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Writer-director Jake Paltrow’s latest film, ‘June Zero,’ will be released in theaters in New York on June 28th, Los Angeles on July 5th, and nationwide on July 12th. The film, which had its U.S. premiere at Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Jewish Film Festival and was an official selection at several other festivals, is based on true accounts and told from the unique perspectives of three distinct figures: Eichmann’s Jewish Moroccan prison guard, an Israeli police investigator who also happens to be a Holocaust survivor, and a precocious 13-year-old Libyan immigrant. The film, which was shot entirely on 16mm film in Israel and Ukraine, delves into the complexities of the human experience during the pivotal trial of Adolf Eichmann, underscoring the notion that shared traumas have the power to forge strong bonds and unexpected moments of triumph.

Layan, an American citizen of Palestinian descent, was abducted by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. She is one of over 5,500 Palestinians detained by Israel without charge or trial. Israel’s use of administrative detention, torture, and other human rights abuses is a violation of international law. The Biden administration must pressure Israel to end its oppression of Palestinians and hold it accountable for its war crimes in Gaza.

The Senate is deliberating a comprehensive package that would provide $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. This legislation, which encompasses four distinct bills, received bipartisan support in the House over the weekend. President Joe Biden has emphasized the urgency of Senate approval for these measures.

The package allocates approximately $26 billion to Israel, currently engaged in conflict with Hamas in Gaza; $61 billion to Ukraine; and $8 billion to allies in the Indo-Pacific region. Furthermore, a fourth bill seeks to ban TikTok in the United States, impose sanctions on Russia, China, and Iran, and utilize Russian assets to aid Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.

The Senate has commenced deliberations on a four-bill package that proposes allocating $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The legislation garnered bipartisan support when it passed the House over the weekend. President Biden has urged the Senate to swiftly approve the measures. The package includes $26 billion for Israel amid its ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, $61 billion for Ukraine, and $8 billion for allies in the Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, the fourth bill in the package targets TikTok, proposing a U.S. ban if its Chinese parent company fails to sell it, imposes sanctions on Russia, China, and Iran, and authorizes the seizure of Russian assets to aid Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts.

Google has fired over 20 additional employees following protests last week against the company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. No Tech for Apartheid, the group that organized the protests, claims that Google is attempting to quell dissent by firing workers. The total number of terminated staff now exceeds 50.

Google has fired at least 20 more workers in the wake of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50. The company said it fired the additional workers after its investigation gathered details from coworkers who were “physically disrupted” and it identified employees who used masks and didn’t carry their staff badges to hide their identities. Google disputed the group’s claims, saying that it carefully confirmed that “every single one of those whose employment was terminated was personally and definitively involved in disruptive activity inside our buildings.”

The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) has been suspended by the university following an unauthorized protest against the school’s ties to Israel. The suspension requires the group to cease all activities for the remainder of the spring semester and bars them from using university resources. The suspension also raises concerns about the school’s handling of pro-Palestine activism, as PSC alleges a history of repression and intimidation.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies, calling him an “obstacle” to a two-state solution between Israel and Gaza. She urged Netanyahu to resign, claiming responsibility for the deadly response to Hamas’s attack on Israel.

Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Islamist faction in Lebanon, claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday. The strikes were carried out in retaliation for the death of a Hezbollah fighter in an Israeli drone strike earlier in the day. This exchange of fire marks an escalation in tensions between Hezbollah and Israel, which have been exchanging gunfire across the border almost every day since the recent Gaza War.

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Israeli military bases near the city of Acre on Tuesday. This marks the deepest strike into Israeli territory since the recent Gaza conflict. The attack was carried out in retaliation for an earlier Israeli airstrike that killed two Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. The IDF reported intercepting two “aerial targets” off Israel’s northern coast but denied any damage to its facilities. Hezbollah published a satellite image purportedly showing the location of the strike, situated between Acre and Nahariyya in northern Israel.