Movies and TV shows casting across the US

The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of that journey.

Movies and TV shows casting across the US

Whether you're a working actor or an aspiring one, you might be curious to know which movies and TV shows are casting roles near you.Backstagecompiled a list of projects casting right now across the U.S., and which roles they're looking to fill.

Scripted TV, Cupertino Attractive College Students in Bathing Suits

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- Talent To Portray Attractive College Athletes and College Students at Pool Party (background / extra, 18-35)- Casting locations: New York City, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

'The Movie Lovers'

- Project type: feature film- Roles:--- Various Roles (supporting, 18+)--- Moviegoers (background / extra, 18+)--- DSA Members (background / extra, 18+)- Roles pay up to: $150- Casting locations: Austin, TX- Learn more about the feature filmhere

Netflix Film 'AIG'

- Project type: feature film- Roles:--- Chic Party Guests (Celebrities, Musicians, Politicians etc.) (background / extra, all genders, 18-75)- Roles pay up to: $224- Casting locations: New York City, NY; Jersey City, NJ; Hoboken, NJ- Learn more about the feature filmhere

'GS' A24 Chinatown Series

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- Actor (lead, female, male, 35+)- Roles pay up to: $224- Casting locations: Brooklyn, NY; Long Island City, NY; Queens, NY; Manhattan, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

People to Portray African American Male Pedestrians & Event Guests (NON SAG AFTRA COVERED)

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- African American Male Peds & Event Guests (NON SAG AFTRA COVERED) (background / extra, male, 18-50)- Roles pay up to: $187- Casting locations: New York City, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

'The Gilded Age,' Season 4

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- Male Photo Double (SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, male, 45-65)- Roles pay up to: $262- Casting locations: New York City, NY; Manhattan, NY; Queens, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Jersey City, NJ- Learn more about the scripted showhere

'House of Highlights: Sports Trivia Show'

- Project type: reality TV- Roles:--- Sports Fan Ages 50-60 (real people, 50-60)--- Sports Fan Ages 5-10 Years Old (real people, 5-10)--- Sports Fan Ages 60-70 (real people, 60-70)- Roles pay up to: $150- Casting locations: New York City, NY- Learn more about the reality TV showhere

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'Safe Haven MC'

- Project type: vertical series- Roles:--- Cash (lead, male, 25-35)- Roles pay up to: $4,400- Casting locations: Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY- Learn more about the vertical serieshere

'Lights Out: Who's Out' Vertical Thriller Series

- Project type: vertical series- Roles:--- Richard (lead, male, 40-50)--- Mia (lead, female, 25-30)--- Liam (lead, male, 25-30)- Roles pay up to: $4,800- Casting locations: Worldwide- Learn more about the vertical serieshere

'Minivan,' College Students (Non-SAG)

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- College Students (background / extra, 18-29)- Roles pay up to: $187- Casting locations: New York City, NY; Yonkers, NY; Purchase, NY; Rye, NY; Nanuet, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

'The Gilded Age,' Season 4, Troy, NY

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- Event Guests (Non-SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, 18+)--- Event Guests (SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, 18+)- Roles pay up to: $224- Casting locations: Troy, NY; Albany, NY; Schenectady, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

'Sunday,' Universal Pictures

- Project type: feature film- Roles:--- Satanic Protesters (background / extra, 18-60)- Roles pay up to: $1,870- Casting locations: Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; East Meadow, NY- Learn more about the feature filmhere

'I Dream of Pizza'

- Project type: feature film- Roles:--- Roberto (lead, male, 25-35)- Roles pay up to: $17,000- Casting locations: Worldwide- Learn more about the feature filmhere

Docu Series, Barstow, CA Locals

- Project type: documentary series- Roles:--- Featured Mother of Missing Men (background / extra, female, 18+)- Roles pay up to: $120- Casting locations: Barstow, CA; Newberry Springs, CA- Learn more about the documentary serieshere

'Out The Kitchen'

- Project type: scripted show- Roles:--- Tough Officers- Tent. Work Apr. 24 (SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, 25-55)--- NYPD- Tent. Work Apr. 1 (SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, 25-55)--- Older Criminal (SAG-AFTRA Covered) (background / extra, male, 70-99)- Roles pay up to: $224- Casting locations: New York City, NY- Learn more about the scripted showhere

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Nicole Kidman Makes Ex Feel ‘Disrespected’ Amid Simon Baker Rumors — Source

Nicole KidmanandSimon Baker's growing closeness is reportedly making her ex,Keith Urban, feel "disrespected." The actors worked together on the film "Scarpetta." They sparked rumors after their cozy display of affection on the red carpet. Sources claim this has not only unsettled both actors' exes, Rebecca Rigg and Urban, but also left the country singer feeling "betrayed."

Nicole Kidman's ex Keith Urban feels 'betrayed' by Simon Baker PDA, per source

Nicole Kidmanseems to have moved on from her divorce from her ex, Keith Urban. The couple was married for almost 19 years. However, they separated last year when the "Babygirl" actor reportedly filed for divorce due to "irreconcilable differences."

Months after the divorce, the Oscar-winning actor made headlines for seemingly indulging in PDA with her "Scarpetta" co-star,Simon Baker. They were allegedly seen holding hands at the movie premiere. This sparked speculation about whether something is going on between the two. This definitely hasn't sat well with Urban, who allegedly feels "betrayed" by the entire turn of events.

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A source toldGlobe magazinethat the Grammy-winning artist considers Baker a good friend. This is why he couldn't believe he would do this to him, and this "feels like a betrayal" to him.

While he is being told by others that the closeness was just for film promotion, seeing them holding hands has hit a nerve for him, a source claims. The insider added, "From where he's standing, it looks like a line has been crossed, whether they admit to it or not."

Another source claims that after their divorce, Urban was painted in a negative light. However, as per the source, he never really defended himself or said anything "out of respect for Nicole." However, with these latest developments, he allegedly feels disrespected by his ex-wife. The turn of events has been "extra upsetting" for Urban, who reportedly feels hurt by how things have unfolded in the public eye.

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Dan Levy Shares the One Thing That’s Given Him ‘Great Comfort’ After Death of Schitt’s Creek Costar Catherine O’Hara

Dan Levy paid tribute to his late Schitt's Creek costar Catherine O'Hara during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, March 31

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• The Canadian actress died on Jan. 30 "after a brief illness," her rep previously told PEOPLE in a statement

• Levy told Fallon what's been a "great comfort" to him following O'Hara's death

Dan Levyis sharing the one thing he has found comfort in following the death of hisSchitt's Creekcostar and close friend,Catherine O'Hara.

During an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonon Tuesday, March 31, the host mentioned that Levy's first time on the talk show had been alongside his fellowSchitt's Creekcast members, which included O'Hara.

The Canadian actress diedon Jan. 30 "after a brief illness,"her rep previously told PEOPLEin a statement.

Levy, 42, told Fallon, 51, after the host offered his condolences, "Listen, it's like a collective loss, I think. She was the greatest. She's irreplaceable."

"The great comfort for me has just been to see how loved she was, you know what I mean? The outpouring. Everyone felt like they kind of knew her," Levy continued.

Fallon described O'Hara as "one of the funniest comedians I've ever seen. Can do characters … Gorgeous," as Dan added, "Unbelievably talented at improvising. One of the great, great, great, great queens."

O'Hara was known for her roles inHome Alone,Best in Show,Beetlejuice,The Nightmare Before Christmasand much more.

The legendary actress starred as over-the-top actress and matriarch Moira Rose in hit sitcomSchitt's Creekopposite Dan, who played her on-screen son (David Rose), Dan's fatherEugene Levy,who played her husband, Johnny Rose, andAnnie Murphy, who played her daughter (Alexis Rose).

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After news of O'Hara's death was reported, Dan shared a tribute onInstagram, alongside two photographs of the pair, writing, "What a gift to have gotten to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O'Hara's brilliance for all those years."

"Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my Dad, Catherine was extended family before she ever played my family. It's hard to imagine a world without her in it. I will cherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her," the actor added.

He concluded, "My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke and every member of her big, beautiful family."

Eugene, 79, also remembered his decades-long friendship with O'Hara ina statement shared with PEOPLEat the time.

"Words seem inadequate to express the loss I feel today," the actor said. "I had the honor of knowing and working with the great Catherine O'Hara for over fifty years."

"From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years onSchitt's Creek, I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship," Eugene continued. "And I will miss her. My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and the entire O'Hara family."

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Lebanese displaced by war fill Beirut's streets, upending city life

BEIRUT (AP) — Beirut is bursting.

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It's been a month since Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel after the U.S.-Israeli attack on its patron, Iran, triggeringIsraeli bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion. Since then, more than1 million peoplefrom southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs have fled. Many have crammed into theever-tighter spacesof the country's capital where the bombs have not yet fallen.

Israel's attacks andevacuation orders— unprecedented in scope, covering what humanitarian agencies estimate to be 15% of this tiny country — have emptied villages in south Lebanon and pushed almost the entire population of thesouthern suburbsinto Beirut, shifting the city's center of gravity, reshaping its geography and stirring fears about its future.

A huge tent encampment has sprouted up in the grassy field between a yacht club and nightlife venue, transforming the Beirut waterfront. Some families squat in storefronts, live in mosques and sleep in the cars they drove here, double- and triple-parking convoys on thoroughfares. Others huddle in tents pulled together from sheets of tarp along the curving coastal corniche or around Horsh Beirut, a park of pine trees on the outskirts of an area of the southern suburbs known as Dahiyeh.

"It's horrid because we feel this tension, that we're not wanted here," said Noor Hussein, who settled at the waterfront in early March after fleeing the first Israeli airstrikes on Dahiyeh. She watched a stream of well-to-do joggers navigate a maze of tents and soiled mattresses, her three youngest children clambering onto her lap.

"We don't want to be here," she said. "We have nothing here and nowhere to go."

Experts say this displacement is unprecedented

Waves of displacement have upended this city before, most recently during the2024 Israel-Hezbollahwar. But experts struggle to recall such a dramatic exodus — about 20% of the country's population, according to government statements — hitting Beirut so fast.

"The scale and intensity of this is just unprecedented," said Dalal Harb, the spokesperson for the United Nations refugee agency in Lebanon. She said the figure of 1 million displaced is almost certainly an undercount because it misses anyone who has not formally registered as displaced with the Ministry of Social Affairs.

The government has converted hundreds of public schools into shelters and pitched tents for displaced families beneath the bleachers of the city's main sports stadium. Charities have scrambled to help, with one refashioning an abandoned slaughterhouse destroyed in Beirut's 2020port explosioninto a dormitory for almost 1,000 displaced people.

But urban researchers note a staggering number of people on the streets compared with past conflicts, making it difficult for ordinary residents to block out the war and the misery it has wrought.

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"This is relatively new, that you have so many people spending time in these open spaces, who are very vulnerable, living in very precarious conditions," said Mona Harb, a professor of urban studies at the American University of Beirut. "You have to confront this visually when you're coming and going to work, to school ... and there are strong, mixed feelings associated with this presence that's unregulated."

Families say they've struggled to find space at government-run shelters in Beirut and would rather brave the elements than travel north to cities where they might find better accommodations but where they have no relatives or connections.

"The further away we go, the more we'll lose hope about finding our way back," said Hawraa Balha, 42, when asked why her family of four was squeezing into the small car they drove from the devastated southern border village of Duhaira rather than sleeping in an available shelter further north. "We don't want to move again."

Residents of the suburbs of Dahiyeh have largely opted to remain in Beirut. That way, every so often, they can retrieve belongings and check whether their homes are still standing, albeit in furtive dashes under the threat of bombardment. Hussein said her kids grew so desperate for a shower after nearly a month without a bathroom that they rushed home to wash up last week despite the incessant buzz of Israeli drones.

As more tents appear, Lebanon's sectarian balance is at risk

The prospect of hundreds of thousands of Shiites on the move has inflamed Lebanese sensitivities about the country's fragilesectarian balance. Ever since its bloody 15-yearcivil war, Lebanon has relied on apower-sharing agreementto accommodate the interests of Christians, Shiite Muslims and Sunni Muslims, the country's largest religious groups, which make up roughly equal shares of the population.

"It's generating anxieties in Beirut, where the bulk of the displacement is, that this may cause a significant transformation in the demographic balance within the country, or within certain spaces and cities," said Maha Yahya, director of the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center.

Each day that passes, more tents appear at the waterfront settlement. Children have started to complain of skin rashes. Heavy rainfall recently flooded the grassy lot and seeped into tents, leaving a trail of soggy clothes and sore throats. A fight broke out last week as volunteers arrived to distribute donations.

"We're not used to living like this — we had a house, we had normal lives," said Lina Shamis, 51, warming herself by a fire at the foot of a billboard advertising luxury watches. She, her three adult daughters and their small children set up camp here after heeding Israeli evacuation orders for Dahiyeh in a panic, carrying almost nothing with them.

"Now the kids are out of school and hungry, and our neighborhood is gone," she said. "All I feel is despair."

With Israel thrusting deeper into Lebanon andthreatening to seizeLebanese territory as far as the Litani, a river 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of the Israeli border, the situation of displaced people in Beirut "will be even worse than what we're seeing now," warned Harb, from the U.N. refugee agency.

"The needs will continue to increase," she said. "It's an imminent humanitarian catastrophe."

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Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile'snew president, José Antonio Kast, has joined a growing list ofright-leaningLatin American leaders. Not only is he conservative — he's openly religious as well.

Chile Kast Religion

Kast — who took office March 11 — is a practicing Catholic and part of the Schoenstatt movement, an international community devoted to the Virgin Mary. As astaunchly conservativeformer lawmaker, the 60-year-old father of nine opposed the sale of the emergency contraceptive pills in 2009. He has also spoken out against same-sex marriage and abortion, positions he emphasized during his2021 presidentialbid.

"We are inviting you on a journey to recover values for a proper and healthy life," Kast said on election night last December. "It requires everyone's commitment."

Supporters of abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights are wary as Kast takes office. Even if there are no immediate policy changes, they worry that it will be more difficult to make advances with their causes.

Kast won 58% of the vote after pledging to crack down on crime and deport immigrants without legal status. As part of a broader regional trend, other conservative leaders such as El Salvador'sNayib Bukeleand Argentina'sJavier Mileihave risen to power on different priorities, including security and economic reform.

Kast's positions alsoalign in partwith those of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration welcomed his victory.

Here's a look at Kast's religious background and how his faith resonates with some Chileans in a country often described as increasingly secular.

A shifting religious landscape

Chile has seen a decline in Catholic affiliation in the past two decades, along with other Latin American countries. According to a 2024 Latinobarómetro report, the proportion of Catholics across the region fell from 80% in 1995 to 54% in 2024.

In Chile, 45% of the population identified as Catholic while 37% said they had no religion and about 12% identified as Protestant.

According to Luis Bahamondes, a religion scholar at the University of Chile, the Catholic Church was one of the country's most trusted institutions during the 1990s. However, a series of social transformations andsexual abuse scandalseroded that perception. "It became one of the most questioned institutions and one of the least trusted," Bahamondes said.

Still, he added, conservative tendencies in the country have long been evident.

Chile was the last country in Latin America to legalize divorce in 2004, Bahamondes recalled. More recently, he said, there has been resistance to sex education in schools.

Religion classes are not mandatory in Chile. They are optional in both public and private institutions.

"There are still concepts that resonate strongly in Chilean society — such as family and marriage — which carry a strong religious weight," Bahamondes said. "There is often talk of a crisis of Catholicism, but what is in crisis is the institution, not the belief itself."

Inside Kast's faith community

Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary. It was founded in Germany in 1914, at the outset of World War I.

Schoenstatt arrived in Chile in 1947 in the coastal city of Valparaíso, where the movement's first shrine was built. It then expanded to other parts of the country including Santiago, Temuco and Concepción. It currently claims around 10,000 followers and has more than 20 shrines.

According to the Rev. Gonzalo Illanes, director of the movement in Chile, Schoenstatt has three pillars: the formation of individuals, the connection between faith and daily life, and the central role of the Virgin Mary.

Illanes said Kast has been a long-time member of the community, which encourages its members to build a better world. "Schoenstatt, like the Catholic Church, is not a political movement but a space for formation, faith and transcendence," he said.

Like Kast, Schoenstatt emphasizes the protection of life from conception to natural death. However, Illanes said, the group remains open to dialogue. "The challenge is how to move forward," he said. "Not to stop talking."

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How Kast's faith resonates with supporters

"He's a president who gives me a lot of confidence," said Jorge Herrera, a Catholic who belongs to Schoenstatt and voted for Kast. "I share his values."

He said one of Schoenstatt's core beliefs is the idea that each person has a unique life mission. "God did not bring us here by chance," he said. "We exist because there is something special we are called to do."

Kast's stance against abortion aligns with Herrera's views. Yet beyond their shared religious beliefs, it was Kast's political vision that also appealed to him ahead of the 2025 elections.

"He's someone very capable and has a plan," Herrera said. "I think Chile needed a plan."

That sense of confidence in Kast extends beyond South America.

In Mexico, where there's a left-leaning government and abortion has been decriminalized in more than half of its states, some wish for a leader like him.

"It gives me confidence that he publicly acknowledges being inspired by a Christian faith," said Rodrigo Iván Cortés, president of a conservative advocacy group. "That does not mean that he wants to impose his faith on others, but simply that he professes it."

Risks and expectations

Kast came close to Chile's presidency in 2021 but lost toGabriel Boric. At the time, his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as his history of defendingAugusto Pinochet'sdictatorship, were widely rejected by many Chileans.

Kast centered his 2025 presidential campaign on security. Yet analysts agree his views might still impact reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights.

"There are valid reasons for concern, though not necessarily for an immediate rollback as seen with Milei," said Cristian González Cabrera, an LGBTQ-rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. He was referring to theArgentinian president's banof gender-affirming care for people under age 18.

"The risk with Kast could be more gradual: slowing progress, weakening public policies and legitimizing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric," González Cabrera said.

Regarding women and reproductive rights, Catalina Calderón, chief advocacy officer at the Women's Equality Center, noted that one of Kast's first measures as president was a 3% budget cut.

"Across the region, we have seen that when leaders from the political wing to which Kast belongs take office, one of the first things that happens is a rollback of individual rights and women's rights," she said.

Calderón pointed to Argentina, where Milei cut funding for a program that implemented comprehensive sex education policies and aimed to prevent teenage pregnancy.

It is also notable, she said, that Chile's new Women and Health ministers are openly religious.

"That belongs to the private sphere," she said. "But how that vision could shape the administration is something that should be watched closely."

Hernández reported from Mexico City.

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Jailed Palestinians fear death by hanging without due process under new Israeli law

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Protest against the execution of the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, in Gaza City

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) - Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voiced fears on Tuesday that their jailed relatives could be hanged without due process after Israel adopted a new law making the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks.

The law would also apply to Israeli citizens, but by defining the lethal attacks ‌in question as those "negating Israel's existence" it would be very unlikely that it would be used against Jewish Israelis, critics say.

The law, which passed late on Monday, is expected to be struck down ‌by Israel's Supreme Court following an appeal by rights groups as it has elements in breach of an international convention, Israeli legal experts said, adding it is unlikely that any executions will actually be carried out.

The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday said the legislation violated international ​humanitarian law.

MILITARY COURTS HAVE 96% CONVICTION RATE

The law mandates execution specifically by hanging, a provision experts said was included over concerns Israeli doctors would refuse to conduct lethal injections. It would generally require execution within 90 days of sentencing, with no right to clemency.

The law provides judges the option to choose life imprisonment over capital punishment, but only in unspecified "special circumstances".

Israeli rights group B'Tselem says military courts in the West Bank, where only cases involving Palestinians are heard, have a 96% conviction rate and a history of extracting confessions under duress or even through torture. Israel denies this.

In the West Bank city of Ramallah, the families of Palestinian prisoners held a protest on Tuesday where they called for ‌the death penalty law to be repealed.

"I am afraid for my son and ⁠for all the prisoners. The news came down like a thunderbolt on the prisoners' families," said Maysoun Shawamreh, whose son, 29-year-old Mansour, has been imprisoned on attempted murder charges.

Abdel Fattah al-Himouni's son Ahmed is in prison awaiting trial over a combined shooting and stabbing attack at a light-rail stop near Tel Aviv in October 2024. That attack killed ⁠seven people, including a woman who was clutching her baby.

He fears his son will now face a death penalty, if convicted, and voiced scepticism that he would face a fair trial.

"I appeal to human rights organizations to pressure the Israeli government so this law does not come into effect," said al-Himouni.

SUPREME COURT LIKELY TO STRIKE DOWN LAW, EXPERTS SAY

The Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 - which Israel has ratified - says that persons condemned to death cannot be deprived of the right of petition ​for ​pardon and lays down a minimum of six months between sentence and execution.

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Mordechai Kremnitzer, a law professor with the Israel Democracy ​Institute, said the law is "a clear case that invites the Supreme Court to strike ‌it down."

"The likelihood of executions in the near future is not very high," Kremnitzer said. Judges are likely to show a negative attitude towards capital punishment because it runs against both universal morality and Jewish morality, he added.

SETTLER VIOLENCE

The legislation has drawn international criticism of Israel, which is already under scrutiny for increasing violence by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and for its conduct of the war against militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli settlers' frequent attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank rarely end in military court indictments. Israeli monitoring organization Yesh Din said the last case they had recorded of an Israeli citizen indicted for killing a Palestinian was from an attack in 2018.

In Israel's civilian courts, where Palestinians can also face trial, the law would also impose death or life imprisonment for homicide with the intention of "negating Israel's existence" - a description unlikely to apply to a ‌Jewish defendant.

"That's how the law will only apply to Palestinians," said attorney Debbie Gild-Hayo‏, of The Association for Civil Rights in ​Israel, which petitioned the Supreme Court over the measure.

Suhad Bishara, whose rights group Adalah co-wrote the appeal with ACRI, said that "military courts ​have no basic guarantees for a fair trial" and that Israel's parliament did not have jurisdiction to ​legislate in occupied territory.

NEW LAW WILL NOT APPLY TO OCTOBER 7 ATTACKERS

Raed Abu al-Hummus, the Palestinian Authority's minister for prisoners, estimated that 45 to 47 Palestinian detainees are awaiting ‌sentencing on murder charges and may face the death sentence if the new law ​is implemented.

ACRI said that it would only apply to criminal ​acts of killing going forward, not retroactively.

It would also not apply to the hundreds of Hamas militants who took part in the October 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people in southern Israel, ACRI's Gild-Hayo said, because the Israeli parliament is still working on legislation on the legal framework that will bring them to trial.

For Israel's far-right, the new law was a victory, fulfilling a main 2022 ​election campaign pledge by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

His Jewish Power party argues ‌that the death penalty will deter Palestinians from carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis or attempting kidnappings with the aim of effecting swap deals for Palestinians jailed in Israeli prisons.

Amnesty International, which ​tracks countries imposing death penalty laws, says there "is no evidence that the death penalty is any more effective in reducing crime than life imprisonment."

(Additional reporting by Maayan Lubell and Dedi ​Hayun in Jerusalem and Rami Amichay in Tel Aviv; Writing by Maayan Lubell; editing by Rami Ayyub, Alexandra Hudson)

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“April Fools!”: Identify 26 Lies And Prove You Cannot Be Tricked

Many people have played 'Two Truths and a Lie' and pushed it to its limit. It's a well-known classic that gets people talking. But let's be honest, the lie is usually pretty easy to spot. Whether it's an over-the-top story, a nervous giveaway, or obvious social cues, the truth often wins out. This quiz is different.

In this '2 truths, 1 lie' challenge, you'll face 26 sets of statements, each containing two real facts and one convincing lie. Some of them are commonly believed myths, making them even harder to sniff out. Let's see if you can separate fact from fiction!

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Which factoid is actually a lie?

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◯ Our sun is yellow◯ Our sun is just a star◯ The Earth is closest to the sun during the Northern Hemisphere's winter

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Find the untrue statement.

◯ Pure water is an electrical insulator◯ Water expands when it freezes◯ Human blood is only red when it's oxygenated

Which of the answer options is a lie?

◯ Sunflowers always face the sun◯ Bamboo can grow over 30 inches in a day◯ Alpine plants can melt snow

Which claim doesn't hold up?

◯ Bulls are angered by the color red◯ Bats are the only mammals that can fly◯ Elephants cannot jump

Identify the incorrect statement.

◯ Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth◯ Orcas are natural predators of moose◯ The Vikings wore horned helmets

Which of these is a total fabrication?

◯ If you lose a sense, the others can strengthen◯ Skin is a sensory organ◯ Humans have 5 senses

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◯ Albert Einstein developed the theory of relativity◯ As a child, Einstein was not good at mathematics◯ Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize

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April 01, 2026

“April Fools!”: Identify 26 Lies And Prove You Cannot Be Tricked

Many people have played 'Two Truths and a Lie' and pushed it to its limit. It's a well-known classic that get...

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