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An Israeli human rights group has warned the decision gives soldiers “license to rape” Palestinian detainees Israel’s military has dropped charges against soldiers accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian prisoner at a wartime detention facility at the Sde Teiman base. The high-profile case has deeply divided Israeli society.The incident relates to events in July 2024 at the military base in southern Israel, where five reservists were initially investigated for rape and later indicted for “aggravated abuse” after leaked video appeared to show a blindfolded Palestinian detainee being assaulted.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday that prosecutors had withdrawn the…
The military operation against Iran entered its thirteenth day on Thursday. Iran and its proxies in Lebanon continue to launch strikes, including against oil tankers in the Gulf, while Israel says they scored “extensive” hits on IRGC infrastructure overnight. **** **Wednesday’s live updates below. All updates in Eastern time** 18:35 PM: Remember the number stations? Fascinating read from our John Hayward in the Breitbart Fight Club on the emergence of a Farsi-language numbers station since the start of the present conflict. Best known as a relic of the Cold War, numbers stations are plain-text audio broadcasts that are generally thought of as…
The U.S. Really Does Have a Balance-of-Payments Problem The establishment case against tariffs got a polished restatement in the Financial Times this week. It is worth examining carefully because it gets the problem wrong, gets the causation wrong, and offers wishes in place of solutions. Harvard economist and former IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath argues that there is no real balance-of-payments emergency, that the deterioration in America’s net international investment position is largely a valuation story rather than a genuine external crisis, and that the real answers lie in fiscal consolidation in Washington and consumption-led rebalancing in Beijing. Tariffs, she…
Actress Katherine Heigl fired back at fans outraged over her attending a dog rescue charity event at Mar-a-Lago, given that it is also President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. “Animals don’t vote. The only room they don’t like is the euthanasia room at a shelter,” Heigl told Page Six in a statement on Wednesday. “They are completely at the mercy of us, and they have no voice of their own.” “This event was about animal advocacy — something that has always been deeply personal to me,” the Grey’s Anatomy star continued. “Anyone who knows me knows that protecting animals is one of my greatest…
The US-Israeli war on Iran opened with massive strikes on urban centers, the assassination of the country’s supreme leader and his family, and the brutal slaying of more than 160 children at a girls’ elementary school in Minab. As more information about the bombing has come to light, discussion has shifted from whether the US carried out the atrocity, to how and why.The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school came on the first day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, dubbed ‘Operation Epic Fury’ by the administration of US President Donald Trump and ‘Operation Lion’s Roar’ by…
Islam in general and Ramadan in particular hold the key for society to prosper if it embraces a “noble vision of hope and peace” that Muslims hold dear, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the world in a newly released video message. The exhortation to heed the example of Ramadan comes as the veteran Portuguese Socialist arrives in Turkey to fast with Muslims and show his support for their religion, as Breitbart News reported. The Turkey visit comes just days after Guterres used the U.N.’s own International Day to Combat Islamophobia to plead, “The world’s two billion Muslims hail from all…
A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado was killed this week because it did not get the votes needed. It was opposed by conservatives. According to state Sen. Lisa Cutter (D), the bill did not get enough votes to make it out of committee, Denver 7 reported Tuesday. The Colorado General Assembly’s website identified it as SB26-097, titled “Decriminalize Adult Commercial Sexual Activity.” Per its summary: The bill requires the statewide decriminalization of commercial sexual activity among consenting adults. It declares that decriminalizing commercial sexual activity among consenting adults is a matter of statewide concern and expressly preempts…
CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats have a rare opportunity to help send a Black woman to the Senate this year — though it’s an opportunity that may be blocked by a splintering electorate and competing political loyalties. Three leading Democrats are running in Tuesday’s primary to fill the seat that will be vacant when Sen. Dick Durbin steps down after serving almost three decades in the upper chamber: Rep. Robin Kelly, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. Kelly and Stratton, both Black women, have deep ties to the state’s Black community. At the same time, Kelly is backed by…
Across civilizations, ethics converge: Power without restraint is tyranny. The war on Iran is the latest proof. The KGB was reputed to favor a characteristic test to take the measure of a man: Place him in a deliberately trying situation and observe how he responds. The premise was deceptively simple: Under acute pressure even a carefully composed façade would collapse, and true nature would stand revealed.Mars as the ultimate stress testerMars is the sternest examiner of would-be statesmen. Although truth is famously said to be war’s first casualty, it nevertheless prevails in one decisive respect: It reveals character.The crucible of…
Three Iraqi migrants are being interrogated by Norwegian police over a blast that occurred at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday morning, which authorities are linking to events in the Middle East. Three men are being held on suspicion of terrorist bombing, Norway police spokesman Christian Hatlo said at a press conference after arrests in Oslo on Wednesday evening. The unnamed men, who are migrants to Norway from Iraq who have Norwegian passports, are suspected of being behind the “very powerful” explosion at the U.S. Embassy in the early hours of Sunday morning. Hatlo said in…