Four civilians killed in Ukrainian attack – Kursk governor

Kiev’s forces hit a feed-processing plant in the area, according to regional head Aleksandr Khinstein

Four people have been killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian military strike that hit a feed-processing plant in Kursk Region, western Russia, local governor Aleksandr Khinstein has said.

The attack on Wednesday morning targeted a facility in the village of Kozyrevka, Khinstein wrote in a post on Telegram.

According to first reports, four employees of the feed-processing plant were killed, including three men and one woman, he said.

Another worker was seriously wounded in the strike and rushed to a hospital, while his colleague who suffered minor injuries was treated on the spot, the governor added.

Khinstein said that the attack on civilians is sign that the Kiev authorities are in a state of “agony.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/614079-kursk-ukraine-kill-civilians/

Diddy Rape Accuser Alleges Coverup Involving Maui Police Chief Linked To Las Vegas Shooting

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier has been accused of posing as a California sheriff's deputy when an alleged Sean 'Diddy' Combs rape victim called 911, according to an amended lawsuit filed in Northern California federal court.

In a nearly 90-page civil lawsuit filed by Ashley Parham and two unnamed individuals, Pelletier - who at the time was a Las Vegas police captain (and was incident commander during the Las Vegas shooting), is accused of instructing Parham to go home after a violent gang rape she says involved Combs, NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. and comedian Druski, whoever that is - all of whom have strenuously denied the allegations.

The accuser claims a neighbor — who she believed at the time was a good Samaritan — called cops after she fled the home in the wake of the alleged gang rape.

“Pelletier, falsely posing as a Contra Costa Sheriff, told [the alleged victim] and the neighbor that they had received several noise complaints prior to the neighbor’s call and instructed [Parham] to find a way to get home,” the filing states. -NY Post

Parham claims that Pelletier then gave an envelope to a neighbor, which she believed to be full of cash - after which he took her and another plaintiff at gunpoint to his him, restrained them, refused to let them contact an attorney, and made various moves to cover up the kidnapping - as opposed to offering to take the woman home, call an ambulance, take her to the hospital, or help retrieve her belongings from the home she had fled, the filing claims.

In response to the allegation, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen requested that the Maui County Police Commission put Pelletier on administrative leave while the investigation remains ongoing, Hawaii News Now reports.

While the allegations in the amended complaint remain unproven, they are serious in nature and involve claims of alleged criminal conduct.

As with any such legal matter, due process must be observed, but the existence of these allegations alone presents concerns regarding public trust and the effective functioning of the department.

There is precedent within the County of Maui government for placing appointed officials on leave while allegations against them are investigated. -Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen

Pelletier released a statement on Tuesday calling the allegations "completely false," adding that he has not been "formally served with any legal paperwork."

Throughout my career, I have served with integrity and dedication, and I am deeply disappointed by this request, which I believe to be both premature and unjust. I understand the importance of transparency and accountability in law enforcement, and I fully intend to cooperate with any necessary processes to ensure the truth is known. -John Pelletier

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/diddy-rape-accuser-alleges-coverup-involving-maui-police-chief-linked-las-vegas-shooting

Slaughtering Christian's for Albert Pike's third world war scenario and Greater Israel

GRAPHIC WARNING: Up to 17,000 Slaughtered in Syria as World Remains Silent

“Basically, what happened is (President Mohammed Al-Jolani) sent his Al-Qaida gangs to Latakia to suppress the Alawite civilians there under the claim they are (Assad) Regime remnants, said Armenian Christian YouTuber Kevork Almassian. “Kids, children, newborn babies, women and men have been executed in daylight in the streets, all documented on video because the goal is not only to kill, but they are having pleasure by killing all these ordinary people.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/graphic-warning-up-17000-slaughtered-syria-as-world/

People are too stupid to realise that the Genocide in the west is being covered up by immigration - vax genocide

'Ukraine Will Not Recognize Any Territory Occupied By Russia': Zelensky

Update(1210ET): On Wednesday President Zelensky shut the door on territorial concessions, awkwardly at a moment Ukraine has just agreed to a US plan for a 30-day ceasefire intended to pave the way for extended peace negotiations. An initial statement from the Kremlin said that Putin likely to eventually agree to truce but with own terms as Moscow "studies" the Trump-sponsored proposal hammered out during the Tuesday Jeddah talks.

"We are fighting for our independence. Therefore, we will not recognize any occupied territories as Russia's. This is a fact," Zelensky said in the fresh comments.

"Our people have fought for this, our heroes died. How many injured, how many passed. No one will forget about it… This is the most important red line. We will not let anyone forget about this crime against Ukraine."

But Russia's red line in any near-future negotiations will be to demand recognition of the Russian Federations sovereign control over the four easter territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions - which President Putin has previously referred to as "our citizens forever."

As for Zelensky's new proclamation that he won't cede territory, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters just after the Ukraine-US talks in Saudi Arabia that discussions with Kiev's delegations included "territorial concessions" as part of a negotiated settlement. The suggestion from the US side is that Ukraine showed openness and willingness on this question. So either the two allies can't get on the same age (which is no surprise), or else Zelensky is trying to tank these negotiation efforts before they ever get off the ground, also as the White House has pressed Kiev to hold new presidential elections.

Fresh comments from Zelensky asserting Ukraine will NOT recognize any territory occupied by Russia…

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899833975369011573

The people destroying Syria are US UK and Israel backed terrorists, they never attack Israel!

Arrested Container Ship Captain That Hit US Tanker Is Russian National

The captain of the container ship that collided with a U.S.-flagged tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military off the coast of England has been identified as a Russian national and taken into custody over suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

Maritime experts are searching for answers to how the Portuguese-flagged Solong container ship, equipped with modern navigation equipment, failed to avoid U.S.-registered tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday morning.

BBC News said that local area police have launched a criminal investigation into the collision and arrested a 59-year-old Russian national piloting the ship at the time of the incident. He was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

"Detectives are continuing to conduct extensive lines of inquiry alongside partners in connection with the collision," Humberside Police said, adding they were also working with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the investigation.

Both the container ship and tanker ignited after the collision on Monday. Coastguard officials said 36 people were rescued from the vessels, and one remains unaccounted for, presumably dead.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/arrested-container-ship-captain-hit-us-tanker-russian-national

Lawsuit Alleges Girl Scouts Sold Cookies Containing Heavy Metals, Pesticides

The Girl Scouts allegedly violated laws when selling cookies containing heavy metals and pesticides, according to a new lawsuit.

The cookies “are contaminated with dangerous heavy metals, including aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury … and pesticides, including glyphosate,” according to the suit, which was filed on March 10 in federal court in New York.

Amy Mayo, the plaintiff, is seeking class action status in the litigation.

Mayo says she purchased Girl Scout cookies on numerous occasions, including three boxes on Jan. 23.

The suit points to a study conducted by the consumer organization GMOScience. Testing done by the organization found heavy metals and pesticides in cookies sold by the Girl Scouts.

The Girl Scouts said in a February blog post that their cookies “are made with ingredients that adhere to food safety standards set by the FDA and other relevant authorities,” referring to the Food and Drug Administration.

The organization said that nearly all foods may contain trace amounts of contaminants like heavy metals as well as pesticides such as glyphosate.

“Our bakers have confirmed that the levels reported do not pose a food safety concern to our customers,” the organization said.

Mayo said that additional testing also detected toxins such as lead and mercury in the cookies.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/lawsuit-alleges-girl-scouts-sold-cookies-containing-heavy-metals-pesticides

The West’s Support For Israel Is The #1 Threat To Free Speech

If you support freedom of speech you now have an ethical obligation to oppose Israel, even if you didn’t before.

President Trump has made a post on Truth Social saying federal funding will be cut to universities which allow “illegal protests” on their campuses, obliquely referring to pro-Palestine demonstrations against Israel’s genocidal atrocities.

“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” Trump said. “Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!”

Elise Stefanik, Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the UN, made it clear that this was the Trump administration taking a position on “anti-Israel hate.”

“Antisemitism and anti-Israel hate will not be tolerated on American campuses,” tweeted Stefanik with a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post.

Trump’s declaration follows a completely insane statement from health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr which makes the targeting of pro-Palestine protests much more explicit.

“Anti-Semitism — like racism — is a spiritual and moral malady that sickens societies and kills people with lethalities comparable to history’s most deadly plagues,” said Kennedy. “In recent years, the censorship and false narratives of woke cancel culture have transformed our great universities into greenhouses for this deadly and virulent pestilence. Making America healthy means building communities of trust and mutual respect, based on speech freedom and open debate.”

Leaving aside Kennedy’s ridiculous claim that antisemitism “kills people with lethalities comparable to history’s most deadly plagues” in modern times and all the weird mental contortions he’s performing to turn this into a Health and Human Services issue, conflating pro-Palestine protests with antisemitism and then claiming it needs to be eliminated as a “pestilence” squarely contradicts Kennedy’s asserted support for “speech freedom and open debate.”

Kennedy’s bat shit crazy remarks align with an accompanying statement from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, who says, “Americans have watched in horror for more than a year now, as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses. Unlawful encampments and demonstrations have completely paralyzed day-to-day campus operations, depriving Jewish students of learning opportunities to which they are entitled.”

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/free-speech/the-wests-support-for-israel-is-the-1-threat-to-free-speech

Trump’s ‘Radical Pro-Hamas’ Student Deportee Has UK Govt Security Clearance: REPORT.

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian Columbia University graduate and U.S. permanent resident now detained in a federal jail in Louisiana following his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Saturday night, previously worked with the British government. Khalil emerged as a key figure during the anti-Israel campus encampment in the spring of 2024, serving as a lead negotiator for student protesters. His arrest over the weekend prompted a federal judge to issue a temporary block on his deportation, leaving his fate hanging in the balance as legal proceedings unfold.

President Donald J. Trump branded Khalil a “Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student” on Monday, hailing his arrest as “the first of many to come” for foreign agitators. “We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Many are not students, they are paid agitators. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country—never to return again. If you support terrorism, including the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children, your presence is contrary to our national and foreign policy interests, and you are not welcome here.”

https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/03/12/trumps-radical-pro-hamas-student-deportee-has-uk-govt-security-clearance-report/

The US is back at war with Russia

US Resumes Military Aid, Intelligence Sharing for Ukraine

The US lifted the pause after Ukraine said it was ready to accept a 30-day ceasefire if Russia agreed

The Trump administration has lifted its pause on military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine following talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

US officials said the move came after Ukraine signaled it was open to a 30-day ceasefire if Russia agreed.

“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the US proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation,” the US and Ukraine said in a joint statement.

“The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace. The United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine,” the statement added.

The joint statement also said that “both countries’ presidents agreed to conclude as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources to expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term prosperity and security.”

President Trump said on Tuesday that US and Russian officials could meet in the coming days, which was affirmed by Russia’s Foreign Ministry. Trump also said that he planned on speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon.

So far, there’s been no public reaction from Moscow about the idea of a ceasefire. Putin has previously rejected the idea of a temporary ceasefire, saying in January that he wouldn’t accept “some kind of respite for regrouping forces and rearmament with the aim of subsequently continuing the conflict” and that he wanted a “long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people, all nations living in this region.”

Moscow also has the momentum on the battlefield on its side as its forces continue to make gains in eastern Ukraine and are pushing Ukrainian troops out of Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

https://news.antiwar.com/2025/03/11/us-resumes-military-aid-intelligence-sharing-for-ukraine/

Retired Col. Doug Macgregor confirms Mexican Drug Cartels have Javelin Missile Systems that we sent to Ukraine, along the US Border

• he says border patrol and the Texas guard confirmed 100 yards on the other side into Mexico, you’ll see all their…

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899620109653524509

Grassley Probes Contractors Who Made Billions On Disastrous ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Program

Senator Chuck Grassley, the Senate’s most experienced and tenacious investigator, finally has the attention of the corporations that took more than $9 billion from taxpayers to house illegal immigrant children in the United States.

During the Biden administration, the contractors refused to answer Congress’s questions even as hundreds of thousands of “unaccompanied minors” disappeared. In some cases, children were allegedly sexually abused by contractor staff. In other cases, contractors dropped them off to live with unvetted sponsors who refused to answer the government’s calls afterward.

Grassley said the missing children must be located — and that contractors will no longer get away with taking taxpayer money while snubbing oversight. Now that Republicans control the White House and Congress, the Iowa Republican sent document demands to 23 contractors, according to copies of the letters obtained by The Daily Wire. The letters largely reissued the same demands he sent a year ago, which he says were met with stonewalling.

“It’s unacceptable for recipients of taxpayer funding to refuse to provide information to Congress about the use of those funds. And it’s beyond unacceptable for these federally-funded entities to refuse to answer questions designed to determine whether they protected children,” he said in letters to companies such as Cherokee Federal, Southwest Key Programs, and Asset Protection & Security Services LP.

The letters ask questions like “what actions, if any, did you take to ensure that no children would be sponsored or placed in potential situations where there may be signs of criminal activity, including human trafficking? … Where questions require entire case files or contracts to answer, those case files and contracts must be provided.”

In what could be one of the largest scandals in American history, the “unaccompanied alien children” (UAC) program allowed illegal immigrant children to cross the border and remain in the United States as long as they came without their parents.

That created a class of people who were exceedingly vulnerable to exploitation by labor or sex traffickers: They didn’t speak English, they were helpless children, they had a desperate need to make money to repay coyotes who brought them here. And local and state authorities didn’t know they existed, meaning they could be killed, abused, or disappeared, and no one would know.

Children were held in centers then transported by contractors to live with “sponsors,” who were often other illegal immigrants who did not have to be relatives, and who the government did not have to see in person before handing off the children.

Asset Protection & Security Services LP

BCFS Health and Human Services

Bethany Christian Services

Cayuga Centers

Center for Family Services

Cherokee Federal

Compass Connections

Endeavors

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

Global Refuge

Heartland Human Care

Holy Family Institute

Morrison Child Family Services

Rapid Deployment Inc

Southwest Key programs

Sunny Glen Children’s Home

The Providencia Group LLC

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc.

VisionQuest National Ltd

A Greater Love Foster Family Agency, Inc.

A New Leaf, Inc.

Alba Care Services Inc.

National Youth Advocate Program, Inc.

https://www.womensystems.com/2025/03/grassley-probes-contractors-who-made.html

All should be charged with child sex trafficking

Netanyahu fumes at court in corruption trial testimony; ‘Lower your tone,’ judge responds

Prime minister bangs on table, bristles at being told to speed up testimony, says should receive time to counter the charges in detail, accused prosecution of ‘ruining his life’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu erupted in anger, shouting at judges after they instructed his lawyer to hurry up with his line of direct questioning on Wednesday, during his 17th day testifying in his corruption trial.

Netanyahu banged on the table in the Tel Aviv District Court, demanding judges grant him more time to counter allegations against him, and was told to lower his voice. He also accused prosecutors of “putting him through hell.”

The premier’s outburst took place after his lawyer Amit Hadad asked him about the 46th item on a list of over 300 alleged illicit attempts by him or his aides to intervene in the coverage of the Walla news site.

The indictment against Netanyahu in Case 4000 asserts these alleged attempts were core to a bribery deal with the Walla’s owner Shaul Elovitch, who is said to have promised the premier positive media coverage in exchange for regulatory benefits to his other businesses.

The item in question was a demand for the news site to run a story about the Netanyahu family going to the grave of the prime minister’s late brother Yoni — killed while leading the 1976 Operation Entebbe that rescued over 100 hostages from Uganda after terrorists hijacked a plane — ahead of Memorial Day.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-fumes-at-court-in-corruption-trial-testimony-lower-your-tone-judge-responds/

In apparent softening of position, Trump says ‘nobody is expelling any Palestinians’

Arab foreign ministers, Abbas confidant discuss Egypt’s Gaza plan with Witkoff in Doha * In court, PM bangs on table to protest order to hurry up, is told to lower his voice

During an Oval Office spray with Ireland’s Prime Minister Michael Martin in the Oval Office, a reporter asks the Irish leader about Trump’s plan to “to expel Palestinians out of Gaza.”

“Nobody’s expelling any Palestinians,” Trump pipes in.

The comment appears to amount to an about-face for Trump who when introducing his proposal to take over Gaza last month said that all of the Strip’s population of roughly 2 million people would be permanently relocated.

When pressed last month as to whether he would relocate Palestinians by force, Trump insisted that no people in Gaza actually want to remain there.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899874114841485747

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-12-2025/

Is President Trump an Israeli Puppet?

Paul Craig Roberts

President Trump has given every indication that he is as concerned with Israel’s interest as he is with the interests of MAGA Americans. I have expressed the hope that Trump’s sickening kowtowing to Israel is a strategy to keep the Israel Lobby off his back until he can deal with other opponents who stand in the way of his domestic agenda. I still have this hope, but it has been shaken by the Trump administration’s sacrifice of constitutionally protected free speech in order to protect Israel from criticism.

Last Friday the Epoch Times reported that the Trump administration had cancelled $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University for failing to act on allegations of anti-semitism. The Trump administration’s “Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism” consists of the departments of Justice, Education, Health and Human Resources, and the General Services Administration. The members of this task force are well positioned to ingratiate themselves with Israel, which can easily result in well-enumerated positions after their time in government is over.

What does the Trump task force mean by “anti-semitism”? It means protests against Israel’s destruction of Palestine. It means that no matter how horrific Israel’s war crimes and no matter the ICC’s indictment of Netanyahu, for students and faculty to protest genocide or mass murder, if Israel is the perpetrator, is “anti-semitic.” It is OK to protest against other countries, but not against Israel.

Protests against Israel’s actions are equated with harassment and persecution of Jewish students at Columbia. This equation implies that Jewish Americans identify with Israel and not with the United States. Does an immigrant from England feel harassed and persecuted if Americans protest against England? President Trump has branded protests against Israel “illegal protests.” In other words, Trump is saying that the exercise of free speech if Israel is the target is illegal because it is anti-semitic. Protesters can say whatever they wish about Americans, Russia, China, Muslims, and Palestinians, but not about Israelis.

Trump is also guilty of conflating Israeli citizens with American Jewish citizens. If Trump applied his Israeli standards to all ethnicities, no one would be able to express any criticism and protest any action by any government.

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/03/10/is-president-trump-an-israeli-puppet/

Israel and the terrorist are destroying Syria together

WATCH: 22 IAF jets drop 60 bombs on Assad regime targets in Syria

Among the targets were radars and detection equipment used to assess aerial intelligence.

The IDF released footage on Wednesday of 22 Israeli Air Force jets attacking dozens of targets in Syria, which took place on Monday.

22 fighter jets dropped over 60 bombs across southern Syria.

Among the targets were radars and detection equipment used to assess aerial intelligence, headquarters, and military sites that contained weapons and equipment of the former Syrian regime.

The presence of such equipment constitutes a threat to the State of Israel and IDF operations, the military explained, and the targets were attacked in order to eliminate future threats.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-845775

Shapiro's office deleted emails relevant to sexual misconduct complaint: 'stunning' admission

The governor has long maintained he was unaware of allegations against Vereb, an explanation that’s been met with backlash.

The Shapiro administration’s handling of a sexual misconduct complaint against a cabinet member, and one reporter’s request to know more about the investigation behind it, may cost taxpayers a lot of money.

In a court transcript obtained by The Center Square, an attorney representing the Office of the Governor says the state deleted internal emails sent and received over an eight-day period by a deputy aide in its Legislative Affairs Office who reported the inappropriate behavior.

“That, frankly, should not be surprising that an account of a departed employee would be disposed of in accordance with the records retention schedules,” says Thomas Howell, the administration’s attorney, during a Feb. 12 hearing in Commonwealth Court. “Those retention schedules are public, and they establish that, you know, your general emails are deleted as soon as they’re no longer necessary.”

Thomas Breth, an attorney for Broad + Liberty, said during the hearing that emails from former employees are kept between three and eight years. The ones in question date back only two years.

The Center Square spoke with one of the attorneys representing the reporter who requested the communications. They said that the “stunning” admission has now generated a request for sanctions against the administration for violating state laws dictating records retention.

The ongoing dispute dates back to late 2023 when the news organization filed a public records request for the emails, along with other internal documents, that were sent between March 2, 2023, and March 10, 2023 – crucially, the last week the aide worked after filing the complaint and resigning.

The complaint alleged Mike Vereb, Shapiro’s former secretary of Legislative Affairs, retaliated against the staffer after reporting his inappropriate comments in February of that same year. Vereb resigned six months later, just weeks before a $295,000 taxpayer-funded settlement became public.

An attorney involved in the proceedings told The Center Square that if sanctions against the administration are imposed, it will have to cover Broad + Liberty’s court fees.

When asked about the issue during a news conference on Tuesday, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he hadn’t read Broad + Liberty’s reporting about it.

“I didn’t read the story and I'm confident my administration follows all document retention policies,” he said.

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/shapiros-office-deleted-emails-relevant-sexual-misconduct-complaint

The amount of US Taxpayer Money being given to the mainstream media is mind blowing

After DOGE exposed Reuters was receiving money, American dug deeper.

US Spending Gov site reveals Reuters has received:

• $60.51M from Department of Defense

• $55.40M from Department of Homeland Security

• $3.19M from Department of Justice

• $1.08M from Department of the Treasury

• $355,020 Department of State

• $9.1M from DARPA

• $50.83M Department of the Air Force

• $48.51M U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

• $8.98M U.S. Special Operations Command

• $6.89M U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The list goes on and on

This is just Reuters. Imagine the amount when you add all the mainstream media up. We are PAYING for our own propaganda warfare against ourselves

https://twitter.com/i/status/1899777603495743977

New sentencing guidelines embed bias against white males in UK’s legal system

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has introduced new guidelines that emphasise the use of pre-sentence reports, which will lead to more lenient sentences for non-white, non-Christian groups, effectively creating a two-tier justice system.

The revised guidelines are promoting identity politics and favouring non-white and non-male offenders. It is enshrining racial and sexist bias into the heart of the UK’s legal system. “The anti-white, anti-male takeover of Britain is all but complete,” Frank Haviland writes.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has expressed displeasure with the guidelines but her opposition has been met with scepticism given the Labour government’s past support for similar policies, and the fact that the revised guidelines are based on David Lammy’s 2017 review of discrimination in the criminal justice system.

https://expose-news.com/2025/03/12/new-sentencing-guidelines-embed-bias/

Professor at Center of Columbia University Deportation Scandal is Former Israeli Spy

The professor at the center of the Columbia University deportation scandal is a former Israeli intelligence official, MintPress News can reveal.

Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of the university’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), was abducted by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Saturday for his role in organizing protests last year against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Khalil’s dean, Dr. Keren Yarhi-Milo, head of the School of International and Public Affairs, is a former Israeli military intelligence officer and official at Israel’s Mission to the United Nations. Yarhi-Milo played a significant role in drumming up public concern about a supposed wave of intolerable anti-Semitism sweeping over the campus, thereby laying the groundwork for the extensive crackdown on civil liberties that has followed the protests.

Spooks in Our Midst

Before entering academia, Dr. Yarhi-Milo served as an officer and an intelligence analyst with the Israeli Defense Forces. Given that she was recruited into the intelligence services because of her ability to speak Arabic fluently, her job likely entailed surveilling the Arab population.

After leaving the world of intelligence, she worked for Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. While there, she met and married her husband, Israel’s official United Nations spokesperson.

Although she is now an academic, she has never left the world of international security, making the subject her area of expertise. She has made a point of trying to lift women’s voices in the field. One of these was the then-U.S. Director of National Security, Avril Haines, whom she spoke with in 2023. But even though Khalil was a student in her school, she had nothing to say about his arrest. Indeed, rather than speak out on the issue (as activists have demanded), she instead chose this week to invite Naftali Bennett, prime minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022, to speak at Columbia. Students protesting Tuesday’s event were condemned by university authorities for “harassing” Yarhi-Milo.

Unprecedented Protests, Unprecedented Repression

Columbia was the epicenter of a massive protest movement across university campuses nationwide last year. It is estimated that at least eight percent of all American college students participated in demonstrations denouncing the genocidal attack on Gaza and calling on educational institutions to divest from Israel. The response was equally vast in its scale. Well over 3,000 protestors were arrested, including faculty members themselves.

The nationwide movement began at Columbia on April 17, when a modest Gaza solidarity encampment was established. Protestors were shocked when university president Minouche Shafik immediately called in the New York Police Department – the first time the university had allowed police to suppress dissent on campus since the famous 1968 demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

Mahmoud Khalil was among the leaders of the movement. The Syrian-born Palestinian refugee was willing to speak calmly and cogently to the press about the protest’s goals. A permanent resident of the United States, he was abducted by ICE on Saturday.

“ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a radical foreign pro-Hamas student on the campus of Columbia University. This is the first arrest of many to come,” President Trump stated. Secretary of State Marco Rubio echoed Trump’s ominous threat, announcing, “We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.” In another clear threat, the Trump administration moved to cancel $400 million in funding to Columbia University, citing the institution’s failure to sufficiently crack down on “antisemitic” incidents on campus.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/professor-columbia-university-scandal-former-israeli-spy/289231/