Day: February 21, 2024

Netanyahu: The Antithesis of Ben-Gurion  Asharq Al-awsat – English

Netanyahu puts himself in ‘a different league’  Cleveland Jewish News

Benny Gantz is Netanyahu’s enabler and Israel’s tranquilizer-in-chief | Opinion  Haaretz

The Netanyahu Government’s Racist, Ultranationalist Judicial Coup Continues – Haaretz Editorial  Haaretz

Israeli activists and their allies have expressed frustration at international organizations like the United Nations for slow responses to such reports.

Biden the political opportunist might sell out Israel to save his own hide  New York Post

Russia’s worrisome invite to Hamas, PIJ and its implications  The Jerusalem Post

Operations against Hamas are steadily dwindling, but with the enemy hiding underground, it can be replaced — if Israel’s leaders move beyond political concerns

The post The Gaza war is winding down with key goals unmet — but Israel can still win appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Russian president Putin attended the opening ceremony of Games of the Future, an experimental tournament ‘blending sports and esports‘ on February 21.

Countries like China, Italy, Spain and Australia are set to take part in the games, just days after the death of Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny, whose body has still not been released to him family.

The bizarre opening ceremony featured dancing robots and talking holograms, to embody the concept of what organisers call ‘phygital’ sports a combination of esports, physical activity and other nascent tech.

The new game event taking place in the city of Kazan, in Russia is scheduled to last until March 3, 2024, with a $10m (£7.94m) overall prize pool.

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Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, allegedly tried to traffic material he believed would go to Iran to build a nuclear bomb.