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Israeli forces, settlers carried out nearly 24,000 attacks in West Bank in 2025, says monitor group


PressTV
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:21 UTC
West bank rubble
© ReutersA Palestinian trudges through wreckage after an Israeli raid in Tubas, Israeli-occupied West Bank
An anti-settlement monitoring group says Israeli forces and illegal settlers conducted 23,827 assaults on Palestinians and their properties across the occupied West Bank in 2025, representing a significant rise in the number of violations recorded within a single year.

Head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Muayyad Shaaban, said on Monday that the attacks included 1,382 assaults targeting lands and agricultural areas, 16,664 attacks against individuals, and 5,398 assaults on properties.

Shaaban highlighted that the Israeli army conducted 18,384 assaults, while settlers executed 4,723, and there were 720 attacks carried out collaboratively by both parties.

He characterized 2025 as a year laden with blood, maps, and resolutions, emphasizing that Israel did not restrict itself to merely expanding colonial outposts but sought to expand the fundamental concept of control.

Comment: UN chief denounces escalating Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the escalating violence by illegal Israeli settlers against unarmed Palestinian civilians and their property across the occupied West Bank.

Speaking at a press briefing in New York, Guterres emphasized the importance of upholding international law, including the principles of humanitarian and human rights laws, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East al-Quds.

He also stressed that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has outlined provisional measures, which are binding and must be enforced.
"The court's advisory opinion of October 22, 2025, was clear: Israel is under the obligation to allow and facilitate humanitarian aid, to cooperate with the United Nations in carrying out our mandates, and to respect the privileges and immunities of the United Nations and its personnel, including in times of armed conflict."
He reaffirmed his support for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and underscored its vital role in assisting Palestinians, both in Gaza and elsewhere in the West Asia region.

Guterres noted that this crisis stems from human decisions and can be resolved through deliberate choices, provided there is political will to take action.

He urged an end to the "perverse and prolonged suffering" endured by the Palestinian people, stressing the importance of offering them a sense of hope. He called for the complete enforcement of the ceasefire, the cessation of the ongoing cycle of violence, and the establishment of a clear, irreversible path toward a so-called two-state solution.


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Fire

Iran rioters using 'ISIS-like' tactics - diplomatic source to RT


RT
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:19 UTC
Fire in Tehran
© Global Look Press/Keystone Press AgencyA police station is set on fire during protests in Tehran, Iran on January 10, 2026
Beheadings of law enforcement officers and people being burnt alive have been reported amid the violent unrest in Iran.

The "terrorist elements" infiltrating the protests in Iran have been using extremely violent tactics reminiscent of the actions of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) group, RT has learned from an Iranian diplomatic source.

Iran has been hit by a wave of violent unrest that kicked off in late December. The turmoil started as peaceful protests over economic woes, including soaring inflation and a sharp devaluation of the national currency, yet promptly grew political and violent. The country's authorities have blamed the violence on foreign meddling, namely by the US and Israel, as well as on armed "terrorist elements" infiltrating the ranks of protesters.

The suspected militants have been using extreme ISIS-like tactics to sow fear and cause as much bloodshed as possible, the diplomatic source told RT on Thursday, citing testimonies of apprehended "terrorists" and intelligence gathered by the country's law enforcement agencies.

The militants have been "instructed from abroad" to open fire on protesters and police alike, the source claimed, and it has been established that many of those killed during the unrest were shot in the back.

The alleged members of the "terrorist cells" have been observed beheading law enforcement officers, as well as burning people alive, the source said. On multiple instances, the suspected militants finished off the wounded.

Comment: Destruction, death, mutilation, chaos...for cash. It doesn't take much to buy a civilian war and rip the heart out of a country. Cheaper than missiles. Instantly effective. Courtesy: CIA and Mossad.

See also:
Iran didn't erupt, it was ignited: The hidden hands behind a manufactured crisis

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Car Black

Canada's PM Carney praises "New World Order"; opens door to Chinese EVs

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:00 UTC
Chinese EV
© UnknownChinese EV
The invasion of Chinese electric vehicles into North America is set to accelerate after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to roll back the triple-digit tariffs previously imposed on Chinese EVs. The move sharply diverges from President Trump's America First policy, which aims to revitalize the North American auto industry. While Chinese EVs remain effectively blocked from US import, there has been a noticeable increase in BYD Motor vehicles on highways in Mexico.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who appears to have deep ties with Beijing, was the first prime minister to visit China since 2017 and is seeking a major thaw in relations after years of tense diplomatic and trade ties.

Carney's move abandons the 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs imposed by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2024, replacing them with a 6.1% rate capped at 49,000 Chinese EVs. In 2023, China exported 41,678 EVs to Canada. The shift in trade policy will certainly capture the Trump administration's attention.
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Attention

How to make a fortune on regime change!

James Corbett
The Corbett Report
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:18 UTC
Jackpot
© The Corbett Report
People ask me things. And one of the things they ask me is: James, how can I make money on all these violent, bloody regime change operations Uncle Sam is inflicting on the world? (No, I'm not joking. They really do ask me that!)

Great question!

Have you heard of the exciting investment opportunity in Afghanistan?

Well, too bad. That opportunity is no longer available.

OK, how about raking in the billions the good old-fashioned American way? You know, by forming a private security contractor and guarding the oil fields for Exxon and Chevron?

Tough luck. You need to be a perpetual swamp-dweller connected to the Washington clique to enter that space.

If you still want to get rich quick, then, you could be a little more deceptive. Just buy a bunch of stock options on airlines and defence contractors and office tower tenants before you gin up a spectacular false flag terror incident. We all know how well the informed trading on 9/11 turned out for certain [REDACTED] investors, after all.

...but that's a lot of work.

Instead, what if I told you that you could make bank off the bloodshed while stuffing your face with Twinkies in front of your computer? Would that interest you?

Well, then, good news! That's exactly what happened for the "lucky" person who made an extremely fortuitous bet on the ouster of Maduro right before the spectacular Smash-and-Grab Regime Change that took place on January 2nd!

Wanna know how can you get in on this action yourself? Read on to find out!
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Witch hat

What Chrystia Freeland did was illegal. That's not just my opinion — it's the law.

Ezra Levant
Rebelnews.com
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:17 UTC
Chrystia Freeland's love brace with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
© UnknownChrystia Freeland's love brace with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Is Chrystia Freeland getting away with it? On December 22nd, while she was still a Canadian MP, while she was still Mark Carney's special advisor on Ukraine, she secretly took a job with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Five days later, Canada sent $2.5 billion to Ukraine — announced, bizarrely, on a Saturday during the Christmas holidays. Her secret job was only revealed when Zelenskyy himself tweeted about it, catching Freeland by surprise.
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Gavel

Republicans create new J6 committee: Democrats members fight to keep the 'insurrection' myth alive

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:41 UTC
Rep. Harriet Hageman Jamie Raskin
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R., WY) and Jamie Raskin (D., MD)
The new J6 Committee has started its hearings and, unlike the prior Committee, Republicans have allowed Democrats to select members to sit in opposition. That has led to sharp exchanges, but one of the more interesting occurred between Rep. Harriet Hageman (R., Wyo.) and Jamie Raskin (D., Md.). After Hageman got a witness to admit that no one was charged with incitement, Raskin made the clearly false statement that a few defendants charged with seditious conspiracy was the same thing as incitement. It is not.

Rep. Raskin triggered the confrontation by making a clearly false claim about one of those charged by the Biden Administration: "I would just commend to everybody the testimony of Pamela Hemphill, who was a convicted insurrectionist that was pardoned. She rejected her pardon."

In reality, Hemphill was charged (like most of the rioters) with relatively minor misdemeanors. She pleaded guilty to one count of demonstrating, picketing, or parading in a Capitol building and received just 60 days in prison, 36 months of probation, and a $500 fine for restitution. She was never charged with insurrection or any felony.
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Star of David

Best of the Web: ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt suggests they are 'helping' Ted Cruz and Ben Shapiro 'take down' Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes

Chris Menahan
Information Liberation
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:08 UTC
Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL
© ADLJonathan Greenblatt of the ADL in January 2022. Screenshot from ADL video.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt suggested in a now-deleted interview that "behind the scenes" he is "helping" Senator Ted Cruz to "take down" Tucker Carlson and helping Ben Shapiro "take down" Nick Fuentes.

"I need people on the right to take down Tucker Carlson -- so I'm trying to help Ted Cruz," Greenblatt revealed. "I need people on the right to take down Nick Fuentes -- so I'm trying to help people like Ben [Shapiro]," Greenblatt told Rabbi David Wolpe and a gathering at Sinai Temple in West Los Angeles on Saturday.

He also named Hasan Piker as one of his targets and said the ADL is doing the "same thing on the left."

Comment: Greenblatt is a loathsome creature.

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Fire

Iran didn't erupt, it was ignited: The hidden hands behind a manufactured crisis

Freddie Ponton
21st Century Wire
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC
Khamenei
© UnknownAli Hosseini Khamenei contemplating UNSC meeting
When the first chants rose up in Tehran's Grand Bazaar at the end of December 2025, they came from merchants worn down by real, everyday suffering: inflation eating away savings, a collapsing currency, and the unceasing grind of uncertainty. Yet within days, what began as a grassroots protest against economic hardship abruptly became a battleground for global geopolitical forces, reflecting not just Iran's internal struggles but a war over narrative, power, and influence that spans continents.

Foreign capitals watched with interest, while intelligence agencies saw opportunity. Media networks amplified messages that served strategic interests, but amid these swirling forces, ordinary Iranians became actors in a drama orchestrated in part by powers far beyond their cities. This is not a recounting of statistics; this is a story about how a nation's protest against the price of bread became a potential spark for wider conflict, and what that says about the world we live in today.
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Handcuffs

Yoon becomes first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, convicted and sentenced

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 05:20 UTC
Yoon Suk Yeoi
© Associated PressFormer South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeoi
Once a sitting head of state, and now a convicted felon - and potentially much worse still to come: former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, after his dramatic fall from power and attempt to stay in office by declaring martial law in December 2024 - a move that plunged one of Asia's most stable democracies into a brief period of chaos - is going to serve hard time.

He could actually still face the death penalty with several more charges pending related to treason, according to South Korean law as it pertains to 'rebellion' and treasonous activity, but he has been sentenced Friday to five years in prison after being found guilty on multiple initial charges.

The ruling was handed down Friday by the Seoul Central District Court in televised proceedings, capping what has become one of the most explosive political trials in South Korea's modern history - though over the decades there's been plenty of competition and examples of ex-presidents being arrested and facing trial.
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Attention

The U.S. has announced 'Phase 2' of the Gaza ceasefire. Here's why it doesn't matter for Palestinians

Qassam Muaddi
Mondoweiss
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC
Don and Ben
© Shealah Craighead/FlickerJanuary 28, 2020 US President Donald Trump • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ceasefire offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status quo Israel has established over the past three months, which many refer to as "a new form of genocide."

Phase 2 of the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has started, and it will involve "the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza," U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff declared on Sunday. Israel has opposed advancing to a second phase, which would include a larger Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, the start of reconstruction, and the transfer of control over Gaza's institutions from Hamas to a provisional authority of Palestinian technocrats.

This technocratic committee, tasked with day-to-day governance, will answer to a U.S.-mandated "Board of Peace" as part of Trump's 20-point "peace plan." Israel says this body will be headed by Bulgarian diplomat Nikolay Mladenov, who is known for his ties to Israel's ally, the United Arab Emirates. The names of the 14 Palestinian technocrats were also made public, reportedly to be headed by former Deputy Minister of Planning in the Palestinian Authority (PA), Ali Shaath.

But these developments don't matter. Israel remains the key party capable of influencing the details and likely implementation of the ceasefire — and it will try to use that influence to define what Phase 2 actually looks like.
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