Israel will begin cutting off water and electricity to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facilities in the occupied Palestinian territories, a top Israeli minister announced on Wednesday.
Israel’s Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen told The Jerusalem Post that he will “personally” oversee the shutdown of utilities to UNRWA offices in occupied al-Quds starting today.
Cohen accused the agency of operating “in a systematic way to incite against Israel.” He said utility companies had been formally instructed to carry out the cutoff, which is expected to be completed within two weeks.” … continue
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has accused the Israeli army of endangering peacekeepers after a drone incident during a routine patrol near Kfarkela in southern Lebanon.
In a statement posted on X, UNIFIL said its personnel observed two drones flying over the patrol “in a hostile manner”. Peacekeepers then noticed that one of the drones was carrying an unidentified object and entered an area that posed “a direct threat” to their safety.
“According to standard operating procedures, the soldiers took defensive action against this threat,” UNIFIL said.
The force said the drone subsequently dropped a stun grenade, which exploded around 50 metres from the patrol before the aircraft headed back towards Israel. No injuries were reported.
UNIFIL said it informed both the Israeli and Lebanese armies of the activity, in line with standard procedures for incidents occurring near the Blue Line.
Peacekeepers concluded that the drone belonged to the Israeli army and had crossed the Blue Line in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. UNIFIL said the use of an armed drone in the area was “unacceptable”.
The UN mission reiterated its call on Israel to respect the Blue Line, ensure the safety of peacekeepers, and cease attacks against or near UN forces.
UNIFIL said the incident constituted a breach of Resolution 1701 and international law, obstructed its Security Council-mandated mission, and risked undermining efforts to restore stability along the Blue Line.
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun has condemned Israel for carrying out an environmental crime, following reports that Israeli forces dispersed a mysterious substance over towns in southern Lebanon, which officials in Beirut have described as toxic.
Aoun expressed strong disapproval of the Israeli actions on Wednesday, stating that he instructed government agencies to pursue all necessary diplomatic and legal channels to “address this aggression,” which he described as a “clear violation” of Lebanon’s sovereignty.
“This is an environmental and health crime against Lebanese citizens and their land,” Aoun was quoted as saying by Lebanon’s official National News Agency.
He said the incident is a “continuation of repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon and its people”.
“These dangerous practices that target agricultural lands and the livelihoods of citizens and threaten their health and environment require the international community and relevant United Nations organizations to assume their responsibilities to stop these attacks,” Aoun said.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said on February 2 that the Israeli military had notified them about plans to release a “non-toxic chemical substance” from the air over regions close to the border.
“The [Israeli military] said that peacekeepers should stay away and remain under cover, forcing them to cancel over a dozen activities,” UNIFIL said. … Full article
Settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories, namely the settlement of Kibbutz Hanita, located near the Lebanese border area, have filed a lawsuit seeking about $11 million from Ballet Vision, the Chinese investment fund that controls the Hanita Lenses plant, accusing it of refusing to honor an option to purchase the kibbutz’s remaining shares.
The lawsuit, filed with the Tel Aviv District Court, says Ballet Vision, which holds roughly 80% of Hanita Lenses, has declined to buy out the kibbutz’s minority stake, despite a deadline set for December 2025.
In a response letter attached to the filing, the fund cited political and regulatory constraints, saying Beijing has classified the occupied Palestinian territories as a “high-risk area” since the outbreak of the war and has barred any new Chinese investments there.
“Since the outbreak of the fighting in Israel, the Chinese government has classified Israel as a high-risk zone (red category) and prohibited any new Chinese investment,” the fund wrote. “As long as this restriction remains in place, there is no practical operational ability to exercise the option.” … continue
The European Commission used unproven claims of Russian interference to overturn the results of Romania’s 2024 presidential election, a US House report has suggested.
Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the election’s first round after intelligence services alleged anti-establishment candidate Calin Georgescu’s lead resulted from foreign meddling. A House Judiciary Committee report cited the case on Tuesday, calling it the “most aggressive censorship steps” taken by the EU executive in recent years.
The report referenced internal TikTok documents submitted to the European Commission that contradicted claims of a Russian-backed pro-Georgescu campaign on the platform. TikTok stated it found no evidence supporting the allegation, which was foundational for the court’s ruling.
“By late December 2024, media reports citing evidence from Romania’s tax authority found that the alleged Russian interference campaign had, in fact, been funded by another Romanian political party,” the document noted. “But the election results were never reinstated, and in May 2025, the establishment-preferred candidate won Romania’s presidency in the rescheduled election.” […]
The damning new US report said the European Commission is conducting a “comprehensive decade-long effort” to pressure social media companies to limit freedom of expression in the name of combatting ‘hate speech’ and ‘disinformation’. The campaign “has established sufficient control of global online speech to comprehensively suppress narratives that threaten the European Commission’s power,” and directly affects constitutionally protected rights of American citizens, it stated. – Full article
The head of German Space Command Michael Traut reportedly claimed that Germany is considering a 35 billion euro ($41 billion) military space push, including spy satellites, space planes and offensive lasers, citing so-called “threats” from Russia and China in orbit. Chinese analysts on Wednesday slammed the move as classic double standards and Cold War mentality, as it cites baseless China “threat” claims, while ignoring the fact that the US is the top driver of space militarization. … continue
Ukrainian strikes have severely damaged energy infrastructure in Russia’s Belgorod Region, causing widespread power outages and disrupting heating and water supplies, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Wednesday morning.
Emergency crews worked through the night to repair the damage following what he described as a massive attack.
According to the governor, the city of Belgorod was struck by 12 munitions and three drones, with energy facilities among the damaged targets. Drone and artillery attacks were reported across nearly a dozen other districts. In the village of Dunayka, a drone attack on a truck wounded a man, requiring hospitalization. Another civilian was injured by an FPV drone in the village of Glotovo. A volunteer fighter was also wounded in Borisovsky District. … continue
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly lost contact with one of its drones during a reconnaissance mission over international waters, according to a source cited by Tasnim News Agency on Tuesday.
The Shahed 129 was conducting a routine operation when communication with the aircraft was suddenly interrupted.
Media reports earlier claimed that the US military downed an Iranian UAV that allegedly approached the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.
According to the Iranian source, the drone had been engaged in lawful reconnaissance and aerial photography, consistent with standard practices in international airspace. “The Shahed 129 drone was carrying out its routine reconnaissance and photography missions in international waters. This is considered normal and legal practice,” the source said.
The source added that the UAV had successfully transmitted all required imagery to the command center before contact was lost. … continue
Spain will ban social media use for children under 16 and hold tech executives personally accountable for “hateful content” spread on their platforms, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Tuesday.
Speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Sanchez said that his administration will implement five measures to regulate social media, with sweeping consequences for free speech.
“First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites,” he announced, explaining that executives who fail to remove “criminal or hateful content” will face criminal charges. … continue
Since the Supreme Court of Panama ruled that CK Hutchison’s concession contract to operate Panama Canal ports was “unconstitutional,” the most elated individuals over the past few days have undoubtedly been certain US politicians and media outlets. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio quickly posted on social media that the US is “encouraged,” while some American media outlets claimed this marks a “major victory” for Washington in curbing Chinese influence. The Wall Street Journal even issued a blunt threat, stating that other countries “might re-examine their ties to the world’s second-biggest economy.”
The cries of “victory” coming from the US confirm widespread outside suspicions and further expose Washington’s hegemonic arrogance in using geopolitical means to interfere with commercial cooperation and undermine trade rules. Although the US formally handed over control of the Panama Canal in 1999, in Washington’s Cold War mentality, this area remains an “inner lake” that others are not allowed to touch. The US has repeatedly expressed desire to “retake control of the Canal,” and Secretary of State Rubio chose Panama for his first overseas visit, threatening the country that it “must reduce Chinese influence.” Therefore, when the Supreme Court of Panama issued its so-called ruling, it is difficult for the international public opinion not to question its independence.
However, if one follows Washington’s rhythm and views this turmoil through the lens of “US-China competition,” they fall into a cognitive trap set by the US, and the focus on this matter becomes misplaced. These ports have never been, and should never be, bargaining chips in a geopolitical game. In fact, CK Hutchison has operated these ports for nearly 30 years; in such a long span of time, where has there ever been a shadow of a “Chinese threat”? … continue
Newly uncovered emails dated July 2017 reveal disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, long accused of acting on behalf of Israeli intelligence, lobbying for political and financial pressure to be applied against Qatar at the height of the Gulf diplomatic crisis.
The email exchange, dated 6th July 2017, sees Epstein accusing Qatar of “terrorism financing,” describing its leadership as “dangerous,” and demanding that it be made to “come out against terrorism and not just say it.” He proposes creating a billion-dollar “victim fund” for terrorism survivors to be administered by the US, UK and UN, while calling on Qatar to either contribute financially or recognise Israel—framing both as tests of its sincerity in opposing terrorism.
Epstein outlines a strategy of reputational damage and financial pressure, proposing a Western-administered fund that would publicly test Qatar’s stance on terrorism. His language reflects the broader Israel–UAE effort at the time to isolate Qatar over its support for Palestinian rights and refusal to normalise relations with Israel. … continue
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young man on Monday evening, while he and others were near the Apartheid wall, south of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.
The Ma’an News Agency reported that occupation forces shot and critically injured the young man Omar Zuhair Sweirki, 20, from Qalqilia, while he was near the Apartheid wall south of Qalqilia.
One of his relatives stated that Omar was a married father of a four-month baby girl and died almost instantly after the soldiers shot him. … Full article
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a home and a cave in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank, in a new escalation targeting Palestinian property in the area.
Activist Mohammad Awad reported that a large military force stormed the Wadi al‑Sheikh area and demolished an 80‑square‑meter house belonging to Ahmad Mohammad Hussein al‑Allami.
The structure, built to shelter his family, was reduced to rubble within minutes as heavy machinery carried out the demolition under armed protection.
Awad added that the forces also destroyed a nearby cave that had long served as a shelter for members of al‑Allami’s extended family. The cave, used seasonally for agricultural work and livestock care, was flattened despite containing no new construction or additions.
The demolition was carried out without prior warning, leaving the family unable to salvage belongings or livestock equipment.
Witnesses said soldiers surrounded the area, deployed snipers on nearby rooftops, and blocked all access roads leading to the site. … Full article
Residents of Khirbet al‑Kharaba, a small Palestinian community southeast of the town of Samu’ near Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern region, were assaulted on Tuesday when groups of illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded the area.
The colonizers hurled stones at homes and attacked families with pepper spray. Several residents suffered suffocation and physical injuries, and some were transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital for treatment.
Witnesses said the attackers approached from outposts connected to the nearby Susiya colony, an area that has seen a sharp rise in colonizer violence targeting isolated Palestinian communities.
Local residents reported that the colonizers surrounded homes belonging to the al‑Daghamin family, smashing windows, and attempting to force their way inside while families were still present.
The assault caused panic among residents, particularly children, as colonizers moved between the houses and continued throwing stones at anyone who attempted to approach. … Full article
The Israeli army uprooted about 200 long-standing grapevines Monday in the Bethlehem governorate and raided several towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.
Israeli forces used bulldozers to level agricultural land in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, uprooting roughly 200 mature grapevines, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Deputy Mayor Husni Issa said the land-clearing took place in the Um Rukba area south of the town, Wafa added.
In separate incidents, Israeli forces raided a Palestinian home in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and converted it into a military post, the agency said.
Troops deployed throughout the town, stormed the house and forced the family to evacuate before using it as a military position as part of ongoing operations in the area, Wafa added.
The agency said Israeli forces also entered the villages of Kafr Malik and Barqa, northeast and east of Ramallah, with no reports of arrests or home raids.
In the southern West Bank, witnesses said Israeli troops raided the town of al-Dhahiriya in the Hebron governorate, set up a checkpoint, searched Palestinian vehicles and forced some young men to exit their cars for body searches. … Full article
Israeli occupation forces abducted at least thirty Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, in a continuation of widespread invasions and violations that have intensified since the beginning of the year.
Among those abducted were former prisoner Zahra Khadraj and her daughter Yaqin, along with a woman from Qalandia refugee camp.
Several other former political prisoners were also taken during the overnight invasions, which targeted residents in the districts of Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilia, Tulkarem, Ramallah, and Jerusalem.
The wave of abductions reflects a rapidly escalating pattern in which Israeli forces carry out field interrogations, home invasions, and mass sweeps across Palestinian communities. … Full article
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli forces at the Rafah border crossing, calling it collective punishment and a form of organized terrorism.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the group said the “mistreatment, abuse, and deliberate extortion” faced by Palestinians returning to Gaza through Rafah “constitutes fascist behavior and organized terrorism.”
“This confirms that what is happening is not ‘crossing procedures’ but rather systematic violations aimed at instilling fear and deterring people from returning to their homes,” the statement added.
Hamas said the long-awaited reopening of Gaza’s southern border crossing with Egypt was meant to ease the territory’s punishing military siege. However, the group said field testimonies have exposed “degrading practices, including the abduction of women among travelers and their blindfolding.”
“Israeli forces subjected Palestinians at the crossing to prolonged interrogations with irrelevant questions, threatened some with their children, and attempted to coerce one individual into collaboration,” Hamas added.
The resistance group also called on the international community and human rights organizations to document the violations.
Israeli authorities, however, continue to enforce tight security restrictions and a complex bureaucratic process that allows only a small number of people to travel in either direction.
Media reports said Palestinians lined up Tuesday on both sides of Gaza’s border with Egypt after the long-awaited reopening the previous day was marred by delays and uncertainty over who would be allowed through.
On the Egyptian side were Palestinians who had previously left Gaza for medical treatment during Israel’s genocidal war.
On the Gaza side, Palestinians in need of treatment were transported by buses from the Palestinian Red Crescent headquarters in the besieged territory.
On Monday, it took more than 10 hours for only about a dozen returnees and a small group of medical evacuees to cross in each direction.
Palestinian Red Crescent spokesperson Raed al-Nims said on Tuesday that just 16 patients with chronic conditions and war wounds were transported from Khan Yunis to the Gaza side of Rafah. …. Full article
GAZA – A Palestinian citizen was martyred on Tuesday, succumbing to injuries sustained from Israeli gunfire in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
A medical source at Nasser Hospital reported receiving the body of a civilian killed by Israeli gunfire outside the “Yellow Line” area south of Khan Yunis.
Since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, at least 526 Palestinians have been killed, and 1,447 others have been injured.
The Israeli regime has been pressing US President Donald Trump to authorize a strike on Iran, but Trump has remained reluctant, according to a report citing statements from US officials.
Axios said in a Tuesday report that the head of the Israeli army, Eyal Zamir, had urged his US counterpart that the United States should launch an attack on Iran.
It said, however, that Zamir failed to persuade US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine during a meeting in Washington over the weekend that a strike on Iran would be the right course of action.
“It’s safe to say that nothing came out of that meeting to change his or the president’s mind on attacking Iran,” the report quoted a US official as saying, referring to Caine and Trump.
“It’s really the Israelis who want a strike. The president is just not there,” the official added.
The report comes as the threat of a military confrontation between Iran and the US has de-escalated in recent days, following statements from both sides that they might resume talks surrounding Tehran’s nuclear program.
The threat had grown last week after Trump said he had ordered US military assets to sail toward waters near Iran.
Iranian authorities responded by warning that even a single shot fired at the country would trigger a massive reaction.
Axios quoted another US official as saying that Trump “really does not want to do” the attack. … Full article
Turkiye will not be joining the new defense pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a source close to the Saudi army revealed to western media, after reports said the three countries would be entering into a trilateral agreement.
“Turkiye won’t join the defense pact with Pakistan,” the source told AFP. “It’s a bilateral pact with Pakistan and will remain a bilateral pact.”
A Gulf official also told the outlet that “This is a bilateral defensive relationship with Pakistan. We have common agreements with Turkiye, but the one with Pakistan will stay bilateral.”
Last month, Turkiye’s foreign minister said discussions were taking place regarding Ankara’s involvement.
Since the agreement came to light, there has been heavy speculation about the three countries forming a strong alliance.
The deal was initially reported as a trilateral pact. … continue
The release on bail of Erfan Soltani, an Iranian national detained during recent riots in the country, on Sunday did more than conclude a domestic legal episode.
It also dismantled a carefully constructed and extremely flawed international narrative that, for weeks, had weaponized misinformation to portray his “execution” as an imminent certainty.
In mid-January 2026, a wave of alarming headlines rippled across global media, claiming without evidence that Iran was preparing to execute a young man named Erfan Soltani.
Major outlets – including the BBC, Euronews, The Guardian, and Sky News – reported his supposed “sentence” as fact, citing scandalous Western-based “human rights groups,” and triggering diplomatic warnings and an avalanche of political reactions.
“Iran set to execute protester days after arrest as Tehran speeds up death sentences,” declared Euronews. ABC News ran with: “Relative speaks out on plight of arrested Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, who had faced execution.” The Hill asked: “Who is Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester Trump mentioned facing execution?”
As the initial fog of propaganda began to lift, the narrative quietly shifted. The Guardian, which had earlier warned of Soltani’s “imminent execution,” later revised its framing: “Execution of condemned Iranian protester postponed, family told.” The BBC followed suit with: “Who is Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester who reportedly had execution postponed?”
The storyline consistently casts Iran’s judiciary as carrying out summary executions – a familiar script deployed in previous cycles of engineered unrest.
Yet on February 1, Soltani was released on bail. His case remains open, but without any death sentence outcome, Iranian judicial authorities had already signaled weeks earlier.
For charges against him, the provision of execution does not exist; they had made it clear.
The stark gap between the initial global coverage and the eventual reality revealed more than a routine correction. It exposed a complex ecosystem in which unverified activist claims, geopolitical pressure, and coordinated digital disinformation converged to shape a predetermined narrative against the Islamic Republic.
This investigation traces how the story was constructed, amplified, and sustained amid foreign-backed riots across Iran. It focuses in particular on the systematic manipulation of Wikipedia by a network of accounts linked to the exiled Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) cult, designated as a terrorist organization.
It also shows how contemporary information warfare is waged not only through headlines and breaking news, but through the quiet, strategic curation of what is presented as the world’s most trusted knowledge repository. … continue
Israel is pushing the US to maintain the “three no’s” in upcoming talks with Iran, Israeli media reported – referring to the demand that Tehran end enrichment and give up its nuclear program, end its ballistic missile program, and halt support for resistance groups in the region.
“Israel is expected to call for the US to uphold ‘three no’s’ during the talks with Iran. These demands are that under any deal with the US, Iran agree to have no nuclear program, no ballistic missile program, and to give no support to armed proxy groups,” the Times of Israel said.
The report says the message will be delivered during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of US envoy Steve Witkoff’s expected engagement later this week with Iran’s top diplomat.
According to Israel’s Channel 12, the chiefs of Mossad and the Israeli army will be present at the meeting, as well as other security officials.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has announced that Tehran has agreed to hold a round of nuclear talks with Washington – in an effort to de-escalate tensions – on the condition that threats be halted and that “fair and equitable” negotiations take place.
“I have instructed my Minister of Foreign Affairs, provided that a suitable environment exists – one free from threats and unreasonable expectations – to pursue fair and equitable negotiations, guided by the principles of dignity, prudence, and expediency,” he said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi will meet Witkoff in Ankara on Friday.
Despite agreeing to hold talks, Tehran has categorically refused to capitulate to the “three no’s” demand. … continue
By William Schryver – imetatronink – February 2, 2026
For several years now I have been making the argument that, because American military power is so widely dispersed and diluted across the planet, the only way the United States could concentrate sufficient forces to prosecute a war against one of its three major power adversaries (Russia, China, and Iran) would be to significantly deplete its force posture relative to the other two.
That is precisely what has been happening over the course of the past few weeks in relation to the military buildup in the Persian Gulf region, in apparent preparation to launch an air campaign against Iran.
Now, granted, as I wrote yesterday, the force the US is concentrating in the Middle East via an aggressive heavy airlift operation is not sufficiently potent to sustain more than about two weeks of high-intensity war against Iran. US stockpiles of precision-guided weaponry are simply too limited to allow for a more protracted campaign.
Nor do I believe the US has the logistical and maintenance capacity to keep a large percentage of its fleet of aging aircraft air-worthy for more than about two weeks — especially when there will very likely be Iranian missiles raining down on all the US bases in the region.
And therefore, if Iran proves capable of turning it into even a month-long regional war of attrition, there is no way I can see the US being able to sustain its sortie rate, nor to tolerate the losses of men and equipment it would inevitably incur. … continue
Kiev and its Western backers have drawn up a plan that envisages military forces from the US and European countries moving into Ukraine to fight Russian troops in the event that Moscow violates the ceasefire being demanded by Vladimir Zelensky, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources.
Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly rejected the idea of a ceasefire as a precursor to a peace deal, saying it would only be used by Kiev and its sponsors to rearm and regroup forces. Instead, Moscow has insisted that the conflict needs a permanent peace solution which addresses its root causes. Russia has also categorically ruled out the deployment of Western forces to Ukraine during or after the crisis. … continue
A Ukrainian artillery strike on the city of Novaya Kakhovka in Russia’s Kherson Region has left three civilians dead, including a local administration employee, and several others injured, Governor Vladimir Saldo reported on Tuesday.
The attack took place earlier in the day and targeted civilian infrastructure, hitting a grocery store and a multifunctional public service center, Saldo wrote on Telegram, denouncing the strike as “yet another war crime by the Kiev regime.”
“They are targeting civilians, those who simply live and work. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are murderers who stop at nothing,” the governor said, noting that the attack comes amid Kiev’s “loud declarations of ‘readiness for peace.’”
Saldo added that emergency services are working at the scene of the attack and that the families of the victims and the injured will receive full assistance. … Full article
By Nicolas Hulscher, MPH | FOCAL POINTS | February 2, 2026
For years, the public was told that mRNA vaccine materials would degrade within days to weeks — rapidly broken down, biologically transient, and incapable of long-term persistence. That assumption shaped regulatory assurances, public messaging, and safety expectations worldwide. Billions across the globe received these injections based on the claim that the genetic material would quickly disappear from the body.
Today, that narrative collapses — following a coordinated, multi-country investigative effort involving the McCullough Foundation, the INMODIA laboratory (Germany), the Municipal Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt (Germany), Neo7Bioscience, and collaborating independent laboratories.
The findings reveal longitudinal molecular evidence that vaccine-derived mRNA, plasmid DNA fragments, and spike protein can persist in human blood and tissue more than 3.5 years after vaccination — independently confirmed across multiple laboratories using diverse analytical methods. … continue
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | February 2, 2026
An adult woman who had her breasts removed as part of “gender-affirming” surgery performed when she was a teenager won a $2 million settlement in a New York court last week.
The three-week case, heard before the Westchester County Supreme Court, represented the first detransitioner malpractice lawsuit to go to trial and succeed in the U.S., the New York Post reported.
Fox Varian, now 22, underwent a double mastectomy in 2019, when she was 16. Afterward, she felt that her gender transition had harmed her, so she detransitioned. In 2023, she sued her psychologist, Dr. Kenneth Einhorn, and her plastic surgeon, Dr. Simon Chin.
By Kevin Barrett | American Free Press | February 2, 2026
On January 13, the State of New York set a small but significant precedent by banning the Jewish-supremacist terror group Betar. In a settlement with the state’s Attorney General, Betar agreed to stop terrorizing New Yorkers who disagree with the group’s pro-Israel, Jewish-supremacist agenda. Simultaneously with the agreement Betar dissolved its New York operations—but vowed to reconstitute itself and continue terrorizing Americans in other jurisdictions.
Though New York did not officially deem Betar a terrorist group, it’s clear that’s exactly what it is. The definition of terrorism is: “Using violence or the threat of violence against civilians to create fear for political purposes.”
Clearly, terrorism was and remains Betar’s central mission. … continue
Dockworkers at more than 20 Mediterranean ports are planning a strike next week to protest arms shipments to Israel and their governments’ “complicity” in the Gaza genocide, demanding an immediate halt to weapons transfers.
The Italy-based grassroots dockworkers’ union, Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), announced it will participate in an international general strike on February 6.
“If we don’t take this step, all our other demands will be crushed under war,” Francesco Staccioli of USB warned.
Italian dockworkers will join colleagues across Greece, the Basque Country, Morocco, and Turkey in a coordinated action opposing the growing militarization of key transport infrastructure.
The strike aims to prevent arms shipments, reject rearmament, and oppose the impact of a war economy on workers’ rights and social security systems. … Full article
Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on towns in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, striking residential areas and commercial zones, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in the region.
In the town of Kfar Tebnit, an Israeli strike targeted a house that had been listed in the latest so-called evacuation order issued by the Israeli occupation. The attack caused significant damage to the surrounding area, our correspondent said.
A separate airstrike targeted a building in Ain Qana, reducing a two-storey home to rubble. The blast caused extensive damage to nearby buildings and shops, underscoring the scale of destruction inflicted by the raid.
The strike on Ain Qana took place just before students were dismissed from nearby schools, intensifying fears for civilian safety and raising concerns over the timing of the attack in a densely populated area.
Emergency and rescue teams were dispatched to both locations shortly after the strikes, working to assess the damage and assist those wounded.
The air raids followed an earlier Israeli drone attack on the coastal road connecting Sarafand and Ansariyeh, marking another escalation in aerial aggression across southern Lebanon. … Full article
Israeli occupation forces detonated the home of 23‑year‑old Mahmoud Yousef Aabed at dawn on Monday in the town of Halhul, north of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Large military units, accompanied by armored vehicles, trucks, and heavy equipment, invaded several neighborhoods in Halhul before surrounding the Aabed family home.
An Israeli explosive‑engineering team was deployed to the area, and troops imposed a tight cordon around the building.
Israeli military engineers later planted explosive charges inside the walls of Aabed’s apartment, located within a multi‑story residential building, and then detonated it.
Residents of nearby homes were forced to evacuate before the detonation. Local sources said that among those evacuated were individuals with medical conditions who received treatment from Palestinian Red Crescent Society emergency teams. … Full article
The Israeli army has issued a new military order extending the closure and siege of several refugee camps in the northern West Bank as part of its ongoing intensified military operations in the area.
According to the document, the Head of the Israeli Army’s Central Command in the West Bank, Major General Avi Bluth, signed the order to extend restrictions on movement in the refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams. “The decision would take effect from 30 January 2026 and remain in force until 31st March 2026 at 11:59pm.”
The military order bans any person from entering or leaving the cordoned areas of the affected camps without a special permit. Israeli army and police forces are exempt from these restrictions.
The extension comes amid continued escalation in the northern West Bank camps, with warnings of a worsening humanitarian situation due to strict movement restrictions and the ongoing closure and siege, which have been in place for more than a year.
WEST BANK – A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Monday evening in the city of Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its crews received the victim, who had been shot with live ammunition by Israeli troops. CPR was administered at the scene before his death was confirmed.
Medical sources said the man had suffered extremely critical injuries. He was transferred to Darwish Nazzal Governmental Hospital after being handed over at the DCO checkpoint in Qalqilya. … continue
Saudi Arabia’s state-backed media has adopted an increasingly hostile tone toward “Israel,” signaling diminishing prospects for diplomatic normalization between the two regional powers as the war on Gaza continues to reshape political calculations across West Asia.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote on Monday that the shift has been reflected in official and semi-official outlets. In a January editorial, the daily Al-Riyadh accused “Israel” of disregarding international law and state sovereignty, stating that “wherever Israel is present, there is ruin and destruction.”
According to WSJ, religious figures have echoed the rhetoric. In a December sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid declared, “Oh God, deal with the Jews who have seized and occupied, for they cannot escape your power.”
Saudi officials say the increasingly sharp messaging is partly driven by the kingdom’s escalating rivalry with the United Arab Emirates, a regional competitor for economic leadership that has taken opposing positions to Riyadh in multiple West Asian conflicts. The UAE is also the most prominent Arab signatory of the series of US-backed normalization agreements with “Israel.” … continue
By José Niño | The Libertarian Institute | February 2, 2026
A troubling convergence has emerged among Western think tanks, Israeli politicians, and exiled opposition figures advocating for the partition of Iran along ethnic and sectarian lines. This strategy represents a dangerous escalation from traditional regime change toward what can only be described as regime destruction, a policy shift that would benefit Israeli regional ambitions while catastrophically destabilizing the Middle East and creating humanitarian disasters that would dwarf the Syrian refugee crisis.
Iran’s demographic reality forms the pretext for these proposals. Persians constitute between 51 and 61% of the population, while Azerbaijanis comprise 16 to 24%, Kurds represent 7 to 10%, with smaller populations of Arabs, Baloch, Lurs, and Turkmen rounding out the nation’s ethnic composition. Rather than viewing this diversity as a national strength, Balkanization advocates frame it as a strategic vulnerability ripe for exploitation. … continue
Former CIA director Mike Pompeo has admitted that Washington played a direct role in recent violent riots in Iran, saying the United States “directly helped” the rioters.
In an interview with Israeli Channel 13 on Monday, the interviewer referred to US President Donald Trump’s promises of support for the rioters and suggested that such help never materialized.
Pompeo rejected that view, responding, “I do not think so. Help did come … a lot of help. We may not see it all … We may not know about it all, But the United States is actively trying to help [them].”
When asked whether Trump had missed the opportunity to “overthrow” the Iranian government, Pompeo again disagreed.
His remarks revealed that despite the Trump administration’s repeated statements about pursuing a peaceful solution with Iran, Washington was in practice working toward “regime change” in Tehran. … continue
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview on 1 February that a nuclear agreement with the US was still possible, while warning that a war would engulf the entire region.
Speaking to CNN, Araghchi said indirect communications through regional intermediaries have been “fruitful,” stressing that negotiations must focus strictly on Iran’s nuclear program rather than missiles or regional allies. “Unfortunately, we have lost our trust (in) the US as a negotiating partner.”
In June last year, Iran was attacked by Israel in the middle of nuclear negotiations. US President Donald Trump pretended to favor diplomacy while secretly plotting war with the Israeli leadership.
When asked about halting support for resistance groups in West Asia and a cap on the ballistic missile program, which Washington is demanding, Araghchi told CNN, “Let’s not talk about impossible things.”
“And not lose the opportunity to achieve a fair and equitable deal to ensure no nuclear weapons. That, as I said, is achievable even in a short period of time,” he added. “Of course, in return, we expect sanction lifting.” … continue
Jeffery Epstein’s Israel connections have been well documented by Drop Site News, through leaked emails of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who was a close associate of Jeffery Epstein, and often used him as a backchannel to States, for example, to Russia during the Syrian war.
The newly released files from the Department of Justice adds further evidence of Jeffery Epstein’s Israel connections, and even raises the possibility that he was an agent of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, trained under Ehud Barak.
This possibility is best underscored in an FBI document released in the Epstein files, which quoted a CHS (Confidential Human Source), who claimed that Epstein was an agent of the Mossad.
The CHS was apparently connected to Epstein’s former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, with the document noting, “CHS learned that Dershowitz influenced many students from wealthy families. For example. Josh Kushner (Josh) and Jared Kushner (Jared) were both his students. Dershowitz told CHS that if he were young again, he would be holding a stun gun as an Israeli Intelligence (Mossad) agent. CHS believed Dershowitz was co-opted by Mossad and subscribed to their mission. CHS still continues to communicate occasionally for Dershowitz”. … continue
On January 13, 2025, seven days before Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president, The Free Press, the online magazine created by the Zionist operator Bari Weiss who has powerful connections to the Trump Administration, ran a profile which may say more about the ultimate causes of America’s current policies, and where those policies will likely lead, than any other public document.
The profile was of Amy Chua, famously the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, a mostly well-received cri de Coeur for what Chua sees as rigorous Chinese parenting; and less famously the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. The profile, drawing explicitly on Chua’s most publicly recognizable achievement, was titled “The Tiger Mother Roars Back,” and its subtitle reinforced its approach, an ardent rave: “Yale tried to run Amy Chua out. Now her former students, J.D. Vance and Vivek Ramaswamy, are headed to Washington. So is she.”
For people who follow the politics of America and so of America’s empire, the forwardness of this profile raises questions. Construed as a gesture of support for two politicians, Vance and Ramaswamy, who are attempting to woo the public on populist credentials, it seems misthought. There is nothing populist about Chua—and her lacks are tells about the lacks of her mentees. Indeed, it was under Chua’s mentorship that Vance wrote a bestselling book with the encouragement of another Chua mentee, Vance’s future wife Usha, blaming the failures of his lower-income Appalachian upbringing on the “cultural” deficiencies of the community which raised him. This is a view that, since entering politics with the aim of appealing to precisely that community, he has quickly disavowed. Ramaswamy, for his part, has fallen deeply and predictably afoul of populist Americans precisely by making that case in public.
So why would Weiss, who if nothing else is a strategic operator, run a piece on Chua connecting her to Vance and Ramaswamy as well as broadcasting Chua’s views, which are anathema to the people from whom Vance and Ramaswamy want support? … continue
By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | February 2, 2026
From the truth about who really killed Diana to the depraved world of government officials sexually abusing children and the subsequent cover-up, it is now clear that nearly all major stories are either blocked from publication or rewritten by Soviet-style propaganda agents working for the British deep state.
Virtually nothing you read in British newspapers about security, defense, and wars is honest journalism. Instead, it is propaganda crafted by a new secret UK military department tasked with rewriting journalists’ copy or, in some cases, simply ensuring their articles never see the light of day.
That is the shocking conclusion of a new investigation by The Grayzone, which obtained secret documents exchanged between the UK and Australian governments over Canberra’s plans to adopt Britain’s “off-the-shelf” operation and incorporate it into its own government practice for handling journalists.
The impressive reporting by Kit Klarenberg and William Evans reveals, in short, that the UK military has created its own censorship department. It either blocks journalists from exposing major stories of public interest or, more commonly, redrafts the thrust of journalists’ pieces to present a different version to the gullible public.
A trove of secret communications reveals how the secretive Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee censors the output of British journalists while categorizing independent media as “extremist” for publishing “embarrassing” stories. What sounds like an account of secret police operations in Eastern Europe during the Soviet era, the documents show that this army intelligence department regularly blocks journalists from continuing to investigate a subject through a formal system called “D Notices” – which, remarkably, journalists almost always respect. … continue
German politician Sahra Wagenknecht has condemned growing calls for her country to take part in nuclear rearmament, calling the proposals “madness.”
Germany is prohibited from developing nuclear weapons under international law, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Two Plus Four Treaty, the 1990 agreement that enabled German reunification in return for limits on its military capabilities, including renouncing nuclear arms.
Earlier this month, Kay Gottschalk, the parliamentary finance policy spokesman for Alternative for Germany (AfD), said that Berlin “needs nuclear weapons,” arguing that Europe can no longer rely on US protection.
In a post on X on Sunday, Wagenknecht, who previously served in the Bundestag and founded the Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht party, said that “the cross-front for the nuclear rearmament of Germany is growing.”
“Following advances by AfD politicians for a German nuclear weapon, CDU warmonger Roderich Kiesewetter and former Green foreign minister Joschka Fischer are now also calling for Germany’s participation in a European atomic bomb. What madness,” she wrote. … continue
By Robert Parry | Consortium News | September 8, 2009
The 2004 CIA Inspector General’s report, released in August 2009, referenced as “background” to the Bush-era abuses the spy agency’s “intermittent involvement in the interrogation of individuals whose interests are opposed to those of the United States.” The report noted “a resurgence in interest” in teaching those techniques in the early 1980s “to foster foreign liaison relationships.”
The report said, “because of political sensitivities,” the CIA’s top brass in the 1980s “forbade Agency officers from using the word ‘interrogation” and substituted the phrase “human resources exploitation” [HRE] in training programs for allied intelligence agencies.
The euphemism aside, the reality of these interrogation techniques remained brutal, with the CIA Inspector General conducting a 1984 investigation of alleged “misconduct on the part of two Agency officers who were involved in interrogations and the death of one individual,” the report said (although the details were redacted in the version released to the public).
In 1984, the CIA also was hit with a scandal over what became known as an “assassination manual” prepared by agency personnel for the Nicaraguan Contras, a rebel group sponsored by the Reagan administration with the goal of ousting Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista government.
Despite those two problems, the questionable training programs apparently continued for another two years. The 2004 IG report states that “in 1986, the Agency ended the HRE training program because of allegations of human rights abuses in Latin America.”
While the report’s references to this earlier era of torture are brief – and the abuses are little-remembered features of Ronald Reagan’s glorified presidency – there have been other glimpses into how Reagan unleashed this earlier “dark side” on the peasants, workers and students of Central America. … continue
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On January 13, 2025, seven days before Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president, The Free Press, the online magazine created by the Zionist operator Bari Weiss who has powerful 
German politician Sahra Wagenknecht has condemned growing calls for her country to take part in nuclear rearmament, calling the proposals “madness.”
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