“Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.” This is how the presentation of the latest report of the United Nations Special Committee (“UN”) on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel begins.
The Commission's findings explain that, in accordance with the 1948 Geneva Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Israel must be held accountable for the most specific manifestations of genocide, namely for the crimes of killing, causing serious bodily and mental harm, intentionally creating conditions leading to the destruction of the Palestinian people, as well as for imposing measures aimed at limiting births. The Commission reached the above finding after collecting and processing relevant material from October 7, 2023 onwards, while proposing the referral of President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Galant before the International Criminal Court.
Once upon a time, in the heart of Thessaloniki, the clocks stopped on Saturday. Jews went to synagogue, Christians to their jobs, and no one felt like a stranger. This is our Greece: a country that holds many faiths, but one soul.
Being a Greek of the Jewish Religion in the Greece of 2025 is not a title; it is an identity. An identity with deep roots, calm pride and unwavering consistency. It does not mean living “between two worlds”. It means being fully Greek and fully Jewish - carrying within you two traditions that meet in respect, education and humanity.
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"We particularly appreciate the way in which the Greece handles its relations with the Israel, not through the politics of the megaphone, but through a real, "A meaningful discussion on all issues," were Noam Katz's last words in the interview. which he granted to "Manifesto".
In the live discussion lasting over half an hour, the Israeli ambassador to Athens, who last September completed three years of service in Greece, was placed in charge of all regional matters: for his country's relations with Greece and Turkey, on the Palestinians and Hamas, Syria, Iran, diplomacy in the era of Donald Trump, as well as on other individual issues.
After more than two years in the hands of Hamas, Yosef-Haim Ohana is trying to relearn what freedom means. The 34-year-old Israeli, who was released on October 13, 2025, described in an interview with Israel's Channel 12 his difficult journey back to normality. "You don't become free in a day," he said. "When everything is taken away from you — even your logic and clear thinking — freedom takes time to regain."
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Friday, October 6, 2023, In the afternoon, after sunset, Jews in Israel and around the world welcome the Sabbath holiday and prepare for the Torah reading (Simcha Torah), the book of the history of the Jewish people that records their relationship with God and is the basis of Jewish religious service and theological education. Israeli citizens, like every Friday night, walk carefree on the streets, young people in cafes and bars, playgrounds full of children. They enjoy the fruits of economic prosperity despite the tensions and sporadic terrorist attacks they face.
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