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As the diplomatic row over the embargo escalates, the U.S. sent Israel millions of pounds of ammunition through Spanish territory.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241218033407/https://theintercept.com/2024/12/17/israel-weapons-spain-embargo-shipping/

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Groveling to Donald Trump appears to be working.

“Look, they tortured him to make him talk," a French-Israeli soldier is heard saying of a Palestinian detainee in a video posted online in March.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241218032430/https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/complaint-france-israeli-soldier-alleged-torture

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"For too long, the State Department has acted as if there’s an ‘Israel exemption' from the Leahy Law,” says group supporting the lawsuit.

Case file: https://dawnmena.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GAZA-et-al-v.-BLINKEN.pdf

City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."

A key figure in verifying an incendiary story that sought to link Iran to the October 7 attacks reveals what he actually told the paper.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241218031821/https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/new-york-times-ignored-doubts-hamas-iran-october-7-documents

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Incoming counterterrorism advisor sees threat in CEO shooter's sympathizers

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The Hague District Court in the Netherlands rejected Friday a motion by ten Palestinian and Dutch NGOs to halt arms export to Israel.

Case file: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI%3ANL%3ARBDHA%3A2024%3A20828 (Dutch)

Switzerland’s Federal Council announced Friday that they are proposing a ban on Nazi symbols following a rise in antisemitism.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241216180149/https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/switzerland-proposes-ban-on-nazi-symbols/

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The Fukuoka High Court ruled that Japan’s current policy against same-sex marriage is discriminatory and unconstitutional on Friday. This marks the third time a High Court in the country has declared the ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, and this ruling specifically calls on the government to undertake necessary legal reforms.

Case file: https://www.call4.jp/file/pdf/202412/4012259b3b9dba36b31125ec947ea53a.pdf (Japanese)

Refugees International, an independent human rights organization that advocates for displaced people, called on the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Friday to end its partnership with the UAE until the state ceases its support for armed actors in Sudan. The organization expressed concern that such a partnership of the Association could make it complicit with the UAE’s efforts to hide its role in the violence in Sudan.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241216175812/https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/refugees-international-urges-nba-to-cut-ties-with-uae-over-countrys-role-in-sudan-crisis/

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