Middle East Eye:

Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted the closing speech of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking a second term, during a campaign rally for the European elections in Porto, Portugal.

The protesters were then arrested by police because the EU is “democratic”.

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George Galloway says that no "believer" of the Muslim faith can vote for Keir Starmer as they would be unable to justify it to their God.

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Speaking to Jewish News the Labour leader clarified his party's manifesto commitment to recognise a Palestinian state 'as part of a process'.

“There has to be a ‘safe and secure Israel’ for Labour to recognise Palestine”.

After Feinstein defeats him in St Pancras, he should go to Israel and try his shot at being a PM there.

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Yedioth Ahronoth:

Adding Israel to the blacklist is very dangerous and may push countries to impose an arms embargo on it.

Context: that was precisely the point of such inclusion.

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Pakistan's delegate to the United Nations told Al Jazeera:

Freezing Israel's membership in the United Nations was discussed among Islamic countries

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Variety:

Ashlee Margolis, founder of the Beverly Hills firm The A List, wrote an email to her staff about a new mandate to hit “pause on working with any celebrity or influencer or tastemaker posting against Israel.” The company, which is a fixture on red carpets and is at the forefront of brand integration with celebrities, works with such companies as CAA, UTA, Lede Company and Wolf Kasteler Public Relations.

In the email, Margolis stressed that “Anyone saying Israel is committing a ‘genocide’ is someone we will pause on working with, as that is simply not true”. Margolis seems to have drawn the same red line that Spyglass did when it fired Barrera: use of the word “genocide” to describe Israel’s actions in the region.

Still, the word “genocide” has been used by a growing group of people who work in the industry including Joaquin Phoenix, Joel Coen and Todd Haynes, who signed an open letter in support of a polarizing Oscar speech made by Jonathan Glazer after “The Zone of Interest” won best international feature film in March. Their letter stated: “We are proud Jews who denounce the weaponization of Jewish identity and the memory of the Holocaust to justify what many experts in international law, including leading Holocaust scholars, have identified as a ‘genocide in the making.’ We reject the false choice between Jewish safety and Palestinian freedom.”

Margolis’ email referenced “Anti-Israel sentiments [that] are causing a lot of Anti-Jew Rhetoric in our own backyards” as the reason for her decision. She then suggested that if outsiders ask why her firm is being unresponsive with any celebrity, influencer or tastemaker using the word genocide, they can come up with “some language that you are comfortable with.”

Some were taken aback by Margolis’ email and began sending it to external sources.

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🔻The death of a female settler who was hit by a truck at the Holon intersection has been determined  

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CNN report: American officials say that there is no backup plan in case Hamas refuses the current deal offer  

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Israel abandoned a Thai laborer whose limbs were amputated: "Why aren't they helping me?" He was injured by a tick bite and his limbs were amputated.  

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🔻Netanyahu released a photo to the media from the late David Levy's visit to Shiva - without the family's permission- for PR purposes

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