Imagine a reality where a person who lost the ability to walk due to war, an accident or an injury undergoes surgery and rises to their feet again. A team of Israeli scientists is bringing that dream closer to reality. In 2022, researchers at Tel Aviv University successfully engineered a human spinal cord in a laboratory for the first time. …
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Gal Gadot has said “pressure” to “speak out” against Israel led to Snow White flopping. The Disney live-action version of Snow White saw Gadot play the Evil Queen, and was mired in controversy for much of the lead-up to its release, which included Peter Dinklage calling out Disney for the tale’s depiction of dwarves, Latina star Rachel Zegler facing racist comments …
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Gal Gadot visits Hostages Square amid Israel protest wave | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Israel News The visit came amid growing public pressure on the government to prioritize a deal that would secure the release of the remaining hostages. Israeli actress Gal Gadot embraces Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is still in Hamas captivity, during a day of nation-wide protests …
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After Gal Gadot brought up the pressure in Hollywood to speak out against Israel, she clarified that wasn’t the only reason for Snow White‘s box office flop. Following her appearance on the Israeli talk show The A Talks, in which she said the Disney live-action remake “was greatly affected” by discourse around her and Rachel Zegler‘s opposing stances on the …
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NEW YORK — Several thousand protesters rallied against Israel in New York City on Saturday, in the largest pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protest held in the city in recent months. The demonstration, dubbed “Stop Starving Gaza: Mass March for Humanity,” took place in front of the New York Public Library in Manhattan, next to Bryant Park, and was organized by an …
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In a recent interview, Gal Gadot blamed the “pressure on celebrities to speak out against Israel” as the reason that “greatly affected” the box office failure of Disney‘s live-action Snow White. The actress appeared on the Israeli celebrity interview program The A Talks on Thursday, per The Jerusalem Post, where one interviewer questioned if she was angry about the dismal …
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Gal Gadot was certain the live-action remake of “Snow White” was “going to be a huge success,” she told a group of interviewers in Israel in a wide-ranging interview published this week. But then the events of October 7, 2023, took place, and “what’s happening in all kinds of industries and also in Hollywood, is that there’s a lot of …
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Microsoft has launched an “urgent” external inquiry into allegations Israel’s military surveillance agency has used the company’s technology to facilitate the mass surveillance of Palestinians. The company said on Friday the formal review was in response to a Guardian investigation that revealed how the Unit 8200 spy agency has relied on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to store a vast collection …
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Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes the early minutes will tell the story of the UFC 319 headliner. UFC middleweight titleholder Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev headline a stacked card this Saturday at UFC 319. In what arguably is the toughest on-paper title defense of his reign, Du Plessis will look to hand the undefeated Chimaev his first …
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Apart from the attack on the Nova music festival on October 7th, which felt like it happened while U2 were on stage at Sphere Las Vegas, I have generally tried to stay out of the politics of the Middle East… this was not humility, more uncertainty in the face of obvious complexity… I have over recent months written about the …
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