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"Over half of the 20,000 testimonies from Holocaust survivors on record at Yad Vashem are "unreliable" and have never been used as evidence in Nazi war crimes trials, Yad Vashem Archives director Shmuel Krakowski has told the Jerusalem Post." -- Barbara Amouyal in Doubts over evidence of camp survivors, Jerusalem Post, August 17, 1986, p.1 (source)
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'Peacemaker' Trump breaks Biden's bombing record since return to office: Report
US President Donald Trump has authorized more attacks in the first five months of his second term than former President Joe Biden did throughout his entire presidency, according to a report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).
US Think Tank releases a report titled "China After Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China." - Global South
The Hudson Institute-a top US think tank-just released a mind-bending 128-page report titled "China After Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China."
Sounds academic? It's anything but.
- This is no policy debate or analysis of long-term trends
This is a blueprint for regime collapse and post-collapse occupation of China-military deployments, economic restructuring, asset privatization, constitutional redesign, even re-naming the country. All under US guidance.
- Selected Insanities:
US Special Forces stabilizing a post-CCP China "by, with, and through" locals.
Plans to target Chinese bioweapons labs.
Advising a new Chinese regime to repudiate debts, sell off state assets, and embrace a US-friendly constitution.
Calls to seize PRC assets inside the US and fully decouple.
- But here's the real story:
This isn't a strategy document. It's a psychological artifact-a desperate cry from a declining hegemon that no longer understands its own limits. The arrogance is stunning, but more telling is the detachment from reality.
Military Situation In Palestine On July 23, 2025 (Map Update)South Front
- Palestinian fighters targeted an Israeli infantry vehicle in Khan Yunis reportedly killing and wounding several soldiers;
- The Israeli parliament voted in favor of a bill that calls for Israel to exercise sovereignty over the West Bank and the Jordan Valley;
- Israeli strikes targeted areas in Gaza City;
- Israeli strikes targeted areas in central Gaza Strip;
- Israeli strikes targeted areas in Khan Yunis;
- During the last 24 hrs, at least 113 civilians were killed and 534 others were wounded by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip;
- 59,219 Palestinians were killed and 143,045 others were wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
War Monitor Says Over 1,300 Were Killed In Al-Suwayda Battle (18+ Videos)
At least 90 killed by Israel in Gaza on Wednesday | Middle East Eye
At least 90 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Wednesday, the vast majority from Israeli air strikes, health officials said.
Twenty of the victims were aid seekers at the sites of the US-Israeli food distribution project, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
The United Nations said 1,000 Palestinians scrambling for food have been killed at GHF sites since May.
Columbia University suspends or expels almost 80 students for pro-Palestine protest | Middle East Eye
Columbia University announced new sanctions against student activists on Tuesday, suspending or expelling dozens of students for their participation in pro-Palestine protests.
The suspensions will last between one and three years and will require students to write an apology letter if they wish to return to the university.
Handala Activists 'Upbeat' as Aid Boat Continues Journey to Break Gaza Siege - Palestine Chronicle
Activists on board the civilian aid vessel, the Handala, remain optimistic in breaking the siege on Gaza despite the threat of Israel intercepting the boat, imprisonment or death.
West Bank on the Brink: Israel's Annexation Playbook and the Looming Explosion - Palestine Chronicle
Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The latest such provocations consisted of stripping the Palestinian-run Hebron (Al-Khalil) municipality of its administrative powers over the venerable Ibrahimi Mosque. Worse, according to Israel Hayom, it granted these powers to the religious council of the Kiryat Arba Jewish settlement, an extremist settler body.
Evening recap | Middle East Eye
- At least 90 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said.
- More than 100 international human rights and humanitarian organisations have called for an end to Israel's siege of Gaza, citing widespread starvation affecting their staff.
- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) has said that its own staff members are fainting due to severe hunger.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the motion passed in Israel's Knesset that called for the assertion of "Israeli sovereignty" in the occupied West Bank.
- The interim US ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea, told the Security Council that use of the term 'genocide' to describe Israel's actions in Gaza is nothing more than "propaganda" fueled by Hamas.
- Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has acknowledged that it had deleted a strongly worded call to action over the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, citing its potential negative impact on ceasefire negotiations.
Iran agrees to visit by IAEA technical team in gesture of goodwill
Iran has agreed to host a technical delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the coming weeks in a gesture of goodwill, following a period of heightened tensions after the US-Israeli acts of aggression against Iran's nuclear facilities.
12bytes: I think this is a major mistake and that Iran should be initiating a nuclear weapons program ASAP in order to deter further attacks.
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Iranian Navy helicopter intercepts US destroyer in Sea of Oman
An Iranian Navy helicopter has intercepted the US destroyer USS Fitzgerald in the Sea of Oman, issuing warning signals and ultimately forcing the American vessel to alter its course southward.
According to a statement from Iran's military, the US warship approached waters monitored by Iran, prompting a rapid-reaction helicopter from the Third Naval Region of the Iranian Army's Navy (NEDAJA) to deploy.
The helicopter hovered over the destroyer and delivered a clear radio warning to steer clear of Iranian-monitored waters.
In the ensuing standoff, the crew of the USS Fitzgerald threatened to engage the helicopter if it remained in proximity.
Iran's Army Air Defense Command then intervened, declaring the helicopter under full air defense protection and ordering the American destroyer to change its course.
According to the statement, the USS Fitzgerald complied, heading south away from the disputed area.
Iran Suspects Israel Was Behind Recent Wave Of Blasts - ReportSouth Front
While officially the mysterious blasts hitting apartment buildings, oil facilities, and factories have been blamed on aging infrastructure, three Iranian officials, including a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, told the newspapers that they suspect these were acts of sabotage orchestrated by Israel.
Israeli Enemy Army Force Penetrates into Southern Lebanon - SabaNet
A force from the Israeli enemy army penetrated into areas in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Israel 'bogged down' in Gaza, suffered 'strategic losses' against Hamas: Ex-general
A retired Israeli general says the regime is stuck in Gaza, with its ground forces badly weakened and reeling from major strategic setbacks in its fight against the Hamas resistance.
Elderly Israeli woman arrested for plotting to kill Netanyahu: Report
Israeli authorities have detained an elderly woman accused of conspiring to carry out a bomb attack targeting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid rising public anger and escalating political tensions over the Tel Aviv regime's handling of the war on Gaza.
25 Israeli Soldiers Killed, Wounded in Rafah, Qassam Brigades Announce - Palestine Chronicle
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, announced on Wednesday that 25 Israeli soldiers had been killed or wounded in a series of targeted operations east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The group also released footage documenting attacks on Israeli military vehicles in the Jabalia refugee camp, located in the north.
Al-Qassam Brigades: Zionist Military vehicle Crew Killed, wounded North of Khan Younis - SabaNet
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced on Wednesday that its fighters successfully detonated and destroyed a Zionist military armored vehicle, leaving its crew dead and wounded north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Over 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' across Gaza, demand sanctions on Israel
More than 100 humanitarian organizations and human rights groups have warned that "mass starvation is spreading" across the Gaza Strip, as the Tel Aviv regime is implementing a strategy of genocide by hunger in the besieged coastal territory.
A declaration endorsed by 111 signatories, among them Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the Children, and Oxfam, cautioned on Wednesday that "our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away."
Israel claims over 100 aid groups lying about starvation of their staff in Gaza | Middle East Eye
Israel has responded to a statement signed by over 100 aid organisations earlier on Wednesday by describing reports of the mass starvation of NGO staff in Gaza as "the propaganda of Hamas".
"Instead of challenging the terror organization, they embrace it as their own," its foreign ministry claimed.
Besides the 109 NGOs who are co-signatories to the letter, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has repeatedly highlighted the severity of food insecurity in Gaza.
Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response at the WFP stated on Monday that a quarter of Gaza's population is facing famine-like conditions, while almost 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and requrie urgent treatment.
"People are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance every day, and we are seeing this escalate day by day," he added.
Former UN aid chief: Israel committing 'worst crime of the 21st century' in Gaza | Middle East Eye
"There can frankly be very little doubt that we are seeing starvation and hunger as an instrument of the war," he told MEE.
"There is no prior experience in my five decades of humanitarian experience that can come close to comparison to the horror we are all seeing in Gaza," he said.
Four Palestinians killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid in central Gaza | Middle East Eye
Al-Awda Hospital says Israeli forces have shot and killed four Palestinians near the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.
The victims were reportedly trying to access humanitarian aid when they were targeted by gunfire.
US guard's 'shocking confessions' expose brutality at Israeli-backed Gaza food points
A former US security contractor who worked for the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has made shocking confessions about the organization's treatment of Palestinian civilians seeking food at aid distribution sites in Gaza.
In an interview aired by Israel's Channel 12, the unnamed contractor said he witnessed extreme and unjustified violence by GHF personnel, including American security guards.
"In all my military service, I have never seen such use of force against unarmed civilians. I will not take part in it now," he said.
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Child as Knesset Pushes West Bank Annexation - Palestine Chronicle
Israeli occupation forces killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded another near Jenin, amid a broader military escalation across the occupied West Bank. The escalation coincides with a scheduled Israeli Knesset vote on a draft resolution calling for the annexation of the West Bank-a move that constitutes a grave breach of international law.
Motion calling for Israeli annexation of occupied West Bank passes through Knesset in landslide vote | Middle East Eye
Lawmakers in Israel's Knesset have voted 71-13 in favour of a non-binding motion for the agenda calling for the annexation of the West Bank.
"The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel," declared Knesset speaker Amir Ohana following the vote.
Advanced by a cross-party group of MPs, the largely symbolic motion does not impact the legal status of the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967. Israeli settlers have intensified their attacks on Palestinians in recent months.
Israel kills Palestinian journalist and family in Gaza strike | Middle East Eye
An Israeli air strike killed Palestinian journalist Walaa al-Jabari along with her entire family in Gaza City on Wednesday, raising the number of media workers killed during Israel's war on Gaza to at least 231.
Jabari, who was pregnant at the time, was killed when her home in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood in southwest Gaza City was bombed.
The strike also killed her husband, Amjad al-Shaer, and four of their children.
Local reports said the force of the blast was so intense it ejected her unborn child from her womb.
Two more Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Gaza's Government Media Office has reported that two more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes, condemning the "systematic" targeting of media workers in the besieged territory.
At least 31 Palestinians killed, more than 100 injured as Israeli army fires at aid seekers | Middle East Eye
Israeli forces killed at least 31 Palestinian aid seekers and injured more than 100 others at two different aid distribution centres in southern Gaza.
Many of those killed were women and children, health authorities have told the Associated Press news agency.
36 Palestinians, including Children, unborn Baby, killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn - SabaNet
At least 36 Palestinian civilians, including children and a fetus, were killed in Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Wednesday. The attacks targeted a residential apartment, a displaced persons' tent, and several neighborhoods, as part of the ongoing genocide campaign waged by the Israeli army for the 22nd consecutive month, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses cited by Anadolu Agency.
New Israeli Massacre in Tel al-Hawa as Bombardment Intensifies in Central Strip - Palestine Chronicle
Israeli occupation forces carried out a new massacre in Gaza City early Wednesday, while intensifying aerial and artillery strikes on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza as part of an ongoing ground invasion that began two days ago.
Hospital sources in Gaza reported that at least seven people were killed and more than 15 injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
Video footage shared on social media showed wounded children being transported to the hospital for treatment.
Later in the night, Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in Al-Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City, killing a woman and wounding others.
This attack came less than 24 hours after another deadly strike on the same camp that left dozens dead and injured, many of them displaced civilians.
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Man Really Excited For Government To Release All The Government Documentation Of All The Government's Crimes | Babylon Bee
Alvin Parker told his family and friends that this was the breakthrough exposé everyone had been waiting for all along, as he expressed confidence and anticipation that the U.S. government would finally provide the world with the concrete proof collected by the U.S. government of all the horrible things perpetrated by the U.S. government.
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From the Epstein Files and the JFK assassination to the clandestine toppling of foreign governments and information about UFOs, Parker was supremely confident that the government would tell everyone everything the government knows about the bad things the government has done.
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At publishing time, Parker was disappointed to learn that the U.S. government had announced that its investigation into the U.S. government had concluded that the U.S. government was innocent of all wrongdoing.