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1 week ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
“What have we seen from Iran? Nothing but disaster,” one older Gaza resident told us this weekend. Right after Israel launched its military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear program in the early hours of June 13, The Free Press, in partnership with the Center for Peace Communications, sent reporters into the streets of Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria to ask loc…
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2 weeks ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
In a dusty corner of southern Gaza, a new anti-Hamas militia has taken control of a small patch of land in eastern Rafah. They call themselves the Popular Forces, and in a video released last week, they pledged to protect civilians, guard humanitarian convoys, and resist what they describe as “terrorism and looting” by Hamas. The group’s leader, 34-year-o…
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3 weeks ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
“We are here near the area where this incident took place,” a Gazan man told us, gesturing toward an aid distribution center run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). On Sunday, dozens of Palestinians were shot at here, with masked gunmen opening fire on the people waiting to collect aid, according to the released footage a…
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1 month ago | 
thefp.com | Jay Solomon |Tanya Lukyanova
Last month, The Free Press and the Center for Peace Communications sent a team of journalists to south Lebanon. They were there to retrace the steps of Hadi Matar, the 27-year-old Lebanese American man sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for assaulting and attempting to murder Salman Rushdie. With Matar found guilty and behind bars, you might think most of the big questions about this case have been answered.
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1 month ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
The 60 Minutes interview with then-vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris that aired last October might have been the most controversial piece of journalism in the entire election campaign. CBS aired different edits of the interview—one in a promotional clip that aired on Face the Nation and one on 60 Minutes the next day. Amid …
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2 months ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
“The scum have arrived in Beit Lahia,” says the man behind the camera as he zooms in on the crowd of demonstrators. Thousands had poured into the streets of northern Gaza on Wednesday to protest Hamas’s rule—the latest outburst in a historic wave of demonstrations that engulfed the Strip last month.
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2 months ago | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
EXCLUSIVE: The Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Speaks OutAfter they tortured him and mutilated his body, they dropped him off a rooftop with a note pinned to his clothes: ‘This is the price for all who criticize Hamas.’On March 29, in a neighborhood called Tel al-Hawa in southern Gaza City, Hamas brutally murdered 22-year-old Uday Nasser Saadi al-Rabbay, his family said. After Uday had been tortured and mutilated, his body was thrown off a tall building. His crime?
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2 months ago | 
open.substack.com | Tanya Lukyanova
On March 29, in a neighborhood called Tel al-Hawa in southern Gaza City, Hamas brutally murdered 22-year-old Uday Nasser Saadi al-Rabbay, his family said. After Uday had been tortured and mutilated, his body was thrown off a tall building. His crime? He had spoken out—loudly and publicly—against the terrorists who rule Gaza with an iron grip.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
Right now, Gaza is witnessing the largest protest against Hamas since October 7, 2023. For the third straight day, Palestinians are pouring into the streets across the Gaza Strip, openly defying the militant group they blame for the devastating 17-month-long war with Israel. Over the course of its rule, Hamas has not tolerated dissent, and has been known …
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
thefp.com | Tanya Lukyanova
In Iran, the act of converting from Islam to any other religion is punishable by death. In America, one of the strongest historical rationales for immigrants seeking asylum has been the fear of religious persecution. Yet on February 9, when Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, after an arduous trip that took her from Iran to Dubai to South Korea and finally Mexico, she said she was never asked about her reasons for seeking asylum.
