Biden to Resume ‘Offensive’ Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia On the campaign trail in 2020, Biden told voters he would treat Riyadh as a pariah. He made the promise because Saudi’s brutal war in Yemen had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, and the Kingdom assassinated Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a diplomatic building in Turkey. As president, Biden never fulfilled that campaign pledge. He continued most arms sales to Saudi Arabia, allowing Riyadh to execute the war in Yemen for more than a year before a ceasefire deal was reached with the Houthis. Additionally, rather than treat Riyadh as a pariah, Biden has sought to ink a major deal with Saudi Arabia that would give the Gulf state a Japan-style defense commitment from the US. by Kyle Anzalone:

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FBI Raids Home of Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter On Wednesday, the FBI raided the home of Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and outspoken critic of the NATO proxy war in Ukraine and Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. Ritter told reporters outside of his New York home that the raid was related to a suspected violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a law that requires individuals or entities engaging in lobbying or other activity on behalf of a foreign country to register as foreign agents with the US Department of Justice. “The search warrant is related to concerns apparently the US government has about violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. I will tell you right now I am not in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act … and hopefully, by executing the search warrant and taking the information that they did, they will rapidly reach that conclusion,” Ritter said. Read the rest:

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Netanyahu Dissolves War Cabinet, Consolidates Power The Prime Minister plans to make future decisions about the war in Gaza with a small consultation group by Kyle Anzalone https://rebelnet.me/news/bcd3f421072d93f497e9

The Trump Trial and our Injustice System by Ron Paul I’ve long criticized our current U.S. justice system—on all levels—as becoming much more about political justice than blind justice. The bizarre trial and conviction of former President Donald Trump last week on 34 felonies only reinforces my concerns: https://rebelnet.me/news/3290d4230db0db6d3f62

Maldives Bans All Israeli Travelers Over ‘Genocidal Acts’ in Gaza Nearly 11,000 Israelis visited the Indian Ocean archipelago nation last year, Quote: “We don’t want your money with blood on it.” https://rebelnet.me/news/66f0b1652b1c1262439c

Israel Used US-Made Bombs in Rafah Tent Camp Massacre by Dave DeCamp Investigations from CNN and The New York Times found that the bombs Israel dropped on a tent camp in Rafah on Sunday were made in the US. Weapons experts examined debris that was filmed at the scene of the strike and identified it as a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, a munition manufactured inside the US by Boeing. The Israeli military said it used two munitions that had small warheads, each packed with 17 kilos of explosives, which is the traditional payload of a GBU-39. The GBU-39 is designed for precise targeting, but weapons experts say there’s always a risk of mass casualties when dropping the bomb on such densely populated areas. Full article:

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US Army Officer Resigns Over ‘Unqualified’ Support for Israeli Slaughter in Gaza https://rebelnet.me/news/d4c6da38427c743bc9a7

House Bill To Send College Protesters To Gaza. Yes you read that correctly. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a bill in the House designed to send US college protesters to Gaza. Ogles said the minimum amount of time the protesters would have to spend in Gaza would be six months. “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine,” he said. https://rebelnet.me/news/ccf7f68c492d838bfc1d

UN Votes in Favor of Palestinian Membership https://rebelnet.me/news/d75b863d8e59494f8f08

TikTok Ban Exposes Hypocrisy in Congress by Ron Paul https://rebelnet.me/news/1bbcb0e8bee9c9605b4a

UK Digital IDs?! Britain’s ID Card Proponents Expose Their Own Naivety by Owen Ashworth https://rebelnet.me/news/2ea986af9952a39e94d4

House Passes Bill That Conflates Criticism of Israel With Antisemitism The House overwhelmingly passed a bill that conflates criticism of the modern state of Israel with antisemitism and will mandate that definition be used by the Department of Education when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws. The bill could be used to crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at college campuses across the country, who have been falsely labeled “antisemitic” despite Jewish students participating in the protests. The bill passed in a vote of 320-91 and now heads to the Senate for a vote, and received “no” votes from 21 Republicans and 70 Democrats. Opponents said they voted against the legislation because it threatened the First Amendment. Read more: https://rebelnet.me/news/70d0fc4a633f05c166ac

Israel Launches an Attack on Iran https://linked-out.me/news/0c1b7eaeb01ca5b9584b

Report: Israel Tells US It Has No Choice But To Respond to Iran Axios reported on Monday that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that Israel has no choice but to respond to Iran’s missile and drone attack, which came in retaliation for Israel’s bombing of Iran’s consulate in Damascus. Gallant and Austin spoke on Sunday after President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not support an Israeli attack on Iran. The US is trying to portray the Iranian attack as a victory for Israel since most of the drones and missiles were intercepted with the help of the US, the UK, and Jordan, although some missiles got through and damaged an Israeli airbase. But the US is also reaffirming that it will continue to defend Israel if there is another escalation. According to the Pentagon, Austin told Gallant that the US “does not seek escalation,” but he added that the US will “continue to defend Israel.” Israeli TV reported on Monday that the Israeli War Cabinet convened again and agreed to respond to the Iranian attack “clearly and forcefully,” but there are no details on what the response would look like. The report said the attack would be designed to send the message that Israel will “not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a reaction.” by Dave DeCamp

Big War News: Iran Launches Major Drone Attack on Israel The attack comes weeks after Israeli forces bombed Tehran’s consulate building in the Syrian capital, killing seven officials, including a senior IRGC commander, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi. The attack triggered a major spike in regional tensions, and Iran vowed to respond in kind. Get the truth: https://linked-out.me/news/4192f3b6b3d3dc1b7b8a

House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers An effort to force federal agencies to obtain warrants before snooping on Americans was narrowly shot down https://linked-out.me/news/2fe4a575b28b197ab705