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Artists, actors and production staff tell Middle East Eye that the industries once dedicated to free and creative expression are now stifling and suppressing Palestine solidarityFree speech once meant everything to the US arts and entertainment industries. But since Israel declared war on Gaza, artists, actors and production staff have alleged that their is a concerted campaign by industry executives to silence solidarity with beleaguered Palestinians. Dozens of workers at every level of the arts and entertainment world: from actors and dancers to carpenters, set dressers, animators, composers and screenwriters have told Middle East Eye that they have been punished for speaking out…
CNN — Israeli settlers killed a 20-year-old Palestinian-American man in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an eyewitness, as settler violence against Palestinians ramps up in the occupied territory. Twenty-year-old Sayfollah Musallet “was martyred after being severely beaten all over his body by settlers in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah,” the health ministry said in a statement on Friday. The municipality of Sinjel said that Musallet died following a “barbaric attack” carried out by settlers as part of “daily assaults” on local residents. It alleged Israeli forces stormed the area at the same…
Jul 12, 2025, 04:24 AM ETUnited States men’s national team star Malik Tillman has told ESPN he has “mixed feelings” after completing a move to Bayer Leverkusen from PSV Eindhoven on Saturday, but the midfielder added he is “excited to have some new experiences in my life.”Tillman helped PSV win the Dutch Eredivisie title in both of the past two seasons. He joins Leverkusen as one of the first signings for new boss Erik ten Hag, who took over from Xabi Alonso this summer.”I’m happy, I’m excited, i think its a good step for my career,” Tillman told ESPN NL.When…
North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after York City’s home pre-season friendly against Salford City was abandoned after some of the visitors’ players were allegedly subjected to racial abuse.Salford boss Karl Robinson led his players off the pitch at the LNER Community Stadium in the closing stages of the game with the score level at 3-3 after being informed his players had been targeted.National League side York confirmed they are working closely with North Yorkshire Police in their investigation.Police said a 23-year-old was arrested in connection with the incident and appealed for witnesses to get in touch.They said the…
Steel glowing red travels through the rolling mill at the Thyssenkrupp steel plant on April 9, 2025 in Duisburg, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThyssenkrupp and trade union IG Metall on Saturday said they had agreed on reduced working hours, lower bonus payments and site closures as part of a push to revamp Germany’s largest steelmaker.The accord with steel workers marks a major step in Thyssenkrupp’s restructuring, under which the former German industrial icon is planning to turn into a holding company, and comes after renewed tension between management and labour representatives.Implementation of the new collective…
Jul 12, 2025, 03:31 AM ETLaLiga president Javier Tebas rejected Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois’ plea to postpone the team’s 2025-26 league opener to give players time to rest following the Club World Cup.Real Madrid were dumped out of the tournament following a 4-0 semifinal defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, meaning they will have a 41-day break before their La Liga opener against Osasuna on Aug. 19.Tebas said the decision not to move the opener was made by the Spanish Football Federation and LaLiga agreed with it. He said players were to have 21 days off and 21 days…
CNN — Rookie pitcher Jacob Misiorowski has only played five MLB games. But in that short time, the Milwaukee Brewers starlet has produced such impressive performances that he was named a National League All-Star on Friday, an honor he achieved after the fewest MLB games ever. The 23-year-old was named as a replacement for the Chicago Cubs’ Matthew Boyd, who will be inactive since he is expected to start on Saturday against the New York Yankees ahead of Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Wielding a fastball that has reached speeds as high as 103 mph (166 kph), Misiorowski has long been tipped…
CNN — A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making stops and arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause and ordered the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation. US District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ordered that DHS must develop guidance for officers to determine “reasonable suspicion” outside of the apparent race or ethnicity of a person, the language they speak or their accent, “presence at a particular location” such as a bus stop or “the type of…
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed start of a disarmament process by militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful chapter” in Turkey’s troubled history.Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling AKP party in Ankara that the more than 40-year-old “scourge of terrorism” for which the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – or PKK – was responsible is on its way to ending.Erdogan’s remarks came a day after male and female members of the PKK in northern Iraq cast rifles and machine guns into a large cauldron where they were set on fire. The symbolic move…
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