Russian museum workers were involved in the theft of cultural artifacts from Crimea, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported. The agency published data on 14 Russian museum employees and exhibition organizers implicated in propaganda activities and the pilfering of Ukrainian cultural values in Crimea, reported UNN.Among those identified are Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the foreign intelligence service of the Russian Federation, and Alexander Shkolnik, director of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War. According to Espreso, Naryshkin also heads the History of the Fatherland Foundation and the Russian…
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Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir were seen meeting together, following a public clash between the two, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.Katz had previously pushed back against Zamir over tensions surrounding the military’s internal investigation into Brig.-Gen. (res.) Oren Solomon on Tuesday, calling Zamir’s response “unnecessary and out of place.” Source link
Building Blocks, Israel’s premier Web3 conference, has unveiled its final roster of headline speakers for this year’s much-anticipated event at Jaffa Port on Thursday. As part of the broader crypto-centered ETHTLV Week, taking place from March 24 to 28, the conference is set to draw over 800 developers, entrepreneurs, and Web3 professionals from around the globe.Tech leader Eric Weinstein, eToro CEO Yoni Assia, and EtherFi Co-Founder Mike Silagadze will deliver keynote speeches alongside a growing list of industry visionaries. Organized by Collider in partnership with key players like Starkware, Fireblocks, Fhenix, and SSV Labs, Building Blocks 2025 promises to…
While visits to regular airports are often associated with stress and chaos, the airport on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand continues to surprise tourists and generate significant interest on social media. This is all thanks to the unique experience it offers travelers. Instead of enclosed, crowded halls, visitors enjoy an open waiting area with expansive lawns, soft bean bags, swings, and palm trees. Most surprisingly, there is no barrier at all between the waiting area and the runways.Samui Airport is privately owned and operated by Bangkok Airways. Most flights from the island are operated by Bangkok Airways,…
Four major AI models displayed a concerning amount of anti-Israel and antisemitic bias, an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) study found.“Artificial intelligence is reshaping how people consume information, but as this research shows, AI models are not immune to deeply ingrained societal biases,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt.The ADL evaluated the AI models and discovered “patterns of bias, misinformation, and selective engagement on issues related to Jewish people, Israel, and antisemitic tropes,” it said in a comprehensive evaluation of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel bias in major large language models (LLM) it released on Tuesday. LLM is a type of machine learning…
A Columbia University undergraduate has sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration after federal agents visited her dorm in an effort to arrest and deport her.Yunseo Chung, 21, is at least the third student to file suit against the Trump administration’s efforts to deport non-citizen students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, which Trump has billed as a strategy to fight antisemitism.Both Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian protest leader at Columbia who has been arrested, and Momodou Taal, a Gambian-British student at Cornell University who has been told to turn himself in, have sued, saying that…
Since fighting in Gaza was renewed at the beginning of last week, the IDF has killed 150 terrorists, including 10 top Hamas officials, The Jerusalem Post learned Tuesday.Additionally, the military has targeted 420 terror infrastructure sites, including buildings, tunnels, and vehicles. IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 23, 2025. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)IDF enters GazaIn certain areas, the military has entered a full kilometer into Gaza, particularly in areas where terrorists have fired rockets from, including Nitzarim, Beit Lahia, parts of Khan Yunis, and Jabaliya. In these areas, the military has conducted evacuations and has entered in…
With Michael Dukakis poised to clinch the Democratic nomination for president in 1988, Colorado’s Jewish newspaper turned its attention to his wife. “What kind of role model would Kitty Dukakis be for our Jewish children?” the Intermountain Jewish News asked in an editorial that May.The newspaper’s concern was that Kitty was Jewish and the Massachusetts governor was not — making their union an example of the intermarriage trend that was accelerating and igniting concern in Jewish communities across the Diaspora.“We’re talking about a woman who married out, who reportedly does not even raise her children exclusively in the Jewish…
קייל ווקר הולך בעקבותיהם של דיוויד בקהאם וכריסטיאנו רונאלדו אחרי שחתם על עסקת ענק עם מותג העל 'הוגו בוס' לקמפיין הלבשה תחתונה, כך על פי דיווח ב"סאן". הכדורגלן בן ה-34 ידוע בתור אחד שלא מצליח לשמור על התחתונים שלו עליו, והנה הוא זכה להיות הפרזנטור של תחתוני הגברים של המותג. הוא יככב בפרסומות, שלטי חוצות וברשתות בעסקה שתשלשל לכיסו לא פחות משש ספרות. קייל ווקר | מסך גורם סיפר לעיתון האנגלי: "הוא כל כך נרגש מזה, שהוא לא יכול להכיל את עוצמת ההתרגשות. קייל נרתע מלעשות דבר כזה בעבר כי הוא לא אוהב את אור הזרקורים, אבל עכשיו…
מבנה גדול בצורת פירמידה ותחתיו תחנת דרכים מלפני כ-2,200 שנה – ימי השליטים התלמיים והסלאווים – הולכים ונחשפים בימים אלו מצפון לנחל זוהר שבמדבר יהודה, בחפירה של רשות העתיקות ומשרד המורשת שמתקיימת בהשתתפות מתנדבים מכל הארץ.בין הממצאים שנחשפו באתר, התגלו עד כה פיסות של תעודות פפירוס כתובות, מטבעות עשויים ברונזה מימי אנטיוכוס הרביעי ומלכי תלמי, כלי נשק, כלי עץ ופיסות בד. לדברי מתן טולדנו, ד"ר איתן קליין ואמיר גנור, מנהלי החפירה מטעם רשות העתיקות, מדובר באחת מהחפירות הארכאולוגיות העשירות והמסקרנות ביותר במדבר יהודה. "המבנה שגילינו עצום, ואבניו סותתו ביד, כאשר משקל כל אבן מאות ק"ג. כבר בשבוע הראשון…