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Babies Whose Mothers Drank Fluoridated Water During Pregnancy Scored Lower in Problem-Solving

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 3, 2026

Babies whose mothers drank fluoridated water during pregnancy at and slightly below concentrations currently recommended by U.S. public health agencies scored lower on tests that measure fluid cognition — the ability to think logically and solve problems in new situations.

Fluid cognition is considered the “cornerstone of human cognition, both during development and in adulthood.”

A new study led by Columbia University researchers found that prenatal fluoride exposure resulted in reduced fluid cognition at levels as low as 0.675 milligrams per liter (mg/L).

That’s slightly below the U.S. Public Health Service’s recommended concentration of 0.7 mg/L for fluoridated drinking water and far below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) maximum contaminant level of 4 mg/L and the World Health Organization’s guideline of 1.5 mg/L, according to the study.

The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and accepted for publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology, analyzed outcomes among 2,514 children born between 2006 and 2019 at 17 sites spanning 23 U.S. states that are part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Cohort (ECHO). … continue

Vaccination Data on Amish Children Screened for 2010 Autism Study Was Never Made Public

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 2, 2026

Controversy is swirling around a 2010 study on autism rates among the Amish, after President Donald Trump on Monday posted a graphic citing the study.

Trump’s post on Truth Social claimed, “No published case has explicitly documented an unvaccinated Amish child with autism.”

The social media post cited a study, conducted in 2008 and 2009 by researchers who screened 1,899 Amish children in Indiana and Ohio for autism. The researchers confirmed seven cases of autism among the children.

The study concluded that among the Amish children in the study, the autism rate was roughly 1 in 271 — far lower than the national rate, which at the time was estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as 1 in 91.

According to Trump’s post, the study authors collected vaccination histories for the children but “did not report any confirmed case” of autism as “completely unvaccinated.”

The post drew a mix of cheers and fact checks, according to health writer Sayer Ji.

Ji called Trump’s post “factually imperfect” but “genuinely important.” … continue

CNAS Wonk Proposes Bombing China’s Artificial Intelligence

Critics argue that an attack on China has the potential to start a nuclear war

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | September 6, 2026

Jacob Stokes, a former White House official, has suggested taking military action against China to prevent it from winning the race for AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence. AGI is a hypothetical AI system that could learn, reason, adapt, and solve problems across a broad range of intellectual tasks at roughly human or greater capability.

Stokes served on the White House national-security staff under then–Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration. He is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the CNAS.

Center for a New American Security, established in 2007 by Michèle Flournoy, is associated with the Democratic Party. Flournoy held the position of deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy during President Bill Clinton’s administration and served as under secretary of defense for policy under President Barack Obama.

Previously, CNAS was led by CEO Victoria Nuland, who acted as undersecretary of state for political affairs from 2021 to 2024 within the Biden administration’s State Department. According to the Washington Post, CNAS is regarded as Washington’s primary think tank on military matters. … continue

Sunday: Invasions, Abductions, and Injuries Across West Bank

IMEMC | September 6, 2026

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian child in Qalqilia and a man in Jenin with live ammunition early Sunday as soldiers invaded communities across the occupied West Bank. The invasions included home break-ins, abductions, street closures, and military deployments in several cities, towns, and villages.

In Qalqilia, a Palestinian child was shot in the thigh with live ammunition during an Israeli military invasion. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated the child before transferring him to a hospital.

During the invasion, soldiers broke into and searched several homes, particularly in the city’s Old City, causing property damage. Israeli forces also abducted Mohammad Al-Baz, Muath Abu Asab, Alaa Dweiri, and brothers Abdulrahman Khadraj and Abdulrazzaq Khadraj.

In Jenin, a 50-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the hand and leg with live ammunition in the Al-Jabriyat area. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews transported him to a hospital for treatment.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces continued their invasion of Ramin, east of the city, breaking into homes and firing sound grenades and illumination flares.

In a separate incident, an Israeli military vehicle collided with a Palestinian vehicle in an eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem.

Israeli forces also invaded the eastern area of Nablus in the northern West Bank, deploying across several neighborhoods, closing streets, and breaking into and searching homes.

Separately, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded the village of Awarta, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Israeli soldiers also invaded the Burqa school, northwest of Nablus, on Sunday, the first day of the new school year.

In Huwwara, south of Nablus, Israeli soldiers invaded Huwwara Secondary School and demanded that the Palestinian flag be removed. … Full article

Israeli airstrike kills two civilians, including child, in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 6, 2026

Two Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were wounded in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, amid ongoing ceasefire violations in different areas.

According to media sources, two civilians, including a little girl, were killed and six others were injured in the evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian car in Gaza City.

Local sources said that Yousef Aqila and his daughter, Wafaa, were killed, while six others were injured, some critically, after an Israeli airstrike targeted his car near the Hamid junction in Gaza City’s an-Nasr neighborhood.

Earlier, an Israeli drone targeted citizens in the west of Gaza City, injuring a number of them.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched heavy machinegun fire and artillery strikes targeting Gaza City’s eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood.

Local sources also reported a violent explosion in eastern Gaza City as an Israeli airstrike hit the area, as well as strikes and gunfire in different areas of the Strip.

Eight Arab and Muslim states reject Israeli displacement plans for Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 6, 2026

GAZA – Eight Arab and Muslim countries have condemned remarks by far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Israel Katz on plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye and Qatar said in a joint statement released on Sunday that such Israeli plans violate international and humanitarian law and pose a direct threat to the Palestinian people’s legitimate and inalienable rights.

The ministers voiced rejection of any Israeli attempt to displace Palestinians from or within the occupied territory, warning against transforming extremist rhetoric on forced displacement into official state policy.

The ministers warned that the displacement of Gazans would destabilize the region and derail global peace efforts, undermining US president Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war, which clearly rejects forced population transfers.

The ministers stressed that Gaza is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories, calling for preserving the unity of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

They reiterated their countries’ support for a two-state solution establishing an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with east Jerusalem as its capital.

They urged the international community and UN Security Council to oppose Israeli attempts to impose a new demographic or geographic reality in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel’s Game

By Dr Hassaan Bokhari | MEMO | September 6, 2026

A few days ago, a very interesting article appeared in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. It was written by AJ Jaff, whose profile describes him as “a recognised expert in international security, crisis management, and geopolitical risk”. The “expert” began the article by acknowledging that the 6-month-long air war on Iran has failed to defeat Iran. Then, he provided some “out-of-the-box” ideas for the US to consider if it wants to “achieve its objectives” and win the war. According to him, the war will only be won when Iran’s institutional coherence is broken, resulting in its Balkanization.

I will discuss Mr Jaff’s “out of the box” ideas in a bit, but first, I want to analyse the “expert” himself a little. Two things quickly popped up. First is how he began his article. The first sentence is: “The Pentagon reportedly asked outside analysts this month for creative ideas on Iran.” The hyperlink in this sentence redirects the reader to another article in The Jerusalem Post that cites a CNN report saying that the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, has been privately looking for an off-ramp in the Iran War. How quaint! While the Pentagon is asking for ideas to wrap up the war, Mr Jaff, the expert, stepped up with ideas to escalate the war! It appears that Mr Jaff (and the Zionists) have very different ideas and even objectives than US Generals about the same war. No wonder Pete Hegseth (a committed Zionist) has been firing so many of them!

Secondly, one is amused to see that in March, 10 days after the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, the same Mr Jaff was declaring a resounding victory and claiming that “the data tells a decisive and irreversible story” and “Iran’s missile fire rate has collapsed by 92 percent”! After reading that article now, most readers might laugh heartily and dismiss Mr Jaff, the “expert,” as an idiot. However, that would be an incorrect assessment. On the same day as Mr Jaff’s gaffe’s appearance in The Jerusalem Post, an article of mine elucidated the Israeli strategy as one giant bluff whose aim was to lure the USA into a destructive war in the Middle East by plunging it into a sunk cost fallacy. The Israeli plan was to lure the USA in with the dreams of an easy victory like the First Gulf War or the Maduro kidnapping, but it knew all along that those dreams would prove to be hollow, and their sole purpose was to bring the USA into the war. Then, in the next phase, with the dreams of victory proving illusory, the USA was to be baited with the sunk cost fallacy trap so that it would blunder into further escalation in pursuit of Israeli objectives. Mr Jaff’s seemingly absurd somersaults follow this pattern perfectly.

Now let’s turn our attention to Mr. Jaff’s “expert recommendations”. There are three of them:

• The USA should “recognize the sovereign independence of the Iranian Kurdistan, Ahwaz, and Baluchistan people”.
• To raise the one million troops required for a victorious ground invasion of Iran, the USA should launch an enlistment scheme based on debt forgiveness (estimated at 40,000 to 1,00,000 US Dollars per person) for 24-36 months of service per person.
• The US should strike a deal with China that would involve softening the US stance on Taiwan and ensuring China that even after Iran’s destruction, China would continue to receive an uninterrupted supply of Iranian oil in exchange for China’s abandonment of Iran.

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Israel levels south Lebanon hospital, kills at least four within hours

The Cradle | September 6, 2026

Israel launched a brutal and deadly escalation against south Lebanon on 6 September, killing four people and injuring at least 20 while destroying a medical facility with its strikes.

Airstrikes hit areas including Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Arab Salim, and Kfar Rumman.

At least two were killed in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while another two were killed and six injured in Arab Salim, including two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement.

In Nabatieh’s Rahibat neighborhood, eight were wounded, including a woman and a child. Meanwhile, four women were injured in Kfar Rumman, the ministry added.

Israel’s brutal attacks directly targeted and destroyed in its entirety the Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa. According to Lebanese media reports, no patients or medical staff were inside the hospital at the time of the attack.

A Lebanese Finance Ministry building was damaged in Israel’s latest wave of violence.

“With the renewed Israeli attacks on the city of Nabatieh, the ministry’s building in the city was damaged at dawn today as a result of shelling that targeted the area,” Lebanon’s Finance Ministry said in a statement.

Israel continued detonation operations on Sunday as well, blowing up more homes as part of its illegal campaign of ethnic cleansing, which has resulted in the destruction of tens of thousands of homes and civilian buildings.

The violent wave of deadly Israeli strikes came after Tel Aviv said Hezbollah launched drones at its occupation troops in south Lebanon. … Full article

Israel to hold large-scale military drill near Jordan border

MEMO | September 6, 2026

The Israeli army said Sunday it will launch a large-scale military exercise in the Red Sea city of Eilat and the Arava Valley along the Jordanian border on Monday to simulate a surprise attack, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the army said the exercise will be led by its 80th Division, adding that increased movement of security forces, aircraft and naval vessels will be seen in the area starting Sunday.

The forces will train for “a range of scenarios,” including a surprise attack and infiltration into Israeli territory by air, sea and land, it said.

The army did not specify how long the exercise would last, saying only that drills would take place “over the coming days.” … Full article

“We Are Being Drawn Into a War We Don’t Want to Fight”: What Jordan’s Alliance with Washington Is Costing It

By Muhammad Hamid ad-Din – New Eastern Outlook – September 6, 2026

The growing public discontent with the presence of American troops in Jordan, fueled by the regional conflict and Iran’s strategy, is putting the country’s government in a serious crisis of trust, forcing the authorities to choose between a strategic alliance with the United States and the internal stability of the state.

Some 4,000 U.S. troops, bases used for strikes against Iran, Iranian missiles crossing Jordanian skies, and American soldiers killed on Jordanian ground—all raise an increasingly urgent question: has the strategic alliance with Washington become a threat to the very existence of the country? … continue

On deadly sectarianism pushed on Syria and elsewhere by NGOs and media

By Eva Karene Bartlett | September 6, 2026

I share this post from Basira Press because I agree with much of it, not every word or point, but much of it, especially the notes about how supposed human rights groups spew sectarian language in order to foster division, and to otherwise mislead an uninformed public… continue

Is America preparing a tactical nuke for Iran?

By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 6, 2026

The escalation trap is getting worse for Trump and his cabal of sycophants, as what was once a discussion which was linked to existentialism – the nuclear option – is now being dialled down to any kind of military option. Just a bigger bomb. The more Trump loses, the more Iran hits U.S. assets and allies in the Middle East, the longer the straits remain closed, and the higher gasoline and diesel costs reach in the U.S. – the more the idea of a ‘tactical’ nuke dropped on Iran becomes normal and even preferred. … continue

Trump Slaughters Wedding Guests, Zelenskyy Threatens Airliners

By Kevin Barrett | September 6, 2026

When Zelenskyy threatened to shoot down civilian airliners last week, Putin called it “state terrorism.” Putin is right, of course. But the expression he used, “state terrorism,” is a repetitiously redundant pleonasm.

Virtually all terrorism is state terrorism. So appending the word state in front of the word terrorism isn’t really necessary. … continue

Climate Extremists Target, Attack Large-Scale Power Grid Infrastructure In Germany

By P Gosselin | No Tricks Zone | September 6, 2026

There’s been a series of coordinated sabotage incidents targeting the German power grid infrastructure over recent weeks and months. The media initially reacted by pointing the finger at Russian involvement, but the evidence is pointing to another source. … continue

IRGC: Missiles struck US carrier, destroyer in Gulf

Al Mayadeen | September 6, 2026

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its Aerospace Force fired ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer in Gulf waters, revealing that the two vessels were harassing Iranian shipping as part of Washington’s naval blockade.

In a statement numbered “Announcement No. 10,” the IRGC said the missiles damaged both warships and forced them to withdraw from the area out of fear of a follow-up strike.

The Guard Corps said Washington was compelled into an official admission that its vessels had come under attack, calling this proof of the enemy’s strategic defeat and a demonstration of its own offensive capability. … Full article

IRGC Navy strikes 3 tankers, 3 US vessels in response to US assault

Al Mayadeen | September 5, 2026

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy (IRGC-N) said Saturday it retaliated against Washington’s attacks on Iranian oil tankers by targeting three tankers transiting an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that attempts to circumvent its maritime restrictions would face military action.

The IRGC-N also announced that it struck three US vessels belonging to the “child-killing America” elsewhere.

The Iranian force said the retaliation followed attacks carried out earlier in the day by the US military against three crude oil tankers belonging to the Islamic Republic, marking another sharp escalation in Washington’s military and economic campaign against Iran.

Issuing a direct warning to vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, the IRGC Navy urged commercial operators not to be “deceived by the US terrorist military” and cautioned all ships to strictly avoid crossing unauthorized waterways or face immediate targeting.

“Avoid crossing unauthorized waterways, or you will become targets,” it tersely warned.

The latest announcement signals a widening Iranian response as Washington intensifies attacks on the Islamic Republic’s commercial oil fleet while maintaining a naval blockade aimed at choking off the country’s energy exports.

The US military has independently acknowledged attacking three Iranian crude tankers on Saturday. CENTCOM claimed two were permanently disabled and a third was destroyed.

The IRGC announcement came alongside an even broader warning from Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which said continued US attacks, interference with Iranian shipping, and enforcement of the naval blockade would expose American warships to increasingly severe retaliation.

Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the HQ, warned that Iran’s Armed Forces were prepared to expand their operations should Washington persist in attempts to undermine Iranian maritime trade.

“We warn the terrorist US military that if it continues its hostile actions, creates insecurity, harasses Iranian vessels, and imposes a naval blockade on Iran, the strikes carried out by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran against US warships in the region will be more severe than before and could also expand in scope,” the headquarters spokesperson said.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the tanker strikes, placing them within Washington’s wider naval blockade, economic warfare, and military aggression against the Islamic Republic.

“These illegal and aggressive actions, carried out in continuation of the US military aggression against Iran and as part of its naval blockade and economic war against our homeland, constitute a clear violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter, a war crime, and a clear threat to international peace and the security of commercial shipping,” the Ministry said. … Full article

US approves $5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia as it renews aggression against Iran

Press TV | September 5, 2026

Washington has approved a potential $5 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia that would sharply expand the kingdom’s precision-strike capabilities as the United States escalates its war of aggression against Iran.

The deal includes more than 10,000 guidance kits designed to convert conventional bombs into extended-range, steerable precision weapons.

The State Department cleared the sale on Friday. The package also covers more than 10,000 general-purpose bombs requested by Riyadh, both 500-pound (230 kg) and 2,000-pound (900 kg) variants. … continue

Anti-War Activists Are Getting ‘Debanked’ In The UK

The UK’s decent into authoritarianism continues

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 5, 2026

The UK has been, for years, waging an all-out war on its own people, particularly on those who are anti-war and anti-Zionist.

Journalists like Richard Medhurst and Asa Winstanley have had their devices seized by UK “counterterrorism” authorities for their reporting on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, while thousands of peaceful activists have been arrested on terrorism charges for holding signs stating they support Palestine Action, a non-violent direct action group which was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government at the behest of the Zionist lobby.

The war on anti-war and anti-Zionist figures continues, with multiple anti-war figures recently losing their bank accounts within a short time period.

George Galloway, a former Labour MP, known for his staunch firebrand opposition to Zionism and empire, had his bank account closed without explanation, preventing him from receiving his parliamentary and old age pensions, which he paid into throughout his career. … continue

NEW: Vaccinated People Spread Measles. The CDC, the WHO, and Johns Hopkins Just Said So on the Record.

By Sayer Ji | September 3, 2026

A new peer-reviewed study by CDC, WHO, and Johns Hopkins leadership found that nearly 8 out of every 100 vaccinated people who catch measles pass it to someone else. Almost a third of them had received two doses. And the world has exactly one study, of 137 people, trying to measure how much the vaccine actually reduces onward spread. […]

Vaccinated people who catch measles usually don’t look like textbook measles patients. Their symptoms are milder. They often don’t have the full picture of fever, rash, cough, runny nose, and red eyes that doctors are trained to look for. In this paper, only about 1 in 3 vaccinated transmitters met the World Health Organization’s clinical definition of measles at all. Only 1 in 20 had the full classical presentation.

The authors interpret this as good news. Milder cases probably spread less virus. That is a fair reading. It also means most vaccinated cases will not trigger the isolation, contact tracing, or laboratory testing that would find them in the first place. The 70 transmitters the paper found are, by the authors’ own admission, likely an undercount. … Read full article

RFK Jr. Referred to DOJ Over Samoa Controversy

The Headline They Wanted — And the Coordinated Operation They Hoped You’d Never Notice

By Sayer Ji | August 30, 2026

• The Guardian’s “RFK Jr. referred to DOJ” headline is real — but only because a single senator, Ron Wyden, publicly asked for a referral he knows the current Justice Department will not act on. Wyden’s stated timeline is post-midterm, contingent on Democrats retaking the Senate. This is not a prosecution. It is a campaign talking point.
• The August 27, 2026 news event was manufactured. AP, The Guardian, The Washington Post, PBS, and the New Republic all ran variations of the same story within hours, coordinated by a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press FOIA lawsuit that has drip-fed five separate document tranches across seven months, each timed to a Kennedy vaccine-policy fight or a swing-state campaign appearance.

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New Adviser to RFK Jr. Investigating 2,500 COVID Vaccine Deaths in Military

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 4, 2026

A military doctor is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines caused the deaths of over 2,500 U.S. military service members, Politico reported Thursday.

Dr. Theresa Long, a longtime Army doctor board-certified in aerospace medicine, has been named senior medical military adviser to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to an Aug. 14 deposition obtained by Politico.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) are supporting the investigation.

Long’s deposition revealed that she is working with Kennedy and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to investigate 2,544 deaths that were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The deaths remain unverified.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, military service members were subject to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. A year later, Congress passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which required the military to rescind the mandate. The mandate was lifted in January 2023. … Full article

Israeli Strikes Kill 3, Wound 23 Across Southern and Eastern Lebanon

Al-Manar | September 5, 2026

Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages across southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least three civilians and wounded 23 others on Friday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in the latest violation of a fragile ceasefire that has failed to halt hostilities since November 2024.

The strikes targeted multiple towns in the Nabatieh district and the eastern Bekaa Valley, with Israeli warplanes, drones, and artillery batteries all involved in the attacks, reported Al-Manar’s correspondent on the ground.

In the Nabatieh district, artillery shelling and warplane strikes pounded the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while a separate drone strike hit the nearby town of Kfar Roummen, killing two people. Warplanes also struck al-Ramadiyeh and al-Kfour, both in the same district. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces conducted controlled demolitions in al-Mansouri and on the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, according to local reports.

In the eastern Bekaa Valley, an airstrike targeted the town of Ain al-Tineh, adding to the widening geographic scope of the day’s violence.

The Health Ministry described the casualty figures as preliminary, warning they remain subject to revision as search-and-rescue operations continue and rubble is cleared. … Full article

Palestinian dies of injuries, another wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 5, 2026

GAZA – A Palestinian woman succumbed on Saturday to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli strike, while another citizen was wounded by Israeli gunfire amid ongoing ceasefire violations across the Gaza Strip.

According to media sources, Latifa Jabr died from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on al‑Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza three months ago. Her death follows that of her husband, Saqr Abu Karim, who was killed in the same attack,

Earlier, the Palestinian Information Center reporter said that a civilian was wounded when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire towards the as-Sudaniya area of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched shooting attacks in different areas of central Gaza and Gaza City, with no reported casualties.

Israeli artillery also shelled eastern sectors of Gaza City, while gunboats targeted the Khan Yunis coastline with intensive gunfire.

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s sewage system triggers algal bloom, shutting down Israeli desalination plants

The Cradle | September 5, 2026

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s water and sewage infrastructure has backfired into a domestic water emergency, with five of Israel’s six desalination plants supplying over 80 percent of Israeli drinking water shut down after an enormous algal bloom choked the coastline, Haaretz reported on 3 September.

Scientists cite two aggravating factors behind the algae – elevated sea temperatures and nutrient loads from Gaza’s sewage – which has poured untreated into the Mediterranean since Israeli bombardment deliberately destroyed the besieged enclave’s sanitation network.

The algae originated as microalgae in the Nile Delta and traveled east on sea currents, according to the satellite imagery firm Satalize, which recorded dense chlorophyll readings in the water as far north as Tel Aviv and lighter traces up to Caesarea.

With flow through the national supply lines weakening, the Israel Water Authority ordered local councils to curb consumption for farming, gardening, and other public use, while the Israeli government completely shut off external water supplies to Gaza.

The self-inflicted blowback comes after nearly three years of Israeli bombardment left close to 90 percent of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure damaged or destroyed throughout the genocide in the strip, including desalination units, wells, reservoirs, and distribution networks. … continue

German sponsorship of Zionist settlements exposed

By Kit Klarenberg | Al Mayadeen | September 5, 2026

Exploiting academic institutions as a cover, between 2017 – 2021 the German government surreptitiously funnelled millions into a highly discriminatory project facilitating expansion of Zionist settlements in the occupied West Bank. Under its auspices, public money and knowledge production were committed to an inherently unlawful, immoral enterprise in flagrant breach of Berlin’s international legal obligations, and domestic restrictions on academic research efforts. The unknown scandal is just one component of how, in plain sight, Germany covertly assists Zionist settlement expansion, and Palestine’s total erasure.

These are the shocking findings of a collaborative investigation by a cluster of German student Palestine solidarity organisations, including Not In Our Name, and Academic Opposition. Their report is a groundbreaking effort, critically examining German state-sponsored water research in conjunction with Zionist entity institutions. It’s a silent conspiracy vast in scope, involving multiple state and quasi-state entities in Berlin and Tel Aviv financing academic research in seemingly innocuous fields, which directly abets Zionist ethnic cleansing and land seizure in the West Bank and beyond. … continue

How Britain built a war network around Russia

The UK is spinning a web of influence designed to survive any Ukraine peace deal

By Oleg Yanovsky | RT | September 5, 2026

Last week, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced in Kiev that defense manufacturer MBDA had been authorized to disclose information concerning the British components of the SCALP missile, the French version of the long-range Storm Shadow, to Ukraine.

Officially, the decision concerns documentation required to organize local assembly, but in practice, it could facilitate the transfer of blueprints, components, assembly kits or finished missiles.

Moscow regards this technology transfer as the UK crossing a red line, as London hasn’t even attempted to shift responsibility onto intermediaries and the decision was publicly authorized by the prime minister. Britain has therefore assumed direct responsibility for the resulting escalation and deepened its involvement in military operations against Russia. … continue

The dangerous European illusion about a war with Russia

By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 4, 2026

The Leipzig incident exposed something more troubling than the incident itself: the confidence with which German and European authorities seem to approach the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia.

While German and European authorities go public, in what looks like a ridiculously rehearsed performance, accusing Russia of “hybrid attacks,” it seems clear to any attentive observer that Europeans are completely disconnected from reality.

The central question lies elsewhere: what would happen if Russia actually decided to attack Germany?

The answer would probably be very different from what Europeans seem to imagine. … continue

JD Vance Falsely Claims the US Does Not Murder Civilians

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | September 5, 2026

Vice President JD Vance is doing a poor job of paving over the war crimes of the Trump administration. On September 1, he declared Iran is lying about the US bombing of a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, southern Iran, that killed five, including a child, and injured at least 60 people. “What I can say with 100% confidence is that unlike the IRGC, the United States never targets civilians in combat,” Vance said, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary. “We never will do that. We never have done that.”

Since World War II, civilians have accounted for approximately 60–75% of deaths in major wars involving the United States. … continue

6-Week-Old Amish Infant With Fatal Genetic Condition Died From Measles, Coroner Confirms

By Henrick Karoliszyn, DSW | The Defender |September 4, 2026

A 6-week-old Amish infant with a neurological genetic disorder died from measles, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamontoni said today. Lancaster Online first reported the death and Diamontoni’s comments.

The baby girl, born with Amish lethal microcephaly, a condition that typically causes infants to die within six months of birth, died on Aug. 18, the coroner said.

“Those children are sick from birth and actually are placed on palliative care from the time of birth,” Diamontoni told Lancaster Online today. “They typically only live 5 or 6 months of age and the majority of those children die as a result of a respiratory infection of any kind, because their brain is very small and they don’t have the capacity to fight those infections well.”

The infant’s death “was not unexpected,” Diamantoni said. He said the Clinic for Special Children in Leacock Township handled the case. When reached for comment, the clinic refused to comment, citing privacy laws.

Diamantoni said he did not know if this was the second “measles-associated” death initially reported on Aug. 25 by Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons said today in a statement that the county still could not confirm the death of the infant as “measles-associated.”

Parsons said state officials provided little information beyond saying the 6-week-old — and a newborn whose death the coroner confirmed on Aug. 25 — were both “unvaccinated.”

Parsons questioned that characterization, noting that a 6-week-old infant would not ordinarily have had an opportunity to receive a routine measles vaccination.

“If this is the second [‘measles-associated’ death] case, the ‘unvaccinated’ label would again be deceptive.”

The newborn, also Amish, died during childbirth. The infant tested positive for measles, but according to the coroner, she died of a ruptured spleen — not of measles. … continue

The Tamiflu scam

Randomised trial that should’ve been done decades ago finds more deaths among critically ill flu patients given Tamiflu than those given no antiviral

By Maryanne Demasi, PhD | MD REPORTS | August 27, 2026

For more than two decades, Tamiflu has been a cornerstone of global pandemic planning.

Governments spent billions stockpiling it, the WHO placed it on its Essential Medicines List, and doctors routinely prescribed it to severely ill flu patients on the assumption that it could prevent complications and save lives.

But until now, no randomised trial had compared Tamiflu with no antiviral in critically ill patients.

The international REMAP-CAP trial has now put that assumption to the test—and found no benefit.

Among 442 critically ill patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza assigned to receive Tamiflu for five days, ten days, or no antiviral, the results were clear.

About 20% of patients given Tamiflu had died by 90 days, compared with about 14% of those who received no antiviral.

In other words, more patients died when they were given the drug.

The authors concluded that Tamiflu was “ineffective and highly likely to increase 90-day mortality” and should no longer routinely be administered to critically ill patients with seasonal influenza.

The new findings are the latest chapter in Tamiflu’s troubled history. … Full article

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects New York Healthcare Workers’ Bid to Revive COVID Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 4, 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court today declined for a second time to take up a case brought by New York healthcare workers who lost their jobs after the state denied their requests for religious accommodations from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, SCOTUSblog reported.

The justices rejected a petition asking them to reconsider their June decision not to hear Does 1-2 v. Hochul, the lawsuit healthcare workers brought against the state. The court denied the request without asking New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to respond.

“This ruling is definitely a sad day for the workers who stood up and said no,” said Michael Kane, Children’s Health Defense (CHD) director of advocacy and member of New York’s Teachers for Choice, which also challenged New York’s vaccine mandate in the courts.

Kane said he was “not surprised” by the decision.

The plaintiffs represented a handful of healthcare workers, he said. “But over 30,000 were fired in New York state because of this horrendous policy from Gov. Hochul. The policy didn’t allow for any religious exemption from vaccination. On its face, it is illegal. It is unconstitutional, but the politics of the thing seems to be playing out instead.”

The workers filed their lawsuit in 2021, challenging a now-repealed New York state law mandating that workers in some healthcare-related positions get the COVID-19 vaccine. … Full article

The Fall of Brazil’s Tyrannical Judge May Be Imminent: Moraes and His Sleaze Are Exposed

By Glenn Greenwald | September 4, 2026

Alexandre de Moraes spent months denying corrupt profits from a collapsed bank. The proof is now overwhelming, and his desperate moves to survive may imperil Lula’s re-election and Brazil’s democracy.

Exactly one month before Brazil holds its presidential election, the country is drowning in a corruption scandal and institutional civil war, the gravity of which is impossible to overstate. At the center of it is Brazil’s authoritarian and increasingly unhinged Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who was sanctioned by the U.S. as a human rights abuser in 2025 after he banned X from Brazil for one month over its refusal to censor at his behest, then ordered money removed from Starlink’s accounts to pay for X’s fines.

While polls all year have shown that the incumbent left-wing president, 80-year-old Lula da Silva, has a modest lead to win his fourth term, more recent polls have shown him tied with his primary adversary, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, now imprisoned for 28 years by Judge Moraes on charges of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula.

Despite once being affiliated with the center-right, Moraes has become Lula’s closest and most important ally, and the left’s most beloved hero. For that reason, Moraes’ exploding scandal can only further weaken Lula heading into the election. Other than Uruguay, Brazil is the last country in South America still governed by a left-wing or center-left government, with one country after another electing leaders on the right: Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, etc. … continue

‘War criminal promotion tactics’: Adidas faces boycott calls over campaign featuring Israeli trooper

Press TV – September 4, 2026

Calls for a boycott of Adidas are growing after the sportswear company featured an Israeli trooper in a global campaign.

The campaign has prompted criticism from pro-Palestine organizations and activists because of the trooper Shaliv Biton’s participation in the Israeli regime’s bloodletting in Gaza.

The campaign has been rolled out in Adidas stores, including its outlets in the occupied territories.

Biton took part in an Israeli assault in Gaza in 2021 that claimed the lives of more than 200 Palestinians and destroyed numerous buildings.

Critics have reminded Biton’s military background and his social media activity. He has shared photographs and videos of himself and other Israeli forces in Gaza, including footage of troops singing and dancing, while his profile also contains images of him carrying weapons.

Sports journalist Leyla Hamed criticized Adidas’ choice of campaign representative, arguing that the company chose to bank on Biton’s having lost a leg, while it should have considered the wider context of limb loss in Gaza. … Full article

Solidarity spreads across Brazil after US terrorism designation of Rawa Alsagheer

By Eman Abusidu | MEMO | September 4, 2026

The United States’ decision to impose counterterrorism sanctions on Palestinian activist Rawa Alsagheer and the Masar Badil movement has triggered expressions of solidarity across Brazil and Latin America, with activists condemning the measure as an attempt to criminalise Palestinian political organising and solidarity work.

The US Treasury Department announced on August 26 that Masar Badil, also known as the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, had been added to its sanctions list under Executive Order 13224, Washington’s main legal framework for imposing counterterrorism-related financial restrictions.

Alsagheer, a Palestinian activist based in Brazil, and Germany-based Zaid Abdulnasser were also designated on the grounds that they are leaders or officials of Masar Badil. The Treasury described Masar Badil as being linked to and acting on behalf of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which Washington previously sanctioned in 2024. … Full article

Reporters Without Borders calls for EU to close loopholes allowing Europeans access to censored Russian media

RT | September 4, 2026

The EU- and US-funded press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called for tighter controls on AI-based search technology, after discovering that chatbots bypass European censorship laws and present Russian media sources banned by in Western Europe to users.

The Paris-based RSF, which lists EU and the US National Endowment for Democracy among its backers, found that popular AI services can provide RT articles, links, excerpts, and news summaries to web users. “Public chatbots can access these websites and redistribute their content,” a statement by the organisation claimed on Wednesday. … continue

Husband of slain Turkish American activist criticizes lack of US investigation

Israeli soldiers opened fire during a peaceful demonstration in the occupied West Bank

MEMO | September 4, 2026

The husband of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank two years ago, criticized Friday the lack of progress in the US legal process over her death, Anadolu reports.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency at Eygi’s graveside in the Didim district of Turkiye’s southwestern Aydin province, Hamid Mazhar Ali said: “The legal process in the US is at exactly the same point as the day she was killed.”

“There has been absolutely no progress,” he said during a memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of her death.

“Despite our persistent requests over the past two years, no investigation has been launched.”

Ali said the pain of losing his wife remains as intense as it was when she died.  […]

Eygi was a human rights activist and volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement, which supports Palestinians through peaceful and civilian means against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. … Full article

Racist Israeli minister unveils 7-year Gaza ethnic cleansing plan

Press TV – September 4, 2026

Israel’s so-called security minister has unveiled a controversial plan for ethnically cleansing all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in seven years and forcibly expelling them from their homeland to other countries.

Itamar Ben-Gvir presented the scheme called “Disengagement 710” on Thursday, claiming that there were countries “ready” to take in Palestinians from Gaza, without naming them.

He added that the plan seeks the expulsion of 250,000 Gazans in its first year, 1.11 million within three years and 1.86 million within seven from the besieged Palestinian territory.

“Instead of illusions of peace now, we need actions of emigration now,” the extremist Israeli minister said. “Instead of [Gazans] digging tunnels, it’s time to pack suitcases.”

Ben-Gvir said that his far-right Otzma Yehudit party would demand a ministry in charge of what he called “voluntary emigration” from Gaza during the formation of the next Israeli cabinet. … Full article

Two Palestinians killed, others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 4, 2026

GAZA – Two Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Friday as Israeli forces continued attacks across the Gaza Strip, including airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire.

An ambulance and emergency services source said one Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli drone strike west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced that one of its fighters, Fadi Ali Saeed Al-Abadla, a member of the Al-Qarara Battalion in the Khan Yunis Brigade, was killed.

Providing details of the incident, the Brigades said that at around 3:30 a.m. Friday, a force belonging to what it described as “collaborator militias,” backed by Israeli drones, advanced towards Al-Jumeiza Street in the Al-Qarara area north of Khan Yunis in an attempt to abduct one of its fighters.

The Al-Quds Brigades said its fighters detected the infiltrating force during the attempted abduction and engaged it at point-blank range with grenades and medium weapons, saying that several members of the force were killed or wounded.

The Brigades said Israeli drones then intervened to provide cover for the force’s withdrawal. It added that members of the force shot and killed Al-Abadla, leaving his body at the scene before withdrawing with their dead and wounded.

Three Palestinians, including a girl, were also injured by Israeli fire near Hamad City, north of Khan Younis. … continue

Trump refuses to rule out CIA-led armed riots in Iran as US war fails to deliver

Press TV – September 4, 2026

US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out authorizing the CIA to arm elements inside Iran to fuel a violent uprising, as Washington has failed to achieve its war aims more than six months after launching it.

Trump made the remarks on Wednesday while taking unscheduled questions in the Oval Office, one day after his attempt at inciting Iranians to “rise up and fight” against their government.

“Will you send the CIA in to arm Iranians?” a reporter asked. “I’d love to tell you that, but it wouldn’t be appropriate to say,” Trump responded.

The renewed talk of intervention comes against the backdrop of foreign-backed riots that erupted in Iran earlier this year. … Full article

US sanctions Turkish bank over alleged IRGC transfers

The designation forms part of Washington’s drive to asphyxiate Iran economically after failing to achieve its military objectives

The Cradle | September 4, 2026

The US Treasury announced sanctions on 4 September on a Turkiye-based bank and two of its subsidiaries, accusing them of moving tens of millions of dollars on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and facilitating Tehran’s movement of funds across the international banking system. […]

Bessent told Reuters on 30 August that fresh secondary sanctions would follow every week, with banks first in line. … Full article

Reuters analysis confirms US munition directly hit wedding party in Sirik: Probe exposes American war crime

Press TV – September 4, 2026

An independent analysis of video and images from the scene of a US airstrike on a family wedding in southern Iran has concluded the explosion was likely caused by a direct hit from an American munition, not a ricochet or an Iranian interceptor, according to a report published by Reuters.

The finding comes as US Vice President JD Vance admitted Washington is investigating the Tuesday night massacre in Kuhestak, Sirik County, Hormozgan Province, that Iranian officials have condemned as a blatant war crime.

A fifth victim, a 22-year-old woman, died in hospital, bringing the death toll to five, with nearly 70 civilians wounded, the majority of them women and children.

The martyrs included four-year-old Amir-Mohammad Karimi and 16-year-old Mohammad Malahi.

On Thursday, mourners in Kuhestak tossed petals over flag-draped coffins as a reporter identified one as “Martyr Amir-Mohammad Karimi, a 4-year-old child who was martyred in an attack on the country’s south by the criminal American regime.”

A local resident told Tasnim : “If it was a military location, it wouldn’t be so painful. This was a wedding ceremony, but they turned people’s joy into mourning.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the strike as the “true face of the war crime,” stating that a wedding ceremony was “brutally bombed as part of America’s desperate struggle to conceal its failure.”

He contrasted the attack with the Islamic Republic’s adherence to moral and humanitarian principles even under the most distressing circumstances of unprovoked aggression. … Full article

Our bombs kill civilians from Palestine to Iran, US lawmaker says

Al Mayadeen | September 4, 2026

A day meant to celebrate a couple’s new beginning instead turned into devastation, Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez said in a post on X, as she accused the United States of killing innocent women and children with its bombs in Palestine and Iran.

“From Palestine to Iran, our bombs are killing innocent women and children,” Ramirez wrote.

Ramirez referred to a US aggression on the small town of Kuhestak on Tuesday that killed five people and injured at least 70 others. The harrowing massacre has renewed concerns over civilian casualties in the US war on Iran and is the most significant such case since a missile struck an Iranian primary school in February, killing scores of children and teachers.

Ramirez said Congress could no longer “turn a blind eye” to war crimes by President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

“The time to hold warmongers accountable is now,” she wrote, calling on Congress to pass the Block the Bombs Act, reclaim its power, and “put an end to this endless war.”

Ramirez’s call for Congress to challenge the administration’s wars comes as concerns grow over the potential consequences of further escalation with Iran. Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has separately warned in late August of the risk of a nuclear strike, calling for Trump to be removed immediately. … Full article

Ex-Pentagon official: US ‘intentionally targeting Iranian civilians’

Press TV – September 3, 2026

A former senior Pentagon official has said that the United States is deliberately killing civilians in Iran after a US missile strike hit a wedding ceremony in Hormozgan Province, which led to the martyrdom of five civilians, including a four-year-old child, and injured more than 70 others.

Wes J. Bryant, who served as the Pentagon’s chief of civilian harm assessments and now works as a war crimes analyst, told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the attack on the wedding in Kouhestak, Sirik County, exposes the real moral and legal standards of the War Department and the Trump administration.

“Is the US intentionally targeting civilians in Iran? It is,” Bryant said. He rejected US Central Command’s claim that American forces never attack civilians, arguing that Washington is “recklessly and negligently endangering and killing civilians” in its war against the Islamic Republic.

Bryant said every target location is recorded at multiple levels of the chain of command. Comparing Tuesday’s wedding massacre with the February US strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, he said the US military would have been able “to report within hours” whether a school or a wedding had been hit. Washington has still not produced a transparent accounting of the Minab slaughter. … continue

Sanctioning a Ghost: Europe’s Empty Gesture Against Iran

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | September 3, 2026 

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced today that the European Union has “officially joined” the American sanctions campaign against Iran — Operation Economic Outcast — and framed Tehran’s choice in the usual absolutes: complete global isolation and a subsistence economy, or a path back to normalcy. It made a commanding headline. It is a hollow one. You cannot embargo a trading partner you have already stopped trading with, and in economic substance that is precisely what Europe did years ago. Today it merely issued a press release about it. … continue

Ukrainians in Indian jail involved in drone attack on Myanmar passenger plane – report

RT | September 4, 2026

Six Ukrainians and an American currently in prison in India were allegedly involved in a drone attack on a civilian aircraft in neighboring Myanmar, India’s anti-terrorism agency told a Delhi court.

The seven, described as mercenaries, were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March from different cities in India while trying to fly out of the country.

The Indian government “has received credible information indicating the involvement of certain Ukrainian and US nationals in a drone attack on a civilian aircraft in Myanmar,” the agency told a Delhi court on August 19 while seeking to interrogate two from the group – Ukrainian Viktor Kaminskyi and American Matthew VanDyke – in prison. … continue

West not safe from Ukrainian terror – Moscow

RT | September 4, 2026

Kiev’s Western backers cannot guarantee that Ukrainian terrorist attacks will not endanger their own citizens, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned.

Moscow has long accused the Ukrainian government of employing terrorist tactics and deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. President Vladimir Putin has described Vladimir Zelensky’s recent threat against foreign airlines operating in Russia as “state terrorism.”

“They (Western nations) have created a monster, and we always said that this monster will go rogue, as did all the monsters they created before,” Zakharova told Izvestia on Friday.

“What guarantee do they have that Zelensky won’t strike their own citizens when carrying out those terrorist attacks?” she added. “Nobody could ever guarantee that.” … continue

Kiev demands global flight ban over Russia

RT | September 3, 2026

Kiev has demanded that the UN aviation watchdog effectively shut Russian airspace to civilian traffic after Vladimir Zelensky threatened that Ukraine’s expanding long-range drone campaign would make flying over the country increasingly dangerous.

Ukrainian newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli reported on Wednesday that Infrastructure Minister Nikolay Kalashnik had sent a letter to Juan Carlos Salazar, secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), calling for action against flights through Russian airspace.

The letter urged the watchdog to “encourage aviation authorities, air navigation service providers and airlines” operating in Russia to take measures to “protect” civilian aircraft, including a complete ban on flights through Russian airspace by carriers from ICAO member states.

“The presence of civilian aircraft in Russian airspace may entail particularly high risks,” Kalashnik reportedly wrote in the letter obtained by the outlet.
Who is Zelensky threatening in Russian skies?

ICAO later issued a general statement on aviation safety but mentioned neither Russia nor Ukraine and did not directly address Kiev’s demand. Instead, it appealed to all member states to “assess the safety of airspace controlled by them and take all appropriate measures.”

Kiev’s demand followed an explicit threat from Zelensky to foreign airlines, insurers and governments on Tuesday that continued Ukrainian drone attacks would put civilian aviation in Russia at risk.

“The safe days in Russia’s skies are over,” he said, urging carriers to reconsider flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major Russian destinations. … Full article

US House passes bill to punish universities over Israel boycotts

blueapples on X – September 4, 2026

It wouldn’t be another day in the United States without the government putting the interests of Israel ahead of American citizens. Despite seeming as if it has already exhausted every avenue at its disposal to submit to its masters in Tel Aviv, Congress managed to find another way to show the American people who is actually in charge of their country. Members of the United States House of Representatives leaving Washington, D.C., to head back to their respective districts for a work period running until September 13th, 2026, used their last legislative day on Capitol Hill to pass a piece of legislation that once again shows the American people where their government’s priorities truly lie.

The House passed H.R. 4795: The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act (“PEAFA”) by a 237-169 vote. The legislation is designed to undermine the boycott, divest, and sanctions (“BDS”) movement by barring colleges and universities across the U.S. from receiving federal funding if they participate in boycotts against Israel. … Full article