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Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West Bank

Erased Israeli Settlers' Brutal War on Palestinian Communities in the West BankScroll downCredit: Avishay Mohar, B'TselemHagar ShezafShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppThese images appear again and again – from the ground, from the air, and on maps: dozens of Palestinian communities wiped off the landscape, while illegal Israeli settler outposts continue to spread across the West Bank.Since October 7, 2023, this phenomenon has intensified significantly. Unlike the war in Gaza, there is no discussion in Israel about ending this parallel campaign of dispossession.

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Adeleke rejects court ruling ordering deregistration of Accord party

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has described the Federal High Court judgment ordering the deregistration of five political parties as an abuse of court process and a violation of a subsisting order of the Court of Appeal. In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor said the appellate court had earlier ordered […]

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Settler products from occupied Palestine sold to Europe as Israeli, investigation finds

Shipments deliberately mislabelled to bolster settler economy, says non-profit Global EchoIsraeli exporters to Europe regularly hide the origin of produce grown in occupied Palestine to qualify for unlawful tax breaks that bolster the settler economy, a rights group investigation has found.The legal non-profit Global Echo more than 30,000 export documents for thousands of Israeli shipments to the UK and EU over eight years.

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Graham Platner’s victory reveals a winning midterms playbook | Pepper Culpepper

Voters want someone they trust to change the economic dealGraham Platner’s victory in the Maine Democratic primary, , shows us that voters are not simply rejecting incumbents. They are responding to candidates – even those with pretty dire baggage – who speak to a widespread belief that the economic system is increasingly rigged in favour of billionaires and large corporations.In my research with Harvard professor Taeku Lee, based on surveys of more than 36,000 voters across the US, UK, France and Germany, we see a hidden wave of voter opinion that is hostile to big corporations and billionaire influence.Pepper Culpepper is professor at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government and author of Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy

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Key takeaways from the Guardian’s inquiry into the church’s handling of a predatory priest

Despite reports of Anthony Odiong preying on female congregants, the Catholic church extended his termCatholic clergy leaders wanted to add nearly a decade to a priest’s temporary role as pastor at a suburban New Orleans church despite knowing several women had accused him of sexual misconduct or unwanted advances while ministering to them, .But Anthony Odiong did not make it to the end of an extension that was supposed to last until 2027. A jury in Waco, , another community where Odiong worked, convicted him of criminal clergy sexual assault of two women, leading him to a sentence of life imprisonment in early June.

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