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Technology

Social media activism: Is it 'risky' enough?

By Payton Pingree
June 18, 2024 12:00 AM
Generation Z is using social media to engage in political activism in ways that can seem new and controversial, but experts are questioning the on-the-ground impact of these efforts.
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World

BYU professor teaches class on Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Ethan Pack
By Ethan Pack
May 30, 2024 12:00 AM
As attention has been focused on U.S. college protests concerning the Israel-Hamas war, BYU political science professor David Romney said a key step to helping those affected by the conflict is first learning more about other peoples’ narratives.
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Campus Events

BYU Singers premiere choral composition designed to heal the brain

Emily May
By Emily May
January 26, 2024 12:00 AM
Award-winning Israeli composer Yuval Ron's new work premiered live at BYU on Friday, Jan. 19, sung by BYU Singers.
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Campus News

Defining genocide: BYU professors, students look to understand its meaning

By Belle Lewis
January 19, 2024 12:00 AM
As the war in Ukraine approaches two years and the Israel-Hamas war continues to receive international attention, the term genocide has reached millions of people on Instagram alone.
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Campus News

BYU Jerusalem center students share their experiences being in Jerusalem

Amy Ortiz
By Amy Ortiz
November 08, 2023 12:00 AM
In light of the current Israel-Hamas conflict, recently returned BYU Jerusalem Center students shared their experiences of being in Jerusalem when the war broke out and how they felt about coming home sooner than expected.
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Campus Events

BYU professors host panel discussion on Israel-Hamas War

By Hassan El-Cheikh
November 03, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU professors addressed a crowded conference room the evening of Monday, Oct. 30 to shed light on the current conflict taking place in Gaza and invited students to educate themselves and work toward becoming peacemakers.
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Religion

Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel

By Belle Lewis
October 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Pro-Palestinian Islamist group Hamas breached theGaza border on Saturdayto launch a surprise offensive against Israeli citizens and government.
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World

As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts

By Associated Press
August 08, 2022 12:00 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding after nearly three days of violence, Gaza’s sole power plant resumed operations Monday as Israel began reopening crossings into the territory.
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Campus News

Jerusalem Center reopens to students after 2 years

By Hannah Mckinlay
April 11, 2022 12:00 AM
The BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies will open back up this spring after two years of being shut down because of COVID-19.
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Featured

BYU Jerusalem Center highlights history of peace, conflict

By Decker Westenburg
June 02, 2021 12:00 AM
In 1979, aboard a Greek ship called the Stella Solaris, President Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Quorum of the Twelve announced to a small group of students that Brigham Young University would build a permanent educational and religious complex in Jerusalem. The center would later be known as the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.
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Featured

Outside the Outbreak: Thousands protest Belarus election, Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

By Lisi Merkley
August 17, 2020 12:00 AM
Thousands flood Belarus capital as election protests grow
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Campus Events

Education Week: Brad Wilcox discusses the role of Church members in the gathering of Israel

By Arianna Davidson
August 22, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU religion professor Brad Wilcox spoke in an Education Week session on Thursday, August 22, about the role members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints play in the gathering of Israel.
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Devotionals and Forums

Mighty women defend Christ's doctrine

By Kristen Hollingshaus
April 09, 2019 12:00 AM
M. Joseph Brough defends mighty women of Israel during his April 9 devotional address in the Marriott Center. (Arianna Davidson)
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Nation

Omar's Israel remarks expose Democrats' simmering divisions

By Associated Press
March 06, 2019 12:00 AM
In this Feb. 5, photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arrives for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Omar’s latest remarks about Israel are prompting House Democrats to draft a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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World

Israel launches operation to thwart Hezbollah border tunnels

By Associated Press
December 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Israeli military digger works on the border with Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, Tuesday, Dec. 4. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to 'expose and thwart' tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Local

Things you should know today: 11/13/18

By Auburn Wilcox
November 13, 2018 12:00 AM
Returning winds have Southern California firefighters wary
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World

Rocket barrages from Gaza prompt more Israeli airstrikes

By Associated Press
November 13, 2018 12:00 AM
An Israeli soldier jumps off a tank near the Israel Gaza border, Tuesday, Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Nation

US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support

By Associated Press
October 09, 2018 12:00 AM
This undated photo provided by Alqasem family shows Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student with Palestinian grandparents, who landed at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday, Oct. 2 with a valid student visa. But she was barred from entering the country and ordered deported, based on suspicions that she supports the BDS boycott movement. An Israeli court ordered that she remain in custody while she appeals. The weeklong detention is the longest anyone has been held in a boycott-related case. (Alqasem family via AP)
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