Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 14 people on Wednesday, in the latest violence to ravage the already devastated Palestinian territory.Five people were killed and several wounded in an air strike on the house of the Barghout family in the Zeitun neighbourhood of Gaza City, the agency said.Three people were killed in another strike targeting the house of the Al-Banna family in the central city of Deir el-Balah.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israel strikes
Rouen synagogue vandalized months after arson, knife attack
Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol condemned the antisemitic vandalism on Tuesday, saying on Facebook that such action had no place in the city or republic.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Rouen synagogue vandalized months after arson, knife attack
Safe from looting, Damascus museum reopens a month after Assad's fall
Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president Bashar al-Assad.The antiquities museum closed its doors on December 7, a day before Damascus was taken by rebel forces, over fears of looting."We firmly shut the museum's iron doors after we saw the situation was unstable," said Mohamed Nair Awad, head of the national antiquities authority.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Safe from looting, Damascus museum reopens a month after Assad's fall
UN peacekeepers patrol in Lebanon as truce deadline nears
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon patrol through rocky hills and olive groves near the border with Israel, ahead of a deadline for a truce in the war with Hezbollah that some residents fear will not hold.The situation is "still very fragile", said Indian peacekeeper Gurpyar Sharma from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) amid the wreckage of several destroyed buildings near the town of Marjayoun."We are carrying out these kind of patrols" to help prevent any "further escalation of the violence", he said as AFP accompanied peacekeepers on a tour of the area.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN peacekeepers patrol in Lebanon as truce deadline nears
Solomon Schechter school embodied a bygone American, Zionist, NY Jewish dream
American Jewry is diversifying demographically. It’s no longer the overwhelmingly Democratic and Eastern European community of my youth. Just look how many Queens Jews voted for Donald Trump.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Solomon Schechter school embodied a bygone American, Zionist, NY Jewish dream
Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil with Europeans on final trip
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Rome Thursday for talks with European counterparts on bringing stability to Syria in the face of Turkish threats against Kurdish forces there.It is the final stage in what is likely his last tour in the role before US President Joe Biden makes way for President-elect Donald Trump later this month.Blinken, on a trip that has taken him to South Korea, Japan and France, will dine in Rome with counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Blinken seeks to avert Syria turmoil with Europeans on final trip
37 killed in north Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces: monitor
Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people on Thursday in Syria's northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.The latest reported fighting comes despite the United States saying Wednesday that it was working to address Turkey's concerns in Syria to dissuade the NATO ally from escalating an offensive against Kurdish fighters.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 37 killed in north Syria clashes between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces: monitor
Polish president says don't arrest Netanyahu at Auschwitz ceremony
Poland's president has urged the government not to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he attend the Auschwitz liberation anniversary event later this month, his office said Thursday.The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November over the Gaza war, prompting outrage from Israel and its allies.Poland, as a party to the ICC, would be required to arrest Netanyahu if he attended the ceremony marking 80 years since the Red Army liberated the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Polish president says don't arrest Netanyahu at Auschwitz ceremony
French mayor pulls recycling campaign Iran deemed "offensive"
A French city on Thursday removed posters depicting Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after Tehran called the images "insulting", in the latest incident in a period of strained relations between the two countries.The southern city of Beziers ran a campaign on buses calling for selective sorting of waste using portraits of Iran's Khamenei, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: French mayor pulls recycling campaign Iran deemed "offensive"
'Better future for Lebanon': Israeli FM congratulates Joseph Aoun's election
Shortly after the Sa'ar's welcome statement, it was reported that National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi had told Israeli ministers not to address the appointment.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'Better future for Lebanon': Israeli FM congratulates Joseph Aoun's election