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Israeli filmmakers bring counter ‘NAZA’ programming to Capitol Hill

At least one attendee at a recent Capitol Hill screening for a film called “NAZA” was hoodwinked into believing it was a hard-charging look at Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. But instead of watching the internationally lauded documentary investigating Israel’s responsibility for the more than 70,000 Palestinians killed in the three-year war, a little

Pope Leo says he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery

The crowd erupted in cheers when the pontiff showed himself in the window overlooking the square, where a week ago on the same occasion of the traditional Angelus blessing he revealed that a nodule had been located on his lung, and that it would be surgically removed.

Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu

JERUSALEM (AP) — The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten. The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the

Grass fire at Canadian military base kills 4 soldiers and critically injures 19 other people

WAINWRIGHT, Alberta (AP) — Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people injured, including 19 critically, when a fast-moving fire overtook soldiers conducting live-fire combat training at a military base in Alberta, officials said Sunday. Maj. Gen. Wade Rutland said military officials knew about the fire for hours but believed it was sufficiently contained