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Israel-Palestine: UN chief condemns killing of civilians as deadly Gaza …

Posted By on May 15, 2023

In a statement released by his Spokesperson, Antnio Guterres said that he condemned the civilian loss of life, that occurred during Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday aimed at the militant Islamic Jihad group, three of whose leaders were killed.

In total, 13 Palestinians were killed during Tuesdays early morning attacks, including five women and four children.

Mr. Guterres said that the deaths of the women and children were unacceptable and must stop immediately, the statement continued.

Israel must abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law, including the proportional use of force and taking all feasible precautions to spare civilians and civilian objects in the conduct of military operations.

According to news reports, in response to Tuesdays strikes, Palestinian militants in the occupied Gaza enclave bordering Israel, had fired more than 460 rockets, while Israel had hit more than 130 targets inside Gaza.

Local medical authorities reported that six people had died on Wednesday, with more than 40 injured.

Some Israelis were reportedly hurt while rushing to seek shelter from rockets, but most were intercepted or fell on open ground.

In his statement, the Secretary-General also condemned the indiscriminate launching of rockets from Gaza into Israel, which violates international humanitarian law and puts at risk both Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

Mr. Guterres urged all parties to the latest uptick in violence to exercise maximum restraint and work towards ending the fighting immediately.

He reiterates his commitment to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements.

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Abbas calls on UN to oust Israel at world bodys first Nakba Day commemoration – The Times of Israel

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  1. Abbas calls on UN to oust Israel at world bodys first Nakba Day commemoration  The Times of Israel
  2. Abbas urges UN to suspend Israel during first commemoration of 1948 flight of the Palestinians  ABC News
  3. In First, Palestinian Displacement Commemorated at United Nations  The New York Times

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Israel wins Rest of World Vote during Eurovision grand final…followed by Finland and Armenia – wiwibloggs

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  1. Israel wins Rest of World Vote during Eurovision grand final...followed by Finland and Armenia  wiwibloggs
  2. Israel didnt win Eurovision, but it did win the rest of the world  The Times of Israel
  3. Sweden wins 2023 Eurovision, while Israels Noa Kirel finishes in 3rd place  The Times of Israel

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I’m an educator and grandson of Holocaust survivors, and I see public schools failing to give students the historical knowledge they need to keep our…

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I'm an educator and grandson of Holocaust survivors, and I see public schools failing to give students the historical knowledge they need to keep our democracy strong  The Conversation

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Israel will add diaspora victims of antisemitism to those mourned on Day of Remembrance – Forward

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Israel will add diaspora victims of antisemitism to those mourned on Day of Remembrance  Forward

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EAM Interacted With Indian Diaspora In Sweden, Commented On Growing Influence Of Indian Culture – Times Now

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EAM Interacted With Indian Diaspora In Sweden, Commented On Growing Influence Of Indian Culture  Times Now

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Judaism’s rituals to honor new mothers are ever-rooted, ever-changing from medieval embroidery and prayer to new traditions today – The Conversation

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Judaism's rituals to honor new mothers are ever-rooted, ever-changing from medieval embroidery and prayer to new traditions today  The Conversation

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Pittsburgh Jewish community tracks jump in hate speech amid synagogue massacre trial – The Times of Israel

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  1. Pittsburgh Jewish community tracks jump in hate speech amid synagogue massacre trial  The Times of Israel
  2. Jewish community steels itself for Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial  TribLIVE
  3. Pittsburgh Jews monitoring hate speech amid trial of suspect in synagogue massacre  The Times of Israel

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On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy – The Conversation

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On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy  The Conversation

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Report: Antisemitic incidents on the rise in California

Posted By on May 13, 2023

More than 500 antisemitic acts targeting Jewish people, including assault, vandalism and harassment, were committed in California last year, an increase of more than 40% from 2021, underscoring a proliferation of hate crimes and extremism in the state, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

The ADL also cited increasing collaboration among extremist and white supremacist groups in a report detailing a wide range of hate crimes and violence. California saw at least six murders by members of extremist groups in 2021 and 2022 the most in the nation with three being linked to white supremacist groups, the report found.

The report on California comes after the Anti-Defamation League released another report, in collaboration with Tel Aviv University's Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, that shows antisemitic incidents are at a new high worldwide, with the upward trend intensifying in the U.S.

In California, it found at least 518 antisemitic acts were committed in 2022, second only to New York with 580 incidents. That figure is a 41% increase from 2021, it said.

"There's a common thread that connects every part of California, north and south, east and west, and that's hate in all its forms," Oren Segal, vice president of the Anti-Defamation League Center of Extremism, said at a news conference Tuesday. "Addressing the proliferation of extremism, antisemitism and hate is not only a profound challenge, it is one of the challenges of our time."

The civil rights organization's report, called "Hate in the Golden State", also found an increase in local white supremacist groups working together to spread propaganda and strengthen their presence across California. It shows how established groups such as the Proud Boys continue to target local LGBTQ+ events, especially drag queen story hours.

Supremacist or antisemitic groups such as the Goyim Defense League, Active Clubs and the White Lives Matter network are among the driving forces behind efforts in California to spread white supremacy ideology and organize anti-LGBTQ+ protests, the report said. Last year, the Anti-Defamation League recorded 296 instances of white supremacist propaganda being distributed in California, a jump of 91% from 155 instances in 2021.

It also details violence or harassment committed by supporters of QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that believed former President Donald Trump was waging a secret campaign against enemies in the "deep state" as well as a child sex trafficking ring run by satanic pedophiles and cannibals. It found supporters of the group were responsible for at least three violent attacks in 2021 and 2022, including the attack of Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco last year.

Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, a gay Jewish lawmaker from San Francisco, called the report's findings "absolutely horrifying." Wiener said he has been the target of hate speech and death threats.

"We don't need to see statistics to know that there has been an explosion of hate and extremism," Wiener said at the news conference. "We need, as a matter of public safety and public health in California, to be very clear that we are going to have a zero-tolerance policy for this kind of extremist bigoted behavior."

The Anti-Defamation League says it has recorded at least 400 incidents where local lawmakers across the country were harassed or threatened between 2020 and 2022, with 64 instances in California.

California lawmakers and officials are attempting to address the trend. Last week, the Civil Rights Department unveiled a statewide non-emergency hate crime hotline. The hotline, serving as an alternative to law enforcement, helps connect people who experience or witness hate crimes with various resources, including legal and mental health assistance.

Democratic Assemblymember Cory Jackson of Riverside, who authored a bill that would create a hate crime intervention unit within the California Department of Public Health, said the extremism movement is gaining traction.

"This movement is well organized, is well funded, and they have a game plan, and they are executing that game plan," he said. "This is our opportunity to making sure that we don't take this lightly."

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