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Scores of demonstrators rallying in solidarity with Palestinians are expected to protest outside a Westwood fundraiser for President Biden on Friday evening, drawing an ominous warning from the Los Angeles Police Department that “violence of any kind will not be tolerated.”The department said in a post on social media platform X that it was “aware of possible first amendment activity” and was working with the Secret Service to deploy additional officers and other resources to “ensure the highest level of public…

“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.”…

Amazon workers came out on strike at multiple locations across Europe on Friday as protests against the U.S. ecommerce giant's working practices picked up pace on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. "Make Amazon Pay", a campaign coordinated by the UNI Global Union, said strikes and protests would take place in more than 30 countries from Black Friday - the day after the US Thanksgiving holiday, when many retailers slash prices to boost sales - through to Monday. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

SACRAMENTO —  A protest by about 1,000 people angry over U.S. support for Israel in its war with Hamas entered the convention center where the California Democratic Party was meeting Saturday evening, causing security guards to lock entrances to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in downtown Sacramento and prompting an early end to the day’s official events.Delegates and other participants were temporarily blocked from exiting and entering the building after demonstrators barged through security around 6 p.m. and…

Protester Paul Kessler died last week after allegedly getting into an altercation with a pro-Palestine protester The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department in California arrested Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji on Thursday with the intention of charging him with the involuntary manslaughter of a pro-Israel protester, Paul Kessler, who died after an alleged altercation with Alnaji last week. The New York Times reports that the authorities were planning on holding the 50-year-old man, who lives in Moorpark,…

Tech is responsible for more than half of all exports, and the country collects 50 billion shekels ($13.5 billion) a year from the sector.Wiz is among those distancing itself from its home country. Israeli companies have long operated with one foot in Israel and the other in bigger markets, like the US, where they can access more funding and customers. Wiz’s cybersecurity business has always technically been US-based, with “Israeli roots,” cofounder and VP of product, Yinon Costica, told WIRED in June. Costica shuttles…

Image Source : FILE Amazon requires three days of in-office work, demands employees to relocate Amazon is implementing changes to its employee work arrangements, requiring some corporate workers to be present in the office for three days each week. This decision has sparked tension between the company and its employees, particularly due to layoffs that occurred last…

O n a narrow hillside road crowded with stucco apartment buildings in the Jenin refugee camp, 22-year-old “Abu Nidal” sits in an open storefront decorated with posters of fallen fighters, clutching his M16. Voices and static blare from the radio stuck to his green tactical vest. Flanked by young men just like him, he is the face of a new Palestinian armed rebellion.  The will to fight and die against unending Israeli military rule has been spreading through refugee camps and working-class neighborhoods in…

General Motors and Google parent Alphabet are silently pushing the city of San Francisco to expand the number of beta-testing self-driving vehicles allowed on the road. In protest, hoards of city denizens have figured out a way to combat the multi-billion dollar companies’ high tech, AI-driven cars: the humble orange traffic cone.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIFor more than a week, the online protest group Safe Street Rebels has promoted that anybody walking around the city by the bay…

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