— 🇮🇱 NEW: Hebrew media outlets report that in 2024 alone, over 51,000 rape cases were reported by the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel

The Israel Police, the State Attorney’s Office, the Israel Prison Service, the Education Ministry, the Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry, and the IDF all withheld key information. 81% of sexual offense cases handled in 2024 were closed without an indictment.

Rape continues to be a prominent part of Israeli society.

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— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: A Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted earlier this month reveals that the majority of Americans oppose the use of military force for regime change in Venezuela or to kill 'suspected drug traffickers' without judicial process

This reinforces the results from the earlier CNN/SRSS survey that revealed the majority of Americans do not approve of the Trump administration's foreign policy, and his approval rating which has fallen to a record low of 37% in his second term.

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— 🇪🇨/🇺🇸/🇲🇽/🇨🇴 NOTE: Three days ago, the people of Ecuador voted in a referendum to reject the presence and expansion of U.S. military forces in the country

Furthermore, Mexico's Jewish president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has also opposed U.S. military strikes to combat drug cartels.

This is all in addition to the UK and Colombia suspending intelligence sharing with the United States due to its strikes on vessels that it claims are 'narco-terrorists,' which have resulted in the deaths of over 80 people.

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇴 NEW: U.S. AFRICOM has attacked Somalia 97 times this year, setting a new record for the highest number of strikes on the country in a single year

The strikes, which are framed as attacks on ISIS-Somalia and Al-Shabaab, have not been without civilian casualties.

American strikes three days ago led to the deaths of at least 12 civilians, including 8 children.

Somali sources report that grieving families are pressured by authorities to remain silent about the civilians killed by the United States and the U.S.-backed 'Danab Brigade.'

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— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: A mass funeral is held in Ain Al-Hilweh camp as residents mourn those killed in yesterday's Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran's high-resolution 'Khayyam' satellite, designed by Iranian engineers and launched by a Russian 'Soyuz' rocket in 2022, takes pictures of the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia, USA

This is the first time images have been released that were taken by the Khayyam satellite. Experts note that the image resolution is 0.7 meters, better than initially assessed.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: A 21-year old Israeli Air Force officer from Be'er Shebaa has been arrested on charges of spying for Iran

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇳 BREAKING: After an anti-Iran resolution was adopted at the IAEA Board of Governors, Iran has sent a letter to the Director General of the IAEA officially announcing that the Cairo Agreement has been terminated and is no longer valid

The Cairo Agreement, which was a temporary understanding that regulated Iran's cooperation with the IAEA after the 12-day war, was already practically dead following the implementation of UN SnapBack sanctions, but is now officially terminated.

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Basically this.

They keep going in circles.

IAEA does bad thing:
> Cooperation terminated.

Two months later:
> Inspectors are back in Iran

IAEA does another bad thing:
> Ok Ok now cooperation is done FOR REAL, like I PROMISE

One month later:
> We have decided to resume partial cooperation with the IAEA

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇻🇪 BREAKING: Via radio, a 48-character long Emergency Action Message (EAM) was transmitted by the U.S. Nuclear Command & Control system

Such messages are usually transmitted amid political crises or on the day of major military operations. Similar EAMs were issued during Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Hamas' October 7th attack on Israel.

The transmissions contain instructions to U.S. nuclear forces in case of various scenarios. Today's transmission was unusually long.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇻🇪 BREAKING: Four B-52 strategic bombers have taken off from the United States, headed in the direction of Venezuela

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇮🇱 NEW: The F-35 jets that will be sold by the U.S. to Saudi Arabia will be downgraded versions, to ensure Israel's 'qualitative military edge' as prescribed by U.S. law

Saudi jets will lack Israel’s advanced weapons, electronic warfare systems, and next-gen AIM-260 missiles. – Reuters

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Transponders now off.

—❗️🇮🇷/☢️ Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee: 'We will always act in accordance with our national interests. It's not certain that we will remain in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) forever'

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—❗️🇷🇺/🇮🇷 NEW: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone call this evening

This is their second call in the past 72 hours, and the third phone call in total this week.

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