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Israel is home to droves of international criminals accused or found guilty in a second country of various crimes. Among them is Tomás Zerón, accused mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of 43 Mexican students in Ayotzinapa. This article was originally published by ¡DoNotPanic! and features additional editing by The Grayzone. Israel has become a haven for international criminals. Many are dual-nationals who have taken advantage of their ability to move seamlessly between Israel and their second country of citizenship to commit crimes and, in some cases, evade justice. The scale of the criminality, and the volume of cases (relative to the…

You’ve probably heard that Donald Trump assembled a “multiracial coalition” in 2024, inaugurating a historic “realignment” of American politics that will enable the GOP to continue winning elections in our increasingly diverse nation. It’s a deeply misguided reading of that election. It’s also a dangerous delusion for Republicans. Racial diversity has made Democratic strongholds out of once-winnable cities like New York and states like California. It threatens to do the same in Texas and Georgia, both of which are now majority nonwhite. Just look at the latest polling for this year’s midterms: White Texans and Georgians strongly prefer the Republican…

Florida witnessed a dramatic upset in its Democratic Senate primary Tuesday, as the Democratic Socialists of America-aligned candidate Angie Nixon scored a decisive victory over Alexander Vindman. Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, served on the National Security Council during the first Trump administration, and was a key witness during the 2019 impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. The heavy favorite approaching election day, Vindman also maintained a major fundraising lead over Nixon, raising more than $16 million to Nixon’s less than $1 million. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Nixon, a Florida state representative, campaigned…

Imperial march your way into the weekend with the Friday Grail news briefs! Is this the world’s oldest image of a mind-altering plant? Scientists just analyzed more than 100 UAP videos released by the Pentagon’s ‘PURSUE’ program – this is what they learned. Is Turkey’s megalithic archaeological site Göbekli Tepe a temple? Something mysterious just passed between Earth and a distant star. Northampton woman ‘ran quicker than I have in my life’ after spotting huge mystery animal outside her home. DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain – clans in north-east England were organised around maternal lineage,…

Iran is mulling possible retaliatory options against U.S. assets in Europe should President Donald Trump escalate the war, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.  FT cited “insiders” who said Iranian forces have weighed attacks in southeastern European countries such as Bulgaria, which last month approved U.S. military use of its Bezmer airbase for refueling. Bulgaria’s Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov had assured legislators that the “temporary presence” of U.S. aircraft would “not make Bulgaria a party to the military conflict.” Iran has separately considered targeting underwater fiber-optic cables in the Strait of Hormuz. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your…

Someone I know once told me his main marital problem was that whenever he had a row with his wife, his parents would blame him, and his wife’s parents would blame him, so it was always unanimous: It was his fault. That’s how I see the “Which Is Worse?” question comparing immigration in the United States and Europe. Americans see countless videos of thousands of Muslims marching through London and Paris, and say, Europe is finished. Shocked at the unassimilable cultures being dumped on them, Europeans imagine no one has ever suffered so much. So it’s unanimous. The U.S. is…

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Alan MacLeod covers Washington’s attempts to put another Bolsonaro in power in Brazil, the most populous country in Latin America and a bulwark against U.S. regional dominance. Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on May 26. (White House/Donald Trump/Truth Social/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) By Alan MacLeodMintPress News The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork…

A Trump-Kim summit would be a spectacle like no other. A carnival extravaganza with the Korean Peninsula holding center stage, and every handshake, expression, seating arrangement, and stray remark dissected by troupes of North Korea pundits across the world’s news networks. But like any great traveling carnival, a few days later ticket holders will be left with an uncomfortable queasiness and a sense that they’ve somehow been cheated. Spectacle, not strategy. As the media fawned over the prospect of another Trump-Kim carnival, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul for two days of talks with South Korean Foreign Minister…

On June 25, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a “40-day influence operation” involving the use of drones to hit targets deep inside Russia. The goal, according to Zelensky, was to compel Russia “to end the war” and to restart negotiations from a position favorable to Ukraine. It does not appear to have succeeded. In fact, over this period, Russia was able to exploit three Ukrainian weaknesses to strengthen its position The first is Ukraine’s dangerous shortage of manpower, which has left gaps in the lines protecting the cities of the country’s “fortress belt.” Over the summer, Russia has steadily advanced…