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Last year, the United Nations reported that attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank had increased in the weeks following the October 7 attacks that triggered the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, with at least 115 people killed, more than 2,000 injured and around 1,000 forcibly displaced from their homes, citing violence and intimidation by Israeli forces and settlers.General Fuks argued that terrorizing Palestinians living alongside Jews was "a dangerous mistake" and that the actions of violent Jewish settlers threatened Israel's security.But Mr. Smotrich has been vocal about his desire for Israel to reclaim all of the West Bank. Last month, he struck a deal with ministers to release some of the money withheld by the Palestinian Authority in exchange for legalizing five more...

The nervous energy was palpable as hundreds of cyclists, clad in brightly colored Lycra, awaited the start of the 50-mile ride known as the Half-Century from the Santa Fe Railyard, a hub of art galleries, restaurants, and a weekly farmers market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Then, finally, we were riding through town with eight motorcycle cops ahead of us, patrolling the intersections.We passed the Roundhouse, where the New Mexico Legislature meets. We passed Museum Hill, where four museums explore the Native American Southwest, the Spanish colonial past, and more. Then, finally, after a dozen miles or so, Santa Fe was far away and we were alone, riding through rolling ranchland.It was the second day of a two-day cycling event that each spring attracts more than 1,500 participants, who come for...

The European Space Agency has waited nearly a decade for the first launch of Ariane 6, a powerful new rocket. But the brand-new vehicle is finally ready to fly, and if all goes well, European nations will once again have independent access to the final frontier, a crucial step for space exploration and the economic goals of the continent's countries and companies.Here's what to know about the maiden flight of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift launcher.When will Ariane 6 launch and how can I watch it?Ariane 6 is scheduled for launch on Tuesday 9 July from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time.ESA will stream the flight live on YouTube, starting at 13:30 CEST.Why does Europe need its own rockets?Europe has been without independent access ...

In 1994, when Sumner M. Redstone bought Paramount Pictures for about $10 billion, the equivalent of about $22 billion today, he did more than buy a company. He ascended to a cultural throne.Studios like Paramount, founded in the 1910s, which operated complexes of recording studios and controlled vast film libraries, were valuable companies on the verge of striking a goldmine: the DVD. But perhaps more importantly, they gave their owners a valuable identity as certified members of the cultural elite.Movies still dominated. The top-selling films of 1994 included such landmarks as "The Lion King," "Schindler's List," "Interview with the Vampire," "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Philadelphia," "Speed," and "Pulp Fiction." In 1995, when Paramount's "Forrest Gump" won the Academy Award for Best Pictu...

The images are haunting: black-and-white prints of a snow-covered shack and paintings surrounded by barbed-wire fences and skeletal trees, eerie depictions of a World War II camp in France where Jews were interned before being deported to concentration camps.Artist Jacques Gotko created one painting using a background of crushed eggshells glued to a wooden board; for others he used a piece of old tire as a printing block. These were some of the few materials available to him in the camp where he was held before being transported to Drancy, another camp in France, then to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, in 1943.Fragile and rarely exhibited, these works are part of a vast archive of Holocaust-related artifacts, including millions of pages of documents, tens of thousands of pages of testimonies, ...

According to official visitor logs, a Parkinson’s disease expert from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer to this spring, including at least once for a meeting with President Biden’s physician.The expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a paper on Parkinson’s. The logs, released by the White House, document visits from July 2023 to March of this year. More recent visits, if any, would not be released until later, under the White House’s voluntary disclosure policy.It was unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House to specifically consult with the president or if he was there for unrelated meetings. Dr. Cannard’s LinkedIn page describes him as...