Memories and images of the Holocaust have always loomed over the Israeli psyche. But now, at a critical time in the 16-month-long Gaza war, a battle to define the lessons of that slaughter is being played out across Israeli society. www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/m...

Despite the Israeli military seizing a buffer zone in Syria between Israeli-and Syrian-controlled territory, UN Peacekeepers remain at their posts, a spox told CNN. “They are there, in place, doing their jobs, just like they were yesterday and the day before,” Nick Birnback said in a statement.

“We don’t know much,” said Boaz Shapira, a researcher with the Alma Foundation, a think tank dedicated to issues in northern Israel. “The situation that we were used to in Syria in the past – 50 years with the Assad regime – has changed completely.” www.cnn.com/2024/12/08/m...

My article today - How one of the world's richest men, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang, is on pace to dodge $8 billion in taxes: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/b...

The Israeli Right have spent the last month insisting that Feldstein is a hero being persecuted by the Deep State, even passing "the Feldstein law". Now Feldstein is claiming that Netanyahu is lying about his own involvement in the espionage-and-leak case.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

[email protected] cited the illegal and “deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure,” by Israel “where they have apparent aims of creating ‘buffer zones’ and security ‘corridors,’ from which Palestinians are likely to be permanently displaced.” edition.cnn.com/2024/11/14/m...