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As the Khoswan family slept, the Israeli military dropped three GBU-39 bombs into their sixth-floor apartment.One of the bombs exploded just outside the parents' bedroom, leaving the apartment looking as if a tornado had swept through, killing three family members.But they were not the stated target of the attack earlier this month.

Israeli settlers in the West Bank have access to PayPal, but their Palestinian neighbors are barred from the service.PayPal President & CEO Dan Schulman speaks on stage at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on December 13, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.Derek White / Getty Images for Operation HOPE, Inc. PayPal has upheld its ban on Palestinians living in the occupied territories.

Cafe Yafa continues a rich Palestinian literary culture, decades after the Nakba destroyed the libraries of Palestine.Jaffa Jaffa will be a Jewish city Allowing Arabs to return to Jaffa would not be righteousness but stupidity, David Ben-Gurion wrote in his diary in June 1948.Israel's first prime minister, who arrived in Palestine at Jaffa port in 1910, was writing after right-wing Irgun forces razed Jaffa in April and expelled nearly 70,000 Palestinian residents.

Screen grab Daily Wire founder and conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro attacked Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-VT) religiosity on Friday, jesting that the Jewish Independent senator was as Jewish as a ham sandwich.Shapiro, who identifies as a practicing Orthodox Jew, tweeted, Bernie Sanders is approximately as Jewish as a ham sandwich topped with shrimp on lard bread.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cancelled a Wednesday event sponsored by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib meant to commemorate al-Nakba, or the catastrophe, as many Arabs refer to the period surrounding the birth of Israel, saying it's wrong for members of Congress to traffic in antisemitic tropes about Israel.

The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza on Wednesday, saying that it was hitting the rocket-launching infrastructure of the militant group Islamic Jihad.Sirens later sounded in southern Israel as the military said that rockets had been launched from Gaza.

A U.N. human rights panel has urged the United States to immediately release Abu Zubaydah, a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay and the first detainee waterboarded by the C.I.A. after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention also said that after studying other cases at Guantanamo over the past 15 years, it had seen a pattern that could constitute crimes against humanity.

Reem Townsend attended a DuPage Township town hall-style meeting in early April as part of her duties as a trustee elected to a four-year position in 2021.It was a meeting just like any other, except for the fact that she had to break her fast during the meeting at sunset.As a practicing Muslim, Townsend was observing the month of Ramadan.

Beautiful Bali has been known to disrupt the plans of many a tourist thanks to its surprisingly terrible traffic, but the Island of Gods has thrown a giant spanner into the works of Indonesia's hosting of the men's Under-20 World Cup.On Wednesday Fifa announced that it was taking the tournament away with a statement that made painful reading for locals.

FIFA has removed Indonesia as host after the island of Bali refused to host Israel for tournament draw; new host to be announced soon.Indonesia has been stripped of the right to host the Under-20 football World Cup, FIFA has said in a statement after protests against Israel's participation led to the cancellation of the tournament's main draw.

Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation.FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team tournament scheduled to start on May 20 "due to the current circumstances" without specifying details.

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Danny Hajjar has always been surrounded by Arabic music.He grew up in the U.S., but his parents are both Lebanese immigrants who had it on all the time.DANNY HAJJAR: So it's really intrinsic to who I am and to everything that I enjoy and try to do.CHANG: Over the last few years, he started to notice that this music was permeating through American pop culture in a different way.

Protesters hold signs against the participation of Israel's national football team in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 20, 2023.Adek Berry, AFP Indonesian football players, fans and pundits reacted with anger and sadness Thursday after FIFA pulled the Under-20 World Cup from the host nation weeks before it was due to kick off, following protests there against Israel's participation.

Ibraheem Samirah will announce Monday morning that he plans to run for Virginia Senate.Samirah made a national splash in 2019 when he interrupted a speech by Donald Trump, then the US President, during an event in Virginia.His brand of progressivism rankled some in the commonwealth's Democratic establishment, though, which lined up behind his opponent in the primary of 2021, Irene Shin.

Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.Day-by-day TV listings  - Full coverage details  

In the Education City Stadium, I sat in the middle of a sea of red and green - so many different iterations of the Moroccan colours.

Football fans descend on the capital Doha packing tourist spots and festivals as Qatar World Cup 2022 starts on Sunday.Doha, Qatar  For the past few weeks, a foretaste of what Qatar will look like during the World Cup  set to kick off on Sunday- have been playing out on its streets.Restaurants are becoming packed and queues at checkouts in supermarkets are getting longer, thanks to football fans who have started to arrive.

Humanitarian groups caring for 1,000 rescued migrants aboard three ships in the central Mediterranean are sounding an alarm about deteriorating conditions, but so far Italy's new far-right-led government has not responded to requests for a safe port as it hardens its position against rescue boats.The country's new interior minister, Matteo Piantedosi, has already set the groundwork to ban humanitarian ships from its ports, while appealing to countries whose flags the rescue ships fly to take on the migrants and relieve the burden on Italy.

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 19, 2022.Majdi Mohammed/AP Sixty-seven members of the press were killed in 2022, the highest number since 2018, according to the annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

5 minutes ago5 minutes ago A decline in the number of journalists killed in recent years has been reversed, thanks in part to the war in Ukraine.The International Federation of Journalists has called for action to be taken.The world became a deadlier place for journalists in 2022, with 67 individuals killed while carrying out their work.

The passion of fans globally for the Qatar World Cup is evidence, as is the legacy of Maradona and Garrincha.A week or so before the kickoff of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, I was walking in the coastal city of Zihuatanejo in Mexico's southern Guerrero state when I passed a group of children playing football with a plastic Coca-Cola bottle.

LA's halal options include Mediterranean, Thai, Somali, and more




For practicing Muslims seeking halal foods, Los Angeles offers an abundance of restaurant options, including those serving Mediterranean, Thai, Somali, Indian, and Pakistani cuisines.In addition to adhering to food preparation standards outlined in the Quran (which includes specific rules around slaughtering animals, omitting pork, among others), these restaurants serve highly flavorful meals highlighting chicken, beef, and lamb.