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[NSFW] A Palestinian civilian details how he and other Palestinian detainees were tortured by Israeli soldiers. This includes using dogs & electric rods to commit rape of detainees. A new report by the United Nations also details these abuses. NSFW
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Israel's Channel 12 News exposes that IDF soldiers were given polygraph tests about their rape of a Palestinian detainee. The soldiers were found to be lying & tried to cover it up. A lawyer for one soldier tries justifying the crime as a 'security measure' because the detainee was 'resisting'. NSFW
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At the 79th Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki indirectly criticized Israel & others engaging in wars against civilian populations. The cameraman appears to linger on Israel's Amb. to Japan Gilad Cohen as Gov. Yuzaki condemns war crimes & the violation of international law.
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From Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, Liverpool, all across the UK, anti-fascists unite to stop the far-right
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Dr. Frances Tanzer, prof. of Jewish Culture & Holocaust Studies at Clark University & a fellow at the US Holocaust Museum, discusses how accusations of antisemitism have been misused against critics of Israeli government policy.
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In Atlanta, Trump confirms that Georgia's state election board is in his pocket. The comments came at Trump's rally Saturday night and confirm much of what democracy advocates have long suspected of the board's Republican members.
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Journalist Said Arikat questions White House spokesperson Vedant Patel as to whether rape constitutes a war crime. Patel dodges the question. In America, the Leahy Act prohibits the State Dept. & DoD from providing military aid to foreign security forces credibly suspected of committing war crimes.
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Far-right rioters cheer as they set fire to a Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, England that is housing asylum seekers. This is the second hotel housing (or thought to be) asylum seekers to be set on fire today.
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Beit Jala (Area A of the West Bank) is under the Palestinian Authority. Yet Israeli settlers have kicked a Palestinian Christian family off their land by force, despite them having Israeli-approved documents. The ICJ ruled that Israel's occupation of ALL the West Bank, Gaza & East Jerusalem illegal.
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