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...

Holocaust becomes political bludgeon as Netanyahu returns to a country at crossroads | CNN

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from a week-long trip to Washington, toting a fantastical and radical Gaza plan from the American president, he finds a country at a crossroads.

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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...

Israel watches Syria with trepidation as 50 years of detente is upended | CNN

Israeli leaders are watching events across the border in Syria with trepidation, as 50 years of detente were upended in a matter of hours.

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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...

How Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, Is Avoiding Billions in Taxes

The chief executive of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has taken advantage of popular loopholes in the federal estate and gift taxes, which have quietly been eviscerated.

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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.

Feldstein decided to stop taking the fall for Netanyahu over document leak, attorney says

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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...

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.

Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

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.@hrw.org 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...

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime | CNN

Israel has overseen the forced mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza in a deliberate and systematic campaign that amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, according to a new Human Righ...

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