Sam Mednick

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Sam Mednick

Sam Mednick

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Associated Press correspondent for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Former West & Central Africa & South Sudan. Watch my @TEDx https://t.co/fPkFbhrghs

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An AP investigation's found that an Israeli group discreetly organized the mystery flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza. The Israeli group's founder adamantly supported Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians, raising further questions about the motives behind the flights.
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After private grumbling at the start of the war that it would have devastating consequences, some of the regional allies are making the case to the White House that the moment offers a historic opportunity to cripple Tehran’s clerical rule once and for all.
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Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia & the UAE, are urging President Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to U.S., Gulf & Israeli officials.
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On Feb. 28, Israel demonstrated the potential of such systems to be hacked & used against adversaries when it tracked down the Iranian leader with the help of Tehran’s own street cameras - despite repeated warnings that Iran’s surveillance systems had been compromised.
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The role of Israel’s hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime.
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Critics say such emigration from Gaza is not voluntary after the war left much of the strip uninhabitable. Rights groups also warn that people need to be allowed to return, and Israel has a decades-long track record of making it difficult for Palestinian to return to Gaza.
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An AP investigation's found that an Israeli group discreetly organized the mystery flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza. The Israeli group's founder adamantly supported Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians, raising further questions about the motives behind the flights.
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Israel’s rescue services Magen David Adom said Saturday night that a woman in the Tel Aviv area had died after being injured in an Iranian missile attack. It was the first death announced in Israel since the exchange of missiles began Saturday morning. apnews.com/video/ap-repor…
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The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. youtube.com/shorts/oWmc80R…
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She is among some 100,000 Palestinians whose work permits were revoked after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the war. Confined to the occupied territory, where jobs are scarce and wages far lower, they face dwindling and dangerous options as the economic crisis deepens.
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Palestinians in the West Bank struggle to get by as Israel severely limits work permits. Hanadi Abu Zant hasn’t been able to pay rent on her apartment in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel.
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