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Uneasy Calm Falls Over Gaza After Israel Kills Scores in Protests

May 15, 2018 by  
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The White House staunchly defended Israel’s actions, while several nations condemned them, but much of the official reaction around the world was more muted, voicing horror at the bloodshed but not assigning blame.

“I am profoundly alarmed and concerned by the sharp escalation of violence and the number of Palestinians killed and injured in the Gaza protests,” António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, said in a statement on Tuesday. “It is imperative that everyone shows the utmost restraint to avoid further loss of life.”

South Africa and Turkey recalled their ambassadors to Israel in protest, and Turkey also withdrew its ambassador to the United States.

Kuwait called a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the Gaza violence, which it blamed on Israel. The government of Saudi Arabia, whose icy relations with Israel have thawed in recent years, issued “strong condemnation and denunciation of the deadly targeting of unarmed Palestinians by the Israeli Forces of Occupation,” according to the official news agency S.P.A.

Among major Western powers, there was much criticism of the relocation of the American Embassy, but only President Emmanuel Macron of France directly assailed Israel’s actions.

But the Trump administration echoed the Israeli stance, that the organizers of the protests were to blame for the deaths and injuries, not Israel. “The responsibility for these tragic deaths rests squarely with Hamas,” Raj Shah, a White House spokesman, told reporters on Monday.

Reporting was contributed by Isabel Kershner from Nahal Oz, Israel; Declan Walsh from Gaza City; Nick Cumming-Bruce from Geneva; David M. Halbfinger from Jerusalem; Rami Nazzal from Ramallah, West Bank; and Richard Pérez-Peña from London.


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RIP Margot Kidder: Stars including Mark Hamill, Kumail Nanjiani remember ‘Lois Lane’

May 15, 2018 by  
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Margot Kidder died on Sunday at her home in Livingston, Mont.
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Friends and fans said goodbye to Margot Kidder on Monday, after learning the news that the actress died at age 69. Kidder, best known for playing Lois Lane in 1978′s Superman and Barb in Black Christmas, was remembered on Twitter.

“On-screen she was magic. Off-screen she was one of the kindest, sweetest, most caring woman I’ve ever known,” Star Wars’ Mark Hamill tweeted about Kidder. ”Your legacy will live on forever.”

Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick said, “I was such a fan of yours from the first moment I saw you on the screen as Lois Lane in Superman! I will treasure the moment that I met you forever! Sweet dreams Margot.”

Actor Elijah Wood simply wrote, “oh no, Margot Kidder.”

“RIP Margot Kidder,” said Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon. “She will always be THE Lois Lane to me.”

Actress Barbara Crampton, tweeted that she met Kidder, an “actor who imbued all her roles with grit, strength and smarts,” at conventions. “Happy I told her what she meant to us.”

“I saw SUPERMAN in the theater when I was six, and I had an instant crush on Lois Lane. I remember thinking how lucky Superman was to hang out with her,” said Secret Life of Pets writer Brian Lynch. ”Margot Kidder was the coolest.”

AV Club film editor Scott Tobias said, “Most people remember her as Lois Lane, but the essence of Margot Kidder to me is her salty, mischievous sorority sister in BLACK CHRISTMAS.”

Comedian Kumail Nanjiani also posted about Kidder and Black Christmas: “It introduced some elements that are now genre tropes and she’s fantastic in it,” he said.

“(As) Lois Lane in the Superman movies you were the heart of a great franchise and a fine actress,” said producer Jonathan Sothcott.

Empire producer Eric Haywood said Kidder is the “only Lois Lane I acknowledge.”

“My Lois Lane has passed away,” tweeted Kingsman writer Mark Millar. ”Thank you for my favourite movie ever.”