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On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game (english.elpais.com)
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words “2-3, sha-ger.” This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
Video of Palestinians stripped, forced to sit outside by IDF soldiers raises ire (abcnews.go.com)
Ohio State University health sciences course requires students to engage with ‘White Privilege Knapsack’ (nypost.com)
Students were required to address ‘whiteness’ and describe what the term ‘white’ means, as well as explain how they ‘navigate race’ in their daily lives.
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana (www.cbsnews.com)
Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer' (www.reuters.com)
Prices soar in Argentina after Milei’s currency devaluation (english.elpais.com)
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate (www.theguardian.com)
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop (www.reuters.com)
UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza (apnews.com)
Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study (www.timesofisrael.com)
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius (www.reuters.com)
China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip (www.theguardian.com)
Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them (www.reuters.com)
The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (apnews.com)
The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza (www.thenation.com)
America’s media and political class is analyzing, debating, and shaping a narrative in Gaza that’s entirely different from the one being discussed in Israeli media and among Israeli political leaders. This gap, born from casual racism, deliberate credulity, and reflexive alignment with the US government’s party line, is...