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Thursday, April 04, 2024

The events of October 7 sent shockwaves across the world and brought to the forefront once again a conflict that has been ongoing for 75 years. The Israeli government's response to Hamas's attack was prompt " it embarked on a war of magnitude in Gaza, claiming it needed to take out Hamas and rescue the captives. At first, the consensus of Western powers seemed solid: Israel has the right to fight back against Hamas. But more than five months later, Israel's military was facing criticism worldwide, including allegations that it is committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and even genocide. This documentary will explore whether Israel is breaking international law and, if so, why are Western powers, in particular the United States, silent.


"This was not just a bad luck situation where oops' we dropped the bomb in the wrong place," Andres said. "This was over a 1.5, 1.8 kilometers, with a very defined humanitarian convoy that had signs in the top, in the roof, a very colorful logo that we are obviously very proud of," he said. It's "very clear who we are and what we do." read more


A lawyer representing dozens of child molestation victims against the bankrupt Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans contends he was in an "untenable" situation when he learned in late 2021 that the chaplain at a local Catholic high school had admitted years earlier to groping and simulating sex with a high school student. That legal argument came on Tuesday as the lawyer appeared before judges with the US fifth circuit court of appeal and asked it to overturn a $400,000 judgment he was handed for taking steps that resulted in the removal of the chaplain from the school's campus.


Conway, who's divorced from former Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, wrote a check for $929,600 -- the max you can give to the Biden Victory Fund. read more


Rebecca Solnit: The conservative obsession with purity and control is being achieved by increasingly punitive means. read more


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