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NY Times posts job for Palestinian affairs reporter
(JTA) – As the world’s attention has turned to the crisis engulfing Israel and the Palestinian territories,
The New York Times announced Wednesday that it is looking to hire a reporter who will focus on covering Palestinian affairs. The new reporter will be tasked with covering politics, culture and everyday life in both those places as well as across the West Bank, and throughout Israel proper, where a fifth of the population are Arab Palestinians. Whoever gets the job will join other local
Times staff including Isabel Kershner and the newspaper’s new Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley.
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Live Updates: Airstrikes and Protests Escalate as U.S. Steps Up Mediation
Israeli strikes damaged a road leading to a Gaza hospital on Sunday, while Hamas militants continued firing rockets. President Biden called the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss cease-fire efforts.
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Israel Strikes Gaza Tower Housing A.P. and Other News Media
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a prominent building in Gaza City on Saturday that housed media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera. The Israel Defense Forces said it gave an advanced warning for civilians to evacuate.
We are shocked and horrified that the Israelis would target the building that housed A.P.‘s bureau in Gaza. They long knew that A.P.’s bureau was there, and they targeted it. Now, fortunately, we had a warning, and we were able to get our journalists out. We narrowly escaped a huge loss of life. We had 12 journalists in that building. And those brave journalists not onl