Rickover’s and airmail pilots’ disaster avoidance method
The investigation of what went wrong in Israel’s army and government will start only after the war in Gaza is over, but it is already known that there was early warning.
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3 presidents, celebrity performances and protester interruptions at Biden campaign's $26M fundraiser
President Joe Biden was joined Thursday by two of his Democratic predecessors for a star-studded fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall that his campaign said brought in more than $26 million.
Protesters interrupt Biden, Obama, Clinton at $25 million New York fundraiser
President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, offering a robust defense of the White House's handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.
When does anti-Zionism become antisemitism?
In his latest book, Jewish Life in Medieval Spain, Jonathan Ray focuses on the tumult of the 14th century in Spain – a time of the plague, civil strife and war between the two largest kingdoms, Aragon and Castile, with frequent attacks against Jews. This culminated in riots in 1391, which resulted in deaths, destruction of property, rapes and forced conversions.
Thursday Briefing: Russia’s Online Attack on Ukraine Aid
Russia has intensified its spread of online disinformation in an effort to derail military funding in the U.S. and Europe for Ukraine, according to experts and intelligence assessments. The campaign largely uses harder-to-trace technologies to amplify arguments for isolationism ahead of the U.S. elections.
UN’s Gaza ceasefire call doesn’t legally matter much
Ceasefires are a uniquely complicated tool in armed conflict. This is because they exist at the intersection of war, law and politics.
Singapore’s order to Israeli embassy to remove Koran-Palestine post reflects ‘heightened sensitivity’
The case marked the first time the Singapore government had asked a foreign mission to remove a social media post, Eugene Tan, a law professor at the Singapore Management University, pointed out.
Wednesday Briefing: U.S.-Israel Divisions Grow
Relations between the U.S. and Israel appear to have sunk to a new low after the U.S. abstained from a U.N. vote that allowed a Gaza cease-fire resolution to pass — and domestic politics in both countries are adding to the division.