Amid soaring living costs, the heavy-handed police dispersal of pro-Palestine student protests, and "Israel's" genocide on Gaza and its invasion of Rafah, where around 1.5 million displaced Palestinians have sought refuge, the opulence flaunted at the 2024 Met Gala proved to be the final straw for a large number of social media users.

Arab users have called for a similar celebrity boycott in the Arab world.

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While the Israeli Chief of Staff insists on completing the mission in this war no matter at what price, Breaking the Silence is urging IDF reservists not to report for duty.

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Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Ziad al-Nakhalah, during a meeting of secretaries of the Palestinian factions in Syria:

•⁠  ⁠Without fighting the enemy, we will remain under occupation, and the Gaza war is an opportunity for all fighters to confront the Zionist axis.

•⁠  ⁠Gaza is a test for all of us and for our people who suffer from occupation and displacement. Our people are fighting in Gaza as they have never fought before, and the enemy is facing resistance that it has never faced before.

•⁠  ⁠The resistance option is the best, despite all the sacrifices and pure souls offered by our people

(Photo: Haitham Al-Moussawi)

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Israelis are chaining themselves to their cars demanding a hostage deal with Hamas.

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Israeli Occupation Foreign Minister Katz attacks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the latter said that “Netanyahu has reached levels that arouse Hitler’s jealousy” - and Katz said: “Turkish President Erdogan is a dictator, instigator, and liar...Be silent and ashamed.”

The pouty 5-yr-olds always have something irrelevant to add to the conversation.

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