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War of Attrition in Ukraine

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

DR Congo: A Full Plate of Challenges after a Turbulent Vote

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UNRWA to investigate allegations ‘several’ staffers played role in 7 October attacks

Mr. Guterres has also asked UNRWA head, Philippe Lazzarini, to refer any employees found to have taken part in or “abetted what transpired” in...

Gaza: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders

The OHCHR warning came nearly four months into the war which has seen widespread Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in response to Hamas-led...

‘October 7’ Restaurant Opens in Jordan

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A new shawarma restaurant opened in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday, with a name that is causing outrage in Israel. The “October...

Office for Civil Rights Investigating Antisemitism at Ohio State University

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Federal scrutiny of antisemitism on American college campuses continues with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announcing...

Ethiopia’s Push for Sea Access

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of The Horn, Alan is joined by Christopher Clapham, Ethiopia expert...

‘The Israeli People are The Strongest People in The World’: Fauda Star Released from...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Idan Amedi, an actor on the hit Israeli T.V. show “Fauda,”  was released from the hospital on Thursday, more than two...

Why the War in Gaza Makes a Nuclear Iran More Likely

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran’s government has...

Israel’s Parliament Celebrates Its 75th Birthday as War Rages

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s Knesset celebrated its 75th year anniversary in a special session at Israel’s parliament building in Jerusalem, with politicians vowing victory...

Poll: 80 Percent of Voters Support Israel Over Hamas

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A new ​​Harvard CAPS-Harris poll shows the vast majority of Americans still support Israel over Hamas, suggesting concerns about the electoral...

Hamas Rejects Ceasefire Deal, Says ‘No Hostage Will Be Released Until Israel Ends War’...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hamas is said to have rejected a deal for a two-month ceasefire in which the hostages would be freed in exchange...

International Prosecutors Gather In Israel to Detail Hamas Crimes

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A delegation of prosecutors from countries that had citizens murdered or kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 gathered in Israel on...

The Future of Republican Foreign Policy

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

Israel Marks ‘The Saddest Birthday in the World’ of Baby Bibas, Still in Hamas...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Dozens of orange balloons filled the skies above Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Thursday as hundreds gathered to mark the grim...

Dix conflits à surveiller en 2024

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Pouvons-nous empêcher que tout se désintègre ? L’année 2024 commence avec des guerres...

Can a War on Crime Bring Relief to Ecuador?

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Evacuated Southern Residents Find Temporary New Home As War Continues to Rage On

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The residents of Kibbutz Sufa, a southern town of 227, have found a new temporary home more than 3 months after...

Top JNF Official: War Proves Again Israel Must Rely Only on Itself

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The war against Hamas in Gaza and the subsequent wave of antisemitism around the world has demonstrated “very clearly” that Israel...

Palestinian journalists are being imprisoned by Israel in record numbers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In October, when the Israel-Gaza war began, Alaa al-Rimawi snapped into action, covering developments on J-Media, the West Bank-based news agency...

Surviving the War in Gaza

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Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call

Sean Casey, WHO Health Emergency Officer, was speaking fresh from a more than five-week visit to the war-torn enclave, where he said convoys have...

Stepping into South East Asia’s Most Conspicuous Criminal Enclave

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Kibbutz Confirms Death of Two Israeli Hostages Featured in Latest Hamas Video, Says Bodies...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel announced on Tuesday that two of its residents, Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, were killed in...