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‘The Silence after the Screams’: How Western Media Helped Justify the Rape of Palestinians

Western media amplified Israel’s unverified claims of Hamas “mass rape” while downplaying documented Israeli sexual crimes. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) Western media amplified Israel’s unverified claims of Hamas “mass rape” while downplaying documented Israeli sexual crimes against Palestinians. On Monday, November 3, a group of Israeli soldiers stood outside the Supreme Court in West Jerusalem wearing black masks. They weren’t there to apologize; they were there to defend

Israel strikes southern Lebanon, killing two and wounding seven

The attacks in two towns come a day after Israel threatened to escalate its assault on alleged Hezbollah targets. People gather at the site of an Israeli drone strike, which hit a vehicle in the southern Lebanese village of Doueir near the city of Nabatieh, on November 3, 2025 [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP] Israeli attacks have killed two people and wounded seven others in southern Lebanon, a day after Israel threatened to escalate its assault on alleged Hezbollah targets. Lebanon’s Mi

Acute trauma: The ever-present wounds of Gaza’s children from Israel’s war

Gaza’s youth are haunted by trauma amid uncertainty over ceasefire; over 80 percent suffer severe symptoms, psychologists warn. Gaza children's silent trauma: 80% of young people show signs of 'severe trauma' For many in Gaza, Israel’s genocidal war could never really end. Even if the fragile United States-brokered ceasefire were successful in halting deadly attacks on the besieged enclave, which it so far has not, loud booms would still echo in the minds of those Palestini

Taliban Leader’s Internet Shutdown Order Deemed Final

(Afghanistan International) Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada’s decision to cut fibre optic internet across Afghanistan is...

Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to run security at controversial Gaza aid sites

More than 10 Infidels MC members deployed to sites run by US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Palestinians, including children, gather during the food distribution in Gaza city center on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Senior members of an anti-Islamic biker gang have been hired by US contractors and deployed to Gaza to oversee security at food distribution sites backed by the US and Israeli governments, according to a BBC investigation . The inve