[PJMedia] Hundreds of volunteers from several federal law enforcement agencies are going through 65,000 calls to a federally funded Health and Human Services (HHS) hotline where people reported concerns about the treatment of unaccompanied alien children (UAC). The calls were all made during the Biden administration, when the minors were rushed away from the border to avoid TV images of children in cages. Most of the calls were from the minors themselves.
At that time, the Biden administration was allowing children to be placed with almost anyone with minimal vetting. According to HHS whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas, "I thought I was going to help place children in loving homes. Instead, I discovered that children are being trafficked through a sophisticated network that begins with being recruited in their home country, smuggled to the U.S. border, and ends when ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement] delivers a child to a sponsor — some sponsors are criminals and traffickers and members of Transnational Criminal Organizations."
I wrote in 2024, "As the Biden administration was assuring Congress and the American people that the 150,000 unaccompanied minor children who entered the U.S. in 2021-22 were placed with people who were 'fully vetted,' the agency was simply trying to prevent what happened when the mass of humanity overwhelmed border facilities."
The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported that HHS "also failed to provide proof it had conducted basic safety checks — like background checks or address checks — in 16% of the cases, the agency watchdog found."
Incredible.
And now it appears that the Biden administration did nothing for up to 65,000 UACs who called a hotline for help.
The Free Press:
According to HHS, the backlog of calls was discovered in early February, and the effort to follow up and investigate began a few weeks later, even for immigrants who were minors when they entered the U.S. but have since turned 18 and thus are no longer part of ORR’s system.
The hotline calls now being traced piled up for about three years during the Biden administration, according to Trump administration officials. About half a million children crossed the border alone during those three years, and reports from federal watchdog agencies and whistleblower testimony indicated that some children were placed with improperly vetted sponsors. The most serious examples included children who wound up with sponsors who had ties to MS-13 gang members or human traffickers.
“We're working long hours and clearing up about 1,000 calls per day,” said John Fabbricatore, an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) senior adviser who began work in May.
Truly God watches over fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.
“We’ve come across serious cases in which children were calling in for help, saying that they were being raped. They were in very bad situations.”
The Free Press reported last year that forced labor and prostitution among UACs reached record highs, tripling under President Biden.
More than 400 sponsors have been arrested so far, including the sponsor of two girls who were rescued in June. They entered the U.S. in 2023 when they were 14 and 16 years old, and were placed with a sponsor who forced them to work in a plastics factory in Chicago and held them in debt bondage.
A call received by the hotline in April of this year said that three Honduran teenagers who crossed the border in May 2023 were being trafficked by their sponsor, who was a distant relative. Law enforcement officials who responded to the report found them living in squalid conditions in a New Jersey apartment and showing signs of physical and sexual abuse. They lacked food and were not attending school. The sponsor was arrested, and the teenagers are awaiting foster-care placement, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The 400 sponsor arrests are the tip of the iceberg, especially when you consider the involvement of transnational gangs like MS-13 and other notorious child trafficking outfits.
The scary part is that no one knows the full extent of the Biden administration's politically motivated campaign to desperately hide the UACs and keep them off America's TV screens.
“DHS is leading efforts to conduct welfare checks on these children to ensure that they are safe and not being exploited,” said Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS assistant secretary.
The fact that the Biden administration allowed the backlog of calls concerning the safety of UACs to reach 65,000 is extreme negligence bordering on depraved indifference.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] There have been quite a few protests in Washington, DC since Trump announced that he was going to crack down on crime in the city, but it's hard to know if any of it is real or not.
A company that provides protesters for a price is reporting a 400 percent increase in demand.
Of course, the liberal media has been all to happy to report on the protests as if they're completely organic.
FOX News reports:
DC paid protester requests surge 400% amid Trump's federal takeover of city police: crowd company
A crowd rental company has seen a massive uptick in inquiries regarding its services in Washington, D.C., amid President Donald Trump's move to federalize the police force in the nation's capital.
''Right now, D.C. inquiries are up roughly 400% compared to the same period in 2024,'' Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart told Fox News Digital, adding that the time period he is referencing is May to July 2024.
The company always sees a spike in requests during what Swart calls ''high-stakes political moments.''
''A large share are focused on opposing Trump's policies in Washington and raising alarms about government overreach,'' Swart said. ''We're weighing those offers carefully — because while there's truth in saying D.C.'s local government has been an abject failure in keeping citizens safe, there's also a real danger in putting too much power in federal hands. That balance of power matters.''
[IsraelTimes] Founder of a US lobbying firm working with South Sudanese government says Israeli delegation plans to visit country to look into potentially setting up camps for Palestinians there
Israel is in discussions with South Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... about the possibility of resettling Paleostinians from the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip to the war-torn East African country, part of a wider effort by Israel to facilitate mass emigration from the territory left in ruins during 22-months of fighting against Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... Six people familiar with the matter confirmed the talks to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. It’s unclear how far the talks have advanced, but if implemented, the plans would amount to transferring people from one war-ravaged land with famine risks to another, and raise human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. concerns.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to realize US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... ’s vision of relocating much of Gaza’s population through what Netanyahu refers to as "voluntary migration." Israel has floated similar resettlement proposals with other African nations.
"I think that the right thing to do, even according to the laws of war as I know them, is to allow the population to leave, and then you go in with all your might against the enemy who remains there," Netanyahu said Tuesday in an interview with i24, and Israeli TV station. He did not make reference to South Sudan.
Paleostinians, rights groups, and much of the international community have rejected the proposals as a blueprint for forcible expulsion in violation of international law.
For South Sudan, such a deal could help it build closer ties to Israel, now the almost unchallenged military power in the Middle East. It is also a potential inroad to Trump, who broached the idea of resettling Gaza’s population in February but appears to have backed away in recent months.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment and South Sudan’s foreign minister did not respond to questions about the talks. A US State Department spokesperson said it doesn’t comment on private diplomatic conversations.
EGYPT OPPOSES PROPOSALS TO RESETTLE PALESTINIANS OUT OF GAZA
Of course. Once they’re gone, they can’t be manipulated into continuing the war against Israel.
Joe Szlavik, the founder of a US lobbying firm working with South Sudan, said he was briefed by South Sudanese officials on the talks. He said an Israeli delegation plans to visit the country to look into the possibility of setting up camps for Paleostinians there. No known date has been set for the visit. Israel did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of the visit.
Szlavik said Israel would likely pay for makeshift camps.
Edmund Yakani, who heads a South Sudanese civil society group, said he had also spoken to South Sudanese officials about the talks. Four additional officials with knowledge of the discussions confirmed talks were taking place on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss them publicly.
Two of the officials, both from Egypt, told AP they’ve known for months about Israel’s efforts to find a country to accept Paleostinians, including its contact with South Sudan. They said they’ve been lobbying South Sudan against taking the Paleostinians.
Egypt is deeply opposed to plans to transfer Paleostinians out of Gaza, with which it shares a border, fearing an influx of refugees into its own territory.
The AP previously reported on similar talks initiated by Israel and the US with Sudan and Somalia, countries that are also grappling with war and hunger, and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells.... . The status of those discussions is not known.
’CASH-STRAPPED SOUTH SUDAN NEEDS ANY ALLY’
Szlavik, who’s been hired by South Sudan to improve its relations with the United States, said the US is aware of the discussions with Israel but is not directly involved.
South Sudan wants the Trump administration to lift a travel ban on the country and remove sanctions from some South Sudanese elites, said Szlavik. It has already accepted eight individuals swept up in the administration’s mass deportations, in what may have been an effort to curry favor.
The Trump administration has pressured a number of countries to help facilitate deportations.
"Cash-strapped South Sudan needs any ally, financial gain and diplomatic security it can get," said Peter Martell, a journalist and author of a book about the country, "First Raise a Flag."
Israel’s Mosssd ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end... spy agency provided aid to the South Sudanese during their decades-long civil war against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum ahead of independence in 2011, according to the book.
The State Department, asked if there was any quid pro quo with South Sudan, said decisions on the issuing of visas are made "in a way that prioritizes upholding the highest standards for US national security, public safety, and the enforcement of our immigration laws."
South Sudan has struggled to recover from a civil war that broke out after independence, and which killed nearly 400,000 people and plunged pockets of the country into famine. The oil-rich country is plagued by corruption and relies on international aid to help feed its 11 million people — a challenge that has only grown since the Trump administration made sweeping cuts to foreign assistance.
A peace deal reached seven years ago has been fragile and incomplete, and the threat of war returned when the main opposition leader was placed under house arrest this year.
Paleostinians in particular could find themselves unwelcome. The long war for independence from Sudan pitted the mostly Christian and animist south against the predominantly Arab and Moslem north.
Yakani, of the civil society group, said South Sudanese would need to know who is coming and how long they plan to stay, or there could be hostilities due to the "historical issues with Moslems and Arabs."
"South Sudan should not become a dumping ground for people," he said. "And it should not accept to take people as negotiating chips to improve relations."
[Rudaw] Thirty-seven Kurdish migrants colonists detained in Tunisia are expected to be repatriated to the Kurdistan Region within the next two days, Iraq’s ambassador to Tunisia told Rudaw.
Abdul Hakim al-Qassab noted on Monday that "all of the 37 citizens, who were detained in Tunisia, have been released and are now at our embassy," adding that the embassy has been actively coordinating with Tunisian authorities and monitoring the migrants colonists’ situation for several days.
The Iraqi ambassador further assured that "no effort will be spared" in accelerating the process of repatriation. He also stated that the migrants colonists’ confiscated belongings, which had been held by a court in the coastal Tunisian town of Kelibia, will be returned.
"We will make an official request and retrieve all their money and phones," he said.
The migrants colonists chiefly hail from the Kurdistan Region’s eastern Sulaimani province. Their ages range from 15 to 37.
"Smugglers charge nearly $17,000 per person," Ali said, noting that a large portion of that money goes to Libyan militia groups who control the coastal areas and do not allow migrants colonists to depart without payment.
This development comes just weeks after 24 Kurdish migrants colonists from Sulaimani’s Raparin administration, who attempted to reach Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... via Libya, were repatriated after being detained for a month.
In July, Rudaw reported on the increasing number of young people from the Raparin area choosing the Libya-Italia sea route to reach Europe. The route has become increasingly popular over the traditional The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... -Greece corridor, due to tighter border controls and longer crossing times.
Ranj Pishdari, a Europe-based migrant rights activist, then-told Rudaw that more than 300 young people from the Kurdistan Region are estimated to use this route every week.
Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes... Bakr Ali, head of the Association of Returned Refugees (ARR), explained that the Libya-Italia crossing is seen as more viable because the sea journey takes roughly eight hours, compared to the 72-hour route from Greece.
"Smugglers charge nearly $17,000 per person," Ali said, noting that a large portion of that money goes to Libyan militia groups who control the coastal areas and do not allow migrants colonists to depart without payment.
Rudaw previously learned that one of the most influential smugglers operating in Libya is a Kurd from Raparin, identified only by the initials H.K. Though primarily based in Europe, he has temporarily relocated to Libya to oversee smuggling operations and coordinate crossings for Kurdish migrants colonists.
Officials and civil society groups in the Kurdistan Region have repeatedly warned against the growing migration trend, pointing to high unemployment and limited economic opportunities in the region as the main driving forces behind the surge.
[IsraelTimes] A French diplomatic source confirms that France has “temporarily suspended” the renewal of work visas for El Al security staff members, following reports on the matter.
The move, which prevents staff members from working legally in the country, aims to address “difficulties” faced by French diplomatic personnel during routine security screenings by El Al staff members at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport, according to the source.
“For many months, members of France’s diplomatic corps in Israel and in Jerusalem have been subjected to systematic screening by El Al security personnel at Charles de Gaulle Airport prior to the airline’s flights,” the source says in a statement.
“Talks have been opened with the Israeli embassy in France to resolve these difficulties; in the meantime, several administrative measures related to this arrangement have been temporarily suspended,” the source continues, before clarifying that this includes the temporary suspension of visas.
“Discussions are ongoing in an effort to quickly reach a solution that meets the needs of both sides,” the source adds.
Some reports suggested that the move is related to rising tensions between Paris and Jerusalem over Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, though the source did not note a connection, saying the development began “some time ago.”
The Foreign Ministry says it is investigating the issue.
[FoxNews] Troops would be stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona under new 'reaction force' plan
The Pentagon is reportedly drawing up plans for a "reaction force" of hundreds of National Guard members who would be ready to deploy at any moment to help quell civil unrest.
The plan, reported by the Washington Post, for a "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force" calls for 600 troops on standby at all times, ready to deploy in as little as one hour, The troops would reportedly be split into two groups of 300, stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona.
The documents, reportedly prepared for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by policy chief Elbridge Colby, outline a "predecisional" idea.
"The Department of Defense is a planning organization and routinely reviews how the department would respond to a variety of contingencies across the globe," a defense official told Fox News Digital. " We will not discuss these plans through leaked documents, pre-decisional or otherwise."
The administration would rely on Title 32, a status in which the National Guard operates under the command of a state governor but is funded by the federal government, according to the Post. The authority is typically used for domestic missions, such as responding to natural disasters. When deployed under Title 32, Guard members may be granted limited law enforcement powers. A section of the U.S. Code allows the commander in chief to bypass certain restrictions on using the military for domestic purposes.
The troops, from the Army and Air Force National Guard, would be outfitted with weapons and riot gear and receive training for the mission.
The quick reaction teams would work on 90-day rotations to "limit burnout."
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It is amazing how quickly the Democrats, and various Leftists can produce massive 6ft x 15 ft size banners and 100's of hand carried protest posters.
Almost like they have these banners and posters were pre-made and waiting in warehouses to be shipped to protest locations.
They sure must have some serious Anti-USA funding to handle their created demands.
[IsraelTimes] Israel section much shorter than previous years and contains no mention of Gaza humanitarian crisis, leaves out concerns from rights groups that were included during Trump’s 1st term
US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... ’s administration has significantly changed the State Department’s annual report on human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... worldwide, dramatically reducing any claims of abuses in allied countries such as Israel.
Instead, the US State Department in its widely anticipated 2024 Human Rights Report released on Tuesday sounded an alarm about the erosion of freedom of speech in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and ramped up criticism of Brazil and South Africa, both of which Washington has clashed with over a host of issues.
Any criticism of governments over their treatment of LGBTQI rights, which appeared in Biden administration editions of the report, appeared to have been largely omitted. Washington referred to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mainly as the "Russia-Ukraine war."
The report’s section on Israel is much shorter than last year’s edition compiled under the Biden administration and contains no mention of the severe humanitarian crisis in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The report was delayed for months as Trump appointees dramatically altered an earlier State Department draft to bring it in line with "America First" values, according to government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Explaining the changes, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said during a Tuesday briefing that the reports focusing on 2024 "remove redundancy, increase readability, and are responsive to the legislative mandates that underpin the report, rather than an expansive list of politically biased demands and assertions."
SETTLER VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN ATTACKS BESIDES OCT. 7 OMITTED
In previous versions of the report on Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip — including ones compiled during Trump’s first term — claims and figures from UN organizations and rights groups regarding alleged abuses were incorporated, though they were almost completely removed in the 2024 report.
Concerns of rights abuses by Israel were kept general, and there was no mention at all of settler violence against Paleostinians in the West Bank, which has gone largely unchecked and even taken the lives of several US citizens. Paleostinian attacks against Israelis — beyond those related to Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’s October 7, 2023, terror onslaught — also went unmentioned.
On the brief section about press freedom, the report states, "NGOs and journalists reported authorities restricted press coverage and limited certain forms of expression, especially in the context of criticism against the war or sympathy for Paleostinians in Gaza."
"Israel occasionally ordered the closing of Paleostinian radio stations in the West Bank for ’inciting behavior that could harm public safety or public order,’ including support for terrorism," it adds.
In the section on torture, the report highlights the abuse that Israeli hostages testified to having endured during their captivity in Gaza.
As for the alleged torture of Paleostinian prisoners by Israel, the report says that Jerusalem "acknowledged [that the] Shin Bet and police used violent mostly peaceful interrogation methods that it referred to as ’exceptional measures,’ but the Ministry of Justice did not provide information regarding the frequency of interrogations or the specific interrogation methods used."
The country reports introduced new categories such as "Life" and "Liberty," and "Security of the Person."
"There were no credible reports of significant human rights abuses," the 2024 report said about El Salvador, in sharp contrast with the 2023 report that talked about "significant human rights issues" and listed them as credible reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings, torture, and harsh and life-threatening prison conditions.
Washington’s bilateral ties with El Salvador have strengthened since Trump took office, as the administration has deported people to El Salvador with help from President Nayib Bukele, whose country is receiving $6 million from the US to house the migrants colonists in a high-security mega-prison.
DIFFERING ASSESSMENTS
The Trump administration has moved away from the traditional US promotion of democracy and human rights, seeing it as interference in another country’s affairs, even as it criticized countries selectively, consistent with its broader policy towards a particular country.
One example is Europe, where Trump officials repeatedly weighed in on European politics to denounce what they see as suppression of right-wing leaders, including in Romania, Germany, and La Belle France, and accused European authorities of censoring views such as criticism of immigration.
This year’s report was prepared following a major revamp of the State Department, which included the firing of hundreds of people, many from the agency’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, which takes the lead in writing the report.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... in April wrote an opinion piece that said the bureau had become a platform for "left-wing activists," saying the Trump administration would reorient the bureau to focus on "Western values."
In Brazil, where the Trump administration has clashed with the government, the State Department found the human rights situation declined, after the 2023 report found no significant changes. This year’s report took aim at the courts, stating they took action undermining freedom of speech and disproportionately suppressing the speech of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, among others.
Bolsonaro is on trial before the Supreme Court on charges he conspired with allies to violent mostly peacefully overturn his 2022 electoral loss to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Trump has referred to the case as a "witch hunt" and called it grounds for a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods.
In South Africa, whose government the Trump administration has accused of racial discrimination towards Afrikaners, this year’s report said the human rights situation significantly worsened. It stated that "South Africa took a substantially worrying step towards land expropriation of Afrikaners and further abuses against racial minorities in the country."
In last year’s report, the State Department found no significant changes in the human rights situation in South Africa.
Trump, earlier this year, issued an executive order that called for the US to resettle Afrikaners, describing them as victims of "violence against racially disfavored landowners," allegations that echoed far-right claims but which have been contested by South Africa’s government.
Amnesty International USA’s Amanda Klasing said the report sent a "chilling message" that the United States will overlook abuses if doing so suits its political agenda.
"We have criticized past reports when warranted, but have never seen reports quite like this," she said.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) August 12, 2025
…Here’s my answer 👇
If the Muslim Brotherhood is formally labeled a terror group...
➡️ Then CAIR, founded by leaders from the Brotherhood's U.S. network, gets implicated too.
And if CAIR gets implicated…
➡️ Then so do a lot of politicians.
📍And that’s the line no one in D.C. wants to cross.
So instead, the Brotherhood stays "undesignated."
CAIR keeps the civil rights label and keeps its tax advantaged nonprofit status.
And the public is left in the dark.
Patience as I pull the receipts.
She just keeps going at the link.
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Every child knows the answer to this: because they only kill Jews.
[IsraelTimes] Following international outcry over the killing of prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif in an airstrike in Gaza City last night, the IDF doubles down on its claims that the reporter was an active member of Hamas’s military wing.
Important clarification on Anas al-Sharif 🚨
Prior to the strike, we obtained current intelligence indicating that Sharif was an active Hamas military wing operative at the time of his elimination. In addition, he received a salary from the Hamas terror group and terrorist…
… Hamas terror group and terrorist supporters, Al-Jazeera, at the same time.
What we have presented publicly is only a small, declassified portion of our intelligence on al-Sharif leading up to the strike.
This information was obtained during ground operations in Gaza at two separate locations.
For some reason, the media is ignoring information presented by us because al-Sharif has said he is not a terrorist.
“Trust me, I am not a terrorist” apparently works if you are against Israel.
Will the world honestly check before reporting? Will there be criticism of Hamas’ exploitation of the press? Will anyone criticize Al-Jazeera for employing terrorists?
[IsraelTimes] Only 2,940 ultra-Orthodox men were drafted to the military in 2024, far off from the IDF’s goal of 4,800, Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate’s Planning and Personnel Management Division, tells lawmakers.
Testifying before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Tayeb says the number “is much higher” than the previous annual average of 1,800 Haredi soldiers, but is still “far from our target of 4,800, and even farther from the army’s needs.”
Currently, approximately 80,000 Haredi men between the ages of 18 and 24 are eligible for military service and have not enlisted. The army has stated that it is facing a manpower shortage and currently needs some 12,000 new soldiers — 7,000 of whom would be combat troops.
Tayeb also tells the committee that most of the ultra-Orthodox men who enlisted last year did not enlist in special tracks for Haredi soldiers.
According to Tayeb, some 1,300 of the soldiers joined units specifically for Haredi men, while the other 1,600 enlisted to “general” service tracks.
Of the nearly 3,000 Haredi soldiers, just over 1,000 are combat troops, including 400 in the ultra-Orthodox units — including the new Hasmonean Brigade — and 650 in general combat units, he says.
Tayeb also tells the lawmakers that all 80,000 Haredi men eligible for conscription are in the process of being called up. “Unfortunately, the rate of non-cooperation among the [Haredi] population is very high, and we have built a process that allows the [conscription] process to be carried out at a faster pace,” he says.
During its 12-day war with Israel in June, Iran arrested about 21,000 people in a sweeping security crackdown, citing public tip-offs, checkpoints, and suspicion of aiding Israeli strikes.
Arrests included alleged spies, people filming without permission, and over 2,700 Afghan…
Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said, according to state media.
Following Israeli air strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities that began on June 13, Iranian security forces began a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based on checkpoints and "public reports" whereby citizens were called upon to report on any individuals they thought were acting suspiciously.
"There was a 41% increase in calls by the public, which led to the arrest of 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war," police spokesperson Saeid Montazerolmahdi says. He does not say what those arrested were suspected of, but Tehran has spoken before of people passing on information that may have helped direct the Israeli attacks.
The Israel-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... conflict has also led to an accelerated rate of deportation of Afghan migrants colonists believed to be illegally in Iran, with aid agencies reporting that local authorities had also accused some Afghan nationals of spying for Israel.
"Law enforcement rounded up 2,774 illegal migrants colonists and discovered 30 special security cases by examining their phones. 261 suspects of espionage and 172 people accused of unauthorized filming were also arrested," the spokesperson says.
Montazerolmahdi does not specify how many of those arrested have since been released.
He adds that Iran’s police handled more than 5,700 cases of cyber crimes such as online fraud and unauthorized withdrawals during the war, which he says had turned "cyberspace into an important battlefront."
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Are there any differences between Iranian government and, say, French government?
Huge differences. For example, in French government documents, the text reads left to right. In Iranian government documents, the text reads right to left.
In accordance with its legitimate rights, Iran delivered a decisive response to the Zionist regime. The enemy, through certain intermediaries, requested a ceasefire.
Iran agreed to their request in order to prevent the escalation of the crisis. pic.twitter.com/utkOWneqwD
Syria, Jordan, and the US said Jordan hosted talks in Amman to reinforce the Suwayda ceasefire and advance stability.
Syria pledged to investigate crimes, improve aid, restore services, rehabilitate areas, and promote reconciliation. A tripartite group will support the… pic.twitter.com/sCfZ9osIgv
[Rudaw] The United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... and the United Kingdom have strongly condemned a harrowing video showing men in military uniforms executing unarmed medical volunteers inside a hospital in southern Syria, calling on Damascus to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.
The video, which has circulated widely online, shows gunnies in Syrian security force uniforms inside a hospital corridor, where staff members are kneeling. One of them, Mohammad al-Bahsas - an engineer volunteering as a first responder - is seen being shot at close range, and his body is then dragged away.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Monday that the incident took place at the National hospital in the predominantly Druze Suwayda province on July 16.
Citing a witness, SOHR reported that Bahsas had earlier tried to defuse tensions by clarifying to an officer - who later executed him - that he had no medical training.
"For that, he was executed in cold blood right in front of us," the witness said.
The war monitor also reported the killing of Wael Azzam, an engineer responsible for the hospital’s surveillance system, who was reportedly killed after refusing to hand over security footage, fearing it could be used to endanger other staff.
On Monday, Syria’s interior ministry said it was "following up on the distressing footage circulating on social media," and denounced the killings "in the strongest terms." The ministry vowed that the perpetrators would be prosecuted, "regardless of their affiliations."
Does anyone believe them?
The National Hospital killings occurred during a broader outbreak of violence in Suwayda that began on July 13.
UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen reported in late July that the conflict was initially sparked by a series of “mutual kidnappings” between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes, which quickly escalated into armed clashes.
Pedersen added that government security forces deployed to de-escalate the situation were “attacked” by Druze groups, but also noted “extremely grave reports of serious violations by security forces against Druze civilians.”
As of July 20, SOHR reported at least 1,120 deaths resulting from the clashes. A fragile ceasefire is currently in place, though the situation remains “tense and volatile,” as UN officials estimate that around 175,000 people have been displaced due to the violence.
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