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October 24, 2023
I Watched Hamas Unleash Hell

Hamas body cam footage from the October 7 attack. (Image via the IDF) At a press conference like no other, Israel broadcast footage that bore testament to an ancient hatred. Get all of our stories delivered straight to your inbox. Maybe Later TEL AVIV — A handsome man in his 20s in a military uniform

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October 24, 2023
Qatar’s War for Young American Minds

A student at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. The emirate has spent billions encouraging top U.S. colleges to build campuses in its “education city.” (Photo via Qatar Foundation) The same country now protecting Hamas’s senior leaders has donated billions to American universities. Here’s why. Get all of our stories delivered straight to your inbox. Maybe

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October 19, 2023
Matti Friedman: My Phone Says 2023. It Feels Like 1948.

This mother and her family flee from a square block of Jewish-occupied buildings in the Jewish District of Jerusalem, which were blasted to rubble on February 22, 1948. (Bettmann via Getty Images) When the Hamas men stormed the border, they removed any pretense about the issue at stake. Not a state alongside Israel. Not even

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October 18, 2023
When the Misinformation Comes From Inside the House

The New York Times changes its story. (Photo illustration by The Free Press) Plus: the power of a bad idea. And the college donor revolt continues. Get all of our stories delivered straight to your inbox. Maybe Later Scores of Palestinians are dead after a blast late yesterday at a hospital in Gaza, a horrific

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