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  •  | An image of the Grok logo a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI and its founder South African businessman Elon Musk in Toulouse France on 13 January 2025 Lionel BonaventureAFP | MR Online

    AI chatbot Grok can’t stop talking about ‘white genocide’, admits it’s by design

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on May 15, 2025 by MEE Staff (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted May 17, 2025)

    Social media users asked Grok a series of questions about ‘white genocide’, revealing that the bot was trained to keep mentioning it.

  •  | Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington would take away any visa that has previously been issued if students participated in social activism Julien de RosaReuters | MR Online

    U.S. revokes around 1,500 student visas, universities say they weren’t notified

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on April 18, 2025 by Syma Mohammed (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Apr 22, 2025)

    Three universities Middle East Eye spoke to said they only found out after checking the student record database.

  •  | From left Basel Adra Rachel Szor Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film for No Other Land at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on 2 March 2025 Daniel ColeReuters | MR Online

    Palestinian Oscar winner missing after being severely beaten by Israeli settlers

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on March 24, 2025 by Yasmine El-Sabawi (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Mar 26, 2025)

    Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’, returned from Los Angeles three weeks ago.

  •  | Bruce Robbins said it was crucial the university stand up for its principles and refuse to capitulate to the Trump administrations undemocratic demands Mohamed HashemMEE | MR Online

    Columbia professor says crackdown on pro-Palestine activists reeks of McCarthyism

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on March 19, 2025 by Mohamed Hashem (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Mar 21, 2025)

    Bruce Robbins tells Real Talk he could be ‘thrown to the lions’ over steps he took during last year’s campus protests.

  •  | Trump Era Palestine   Soumaya Ghannoushi | MR Online

    In Trump’s new order, anyone can become Palestinian

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on March 17, 2025 by Soumaya Ghannoushi (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Mar 20, 2025)

    Trump’s attack on Chuck Schumer shows you don’t have to be Palestinian to be punished like one. You only have to step out of line.

  •  | People in New York Citys borough of Brooklyn protest against the selling of land in the occupied West Bank by an Israeli real estate company on 18 February Haseeb AminSupplied | MR Online

    NYC real estate expo promoting sale of ‘stolen land’ in Palestine descends into violence

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on February 18. 2025 by Middle East Eye Staff (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Feb 22, 2025)

    Real estate event organized by company promoting land sales in illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank turns violent.

  •  | An effigy of US President Donald Trump dressed as a jester is seen at a protest in Washington DC on 5 February 2025 Drew AngererAFP | MR Online

    Why Washington’s global dominance is hanging by a thread

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on February 18, 2025 by Hossam el-Hamalawy (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Feb 19, 2025)

    Trump’s aggression does not reflect strength. He is desperately trying to slow the decline of U.S. empire.

  •  | Palestinians mourn outside the Jenin governmental hospital after several people were killed during an Israeli air strike on the occupied West Bank citys refugee camp on 16 January 2025 AFPZain Jaafar | MR Online

    Israel attacking hospitals and blocking medical aid in the West Bank, warns MSF

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on February 6, 2025 by Mera Aladam (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Feb 08, 2025)

    Doctors Without Borders notes significant increase in settler violence and systematic hindering of healthcare services.

  •  | US President Donald Trump and Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington DC on 4 February AFP Andrew Caballero Reynolds | MR Online

    Gaza ceasefire in jeopardy as Trump casts doubt on phase two and three

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on February 5, 2025 by Rayhan Uddin (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Feb 06, 2025)

    Hamas official tells MEE that group remains committed to agreement but ‘manipulation’ of truce may cause it to collapse.

  •  | US President Donald Trump listens to reporters questions aboard Air Force One on 25 January 2025 Reuters | MR Online

    Trump says ‘clean out that whole thing’ as part of his plan for Gaza

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on January 26, 2025 by Lubna Masarwa (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Jan 29, 2025)

    The U.S. president suggests that Jordan and Egypt should take in more Palestinians from Gaza.

  •  | The artist takes a photograph of the shopfront in Hove of the Villa in the Jungle installation Gil Mualem Doron | MR Online

    ‘Banality of evil’: Artist turns Gaza settler dream into disturbing installation

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on January 24, 2025 by Joe Gill (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Jan 25, 2025)

    Gil Mualem-Doron’s fake ads for villas in Gaza are actually based on a real Israeli estate agent advertising property on Gaza’s beachfront.

  •  | Images upon Khalida Jarrars release showed her hair had turned white during her confinement since 26 December 2023 Zain JaafarAFP | MR Online

    ‘Beaten before release’: Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners casts shadow on celebrations

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on January 20, 2025 by Fayha Shalash and Mera Aladam (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Jan 22, 2025)

    Former detainees recounted abuse, violence and humiliation, even up to a few hours before they were released.

  •  | The leader of Syrias Hayat Tahrir al Sham HTS group Abu Mohammed al Jolani addresses a crowd in Damascus landmark Umayyad Mosque on 8 December 2024 Abdulaziz KetazAFP | MR Online

    U.S. officials discussed merits of removing $10m bounty on HTS leader

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on December 8, 2024 by December 8, 2024 (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Dec 10, 2024)

    Meanwhile, Jordan’s King emphasised importance of covert US support for the Syrian Free Army during his Washington DC visit, source says.

  •  | Nizam Mamode | MR Online

    Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately ‘day after day’, UK surgeon tells MPs

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on November 13, 2024 by Dania Akkad (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Nov 15, 2024)

    Nizam Mamode, a retired NHS doctor who recently returned after working at Nasser Hospital, said he had ‘never seen anything on this scale ever.’

  •  | Attendees hold up signs during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris at Craig Ranch Amphitheater Las Vegas Nevada on 31 October 2024 Ethan MillerGetty ImagesAFP | MR Online

    Why even progressive U.S. voters are America Firsters

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on November 4, 2024 by Joseph Massad (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Nov 06, 2024)

    The fate of billions whom the U.S. dominates and oppresses is effectively exchanged for a few possible reforms in domestic policies that affect parts of middle-class America.

  •  | The site of an Israeli strike on Gazas al Aqsa Hospital is pictured on 14 October 2024 UnrwaAFP | MR Online

    The West’s support for Israel’s genocide is destroying the world as we know it

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on October 21, 2024 (more by Middle East Eye)  |

    The old world is dying once again, but the U.S.-Israel axis is wrong to suggest it is slaying monsters. It is the monster.

  •  | A protester waves the US flag during a gathering calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on 19 August 2024 Jack GuezAFP | MR Online

    The Racket: A chronicle of chaos wrought by the U.S. empire around the globe

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on September 18, 2024 by Leila Sansour (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Sep 20, 2024)

    Speculation about the reach of American political and economic meddling is one thing; Matt Kennard shows us how it looks up close.

  •  | A farmer checks crops of cannabis in the commune of Mansoura in the Chefchaouen region southeast of Tangiers Morocco on 18 July Fadel SennaAFP | MR Online

    Morocco pardons 4,800 jailed for cultivating cannabis–so they can farm legally

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on August 20, 2024 by Middle East Eye Staff (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Aug 21, 2024)

    The world’s largest cannabis producer aims to encourage legal cultivation of the plant and export it for industrial or medical purposes

  •  | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken L is welcomed by Aipac President Michael Tuchin at the committees policy summit in Washington on 5 June 2023 Chip SomodevillaGetty ImagesAFPMiddleEastEye | MR Online

    Why Ilan Pappe’s new book on the Israel lobby is a must-read

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on June 24, 2024 by Peter Oborne (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Aug 07, 2024)

    Few are better qualified to challenge the official orthodoxy that stifles any discussion of this topic.

  •  | Palestinians stand on the rubble and debris of the Latin Patriarchate Holy Family School after it was hit during Israeli military bombardment in Gaza City on 7 July 2024 AFP | MR Online

    War on Gaza: Death toll from Israeli assault could exceed 186,000, Lancet warns

    Originally published: Middle East Eye on July 8, 2024 by Middle East Eye Staff (more by Middle East Eye)  | (Posted Jul 09, 2024)

    Letter published by experts in the British medical journal estimated that some 10,000 people could still be buried in the rubble in Gaza.

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