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5. With the start of the olive harvest season, settler attacks on Palestinian farmers and olive pickers have escalated across the West Bank. The assaults have even targeted The Washington Post correspondent Heidi Levine, who was hospitalized following an attack.

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4. Trump kept up his boasting this week, even mocking his own audience for applauding no matter how trivial or nonsensical his remarks. Separately, the U.S. president criticized Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for striking Russian energy facilities, blaming him alone for higher global oil prices.

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3. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi insisted that Egypt’s constitution “will not be touched by anyone” and that he has no intention of remaining in office beyond 2030. His remarks were met with caution and skepticism, given his track record and past actions.

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2. Three years have passed since an Israeli attack on a group of reporters in Alma al-Shaab killed our colleague Issam Abdallah and injured Christina Assi and other fellow journalists. Assi has urged the European Union to demand answers from Israel and hold those responsible accountable.

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1. American comedian Jerry Seinfeld boasted of his support for Israel after several protesters interrupted his show, accusing him of backing genocide. Seinfeld mocked the protesters, embraced the accusation, and took pride in it.

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Saturday, October 17, 2026: Lebanon’s foreign minister meets with his Iranian counterpart, while the army deploys across Beirut and its southern suburb.

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Protests spread across France today, with tens of thousands taking to the streets amid a police crackdown involving around 60,000 officers. 🧵

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After the Israeli military targeted and largely destroyed Burj Qalaway school, its administration decided to begin the new school year in the small section still standing, alongside prefabricated classrooms set up nearby. 🧵

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The annual Bread&Net gathering brought researchers and human rights advocates together in Beirut for three days to discuss the latest technological developments, from artificial intelligence and digital rights to data sovereignty. 🧵

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Friday, October 16, 2026: Qatar steps in to address Lebanon’s electricity crisis, while Israeli settlers assault The Washington Post correspondent in the West Bank.

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More than 200 people have been detained amid escalating protests against the hijab ban in Azerbaijani public schools, activists say. What began as a classroom policy has since strained ties with Turkey, a close ally.

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How are the government and the ministries of Finance and Environment protecting the operators of illegal quarries and crushers?

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Israel has returned 22 looted antiquities to Greece. What does this reveal about how Israel views politics and archaeology?

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During a phone call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun Thursday evening, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised the issue of the explosives truck of Dahr al-Baydar. Rubio asked Aoun to hold those responsible to account and not return it.

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Thursday, October 15: Fallout from the Dahr al-Baydar truck case continues; the “Butcher of Baniyas” is arrested; Russian diesel reaches global markets.

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Photojournalist Ammar Ammar captured these on Thursday. They show Israeli forces bringing five trucks into Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh. Four of them carried ammunition and supplies, while the fifth carried fuel and stopped at several locations in the town, likely to field refuel military vehicles. 🧵

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Journalist Shatha Hanaysha takes us on a tour of the most prominent symbols of the occupation in Jenin, in the West Bank, as Israel reoccupies the city 21 years after withdrawing its settlements.

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Today in the Israeli press: criticism of “the silent transfer” happening in the West Bank, and celebration of the displacement of Palestinians. 🧵

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Irish author Sally Rooney has not been spared by British legislation banning the group Palestine Action and criminalizing expressions of support for it. Rooney and her publisher, Faber, announced that her novels would no longer be available on shelves in the UK. What are the details of the story?

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Syria's General Intelligence Service has arrested Ali Kayali, a commander of a pro-Assad militia and the prime suspect in the 2013 Baniyas massacre, as he tried to flee across the border. The massacre killed at least 459 civilians, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.

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At a press conference Thursday, MP Hassan Fadlallah sought to clarify the circumstances of Saturday's interception of a truckload of explosives in Dahr al-Baidar. He said “from the moment the vehicle was stopped,

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In an interview with AFP, Navi Pillay, the jurist who won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, said the Trump administration's sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) appear to be a “reaction” to the president not winning the prize.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2026: An Israeli threat to assassinate Naim Qassem and Sally Rooney’s books pulled from shelves in Britain.

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As part of ongoing judicial reform efforts, a group of MPs, working with Legal Agenda, submitted a draft law Wednesday to strengthen the financial judiciary and protect the Court of Audit's independence.

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The universities of Cambridge and East Anglia have released a study revealing that women are more likely to have their autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychological conditions, in a new review addressing gender bias in medicine.

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A complaint filed against the Lebanese ambassador in Washington became subject to the latest found of US pressure on the Lebanese state over contact with Israel. What’s the story?

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The southern town of Ain Ebel bade farewell to Edgar Jilou, an officer cadet in the Internal Security Forces (ISF) who was killed on Monday when unexploded ordnance left behind by Israeli aggression detonated while he was working in his field.

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In the Israeli press today, a proposal to turn South Lebanon into a “trade zone” jointly owned by Lebanon, the US and Israel, with Israel’s share of the profits going toward rebuilding its north.

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Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to occupy more Lebanese territory, particularly in Nabatieh and the Litani, and incorporate it into what he called Israel’s “permanent security zone” if Hezbollah joins Iran in an attack on Israel.

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The Israeli boy picked up the bomb and took a selfie with it before it exploded on him and his classmates. The Israeli press comments on the incident, from negligence to the concept of “hiking” in Zionist thought.

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How have international forces and security committees filled the vacuum in southern Lebanon since Israel's occupation began in 1978?

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026: Saudi Arabia and the Houthis trade evacuation maps, while Hezbollah launches a compensation program for those affected by the Israeli war.

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The Bread&Net gathering kicks off tomorrow and runs through Friday under the theme “Realities Reimagined.” It will explore how technology shapes our lives and discuss the future of digital rights, freedom of expression, artificial intelligence, and other changes taking place across the Arab region.

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Drones are playing an increasingly prominent role in modern warfare. Today, Israel unveiled HawkGuard, a new defense system designed to intercept them and counter their threat.

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Contract professors at the Lebanese University continue their protest demanding the Ministry of Education to resolve the issue of full-time appointments, after months of inaction by the Cabinet, with excuses shifting between financial and sectarian obstacles.

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American actor RJ Mitte, the actor with cerebral palsy who drew on his experience to portray Walter White Jr. in Breaking Bad, has died. Mitte died by suicide at age 34 in Texas, according to his publicist.

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Hezbollah launched its “new housing assistance program” on Tuesday. Sheikh Ali Daamoush, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, outlined the amounts to be paid to those affected by the Israeli war on Lebanon across regions, regardless of sect or political affiliation, as he put it. 🧵

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Had Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels followed this year's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, would he have applauded the Nobel committee or Israel? Pillay's win has set off a debate in the Israeli press.

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Monday, October 12, 2026: The Constitutional Council upholds the general amnesty law; and a shipment of explosives is seized in the Bekaa as investigations continue into another shipment intercepted days earlier in Dahr al-Baydar.

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How did the explosives truck intercepted at Dahr al-Baydar shake Lebanon’s fragile balance?

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Donald Trump announced two deals within two days. The first would supply Russian diesel to the US and global markets, though its viability is in doubt. The second, an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to halt attacks on energy facilities, has yet to take effect.

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As this year’s olive harvest begins, what does the situation look like in the South? In Yater, a retired soldier named Ali Abdel-Hasan Sweidan went to his land on Sunday to check on his home, land and olive trees. But the Israeli army targeted him with artillery fire, killing him among his trees.

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The Constitutional Council ruled on the challenge to the General Amnesty Law, accepting it as admissible but rejecting the request to annul the law in full.

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