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17:27 [ Tim Kaine, United States Senator from Virginia ]

Dear Attorney General Bondi and Secretary Hegseth:

(November 24, 2025)

Dear Attorney General Bondi and Secretary Hegseth:

We are writing to request expeditious declassification and public release of the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel’s written opinion, dated September 5, 2025, concerning the domestic and international legal basis for recent military strikes of certain vessels near South America and the Caribbean, with appropriate redactions necessary to protect military personnel and sensitive intelligence matters.

Significant and noteworthy precedent exists for the public release of OLC opinions related to overseas military action. After the United States carried out military strikes in Libya in 2011 and in Syria in 2018, the Department of Justice released the applicable OLC opinion justifying each operation.

Few decisions are more consequential for a democracy than the use of lethal force. We therefore believe that the declassification and public release of this important document would enhance transparency in the use of deadly force by our Nation’s military and is necessary to ensure Congress and the American people are fully informed of the legal justification supporting these strikes.

Sincerely,

Richard Blumenthal
United States Senator

Jack Reed
United States Senator

Jeanne Shaheen
United States Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand
United States Senator

Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator

Tim Kaine
United States Senator

Angus S. King, Jr.
United States Senator

Elizabeth Warren
United States Senator

Gary C. Peters
United States Senator

Tammy Duckworth
United States Senator

Jacky Rosen
United States Senator

Mark Kelly
United States Senator

Elissa Slotkin
United States Senator

26.11.2025 - 22:03 [ YourParty.uk ]

The road to conference

Our Founding Conference will be held in Liverpool on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November.

By mid-October our founding process will have begun in earnest – we have opened our membership portal, are initiating wide democratic debate and will soon publish draft versions of our four core founding documents: our Political Statement, Constitution, Rules, and Organisational Strategy.

We will host mass regional assemblies where thousands of members will come together to listen to each other, debate and revise the founding documents face to face. All members will be able to comment, suggest changes, and track how each document develops.

In November, thousands of in-person founding conference delegates will be chosen by lottery to ensure a fair balance of gender, region, and background. These delegates will have a big responsibility – to debate the founding documents, propose amendments and vote on them at the conference in Liverpool. The final decision will be up to all members through an online, secure, one-member-one-vote system.

26.11.2025 - 21:54 [ YourParty.uk ]

This is your time

Your Party was launched in July 2025 by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana to found a political party that was an alternative to the status quo and to decades of neoliberalism, austerity and the demonisation of refugees and marginalised communities.

The founding process is being stewarded by the six members of the Independent Alliance. This isn’t just another political party. It’s about doing politics differently – where decisions are shaped by all of us, power is returned to communities, and principles come first.

26.11.2025 - 18:46 [ theHill.com ]

Senate Democrats ask Hegseth, Bondi to declassify DOJ memo on drug boat strikes

(November 24, 2025)

Senate Democrats are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi to declassify and publicly release the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel’s classified, written opinion outlining the legal basis for the Trump administration’s strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

Thirteen Senate Democrats, all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are demanding an “expeditious declassification and public release” of the classified opinion, which was drafted over the summer and argued that U.S. troops who participate in boat strikes, which have taken place on both sides of South America, cannot be prosecuted.

12.11.2025 - 19:54 [ Colombia News ]

Colombia suspends intelligence sharing with US over strikes on Caribbean boats

President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombia’s intelligence agencies to stop sharing information on drug trafficking with their United States counterparts until US President Donald Trump stops ordering strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

Petro announced the order on Twitter after US television network CNN reported that the United Kingdom suspended intelligence sharing over the strikes that have killed at least 67 people since early September.

12.10.2025 - 14:02 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Abbas Receives Israeli Peace Activists, Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement

At the end of the meeting, President Abbas renewed his welcome to the visiting delegation and emphasized the importance of meetings in building bridges of trust between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. He expressed hope that this meeting would mark the beginning of a new path, not only in politics, but also in the shared human conscience between the two sides. President Abbas called on the delegation members to form a popular Israeli front for a just peace that would make the voice of reason heard within Israeli society.

11.10.2025 - 00:43 [ Reuters ]

Europeans, Arabs flesh out Gaza transition ideas to weigh on Trump plan

Trump‘s plan also calls for an international stabilisation force, and that was core to much of Thursday‘s discussions, including establishing a United Nations mandate for a peacekeeping force, officials said.

Diplomats said a number of countries had expressed interest in taking part, including Indonesia, which was represented on Thursday, but also Italy and Azerbaijan.

01.10.2025 - 13:53 [ New York Times ]

Cross-Tabs: September 2025 Times/Siena National Poll of Registered Voters

(September 29, 2025)

(Ask if Israel not taking enough precautions, combined with answers to previous question) Do you think Israel is intentionally or unintentionally killing civilians?

Intentionally 40%

Unintentionally 16%

[VOL] Don’t know/Refused 5%

[PREVIOUSLY] Is taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties 25%

[PREVIOUSLY] Don‘t know/Refused 14%

01.10.2025 - 13:38 [ Middle East Eye ]

Forty percent of US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in Gaza

Forty percent of registered US voters think Israel is intentionally killing civilians in its war on Gaza, according to a national poll published Tuesday.

When asked if Israel was taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties, 62 percent said they were not, with just 25 percent saying Israel was taking enough precautions.

More than half of registered US voters disapprove of Israel’s war, and 59 percent said they believe that Israel should stop its „military campaign“ even if Hamas has not been fully „eliminated“. Only 27 percent said the campaign should continue.

01.10.2025 - 13:21 [ MSNBC ]

Majority of Americans oppose economic, military support to Israel: Poll

A majority of Americans oppose sending additional economic and military support to Israel, a new NYT/Siena College poll finds. The New York Times Lisa Lerer discusses.

01.10.2025 - 13:19 [ New York Times ]

Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds

(September 29, 2025)

Disapproval of the war appears to have prompted a striking reassessment by American voters of their broader sympathies in the decades-old conflict in the region, with slightly more voters siding with Palestinians over Israelis for the first time since The Times began asking voters about their sympathies in 1998.

24.09.2025 - 20:37 [ South China Morning Post ]

Italy sends navy ship to protect Gaza aid flotilla after drone attack

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he had asked Israel to ensure the safety of “Italian citizens, along with members of parliament and MEPs [Members of the European Parliament]” among the pro-Palestinian activists.

The ministry had already informed Israel that “any operation entrusted to Israeli forces must be conducted in compliance with international law and the principle of absolute caution,” the ministry said in a statement.

“Minister Tajani has asked the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv to gather information and to reiterate its previous request to the Israeli government to guarantee the absolute protection of the personnel on board,” it added.

24.09.2025 - 20:30 [ Common Dreams ]

Italy Deploys Naval Ship to Aid Sumud Flotilla Following Drone Attack

In a statement issued Wednesday, Italy’s defense minister Guido Crosetto said: “Regarding the attack suffered in recent hours by the Sumud Flotilla vessels, which also include Italian citizens, carried out using drones by currently unidentified perpetrators, we can only express the strongest condemnation. In a democracy, even demonstrations and protests must be protected when they are conducted in compliance with international law and without resorting to violence.”

“To ensure assistance to the Italian citizens on the flotilla,” Crosetto said that he had “authorized the immediate intervention of the Italian Navy’s multi-purpose frigate Fasan,” which he said was “already en route to the area for possible rescue operations.”

21.09.2025 - 18:55 [ Middle East Eye ]

Britain recognises Palestine, 108 years on from Balfour declaration

The UK, Canada, and Australia have officially announced their recognition of a Palestinian state.

The historic move comes ahead of the UN General Assembly session in New York, which will begin on Monday.

France is expected to imminently follow suit.

16.09.2025 - 10:23 [ United Nations ]

Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide

In a new report published against the backdrop of intensifying Israeli military operations in Gaza City, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, urged Israel and all countries to fulfil their obligations under international law “to end the genocide” and punish those responsible.

“The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,” insisted Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

At a press conference in Geneva, the panel’s members – who are not UN staff but instead appointed by the Human Rights Council’s 47 Member States – explained that their investigations into the war in Gaza beginning with Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023 had led to the conclusion that Israeli authorities and security forces “committed four of the five genocidal acts defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”.

29.08.2025 - 18:35 [ Hurriyet ]

Israel‘s Gaza policies put entire Middle East into danger: Fidan

The fact that prominent countries like France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Malta, and Portugal have announced they will recognize Palestine as a state during the U.N. General Assembly works in September constitutes a historic milestone, Fidan said.

“These are overdue but very valuable steps. As a result of decisive diplomacy, Israel’s so-called legitimacy is falling apart.”

“Our job is to maintain and accelerate this momentum,” Fidan said, citing that excluding Israel from the works of the U.N. General Assembly is among the objectives of like-minded countries.

29.08.2025 - 18:29 [ India Today ]

Turkey cuts all trade ties with Israel, shuts its airspace and ports over Gaza war

Turkey on Friday announced that it has decided to completely sever all commercial and economic ties with Israel and close its airspace to Israeli aircraft, marking a sharp escalation in diplomatic tensions between the two countries amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The government has also barred Turkish vessels from entering Israeli ports.

27.08.2025 - 21:50 [ Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE 21ST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION TO CONSIDER THE CONTINUING ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

(August 25, 2025)

28. Urges the OIC Member States to examine further whether Israel‘s membership in the United Nations aligns with the UN Charter, given Israel‘s evident violations of the requirements for membership and its consistent disregard for UN resolutions. Additionally, efforts should be coordinated to suspend Israel‘s membership in the United Nations;

27.08.2025 - 21:47 [ Middle East Monitor ]

OIC calls for suspension of Israel’s UN membership

Foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), representing 57 Muslim countries, called on Monday in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, to examine whether Israel’s membership in the United Nations is compatible with the UN Charter, given its violations of membership conditions. They stressed the need to coordinate efforts towards suspending Israel’s membership in the international body, while rejecting what is so-called the “Greater Israel”.

26.08.2025 - 18:55 [ Middle East Eye ]

Turkey says Israel should be suspended from UN General Assembly

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday urged Islamic nations to work toward suspending Israel from participating in United Nations General Assembly meetings and activities.
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“Therefore, we must join our efforts in sustaining and expanding the momentum for Palestine’s recognition, while also launching an initiative within the UN for Palestine’s full membership – and considering the suspension of Israel from the work of the General Assembly,” Fidan added.

11.08.2025 - 15:24 [ i24news.com ]

Abbas may declare a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly – report

(August 10, 2025)

„Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering unilaterally declaring the formation of a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York in September,“ i24NEWS Senior Middle East Correspondent Ariel Oseran reported Sunday.

„According to Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the announcement will be based on a constitutional declaration defining the state‘s borders and foundations, and setting a date for Palestinian National Council elections.

01.08.2025 - 20:36 [ Middle East Eye ]

Pressure mounts on South Africa to sever ties with Israel, expel diplomats

Several activists told Middle East Eye that they had intensified their campaign to end what they called South Africa‘s complicity in Israel‘s war on Gaza, where more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded and the entire population is facing famine.

Zukiswa Wanner, a writer and activist, said that many South Africans had thought Pretoria‘s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice in late 2023 would result in a swift end to the 22-month conflict, but Israel, with full Western backing, continued its war on Gaza.

„Almost two years later, Israel has not relented and we continue seeing the horror visited on the Palestinians,“ Wanner told MEE.

„As individuals, we are all quite powerless on pushing the stop of the genocide – but as citizens – we can demand of our government that they finalise this small thing: South Africa can‘t be having normal relations with an abnormal, genocidal government.

23.07.2025 - 05:39 [ SteveWitherden.wales ]

Parliamentarians call for an embargo on arms to Israel

I have written a public letter to the Foreign Secretary and the Business Secretary, with the support of the Campaign Against Arms Trade, calling for an embargo on arms to Israel and greater transparency in UK arms exports. 57 MPs and Lords have signed it.

This follows the Adjournment Debate on arms exports to Israel I held last month, which you can read about here.

Repeated calls for greater transparency from the government have so far gone unanswered. The bare minimum we can do is be fully honest about what we are sending to a state involved in the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians.

The components which create the fighter jets that Israel has used to level Gaza are 15% British-made – we cannot hide from that. Without British arms export licenses, these jets could not fly, they could not drop their bombs.

The government must impose an embargo on arms to Israel or risk being complicit in genocide.

Read the full letter below. You can use the arrows to scroll through.

14.07.2025 - 18:15 [ Washington Post ]

Senate report details failures ahead of Trump assassination attempt

The Secret Service failed to prevent the assassination attempt against Donald Trump last year at his Pennsylvania campaign rally, according to a Senate committee report, which accuses the agency of a botched operation snarled by communication fumbles and the repeated denial of extra security assets at a time when the former president faced heightened threats on his life. Documents shared by the Senate committee as part of the report also reveal new details about what its Republican chairman characterized as insufficient disciplinary actions against the agents and officers involved.

26.06.2025 - 14:33 [ Responsible Statecraft ]

Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump‘s unilateral bombing

Meanwhile, Congress is currently debating whether and how to rein in Trump‘s war making power, with votes possible by the end of this week. There are two competing House bills, one bipartisan War Powers Resolution (WPR) sponsored by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Tom Massie (R-Ky.), and another by Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Jim Himes (D-Conn.). Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a Senate version and that one is likely to get a vote by Friday.

24.06.2025 - 21:17 [ theGuardian.com ]

Fragile Israel-Iran truce appears to hold after Trump’s fury at initial violations

(Tue 24 Jun 2025 19.41 CEST)

The shaky truce between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Tuesday evening, after an extraordinary day in which a furious Donald Trump at one point personally intervened by calling Benjamin Netanyahu in order to get him to scale down an Israeli airstrike.

Waking in Washington to find the ceasefire he had brokered the night before had been violated by both sides, Trump told the media: “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.”

03.06.2025 - 17:40 [ Anadolu ]

Majority of Germans want arms exports suspended to Israel over Gaza war: Survey

A narrow majority of German citizens support suspending arms deliveries to Israel in light of the Gaza war, according to a survey released Tuesday by the opinion research institute Insa.

Based on the opinion poll, 58% of respondents supported a temporary halt to arms deliveries. Some 22% disagreed, and an almost equally large proportion (19%) could not or did not want to answer the question.

30.05.2025 - 22:33 [ Middle East Eye ]

Saudi foreign minister traveling to occupied West Bank for first time in more than 50 years

Farhan will lead a delegation to Ramallah, a Palestinian embassy source told the AFP, in the first such trip since Israel conquered the territory from Jordan in 1967.

22.05.2025 - 17:15 [ Middle East Eye ]

Report: France and Saudi Arabia planning proposal to disarm Hamas

Sources involved in the discussions told Bloomberg that according to the plan, Hamas would still maintain some political power in Gaza.

According to the report, the Saudis have presented the proposal to Hamas, although its unclear if French officials have contacted the group.

08.05.2025 - 10:20 [ DailyPakistan.com.pk ]

Trump offers help to ease Pakistan-India tensions

According to American media reports, President Trump issued a statement following India’s attacks that martyred innocent Pakistani civilians and Pakistan’s strong retaliatory response.

In his statement, Trump said, “I know the leaders of both Pakistan and India personally and have good relations with them. I understand them well. Both sides have now settled their scores, so it’s time for them to resolve the issue peacefully.”

08.05.2025 - 10:20 [ NDTV.com ]

„They Can Stop Now“: Trump Offers To Mediate in India-Pak Conflict After ‚Ops Sindoor‘

US President Donald Trump on India and Pakistan said, „I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop.“

19.04.2025 - 02:29 [ Common Dreams ]

ACLU Turns to Supreme Court Amid Fears of Imminent Alien Enemies Act Deportations

(April 18, 2025)

The ACLU on Friday sought emergency action from the U.S. Supreme Court to protect Venezuelan men in immigration custody at risk of swiftly being deported under President Donald Trump‘s proclamation invoking an 18th-century wartime law.

15.04.2025 - 06:15 [ New York Times ]

Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration’s Demands

Other universities have pushed back against the administration’s interference in higher education. But Harvard’s response, which called the Trump administration’s demands illegal, marked a major shift in tone for the nation’s most influential school, which has been criticized in recent weeks for capitulating to Trump administration pressure.