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Israeli conscientious objector Yuval Moav explains why he refuses to enlist in the IDF. Yuval was sentenced today to 30 days in military prison. Meanwhile, the ultra-Orthodox community is also protesting the issuing of conscription orders after the Israeli Supreme Court's ruling on the matter.
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CNN reports that only 3 of Hamas's 24 battalions have been destroyed during Israel's 9 month attack on the Gaza Strip. Journalist Jeremy Scahill comments: "Israel has proven very effective at killing massive numbers of Palestinian civilians [...]."
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Far-right rioters are smashing up the Holiday Inn hotel in Rotherham, England where the government is housing asylum seekers.
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Mehdi Hasan explains that the American Establishment lost their minds over the anti-genocide student protest movement, deploying enormous State violence & media manufacturing consent, because they've realized they've lost the younger generation. All they can do now is repression & censorship.
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Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) & allies protested at the headquarters of Atlas Air Worldwide - an independent contractor that regularly flies in weapons & munitions from the US to Israel. Activists were greeted by Atlas employees with vulgarities & intimidation.
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Labour MP Zarah Sultana rightly says politicians should call the anti-immigrant rioting across the UK as racist & Islamophobic.
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A witness who saw the stabbing of a Pakistani man in Crosby, England explains that after the victim told 999 his name was Muhammed, the tone of the operator changed. 10 minutes passed & no ambulances came. When the victim raised concerns, the operator said 'Don't take it out on me mate.'
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In Bangladesh, pro-government provocateur threateningly aims a gun at the student protesters. Undeterred, the student protesters all charge towards the pro-government faction.
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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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