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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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The president’s psychologically punishing jokes, By Festus Adedayo

I have severally confessed my love for the South African literature. I fell in love with it early in life while gobbling up narratives of heroic travails of liberation struggle fighters, represented in the works of Mazisi Kunene, Ezekiel Mphalele, Peter Abrahams, Alf Wannenburg, Alan Paton, Alex La Guma and many others. I must have read La Guma’s A Walk In The Night and virtually all […] The post appeared first on .

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The GuardianHumanityAustralia

‘A white man’s fantasy’: if we want to rebuild social cohesion, we need to acknowledge where it all started to unravel

Australia has a serious problem with social cohesion, but it’s no good pretending it’s recent. Koori civilisation has been torn asunder ever since the convict ships dropped anchorWarning: This article contains racist and offensive language that may be distressing to some readersThings fall apart, as Chinua Achebe warned us. And “things” – the climate, the social contract, the rules-based international order – seem to be falling apart at a rate of knots. They fell apart spectacularly and horribly at Bondi last December, when allegedly Islamist gunmen opened fire on civilians, including children. Fifteen people were killed. Many more were injured. This monstrosity was described as the worst terrorist attack Australia has suffered on home soil.Following Bondi, the Albanese government set up the But what even is social cohesion? An obviously good idea that no reasonable person could oppose? Is promoting “social cohesion” a valid goal in a liberal democracy? Or is this the same old assimilationist bullshit being served up in a different bottle, designed only to silence dissent?

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The GuardianScandal

French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X

Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unitElon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino – the former chief executive of X – were on Monday summoned for “voluntary interviews”, while other employees of the platform were scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictLondon

IDF map shows its advance into southern Lebanon – as it happened

This blog is now closed.UN secretary-general António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of a French peacekeeper and the wounding of three others in an attack in southern Lebanon, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement to the Associated Press.The UN peacekeeping force came under attack with small-arms fire on Saturday morning, with two of the injured hurt seriously, France’s president and the force known as UNIFIL said.

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The GuardianHumanityUSA

‘We’re Catholic first’: Sunday mass attendees weigh in on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo

Catholics around Atlanta share mixed feelings on faith and politics as Trump engages in rhetorical war with popeAlex Sullivan tended to his five children on the lawn after a traditional Latin mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Monica in Duluth, , and contemplated his faith in the light of God and the shadow of .Sullivan, a self-described conservative who once staffed a libertarian state representative at the Georgia capitol, described his faith as almost medieval.

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The GuardianWar & Conflict

US military seizes Iran-flagged ship trying to pass strait of Hormuz blockade

Iran calls seizure an act of piracy as Trump says ship tried to get past US naval blockade ‘and it did not go well for them’ The US military has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged container ship that attempted to get past an American blockade near the strait of Hormuz, the first such interception since the blockade of Iranian ports began last week.Iran’s joint military command said Tehran would respond soon and called the US seizure an act of piracy that violated the ceasefire that has been in place since 8 April.

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The GuardianHealth AlertsEngland

Nearly fivefold increase in children in unregulated social care settings in England

Exclusive: Vulnerable children being placed in caravans and Airbnbs when Ofsted-inspected homes cannot be foundMinisters must get to grips with the “national scandal” of England’s shadow child social care system, the children’s commissioner has warned, as a report reveals the number of children in unregulated settings has increased by more than 370% in five years.Some of the most vulnerable children in England are being temporarily placed in unregulated caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, which risk the “accumulation of increasing levels of harm for children who have already faced enough distress for several lifetimes”, according to the report.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictIran

Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in new talks, state media reports, as it accuses US of violating ceasefire

Reported response comes hours after Trump announced delegation to Islamabad, having earlier threatened to raze Iran’s infrastructureTehran is not currently planning to take part in new talks with the US, Iran state media reported on Sunday evening, as its military accused America of violating a fragile ceasefire between the two countries, hours after Donald Trump said he was dispatching negotiators to Islamabad.President Donald Trump that an Iranian cargo ship that tried to get past the US-enforced blockade near the strait of Hormuz had been seized. “We have full custody of their ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” Trump wrote on social media.

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The GuardianCrime & SafetyUnited Kingdom

From a Surrey oil well to the supreme court: how an activist changed UK climate law

Sarah Finch’s fight against drilling led to a landmark ruling on fossil fuel emissions – and a leading environmental prizeIt started with a notice in the local newspaper and ended with winning one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes. In 2010, Sarah Finch was flicking through the local planning notices when one caught her eye: a proposal to drill for oil at Horse Hill in Surrey, just outside Crawley, over the border in West Sussex, 6 miles (10km) from her home.Surrey is not the kind of place one expects to find the oil industry. It’s a county of little villages, farms, woods and commuter railway stations. Its semi-rural landscape stretches off towards the horizon in a typically English green patchwork. It is difficult to envision it littered with nodding donkey pumpjacks and gas flares.

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The GuardianTravelUSA

The Strokes use Coachella set to denounce US foreign intervention

Band shows montage of leaders whose death or ousting the CIA has been proven or suspected to have been part ofUS band the Strokes have used their Coachella set to make a stark political statement against America’s history of foreign intervention and war in other countries, including Iran and Palestine.At the end of their set at the second weekend of the California music festival, the band performed their 2016 song Oblivius in front of giant LED screens that showed a montage of world leaders whose death or ousting the CIA has either been a proven or suspected party in, as lead singer Julian Casablancas sang the lyrics: “What side you standing on?”

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The GuardianElectionsUSA

A major US court case could help fix the ills of Citizens United | David Sirota

A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal systemSlush funds of anonymous unregulated money are now the dominant institutions in American politics, converting our elections into auctions – and transforming the legislative process into a donor bidding war.In the last election, Pacs and Super Pacs spent to buy federal elections than all candidate campaigns combined. flowing through a Super Pac came from organizations that do not disclose their donors. In all, of “independent” spending was dark money, meaning the public cannot see who is buying elections – even though politicians know exactly who they owe once they are in office.David Sirota is a Guardian US columnist and an award-winning investigative journalist. He is an editor at large at Jacobin, and the founder of . He served as Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speechwriter

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