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A protester wears a ‘Free Palestine’ face mask during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, on the day of the one year anniversary of the October 7 attack, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Manchester, Britain, October 7, 2024.

Victoria to ban masked protests, Hamas, Hezbollah flags in response to extremism

By MICHAEL STARR

Pro-Palestinian supporters attempt to gain entry to Grand Central Terminal as they protest against City University of New York (CUNY) college allowing the filming of an FBI: Most Wanted episode fictionalising a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in New York City, US, July 22, 2024.

Disability rights NGO challenges Gaza protest NY county mask ban with lawsuit

By MICHAEL STARR

A protester holds an inverted “red triangle”, a symbol that the Palestinian Hamas movement’s military wing Al-Qassam Brigades uses to identify Israeli targets in their videos, during a solidarity sit-in with the Gaza Strip, in Manama on November 17, 2023.

Mask bans advance across US, worrying anti-Israel activists

By MICHAEL STARR

Demonstrators holding a banner protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers as they block a street, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US. April 18, 2024.

Anti-Israel activists protest proposed New York subway mask ban

By MICHAEL STARR

CHALK GRAFFITI outside the Queens Museum, where the UN Partition Plan for Palestine passed in 1947, reads ‘Queens Museum Sponsors Genocide,’ during the museum’s 2024 Gala, in the Queens borough of New York City, last month.

When the mask comes off, pro-Hamas demonstrators in the US are no longer anonymous

By MICAH HALPERN

A lady in a face mask looks at her phone amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron wave in Singapore, February 17, 2022.

Masks did not reduce risk of COVID infection after first Omicron wave, UK research shows

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Best Anti Cellulite Mask for 2024

By Jessica Schoeman

Face masks fly off, but is the COVID-19 pandemic really over? (Illustrative)

Are mask mandates making a return? The new variant has public health institutions worried

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Scientists use death masks to recreate the face of 18th century royal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Smile coach Keiko Kawano teaches students at a smile training course at Sokei Art School in Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2023.

Japanese get trained in 'Hollywood' smiles as masks slowly come off

By REUTERS

IN NOVEMBER 2021, Israel moved to vaccinate children over age five (Illustrative).

Is COVID over? A requiem for the coronavirus pandemic

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Woman taking photo while looking in mirror (illustrative)

People who think they're attractive less likely to wear masks – study

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

PEDESTRIANS WEAR protective face masks as they walk through the Carmel market in Tel Aviv, last month.

Face masks had little effect in preventing COVID-19 infection, British study claims

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

People walk on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem last week, some wearing masks, others not.

Israel cancels almost all of its COVID-19 mask-wearing requirements

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A woman reads condolences messages attached to the wall of a narrow alley of Itaewon where the deadly Halloween crush that killed more than 150 in October happened, in Seoul, South Korea, December 18, 2022.

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach minister over Halloween crush

By REUTERS

A person wearing a face mask is seen amongst revelers in Times Square during the first New Year's Eve event without restrictions since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, December 31, 2022.

A surprising effect: People wearing masks may have trouble identifying other faces

By ELIAV BATITO/MAARIV ONLINE