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An Israeli Take on a Modern Iranian Classic

An Israeli Take on a Modern Iranian Classic

The past few years may well be remembered as the nadir of Iranian-Israeli relations, and the first occasion when the two countries attacked each other directly. But they were also a golden period for Iranian-Israeli collaboration in cinema. In 2023, Tatami was the first-ever film to be co-directed by an Israeli (Guy Nattiv) and an Iranian (Zar Amir). And in 2024 came Reading Lolita in Tehran, directed by Eran Riklis, who is Israeli, and adapted from a book by an Iranian author, with an almost entirely Iranian cast. The film premiered at the Rome Film Fest last year and is now starting to tour the United States. Anyone old enough to remember cultural life at the beginning of this century will know the book. Azar Nafisi’s memoir came out in 2003, spent 36 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, and quickly developed a cult following. A reviewer for The Nation confessed to missing a dental appointment, a business lunch, and a deadline just because she couldn’t put the book aside. Literary scholars—Nafisi is …

Gaza cease-fire deal is done and just needs Israeli government approval – POLITICO

Gaza cease-fire deal is done and just needs Israeli government approval – POLITICO

Setbacks at the eleventh hour threatened to derail the agreement Thursday, with Netanyahu’s office accusing Hamas of trying to “extort last minute concessions.” Israel also launched airstrikes on Gaza overnight on Thursday after the cease-fire had been announced, killing at least 73 people, according to local authorities in Gaza. Along with the release of hostages, the deal — which arrives after 15 months of war — will allow Gazans to return to what remains of their homes and permit massive amounts of aid to flow into the ravaged territory. Israeli troops will also pull back as the fighting stops. Israel launched a military offensive in Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, which killed 1,200 Israelis. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the fighting broke out, with some estimates of the death toll ranging higher. Source link

How Israeli forces destroyed Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp – video analysis | Israel-Gaza war

How Israeli forces destroyed Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp – video analysis | Israel-Gaza war

Using video analysis and satellite imagery, the Guardian has chronicled the destruction of the Jabaliya refugee camp through three offensives since October 2023. Repeated airstrikes and ground operations by Israel, which claims it is used as a Hamas base, have razed the camp to the ground and driven out most of the civilians. Observers have said the systematic destruction of entire neighbourhoods in northern Gaza is part a policy known as the ‘generals’ plan’, aimed at driving out civilians by declaring certain areas closed military zones Source link

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say : NPR

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say : NPR

Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and other rescuers search for victims at a house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Baalchmay village east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption toggle caption Hassan Ammar/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs and killed 33 people elsewhere in the country on Tuesday. The latest bombardment came as the United States said it would not reduce its military support for Israel after a deadline passed for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The State Department cited some progress, even as international aid groups said Israel had failed to meet the U.S. demands. In Lebanon, large explosions shook Beirut’s southern suburbs — an area known as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah has a significant presence — soon after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for 11 houses there. There was no immediate …

U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack : NPR

U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack : NPR

Holding a poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, students attend an annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, marking the 45th anniversary of Iranian students’ takeover of the embassy, starting a hostage crisis. Vahid Salemi/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to The Associated Press by the U.S. State Department, came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the American Embassy takeover and hostage crisis on Sunday. It also followed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatening both Israel and the U.S. the day before with “a crushing response” as long-range B-52 bombers reached the Middle East in an attempt to deter Tehran. Valizadeh had worked for Radio Farda, an outlet …

Is Israel's strike on Iran seen as a success by the Israeli population?

Is Israel's strike on Iran seen as a success by the Israeli population?

On Saturday, Israel carried out air strikes against military sites in Iran in response to Tehran’s missile attack on October 1, itself a retaliation for the killing of Iran-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Guards commander. Is the strike on Iran seen as a success by the Israeli population? More information with ABC correspondent in Jerusalem, Jordana Miller. Source link

White House warned of risk of Israeli war crimes days after Oct 7: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

White House warned of risk of Israeli war crimes days after Oct 7: Report | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Senior Pentagon and Department of State officials warned US President Joe Biden’s administration of potential Israeli war crimes days after the start of the October 7, 2023, war on Gaza, an investigation by the Reuters news agency finds. Reuters reported on Friday that after reviewing three sets of email exchanges between senior US administration officials, dated between October 11 and 14, officials had sounded the alarm that a rising death toll in Gaza could violate international law and affect US ties to the Arab world. “The messages also show internal pressure in the Biden administration to shift its messaging from showing solidarity with Israel to including sympathy for Palestinians and the need to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the investigation found. In an email sent on October 11 – five days after Hamas’s attack on Israel and the start of the offensive in Gaza – the US State Department’s top public diplomacy official, Bill Russo, told senior officials that the US was “losing credibility among Arabic-speaking audiences” by not addressing the unfolding humanitarian crisis …