By Tal Shalev, CNN

(CNN) — With elections looming in October, Israel’s right wing is turning the push to rebuild Jewish settlements in Gaza into a central issue of their campaign.

It is part of a broader effort to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse the 2005 disengagement from the coastal enclave that saw Israel unilaterally uproot its settlements.

On Sunday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich – two key far-right members of Netanyahu’s government – led thousands of Israeli settlers and activists to the Gaza perimeter demanding the reestablishment of three settlements in northern Gaza: Nisanit, Dugit and Elei Sinai. Organized by the hardline Nachala settler movement, the demonstration included senior government ministers and lawmakers. The demonstration is more than just a political stunt meant to secure right-wing votes. Expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank and rebuilding settlements in Gaza are an open dream of Israel’s far-right, and they see the current moment in time with Israel occupying more than half of Gaza as a prime opportunity to pressure Netanyahu to advance their agenda.

In an attempt to prevent the demonstration from entering Gaza,the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared the area a closed military zone, forcing organizers to alter the route. But the marchers would not be deterred, pushing toward the Gaza perimeter while dodging barriers set up by the Israeli miliitary and police.

Buses transported families, including children and teenagers, from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, while young activists from Ben Gvir’s and Smotrich’s parties handed out campaign materials and pamphlets.

“If someone had said three years ago that we would control 70% of the Gaza Strip, no one would have believed it,” Ben Gvir said at the rally.

“So today I say: there will be Jewish settlement throughout Gaza,” he said, adding that Israel should “encourage voluntary migration” of Palestinians – an idea briefly floated by the Trump administration before it was ultimately rejected in the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

“We are returning home. Gaza is ours,” Ben Gvir said.

Smotrich cast the moment in clear political terms, warning that a change of government could “roll back all the Zionist and national settlement revolution” of the previous four years under the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.

“All of this could go down the drain – and we will march here again to prevent evacuations,” he said. Smotrich has expanded settlements dramatically in the West Bank during this government’s tenure, and he has made clear his desire to keep going.

Both Smotrich and Ben Gvir have both championed rebuilding the settlements in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and have framed the Gaza war as a chance to reverse the 2005 disengagement.

Smotrich, who also is the minister in charge of settlement affairs within the defense ministry, said in June that completed plans for three northern Gaza settlements are awaiting Netanyahu’s approval. He has described Gaza as “an inseparable part of the land of Israel” and argued that renewed settlement would serve as a security buffer. “Where there is no settlement, there

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La tristeza no desapareció con el amanecer. Argentina despertó este lunes con el sabor amargo de una final perdida y el sueño frustrado de un bicampeonato mundial, pero con un fuerte sentido de agradecimiento y orgullo por una selección que volvió a llevar al país hasta el último partido, y por Lionel Messi, capitán y figura, que volvió a emocionar e ilusionar a toda la afición.

Desde el miércoles, muchos argentinos aseguraban que la victoria ante Inglaterra en la semifinal ya era la mayor alegría y que todo lo que pudiera ocurrir el domingo sería un agregado. Pero nadie resignaba la ilusión de una nueva final, de un bicampeonato, del cierre soñado para la vida mundialista de Messi.

La derrota ante España no dejó atenuantes. Ni el notorio desgaste físico que obligó a hacer cambios o quedar con un jugador menos matizaron la superioridad que mostró La Roja en el campo. Cuando el árbitro finalizó el encuentro, poco a poco los miles de aficionados reunidos en el Fan Fest en Buenos Aires comenzaron a retirarse en silencio.

De todas formas, después de procesar por un rato la derrota, decenas de miles de argentinos salieron a las calles con la camiseta para saltar y cantar. No era un festejo propiamente, más bien una muestra de agradecimiento al equipo. En las inmediaciones del Obelisco no se respiraba tristeza y desazón, sino apoyo y reconocimiento al plantel, con fuegos artificiales, bombos y cornetas, algunos con la pintura corrida en el rostro por las lágrimas.

Alegría y llanto. Cómo no llorar si así lo hizo el capitán, en lo que todo indica que fue su última aparición en el campo en un mundial: aunque esté acostumbrado a desafiar toda lógica y no le ha puesto fecha a su retiro, cumplirá 43 años en 2030. Messi se mantuvo estoico durante la premiación y al recibir su medalla, pero se quebró frente a la tribuna de argentinos que lo aplaudían hasta el hartazgo.

También lloró el técnico Lionel Scaloni, líder extraordinario que puso en duda su continuidad tras un ciclo exitoso de cuatro títulos (dos Copa América, una Finalissima y el Mundial en Qatar) y un subcampeonato. “Se necesitan muchas cosas para seguir”, dijo, aunque aseguró que cumplirá su contrato hasta fin de año.

Además del Obelisco, las esquinas más emblemáticas de la capital fueron punto de encuentro para muchos argentinos. También una multitud se reunió en el Monumento a la Bandera en Rosario, y en otras ciudades como Mar del Plata, Córdoba o Tucumán.

Por la noche, la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) agradeció el apoyo. “El resultado final no alcanzó para cumplir el sueño del bicampeonato, pero sí reafirmó un vínculo que trasciende cualquier resultado. (…) Gracias por estar siempre, en las alegrías y también en los momentos difíciles”, dijo el organismo.

La expectativa para recibir al plantel se convirtió también en suspenso. Primero se esperaba que toda la delegación arribara cerca del mediodía de este lunes. Posteriormente, la AFA confirmó que sería por la tarde, y no con todos los jugadores. “Algunos futbolistas del plantel partirán directamente desde los Estados Unidos hacia distintos destinos para reincorporarse a sus clubes o iniciar su período de descanso”, explicó.

A falta de confirmación de los detalles de un evento para que la afición rinda homenaje a los subcampeones, el Gobierno confirmó que esa jornada (posiblemente martes) será feriado. “¡Muchas gracias jugadores! Hasta el final con las botas puestas. Argentina siempre en lo alto”, dijo el presidente Javier Milei. “Dada la inquietud sobre los festejos por el logro alcanzado por la Selección Argentina, comunico a la población que, en función de lo que decidan los Jugadores y el Cuerpo Técnico respecto al día para celebrar, el mismo será declarado feriado nacional”, agregó.

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By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN

(CNN) — I just learned from a firefighter on Instagram that leaving my child’s bedroom door open at night makes it much more likely he would die in the event of a fire. Closing it, on the other hand, would keep the flames outside his room and ensure his survival, he assured me.

Yet another new fear I unlocked while scrolling social media.

What did I do with this newfound wisdom, you may ask? Nothing, apparently. My 4-year-old can’t sleep if we close his door, and my 5-month-old still sleeps in our room. I glanced at the smoke detectors and saw the lights signaling they were working, and I called it a night.

The thing about my social media feed, though — and I suspect I’m not alone — is that videos such as the firefighter’s are presented side by side with videos on things like drowning prevention. On some level, most can tell the difference between what applies to us and is a reasonable measure for our kids’ safety and what is not. But the more scary videos I see on my feed lately, the faster I scroll past. I am so tired I cannot do one more thing.

I am embarrassed to admit my exhaustion at looking after my kids’ safety. I’m not just a mother of two; I’m a pediatrician. Vigilance is supposed to be my job. For what it’s worth, I take solace in what I’m hearing in my practice these days — versions of my own scroll-and-flinch from parents who are otherwise thoughtful, engaged and doing everything right.

These parents are not careless. They’re exhausted. I believe there’s a term for what’s happening to us, even if it isn’t official medical language yet: “safety fatigue.” To me, this is what happens when the volume of warnings — real and exaggerated, urgent and negligible — gets so loud that we lose the ability to tell them apart. We start tuning all the warnings out, including the ones that matter.

How to tell risk from fear

The firefighter wasn’t lying. “Close before you doze” is a real campaign built on real research. Fire scientists at UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute found that a closed door can keep a room dozens of degrees cooler and far less toxic during a house fire than one left open. That’s true. It’s also true that it’s rare to have a fire reach a child’s bedroom while they’re asleep in it.

That’s the trap. A piece of safety advice can be completely accurate and still not be the thing you need to worry about the most tonight. Psychologists call this the availability heuristic: We think of danger, or the probability of an event, not by how likely it is, but by how easily we can recall an example of it.

A dramatic video, such as one with side-by-side images of bedrooms of kids who made it in a fire and those who didn’t, is something we remember. A statistic is often not. So, the rare house fire crowds out our attention for something far more mundane and far more likely to hurt our kids, like a car ride without a properly installed car seat, or a pool without a fence.

When I’m trying to sort a real risk from a frightening one, I ask two questions: How often does this actually happen to children? How much does the fix cost me in time, money or peace of mind? Rare events with quick fixes I don’t have to think about constantly — a smoke detector, a safe gun-storage box — are worth doing even if the odds are long. Rare events that demand constant vigilance to prevent, such as the door-closing ritual, are the ones I’ve learned to let go of without guilt.

Who to trust amid the noise

Part of what makes digesting all the advice so hard is that the loudest voice in a parent’s feed is rarely the most qualified one. Researchers who Read more

The real estate frenzy spurred by the coronavirus pandemic continues, though at a slower pace. Buyers are still competing for a limited supply of housing, driving up prices for affordable properties.

The typical home value in the United States was $372,057 in June, 1.1% higher than the year before.

Increasing mortgage rates have slowed growth, with prices even declining in some places. But some areas are still seeing price jumps compared to the year before.

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area using data from Zillow. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018.

#30. Garden Grove, CA

– 1-year price change: +$30,520 (+3.1%)
– 5-year price change: +$265,495 (+35.4%)
– Typical home value: $1,016,134 (#69 most expensive city in metro)

#29. La Habra Heights, CA

– 1-year price change: +$34,045 (+2.5%)
– 5-year price change: +$307,807 (+28.0%)
– Typical home value: $1,405,371 (#34 most expensive city in metro)

#28. Westminster, CA

– 1-year price change: +$35,409 (+3.3%)
– 5-year price change: +$290,763 (+35.8%)
– Typical home value: $1,104,016 (#61 most expensive city in metro)

#27. San Juan Capistrano, CA

– 1-year price change: +$36,745 (+2.8%)
– 5-year price change: +$424,650 (+45.6%)
– Typical home value: $1,355,298 (#38 most expensive city in metro)

#26. San Gabriel, CA

– 1-year price change: +$36,886 (+3.4%)
– 5-year price change: +$231,942 (+26.1%)
– Typical home value: $1,118,991 (#57 most expensive city in metro)

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