BBC reaches agreement with Israeli family for filming in home after 7 October without consent

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | World News

The BBC has reached an agreement with an Israeli family who survived the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks, after a team of journalists entered their badly-damaged home without permission.A BBC News crew, including International Editor Jeremy Bowen, entered the home of an...

Two war poems on pilots: From WWII to the Gaza War

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | Israeli News

Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. Credit: Toni Frisell / Library of CongressContemporary Israeli poet Eli Eliahu’s ‘PILOTS,’ written in 2025, and the late renowned American poet Howard Nemerov’s ‘The...

Explosions and smoke at La Guaira port

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | World News

Venezuela has declared a national emergency, denouncing “extremely serious military aggression” Source link

Khamenei says rioters 'must be put in their place' as Iran protests death toll reaches at least 10

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | Israeli News

The protests over Iran’s failing economic situation show no sign of stopping, after President Trump warned Iran on Friday that if Tehran ‘violently kills peaceful protesters,’ the United States ‘will come to their rescue’ Source...

Staten Island seeing red: Forgotten boro more fired up for secession since socialist Zohran Mamdani’s visit

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | News

Secession fever is reigniting among fearful Staten Islanders who refuse to believe freshly inaugurated Mayor Mamdani’s promises to the forgotten borough.  While the bright-eyed Democratic Socialist attempted to woo Staten Islanders during a mid-December visit, it only...