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UN Oversight Office Closes Investigation Into Four Staff Over Alleged Ties to Hamas

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 28, 2024

Four of the 12 employees of the UN Palestinian Relief Agency (UNRWA) under investigation by the UN’s internal inspector’s office had their cases closed due to lack of evidence. In January, Israel claimed 12 members of UNRWA participated in the Hamas attack on October...

Ben Gvir Wants Israeli Police to Create ‘Local Response Teams’ to Protect Jews Outside of Israel

by Connor Freeman | Apr 25, 2024

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, an extremist settler and Jewish supremacist, has called on the police commissioner to create “local response teams” globally to protect Jewish communities overseas. This comes amid a wave of antiwar protests on...

Ukraine Sidelines Abrams Tanks After Russian Drone Attacks – AP

by Will Porter | Apr 25, 2024

The Ukrainian military has opted to withdraw its US-supplied M1 Abrams main battle tanks from the front lines due to the threat posed by Russian drones, American officials told the Associated Press.

ByteDance Will Shut Down TikTok in US Rather Than Comply with Divestment Demand

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 25, 2024

ByteDance says it will not sell off its popular video-sharing app TikTok after President Joe Biden signed a law that will ban the platform from American users in nine months if it is not sold away from Chinese ownership. Several sources inside ByteDance say TikTok is...

Biden Signs TikTok Ban, But Campaign Will Remain on Platform

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 24, 2024

The same day that Joe Biden signed a massive foreign military aid bill that includes a provision to ban TikTok for US users, the President’s reelection campaign says it will remain on the platform through this year’s election. On Wednesday, President Biden signed a...

UK to Send Record $620 Million Military Aid Package to Ukraine

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 23, 2024

The UK announced its largest-ever military aid package for Ukraine, totaling $620 million (£500 million). Though Washington remains Kiev’s most prominent backer, some NATO countries have scrapped together aid packages to attempt to keep the Ukrainian military fighting...

This Week At The Libertarian Institute

News

February 1, 2024 – Israel Destroys Belgian Aid Agency Office in Gaza

February 1, 2024 – US Sanctions Four Israeli Settlers After Hundreds of Palestinians Killed in West Bank

January 31, 2024 – US to Begin Shipping Long-Range Bombs to Ukraine

January 31, 2024 – Diplomatic Process Between US and Venezuela Breaks Down

January 31, 2024 – Kenyan President Says Force Can Be Deployed to Haiti as Early as Next Week

January 30, 2024 – NATO Chief Visits US to Push for Ukraine Aid

January 30, 2024 – Israel Fails to Produce Evidence to Justify Widespread Cemetery Destruction in Gaza

January 29, 2024 – Human Rights Officials Warn Aid Cuts Make Gaza Famine ‘Inevitable’

January 29, 2024 – North Korea Tests Cruise Missiles, Blast US and South Korea for Joint War Games

January 29, 2024 – Biden Working to Prevent Possible Trump Cuts to Ukraine Aid

Features

February 2, 2024 – TGIF: Autocracy — Boo! Democracy — Hiss!

February 1, 2024 – Public vs Private Performance Standards

February 1, 2024 – Man Entrapped by FBI in Dubious Plot to Build ‘X-Ray Gun’ is Now in Supermax Prison

January 31, 2024 – Richard Sakwa Explains How We Ended Up In A New Cold War

January 31, 2024 – New Merger Guidelines Could Make 2024 a Difficult Year for Business and Biden

January 30, 2024 – Debacles at Home and Abroad Propel ‘Defend the Guard’

January 30, 2024 – Western Media’s Blackout of Israel’s “Hannibal Directive”

January 29, 2024 – The Meaning of ‘Finish ‘Em Off!’

January 29, 2024 – ‘Black Hawk Down’ For Biden in the Red Sea

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