Einstein was awarded a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1906, a year after publishing a paper on mass-energy equivalence, best known for the formula E=mc2. (Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.) [SDJW staff]
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Published by DPA The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said one staff member was killed and 22 others injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory said that five people in total were killed in the Israeli strike
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“I’ve already issued a statement alerting those who are South African and who are fighting alongside or in the Israeli Defense Force; we are ready—when you come home, we will arrest you,” Pandor said to crowd applause, per Israeli media. [JNS.org]
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Published by RBC-Ukraine A Hamas representative stated on Tuesday that the group has accepted a modified version of the American proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, reports Alarabiya News. Hamas representatives are set to travel to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the coming days to discuss final details and implementation of the agreement. The White
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Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], March 12 (ANI): US intelligence community has highlighted concerns over the political future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating that his “viability as a leader” is “in jeopardy,” CNN reported. The annual report from the US intelligence community, presented to Congress, suggests that “distrust of Netanyahu’s ability
Actually, the more food, fuel, and water sent into Gaza, the more Hamas steals to enrich its supplies. Most of the shipments are commandeered by Hamas for itself, either to supply its supporters or to resell on the black market to the hungry citizens. This is not so much a problem of insufficient supply of goods, but a lack of enough money to buy food at vastly inflated Hamas/black market prices. [Steve Kramer]
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Published by City AM By Bella Wallersteiner Defacing a portrait of a former Prime Minister, as pro-Palestine activists did last week, is an attack on democracy itself, argues Bella Wallersteiner When a protestor drenched a portrait of former Prime Minister Lord Balfour in red paint and slashed it to pieces she didn’t just attack a
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Published by DPA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his intention to lead the country to “total victory” in the war against the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, despite efforts to organize a ceasefire. “We are on the way to total victory. On the way to this victory, we already eliminated
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Schlossberg said she met with UCSD Detective Roy Vicente and an unidentified partner on Friday, March 8, to bring photos of an alleged perpetrator who poured water over her head and that of Physics Prof. Alex Groisman, and then, while running away, collided with Music Prof. Shlomo Dubnov, fracturing his ankle. [Donald H. Harrison]
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According to DoD, JLOTS will include a floating pier, an approximately 1,800-foot-long modular causeway, assembled offshore and then attached to the shore, and a group of logistic support vessels and barges that will transport the aid from the pier to the causeway where the cargo would be offloaded and transported to the land and distributed to Gaza. [Dorian de Wind, The Moderate Voice]
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Published by Mirror By Laura Harding, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor & Zoe Delaney British director Jonathan Glazer has condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip as he accepted an Oscar for his film about the banality of evil during the Holocaust. The Zone Of Interest won the best international feature Oscar for the United
Published by AFP Hollywood (United States) (AFP) – “Oppenheimer” swept the board on Sunday at the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Nolan’s masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer’s massive
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Politico that he doesn’t know exactly what President Biden meant when he asserted that Netanyahu’s policies were hurting Israel more than helping. However, if Biden was suggesting “that I’m pursuing private policies against the wish of the majority of Israelis and that this is hurting the interests of Israel, then he is wrong on both counts.” [SDJW staff]
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“My office will be open at all hours of the day and night, on weekdays, and weekends, to all students who do not feel safe or who have been subjected to antisemitic abuse, or who wish to chat. I will also leave a light on in my office window at all times so that all students walking by on Bancroft Ave. can see that at least one faculty members is sleeping as badly at night as they are.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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