A new group supported by the U.S., called

The museum also plans free guided tours of their work for those who register on its website, with three time slots every Thursday morning from June 5.Don’t tell Natalie Nakase she doesn’t have what it takes to do something. The coach of the San Francisco Bay Area’s first

team got to where she is by learning to block out those who underestimated her.“If I hear one negative thing about my goal, about my dream, it’s out, we’re done,” Nakase told The Associated Press. “It made my circle really small, but it’s made my circle really powerful and encouraging and supportive for me.”That focus and grit is what led to Nakase, 45, to going from being a walk-on at UCLA to team captain as a 5-foot-2 freshman in 1998. It’s what made her the first Asian American player to join the now-defunct National Women’s Basketball League in 2003.

Nakase is blazing a trail again as the. That distinction adds to an already impressive rise to be the leader of

, the league’s first expansion franchise since 2008. Their inaugural roster also happens to include championship-winning

who last month became the first Taiwanese American drafted.The current blockade has lasted longer than any previous Israeli halt in aid to Gaza

. Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and Israel froze aid to Gaza for two weeks.Now, Gaza is entering its third month without supplies. Thousands of trucks queue along the border of the territory, waiting to be let in. Community kitchens are closing down and bakeries are running out of fuel. Families spend hours waiting in line for small portions of rice.

In their desperation, Palestinians have begun scavenging warehouses and stores for anything left. Aid groups report a rise in looting incidents over the last week. At least some have beenMeanwhile, Israel is moving forward with plans to seize all of Gaza and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time. It says it will expand operations there, defying calls for an immediate renewal of a ceasefire from families whose relatives are still held hostage in Gaza.