Cinema for Gaza, a group launched by a small group of female filmmakers and film journalists, has successfully raised more than $315,000 to support medical aid for the civilian population in Gaza. A celebrity auction, organized by Cinema for Gaza, and supported by the likes of Tilda Swinton, Annie Lennox, …
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In a synchronized move aimed at disrupting the financial infrastructure backing Hamas, the United States and the United Kingdom have taken decisive action by imposing sanctions on Gaza Now, an internet-based media platform allegedly involved in financing the militant group. The focal point of these sanctions is directed towards Mustafa …
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UPDATE: In his appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Joe Biden quipped about his age, but the host pressed him on it. “All jokes aside, according to recent polling, this is a real concern for American voters,” Meyers noted. “Number one, you got to take a look at the …
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A high-politicized edition of the Berlin Film Festival ended Saturday, but divisions surrounding political messaging during the festival appear to be ongoing. Sunday afternoon, the official Berlinale shared a statement on its social media account announcing that it plans to “file criminal charges against unknown persons” who it said shared …
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A group of Berlin Film Festival workers have released a statement calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, the “release of all hostages”, and “stronger institutional leadership”, including from the Berlinale, in response to what they describe as the “current assault on Palestinian life”. The open letter, published last night …
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The Berlin Film Festival is hoping to take the heat out of the fiery debate around the war in Gaza by getting people from both sides to sit down and talk. Berlinale organizers are partnering with Berlin social activists Shai Hoffmann and Jouanna Hassoun —he’s a German Jew with Israeli …
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They were testing the New Year’s Eve ball today in Times Square ahead of Sunday’s celebrations, but the real spectacle was happening on the streets. In a self-declared “heightened threat environment” since Hamas’ murderous assault on Israeli communities near the border with Gaza and the butchering of thousands on October …
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Israeli filmmaker Tom Shoval has expressed his growing fears for Gaza hostage, former actor and friend David Cunio and called on the Israeli government to explore all possible ways, including a ceasefire, to secure his release and that of all the hostages. Cunio, his wife, three kindergarten-age children, sister-in-law and …
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UPDATE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli soldiers are now in the Gaza strip, in what he characterized as the next stage of the war with Hamas. Appearing at a press conference that was covered on major news networks, Netanyahu said that ground forces have gone into Gaza, …
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Most international TV networks and news agencies were unable to provide live coverage or video updates out of the Gaza Strip overnight due to communication outages as Israel stepped up its military campaign on the Palestinian territory. Israel’s intensified bombing and incursion comes three weeks after Hamas’ terror attacks on …
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UPDATED, 1.28 am with Biden’s arrival in Israel: U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday morning as Middle East tensions ratchet up further following a horrific strike on Gaza’s Al Ahli hospital overnight in which hundreds of people died. Images relayed on the X account of Israeli Prime …
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The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and Reporters Without Borders have raised the alarm over the number of journalists who have died in Gaza since Israel began its bombardment of the territory in retaliation for Hamas’ deadly terror attacks on October 7. The PJS said in a release on Monday that …
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