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HaaretzHealth AlertsIslamic World

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 GuardianWar & Conflict

Middle East crisis live: Iran claims it has ‘new cards for battlefield’, and weighs talks in Pakistan

Iranian official stresses no decision made on taking part, as US vice-president JD Vance is set to travel to Islamabad for negotiations Iran’s armed forces are ready to deliver an “immediate and decisive response” to any renewed hostile action by its adversaries, Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, was quoted by the Tasnim news agency as having said.He said Tehran had the upper hand militarily, including in the management of the strait of Hormuz, and would not allow Donald Trump to “create false narratives over the situation on the ground.”

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The GuardianRelationshipsIsrael & Palestine

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says

Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriagesIsraeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence.

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The GuardianHumanitySouth America

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’By 4pm, the light was softening over the Pacific, and the crew of the Don Maca were finishing a long day hauling in lines of swordfish and albacore. Down in the hold, the mood had settled into the familiar rhythm of a fishing day drawing to a close.“We were just working, waiting for the last trawler to return,” Jhonny Sebastián Palacios, one of the fishers, told the Guardian. “Everything was perfectly fine.”

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The TelegraphHumanityLondon

Anti-Muslim influencer launches racist attack on Mahmood after being blocked from UK

A self-styled anti-Muslim influencer has launched a racist attack on the Home Secretary after she was barred from entering Britain to attend a rally organised by Tommy Robinson. Valentina Gomez, based in the US, was last week given an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to speak at the Unite the Kingdom rally on May 16 organised by Robinson, the far-Right activist.

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The TelegraphScandalCentral America & Caribbean

Trump ally holds mass trial in war on gangs

Hundreds of alleged gang members have gone on trial in El Salvador for more than 1,000 murders, as part of Nayib Bukele’s war on organised crime. Under the instructions of the country’s president, El Salvador is conducting mass trials of thousands of suspected gang members including from the powerful Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), many of whom have spent years in prison without charge or visiting rights.

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The GuardianHumanityIsrael

Israeli army to launch criminal investigation after soldier strikes Jesus statue in Lebanon

Netanyahu says ‘harsh disciplinary action’ will be taken after IDF confirms sledgehammer photo is authenticThe Israeli military is conducting a criminal investigation after a soldier was photographed striking a Catholic statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon.Israel’s military officials said they had determined that an image circulating on social media showing the incident was authentic. The image appears to show an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen off a cross.

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Daily MailHealth AlertsEire (Ireland)

INSIDE THE XENOSPHERE: From college dropouts to self-professed loners, we expose the far-right Irish 'influencers' who are successfully tapping into a world where racist and misogynistic content can be a highly lucrative business

Experts who monitor far-right activity in Ireland are now warning that 'much more robust and targeted action' is needed or hate-filled online messaging will 'continue to drive real-world harm'.

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The GuardianDiplomacy

US ‘restricts intelligence sharing with South Korea’ after minister identified suspected nuclear site

Washington reportedly limits satellite data after minister spoke publicly about suspected facility in North KoreaThe US has partly restricted intelligence sharing with South Korea after the country’s unification minister publicly identified a suspected North Korean nuclear site, according to reports in South Korean media.Chung Dong-young that North Korea was operating uranium enrichment facilities in Kusong, a north-western area that had not previously been officially confirmed as a nuclear site alongside the known facilities at Yongbyon and Kangson.

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