The petition was launched by Yotam Kipnis of Kibbutz Be'eri, whose parents and relatives were killed on Oct. 7. Kipnis is set to host a civilian ceremony at a dedicated Tel Aviv square, and condemned the government's efforts to whitewash its neglect of the hostages

The condemnations and apologies came after a video showed an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus in Debel, southern Lebanon, prompting an IDF investigation. U.S. Ambassador Huckabee called for swift punishment

Cultural diversion works when economic pain can be blamed on outsiders, but Hungary's Victor Orbán had no one to point at. The same mechanism could just as easily punish the man who ousted him