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IDF Opens Investigation of Friendly Fire Deaths During October 7 Attack

by Connor Freeman | Feb 7, 2024 | News

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it launched a probe into friendly fire deaths and possible breaches of the law during fighting in Israel which occurred in response to the October 7 Hamas attack and in its immediate wake. Several reports in Israeli media have indicated multiple civilians were killed by Israeli military fire. Haaretz says the investigation will focus primarily on an incident in Kibbutz Be’eri where a house holding more than a dozen Israeli civilians and their Hamas captors was shelled by an Israeli tank leaving one survivor. A hostage who was released from the house by a...

The Libertarian Institute Round Table with Dave Smith ft. Scott, Kyle, and Connor

by Connor Freeman | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog

The Libertarian Institute just had a huge appearance on the great anarcho-capitalist comedian Dave Smith's podcast, the massively successful Part of the Problem! The Institute's Director Scott Horton, News Editor Kyle Anzalone, and myself, Assistant Editor Connor Freeman, held a discussion with Smith covering Joe Biden's ultra hawkish foreign policy, Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, efforts to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, the utter disappointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Yemen, Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's support for Hamas, and much more. Kyle and I promoted our...

UNICEF: ‘Deadliest Year on Record’ for Palestinian Children in the West Bank

by Connor Freeman | Dec 29, 2023 | News

Attacks by Israeli forces and settlers have soared along with Tel Aviv’s brutal bombing campaign in Gaza, bringing this year’s total death toll to approximately 500 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem As Tel Aviv’s brutal bombing campaign and ground operations in the Gaza Strip have killed over 21,000 people, mostly women and children, a violent Israeli campaign of terror is ongoing throughout the occupied West Bank. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement on Thursday, describing 2023 as the “deadliest year on record for children in the West Bank, including East...

Israel Has Backed Itself Into a Corner on Post-War Gaza Occupation, Diplomats Say

by Connor Freeman | Dec 21, 2023 | News

As Israel continues its war against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, killing approximately 20,000 people including mostly women and children, it is setting the stage for a future military reoccupation of the coastal enclave. Three Western diplomats, including two ambassadors, told the Times of Israel that – despite the Israeli government’s repeated denials that they seek such a scenario – this is where the policy is ultimately headed. According to the outlet, the diplomats “explained that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of the Palestinian Authority returning to...

Israeli Finance Minister Demands Security Zones Around Illegal West Bank Settlements

by Connor Freeman | Nov 9, 2023 | News

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the leader of the Religious Zionism party in the ruling right-wing coalition, demanded Tel Aviv impose security zones around illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The letter Smotrich has sent to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant includes an insistence that Palestinians be kept away during the ongoing olive harvest season. This follows a pattern of occupying forces and settlers exploiting the war on Gaza as an opportunity to further cut Palestinian towns, cities, and villages off from each...

Amid War on Gaza, Scores of Palestinians Killed By Israeli Forces, Settlers in the West Bank

by Connor Freeman | Oct 20, 2023 | News

Amid Tel Aviv’s massive bombing campaign against the densely populated, besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli forces and illegal settlers have been on a rampage of violence, terror, torture, and murder throughout the occupied West Bank. On October 7, Hamas carried out a surprise attack against southern Israel and the war against the people of Gaza was launched. Since then, Israeli gunfire in the West Bank has killed at least 75 Palestinians - including roughly 20 children - while over 1,300 have been wounded. Middle East Eye reported that, per Palestinian medical sources, Israel’s apartheid army is...

What Will Be Mark Milley’s True Legacy?

by Connor Freeman | Oct 19, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Gen. Mark Milley retired on Friday [September 29] as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and handed over command to Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown. In 2019, Milley took up the post after being nominated by President Donald Trump. He oversaw massive escalations in the buildup for war with China, the Ukraine proxy war, and the current brinkmanship with Moscow during his four-year tenure. Milley’s years as top general saw Washington and the Pentagon pour weapons into Kiev and begin transforming Ukraine into a de facto NATO state, well before Russia launched its invasion in 2022....

As Turkey Bombs US-Backed Kurdish Fighters, Dozens of Oil and Power Facilities Damaged in NE Syria

by Connor Freeman | Oct 12, 2023 | News

Ankara, Washington’s NATO ally, has been waging a now week-long bombing campaign against Kurdish armed factions in US-occupied Syria. Turkey’s airstrikes have damaged or destroyed more than half of the oil and power facilities, east of the Euphrates River, in the territory controlled by the US and their Kurdish partners. Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), blasted the US military for not impeding the attacks during an interview with AFP. "The [United] States' position has been weak… American forces limited their action to protecting their positions... but did nothing to...

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