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The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold.
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Bedouin Palestinian hamlet of Ma’azi Jaba’ in the southern West Bank, torching several buildings and wounding two men who were rushed to the hospital for treatment, Palestinian media reports.
The IDF does not immediately respond to a request for comment, and there are no reports of arrests.
Such attacks have been taking place across the West Bank on a near-daily basis, with almost complete impunity.
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US journalist Don Lemon is being charged with federal civil rights crimes, the Trump administration says, after he and other reporters covered a protest against immigration raids at a church in Minnesota.
Lemon, who was arrested late Thursday, faces two charges of conspiracy to deprive rights and interfering with First Amendment rights, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson tells AFP, referencing the constitutional protection for freedom of expression, including religion.
Anti-Israel protesters disrupted an event on Wednesday with the Jewish New York Times journalist Ezra Klein, calling him a Nazi and a genocide supporter.
The protest stands out because Klein is a critic of Israel who has hosted anti-Israel speakers on his show, such as the Columbia University protest leader, Mahmoud Khalil.
Klein spoke at Sarah Lawrence College on Wednesday for an event called “Building Bridges” focused on “how we can collectively move beyond polarization toward shared solutions.”
Video shared with The Times of Israel shows protesters interrupting Klein’s event, holding a sign that says “Nazi normalizer.”
“Why do you think I deny what’s going on in Gaza? I think it’s destruction, apartheid, subjugation,” Klein says.
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Ezra Klein event at Sarah Lawrence College, accuse him of 'genocide,' refuse any dialogue. Video sent to me by an attendee pic.twitter.com/ucp0bDNGj3
— Luke Tress (@luketress) January 30, 2026
“Buddy, talk to me. Turn around. I am right here,” he says, as a protester shouts at the audience with his back toward Klein, accusing Klein of backing “genocidal ideology.”
The protester refuses to engage, shouting, “Ezra Klein, you’re a liar, you set Palestine on fire.”
“I don’t think you know what I think,” Klein responds.
“I know exactly what you think,” the........