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While the world watches #Gaza, here is what’s happening in the West Bank

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By JULIA FRANKEL, PHIL HOLM and JOSEF FEDERMAN
Published 1:02 AM EDT, April 25, 2025

"#Israel is staging a massive offensive across four major refugee camps in the north of the #WestBank. The raids, at their height, pushed 40,000 people from their homes. Many are now sheltering with relatives in neighboring villages, others racking up debt renting apartments while they wait to return.

#Israeli officials, meanwhile, have said those displaced will not be allowed to go back for at least a year."

apnews.com/article/while-the-w

#AllEyesOnWestBank
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine @israel

[13:48] Zo voorkom je dat Instagram en Facebook met jouw posts aan de haal gaan

De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) trekt aan de bel. Wie niet wil dat Instagram en Facebook met jouw posts aan de haal gaan, moet daar vóór 27 mei bezwaar tegen maken. „Je hebt ooit iets op Instagram of Facebook gepost en die gegevens zitten straks in het AI-model van Meta. Zonder dat je weet wat daarmee gebeurt”, waarschuwt AP-vicevoorzitter Monique Verdier.

dvhn.nl/meer/Jouw-Instagram-en

#DeAutoriteitPersoonsgegevens #AP #Instagram #Facebook #27mei #Meta #MoniqueVerdier

Dagblad van het Noorden · Worden jouw Instagram- en Facebookposts straks gebruikt om AI-model van Meta te trainen? ’Maak nú bezwaar’By Vian Schouten

[11:50] Worden jouw Instagram- en Facebookposts straks gebruikt om AI-model van Meta te trainen? ’Maak nú bezwaar’

De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) trekt aan de bel. Wie niet wil dat zijn of haar Instagram- of Facebookberichten straks in een AI-model van moederbedrijf Meta belanden, moet vóór 27 mei bezwaar maken. „Je hebt ooit iets op Instagram of Facebook gepost en die gegevens zitten straks in dat AI-model. Zonder dat je precies weet wat daarmee gebeurt”, waarschuwt AP-vicevoorzitter Monique Verdier.

dvhn.nl/meer/Jouw-Instagram-en

#DeAutoriteitPersoonsgegevens #AP #Instagram_ #27mei #Instagram #Facebook #MoniqueVerdier

Dagblad van het Noorden · Worden jouw Instagram- en Facebookposts straks gebruikt om AI-model van Meta te trainen? ’Maak nú bezwaar’By Vian Schouten

Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hours

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews via #TheGuardian
Sat 19 Apr 2025 17.14 EDT

"#BenjaminNetanyahu said again Saturday that #srael had “no choice” but to continue fighting in #Gaza and will not end the war before destroying #Hamas and freeing the hostages."

"#Netanyahu is under growing pressure at home, not only from families of hostages and their supporters but also from reservist and retired #Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war."

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine @israel

The Guardian · Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says NetanyahuBy Guardian staff reporter

LIVE: Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen holds a press conference after El Salvador visit
#AssociatedPress #AP
#elsalvador #live
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen holds a press conference in Virginia after meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Thursday evening in El Salvador, coming face to face with the wrongly deported man after two days in the country pushing for his release.
#elsalvador #live
youtube.com/watch?v=88_htG1N-1

A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by #ICE in Vermont

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025

"A #Palestinian man who led protests against the war in #Gaza as a student at #ColumbiaUniversity was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement agents, his lawyers said. "

apnews.com/article/immigration

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression
#DefendFreeSpeech #StopTheDeportations
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press @palestine

AP News · Palestinian activist expecting US citizenship interview is arrested instead by ICEBy Patrick Whittle
Continued thread

The admin has appealed the order from last week that required it to readmit the #AP’s journalists, but a court of appeals hearing the case has not intervened so far. Although the pool for #Trump’s events today was planned & distributed to media outlets yesterday—before the order had taken effect—the absence of any AP journalists today or in coming days would be in violation of a judge’s order, unless the appeals court grants an emergency stay.

In the legal standoff between #Trump & The #AssociatedPress, the admin acknowledged in a filing just now that as of today, Trump was required to begin letting #AP journalists back in the WH #press pool to cover daily events. Acc/to the schedule released by the WH, neither a print reporter nor a photographer from the AP is part of the pool covering Trump’s meeting w/Bukele or other events today.

#law #journalism #FourthEstate #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
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