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Both men are seated in the Oval Office. Trump gestures at Netanyahu as he speaks.
Posted inWorld

U.S. announces truce with Houthis without telling Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and Vice President JD Vance appear during a meeting in the Oval Office on Feb. 4, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
Attendees line up for opening night of the 2022 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at the Castro Theater. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival org loses two NEA grants

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
A demonstrator holds a sign calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil during a protest against the arrest of the Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist at UC Berkeley, March 11, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

‘What is the end here?’ Local Jewish campus leaders react to Trump crackdown

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 6, 2025May 7, 2025
Israeli soldiers operate in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 28, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

What the re-occupation of Gaza would mean for Israelis and Palestinians

Louis Keene by Louis Keene May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Alcatraz Island (Bernard Sprague via Flickr)
Posted inBay Area

The secret Jewish history of Alcatraz

by Benjamin Ivry May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
A sign with the poem "What A Gazan Should Do During An Israeli Air Strike," by Mosab Abu Toha (inset) is seen at the University of California, Berkeley, pro-Palestinian student encampment, May 4, 2024. (Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Palestinian writer targeted by far-right pro-Israel activists wins Pulitzer

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Shona Armstrong (left) holds the head of the peace crane/dove during a rally promoting co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians organized by SFBay4Peace and Bay Area Friends of Standing Together at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland on May 3, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland rally mourns loss of life on both sides as Israel-Hamas war drags on

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 5, 2025May 6, 2025
Helicopter over Gaza
Posted inIsrael

Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza, in a shift for war’s goals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 5, 2025July 25, 2025
German Nazi doctor Josef Mengele standing at a train window in his SS uniform. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Argentina declassifies more than 1,800 files on Nazi escapes to South America

by Grace Gilson May 2, 2025May 2, 2025

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