Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately half of all autistic individuals experience difficulties identifying their own emotions, the suggestio …

Police interrupt festivities in Haifa to disperse event and arrest three men, rights group says

<article data-history-node-id="433037" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/exception-us-all-g7-nations-condemn-newly-approved-israeli-settlements" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/exception-us-all-g7-nations-condemn-newly-approved-israeli-settlements" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">With the exception of US, all G7 nations condemn newly-approved Israeli settlements</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Member states of the Group of 7 (G7) - the world's wealthiest industrialised democracies - on Wednesday condemned&nbsp;the decision by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/egypt" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;approve a swathe of new settlements in the occupied West Bank.&nbsp;</p> <p>The settlements are illegal under international law.</p> <p>The US was the only G7 member not to partake in the joint statement. Additional European nations signed on.&nbsp;</p> <p>"We, states of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom condemn the approval by the Israeli security cabinet of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank," the statement read.</p> <p>"We recall that such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability."</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exception-us-all-g7-nations-condemn-newly-approved-israeli-settlements">With the exception of US, all G7 nations condemn newly-approved Israeli settlements</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli troops partake in a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 13 December 2025 (Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ca81feab-e26a-46cb-a20a-cff70b1c2edb" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/2025-12-13T135014Z_1012683747_RC2PFIA4NEOG_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-HEBRON-SETTLERS-2%20%281%29.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Israeli troops partake in a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 13 December 2025 (Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli troops partake in a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 13 December 2025 (Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="432845" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinians-face-violence-streets-israel-racist-attacks-spread" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinians-face-violence-streets-israel-racist-attacks-spread" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinians face violence on the streets of Israel as racist attacks spread</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian citizens of Israel are exposed to levels of violence that have long been familiar to those in occupied territories, writes&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/nadav-rapaport" title="View user profile.">Nadav Rapaport</a>&nbsp;in Tel Aviv, Israel.</p> <hr> <p>Zidan Agbaria, a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian&nbsp;</a>man&nbsp;from Umm al-Fahm&nbsp;in northern&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, explained how his son, Mahmoud, was attacked in Tel Aviv.</p> <p>He said last week his son had arrived in Tel Aviv for construction work and was speaking Arabic on his phone, while "two men who identified themselves as police officers started beating him after they saw that he was Arab".</p> <p>"They didn’t leave him until they thought he was dead," Agbaria&nbsp;told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>According to Agbaria, an Israeli woman who was present at the scene called the police, and the two attackers were arrested.</p> <p>The attackers&nbsp;told the police officers: "Why aren’t you arresting the terrorist?"</p> <p>Mahmoud&nbsp;was taken to hospital with severe injuries. Almost two weeks after the attack, he remains at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and has undergone several operations, according to his father.</p> <p>"It will take him a long time before he can return to work - at least three months. He can only eat liquid food and he has head injuries," his father said.</p> <p>Agbaria spoke about the fear of his son returning to work in Tel Aviv, a city generally considered a liberal stronghold in Israel.</p> <p>"I won’t let him go to work there alone,"&nbsp;he said.</p> <p>"He saw death with his own eyes. He came to work, not to die."</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinians-are-under-attack-israels-streets-too">Read more:&nbsp;Palestinians face violence on the streets of Israel as racist attacks spread</a></h3> <section> <div alt="GVIR_FAR_RIGHT_AFP.jpg" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f4d5150e-6e29-4284-9c6c-db6a38544ef4" data-langcode="en" class="align-center embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/GVIR_FAR_RIGHT_AFP.jpg" width="1024" height="576" alt="GVIR_FAR_RIGHT_AFP.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </section> </div> </div> </article>

Latest edits to the proposed law replace the requirement for unanimous decision on Palestinian detainees' execution with a simple majority of judges

National security minister is supporting a legislation that would allow death sentences for Palestinian prisoners

<article data-history-node-id="432093" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-gaza-surpasses-70000" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-gaza-surpasses-70000" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll in Gaza surpasses 70,000</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023 has surpassed 70,000, the Palestinian health ministry has announced.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a statement, the ministry said on Saturday that the death toll had risen to 70,100.</p> <p>It said that since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October, 354 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.</p> <p>Two bodies arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, the ministry said, one of which had been recovered from beneath the rubble.</p> <p>It noted that the spike from the last death toll was due to the fact that the data relating to 299 bodies had been processed and approved by the authorities.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.

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