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99-year-old U.S. D-Day veteran hugs President Zelenskyy and calls him a savior of the Ukrainian people

99-year-old U.S. D-Day veteran hugs President Zelenskyy and calls him a savior of the Ukrainian people

Posted by | Jun 7, 2024

An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II, each praising the other as a hero. Retired Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz, 99, and other veterans were introduced to the foreign dignitaries remembering the landings in Normandy on Thursday. When he met Zelenskyy, Hurwitz kissed the Ukrainian leader’s hand and pulled him in for an extended hug, exclaiming: “Oh, you’re the savior of the people!” A beaming Zelenskyy replied: “No, no, no, you … you saved Europe.” The...

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Israeli Ultranationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem with chants of “Death to Arabs”

Israeli Ultranationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem with chants of “Death to Arabs”

Posted by | Jun 6, 2024

Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem on June 5 in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans as the country’s far-right national security minister boasted that Jews had prayed freely at a key holy site in the city in violation of decades-old understandings. The comments by Itamar Ben-Gvir and the march in Jerusalem, the emotional heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, threatened to stoke already high tensions that have gripped the region since the start of the war in Gaza. The annual march, seen by Palestinians as provocative, helped set off an 11-day war in...

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Grief tourism: The growing popularity of visiting Normandy beaches and spending holidays in hell

Grief tourism: The growing popularity of visiting Normandy beaches and spending holidays in hell

Posted by | Jun 6, 2024

By Liz Sharples, Senior Teaching Fellow (Tourism), University of Portsmouth As Europe commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, visitors have traveled in large numbers to pay their respects at the Normandy beach landing sites. The event in 2024 takes place in a very different world than the 75th anniversary five years before. Donald Trump is facing numerous criminal charges from rigging the 2016 election to become president to the January 6, 2021 coup and insurrection to stay in office after he lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. Trump’s benefactor, the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin,...

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Why the history of U.S. militarism motivated so many young Asian Americans to align with Palestine

Why the history of U.S. militarism motivated so many young Asian Americans to align with Palestine

Posted by | Jun 6, 2024

During Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in May, students across the country shut down college campuses and spurred mass movement for a free Palestine. Younger generations are significantly more pro-Palestine than their elders, and according to a November 2023 GenForward survey, younger Asian Americans are the demographic group most likely to sympathize with Palestinians and to believe that the United States is too supportive of Israel. The legacy of U.S. wars waged throughout Asia has historically shaped generations of solidarity-building between Asian Americans and all peoples facing the brunt of U.S. militarism. And as the U.S. continues...

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Hunting critics: Why the FBI is racing to counter threats to dissidents in the U.S. by China and Iran

Hunting critics: Why the FBI is racing to counter threats to dissidents in the U.S. by China and Iran

Posted by | Jun 4, 2024

After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s bid, prosecutors say. “In the end,” the operative ominously told his contact, “violence would be fine too.” As an Iranian journalist and activist living in exile in the United States aired criticism of Iran’s human rights abuses, Tehran was listening too. Members of an Eastern European organized crime gang scouted her Brooklyn home and plotted to kill...

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Transgender sports policy still on hold as Title IX rules get update to protect LGBTQ+ students

Transgender sports policy still on hold as Title IX rules get update to protect LGBTQ+ students

Posted by | Jun 3, 2024

The rights of LGBTQ+ students are protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault gained new safeguards under rules finalized in April by the Biden administration. The new provisions were part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Joe Biden. He had promised to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new protections for students accused of sexual misconduct. Notably absent from Biden’s policy, however, was any mention of transgender athletes. The administration originally planned to include a new policy forbidding schools from...

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