At least 5,600 federal-only ballots cast in Arizona 2020 election without US citizenship proof

Arizona is “one of the only states to have bifurcated elections,” said former Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright.

More than 5,600 federal-only ballots were cast in the 2020 presidential election in Arizona, without proof of U.S. citizenship required by the voters who cast them, according to data from the state's counties.

Arizona is a state with the unusual situation of bifurcated elections, in which residents who provide proof of U.S. citizenship can vote in all elections while the others may vote only in federal elections, resulting in ballots cast by voters who haven’t proven their U.S. citizenship.

Arizona law requires residents registering to vote in the state to provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

However, after the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that Arizona must accept U.S. voter registration forms because of federal requirements under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, the state allows residents registering to vote who don't provide proof of citizenship to receive ballots for federal races only.

Federal voter registration forms require those filling them out only to sign a sworn declaration that they are U.S. citizens.

When residents of Arizona register to vote or update their registration, an election system accesses their driver's license records to verify whether they have proof of citizenship.

Those without documentation are ineligible to vote in state elections and registered as "federal-only" voters, according to the Associated Press.

Last year, Arizona enacted a law that requires counties to check federal-only voters for citizenship against multiple databases. The counties must reject any federal applications if they find the individual is not a U.S. citizen, and any official knowingly ignoring the requirement could receive a felony charge.

The Justice Department sued Arizona over the law in July 2022, claiming it is "a textbook violation of the National Voter Registration Act," according to Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the agency's Civil Rights Division. The agency also claims the law violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Former Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright told Just the News on Thursday that she believes Arizona is “one of the only states to have bifurcated elections” because the U.S. Election Assistance Commission didn’t allow the state to require driver’s licenses for voter registration, despite other states having the requirement.

Wright said that when a person registers to vote, their name is supposed to be compared to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database by county recorders to determine if they’re non-citizens.

While there is not a system in place to ensure that the recorders are checking for non-citizens when registering voters, state law requires them to only register residents and certify that the voter roster is correct, she added, citing A.R.S. 16-183 and A.R.S. 16-169A.

If non-citizens register to vote before becoming naturalized citizens, then it could hinder their naturalization.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/least-5600-federal-only-ballots-cast-az-2020-general-election-without-us

Israel, not US, will decide when to end war against Hamas, Blinken says

US secretary of state says Israel has ‘right intent’ when it comes to minimizing civilian casualties, but results don’t always attest to that

Israel, not the US, will be the one to decide when to end its war against Hamas in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, in the wake of reports that Washington has been exerting pressure on Israel to wrap up operations by the end of the year.

Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper about the war, which has entered its third month, Blinken said that the US has been conducting discussions with Israel about its “duration” as well as “how it’s prosecuting this campaign against Hamas.”

“These are decisions for Israel to make,” he added.

Israel’s war with Hamas began with the terror group’s shock onslaught on October 7 in which thousands of terrorists burst into southern Israel from the land, air and sea, killing more than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and seizing some 240 hostages.

In response, Israel launched an aerial campaign and subsequent ground operation through which the country has vowed to topple Hamas and end the terror group’s 16-year rule in the Strip.

Addressing the civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip, Blinken said that while he believes that Israel has the right “intent” when it comes to minimizing civilian casualties, “the results are not always manifesting themselves, and we see that both in terms of civilian protection and humanitarian assistance.”

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza claims that since the start of the war, more than 17,500 people have been killed, mostly civilians. However, these figures cannot be independently verified and are believed to include some 7,000 Hamas terrorists, as well as civilians killed by misfired Palestinian rockets.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-not-us-will-decide-when-to-end-war-against-hamas-blinken-says/

In call, Netanyahu flogs Putin over Gaza war stance and blossoming Iran ties

Premier holds 50-minute conversation with Russian leader, ‘expresses annoyance’ over Russian backing for a ceasefire at the UN but asks for help to pressure the Red Cross

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for nearly an hour Sunday, criticizing Moscow’s alliance with Iran and expressing dissatisfaction with its stance on Israel’s war with Hamas.

Netanyahu stepped out of his government’s weekly cabinet meeting for the approximately 50-minute phone call, his office said, the first talks between the leaders since mid-October amid rapidly cooling ties between Jerusalem and Moscow.

Since war broke out on October 7, Russia has regularly criticized Israel, including in the UN Security Council, while at the same time hosting leaders of the Hamas terror group in a development widely seen as an extension of its increasingly friendly ties with Iran.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-call-netanyahu-flogs-putin-over-gaza-war-stance-and-blossoming-iran-ties/

Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.

The discussion focused on the critical situation in the Palestine-Israel conflict zone, in particular, the disastrous humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his principled position of rejecting and condemning terrorism in all its manifestations. At the same time, it is of the essence to avoid such grave consequences for the civilian population while countering terrorist threats. Russia is ready to provide all possible assistance to alleviate the suffering of civilians and de-escalate the conflict.

In addition, the parties expressed mutual interest in further cooperation on the evacuation of Russian citizens and their families, as well as the release of Israelis held in Gaza.

Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to continue contacts.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72947

Images of stripped, bound Gazans prompt concern; Israeli official: Won’t happen anymore

IDF says terror suspects searched to ensure they’re not wearing explosives belts, but that it hasn’t distributed pictures; national security adviser: they serve nobody’s interest

But the military has also indicated that many of those it detained were later released, and officials have indicated that soldiers may be operating under a guideline of arrest first and question later.

On Sunday evening, Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel’s national security adviser, said suspects need to be searched to ensure they are not carrying weapons or explosives, but that the pictures of them in their underwear “serve nobody” and that he expected the distribution by Israel of such photos would cease.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari explained the arrest procedure in detail later Sunday, but also said the humiliating photos were not distributed by his office, and that troops would change the arrest procedure in cases where it was not being properly followed.

On Friday, Hagari said more than 200 “suspects” had been apprehended, but, of them, only “dozens” were transferred to the Shin Bet security agency and Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 for interrogation about their alleged involvement in terror activities.

Government spokesman Eylon Levy told CNN on Friday that Israel was detaining any military-aged men it found in areas where evacuations had been ordered — meaning all of north Gaza and parts of the south as well — “to work out who the terrorists are.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/images-of-stripped-and-bound-gazans-prompt-concern-over-idfs-arrest-tactics/

This is a war crime - inhumane treatment of prisoners.

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciii-1949/introduction/commentary/2020

ISRAELI ARMY BOMBARDS LEBANON IN RESPONSE TO DRONE ATTACK BY HEZBOLLAH

Six Israeli soldiers were wounded on December 6 when Hezbollah attacked a position of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with suicide drones.

Hezbollah said in a statement that the drones targeted a newly-established headquarters of the IDF to the south of the Ya’ara barracks, some two kilometers away from the Israeli-Lebanese border. According to the group, the attack was carried out “to support the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance.”

The IDF said that two soldiers were moderately wounded and four others lightly hurt by shrapnel and smoke inhalation as a result of the attack.

It also claimed that two of the drones launched from southern Lebanon were shot down by the Iron Dome air defense system.

In addition to the drone attack, Hezbollah said that its fighters targeted the Israeli military site of Jal al-Alam with “suitable weapons” and fired Burkan heavy rockets at the sites of Zabdin and Ruwaisat al-Alam along the border.

In response to the attacks, the IDF launched a “widespread” wave of strikes against Hezbollah targeted in southern Lebanon. The targets included rocket launching sites, military compounds and other infrastructure.

Clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out last October after Hezbollah and its allies began launching attacks against the IDF from southern Lebanon in support of Gaza.

As of December 10, the clashes on the Lebanese front have claimed the lives of 137 people, including six IDF soldiers, 96 fighters of Hezbollah, 13 fighters from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, a soldier from the Lebanese Armed Forces and at least 13 Lebanese civilians.

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https://southfront.press/israeli-army-bombards-lebanon-in-response-to-drone-attack-by-hezbollah-videos/

Seems Putin is keeping Iran the fuck out of the war.

Ziomedia keeps pushing the Iran backed Houthis but everyone knows that Dyncorp and Blackrock and the like run them for the CIA and MOSSAD.

The Israeli Army Has Dropped the Restraint in Gaza, and the Data Shows Unprecedented Killing

The IDF chief of staff recently boasted of the army's precise munitions and its ability to reduce harm to noncombatants. But the data shows that in the war on Hamas that principle has been abandoned

After the expressions of international solidarity with Israel faded out, growing criticism began to be heard about the scale of the killing of innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces. Prominent in this regard was The New York Times, which on November 25 published the findings of a comprehensive investigation in which it maintained that the rate at which civilians were being killed in Gaza is higher than it was in the controversial offensives of the United States in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. However, besides arguing that the assault on Gaza is extremely intense, the Times did not provide any valid comparative findings that might shed light on the intensity question.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-09/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/the-israeli-army-has-dropped-the-restraint-in-gaza-and-data-shows-unprecedented-killing/0000018c-4cca-db23-ad9f-6cdae8ad0000

Netanyahu started this war to avoid civil war in Israel. Biden may start a world war for the same reason.