Netanyahu Says Australia ‘Marching Into Rabbit Hole' on Palestinian State Recognition
In a press conference held on Aug. 10, he said such steps would not bring peace and warned, 'We will not commit national suicide to get a good op-ed for two minutes.'
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Member of pro-Palestinian group arrested for allegedly leaving incendiary devices in Common, vandalizing State House
In court filings, police allege that Sawaqed, who works for a biotechnology company in Cambridge, is a member of the Direct-Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation, or DAMPL. '[DAMPL is] an extreme anti-Zionist organization that publicly advocates for criminal 'direct action' against entities it associates with Israel, capitalism, and imperialism,' police wrote in a criminal complaint. 'DAMPL's messaging explicitly rejects peaceful protests, instead endorsing violent resistance and sabotage, and has raised significant public safety concerns.' Shortly after 3 a.m. on July 23, Sawaqed approached the State House gates from the Common and began spray painting the steps, police said. Advertisement His face obscured by a bandana, Sawaqed then dumped an entire can of white paint on the gate and steps before running back into the Common, less than a minute after he arrived, police said. With Park Rangers in pursuit, Sawaqed got into his car and drove away via Storrow Drive, police said. At 6:30 a.m., a State Trooper investigating white footprints on the Common discovered 'two suspicious devices' he initially believed were improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. Advertisement Officers from the bomb squad determined that the devices likely contained gunpowder and said they were 'intended to cause fire or combustion.' On Instagram, a group purporting to be DAMPL took credit for the vandalism, writing in part that they 'targeted the Massachusetts State House with paint mixed with feces and lit homemade flares on its gates.' Sawaqed was arrested after Boston police received notice from police in Toronto about an individual, later identified as Sawaqed, who in a video on social media called for 'sabotage and obstruction targeting government buildings,' police wrote. 'You must bring forth the disruption and disturbances by hindering the entrances into these capitols, into these city halls, municipal buildings,' Sawaqed allegedly said in the video. In the video, police said Sawaqed was standing behind a poster of Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian writer and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which Canada has designated as a terrorist organization. Investigators in Boston began monitoring Sawaqed after he allegedly vandalized a statue of George Washington on the Common on June 14, writing the phrase 'DAMPL Global' in red spray paint. Robert Leikind, regional director of the American Jewish Committee in New England, said incidents like these carry heightened importance after terror attacks against Jewish people in 'These actions become platforms for the kind of violent rhetoric that is inviting people to commit crimes, and not just crimes of vandalism, but crimes that cause bodily harm,' Leikind said Tuesday. Advertisement Truman Dickerson can be reached at
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DOJ Finds George Washington University Allowed Anti-Semitism
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Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan, AP sources say
Advertisement Palestinians, rights groups, and much of the international community have rejected the proposals as a blueprint for forcible expulsion in violation of international law. For South Sudan, such a deal could help it build closer ties to Israel, now the almost unchallenged military power in the Middle East. It is also a potential inroad to Trump, who broached the idea of resettling Gaza's population in February but appears to have backed away in recent months. Israel's Foreign Ministry declined to comment and South Sudan's foreign minister did not respond to questions about the talks. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said it doesn't comment on private diplomatic conversations. Egypt opposes proposals to resettle Palestinians out of Gaza Joe Szlavik, the founder of a U.S. lobbying firm working with South Sudan, said he was briefed by South Sudanese officials on the talks. He said an Israeli delegation plans to visit the country to look into the possibility of setting up camps for Palestinians there. No known date has been set for the visit. Israel did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of the visit. Advertisement Szlavik said Israel would likely pay for makeshift camps. Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift camp along the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) Jehad Alshrafi/Associated Press Edmund Yakani, who heads a South Sudanese civil society group, said he had also spoken to South Sudanese officials about the talks. Four additional officials with knowledge of the discussions confirmed talks were taking place on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly. Two of the officials, both from Egypt, told AP they've known for months about Israel's efforts to find a country to accept Palestinians, including its contact with South Sudan. They said they've been lobbying South Sudan against taking the Palestinians. Egypt is deeply opposed to plans to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza, with which it shares a border, fearing an influx of refugees into its own territory. The AP previously reported on similar talks initiated by Israel and the U.S. with Sudan and Somalia, countries that are also grappling with war and hunger, and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland. The status of those discussions is not known. 'Cash-strapped South Sudan needs any ally' Szlavik, who's been hired by South Sudan to improve its relations with the United States, said the U.S. is aware of the discussions with Israel but is not directly involved. South Sudan wants the Trump administration to lift a travel ban on the country and remove sanctions from some South Sudanese elites, said Szlavik. It has already accepted eight individuals swept up in the administration's mass deportations, in what may have been an effort to curry favor. Advertisement The Trump administration has pressured a number of countries to help facilitate deportations. 'Cash-strapped South Sudan needs any ally, financial gain and diplomatic security it can get,' said Peter Martell, a journalist and author of a book about the country, 'First Raise a Flag.' Israel's Mossad spy agency provided aid to the South Sudanese during their decades-long civil war against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum ahead of independence in 2011, according to the book. The State Department, asked if there was any quid pro quo with South Sudan, said decisions on the issuing of visas are made 'in a way that prioritizes upholding the highest standards for U.S. national security, public safety, and the enforcement of our immigration laws.' From one hunger-stricken conflict zone to another Many Palestinians might want to leave Gaza, at least temporarily, to escape the war and a hunger crisis bordering on famine. But they have roundly rejected any permanent resettlement from what they see as an integral part of their national homeland. They fear that Israel will never allow them to return, and that a mass departure would allow it to annex Gaza and reestablish Jewish settlements there, as called for by far-right ministers in the Israeli government. Still, even those Palestinians who want to leave are unlikely to take their chances in South Sudan, among the world's most unstable and conflict-ridden countries. South Sudan has struggled to recover from a civil war that broke out after independence, and which killed nearly 400,000 people and plunged pockets of the country into famine. The oil-rich country is plagued by corruption and relies on international aid to help feed its 11 million people – a challenge that has only grown since the Trump administration made sweeping cuts to foreign assistance. Advertisement A peace deal reached seven years ago has been fragile and incomplete, and the threat of war returned when the main opposition leader was placed under house arrest this year. Palestinians in particular could find themselves unwelcome. The long war for independence from Sudan pitted the mostly Christian and animist south against the predominantly Arab and Muslim north. Yakani, of the civil society group, said South Sudanese would need to know who is coming and how long they plan to stay, or there could be hostilities due to the 'historical issues with Muslims and Arabs.' 'South Sudan should not become a dumping ground for people,' he said. 'And it should not accept to take people as negotiating chips to improve relations.' Associated Press reporters Josef Federman in Jerusalem, Matthew Lee in Washington, D.C. and Samy Magdy in Cairo, Egypt, contributed
