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Israel picks between 'secular democracy or theocracy' in election, chess master Garry Kasparov says

"Just as Abraham Lincoln observed that the government could not persist 'half slave and half free,' Israel cannot go on half theocratic and half secular," Kasparov, whose father was Jewish, said.

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.
  David Milstein, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Ambassador of Israel, speaks during the general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022.

US envoy Huckabee's senior advisor allegedly skewed West Bank reports to favor Israel- NYT

The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.

NYT shareholders file lawsuit against paper's parent org. over biased Israel reporting

 A photo illustration shows a cozy morning scene features the international edition of The New York Times alongside a cup of cappuccino with latte art and a notebook.

NYT deletes line saying Israelis ‘view themselves’ as Oct. 7 victims, citing 'editing error'


Vandals spray paint NYT building, write 'NYT Lies, Gaza dies'

The vandalism occurred after The New York Times amended its article about starvation in Gaza that sparked outrage.

Vandals spraypaint the New York Times building, reading 'NYT LIES GAZA DIES,' July 30, 2025.

Knesset Speaker Ohana: 'If you want a Palestinian state, build it in London or Paris'

During his speech, Ohana also pulled out a tablet showing a video from Iran's parliament in June during which members shouted "Death to Israel, Death to America."

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana speaks at the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland, July 30, 2025.

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NYT quietly alters Gaza starvation story to include key details of child's medical condition

“We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated" Gazan child Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, the New York Times wrote.

Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.

Students at Netanyahu’s Pennsylvania high school want him ejected from the alumni hall of fame

Officers of the school’s alumni association are meeting with school district officials on Friday to consider the petition.

 Benjamin Netanyahu as pictured in his high school yearbook at Cheltenham High School in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.

Netanyahu shared top-secret Iran strike details with MK Gafni to prevent gov't collapse - NYT

According to the New York Times, Netanyahu revealed details of Operation Rising Lion with Gafni, who lacked security clearance, so that he would oppose a bill to bring about elections.

 (L-R) MK Moshe Gafni and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Iran.

Blinken's critique of Trump omits vital details about Obama's failings with Iran - opinion

What Blinken’s essay leaves out is that Obama employed weak negotiating tactics that allowed Tehran to evade several key issues.

 THEN-US SECRETARY of state Antony Blinken meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the State Department in 2021. The US ignored Iran’s expansion of ballistic missile technology, the writer maintains.

Operation Benjamin: Finding lost Jewish-American war heroes and honoring their memory

An organization tracks down the Jewish heroes of World Wars I and II, and honors them with the symbol of their faith, even more than a century after they made the ultimate sacrifice.

 OPERATION BENJAMIN’S co-founder and chief historian, Shalom Lamm, estimates that between 600 and 900 American Jewish soldiers from both World Wars are mistakenly buried under crosses. Here, late US serviceman Howard Feldman receives a Jewish headstone.

Israel looks to Gazan private orgs. to distribute humanitarian aid - NYT

The initiative, which presented itself as neutral and independent, had first been discussed in private meetings of IDF officers and businesspeople with close ties to the Israeli government.

 A worker enters a truck carrying aid parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, before going into Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, May 22, 2025.

Larry David’s ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ essay skewers Bill Maher’s meeting with Trump

 Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 27, 2022. Uploaded on 2/6/2024