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LIVE UPDATES: Netanyahu threatens more assassinations in Gaza as president warns of internal divisions in Israel

“We still have tasks ahead of us, and we are determined to complete them,” Netanyahu said during a ceremony at Mount Herzl cemetery in west Jerusalem

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    • Gaza: On the ground

      • Israeli math professor charged with plotting to kill hundreds of Arabs, force mass expulsions

        Pakistan premier Sharif calls for enhanced cooperation with Syria, invites President al-Sharaa to visit

        Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for expanded cooperation with Syria across multiple sectors and invited Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to visit the South Asian country as Islamabad seeks to strengthen ties with Damascus, Anadolu agency reported. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Sharif in Islamabad, where the Pakistani premier welcomed the Syrian delegation and conveyed his best wishes to President al-Sharaa, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office. Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for Syria’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, including its position on the Golan Heights. Recalling the longstanding ties between the two countries, Sharif called for stronger cooperation in politics, defence, trade, investment, education and human resource development. He also said restoring […]

    • MEMO in conversation

      • Israeli math professor charged with plotting to kill hundreds of Arabs, force mass expulsions

        MEMO in Conversation with Benjamin Moser

        In this episode of MEMO Conversations, we speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Benjamin Moser about his book Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History. We explore one of the book’s central arguments: Jewish opposition to Zionism has a long history, yet many of the people who voiced it have been written out of the story. We also discuss the history of Arab Jews and what it reveals about the idea that Jews and Arab have always been in conflict. Our conversation asks what this history can teach us at a time when opposition to Zionism is often conflated with anti-Semitism. MORE >>> MEMO in Conversation With

    • Reviews

      • Israeli math professor charged with plotting to kill hundreds of Arabs, force mass expulsions

        The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul

        A black and white still featuring a shirtless muscular man appeared in an Ottoman magazine in 1910. The man, who is well chiseled, is demonstrating his own physical excellence that was achieved through a regime of exercise and gymnasiums. However, Selim Sirri is not merely showing off the fruits of his efforts, he is part of a reformist movement that sees physical education, disciplining the human body and exercise as being at the heart of a modernising empire. Newspapers and magazines were using Sirri to underscore the idea that physical education, ‘carried a symbolic meaning-the Ottoman Empire had joined a global community of physical education.’ Elsewhere, a letter dated to 1906, complaining about the referee in Galatasaray’s football match as […]

    • Palestine This Week

      • Israeli math professor charged with plotting to kill hundreds of Arabs, force mass expulsions

        No Vote, No Representation, No State: Democracy, Israeli Style | Palestine This Week

        This week’s MEMO review examines claims about Netanyahu’s advance knowledge of 7 October, his provocative UN speech and Israel’s sweeping West Bank closure. We discuss calls to free Marwan Barghouti, moves to bar Arab-led parties from Israeli elections, Trump’s rejection of Iran’s proposal and allegations of election interference involving Israeli firms.     WATCH: Gaza and the dystopian future of AI-powered war | Palestine This Week

Islam Race and Rebellion in the Americas: Transatlantic Echoes of the West African Jihads

No Vote, No Representation, No State: Democracy, Israeli Style | Palestine This Week

Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy

MEMO in Conversation with Benjamin Moser