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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 GuardianHumanityUSA

Republican senator criticizes Trump’s ‘holy war’ with Pope Leo

Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’A Republican lawmaker has condemned what he refers to as Donald Trump’s “holy war” against Pope Leo XIV.Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump and the ultraconservative Maga movement, condemned the president’s attacks on the pope during a Fox News interview on Saturday.

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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 TelegraphImmigrationUnited Kingdom

Reform pledges to send 400,000 asylum seekers home

A Reform government would revoke up to 400,000 refugees’ right to asylum and send them home if they entered the UK illegally, Nigel Farage will announce. The Reform UK leader will pledge that an incoming Reform government would immediately review all migrants’ asylum grants going back five years to determine whether they had entered the UK illegally or could be safely returned home.

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The Insecurity Triad: Money, land, and mind — a definitive articulation, By Max Amuchie

The Insecurity Triad is an interlocking system in which kidnapping finances violence through ransom economies (Money), banditry governs territory and production (Land), and terrorism reshapes the ideological order (Mind). It conceptualises insecurity not as isolated threats or mere state failure, but as a convergent structure of economic extraction, territorial control, and ideological influence — expressed […] The post appeared first on .

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The GuardianWar & ConflictIran

Tehran has ‘no plans to participate’ in talks with US, state media reports

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, hours after President Donald Trump said he was dispatching negotiators to Islamabad.“There are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-US talks,” state broadcaster IRIB said, citing Iranian sources.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictLondon

Middle East crisis live: Iran accuses US of ceasefire breach and vows to retaliate over seizure of ship

Trump says US navy ship fired on vessel that tried to get past blockade; Iran has pledged to keep strait of Hormuz closed until blockade is liftedUN 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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Daily PostScandalNorth America

Trump orders probe into mysterious deaths, disappearances of 10 US scientists

US President Donald Trump has directed federal authorities to launch a full-scale investigation into the deaths and unexplained disappearances of no fewer than 10 American scientists and researchers connected to sensitive aerospace, defence, and unidentified aerial phenomena programmes. According to officials, the president received a briefing earlier in the week on the incidents, some of […]

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The GuardianHumanityUnited Kingdom

Stabbings, kidnap threats and arson attacks: how the Iranian regime targets UK journalists

Staff at outlets critical of Tehran have faced chilling intimidation and violence, amid calls for greater protection and supportIranian journalists working in London say they fear for their lives after a recent spate of threats and physical attacks, which they blame on a Tehran regime intent on silencing Persian-language news media such as BBC Persian and Iran International.On Wednesday, the London offices of Iran International, a news channel that opposes the regime in Tehran, were the target of an , with an “ignited container” thrown into the car park of a neighbouring building, according to the Metropolitan police.

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