The war has forced Israel’s Arab citizens to explain that no, they are not Hamas
Haifa and Jerusalem CNN — When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, she would go on…
Palestinian-Americans in Gaza face unthinkable choice
CNN — Under Israeli bombardment for days, Jason Shawa couldn’t sleep in his home south of Gaza City, so he decided to go to his window to light up a…
Security agency services investigating after two Molotov cocktails thrown at Berlin synagogue
Berlin CNN — German security services are investigating after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the direction of a synagogue in Berlin during the early hours of Wednesday. Posting on…
France, UK and Germany step up security measures amid fears of attacks against Jewish community
CNN — The UK, France, and Germany have all pledged to step up security measures amid fears of attacks against members of the Jewish community after videos emerged of people…
Turkish airstrikes kill at least 11 in northern Syria, Kurdish security forces say
CNN — Turkish airstrikes killed at least 11 people in multiple Kurdish-controlled locations in northeastern Syria, the Kurdish Internal Security Force said Thursday, the latest response from Ankara’s forces following…
Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants following deadly Ankara blast
Istanbul CNN — Turkey’s military carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Sunday, just hours after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing…
Memorial from broken headstones unveiled for desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus
CNN — When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings. Decades later,…
Indonesian indigenous islanders are rallying against plans to build a Chinese funded factory on their homes
CNN — A plan to build a multi-billion dollar Chinese glass factory in Indonesia’s Riau Islands Archipelago has sparked fierce protests from indigenous islanders who are opposed to their villages…
Tunisian leader sparks outrage by claiming ‘Zionist movement’ behind naming of storm that battered Libya
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Tunisian…
Wartime Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on, letters show
CNN — Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican…