, 2013. The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City, after a review committee decided it wasn't age appropriate 'due to vulgarity or violence.' (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
June 3, 2023, 12:44 pm
Utah district bans Bible in schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’
Complaint filed in apparent protest after previous books were barred, leading to removal of the Bible from Davis District elementary and middle schools
By SAM METZ
The title pages of a Nazi-published version of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' an antisemitic text, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 6:03 am
Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman poem sorry for ‘Protocols’ Facebook post
‘I love the Jewish community,’ says Daily Salinas, adding that English isn’t her mother tongue and she believed she was sharing an anti-Communist message
By Andrew Lapin
A scene in the production "Indecent," telling the story of a controversial 1923 Yiddish play which featured Broadway's first lesbian kiss. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2023, 10:26 pm
Free speech advocates slam Florida school for nixing Jewish LGBTQ play
‘Indecent’ tells true story of 1923 Yiddish show which featured controversial first lesbian kiss on Broadway; county spokesperson calls its dialogue ‘inappropriate’ for students
By Mark Kennedy
Artists Sarah Benninga (left) and Rachel Rotenberg at the December 28, 2022 Museum on the Seam reopening of 'Kravot,' their exhibit that includes nude imagery and was previously shuttered. (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2022, 7:23 am
Jerusalem exhibit shuttered by city due to nude imagery, reopens in Museum on Seam
City-run Beita gallery ordered to close down new exhibit, prompting move to private space, but mayor’s office says he didn’t know about it
By Jessica Steinberg
Marina Ovsyannikova (R), the journalist who became known internationally after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, appears in court in Moscow, July 28, 2022. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
August 10, 2022, 5:34 pm
Russian journalist who protested war on air detained for discrediting army
Marina Ovsyannikova says Russian law enforcement raided her home at 6 a.m.; ‘They scared my young daughter’
By AFP
Illustrative: A man stands under American and Saudi Arabian flags prior to a visit by US President Joe Biden, at a square in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
July 19, 2022, 1:04 pm
US arrests Saudi harasser of dissidents, showing depth of Riyadh’s reach abroad
Kingdom’s campaign to silence criticism has played out in America for some time; ‘This guy is just the tip of the iceberg,’ says analyst
By Isabel Debre
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a Turkish Technology and Aviation festival, held abroad for the first time, in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 28, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
July 1, 2022, 6:36 pm
Turkey blocks access to US, German broadcasters, prompting criticism of censorship
Country’s media watchdog is dominated by Erdogan’s ruling party and regularly fines critical broadcasters; Berlin says it ‘regrets’ move against Deutsche Welle and Voice of America
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
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