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Israeli strike kills one person in Lebanese town

Palestinian Information Center – November 4, 2025

BEIRUT – An Israeli drone strike targeted a car in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Dajjal on Tuesday, killing one person, local media said.

Despite a November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Israeli occupation army maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has launched regular airstrikes.

The Israeli regime usually claims it is targeting Hezbollah members and positions and has stepped up the attacks in recent days.

Lebanon Speaker Berri: Unlike ‘Israel’, Hezbollah Fully Complied with Ceasefire

Al-Manar | November 4, 2025

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri affirmed on Tuesday that the Hezbollah resistance group fully complied with the ceasefire agreement with the Zionist entity, noting that ‘Israel’ had not done so.

Speaking from his residence at Ain Al-Tineh during a meeting with a delegation from the Union of Islamic Radio and Television Networks, Berri wondered: “When, where, and how has Israel ever respected a single clause of the ceasefire agreement?,” referring to continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

He noted that the Lebanese Army “deployed south of the Litani River with more than 9,000 soldiers and officers, fully capable of extending its presence to the internationally recognized border.” … continue

The myth of US peacemaking: Why Washington’s mediation in West Asia keeps crumbling

By Peiman Salehi | The Cradle | November 3, 2025

The US has long styled itself as a guarantor of peace and stability in West Asia while systematically undermining both. From the Oslo Accords to the Abraham Accords, Washington’s so-called peace initiatives have masked coercion as consensus.

These efforts consistently reinforce the regional status quo, prioritizing Israeli security over Palestinian sovereignty, and maintaining western hegemony over regional autonomy.

The collapse of another US-backed Gaza ceasefire, violated within days by renewed Israeli aggression, exposes the structural flaws in this diplomatic model. Rather than arbitrating peace, Washington serves as an enabler of conflict.

Its diplomacy rests on selective morality and strategic interest, not universal principles. The American insistence on brokering ceasefires while actively resupplying Tel Aviv’s military machinery makes a mockery of its so-called neutrality. … continue

Iraq links disarmament of resistance groups to US withdrawal amid Washington’s threats

Press TV – November 4, 2025

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has declared that resistance groups will only disarm once US forces leave the country, reaffirming plans for a full coalition withdrawal by 2026 amid threats from Washington.

Sudani emphasized Monday that a plan is still in place to have foreign forces purportedly fighting Daesh completely leave Iraq by September 2026 because the threat from terrorist groups have eased considerably. … continue

US military buildup in Caribbean aimed at regime change in Cuba: FP

Al Mayadeen | November 4, 2025

With the largest US military concentration in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a new Foreign Policy (FP) report warns that Washington’s announced campaign against narcotics trafficking in the region masks a far broader strategic objective.

The removal of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and, by extension, pressure on Cuba by cutting off Venezuelan oil supplies.

The report says roughly 10 naval vessels and some 10,000 troops, including a carrier strike group led by the USS Gerald R. Ford and elements of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, are now positioned in the region, a posture that raises the prospect of direct military action against Venezuelan government targets and carries grave implications for Havana.

It is worth mentioning that the White House has framed recent operations as an intensification of counter-narcotics efforts, with senior US officials labelling traffickers as foreign terrorists and authorizing strikes on vessels alleged to be part of the trade.

Foreign Policy argues, the campaign’s political logic extends beyond drugs; the removal of Maduro would, in this account, enable a US policy aimed at severing Caracas’s lifeline to Havana and thereby accelerating a long-standing Republican objective of overthrowing the Cuban state. … continue

Why Invading Venezuela Won’t Be a Walk in the Park

Neoconservative strategists aren’t talking about the day after…

José Niño Unfiltered | November 3, 2025

As American warships patrol Caribbean waters and F-35 fighters prowl Venezuelan airspace, hawkish voices in Washington paint an enticing picture: A swift military operation to topple Nicolás Maduro, similar to the easy interventions in Grenada (1983) and Panama (1989). It’s a dangerous fantasy that ignores three decades of failed Venezuelan policy and fundamentally misunderstands the catastrophic difference between those brief police actions and what a Venezuela invasion would entail.

The comparison is essentially that of a neighborhood skirmish to a regional war. Venezuela is roughly 2,650 times larger than Grenada and 12 times larger than Panama, with 243 times more people than Grenada and 12 times more than Panama. The appropriate historical parallels aren’t Grenada or Panama—they’re Iraq and Afghanistan, multi-trillion-dollar quagmires that killed thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of civilians while advancing no genuine U.S. interests. … continue

As per war resolution, Trump should halt strikes on Caribbean, Pacific

Al Mayadeen | November 3, 2025

Starting Monday, the US government is required to halt its military operations in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific under the War Powers Resolution, which stipulates that such actions must end 60 days after their commencement unless Congress explicitly authorizes their continuation, according to Brian Finucane in an article for Just Security.

The International Crisis Group advisor stated in his article that under US law, this 60-day period begins when the President commits armed forces to hostile or military operations without a formal declaration of war or specific authorization from Congress, setting a timeframe within which such actions must either be approved by the legislature or brought to an end.

US President Donald Trump notified Congress of the first strike in his operation on September 4th, which means that the 60-day period expires today, November 3rd. […]

The head of the Office of the Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice, Elliot Geiser, said that “the White House does not consider this operation to constitute hostilities that would trigger the 60-day limit,” indicating that the administration views the actions as falling outside the constraints of the War Powers Resolution.

According to legal experts, this claim does not apply, and it is both dangerous and incorrect, as it undermines the authority of the US Congress. […]

The administration has reportedly informed Congress that President Trump has classified the situation as a “formal armed conflict” rather than “hostilities”, a distinction that follows the precedent set during the presidency of Barack Obama.

Obama justified NATO’s 2011 air campaign over Libya using the same reasoning at a time when Congress was divided over the matter, and although there was initial disagreement, he later accepted the legal rationale put forward by his administration, establishing a precedent for defining military actions in ways that limit congressional constraints while maintaining executive authority. … Full article

Michigan Bill Would Protect Parents Who Seek Second Medical Opinion for Kids

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | November 3, 2025

A bill introduced in Michigan would protect parents’ rights to seek a second opinion for their children’s medical treatment by barring the state from holding parents liable for child neglect if they seek medical opinions from another physician or healthcare professional.

Under current Michigan law, authorities can hold parents liable for medical neglect if they refuse a healthcare provider’s recommended treatment, even if they are seeking a second opinion, according to The Hillsdalian. … continue

Palestine Genocide

By Richard Hugus | November 3, 2025

“To Zionists everywhere— you do not have a PR problem that can be solved with more branding campaigns and lies and propaganda. You have a forever problem, because you will never recover from this. Your depravity, unfathomable to normal humans, will be dismantled one way or another. Your fake identity will be exposed to all for the historic fraud that it is. You are the pariahs and parasites on this earth, and the world is finally waking up to this truth. Never has humanity witnessed such explicit and breathtaking evil.” — Susan Abulhawa

(See Susan Abulhawa’s December 2024 speech at Oxford Union here.)

Now past two years of explicit genocide in Gaza, the Zionist state seems intent on creating a new reality for the world – one in which there is no longer a moral order. As “the chosen people” Zionists feel entitled to do what has always been forbidden. For all the world to see, they kill women and children, bomb hospitals, bomb homes and neighborhoods, bomb the tents which people were then forced to live in, withhold food from people they have already starved, assassinate leaders, destroy sanitation infrastructure and water supplies, destroy farmland and olive trees, shoot fishermen, murder journalists, demolish homes with bulldozers, torture and execute prisoners, use people as human shields, snipe children, agree to ceasefires but continue bombing, and more. … continue

‘No Israel’: Thai businesses protest misconduct, unlicensed ventures by Israeli visitors

Press TV – November 3, 2025

Tensions are rising on Thailand’s popular southern islands as locals express growing frustration over insulting and controversial behavior as well as illicit business activities of Israeli tourists, who have been visiting the country in markedly growing numbers.

Restaurant owners and business operators on Koh Phangan, one of Thailand’s most visited holiday destinations, have cited a surge in unruly conduct and unlicensed commercial ventures by Israeli visitors, Arab News, an English-language daily, reported on Sunday.

The discontented Thai nationals said the developments have fueled resentment among residents and strained local hospitality.

The report cited the owner of a Thai restaurant on the island as pointing to repeated incidents of disrespectful behavior from Israeli customers that prompted him to ban them altogether from his restaurant.

“After I asked one group of Israeli tourists to leave, I received more than 4,000 bad reviews — my restaurant’s rating dropped from 4.8 to 2.2 stars. It’s now been corrected, but that experience was really frustrating,” he said.

The restaurant now displays a sign reading “No Israel.” “I hate the repeated behavior I’ve encountered from many Israeli tourists — it happens so often that it led me to put up a ‘No Israel’ sign at my restaurant,” the owner of the restaurant said. … continue

Israeli Pager Attacks, Ukraine Collapse, and the Tennessee Munitions Factory Explosion that Killed 16

By Conor Gallagher – naked capitalism – November 3, 2025 

On October 10, an explosion ripped through the Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) facility in Bucksnort, Tennessee, killing 16 workers and injuring at least four others.

Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Center for Explosives Training and Research estimate that between 24,000 and 28,000 pounds of explosives detonated and leveled the 15,000-square-foot building. It was as if the facility had been hit by a fabled US MOAB or MOP bomb—two of the military’s heaviest non-nuclear bombs. 

In this post we’ll look at the immediate cause of the explosion, contributing factors, and how the explosion is an indictment of imperial America’s wars abroad and its social policy at home. … continue

AI-powered drones used in Gaza genocide monitor US cities: Report

Press TV – November 3, 2025

AI-powered quadcopter drones deployed by the Israeli regime’s armed forces to commit genocide in Gaza have been reportedly operating over American cities, surveiling protesters and automatically uploading millions of images to a centralized evidence database.

A report published by the Grayzone news outlet on Sunday reveals that AI-powered drones manufactured by a company called Skydio are monitoring the majority of cities in the US.

According to the report, Skydio provided the original drone models to the Israeli armed forces immediately after the regime launched its genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7, 2023, during which it killed at least 68,858 Palestinians and wounded 170,664 others, most of them women and children.

The Israeli regime extensively deployed the drones in its attacks on Palestinians, sending operational data back to Skydio to refine the technology.

Skydio maintains an office in the occupied Palestinian territories and partners with DefenSync, an Israeli military drone contractor that acts as an intermediary between drone manufacturers and the regime’s armed forces.

The company has also raised hundreds of millions of dollars from Israeli-American venture capitalists and funds extensive investments in the Occupied Lands.

Since 2023, Skydio has transformed from a relatively obscure startup into a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate and the largest drone manufacturer in the US.

The report states that Skydio now holds contracts with more than 800 law enforcement and security agencies across the country, up from 320 in March last year as its drones are being deployed hundreds of times daily to monitor citizens in towns and cities nationwide. … continue

On trial at The Hague: Germany accused of misleading the World Court

By Leon Wystrychowski | MEMO | November 3, 2025

In April 2024, Nicaragua took Germany to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Berlin of “violating international law for decades” through large-scale arms sales to Israel and thereby upholding the illegal occupation and apartheid regime in Palestine. The immediate trigger for the case was the genocide in the Gaza Strip, for which Israel itself is also being tried before the ICJ.

Following October 2023, Germany’s arms exports to Israel surged by more than 900 per cent. In 2022, the Federal Republic supplied weapons worth 32 million euros; between 7 October and the end of December 2023 alone, it delivered arms worth 323.2 million euros. This made Germany the second most important arms supplier to the Zionist state after the United States. By mid-May 2025, that figure had climbed to more than 485 million euros. In addition to these commercial exports, there were also donations from the Bundeswehr (the German army) to the IDF.

Although no verdict has yet been reached, Nicaragua’s lawsuit has already had an effect: over the course of the year, the number of weapons delivered by Germany to Israel dropped sharply, without any official explanation. Some commentators suggested that this was connected to the ICJ proceedings and that the then-ruling coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals – despite its staunchly pro-Israel stance – appeared to fear potential legal consequences. … continue

Israeli Colonizers Torch Vehicle, Attack Homes in Jenin and Nablus

IMEMC | November 3, 2025

Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers escalated their attacks on Palestinian civilians, Monday, targeting homes and farmland in Khirbet Masoud (southwest of Jenin) and the village of Jurish (south of Nablus), in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

In Khirbet Masoud, occupation forces and colonizers stormed residential areas, vandalized olive trees, and released livestock into cultivated lands and between homes.

Also, the colonizers also brought their livestock on graze on the Palestinian lands in Khirbet Masoud.

A day earlier, colonizers invaded a home, smashed its windows and doors, and raised the Israeli flag on its roof.

Khirbet Masoud is part of the Zabbouba Village Council and comprises three residential clusters: ‘Iraq al-Duwwar, Khirbet Faris, and Khirbet al-Qosour, with a population of approximately 350 residents.

The area lies adjacent to an illegal colonial outpost built atop the mountain, where Israeli authorities continue to bulldoze land and seize dozens of agricultural dunums stretching from Qaffin to the hills of Ya’bad.

Meanwhile, in Jurish, colonizers infiltrated the northern part of the village at dawn, set fire to the parked vehicle of citizen Mohannad Salem Khaled, and scrawled racist slogans on the walls of his home.

These attacks reflect a deliberate strategy of colonial expansion and forced displacement, carried out under the protection of Israeli military forces and in violation of international law.

They form part of a broader campaign to terrorize Palestinian communities, destroy livelihoods, and erase indigenous presence from strategic areas across the occupied West Bank. … Full article

Two Palestinians murdered in West Bank in settler, IOF attacks

Al Mayadeen | November 3, 2025

Two Palestinian citizens were martyred at dawn on Monday in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank, as violence by the occupation forces and settlers continues to escalate.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that a 17-year-old boy succumbed to his wounds after being shot by the occupation forces in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus.

The boy was critically injured during confrontations that erupted on Sunday evening when the occupation forces stormed the town, closed the main checkpoint, and opened fire with live ammunition.

In a separate incident, a 35-year-old man was murdered after being shot by a settler near the northern entrance to the city of al-Khalil. According to local sources, the settler opened fire on the man, resulting in fatal injuries.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its medical teams were prevented from reaching the wounded man, and settlers had sealed off the area before his death was confirmed.

Medical teams targeted, area closed off

Local sources also stated that occupation forces raided a medical center and chased an ambulance that was transporting one of the wounded, firing live bullets at the vehicle. Such incidents reflect an ongoing pattern of targeting healthcare infrastructure and emergency responders.

The occupation forces also carried out a series of raids at dawn on Monday.

These included incursions into the towns of Sa’ir and al-Shuyukh, north of al-Khalil, as well as the storming of Beit Lahm. On the previous night, they attacked al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, and fired live rounds within residential areas. … Full article

Israel demolishes two inhabited homes in the Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem

Palestinian Information Center – November 3, 2025

BETHLEHEM – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday demolished two inhabited homes in the village of Al-Walaja, west of Bethlehem, under the pretext of building without a permit.

Local sources said that a large force of the Israeli army, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the village and began demolishing the home of the Abu Razek family in the Ain Jouiza area, which covers about 80 square meters.

The sources explained that the homeowners had applied for building permits years ago, but the occupation authorities kept stalling and refused to grant them the necessary approvals.

The head of the Al-Walaja village council, Khader Al-Araj, said that heavily armed IOF soldiers raided the village and stationed at the Ain Jouiza area before demolishing two inhabited houses belonging to the Abu Razek and Rasem families, each about 80 square meters in size. One of the houses sheltered nine people, and the other housed two. … Full article

‘Israel’ under fire over bill to execute Palestinian detainees

Al Mayadeen | November 3, 2025

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) published a statement condemning a bill approved by the Israeli Knesset’s “National Security Committee,” calling for the execution of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, characterizing it as legalizing the brutality of the Israeli occupation.

In its statement, the PPS emphasized that the occupation has never ceased carrying out extrajudicial killings against Palestinians, whether through deliberate executions during detention, interrogation, targeted assassinations, or fatal medical neglect as part of a systematic pattern of medical crimes.

The Society added that the actions being taken today represent merely an additional step to entrench a long-standing crime that has persisted for decades, as authorities attempt to “legitimize” it through laws, regulations, and military orders.

The statement highlighted that, over many decades, the Israeli colonial system has implemented policies of slow execution against hundreds of prisoners in its jails, using systematic methods and tools that have led to the deaths of dozens.

Furthermore, it noted that these policies have escalated to unprecedented levels since the start of the ongoing extermination campaign, making the current period the deadliest in the history of the Palestinian Captive Movement. 81 were confirmed killed in Israeli prisons since the start of the war up to early November 2025, alongside dozens of detainees from Gaza who have been executed and remain subjected to enforced disappearance. … Full article

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate bans reserve soldiers from carrying weapons amid rising suicides

MEMO | November 3, 2025

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has issued a directive prohibiting reserve soldiers who have served in the Israeli army from carrying personal weapons, citing concerns over a growing number of suicides among troops. […]

The move follows the release of alarming data from a Knesset Research and Information Center report showing a sharp increase in suicides among Israeli soldiers—particularly reservists—since the outbreak of the Gaza genocide in October 2023.

Between January 2024 and July 2025, the report documented 279 suicide attempts among soldiers, averaging seven attempts for every death. … Full article

Three Palestinians, including a woman, martyred in Israeli airstrike on Rafah

Palestinian Information Center – November 3, 2025

GAZA – Three Palestinians, including a woman, were martyred on Monday after Israeli occupation forces carried out an airstrike and opened fire north of Rafah, southern Gaza. Several others were injured in separate incidents as Israel continued demolishing homes in eastern Khan Yunis and Gaza City, in a renewed violation of the ceasefire agreement.

Local sources said two Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli air raid near the Al-Baraksat area north of Rafah, while a woman, Manal Abdullah Salem Al-Tarabin, was shot dead by Israeli gunfire in the Al-Shakoush neighborhood, also in northern Rafah.

In Gaza City, two civilians were wounded after IOF troops opened fire on residents in Al-Shaaf Street, east of the city.

Meanwhile, bulldozers belonging to the Israeli occupation forces advanced near Sheikh Zayed roundabout in northern Gaza, razing agricultural and residential land, while other units continued to demolish homes in eastern Khan Yunis and Gaza.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem condemned the ongoing demolitions, calling them “a clear and deliberate violation of the ceasefire agreement on Gaza.” He urged mediators to pressure Israel to halt its repeated breaches, including daily killings, the continuation of the blockade, restrictions on aid delivery, and the closure of the Rafah border crossing. … Full article

Israeli army kills 2 Gazans despite ceasefire for allegedly crossing ‘yellow line’

MEMO | November 3, 2025

The Israeli army on Monday shot and killed two Palestinians in southern Gaza for allegedly crossing the “yellow line,” in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, medical sources said.

The two lost their lives by gunfire near the al-Baraksat area, north of Rafah, the sources told Anadolu. … Full article

‘Israel’ launches two strikes on South Lebanon, casualties reported

Al Mayadeen | November 3, 2025

An Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian vehicle in the town of Doueir in the Nabatieh district on Monday, setting several vehicles ablaze and damaging nearby shops, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported.

Our correspondent reported shortly later that another airstrike targeted the southern Lebanon town of Aita al-Shaab.

According to initial reports, casualties have been confirmed following the attack on Doueir, with one martyr reported so far. Civil defense crews rushed to the scene to extinguish the fires and evacuate the wounded.

Another martyr was announced shortly after in the Israeli strike on Aita al-Shaab.

Eyewitnesses described intense flames engulfing parts of the busy commercial street after the strike, while local authorities cordoned off the area. … Full article

Taliban unveil five-year plan to help Afghan farmers replace poppy crops

The Cradle | November 3, 2025

The Ministry of Agriculture of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan announced on 3 November the approval of a five-year plan to provide alternatives to growing poppies for the country’s farmers.

Afghanistan has traditionally been a hub for growing poppies, which are used to produce heroin, a highly addictive and deadly drug, for consumption in Europe and elsewhere.

After taking power in 2021 following a chaotic US military withdrawal, the Taliban banned the cultivation of the plant.

Poppy cultivation flourished during the 20-year US occupation of the country, with many drug lords connected to the CIA receiving top positions in the Afghan government in Kabul.

According to the Agriculture Ministry, the five-year program will benefit some 149,900 farmers and involve $71 million in funding.

“This plan is designed to provide legal and sustainable economic opportunities for farmers in the sectors of agriculture, livestock, natural resources, and irrigation,” stated Sher Mohammad Hatami, spokesperson for the ministry.

The plan includes projects focused on orchard development, grain production, livestock growth, irrigation system improvements, the establishment of greenhouses, and training centers for farmers.

The ministry stated that other crops, including saffron, asafoetida (hing), cotton, and wheat, will be promoted as alternatives for farmers. … continue

Venezuela’s Machado reveals US support and ties to Rubio

Press TV – November 3, 2025

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has recently spoken with Bloomberg about the presence of Hamas in Venezuela and her close relationship with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration.

However, what Machado did not disclose was that the United States spent $18 million in 2024 funding Venezuelan opposition groups as part of a broader $213 million campaign over five years, which included support for Machado’s international travel through USAID, Drop Site News reported on Sunday.

Research by Drop Site News revealed that despite the formal disbanding of USAID in February 2025, the Trump administration has quietly rerouted $400 million toward initiatives against left-leaning governments in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua.

Regarding her relationship with Rubio, Machado stated that he is among those in Washington who “best understand the threats posed from our region.”

She confirmed her ongoing communication with him and his team, emphasizing that she has “really good friends and champions” for her cause across both political parties. … Full article

Hungary Not Obliged to Fund Ukraine, No Reason to Do So – Orban

Sputnik – 03.11.2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Hungary is not obliged to finance Ukraine and has no moral, political or economic reason to do so.

Orban quoted an article in British magazine The Economist — which calculated that Ukraine would need $400 billion over the next four years to continue the war against Russia
The sum would cover weapons, reconstruction, pensions and salaries, the magazine reported.

“Once again, Europe is expected to foot the bill,” Orban wrote on X. “There’s no one else left willing to pick up the tab.”

“That’s why Brussels is so agitated. That’s why they want to seize frozen Russian assets, overhaul the EU funding system, and take on new loans,” he charged.

“We reject this. It’s not Hungary’s job to finance Ukraine,” Orban insisted. “We have no reason to do so: not politically, not economically, not morally.”

He said Hungary was not alone in that viewpoint, but Budapest was the most outspoken in expressing its opinion.

That was why Hungary is under attack from Brussels, Orban added, accusing EU of seeking to install a compliant government in Budapest. … Full article

Did Ukraine Just Quietly Attack Two European Countries?

Questions remain regarding explosions at refineries in Romania and Hungary

By Ted Snider | The American Conservative | November 2, 2025

A key plank in the Western strategy to avoid negotiations with Russia and to continue financing and arming Ukraine has been the alarming insistence that Putin is bent on going beyond Ukraine and into Europe, not stopping until he has reestablished the Soviet empire. But simultaneous explosions of two oil refineries in Hungary and Romania raise the question of whether it is not Russia, but Ukraine, that is going beyond its borders and expanding the war to Europe.

From the start of the war, Ukraine, the United States and NATO have motivated Europe to back the war with the warning that if they do not, the war will come to them. In April 2024, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith warned that NATO countries must “help Ukraine push Russia out of its territory… because if they do not succeed, of course, the concern is that Russia will feel compelled to keep going.”

The same warning was consistently broadcast from the very top in the United States, NATO and Ukraine. President Joe Biden told Congress that “If Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there…. He’s going to keep going. He’s made that pretty clear.” Then Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned that “Putin will not stop at Ukraine.” And Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that Putin has “made clear that he’d like to reconstitute the Soviet empire.” Then NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg insisted that “if Putin wins in Ukraine, there is real risk that his aggression will not end there.” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warned his Western partners that “this aggression, and Putin’s army, can come to Europe.” He said that “at the moment, it’s us, then Kazakhstan, then Baltic states, then Poland, then Germany. At least half of Germany.” “If Ukraine loses the war,” he said, “other countries will be attacked. This is a fact.”

It isn’t “a fact,” and he [Putin] has never “made that pretty clear.” There is nothing on the historical record that suggests Putin has his sights set on Europe or on anything beyond keeping Ukraine out of NATO and protecting the rights of Ukraine’s ethnic Russians. Putin has repeated from the start that “the Ukraine crisis is not a territorial conflict, and I want to make that clear… The issue is much broader and more fundamental and is about the principles underlying the new international order.” That Moscow’s goal is keeping Ukraine out of NATO, and not moving Russia into Europe, has been corroborated at the highest levels by Ukraine’s negotiating team, by NATO, and even by Zelensky.

The deceptive fundraising claim is based on cynical misquotations and misrepresentations. It ignores the fact that Putin’s comment that “people in Russia say that those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart” was followed by the addition “and those that do regret it have no brain.” It ignores that Putin’s comment that “we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster” was focused, not on the absence of the Soviet Union, but on the economic hardship that followed its collapse.

The actual historical record shows that Putin has never “kept going” but that, when Russian forces have been deployed, they have been limited to specific objectives when they could have easily kept going, as in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014, when military conquest could have been accomplished with ease. … continue

Danish Farmers Blame Bovaer For Collapsing Cows

By Peter Imanuelsen | The Freedom Corner | November 1, 2025

Something dramatic has happened.

From the 1st of October, Farmers in Denmark have begun feeding Bovaer to cows in order to reduce climate emissions.

This is part of a mandate requiring methane reducing feeds.

But something has gone very wrong.

Suddenly, farmers are now reporting that something is wrong with the cows. Cows have begun to produce less milk. Some cows are even collapsing and had to be euthanized.

Now suspicions have been raised that it could be Bovaer that is to blame. So farmers experimented and stopped giving Bovaer to cows. And surprise, the cows recovered. But as soon as they began with Bovaer again, the problems returned. … continue

100% Diabetes Prevention Achieved Naturally – The Landmark Study Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know About

A turmeric extract achieved what blockbuster drugs couldn’t, natural medicine holds the key to ending the type 2 diabetes epidemic.

By Sayer Ji | October 28, 2025

Executive Summary

  • In a landmark 2012 study, curcumin (from turmeric) prevented 100% of prediabetic patients from developing type 2 diabetes over 9 months – a result no drug has ever achieved, with only minor side effects reported.
  • Pharmaceutical interventions fall short: The front-line drug metformin cut progression to diabetes by just 31% in 3 years, and blockbuster statin drugs ironically raise diabetes risk (up to 48% in postmenopausal women). Many diabetes drugs carry serious side effects, whereas natural alternatives often improve health broadly instead of causing new problems.
  • Nature’s remedies outperform expectations: GreenMedInfo’s database compiles ~2,600 study abstracts on type 2 diabetes, covering 608 natural substances with anti-diabetic potential and 66 harmful substances (e.g. statin drugs, excess sugar, BPA) linked to diabetes risk. Peer-reviewed research shows that common nutrients and herbs – like berberine, vitamin D, probiotics, bitter melon, and magnesium – can rival or exceed standard drugs for improving blood sugar control and metabolic health.
  • Call to action: Despite this evidence, natural therapies receive scant attention and often face regulatory hurdles because they can’t be patented. We urgently need greater public awareness, integrative research funding, and policy changes to stop suppressing natural medicine. It’s time to prioritize patient wellbeing over patents, by embracing safe, effective dietary and botanical approaches in the fight against diabetes.

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US court questions legality of pro-Palestine British journalist’s detention

Press TV | November 2, 2025

A US federal court has raised questions about the constitutionality of detaining the visiting pro-Palestine British journalist Sami Hamdi in the United States.

The British-Tunisian commentator and journalist was arrested by US immigration authorities in California last month as he was traveling around North America on a speaking tour explaining the Israeli regime’s genocidal war and atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

According to a legal advocacy group, the US federal court raised “serious questions” about the legality of US agents detaining the pro-Palestine journalist. The court has blocked the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency from transferring Hamdi out of California, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

CAIR said the court recognized that Hamdi’s lawyers had “raised serious questions regarding whether his detention was retaliation for protected speech under the First Amendment”. It described the court’s ruling as “an important first step” in the legal process of Hamdi’s case.

The advocacy group described the detention of Hamdi as retaliation for his criticism of the Israeli regime. It denounced the move by ICE’s agents as unconstitutional, calling it an “abduction” of an innocent person.

“The court has recognized that this case raises serious constitutional concerns and has acted to ensure Sami cannot be quietly moved away from his lawyers,” said Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of CAIR’s Southern California chapter. As the case proceeds, Ayloush added, “The fight continues for his freedom and for the protection of free speech for everyone.”

The unlawful detention of the critic of the Israeli regime’s genocide in Gaza has sparked a legal battle, with his lawyers filing emergency petitions against his detention. British parliamentarians and UK civil society groups are demanding that their government take action.

Hamdi was detained on October 26 at San Francisco International Airport by ICE agents. Unbeknownst to him, the US State Department had revoked his visa two days earlier.

During his speaking tour in North America, pro-Israeli groups had targeted him on social media for his pro-Palestine views. … Full article

Israel’s ‘Right To Rape’: Leaked Video Investigated and Labeled Blood Libel

By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | October 31, 2025

Israelis are, again, furious about the infamous gang rape of a Palestinian hostage in Sde Teiman concentration camp, but not at the rapists themselves. Instead, they are demanding the prosecution of those responsible for leaking the video. … continue

Palestinian martyred in Israeli drone attack on Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – November 2, 2025

GAZA – A Palestinian citizen was martyred on Sunday afternoon after an Israeli drone dropped a bomb in Gaza City’s Shuja’iya neighborhood.

Medical sources at Al-Ahli Hospital said that the body of a citizen was evacuated from the vegetable market area in Shuja’iya following a drone attack.

The sources added that the victim sustained multiple fatal shrapnel wounds from the strike.

Since early morning, the area has seen several detonation operations targeting homes.

The Israeli occupation army also carried out intense airstrikes on Khan Yunis during the morning hours.

‘Systematic disinformation campaign’: Gaza Media Office rejects US claims on aid theft

Press TV | November 2, 2025

The Gaza Government Media Office has blasted the United States for running a “systematic disinformation campaign” about the alleged looting of humanitarian aid in the genocide-stricken Palestinian territory.

It issued a press release on Saturday after the US Central Command (CENTCOM) released drone footage claiming – without providing any proof – that it shows members of the Hamas resistance group stealing from an aid truck in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

The media office rejected the accusation as “fabricated and baseless,” citing CENTCOM’s failure to specify the date and location of the purported aid theft.

“The accusation is completely false,” it added. “It is an intentional attempt to discredit the police, who have sacrificed more than 1,000 officers while protecting aid deliveries and humanitarian workers.”

It also said that Israeli forces are deliberately targeting Gaza police officers and volunteers to “create chaos and encourage theft” in the besieged territory.

Meanwhile, the media office censured the CENTCOM for ignoring Israel’s daily violations of a Gaza ceasefire and killing of 250 Palestinians over the past three weeks. … Full article

Not A Ceasefire: The International Community Takes Over the Gaza Genocide

By Robert Inlakesh | The Palestine Chronicle | November 1, 2025

Israel is not actually implementing the ceasefire; instead, it is taking a break from some of the more taxing combat missions in Gaza and toning down its bombing, something that it has done at different periods during the genocide.

Calling what is currently taking place in the Gaza Strip a ceasefire is, by definition, incorrect. Israel has not ceased fire; instead, it has continued its military operations while reducing the intensity of the fighting. Meanwhile, the so-called “International Community” is working on a conspiracy to step forward and take command of the genocide.

Since the ceasefire was said to have gone into effect, the Israelis have violated every commitment they had pledged to adhere to. Despite this, we are still being informed through the corporate media that the war is allegedly over.

In order to draw conclusions about what is currently underway, it is important to first establish the facts, which can lead to a thorough analysis of what is transpiring on the ground. … continue

Washington’s ‘new Gaza’ project meets Gulf pushback

The Cradle | November 2, 2025

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pushing back against US President Donald Trump’s plan to construct roughly half a dozen residential regions on the eastern half of Gaza, which is currently under Israeli control, The Times of Israel reported on 2 November.

Citing two Arab diplomats familiar with the matter, The Times of Israel said that Trump and his real estate developer son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have proposed the plan to donors in the Gulf to build the “new Gaza” on the eastern side of the strip only, which is now under direct Israeli control. … continue

Israeli drone strikes car in southern Lebanon, four martyred

Al Mayadeen | November 2, 2025

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that four people were martyred and three others were injured after an Israeli occupation drone targeted a car in the town of Dawhat Kafrman, in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon.

Earlier in the day, another Israeli drone carried out an airstrike on the nearby town of Kafr Sir, also in Nabatieh, according to Al Mayadeen’s southern Lebanon correspondent.

These attacks come amid the Israeli regime’s ongoing violations of Lebanese sovereignty, with border towns in the south witnessing repeated shelling and airstrikes in recent weeks. … Full article

AIPAC delegation’s Taipei visit lifts the veil on Taiwan-Israel-US nexus against China

By Ivan Kesic | Press TV | November 2, 2025

Beneath the facade of democracy and defense, a triangle of power politics links Taiwan, the United States and the Israeli regime as they forge a triangular nexus to challenge China.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s appearance at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) dinner in Taipei City last week marked a symbolic moment in the island’s evolving foreign strategy.

Speaking before an audience of over 200 US and Israeli political figures, Lai praised the Zionist entity as a “valuable model” for Taiwan’s defense and reiterated his support for the Tel Aviv regime. … continue

Taxpayers helped foot bill for climate project that ‘destroyed’ villages

By Hayley Dixon | The Telegraph | November 1, 2025

The £33m aid project was designed to help poor Ugandan farmers deal with the impact of climate change.

But the reality saw their crops and homes destroyed in an “inhuman” project that left them “on the brink of starvation”.

Local government officials, who were guarded by armed security forces, razed crops, trees and homes as they claimed to be re-wilding wetland in a project run by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which has received £2.6bn in UK taxpayers’ money.

It is one of a number of controversial projects uncovered in a seven-month investigation by The Telegraph into how the Government is spending £11.6bn in International Climate Finance… Full article

Coral Recoveries and Growth Show The Hill Is Misleading About Global Warming Killing Reefs

By Linnea Lueken | ClimateRealism | October 16, 2025

A recent article in The Hill, “Climate change is not a ‘con job’,” claims that catastrophic, human-caused climate change is killing reefs via ocean heatwaves. This claim is false. In reality, corals have existed for millions of years, through warmer and colder periods, and in the recent past, coral reefs have recovered from bleaching events and even die-offs, proving to species to be adaptive and resilient in the face of climate change. … continue

New Study: Great Barrier Reef Coral Cover ‘At Its Highest Since Monitoring Began In 1985’

By Kenneth Richard | No Tricks Zone | October 28, 2025

Coral coverage was supposed to be existentially devastated by the modern tenths-of-a-degree increases in sea surface temperatures and recurring bleaching events.

However, a new study points to assessments of coral cover percentages in the Great Barrier Reef and concludes is “at its highest since monitoring began in 1985.”

Further, the analysis reveals there is “no consistent correlation between rising temperatures and reduced coral cover,” and that “most corals [are] demonstrating rapid recovery” from bleaching. … continue

Most Intense Hurricanes

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | November 2, 2025

Melissa is now ranked tie 3rd most intense Atlantic hurricane at 892mb. […]

The picture is stark – nearly all of the eleven most intense have occurred in recent years, including the two most intense, Gilbert in 1988 and Wilma in 2005. Does this mean then that global warming really is making hurricanes more intense? … continue

Norbert Bolz: ‘The EU has become a monster’

Those who fight against Brussels ‘are not anti-Europeans, but good Europeans’

Weltwoche | October 19, 2025

The European Union has become a “monster” that is increasingly undermining freedom and democracy—this is the criticism leveled by media scholar Norbert Bolz in an opinion piece for the newspaper Die Welt. He argues that the EU is no longer a community of free states, but a centralized “machine that constantly produces regulations and prohibitions,” which follows a “script” reminiscent of Kafka and Orwell. … continue

Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for military attack on her own country

RT | November 2, 2025

The US military buildup off Venezuela’s coast could help bring about regime change, opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has said. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate this year signaled she would welcome US strikes on the country if they help remove President Nicolas Maduro. … continue

Why Does Natural Medicine Caution Against Suppressing Fevers?

Exploring the link between Tylenol and Autism

A Midwestern Doctor | The Forgotten Side of Medicine | November 2, 2025

Story at a Glance:

• Over-the-counter pain and fever medications are widely used despite having marginal efficacy and significant side effects that hospitalize hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.

• While a widespread practice, using these medications to reduce fevers has long been controversial, both due to their toxicity and the notion that fevers are essential for health.

• During the 1918 Influenza pandemic, one of the most critical lessons was that avoiding fever suppression was vital for protecting patients from dying.

• While considered the “safest” option, Tylenol has a wide range of issues, including liver damage, gastrointestinal issues, blood cancers, and kidney injuries.

• An extensive body of data connects using Tylenol during pregnancy or in infancy to the development of neurological injuries (e.g., autism).

• Many of these tragic cases illustrate a longstanding observation within natural medicine—suppressing superficial reactions (e.g., fevers) can transform illnesses into chronic ailments that can cause far more issues.

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Texas AG Sues Tylenol Makers for Hiding Autism Risks, Misleading Pregnant Women

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 28, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of Tylenol, claiming they deceptively marketed the drug as safe for pregnant women despite known links to autism and other disorders, his office announced today.

Paxton filed the lawsuit in Panola County District Court against Johnson & Johnson, which sold Tylenol for decades, and Kenvue, a spinoff company that has sold the drug since 2023.

According to the filing, Johnson & Johnson “fraudulently transferred its Tylenol-related liabilities” to Kenvue to shield assets and avoid paying damages to affected families, in violation of Texas law. … Full article

Common preservative may harm female fertility across generations, study finds

By Pamela Ferdinand | U.S. Right To Know | October 24, 2025

Propylparaben, a widely used preservative found in shampoos, lotions, packaged foods, and pharmaceuticals, may harm ovarian function and reduce fertility across generations, according to new research.

The findings, published in Nature Communications [September 2025], show that pregnant mice exposed to propylparaben, a known endocrine disruptor, passed fertility problems to their daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters. Earlier research by the same team found that mice exposed to propylparaben before birth showed effects resembling diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) in women, meaning they had fewer and lower-quality eggs.

This latest study, however, is the first to link propylparaben exposure to multigenerational fertility decline through biological changes that “reprogram” sperm or eggs and pass impacts down to offspring without changing DNA. It also adds to growing evidence that everyday exposure to common industrial and household chemicals may cause reproductive and other health harms, now and for future generations.

“This biological process emphasizes the profound and enduring impact that environmental stressors can exert on the epigenetic landscape of descendants,” the study’s authors note, “and reveals the potential origins of many diseases.”

Parabens, a class of chemicals used to prevent bacterial growth in a wide range of consumer products, are endocrine disruptors (EDCs) that can mimic or interfere with hormones. Absorbed through the skin, scientists have detected parabens in blood, urine, hair, breast milk, and even the placenta. Studies suggest parabens and other EDCs may be linked to reproductive problems, breast cancerobesity, and thyroid disorders. … continue

A Barbaric and Dangerous Relic of the Asylum Age: How Electroshock Evaded Science, Law and Ethics

By Sayer Ji, Aimee Villella McBride, and Global Wellness Forum | October 31, 2025

A Call to End a Medical Atrocity

The Global Wellness Forum (GWF) is leading a historic national coalition to end Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) — a federally subsidized medical atrocity still inflicted on more than 120,000 Americans every year.

In alliance with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), Stand for Health Freedom, and a growing network of informed-consent, health-freedom, and human-rights organizations, we are launching a coordinated campaign to expose, defund, and abolish ECT in the United States.

How does ECT Work?

ECT is a medical device used by hospitals and psychiatrists that floods the brain with up to 900 milliamperes of current and 450 volts of electricity for up to as long as 8 seconds, delivered in either ultra-brief pulses or continuous waves — forcibly inducing a generalized grand mal seizure that can last up to two minutes.

The goal of this procedure is simply to trigger the seizure, not to heal. In practice, the electrical dose is set above the patient’s seizure threshold and then increased even further in later sessions — often from nearly double to as much as six times the amount needed to cause a seizure — escalating the risk of neurological injury with every treatment.

This is what happens when medicine forgets its purpose. … continue

The Mystery of Transplanted Consciousness: When Organs Transfer More Than Function

Exploring the Profound Evidence That Memories, Personalities, and Skills Can Transfer from Donor to Recipient

A Midwestern Doctor | The Forgotten Side of Medicine | October 30, 2025

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What This Means for Medicine and Consciousness

The evidence suggests several revolutionary possibilities:

Consciousness isn’t brain-only: We may need a more distributed model recognizing the entire body’s role in generating our sense of self.

Better therapeutic approaches: The success addressing “trapped emotions” in transplanted organs suggests new therapeutic avenues worth exploring.

Memory research revolution: Evidence suggests memories may not be stored exclusively in the brain, opening new research directions. … Read full article

Inside Israel’s tax war on Palestinian churches

By Issam Ahmed | The New Arab | October 30, 2025

Palestinian churches are facing unprecedented pressure from Israeli authorities through systematic financial targeting, property disputes, and administrative restrictions that threaten to undermine one of Christianity’s oldest continuous presences in the Holy Land.

The recent freezing of Orthodox Church bank accounts represents the latest escalation in a pattern of actions that church leaders describe as deliberate attempts to force Christian emigration from Palestine.

In August 2025, Israeli authorities froze all bank accounts belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church in Palestine, a step that culminated in effectively paralyzing the institution’s operations and threatening its ability to pay clergy salaries, maintain schools, and provide essential services to the community.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem is one of the oldest Christian institutions in the world, with roots tracing back to the apostolic era. It serves as the guardian of Christianity’s most sacred sites, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christian tradition holds that Jesus was crucified and resurrected. … Full article

Colonizers Shoot Three Palestinians Near Bethlehem

IMEMC | November 1, 2025

On Saturday, illegal Israeli settlers shot three Palestinians with live ammunition in the Bethlehem governorate, while others attacked farmers in the Ramallah and Hebron governorates.

Armed Israeli colonizers shot three Palestinians, on Saturday morning, after invading the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank.

Zayed Qawazba, the head of the Minya village council, told the WAFA News Agency that a group of armed settlers invaded the village of Al-Minya and opened fire towards Palestinian citizens, shooting three of them in their lower limbs; they were transported to the hospital for treatment.

Qawazba added that occupation forces were present for the duration of the attack, providing security for the illegal paramilitary settlers. He said that the settlers also grazed their livestock on citizens’ land in the village.

Meanwhile, a group of armed colonizers assaulted Palestinian farmers on Saturday morning, after storming the village of Al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Osama Makhamra, a local anti-settlement activist, told the WAFA News Agency that a group of armed settlers from the Ma’on and Mitzpe Yair settlements, built on expropriated Palestinian lands, assaulted farmers after invading Al-Fakhit village. … Full article

Illegal Israeli settlers attack Palestinian towns, torch vehicles

MEMO | November 1, 2025

Illegal Israeli settlers on Friday set fire to five Palestinian vehicles and assaulted towns in the occupied West Bank, local sources said, Anadolu reports.

Abd Qabaja, an activist with the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, told Anadolu that the settlers attacked the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, sparking violent clashes with residents during which settlers fired live bullets.

Qabaja said the Israeli army also intervened to protect the settlers, using tear gas and live ammunition.

He added that the settlers burned three vehicles, including one belonging to Murad Shtayyeh, director of the commission the northern West Bank.

Earlier on Friday, the settlers attacked the towns of Beitin and Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, torching two vehicles and vandalizing a mosque by smashing its windows. … Full article

40 NGOs: Israel obstructs aid deliveries to Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – November 1, 2025

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – 40 humanitarian groups have accused Israel of obstructing aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip through using a new registration system for international NGOs, leaving tens of millions of dollars of aid stranded outside the Palestinian coastal enclave.

According to the Financial Times website on Friday, these organizations, including Médecins Sans Frontières, Oxfam, People in Need, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, said last week that Israel had denied 99 requests to deliver aid to Gaza in the first 12 days of the ceasefire.

Three-quarters of the refusals came on the grounds that these organizations, some of which have operated in Gaza for years, were “not authorized” to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian groups said. … Full article

Hamas slams Ben Gvir for abusing Palestinian prisoners and threatening to kill them

“This is how we treat them — now all that’s left is to execute them”

Palestinian Information Center – November 1, 2025

GAZA – Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has strongly denounced Israeli right-wing minister Itamar Ben Gvir for publicly displaying Palestinian detainees in shackles under what he described as “brutal and inhumane conditions,” and for threatening to kill them.

In a statement on Friday, Mardawi said that Ben Gvir’s behavior reflected “a dangerous escalation in his aggressive practices towards Palestinian prisoners” and underscored “his terrorist government’s ongoing disregard for international legal standards protecting prisoners.”

Mardawi added that Ben Gvir’s actions are not just verbal provocations but part of a wider pattern of official incitement against the Palestinian people.

He emphasized that these actions aim to normalize violence and bloodshed targeting Palestinians, reflecting a broader campaign of aggression and dehumanization endorsed by the Israeli occupation government.

In a related context, the Asra Media Office has accused the Israeli occupation army of carrying out on-site executions of Palestinian detainees after kidnaping them in the Gaza Strip. … Full article

Martyred detainees bound, blindfolded, tortured, Gaza forensics finds

Al Mayadeen | November 1, 2025

Most of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs returned from “Israel” were found blindfolded, with their hands and feet bound, Gaza’s forensic department spokesperson revealed.

These, he said, are compelling evidence that the Palestinian detainees were brutally tortured before being executed.

He urged all international organizations to urgently enter the Gaza Strip to document these violations by Israeli occupation forces and ensure accountability for crimes committed against Palestinians.

The findings came after “Israel” handed over to Gaza authorities the bodies of 30 Palestinian martyrs who had been held in its prisons, as part of the ongoing ceasefire exchange deal, the Palestinian news agency Safa reported on Friday.

The bodies were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. This is reportedly the fifth handover of bodies, which brings the total count up to 225. Many bodies are said to bear traces of torture and execution, such as burns, bound hands, and eyes. … Full article

Palestinian killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – November 1, 2025

GAZA – A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead on Saturday after he succumbed to injuries sustained from Israeli sniper fire in the east of Gaza City.

Local sources identified the martyr as Wasim Abu Sakran, saying he was shot on Friday by an Israeli sniper in Gaza City’s Shuja’iya neighborhood.

On Friday, another Palestinian was killed and his brother was wounded by sniper fire in the same area.

More Israeli Violations, Attacks on South Lebanon Recorded Saturday

Al-Manar | November 1, 2025

The Israeli enemy continued on Saturday its violations of the Lebanese sovereignty and attacks on the civilians on South Lebanon, breaching the ceasefire agreement which took effect on November 27, 2024, on the basis of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

In this context, an Israeli enemy’s drone launched an air raid on Kfarsir town, South Lebanon, injuring one civilian.

Earlier, an Israeli glider dropped a sound bomb on Ras Al-Naqoura coast.

Al-Manar also reported that Israeli drones roamed the skies of Nabatiyeh City, South Lebanon.

Why Lebanon doesn’t trust Israeli-American intentions — and why it shouldn’t

By Hussein Mousavi | Press TV | November 1, 2025

As Lebanon’s government, led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, inches closer to implementing its multi-phase plan to disarm Hezbollah, one question continues to divide the country:

What if Hezbollah lays down its arms… and the Israeli regime still doesn’t change its behavior?

The plan – drafted under the supervision of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and backed by the US, France, and several Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE – seeks to reassert the state’s monopoly on the use of force.

On paper, it sounds like a long-delayed step toward full “sovereignty.” That’s how the Lebanese premier and his allies – both inside and outside the country – try to present the issue.

Yet for many ordinary Lebanese, the proposal feels less like progress and more like exposure. And so, it raises a deeper fear.

Disarming the Hezbollah resistance movement, they fear, could strip Lebanon of its last line of deterrence, without changing anything about Israeli long-standing hostility. … continue

Israeli forces carry out new incursion in Syria’s Quneitra countryside

Al Mayadeen | November 1, 2025

Local sources in Quneitra reported on Saturday that an Israeli occupation military unit carried out a ground incursion into the village of al-Samdaniyah al-Sharqiyah in the province’s countryside earlier in the morning.

The Israeli force comprised two tanks, seven military vehicles, and a bulldozer, advancing along the road leading to the al-Saqari checkpoint between the towns of Jaba and Khan Arnabeh before moving toward the road connecting to the al-Salam Highway.

The incursion came just one day after Israeli occupation forces installed an iron gate inside al-Samdaniyah al-Gharbiya village, effectively creating a permanent checkpoint within the area. Residents expressed outrage, condemning the move as yet another violation of Syrian sovereignty.

These developments come amid continued Israeli violations along the border strip in southern Syria. … Full article

Iran ready for nuclear negotiations but rules out missile talks: FM Araghchi

Press TV – November 1, 2025

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is open to holding talks on its nuclear program but refuses to negotiate over its missile capabilities.

“We are ready to negotiate to address concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program and are confident in the peaceful nature of our nuclear program,” Araghchi said in an interview with the Qatari news network Al-Jazeera published on Saturday.

“We will never negotiate our missile program, and no rational actor would accept being disarmed,” he added.

Araghchi reiterated that Iran will not compromise on its uranium enrichment program either. “It is not possible to stop uranium enrichment, and what could not be achieved by war cannot be achieved through politics.”

The top Iranian diplomat said it was still possible to reach a “fair” agreement on the country’s nuclear program, but “Washington has set forth unacceptable conditions.”

He emphasized that Iran has no desire for direct talks with Washington, but can reach an agreement through indirect negotiations.

Araghchi once again rejected the “unlawful” move by the European parties to the 2015 deal — Britain, France, and Germany–– to trigger a “snapback” mechanism to restore UN sanctions, saying there is no international consensus on imposing sanctions against Tehran.

Iran had held five rounds of talks on a replacement for the 2015 nuclear deal prior to the US-Israeli airstrikes on the country and its nuclear facilities in mid-June.

The United States and its European allies have repeatedly called for any future agreement to address not only Iran’s nuclear activities but also its ballistic missile program.

Tehran has consistently rejected that demand, insisting its military capabilities are non-negotiable.

On August 28, the European trio invoked the “snapback” mechanism, further complicating diplomacy to resolve tensions.

Iran ready for any Israeli act of hostility

Elsewhere in his remarks, Araghchi said Tehran is prepared for all possibilities and expects any act of hostility from Israel.

“We have the highest level of preparedness at all levels, and Israel will suffer another defeat in any possible future war,” he added.

He noted that during the war in June, Iran succeeded in testing its missiles in “real combat”, warning that any new Israeli attack would have “bad consequences.” … Full article

Burevestnik and Poseidon: Russia’s New Double Deterrent Against First Strike Aggression

Sputnik – 01.11.2025

President Putin has announced the back-to-back successful testing of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable unlimited range cruise missile, and the Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable unmanned underwater vehicle. Sputnik asked a seasoned US Army vet and military analyst to comment on Russia’s new twin deterrence potential.

“The Burevestnik and the Poseidon are very interesting weapons… pretty much designed as defensive in nature,” retired US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik, characterizing the pair of nuclear doomsday scenario strategic systems as an effective new “counter strike type of capability.”

Touting the twin systems’ miniaturized nuclear engines as their key standout capability, Rasmussen noted that nuclear power essentially means unlimited range and loitering.

The weapons fundamentally enhance Russia’s nuclear deterrence, according to the observer. “There are some crazy generals out there that think they can win, do a preemptive strike and win a nuclear war, which is insane, essentially,” Rasmussen recalled, alluding to ideas like the Prompt Global Strike (PGS). Burevestnik and Poseidon are designed to nullify them.

With a system like the Poseidon, “you don’t have to strike anything. You could detonate it, probably flood and wipe out the entire British Isles or the entire east coast of the United States. So the impact could be quite devastating,” and far beyond the ‘acceptable loss’ calculations of any PGS-style planners.

“Like I said, I don’t look at Russia using them as a pure offensive-type weapon. I look at them as more of a defensive weapon and as a counterstrike type of capability. But it really, really enhances that capability to counter an adversary’s offensive actions against Russia,” Rasmussen summed up.

Trump brushes off Hungarian PM’s plea

RT | November 1, 2025

US President Donald Trump has dismissed Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s request to exempt Hungary from sanctions on Russian oil.

Orban said in an interview with Kossuth Radio on Friday he will try to persuade Trump during his upcoming visit to Washington to grant Hungary relief from the sanctions on Russian energy companies Rosneft and Lukoil, which supply oil to Central Europe. […]

The Hungarian prime minister said he would bring a “large delegation” of ministers, economic officials, and security advisers to Washington on November 7 in order to finalize an economic cooperation package with the US. He stressed, however, that any deal would depend on continued access to Russian oil and gas. … Full article

Kupyansk and Krasnoarmeysk Encirclements Make Ukraine’s Defeat ‘Too Big to Hide’

By Ekaterina Blinova – Sputnik – 01.11.2025

Volodymyr Zelensky and his Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky are infamous for sacrificing Ukrainian lives to prolong fighting, Mikael Valtersson, former officer of the Swedish Armed Forces and Air Defense, tells Sputnik, commenting on the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and Kupyansk encirclements.

“[Their] policy has left up to 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers in a very precarious position. They are left with two bad alternatives, either being eliminated defending hopeless positions or taking heavy losses during a very hard withdrawal. In both cases Ukraine will lose invaluable military units,” Valtersson notes.

There is a little, if any, chance that Zelensky could order a surrender, as “the worst thing that could happen from Kiev’s point of view would be thousands of retreating or surrendering Ukrainian soldiers,” according to the pundit.

Zelensky’s team has put on a brave face, insisting there are no encirclements, while barring foreign journalists from the area.

“Such journalists would only expose Kiev’s lies about the situation and crush Ukrainian credibility,” Valtersson says.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s defeat is a thing too big to hide, the military expert notes, projecting that Russia’s advance in November and December would lead to Ukraine losing several cities.

“Large cities like the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantynivka urban area, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov might be up for grabs,” the pundit suggests. “The worst is yet to come for Ukraine in 2025. We are now witnessing the final fall of Krasnoarmeysk and Kupyansk.”

Russian military thwarts Ukrainian special forces op in encircled town – MOD

RT | November 1, 2025

The Russian military has prevented an attempt by Ukraine to deploy special forces near the encircled town of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) in Donbass, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.

Western media outlets, including Reuters and The Economist, reported on Friday that Kiev had used a US-supplied Black Hawk helicopter to attempt to deploy elite troops to the eastern part of Krasnoarmeysk. The landing attempt was reportedly personally coordinated by the chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR), Kirill Budanov.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that “a helicopter landing by a HUR special operations forces group was prevented approximately 1km northwest of the outskirts of the town of Krasnoarmeysk in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic.”

All 11 elite Ukrainian troops who descended from the helicopter were “destroyed,” it added.

Last week, the chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, reported to President Vladimir Putin that some 5,500 Ukrainian servicemen have been encircled in Krasnoarmeysk. Russian forces have also blocked another 5,000 troops in Dimitrov (Mirnograd) and Kupyansk, according to Gerasimov. … Full article

Rand Paul’s Letter to Gabbard Re-Opens the COVID Intel Files

How new documents link U.S. intelligence, Ralph Baric, and gain-of-function research — echoing Tulsi Gabbard’s own warnings about the Deep State.

By Sayer Ji | October 31, 2025

Executive Summary

  • Sen. Rand Paul has released a letter revealing that U.S. intelligence agencies contacted coronavirus researcher Dr. Ralph Baric as early as 2015 — five years before the pandemic.¹
  • The documents show ODNI and CIA coordination with Baric on “coronavirus evolution and possible human adaptation” and later classified briefings on lab-leak scenarios.
  • Dr. Baric’s collaborations with Wuhan’s Dr. Zhengli Shi and EcoHealth Alliance’s Peter Daszak appear repeatedly across the correspondence now sought by Paul’s Senate committee.
  • Tulsi Gabbard, now Director of National Intelligence, foreshadowed this in her May 2025 interview with Megyn Kelly, promising to expose intelligence secrecy and gain-of-function complicity — a pledge now intersecting with Paul’s probe.

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The Evolving Lens on SIDS: From Mystery to Focus on CDC’s Schedule

By Jefferey Jaxen | November 1, 2025

In America, infants are dying at a rate of around 1,300 to 4,500 per year depending on the reporting source. Lives ended suddenly, unexplained with the greater medical system appearing to be okay with it as evidenced by their lack of deeper investigation into the ‘syndrome.’

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has long-haunted parents and pediatricians alike. Defined traditionally as the sudden death of an apparently healthy infant under one year old for unknown reasons – scientific and legal momentum may be moving towards public understanding.

For decades, it was viewed as an enigmatic “diagnosis of exclusion,” often chalked up to environmental factors like prone sleeping, overheating and in extreme cases blaming the parents for abuse.

Yet, as of 2025, this static portrait is fracturing. Emerging research, landmark court rulings, and legislative reforms reveal SIDS not as a singular black box, but a tapestry of metabolic, genetic, and iatrogenic vulnerabilities—chiefly, immature detoxification pathways and post-vaccination inflammatory cascades. … continue

Blanket Informed Consent for Biologics Could Be Deadly

What You Need to Know and Need to Do

By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny | November 1, 2025

There’s a linguistic shift happening inside the walls of hospitals, surgical centers, and outpatient clinics — one that most people won’t notice until it’s too late. The word “vaccine” is vanishing from medical consent forms. In its place is a far broader, far murkier term being used: biologics. Let’s clarify some definitions… continue