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While I don't deny the level of antisemitism in American society, as a Jew who has family in Israel as well as having lost family in the Holocaust, I respectfully offer a different perspective than Daniel Klein, the author of the op-ed. If AB 715 only dealt with anti-Jewish actions and language, I would support it. But conflating opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu's policies and the belief that Palestinians deserve to live in their own state with antisemitism is a reach.

On Tuesday, the board voted 3 to 2 in favor of the flag display, which was part of a resolution on combating antisemitism that also called for greater education on Jewish history and recognizing remembrance days for the Holocaust and Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. On Friday, Beverly Hills Unified Supt. Alex Cherniss announced that he was using his executive authority to stop the flag display.

At a time when the eyes of the world will be on Venice and the Film Festival, we have a duty to make the voices of all those who are outraged and rebelling heard: let us therefore turn the spotlight of the Festival on Palestine,

France has summoned the US ambassador, Charles Kushner, after he wrote a letter to President Emmanuel Macron alleging that Paris had failed to do enough to stem anti-Semitic violence, a French Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson says. Kushner published the open letter in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, in which he focused on France's criticism of Israel which has been accused by leading rights groups of carrying out a genocide in Gaza and its plans to recognise a Palestinian state.

More than half a million people in Gaza City and parts of the south and central areas of the territory face "starvation, destitution and death," the body responsible for monitoring world hunger has found. DW has more. UN agencies have been warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory for monthsImage: Hatem Khaled/REUTERS Skip next section What you need to know Famine confirmed in Gaza for first time by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) monitor

Gal Gadot credits pressure on celebrities to speak out against Israel for the failure of last year's live-action 'Snow White.' She received death threats after co-star Rachel Zegler's pro-Palestine post.

Khalil expressed that the attack was a necessary outcome of ongoing violence, saying, "It's heavy. I still remember. I was like: This couldn't happen."

Alistair Kitchen, an Australian writer, was blocked from entering the US in June 2025, enduring lengthy interrogations and phone confiscation by Customs agents.

The ruling emphasized that the courts do not have the jurisdiction to compel the UK to withdraw from international defense collaborations based on humanitarian law concerns.

Gillibrand voiced concerns over Mamdani's public statements on Israel and public safety, showing how political dynamics can lead to intra-party tensions over diverse political views.

The diplomatic demarche, sent on Tuesday, stresses that countries acting against American foreign policy post-conference could face repercussions, highlighting US influence over global diplomacy.

We had to be there to assist people who couldn't stand the situation.

This brazen act of political violence in the heart of the nation's capital only underscores the obvious: all this violence... must end, and it must end immediately.

Elinor Hammarskjold stated that Israel's unilateral rejection of UN agencies' rights threatens the organization's integrity and its ability to serve its member states.