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Israeli forces abduct Press TV reporter Naqqa Hamed near Bethlehem

Press TV – September 15, 2026

Israeli forces have abducted Press TV correspondent Naqqa Hamed at a military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Hamed was traveling with a camera crew when Israeli forces stopped them at a checkpoint near the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem. The crew was searched, after which the forces abducted Hamed and released the cameramen, one of her colleagues told Press TV.

The abduction comes as the Palestinian journalist had been subjected to attacks and a smear campaign by Zionist accounts for the past month. … Full article

Man, wife wounded by Israeli gunfire as settlers attack Burqa

Palestinian Information Center – September 15, 2026

NABLUS – A Palestinian man and his wife were wounded by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Jenin on Tuesday evening, while Jewish settlers attacked the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, setting Palestinian property on fire.

The IOF troops also raided the village of Abu Falah and tightened military restrictions on roads across the West Bank.

Local sources said the IOF raided Nazareth Street in Jenin, set up a temporary checkpoint and detained several Palestinians, including women, before subjecting them to abuse.

The IOF opened live fire at a vehicle in the area, wounding Iyad Massad and his wife, both residents of the village of Al-Jalama, according to the same sources. … Full article

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian During Al-Bireh Invasion

IMEMC | September 15, 2026

Israeli occupation forces killed 54-year-old Palestinian Ziad Mohammad Jaber during a predawn invasion of Al-Bireh, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, on Tuesday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Jaber died from severe gunshot wounds sustained during the invasion of his home in Umm al-Sharayet. His brother said Israeli special forces entered Jaber’s home and opened fire with live ammunition.

The Israeli military told The Times of Israel that Jaber reportedly tried to seize a soldier’s weapon during what it described as operational activity and was then shot.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its crews treated Jaber for gunshot wounds to the abdomen and thigh, performed emergency resuscitation at the scene, and transported him to a hospital. The Health Ministry later confirmed his death.

Jaber’s brother said soldiers arrived at Jaber’s home at about 4 a.m. and entered after detonating the main door. … Full article

Israeli fire kills 4 Palestinians, injures others in latest Gaza ceasefire violations

MEMO | September 15, 2026

Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in the latest violations of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, medics said, Anadolu reports.

A medical source told Anadolu that two Palestinians were killed in a double Israeli strike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northwestern Gaza City. Several other people, including a child, were injured in the attack.

Eyewitnesses said an Israeli drone struck a gathering of civilians in Sheikh Radwan, before carrying out a second strike targeting civilians who had rushed to rescue those wounded in the first attack.

Another medical source said that a 65-year-old man was killed by Israeli gunfire targeting a camp sheltering displaced people east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

Another Palestinian was killed, and two others were injured, one seriously, in an Israeli drone strike targeting passersby in Sheikh Ajleen, southwest of Gaza City.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society also said its teams transferred nine injured people to its Al-Saraya Field Hospital after an Israeli strike targeted Al-Sinaa Street in Gaza City.

According to witnesses, Israeli military vehicles stationed behind the so-called “yellow line” also opened heavy fire toward areas east of Deir al-Balah and Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, as well as east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli shelling was also reported off the coast of Gaza City and Khan Younis. … Full article

‘40,000 tons of bombs’: Report shows Trump planning ‘largest bomb transfer in modern US history’ to Israel

Press TV – September 15, 2026

The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8-billion package to provide the Israeli regime with 40,000 2,000-pound bombs, a report says.

The package includes 20,000 MK-84s, 20,000 BLU-117s, and 20,000 I-2000 penetrator warheads, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a US official.

Although described as a sale, it would be financed through the US Foreign Military Financing program, under which Washington provides the funds the regime uses to purchase American weapons. … continue

Saudi regime seeks British strikes on Yemen after US refusal, Burnham undecided

Press TV – September 15, 2026

The Saudi regime has asked Britain to carry out military strikes against Yemeni forces after Washington rejected Riyadh’s appeals for direct US action, according to a Bloomberg report, as the Al Saud monarchy struggles to contain the latest advances of Yemen’s Armed Forces along the Red Sea coast.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has yet to take a final decision on the request, sources familiar with the matter told the outlet on Monday.

Riyadh is seeking operational military support to try to reverse Yemeni gains toward the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and assistance in defending oil infrastructure that has come under legitimate retaliatory fire.

Burnham has so far approved only the dispatch of British military advisers. … Full article

Iraqi Kurdish leader to visit Tehran amid Kurdistan tensions

Al Mayadeen | September 15, 2026

President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Bafel Talabani will visit Tehran on Tuesday at the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced.

Baghaei said the visit will focus on strengthening bilateral relations and consultations over regional peace and stability.

The talks come as Iraqi Kurdistan faces mounting security pressure linked to the activities of armed Iranian Kurdish groups based in the region, amid the wider escalation of the war in West Asia.

Talabani’s visit comes at a sensitive moment for relations between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, with Tehran increasingly focused on preventing its territory from being used as a launchpad for armed activity against Iran. … Full article

Amazon says cloud infrastructure in Bahrain, UAE ‘beyond saving’

The Cradle | September 15, 2026

Amazon Web Services (AWS) says it cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in Bahrain or one of three data-hosting zones in the UAE due to the extensive damage caused by Iranian retaliatory strikes, Reuters reported on 15 September.

“The damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple Availability Zones and exceeded what our regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand,” AWS reported in its status update seen by Reuters.

In the UAE, resources and data held exclusively within one zone, labeled mec1-az2, have been damaged beyond hope of recovery, the company said, as engineers are still salvaging what they can from the two other battered zones and across the wider Emirati region. … continue

Iran downs third US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

Press TV – September 15, 2026

Iranian armed forces have shot down a third US MQ-1 Predator drone over the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours despite Washington’s repeated claims of destroying Iran’s air defenses.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said on Tuesday evening that its Aerospace Force intercepted and destroyed the unmanned aircraft in the skies over the strategic waterway using a new advanced air defense system.

The drone was brought down while under the control of Iran’s integrated air defense network, the IRGC said.

The latest downing came hours after the IRGC announced the interception and destruction of another US MQ-1 over the Strait of Hormuz.

The IRGC Public Relations Department said the aircraft—which is a multi-mission, long-endurance remotely piloted vehicle—was immediately detected and tracked by IRGC air defense systems and targeted with advanced surface-to-air missiles before it could carry out any act of aggression. … Full article

US Spent $22 Bln on Munitions During Operation Against Iran – Report

Sputnik – 15.09.2026

WASHINGTON – The United States spent almost $22 billion on munitions during its military campaign against Iran, according to a Lead Inspector General report reviewed by Sputnik on Tuesday.

“The estimate includes $7.4 billion of cumulative obligations (incremental costs) for OEF [Operation Epic Fury], $22.3 billion for expended munitions, and $3.7 billion in equipment losses…,” the report said.

The report added, however, that these figures are estimates, as the operation’s budget was not approved by Congress, complicating the compilation of detailed reports.

The New York Times reported in June that during the conflict with Iran, the US has nearly exhausted its stockpiles of stealth cruise missiles, fired a decade’s worth of typical peacetime procurement of Tomahawk missiles, and consumed two years’ worth of total US production capacity for Patriot missiles.

Iran wins IAEA General Committee seat as US bid to block election fails

Press TV – September 15, 2026

Iran’s mission to the United Nations in Vienna says the Islamic Republic has been elected to the General Committee of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, despite US efforts to prevent the election.

In a post on its X account on Tuesday, the Iranian mission said IAEA member states had voted in favor of Iran’s membership, describing the outcome as a rejection of attempts to use unilateral pressure to influence the agency’s collective decisions.

“Despite US efforts to obstruct Iran’s participation in the General Committee, IAEA Member States made their choice: they voted in favor of Iran.” … Full article

Trump says Iran urgently seeks deal, Tehran sets conditions for talks

Al Mayadeen | September 15, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran is urgently seeking an agreement with the United States, while leaving open the question of whether Washington will engage in negotiations.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump described Iran as a “failed country” and said Tehran wants to reach an agreement with the United States “very quickly.”

Trump added that he would decide whether the United States would engage in the effort and enter negotiations, indicating that Washington remains open to the possibility of reaching an agreement with Iran. … continue

Russia Wants to End Ukraine Conflict – Lavrov

Sputnik – 15.09.2026

MOSCOW – Russia wants to end the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

“We want to resolve this conflict and appreciate our friends’ willingness to help in this effort,” Lavrov said at the embassy roundtable on the situation around Ukraine, adding that if the US had not abandoned the Anchorage agreements, we would have been living in peace already for one year.

Russia is always ready for negotiations on Ukraine and has never delayed them or tried to complicate them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, commenting on the prospects for the imminent convening of a new round of negotiations.

“We are always ready for negotiations. We have never delayed these negotiations or tried to complicate them,” Lavrov said.

If Ukraine is ready to resume negotiations, Russia agrees to them and has something to say, the minister said, adding that Russia has never changed its position on talks on Ukraine. … continue

How Europe became an accessory to CIA torture

RT | September 15, 2026

Throughout the summer, a major scandal has been brewing in Lithuania. In late July, the country suffered a landmark defeat in the European Court of Human Rights in a case brought by Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national held in secret detention and brutally tortured for four years in CIA black sites around the world – including Lithuania. While Western governments and news outlets have ignored the judgement, the ECHR’s conclusions produced bitter political division locally, with the opposition calling for a new investigation into the CIA’s use and abuse of the country during the US-led ‘War on Terror’.

Lithuania’s ruling coalition, in keeping with previous governments, is resistant to any further damaging light being shed on their territory hosting criminal operations of American intelligence for many years in total secret, with perpetrators of horrendous torture insulated from any legal repercussions or professional consequence. Their resistance is understandable. On top of not wanting to offend their colossal US ally, Lithuania’s ruling elites are keen to conceal from the local population, and the world, how their ‘independence’ under Western hegemony comes with unseen strings attached. When those strings entail intimate collusion in grave crimes, it’s Lithuania that suffers the consequences. … continue

The Andean Shadow Army

How Colombia became the world’s primary reservoir of mercenary manpower

José Niño Unfiltered| September 14, 2026

A few weeks ago Russians with Attitude, posted a blunt prediction after Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s presidency in June.

“It was already bad under Gustavo Petro who didn’t do anything to stop it but at least verbally denounced the outflow of Colombian mercenaries. De la Espriella will likely actively support American-Ukrainian recruitment efforts. There’s already many thousands of them (with around 1,000 confirmed killed). I suspect flooding the Ukrainian army with Third World meat will be the focus of US strategy to solve Kiev’s manpower problems. It’s already the publicly declared Ukrainian strategy.”

Hot take aside, there’s considerable truth behind RWA’s commentary. Colombia now supplies more foreign fighters to Ukraine than any other nation on earth, and it did not arrive at that position overnight. … continue

Russia’s SVR: NATO Found No Russian Link to Leipzig Airport Incident

Sputnik -15.09.2026

NATO intelligence services found no evidence whatsoever of Russian involvement in the drone incident at Leipzig Airport and informed their authorities accordingly, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.

They also pointed to multiple signs of a Ukrainian footprint in the incident.

NATO intelligence therefore recommended that the authorities refrain from accusing Russia, the SVR added.

Ignoring the advisory, the German authorities blamed Russia outright — chiefly to justify the “mega-spending” on Germany’s militarization, the Foreign Intelligence Service said.

On August 5, Leipzig police said an airport employee had discovered a drone carrying an unidentified explosive device in the cargo aviation security zone. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt blamed Russia without providing any evidence.

US Flaunts On-Orbit Weapon to Supercharge Space Arms Race

Sputnik | September 15, 2026

Reports of a US-deployed “on-orbit” weapon confirm that the West has already turned outer space into an extension of the Ukraine battlefield, air defense historian Yuri Knutov tells Sputnik.

US and French reconnaissance satellites are already feeding battlefield intel to Ukraine’s military, with Finland about to join in, reminds the military expert, and Poland plans to deploy its own reconnaissance satellites.

Other countries are developing “inspector” spacecraft built to maneuver close to other satellites to spy on them.

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite communications and broadband systems are used in space – and guide Ukraine’s drones.

It is fair to say that “an arms race in space is already underway,” says the pundit, and the US space weapons claim seeks to accelerate this orbital race further. … continue

US reveals it has weapons in space

RT | September 15, 2026

The US has for the first time acknowledged that it has weapons in space amid ongoing tensions with Russia and China.

US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed the deployment on Monday during the opening of the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor in Maryland.

“Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenge of evolving threats wherever they exist,” Meink said in a keynote address.

“This is why the Space Force now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” he said, without elaborating. “It’s important from a deterrence perspective,” he added.

During a question-and-answer session, Meink declined to go into detail, stressing that the phrasing of his remarks was “very well thought out.”

“It is critically important that we maintain our dominance, not only in the air but in space,” he said, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. … continue

US Space Weapon Claims Risk Igniting Orbital Arms Race – Expert

Sputnik – 15.09.2026

Statements such as US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink’s claim that the United States has deployed an “on-orbit” weapon could have far-reaching consequences, Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, told Sputnik.

Announcing that the US has a space weapon in Earth’s orbit could fuel a dangerous arms race in orbit, the arms control expert warned.

In his opinion, that could set off a cycle of action and counteraction, threatening the satellites and other orbital systems that countries worldwide rely on for communications, navigation and other essential services. … continue

12 Things Your Dermatologist Was Trained Not to Tell You

An Essay on the Skin as Elimination Organ and the Specialty That Cannot See It

Lies are Unbekoming | September 8, 2026

The skin as elimination organ is one of the cleanest terrain teachings there is, and it is the one dermatology cannot allow itself to consider. Every intervention the specialty offers depends on the skin being a barrier to seal rather than a channel to support. Change that one assumption and the whole treatment ladder reverses.

This is another entry in the Trained Not to Tell You series. Like the earlier variants, it proceeds from a single observation: the specialist you are seeing is a graduate of a curriculum reshaped a century ago by the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations, and the specialist is doing what that curriculum authorised. The fault lies in the training. Reading this essay as an attack on your doctor is a category error.

If your child has eczema, or your teenager is being handed Accutane, or you have been on Dupixent long enough to notice it never resolves the underlying condition, this essay is for you. It is also for the dermatologist willing to read it.

The essay also names something dermatology cannot name: much of what walks into the clinic began somewhere else. Eczema at three months, cystic acne cycling through antibiotics, the adult on lifetime biologic, all sit on a trajectory with an initiating event the specialty is not organised to investigate. … continue

Israel, Pfizer Knew COVID Vaccine Caused Fatal Heart Condition — But Waited Months Before Alerting Public

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 14, 2026

Pfizer and Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) knew in early 2021 about a significant “cardiac event” safety signal associated with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine — but withheld the information from physicians and the public for several months, a new peer-reviewed study has found.

The authors of the study, published last week in EXCLI Journal, reviewed an MOH dataset containing 531 hospitalization records dating from March 2021 — just months after the rollout of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech shot — to May 2022.

The records included 67 deaths, including nine in patients under age 50. Two of the nine deaths were attributed to myocarditis, which can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and death.

Myocarditis was recorded in 71.6% of the hospitalization records involving patients under 30. Nearly two-thirds of those patients “had no meaningful medical history” before their diagnosis.

The deaths and injuries were reported to Israel’s MOH and to Pfizer. Yet, public health authorities in Israel, the U.S. and elsewhere downplayed the safety signal, reporting it “only after a delay of approximately three to four months.”

Even then, health authorities described most cases as “rare” or “mild” — and of less concern than the risk COVID-19 posed.

Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D., senior research scientist for Children’s Health Defense (CHD), said none of the myocarditis deaths are found in the U.S. government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), even though Pfizer was obligated to report the deaths to VAERS.

“The bereaved and the injured are owed an answer,” Jablonowski said.

Steve Kirsch, founder of the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation, said the study’s findings are significant because they are based on “internal government data” instead of data from vaccine makers or from publicly available databases.

Kirsch said the data show that Israel’s MOH “was clearly more interested in protecting the manufacturers than the public.” … Full article

Haaretz Editorial Board Acknowledges The Truth: Israeli ‘Consensus’ Is Pro-Genocide

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 14, 2026

Haaretz, one of Israel’s largest newspapers, published an article on the new film ‘NAZA’, which features multiple IDF terrorists admitting to committing genocide in Gaza, titled “Israelis Must Finally Confront What Israel Has Done in Gaza”.

By the title, one would assume the paper is claiming that regular Israeli citizens are unaware of the genocidal crimes its government committed in Gaza and need to confront that fact.

But within the article, the editorial board acknowledges the truth: the overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis know full well about the genocide unleashed in Gaza and fully support it. … continue

Israeli culture minister seeks to revoke citizenship of ‘NAZA’ film directors

MEMO | September 14, 2026

Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar said on Sunday evening that he would seek to revoke the Israeli citizenship of the directors of the Israeli film NAZA, after it won the Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

The film was directed by Oscar-winning Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (Britain). Some critics had tipped it for the festival’s Golden Lion for best film after it received a 25-minute standing ovation following its premiere.

In a statement, Zohar said: “As culture minister, I will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators for treason against the state.”

Zohar described NAZA’s win at the Venice Film Festival as “shocking”, adding that “the filmmakers’ burning self-hatred, and their willingness to harm their homeland in order to receive applause from anti-Semites around the world, is unbelievable and constitutes treason against the state”.

The film, which was added to the festival programme at a late stage, features testimonies from Israeli soldiers about the war in Gaza and what they describe as the systematic killing of Palestinian civilians. … Full article

Likud seeks to bar two Arab lists from Israel’s next Knesset election

MEMO | September 14, 2026

Israel’s Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday it plans to submit requests to prevent the Joint List and the United Arab List (Ra’am) from running in the next Knesset election, scheduled for October.

“Likud will submit requests to prevent the Joint List and Ra’am from taking part in the election,” the party said in a statement.

It claimed that “there is no place in the Knesset for those who insult Israeli army soldiers and cannot say that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organisations”. … Full article

Israeli Soldiers Shoot Palestinian, Abduct Two Near Hebron

IMEMC | Septembr 14, 2026

On Monday, Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man in Beit Ula, west of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, and abducted two Palestinians during invasions of Beit Ummar and Dura.

The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the soldiers invaded Beit Ula, chased a young man, and fired live rounds toward his vehicle, wounding him.

WAFA added that the wounded man was taken to a medical center for treatment, while the soldiers deliberately set his vehicle on fire.

In Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, the soldiers abducted Yousef Na’im Sabarna after invading his home and violently searching it, WAFA said.

In At-Tabaqa village, in Dura town south of Hebron, the soldiers broke into and searched the home of Ziad Badawi Hamdan, ransacked its contents, and abducted him.

The soldiers also installed military roadblocks at several entrances to Hebron city and surrounding towns and villages, obstructing Palestinian traffic.

Earlier Monday, Israeli forces abducted thirteen Palestinians, including a father and son, during West Bank invasions, and injured another father and son during a home search. Israeli colonizers also carried out further attacks across the occupied territory.

Six children among 13 killed as Israel ramps up attacks on south Lebanon

Press TV – September 14, 2026

Israel has conducted new strikes on southern Lebanon, killing at ​least 13 people, including six children, the highest number of fatalities in recent weeks.

On Monday, Lebanon’s health ministry said that 12 people, including six children and three women, were killed in an attack on a residential building in the town of Kfar Rumman. State media had earlier said the strike occurred after midnight.

According to the ministry, one medic was also killed and two others wounded in a separate Israeli drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the town.

A woman, who said she was related to at least three of the victims, said the attack hit the residential building as children were getting ready for school.

While the Israeli military claimed it targeted people seen transferring weapons in the area, Reuters reporters confirmed seeing children’s schoolbooks strewn between chunks of concrete where the building once stood.

Eight-year-old Mustafa Farhat lost his grandparents and his mother in ​the attack, according to locals. ​Rescue workers were still looking for his father’s body on Monday morning while the wounded boy was hospitalized, they said.

One of his relatives, Mona Farhat, said the attack targeted their home in the run-up to school-time.

“What did they target? What is the goal they are targeting? Do they want us to leave our land? They are mistaken,” Farhat said at the hospital.

The attack came after days of escalatory strikes conducted by Israeli forces despite a ceasefire reached in June, raising fears of a renewed Israeli military offensive.

On Sunday, at least 11 people, including two women, were killed in Israeli attacks on three towns near the Ali Al-Taher ridge, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

The recent Israeli strikes also destroyed the Ghandour hospital in the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa. … Full article

IRGC down US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz using new weapons

Al Mayadeen | September 14, 2026

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a US MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported Monday.

According to the report, Iranian aerospace forces intercepted and destroyed the drone using a new air defense system integrated into Iran’s wider air defense network.

Iran has told the United States that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until seven conditions approved by the country’s top officials are met, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Saturday, citing an informed source.

“Until these seven conditions, which have been approved by Iran’s top officials, are met, the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed,” the source told Tasnim.

On September 10, the IRGC Navy announced that it had targeted and destroyed a US unmanned vessel at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. As per the statement, the vessel was a Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel and was carrying out a mission in the Strait of Hormuz when it was targeted. … Full article

Why Algeria finally shut the door on the UAE

Abu Dhabi’s alliance with Tel Aviv has pushed its rivalry with Algiers from quiet hostility into open regional confrontation

By Anis Raiss | The Cradle | September 14, 2026

On 10 September 2026, Algeria severed diplomatic relations with the UAE, giving the Emirati ambassador in Algiers 48 hours to leave. From midnight the following day, Algerian airspace was closed to UAE-registered aircraft, although commercial flights to and from Algiers were exempt until the end of the year.

The rupture had been signaled in advance. During a televised interview in July, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune described a Gulf state he declined to name in five words: “Wherever they set foot, blood flows.” He was referring to its role in Libya, Sudan, and Yemen.

Abu Dhabi answered within hours through Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). Relations between states, he wrote, are managed “through reason, communication and clarity of interests, not through riddles and signals that require decoding.”

One week earlier, a UN fact-finding mission on Sudan had found “reasonable grounds to believe” that external networks, including some operating through the UAE, were supplying the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur with fighters, weapons, and training.

The source of Algiers’s anger was therefore no riddle. Algeria had become the third government in nine months to take direct action against Abu Dhabi’s regional reach. … continue

Yemeni Armed Forces target aircraft hangars, radars, arms depots at Saudi airbase

Press TV – September 14, 2026

The Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a combined missile and drone strike on a major airbase in Saudi Arabia’s southern region of Asir in retaliation for the latest bout of Saudi military aggression and ongoing blockade against their homeland.

The spokesperson for the Yemeni army, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, announced in a televised statement on Monday that the country’s military units had carried out a large-scale and qualitative operation against King Khalid Air Base near the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, located some 884 kilometers south of the capital Riyadh.

He noted that dozens of domestically manufactured Yemeni ballistic missiles and combat drones hit military installations and infrastructure, aircraft hangars, radar systems, runways, arms depots, and other designated targets inside the airbase.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces will continue their qualitative military operations deep inside Saudi Arabia as long as the open aggression against our people continues. Any new aggression will be met with a decisive and more intense response,” Saree noted.

The senior Yemeni official added, “We will continue to uphold the siege-for-siege and escalation-for-escalation equation, and will target Saudi troop buildups until the aggression ceases and the siege on our beloved country is completely lifted.” … Full article

Pakistan rejects activating Mecca pact to join Saudi war on Yemen

The Cradle – September 14, 2026

Pakistan refused Saudi Arabia’s request to join the war in Yemen and to counter the lightning offensive launched by the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) across the country – as well as missile and drone strikes on Saudi military and energy sites.

“There is no such thing under discussion right ​now … When the time comes (we) will act under the agreement,” Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said on 10 September. … Full article

Two civilians killed, another injured as Saudi strike destroys bridge in southern Yemen

Press TV – September 14, 2026

At least two civilians have been killed when a Saudi airstrike destroyed a bridge in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz, as clashes between Yemeni army forces and Saudi-backed mercenaries are intensifying along the country’s western coast.

Yemen’s al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that two people lost their lives and another sustained injuries on Monday evening when a Saudi airstrike targeted al-Barah Bridge in the Maqbanah district.

The strike reduced sections of the transport bridge to rubble, and disconnected the region from nearby areas.

Saudi fighter jets also launched three airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Mokha. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties or the extent of the damage.

Elsewhere in the northwestern province of Sa’ada, Saudi combat drones carried out several strikes on Ayash area in the Monabbih district as Saudi artillery units shelled the region repeatedly.

Saudi Arabia launches 54 airstrikes on Yemen in past 24 hours

Additionally, Spokesman for the Yemeni armed forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said in a statement that Saudi warplanes had carried out 54 airstrikes against multiple locations across Yemen over the past 24 hours.

He added that the aerial raids targeted districts in the northern provinces of Hajjah and al-Jawf, the southwestern province of Lahej and Ta’izz, as well as the central province of Ma’rib. … Full article

Satellite images reveal extensive damage to key Saudi oil pipeline as supply fears mount

Press TV – September 14, 2026

Satellite images have revealed extensive damage to a key Saudi oil pipeline following reported drone strikes, as industry sources warn that a prolonged shutdown could put up to 4% of global oil supplies at risk.

Images released on Sunday appeared to show a pumping station on Saudi Arabia’s 1,200km (745-mile) East-West pipeline charred and badly damaged after the reported strikes.

Saudi Arabia has yet to disclose the full extent of the damage or how long the pipeline will remain offline.

The pipeline has become crucial to Saudi Arabia during the past six months, as the wartime closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted oil flows from neighboring countries.

Saudi Arabia has used the route to redirect about four million barrels of crude a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, equivalent to about 4% of global supply. … Full article

Iran–Arab summit on Hormuz postponed amid ‘lack of consensus’

Saudi Arabia requested the postponement, as reports say a new Tehran–Muscat deal on Hormuz is ‘unacceptable’ to Riyadh

The Cradle – September 14, 2026

Efforts to secure a final deal to restore traffic in the shuttered Strait of Hormuz have failed as a summit between Tehran and Arab states fell through, Iranian officials announced on 14 September. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei blamed Saudi Arabia in a statement, after reports had said so.

“The news that has been reported is correct: Saudi Arabia requested that this meeting not be held,” Baghaei asserted.

“What was agreed between Iran and Oman concerns the two governments. All aspects of the matter were worked out over several weeks, and the issue was supposed to be discussed at this meeting,” he added.

The idea to hold a summit was an Iranian-Omani one, he went on to say.

“It was expected that the countries of the region would recognize the opportunity if they believe we should sit together and discuss creating a secure region free from interference by destabilizing actors.”

Baghaei stressed that “the continuation of war among Islamic countries has only one winner, and that is the Israeli regime,” while adding that “as for what happens next, the understanding between us and Oman has been finalized, and we will make decisions in consultation with Oman.”

Another Iranian Foreign Ministry official said the meeting was postponed.

“Upon the request of some regional countries and a joint decision by Oman and Iran, the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf littoral states, which had been scheduled for Monday, was postponed to another date,” said Mohammad Alibek, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s director general for Persian Gulf affairs.

Oman made its own statement on the matter, confirming a postponement aimed at reaching a “consensus.”

Bahrain said it would not attend, citing the recent attack that ravaged Saudi Arabia’s key Red Sea pipeline that was activated to bypass Iran’s Hormuz blockade, known as the East-West Pipeline.

Washington blamed Iran for that strike, while Riyadh said the drones were launched from Iraq. … Full article

The Crippling Effects of Unnecessary War

By Ron Paul | September 14, 2026

In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history.

Worse, according to some news reports the advertising of the maximum price of $9.99 per gallon is meant to signal to truck drivers that they have run out of diesel altogether. Expensive diesel is a hit to the economy, but running out of the fuel at any price is a whole different kind of crisis.

Our highways are filled with semi-trucks burning diesel to bring the products we depend on to the markets. Our freight trains use diesel to transport what is not transported by truck. When the price of diesel increases, the cost of everything moved by that diesel also increases. This is one reason we are seeing much more inflation than the government wants to admit.

The diesel crisis is getting so serious that even President Trump has been forced to admit it. Of course, instead of taking at least part of the blame over his war of choice against Iran and his continuation of the proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, he is blaming Ukraine’s military strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

President Trump is now asking Ukraine to stop attacking Russian energy resources because diesel is a global commodity and the scarcity produced by the attacks is hitting us here at home. But the strikes deep inside Russia are guided by US intelligence, which provides the targeting data for Ukraine. … continue

Austria bars Iran nuclear chief from IAEA summit due to US pressure

The Cradle | September 14, 2026

Iran’s top nuclear official has been blocked from addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference in Vienna after pressure from Washington, Bloomberg reported on 14 September, citing a US official.

Iran’s vice president for nuclear affairs, Mohammad Eslami, left Tehran on Saturday and was slated to address the UN nuclear watchdog as part of its 70th General Conference, which began on Monday.

However, Austria denied Eslami entry at the request of the Trump administration, an anonymous US official told Bloomberg.continue

Zaporozhye Power Plant Subjected to Over 750 Strikes by Ukrainian Drones in 4.5 Months – Rosatom

Sputnik – 14.09.2026

The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and Energodar have been subjected to more than 750 strikes by Ukrainian drones and artillery in last 4.5 months, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Monday.

“Over the past 4.5 months, more than 750 strikes have been carried out by Ukrainian drones and artillery against the ZNPP and Energodar. Kiev is systematically hunting civilians and employees of the plant. Since the beginning of the escalation, 20 people have been killed, nine of them employees of the ZNPP, and more than 100 people have been injured,” the corporation said. … continue

The NATO standard as a mechanism of domination of the European military industry

By Hugo Dionísio | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 14, 2026

The official narrative is well known and has been widely debated and rebutted! Between May 8, 1945, and February 24, 2022, Europe – the world – knew no war. Europe and the world lived in idyllic peace, threatened only here and there by the forces of dictatorship, evil, and terrorism, which humanely and democratically compelled the occasional, casual, and exceptional intervention of the United States and its allies, motivated by selfless altruism, boundless kindness, and an iron will to defend the good.

The neoliberal paradise on earth came to an end with what the collective West designated Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine, “forcing” an “aggrieved” Europe to rearm. Russia was “attacking” Europe; Europe was at war, a war declared by Russia. Everything that had led to what the Russians – much as NATO did in Kosovo – designated a “special military operation” was suddenly silenced, and all who tried to frame the problem historically and objectively were classified as Putinists. The rekindling of the primal supremacist, Russophobic, and anti-communist prejudices of the Cold War immediately came to the fore.

But rather than dwelling on the proverbial stupidity, ignorance, and imbecility of a ruling class of low-grade functionaries, who today are hurling the European Union into an abyss so dark that it threatens to destroy it, what matters is to address, unveil, and reveal what lay hidden behind this shoddy tragicomic theater.

While the leaders of the EU, NATO, and the United Kingdom lent body and voice to a stand-up comedy so wretched it might have been programmed by the sleepy Joe Biden, the United States, over the time it spent preparing and perfecting its instruments of subjugation of Brussels through NATO – wielding the famed interoperability standards – took control not only of strategic dimensions of the EU’s security – as in the case of the end of Swedish and Finnish neutrality – but also exponentially increased the arms trade with Europe and came to control, as never before, the military-industrial complex, even in countries once resistant to surrendering their military independence, such as Sweden, France, Italy, or Spain. … continue

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland to Demand Independence Vote

Sputnik – 14.09.2026

LONDON – The first ministers of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are set to sign a joint declaration on Monday demanding that London grant them the right to hold referendums on regional independence.

The signing is scheduled to take place on Monday during a meeting of representatives from these historically Celtic regions in the Welsh capital of Cardiff.

In a joint press release issued ahead of the summit, the leaders emphasized their intention to discuss strengthening cooperation and promoting “constitutional change” — a term implying either greater autonomy or outright independence.

The leaders will call on the British government to prepare, plan for, and facilitate constitutional change in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the first ministers said.

Summit participants will also discuss partnerships in the areas of the economy, energy, and international cooperation, including with European neighbors.

Earlier, the office of the UK prime minister announced that he would hold a summit in October with Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland amid calls for independence in the autonomous regions.

Following the regional elections in May, pro-independence parties took the helm in all three of Britain’s autonomous regions.

Greenland’s Icecap Update

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | September 7, 2026

As I have been tracking for weeks, Greenland’s Surface Mass Balance grew by about 150 Gt more than average.

It was, effectively, a year without a summer in Greenland. The icecap usually starts to melt in mid June and carries on until late August.

This year it was a cold, snowy summer most of the time. The melt lasted about two weeks in July and that was it.

As ever, I must explain that the SMB represents the amount of snowfall and surface melt. As such, the icecap normally grows every year. Against this, though, must be offset calving of glaciers and basal melt.

I will be reporting on the full picture shortly, but early indications are that there was no melt in overall terms.

Circular logic all the way down

By Mike Jonas | Watts Up With That? | September 13, 2026

I have put a bit more work into Chaos Theory (aka the Butterfly Effect), and whether it can apply in the real world. It seems that just about every time someone tries to demonstrate Chaos Theory, they do it with a model. Trouble is, their findings then always turn out to have come from the model itself. As with the turtles that prop up our planet, the climate modelling world sometimes feels like it is propped up by circular logic all the way down.

The strictest version of Chaos Theory cannot apply to the real world, because it refers to variations in initial conditions, and the real world only has one trajectory. In other words, there is only one version of Earth’s climate at any one point in time, so it can’t have a variation in initial conditions. Unfortunately, the theory has morphed into something which many in climate science think applies to Earth’s climate, and when they run climate models they get confirmation. Well, they think it looks like confirmation.

First, let’s be clear about what we are looking at. Chaos Theory says that Earth’s weather and climate are very sensitive to local conditions: a tiny variation grows exponentially into a large difference. We know that weather and climate show natural variations on many physical scales and many time scales – there is turbulence in both the atmosphere and the ocean. We know that turbulence can be very difficult to predict, and we know that differential equations such as Navier-Stokes can be useful for understanding it. We don’t know that a tiny variation will grow exponentially. My suspicion is that the exponential growth described by Chaos Theory is an artefact of the models, not a natural phenomenon, and that it is being confused with natural variation. Further, that if we ditched Chaos Theory we might end up with a better understanding of our world. … continue

Bill Gates’ Telegraph Fall for Zika Virus Scam

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | September 4, 2026

The Telegraph should carry a health warning every time they publish fake news stories by the Bill Gates’ funded Global Health Security. … continue

$50 Million NIH Autism Study Ignores Link to Vaccines, CHD Scientist Says

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 8, 2026

A $50 million federal research initiative examining the potential causes of autism is sidestepping any examination of a possible vaccine-autism link and is instead funding research by establishment scientists who have denied such a link, a new letter to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya alleges.

The NIH announced the $50 million Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) last year. In his letter, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Chief Scientific Officer Brian Hooker wrote that three projects funded by the initiative are led by scientists who “built their careers on explicit, public denial that vaccines could play any role in autism etiology.”

Hooker wrote that his review of the ADSI portfolio turned up no studies examining “vaccines or vaccine components.” The ADSI appears designed to come to a predetermined conclusion that vaccines are not linked to autism, Hooker alleged.

The NIH-funded research instead largely focuses on connecting autism to a range of genetic and environmental causes while ignoring a possible link to vaccines, Hooker said.

In an assessment accompanying his letter, Hooker called the ADSI, as currently structured, “not a search for the truth” but, instead, a “validation engine” for mainstream autism narratives. … continue

Israeli forces raid home of Palestinian journalist in West Bank

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli forces have raided the home of Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi in the occupied West Bank.

On Saturday, Israeli forces raided the home of the 59-year-old journalist while he was away and instead beat his son.

They gave the family a one-hour ultimatum to turn Al-Samoudi in, according to Palestinian media citing local sources.

Al-Samoudi, who was on a visit to Jenin during the raid, had been released from prison on April 30 after spending a year in illegal administrative detention at an Israeli prison.

During his detention, he had been subjected to torture and abuse. He lost weight due to severe food deprivation and denial of basic rights, as is the case of many, if not all, Palestinian abductees. … Full article

Palestinian man brutally beaten by Israeli settlers in West Bank amid surging violence

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli settlers have brutally beaten a Palestinian man during a raid on the West Bank village of Beitillu.

Mahmoud Abu Radwan was attacked on Saturday evening and evacuated to Al-Ishraqati Hospital in Ramallah.

He suffered severe contusions and deep wounds to his head, chest and abdomen, requiring immediate medical treatment.

The victim was photographed inside an ambulance as he was taken for medical treatment following the brutal assault.

Footage shared by the humanitarian organization Occupation in the Eye showed armed settlers carrying clubs leaving the area. … Full article

Hamas welcomes BRICS declaration on Palestinian rights, rejecting displacement and changes to Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 13, 2026

GAZA – The Hamas Movement on Sunday welcomed the New Delhi 2026 Declaration issued by the 18th BRICS Summit, describing its positions on the Palestinian cause as positive and significant and highlighting its reaffirmation of the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.

In a press statement, Hamas praised the declaration for affirming the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and return, supporting the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with Occupied Jerusalem as its capital, and calling for the State of Palestine to be granted full membership in the United Nations.

Hamas also welcomed the declaration’s rejection of any forced displacement of Palestinians, whether temporary or permanent, as well as any attempt to impose geographical or demographic changes on the Gaza Strip.

The Movement highlighted the declaration’s call for an end to the illegal occupation and its rejection of unilateral measures aimed at altering the legal and historical status of Occupied Jerusalem. It also welcomed its emphasis on protecting holy sites and upholding international law and international humanitarian law.

Hamas further praised the declaration’s condemnation of the use of starvation as a method of warfare, attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and the obstruction, politicization or militarization of humanitarian aid. It also welcomed the declaration’s reaffirmation of support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and its UN mandate.

Hamas called on BRICS countries to translate these positions into concrete action to end Israeli violations and the occupation, protect the Palestinian people, and enable them to exercise their rights to freedom, self-determination, and an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. … continue

2 Palestinians killed, 13 injured in Israeli drone strike on vehicle in Gaza

MEMO | September 13, 2026

Two Palestinians were killed and 13 others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in southern Gaza City on Sunday, a medical source told Anadolu Agency.

The source said an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, killing two Palestinians and leaving 13 others with various injuries.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the drone fired at least two missiles at the vehicle, killing its two occupants immediately and injuring nearby passersby.

Separately, Israeli forces fired artillery shells toward Palestinian homes northeast of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to local sources.

Israeli military vehicles also opened heavy fire toward buildings and tents housing displaced Palestinians in southern Khan Younis, while Israeli warships fired toward the city’s coastline, witnesses said. … Full article

Israeli forces intensify attacks in southern Lebanon, shell Beit Jinn in southern Syria

Press TV – September 13, 2026

Israeli forces have ramped up attacks targeting homes and civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon, and separately shelled the vicinity of Beit Jinn village in the Damascus countryside of southern Syria.

According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), more than 30 explosions were reported in the southern Lebanese town of al-Mansouri from late Friday through Saturday as Israeli strikes hit the area.

Several homes were devastated as a drone released containers filled with highly explosive substances over the town.

Israeli warplanes targeted regions in the Tyre, Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, and Marjayoun districts of southern Lebanon, while Israeli forces conducted explosions and artillery bombardments.

In the Khiyam region, a powerful explosion shattered windows in surrounding towns, while a drone released explosive materials onto residences, igniting a fire.

There were no immediate reports of possible casualties from Saturday’s attacks.

Israeli tanks also advanced into areas in southern Lebanon, which lie close to the border with the Israeli-occupied territories, while Israeli forces carried out explosions and artillery attacks on the village of Arnoun and the Wadi Saluki stream area. … Full article

Iran, UAE seek to restore ties after US war on Iran

Al Mayadeen | September 13, 2026

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said following the BRICS summit in India that Iran and the UAE want to restore relations following the US war on Iran.

“For the first time since the war and the incidents that occurred in the Persian Gulf, we had a constructive exchange with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi,” Pezeshkian said a day after a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

The Iranian President added that “it was agreed that we would turn the page, look to the future and build it together.”

Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Saturday, where the two discussed “regional and international issues, de-escalation, stability, and efforts to advance regional peace and development,” per the Abu Dhabi Media Office.

Yemen rejects Saudi claim of mosque attack, attacks escalate

Al Mayadeen | September 13, 2026

A Yemeni military source has rejected claims circulated by Saudi media that missiles launched from Yemen struck a mosque in Saudi Arabia, describing the accusation as baseless.

Speaking to Yemen’s Saba news agency on Sunday, the source said the damage to the mosque resulted from interceptor missiles that failed to intercept Yemeni projectiles and subsequently fell over Saudi cities.

The source stressed that the impact of Yemeni missiles is well known, arguing that the damage reported at the mosque should not be attributed to the Yemeni Armed Forces.

The allegation comes amid a broader escalation between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, with Yemeni forces carrying out missile and drone operations against Saudi military targets while Saudi aircraft continue strikes across Yemen.

Saudi Arabia launched 129 airstrikes in 48 hours

The Cradle | September 13, 2026

Saudi warplanes carried out 129 airstrikes across seven Yemeni provinces over 48 hours, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, stated on Saturday, vowing that the attacks would not go unanswered.

According to Saree, the strikes targeted Taiz, Marib, Hodeidah, al-Jawf, Saada, Amran, and Hajjah.

Saree said the attacks were carried out using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets that took off from Saudi military bases in Khamis Mushait and Taif. … continue

One killed, four injured after US attack on commercial vessel off Qeshm Island

Press TV – September 13, 2026

At least one person has been killed, and several others sustained injuries after a self-propelled underwater missile struck an Iranian commercial vessel as it was sailing in the Persian Gulf waters off the coast of Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hossein Amir-Teymouri, Governor of Qeshm Island, stated on Sunday that a projectile fired by the “American-Zionist enemy” struck the merchant cargo ship in proximity to the small Hengam Island and Shib Deraz fishing village.

He added that the attack claimed one civilian life and inflicted injuries on four others.

Amir-Teymouri noted that the deadly assault took place at around 5 a.m. local time (0130 GMT), emphasizing that necessary measures have been taken to attend to those injured in the incident. … Full article

Kiev strikes emergency fuel convoy to Europe’s biggest nuclear plant – Rosatom

RT | September 13, 2026

Ukraine has carried out a series of strikes on tankers delivering emergency diesel fuel to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), killing two Russian servicemen and wounding multiple others, Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said.

The attacks took place on Friday in the immediate vicinity of the plant’s perimeter and targeted fuel trucks transporting diesel needed for the facility’s emergency power systems, Likhachev said in a statement on Sunday.

Two Russian servicemen were killed and “a large number” were wounded, some seriously, according to the Rosatom chief. He said the troops had been involved in securing a “strictly civilian mission” to maintain fuel deliveries to the nuclear facility.

Likhachev accused Kiev of knowingly targeting the tankers despite being aware of their cargo and its importance to nuclear safety.

The incident comes just days after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned that the ZNPP’s diesel reserves had been critically depleted during nearly three weeks without external electricity. The plant lost its sole remaining power connection on August 20 and had to rely entirely on emergency generators until a temporary IAEA-brokered ceasefire allowed repairs to be carried out and the line to be reconnected on September 7.

Even after external electricity was restored, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stressed that replenishing diesel remained essential because the plant could again lose grid power due to unspecified “military activity” in the area. … Full article

13 Things Your Pediatrician Was Trained Not to Tell You

An Essay on the Profession Trained for Compliance, Not Curiosity

Lies are Unbekoming | September 11, 2026

“Nothing bad should be said about any vaccine.”¹ That is what Suzanne Humphries, a board-certified nephrologist, was taught during her American medical training. Vaccines are administered on schedule. Adverse conversation was not encouraged. It was actively closed down.

Lawrence Palevsky, a pediatrician practicing in New York, describes the same experience. What he was taught in medical school and residency, he later realized, differed sharply from what he observed in his own patients and read in the primary literature.²

Robert Sears, a California pediatrician, describes reading a book in medical school that documented severe injuries from the DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell-pertussis) vaccine. The vaccine was eventually removed from the American market. Sears kept reading. What he found was not what he had been taught.³

Rachael Ross, a family physician who spent three seasons cohosting the syndicated show The Doctors, described a similar reckoning in a widely read 2016 blog post. She had watched the schedule grow from sixteen doses of four vaccines during her own childhood to sixty-nine doses of sixteen vaccines by age eighteen. Medical school and residency, she wrote, had taught her to give them all on time, without question.⁴

Jayne Donegan, a British general practitioner, wrote in the foreword to Humphries’ Dissolving Illusions that her medical training left vaccination as an “article of faith” that could not be interrogated. The curriculum was already so crowded that there was no room to ask why non-vaccine-preventable disease deaths had also declined during the twentieth century for reasons unrelated to any injection.⁵

None of these physicians is fringe. Each trained inside the profession. Each describes the training in similar terms: a set of scripts about safety, efficacy, and schedule, delivered as certainties, with no time in the curriculum to interrogate the primary literature that would complicate them. A pediatrician does not know what she was trained not to know. She cannot ask questions she was trained not to ask.

American pediatric practice covers the child from birth through age eighteen, and in many practices through age twenty-one. What follows is a chronological walk through what that profession was trained not to tell you, across that entire arc. Thirteen items. In order. … continue