We spent weeks documenting airstrikes in southern Gaza and found that civilians were killed in areas the Israeli government had explicitly designated as safe zones. Our exclusive report👇

NEW: Hassan Naveed, director of Mayor Adams’ hate crimes prevention unit, was fired from his post last week without being given a reason for his dismissal — and says he's planning to take legal action claiming he was discriminated against for being Muslim. nydailynews.com/2024/04/26/nyc…

So I helped do a thing and rank the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st century for Rolling Stone.

By far the coolest, funnest, and most challenging thing I’ve ever worked on. A labor of love went into this, and it’s an honor. rollingstone.com/music/music-li…

In the week since Columbia University started cracking down on pro-Palestinian protesters, protests and have sprung up at other colleges and universities across the country. In response, police have arrested more than 400 people. By ⁦Anna Betts⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

How much must Palestinians pay to escape Gaza? At least $5,000 for an adult and $2,500 for a child, paid to a firm with ties to the Egyptian army and intelligence services. Amid fears of a looming Israeli offensive in Rafah, prices show no sign of falling. economist.com/middle-east-an…

I’m inside the Columbia campus now, and the pro-Israel crowd is yelling through the gates at students. “Stop wasting mommy and daddy’s money!” “You want to camp? Go camp in Gaza!” “Go back to Gaza!”

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

Fohlin’s husband, John Latting, is the Emory Dean of Admissions. This is going to be an interesting night in Emory University’s top administrative echelons.

Chaos on the @ohiostate campus as police drove demonstrators off the green and made well over a dozen arrests.

Visual evidence and internal communications show that before the strike on World Central Kitchen, multiple aid operations and local staff shelters in Gaza had come under Israeli fire — even after the I.D.F. was notified of the locations and logged them as humanitarian sites.…

NEW: Hamas released a video showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American dual citizen who has been held hostage since Oct. 7. It appeared to be the first time that Mr. Goldberg-Polin has been shown to be alive since his captivity began.
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“She was born an orphan” : Doctors in Gaza delivered a baby on Sunday from the womb of a Palestinian woman who was killed alongside her husband and daughter in an Israeli strike in Rafah, where more than one million people have fled during the war. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

'The term 'Arab street' is used by policymakers to reduce regional public opinion to the rantings of an irrational...mob that might be appeased or repressed but is w/out coherent policy preferences or ideas.'
Marc Lynch on why Arab public opinion matters
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“She was born an orphan” : Doctors in Gaza delivered a baby on Sunday from the womb of a Palestinian woman who was killed alongside her husband and daughter in an Israeli strike in Rafah, where more than one million people have fled during the war. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

“She wasn’t ever going to admit she had a problem.” A woman who tumbled from success to homelessness still talked like a millionaire. Getting her help seemed impossible. on.wsj.com/3W3ijIa on.wsj.com/3W3ijIa

A man set himself on fire on Friday near the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection continued in the criminal trial of former President Trump.

Onlookers screamed as flames engulfed him. It was unclear what motivated his action. nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyr…

Just minutes after the full jury was selected in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, someone appears to have set themself on fire outside the courthouse, per CNN's Laura Coates.

The Israeli strike on Iran was part of a cycle of retaliation that has alarmed world leaders, but it produced a largely muted response on Friday.

TV networks and officials in both countries played down the significance of the strike. nytimes.com/2024/04/19/wor…