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U.S. Will Offer Embassy Services in a West Bank Settlement for the First Time

I know some people voted for Trump expecting he'd help the Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/w...

Israel's perfect storm: The West Bank has been sacrificed for Trump's Gaza plan Conversations With Foreign Diplomats Suggest Many Recognize Israel's Concrete Steps to Displace Palestinians and Annex Their Land. But With Their Main Priority Being to Keep Netanyahu Moving Forward W...

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A Palestinian citizen of Israel, jailed for Oct. 7 posts, tries to make sense of it all Influencer Abed al-Rahem Haj-Yahya Spent His Early Twenties in Gilboa Prison After Being Charged for Incitement Over Instagram Posts. Now the 24-year-old Reflects on His Arrest, the Conditions Behind ...

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Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park?

Par for the course
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A Politician in Exile, Detained by ICE, Fears Deportation to Venezuela

NEW: Carlos García, a Venezuelan politician opposed to Maduro, fled Venezuela in 2017 to escape charges from the Maduro regime.

He rebuilt a life in Ohio, delivering Amazon packages until he was detained by ICE.

His family fears for his safety in Venezuela.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...

‘A step in the wrong direction’: Israel’s West Bank plans prompt global backlash US, Britain, EU and Arab nations condemn plans that Israeli ministers say will ‘kill the idea of a Palestinian state’

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Israeli minister calls West Bank measures 'de facto sovereignty,' says no to future Palestinian state The steps “actually establish a fact on the ground that there will not be a Palestinian state,” Energy Minister Eli Cohen told Israel’s Army Radio.

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ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.

Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.

Trump attacking Kaitlan Collins for asking about justice for Epstein survivors: You are the worst reporter. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. Your organization should be ashamed of you.

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

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Israel's liberals must cooperate with Arab leaders to beat the Jewish ultranationalists | Opinion Saturday's Protest in Solidarity With Israel's Arab Communities Made It Clear: If We Desire Life and if We Want to Live in a Liberal Country, Then Cooperation Between the Liberal Majority and the Arab...

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Tweet from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum: "Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges."

The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.

US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks

FT reports that US is bullying Ukraine to withdraw from the Donbas territory it controls

US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

A West Bank bus trip through 'the best documented ethnic cleansing in history' Government-sponsored Violence by Israeli Settlers, 'Apartheid Roads' and Palestinians Being Displaced From Their Homes. Peace Now Provides a Somber Day Trip in the Occupied West Bank

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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

So let me get this straight. The Justice Department WON’T investigate the shooting of a woman protesting ICE excesses in Minnesota but WILL investigate the Governor and Mayor?

What are you going to charge the Mayor and Governor with? “Felony disagreement?”

Absurd and shameful.

Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.

If you're a Republican, fraud and corruption is encouraged. That's the game.

U.S. apologizes for deporting a college student flying home for Thanksgiving surprise A 19-year-old Babson College freshman was detained at Boston’s airport in November and flown to Honduras two days later despite an emergency court order.

They apologized but will they let her back?
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'It never ended': As the world moves on, for Gazans it's war as usual As Global Attention Drifts to Caracas and Tehran, Palestinians in Gaza Describe Continued Military Incursions and Air Strikes, and a Shifting Yellow Line That Make Daily Life as Dangerous as Ever

From HaAretz
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-01...

Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right

Calling it like it is
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Third world country

Tom Homan pleads with Minnesota leaders to tamp down ICE rhetoric The White House border czar warned: “There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.”

Human to Minneapolis: Don’t make us hurt you again. Remember that we have more guns. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

MAGA Republicans Condone the War for Oil Democrats can still do plenty

Ds need a wider war powers resolution to stop an attack on Cuba, Colombia, Denmark and all treaty allies. Rs must answer: Are you for committing the U.S. to occupy and/or run companies to enrich oil companies? Are you for attacking allies and more endless wars? open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

I just came from the Venezuela briefing; can confirm this insane plan to indefinitely take Venezuela's oil at gun point and use it as leverage to micromanage the country.
We're back in the nation building business. And we're going to make oil guys rich. Also, it won't work.

Israel Advances E1 Construction Tender, Severely Undermining the Viability of a Political Solution - Peace Now The Israeli Ministry of Construction and Housing has published a tender for the construction of all 3,401 housing units planned in the E1 area (Tender no. 460/2025). The tender was published on the Israel Land Authority website on 10 December 2025 and reflects an accelerated effort to advance construction in E1. The plan received approval... Read more »

Peace Now is reporting on settlement construction in E1. This endangers the future of a Palestinian state by bisecting the West Bank. It is a clear play for annexation and will cause damage that will take years to reverse.

https://peacenow.org.il/en/e1-construction-tender

From Gaza War to Peace Ousting Hamas is not enough: New reality of Gaza must change

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Trump isn't fostering a cease-fire deal – he's washing his hands of Gaza Behind Trump's Headline Diplomacy Is a Void: Core Questions on Israeli Withdrawal, Hamas Disarmament and Gaza's Future Governance Are Postponed or Outsourced. This Isn't a Peace Effort but Conflict Ma...

Not much hope on the horizon www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

After Oct. 7, young Israelis are the hardest to lecture about peace with Palestinians The experience of being an Israeli soldier in Gaza over the past two years leaves little room for considering alternative thinking.

After Oct. 7, young Israelis are the hardest to lecture about peace with Palestinians
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