The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said some employees released into Gaza from Israeli detention reported having been pressured by Israeli authorities into falsely stating that the agency has Hamas links and that staff took part in the Oct. 7 attacks. The assertions are contained in a report by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reviewed by Reuters and dated February 2024 which detailed allegations of mistreatment in Israeli detention made by unidentified...

The scandal-plagued United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) claimed in a report that some of its workers were pressured by Israel to falsely admit their connections to the Oct. 7 mass murder carried out by Hamas. According to a report reviewed by Reuters on Friday‚ "Agency staff members have been subject to threats and coercion by the Israeli authorities while in detention‚ and pressured to make false statements against the Agency...

The 96th annual Academy Awards are over‚ officially ending the awards season. (About time‚ right?) And what a season it has been. From Barbie snubs to Oppenheimer domination‚ it's been a season of highs‚ a few lows‚ and a lot of surprises. Let's break down the winners‚ losers and the most shocking moments from this year's Oscars. Before we get to that‚ make sure you're subscribed to the Parting Shot podcast and my newsletter‚ For the Culture. And...

Russia appears on track to produce nearly three times more artillery munitions than the US and Europe‚ a key advantage ahead of what is expected to be another Russian offensive in Ukraine later this year. Russia is producing about 250‚000 artillery munitions per month‚ or about 3 million a year‚ according to NATO intelligence estimates of Russian defense production shared with CNN‚ as well as sources familiar with Western efforts to arm Ukraine. Collectively‚ the US and Europe have the...

“The Zone of Interest” director Jonathan Glazer called out Israel’s bombardment of Gaza while accepting the Academy Award for Best International Film‚ one of the only award winners Sunday to directly acknowledge the war in Gaza onstage. “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present‚ not to say: ‘Look what they did then’ — rather‚ look what we do now. Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present. Right now‚ we stand...

The director of a Holocaust film that won an award on Sunday night at the Oscars used his moment on stage to slam Israel with false claims about what is going on inside of Gaza. Jonathan Glazer — who directed “The Zone of Interest‚” a film about the life of a Nazi commandant who lived next to the Auschwitz concentration camp that won the Academy Award for Best International Film — first thanked all the institutions that helped him create the film. “All our choices were made to...

As widely predicted‚ “Oppenheimer‚” the biopic of Jewish nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer‚ swept a number of categories at Sunday’s Oscars‚ including best picture‚ in a year unusually heavy with Jewish nominees. But the most talked-about Jewish moment of the night came courtesy of Jonathan Glazer‚ writer-director of the cerebral Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest‚” who used his acceptance speech to comment on the Israel-Hamas war. Standing alongside producers James Wilson and...

A mother is praising a Florida sheriff’s deputy who saved the life of her 6-month-old daughter‚ sharing that he’s now an honorary member of the family. Source: Sheriff’s Deputy Becomes Infant’s Honorary Uncle After Saving Her Life: ‘He’s Our Family Now’ Well done!

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