NYT pushes back on Israeli criticism of column alleging rape of Palestinian inmates – The Times of Israel

  1. NYT pushes back on Israeli criticism of column alleging rape of Palestinian inmates  The Times of Israel
  2. Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians  The New York Times
  3. Olmert Accuses NYT’s Kristof of Misrepresenting Comments on Alleged Rape of Palestinian Inmates  VINnews
  4. Israel attacks New York Times for report on sexual violence by Israeli forces  Haaretz
  5. NYT Ignites Global Fury by Standing Behind Nicholas Kristof’s Evidence-F  JFeed
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Ultra-Orthodox parties break with Netanyahu but know they have nowhere else to go – The Times of Israel

  1. Ultra-Orthodox parties break with Netanyahu but know they have nowhere else to go  The Times of Israel
  2. Israel's government is expected to collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft  NPR
  3. Israel’s ruling coalition proposes early elections amid ultra-Orthodox anger at Netanyahu  The Guardian
  4. Netanyahu's coalition parties move to dissolve Knesset, paving way for elections  Haaretz
  5. Bring it on? Why the ultra-Orthodox, the opposition, and maybe Netanyahu think earlier elections will work for them  The Times of Israel
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Labour-supporting unions predict Starmer will not lead party into next election

Exclusive: Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PM

Keir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general election, Labour-supporting unions have predicted, in an intervention that threatens to further destabilise the prime minister after a damaging few days.

The 11 Labour-affiliated unions – which include Unite, Unison and the GMB – are expected to issue a joint statement on Wednesday saying “at some stage” the party will have to put a plan in place to elect a new leader.

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