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Israel Checking Reports That Hamas’ Military No. 2 Killed in Gaza Strike

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel was checking on Monday if Hamas’s second-highest military leader died in an air strike, media said, as talks stumbled to...

Starving Gaza | Crisis Group

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts...

Flare-Ups and Frustration as Kashmir Waits for a Vote

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Israel to Ramp Up Military Operations Against Hezbollah if No Truce Reached Next Week:...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel has told mediators that it will escalate its military operations against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group in Lebanon, to the...

Israel’s Shin Bet, Military Open Investigations Into Events Leading Up to Oct. 7 Massacre

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, has begun conducting an investigation into the operational reasons for the failures leading up...

Kenya and the Chaos in Haiti

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of The Horn, Alan talks to Diego Da Rin, Crisis Group’s...

The Double Standards Debate at the UN

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Israeli Energy Ministry Announces New Discounts for Holocaust Survivors, Other Seniors

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s Energy Ministry on Wednesday announced new discounts on energy costs for Holocaust survivors and other senior citizens as part of...

The Stakes in the Ethiopia-Somaliland Deal

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Israeli Defense Minister Says Hezbollah Aggression Bringing Critical Point Nearer

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday the continuing tension with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah at the border with...

India Advises Nationals in Israel to Leave Border Areas After Citizen Killed in Hezbollah...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). India’s embassy in Israel on Tuesday issued an advisory telling its nationals working in the Jewish state to move away from...

Gaza Ceasefire Talks Extended in Cairo for Another Day, Hamas Says

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hamas negotiators will remain in Cairo for another day at the request of mediators, keeping ceasefire talks going after two days...

Media quotes March 2024

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Media quotes March 2024 Source of original article: RSS (www.crisisgroup.org). The content of this article does not necessarily reflect...

Two Israeli Pizzerias Make Top 50 Pizzas List

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Two pizza shops in Israel were named in the top 50 pizzerias in the the Asia-Pacific, according to the Italian pizza...

UPDATING LIVE: General Assembly meets to examine US veto of Gaza draft resolution

10:51 AM Israel: Ceasefire must have pre-conditions Gilad Menashe Erdan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, said that it has been 150 days...

Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh

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Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Editor’s notes: The list below is CPJ’s most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will...

Israeli Hospital Earns Spot In Global Top 10

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A hospital in central Israel was ranked in the top 10 of medical centers globally, in the new rankings out by...

CPJ urges protection for Israeli journalist threatened with death after accepting film award

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Washington, D.C., February 29, 2024—Israeli authorities must ensure necessary protections for Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham and his family, who were repeatedly...

The Gaza War's Spillover in the Middle East (Online Event, 29 February 2024)

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this online event, Crisis Group experts discuss the regional repercussions of the Gaza war. Source of original article:...

Hostage Families Begin March Towards Jerusalem

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Family members of those still held captive in Gaza began a four-day march on Wednesday to Jerusalem, with the goal of...

Can Legal Challenges Derail Donald Trump’s Bid for Presidency?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Ripple Effect, Steve and Michael talk with Ambassador (ret.) Norm...