Shipwrecks discovered from βGolden Age of Piracyβ in 18th century Bahamas









Israelβs National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir remained defiant on May 20, undaunted by international protests triggered by images of him mocking Gaza Flotilla activists, who appeared in videos kneeling and handcuffed with their faces to the floor in the port of Ashdod. βWhoever comes to our territory to support terrorism and identify with Hamas, will receive harsh punishment,β he warned on social networks, after several Western countries, including Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany, condemned Israelβs treatment of the activists, criticism that has even come from a handful of Israeli leaders. βWe will not turn the other cheek,β Ben-Gvir railed.

Β© Ammar Awad (REUTERS)





Arab Barghouti (Jerusalem, 35) says that βat the end of the dayβ he does not think of Marwan Barghouti as a politician, nor as the Palestinian leader of the Second Intifada (2000β2005), who was sentenced by Israel to five life terms in a trial full of irregularities 24 years ago. He thinks of himself as the son who wants his father βto come home.β



