The US Sun

A SPIRIT Airlines passenger was furious after discovering the front row seat she paid extra for had been taken by someone else who was reluctant to move. The woman had booked seat 1A but was greeted by another passenger who would not get up until a flight attendant offered to look for their original seat. […]

I paid to sit at front of plane but a woman was in my seat – a polite offer from flight attendant sent her scampering

The New York Times

JERUSALEM — In a classroom decorated with Hebrew and Arabic letters, a group of third graders — their eyes closed, their hands placed facing up on their laps — took a deep breath in unison.

At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other

Texas State

The Republican attorney general of Texas sent armed police officers after Hispanic voters—some in their 80s—to intimidate, threaten, and destroy them financially by forcing them to hire lawyers to defend themselves, even though they are perfectly legal voters. It’s a manifestation of the new unofficial Republican slogan: “If...

GOP: If We Can’t Win, We’ll Cheat. If We Can’t Cheat, We’ll Intimidate

The Forward

Was it a historical metaphor, a comment on current affairs, or just a strange coincidence?  The day before Tisha B’av, the day on which the Jewish people mourn the destruction of Jerusalem, a piece of ancient Jerusalem stone roughly the size of a brick fell onto the prayer area in front of the Western Wall...

A day before Tisha B’Av, a large Jerusalem stone falls at the Western Wall

Amit Ranjan, research fellow at NUS Institute of South Asian Studies, compares India's and China's relations with Russia and Ukraine.

India is better positioned than China to balance Russia-Ukraine ties, academic says

Israeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday, the eighth captive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, a Bedouin Israeli and father of 11 from the southern city of Rahat, worked as...

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

Michigan State

CBS Detroit

(CBS DETROIT) — Arab Americans and Jewish Americans in Michigan are reacting to Vice President Kamala Harris' remarks on the war in Gaza. As she accepted the Democratic nomination for president, she talked about the war for roughly four minutes. During her speech on Thursday, the last day of the Democratic National Convention, she took a stance on the crisis. Harris indicated that she stands with President Joe Biden on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza."Now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done," Harris said in her speech. "The people of Israel must never again face the...

Michigan Jewish, Arab Americans react to Kamala Harris' remarks on Gaza

Detroit, TX

DETROIT — Arad Kauf sits in the empty dining area of the bagel shop he is supposed to be managing. He’s got some new recipes proofing in the back, but they’re just sheets of raw dough. There’s no one on hand to do the baking. Everyone...

A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner

(JTA) — An influential Belgian author is being sued by the European Jewish Association after he wrote that Israel’s bombing of Gaza made him want to “ram a sharp knife through the throat of every Jew” he meets. Herman Brusselmans, a popular novelist and public intellectual who appears regularly on television, sparked turmoil in Europe’s...

A popular Belgian author wrote he wanted to ‘ram a sharp knife’ through every Jew he meets. He says it was satire.

Snopes

The black-and-white photo showed a beachfront lined with Bauhaus-style buildings.

Fact Check: Image Shows Beach in Palestine Before Israel's Foundation?

Fox News

Turkey sparked outrage after its embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flags to half-mast in honor of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Iran earlier this week amid Israel's war in Gaza.

Turkey sparks outrage after embassy in Tel Aviv lowers flag to half-mast for Hamas terrorist

The Guardian

The killing of Hamas’s political leader has raised tensions yet again. Only a ceasefire in Gaza offers any prospect of peace, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Israel has all but declared war in the Middle East – a conflict it cannot hope to win | Simon Tisdall

Middle East tensions have reached a boiling point because the Iran regime-backed Hezbollah slaughtered the largest number of Israeli’s since Hamas’ attacked the Jewish state in October.

Massacre by Iran's terror proxy Hezbollah could lead to full-blown war in Mideast

Latin Times

As President Joe Biden and Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) approach the final months of their terms, the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico has taken a turn for the worse. The latest source of tension is a controversial judicial reform proposed by AMLO, which has...

AMLO's attempted judicial overhaul in Mexico escalates diplomatic tensions with U.S.

Salem, OH

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

The Associated Press

Envoys from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. and the European Union signed a joint letter expressing their shared concern about Israel’s exclusion, saying that treating the country on the same level as Russia and Belarus — the only other countries not invited — would be misleading. Mayor of Nagasaki Shiro Suzuki said it was a decision made too make sure “that we can conduct the ceremony smoothly under a solemn atmosphere.”

US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Lawmaker Oleksandr Honcharenko said 265 members...

Ukrainian lawmakers approve law banning religious groups tied to Russian Orthodox Church

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

What exactly happened at a large gathering of migrants in Aurora last Sunday depends on who you talk to. And a showdown is imminent between City Council member Danielle Jurinsky and the Aurora Police Department, according to Jurinsky.

Migrant mayhem in Aurora? Showdown imminent between PD, council member Jurinsky

Kentucky State

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder , which covers rural America, and Climate Central , a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis.

Some Kentuckians, like many rural Americans, are too poor to qualify for federal flood protections

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said Thursday a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy and “threatens the historic commercial relationship” between Mexico and the U.S. The proposal, including a...

US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy ‘risk’ and economic threat

NewsBreak

US government spends record $454 million to secure religious institutions amid rising antisemitism

The federal government will spend nearly $150 million more this year than it did in 2023 to secure religious organizations, a jump aimed at addressing a...

US government spends record $454 million to secure religious institutions amid rising antisemitism

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