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Donald Trump is hoping to win big on Super Tuesday, and kicked off the primary’s most vote-rich day with one of his favorite traditions from his time as president: calling into Fox News to deliver an unhinged rant.  The former president called into Fox & Friends Tuesday morning, where he celebrated Monday’s Supreme Court decision barring states from removing him from the ballot, doubled down on his claims that migrants are “poisoning our country,” and declared that Israel has to “finish the problem” in Gaza.…

Sunday afternoon, I opened Twitter to see a report circulating that “someone attempted to set themselves on fire” outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. I reposted that report and noted that this is second such incident to occur (information about the first, in Atlanta, Georgia, in December 2023 remains largely unknown), and wrote that, generally, self-immolation is an “extremely rare, extremely disturbing form of protest whereby a person commits to end their life as a final act of desperation for their…

President Joe Biden is “warming” to the idea of being more publicly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his country’s assault on Gaza continues unabated, The Washington Post reported. The paper reported that Biden is becoming increasingly frustrated with Netanyahu, citing interviews with multiple sources familiar with internal White House discussions. Per the Post, the president and his aides are “no longer viewing Netanyahu as a productive partner who can be influenced even in private.”…

Melissa Barrera seems remarkably composed for someone navigating one of the most trying periods of their personal and professional lives. You’ve probably seen the headlines: The rising star of Vida, In the Heights, and the Scream films was fired from the horror franchise and falsely branded antisemitic for a series of Instagram posts calling attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that’s claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. She subsequently released a statement saying, in part, “I condemn…

On Tuesday night, the United States Senate tabled a resolution that would have required the State Department to report to Congress on Israeli human rights violations committed in Gaza involving the use of U.S. arms and equipment.  Only 11 senators voted in favor of the resolution: nine Democrats , one Republican , and one Independent . 72 senators voted against advancing the resolution. “The United States is complicit in the nightmare that millions of Palestinians are now experiencing,” Sanders, who…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Thursday he felt members of the Muslim and Arab communities in the tech industry were uncomfortable speaking about their recent experiences, in an apparent reference to the impact of the ongoing war in Gaza."Muslim and arab (especially palestinian) colleagues in the tech community i've spoken with feel uncomfortable speaking about their recent experiences, often out of fear of retaliation and damaged career prospects," Altman wrote on social media network X, formerly known as Twitter.Elevate…

Meta Platforms' Oversight Board said on Tuesday that the social media company erred in removing two videos depicting hostages and injured people in the Israel-Hamas conflict, saying the videos were valuable to understanding human suffering in the war.Since Hamas' attack in Israel on October 7, social media platforms have seen renewed scrutiny over their content moderation practices due to a surge in misinformation and accusations that the companies have promoted certain viewpoints about the conflict.Elevate Your Tech…

“We believe it was an act of extreme political protest that occurred," said Atlanta police A protester set themselves on fire Friday outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, AP reported. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured. During a news conference, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said a Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest. “We do not see any threat here,” he said. “We believe it was an act of extreme political protest that occurred.”…

Jews are not a monolith. And yet, for the past several decades, those in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration have mendaciously branded any criticisms of the Israeli government as antisemitism. It is a curious conflation, given how a 2021 Pew Research Center survey revealed that only 58% of Jewish adults in the U.S. “feel very/somewhat attached to Israel.” In that same survey, only 33% said “the Israeli government is making sincere effort toward peace.” And in March of this year, a Gallup poll stated that “for…