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This weekend, the US bombed a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Afghanistan, and a convicted murderer cut off his own penis after believing an Egyptian god had told him to.
Israel Detains Palestinian Soccer Player Hours After Promising to Relax Restrictions
The detention and release of Sameh Maraabah comes less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to stop impeding the movement of Palestine's soccer teams.
The Israel-Palestine Conflict's New Wrinkle: a FIFA Vote to Suspend Israel
The Palestinian Football Association is asking FIFA to suspend Israel, but Israel argues that Palestine is just playing politics. Either way, a vote is looming.
We Asked a Military Expert What Would Happen if the US Stopped Giving Money to Israel
Despite growing tensions with Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Obama administration requested more than $3.1 billion in military aid for Israel this year. But what would happen if that were all gone?
Hanging Out with Pro-Palestine Demonstrators on Saturday
Tens of thousands descended on London to show their support for Gaza. A handful of anti-semites and conspiracy theorists joined in, but for the most part everyone was reasonable.
The Director of 'The Attack' Wants His Banned Film Pirated
We submitted it to the Censorship Bureau of General Security, and they approved it. They said they didn't see this film as being anti-Palestinian, they gave us the permit to shoot, and I was very, very happily surprised. It was after that, when a...
Gaza's Graveyards for The Living: Now Flooded with Sewage Water
There are now at least 900 tunnels operating between Gaza and Egypt. That flourishing business is a distressing signal of Gaza’s economic isolation. To work in these tunnels is considered the most dangerous job in Gaza. It's known as “the trade of...
Religiosity Is Killing in Mississippi
Fifty-eight percent of Mississippi's residents describe themselves as “very religious.” The state also lays claim to both the highest teen birthrate and the highest HIV rate in young adults. In this experience we call life, there are plenty of...
'The Gatekeepers' Is the Most Boring Movie You Should See This Year
'The Gatekeepers' is an astonishingly boring film that you should probably see. Astonishingly boring because people make interesting documentaries about such boring shit that it has become part of the strategy to presume your lack of interest and turn...
Tel Aviv Fashion Week
We hang out with a photographer whose forbidden fantasies prove a little too close to home when fresh conflict breaks out between Israel and Palestine.
Open Season in the Holy Land
A billion-dollar defense system known as the “Iron Dome” has helped protect Israel from rocket attacks since its installment in 2011. Given the recent upsurge in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the demand for the Iron Dome as a powerful defensive weapon has...