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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the only “real solution” for Gaza was the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population, which he calls “migration,” and vowed that Israel will achieve this goal. Continue reading “Israeli Defense Minister Says Ethnic Cleansing Is the Only ‘Real Solution’ for Gaza”
A US strike in southern Iran on Tuesday hit a residential building where a wedding reception was taking place, according to local Iranian officials and the Iranian Red Crescent. Continue reading “US Strike Hits Wedding in Southern Iran, Killing at Least Five People: Deputy Governor”
By Murtaza Hussain – Drop Site News
Uganda’s parliament last month authorized an unprecedented deployment of Ugandan soldiers to Gaza as part of an international force proposed by President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Continue reading “Leaked Files Reveal Uganda’s Secret Drone Deals with Israel”
The US on Sunday bombed Iran’s Larak Island, a small island off the coast of Bandar Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known US strikes on Iranian territory in more than a month. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) quickly responded to the US attack, launching strikes against US bases in Jordan. Continue reading “US Bombs Iran’s Larak Island; IRGC Strikes US Bases in Jordan”
Story by Raj Patel and Jim Goodman
Today’s data center proponents argue that such projects bring needed jobs and a boost to local economies. Rural America has heard confident pitches like these before. Nearly 40 years ago, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) arrived one barn at a time with bold promises of jobs and a county tax base. Continue reading “Do Rural Residents Have the Power to Say No?”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
The Anti-Defamation League and a host of major Jewish groups are lobbying California to pass a bill to classify Jews as a race/ethnicity and “not just a faith.” Continue reading “ADL, Jewish Groups Lobby California to Classify Jews as a Race, ‘Not Just a Faith’”
In 2012, eight human heads were discovered at the Detroit airport.
By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com
The US Justice Department is preparing to reactivate prize courts to “adjudicate the disposition of [Iranian] captured vessels and cargo.”
Bloomberg reported speaking with an attorney working with the Justice Department on reviving the court. “Our national security interests may require the United States military to seize vessels or cargo supporting the enemy during military conflict,” Aaron Reitz, a Houston-based attorney, said in a statement. “If that happens, our federal courts must be ready to adjudicate the disposition of these captured vessels and cargo.” Continue reading “White House Planning to Reactivate Civil War-Era Court to Accelerate Theft of Iranian Oil”
The Turkish government hired a lobbying firm with close ties to US President Donald Trump earlier this month under a year-long contract worth $2.4m, according to US Justice Department filings reviewed by Middle East Eye. Continue reading “Turkey recruits Trump insiders for new Washington lobbying push”
By Ioannis Vlahos – Antiwar.com
Israel is currently prepared to begin development of offensive space capabilities, including systems designed to defend Israeli satellites from hostile spacecraft, and weapons (including lasers) capable of striking targets from space. Continue reading “Israel Developing Offensive Space Capabilities”
On March 19, the General Administration of Customs of China suspended a shipment of 22 tons of beef from the slaughterhouse ArreBeef in Pérez Millán (Buenos Aires), after detecting the presence of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic banned in Argentine livestock production since 1995 due to its risks to human health. Continue reading “China rejects Argentine beef due to chloramphenicol: investigation and internal consumption crisis”
By Murtaza Hussain – Drop Site News
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israeli defense companies have directed millions in unreported funding to U.S. university research programs for weapons development, sponsoring research directly or serving as the pass-through entity for the funding, a Drop Site investigation has found. Continue reading “Documents Reveal Trail of Unreported Millions From Israeli Military to U.S. Universities”
Two 17-year-old civilians, identified as Hussein Shakroun and Ahmad Roumani, were killed yesterday in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Roumine when an Israeli drone attacked the vehicle on which they were riding. The attack happened on Sunday, but the bodies weren’t able to be recovered until Monday. Continue reading “Israeli Drone Strike Kills Two Lebanese Teens in Southern Lebanon”
By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com
Senior Israeli military officials are sounding the alarm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to escalate ongoing wars to have a pretext for postponing the upcoming Knesset election.
The Israeli outlet Maariv reports speaking with senior officials familiar with an IDF assessment that Netanyahu will attempt to escalate an ongoing conflict or ignite a new one. The Prime Minister hopes that putting Israel on a more active military footing will create a political opening to delay elections scheduled for October 27. Continue reading “Israeli Military Warns Netanyahu Will Escalate Wars to Postpone Upcoming Elections”
By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said that Tel Aviv does not support an international force entering Gaza or rebuilding the Strip until Hamas disarms.
“Contrary to media reports, the political echelon has not approved the entry of the international force to the Gaza Strip,” the statement reads. “Israel has made it clear that there will not be any reconstruction in the Strip before Hamas is fully disarmed.” Continue reading “Netanyahu Rejects International Force, Rebuilding Gaza”
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday killed at least ten Palestinians, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal despite the US announcing a Hamas disarmament plan. Continue reading “Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 10 Palestinians as IDF Ramps Up Massacres After Netanyahu-Kushner Meeting”
By Rasha Abou jalal – Drop Site News
GAZA CITY—Thirteen-year-old Saida Abdullah stood in front of several dozen of her classmates gathered under sheets of tarp strung up among olive trees on a plot of farmland in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of northern Gaza City on Saturday. “Long live a free and Arab Palestine,” she cried out. “Glory and eternity to our righteous martyrs.” The children repeated the slogans after her and commenced a new school day at the Al-Karama School, one of a number of makeshift educational facilities established over the past several months in Gaza, where the schooling system has been decimated by Israel’s genocidal war. Continue reading “Gaza’s Teachers Struggle to Fill the Void of a School System Decimated by Israel”
Israeli forces bombed a seaport in Gaza City on Tuesday evening, killing at least six Palestinians, including one child, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal despite the US recently announcing that a deal had been reached to disarm Hamas. Continue reading “Israeli Forces Bomb Gaza City Seaport, Killing Six, Including One Child”
By Kit Klarenberg – The Grayzone
