Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican Partyâs gubernatorial nominee in Ohio, confirmed on Wednesday that his campaign was behind a widely condemned attack ad featuring Democratic opponent Amy Actonâs estranged biological mother, sparking fresh outrage less than two weeks before Election Day in the critical battleground state.
Archiv: (Macht)Missbrauch / abuse (of power)
Israeli groups receive testimonies of 22 Palestinian prisoners shot at close range in Israeli detention
JERUSALEM, October 15, 2026 (WAFA) â Two leading Israeli human rights groups revealed on Thursday that they received testimonies of 22 Palestinian prisoners shot at close range in Israeli detention centers, according to Arab News.
Physicians for Human Rights Israel and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) said that they have documented â22 testimonies and reports from attorneys, prisonersâ families, and released prisoners point to the dangerous practice of firing rubber- or plastic-like bullets at close range inside prison wings.â
The testimonies span seven detention facilities, including Ofer, Ganot, Ktziâot, Gilboa, Megido, Nitzan and Eshel.
Torture in Israel Today
Does torture exist in Israel?
It definitely is.
Every year, the public committee against torture in Israel (PCATI) receives dozens of complaints alleging to physical and psychological torture used by ISA (Shabak) interrogators. Torture methods reported include painful shackling, sleep deprivation, exposure to extreme heat or cold, threats, sexual harassment, and religion- based humiliation. In addition, instances of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by the Israel police and Israel prison service are regularly reported.
Is torture legal?
No.
Torture and cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment are absolutely prohibited, both by international as well as Israeli law. However, Israel has yet to enact a law explicitly prohibiting torture, despite its previous commitment to do so.
Democrat rips âinsanely corruptâ raid on Omarâs home
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) slammed the federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omarâs (D-Minn.) home as âinsanely corruptâ in a post on social media Monday.
âAs [President] Trumpâs popularity craters amid rising prices and his deeply unpopular war, everything he does is an attempt to distract his remaining followers,â Beyer wrote in a post on the social platform X.
âBut raiding the home of a member of the opposing party right before the election â and tipping off FoxNews in advance so they are on hand to publicize it â is insanely corrupt even for Donald Trump,â he added.
Office of Rep. Ilhan Omar Statement on DHS Raid
The Office of Congresswoman Omar released the following statement following the DHS raid on her home.
âThis raid by Trumpâs DHS is an outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies. For a decade, Donald Trump has relentlessly targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with inflammatory rhetoric, repeatedly putting a target on her back. Now, those attacks have escalated to a pointless federal raid. The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong. No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies.â
âąMax Blumenthal highlights former BND chief August Hanningâs Israeli intelligence connections …
…amid his arrest for treasonous espionage, noting Hanning introduced heiress Christina Block to CGI Groupâled by ex-Shin Bet chief Yaakov Periâto abduct her children from her ex-husband in Denmark and allegedly plant fake child abuse images.
âąHanning, who served on the board of another Israeli firm, faces charges including passing ~2,000 classified BND documents on Iranâs nuclear program and Russian forces; prosecutors confirmed the foreign service analysis was not for Russia, with the probe triggered by evidence from the Block kidnapping investigation.
âąThe October 6, 2026 arrests of Hanning and ex-BND employee Manfred D. stem from a Hamburg search in the Block case that uncovered unauthorized classified materials dating to 2022, years after Hanning left office.
Durchsuchungen bei Sicherheitsunternehmen EheÂmaÂliger BND-PrĂ€ÂsiÂdent in Block-VerÂfahren verÂsÂtrickt?
(September 16, 2025)
AuĂerdem sollen Hanning und sein GeschĂ€ftspartner gemeinsam mit Block geplant haben, „den Kindesvater und dessen familienrechtlichen Beistand durch wahrheitswidrige VorwuÌrfe aus dem Bereich der PaÌdophilie zu diskreditieren.“ Hierzu soll nach Erkenntnissen der GenStA eine Festplatte mit weit uÌber 500 kinderpornografischen Bild- und Videodateien auf dessen WohngelaÌnde platziert worden sein. Ein israelisches Sicherheitsunternehmen habe diese Festplatte beschafft.
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Das israelische Sicherheitsunternehmen steht wiederum im Verdacht, die Kinder in der Silvesternacht 2023/2024 aus DĂ€nemark entfĂŒhrt zu haben. Wegen dieser VorwĂŒrfe findet derzeit das Strafverfahren vor dem Landgericht Hamburg statt.
Was der Fall Block mit dem Spionage-Verdacht gegen Hanning zu tun hat
Hanning steht unter Verdacht, in den Komplex rund um die EntfĂŒhrung der beiden jĂŒngsten Block-Kinder beim Vater in DĂ€nemark verstrickt gewesen zu sein. Im Zuge dessen hatten Ermittlerinnen und Ermittler vor einem Jahr sein Haus und GeschĂ€ftsrĂ€ume durchsuchen lassen, um Beweismaterial zu finden.
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AuĂerdem wird Hanning vorgeworfen, dass er zusammen mit einem ehemaligen Beamten des Landeskriminalamtes dem Ex-Mann von Christina Block, Stefan Hensel, gefaktes kinderpornografisches Material untergeschoben hat, um ihn zu diskreditieren. Hanning selbst bestreitet das alles. Beim Versuch, das aufzuklĂ€ren, gab es dann offenbar den Zufallsfund in seinem Haus, der die Geschichte noch sehr viel brisanter macht.
EU-Rat treibt die Chatkontrolle wieder an
Der ehemalige deutsche Europaabgeordnete der Piratenpartei, Patrick Breyer, sieht darin klar âMassenĂŒberwachung unter anderem Namenâ. Ziel von Rat, Kommission und einigen Mitgliedstaaten sei es, âMassenĂŒberwachung in ganz Europa dauerhaft zu normalisierenâ.
Der Vorschlag, âTeile eines Dienstesâ zu scannen, wĂŒrde in der Praxis bedeuten, dass âjeder Nutzer in der EUâ betroffen wĂ€re, so Breyer.
Zudem handle es sich nicht um ein neues System, das das alte ersetze, sondern um eines, das parallel dazu existieren wĂŒrde. Das alte System sei eine âerwiesene Katastropheâ: In Deutschland richteten sich ĂŒber die HĂ€lfte der Ermittlungen gegen MinderjĂ€hrige wegen âeinvernehmlichen Sextingsâ, wĂ€hrend 75 Prozent der gemeldeten Chats ânicht verwertbarâ seien.
THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA SAILS AGAIN
(September 2, 2026)
The violence and torture that Israel inflicted on hundreds of flotilla volunteers this past spring, including severe beatings, repeated tasering, and sexual assault, has not deterred the FFC, just as Israelâs murder of 10 flotilla activists aboard the Mavi Marmara, in 2010 did not stop the movement. If anything, action is needed now more than ever. While much of the world has moved on from Gaza, believing a supposed âceasefireâ has ended the genocide, Israel continues to kill Palestinians in Gaza at will; use its blockade to restrict and manipulate the entry of the food, medicine, and fuel that a besieged population depends on to survive; and deny Palestinians their fundamental right to freedom.
The new mission involves a port-to-port voyage throughout Europe, bringing together human rights advocates, union activists, elected representatives, journalists, medical professionals, and other supporters of Palestinian freedom.
C.I.A.-AffĂ€re: Der Offenbarungseid von Dianne Feinstein â Video, Zusammenfassung, EinschĂ€tzung
(12. MĂ€rz 2014)
Die Rede von Senatorin Dianne Feinstein vor dem Senat der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ĂŒber die Sabotage der verfassungsmĂ€Ăigen Kontrolle des Parlaments ĂŒber die Central Intelligence Agency durch die Central Intelligence Agency ist vielleicht das ErbĂ€rmlichste, was ich in meinem Leben je gesehen und gehört habe. Es ist nicht nur der Offenbarungseid eines Ausnahmezustands, eines ĂŒber sich selbst und die Welt verhĂ€ngten Kriegsrechts des mĂ€chtigsten Imperiums auf dem Planeten, in seinem Krieg „on terror“, weltweit gefĂŒhrt mit seinen „Einflussgebieten“, „Alliierten“, Ablegern, schlechten Kopien und Kolonien. Es ist der Offenbarungseid seiner bis auf die Knochen korrupten, feigen, abgetakelten, unfĂ€higen ZutrĂ€ger, Mitwisser, Kollaborateure und FunktionĂ€re.
Was Senatorin Feinstein hier zeigt, was sie da zeigt, ist so unbeschreiblich, das sogar mir die Worte fehlen um es zu beschreiben. Ich will hier den Inhalt ihres Statements nur deshalb zusammenfassen, weil ich davon ausgehe dass die ganzen Feinsteins der deutschsprachigen Presse dies alles weder hören, lesen, geschweige denn darĂŒber berichten wollen, genauso wie deren KundInnen…..
Senator Feinstein on the Intel Committee‘s CIA Detention, Interrogation Report
Mar 11, 2014
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein‘s speech about the committee‘s study on the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program.
25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a US Crusade of Torture
Despite public pressure, Bush vetoed a version of the Intelligence Authorization Act in March 2008 that would have required CIA interrogators to adhere to Army Field Manual regulations. As soon as Barack Obama became president, he issued an executive order rescinding the free hand for the CIA director on interrogations that Bush had reaffirmed in a July 2007 order. Obamaâs directive removed the CIAâs detention power and required the agency to follow Army Field Manual rules.
Yet five and a half years went by before President Obama acknowledged, in his notable words, âWe tortured some folks.â He told a news conference: âWhen we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line.â
The acknowledgement came four months before the long-awaited release of a report in December 2014 by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. While heavily redacted, it was a political indictment of torture. âCIA personnel, aided by two outside contractors, decided to initiate a program of indefinite secret detention and the use of brutal interrogation techniques in violation of US law, treaty obligations, and our values,â wrote the committeeâs chair, Senator Dianne Feinstein. …
Deutschland muss Aussetzung des EU-Israel-Abkommens zustimmen
(May 8, 2026)
„Die Aussetzung des EU-Israel Assoziierungsabkommens, gegen dessen Menschenrechtsklausel die israelische Regierung permanent verstöĂt, ist eine juristische und moralische Verpflichtung. AuĂenminister Wadephul hat die Wahl, Menschenrechte zum Eckpfeiler europĂ€ischer Israel-Politik zu machen â oder mit Doppelstandards weiter die EU zu spalten und internationales Recht auszuhöhlen,“ sagt Julia Duchrow, GeneralsekretĂ€rin von Amnesty International in Deutschland.
„Deutschland sollte nicht lĂ€nger dazu beitragen, dass Israels GrĂ€ueltaten folgenlos bleiben. Stattdessen sollte sich AuĂenminister Wadephul der Mehrheit der EU-Staaten anschlieĂen und die ĂŒberfĂ€lligen Schritte mittragen: die Aussetzung des Abkommens, ein Verbot des Handels mit illegalen Siedlungen sowie ein Ende sĂ€mtlicher Waffenlieferungen nach Israel“, sagt Philipp Frisch, Direktor von Human Rights Watch Deutschland.
The Guardian view on Israelâs death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so
(March 31, 2026)
Execution will be the default for Palestinians found guilty of lethal attacks deemed as terrorist acts in the West Bankâs military courts â which have a conviction rate of around 96%. Amnesty International says that the system routinely relies on evidence extracted through torture and abuse. The death sentence will be imposed even if prosecutors do not seek it. Convictions need no longer be unanimous. There is no possibility of pardon. Executions must take place within 90 days. Within Israeli civilian courts, the new law imposes the death penalty for deliberately killing a person with the intention of ânegating the existence of the State of Israelâ. Life imprisonment can only substitute in unspecified âspecialâ circumstances.
There could hardly be a more shocking contrast with the near-total impunity of Israelis killing Palestinians in the West Bank, amid increasing â and increasingly systematic â state-backed settler violence.
German lawmakers call for EU sanctions on Israelâs Ben-Gvir over Gaza killing remarks
From Merzâs conservatives to Alternative for Germany and the Left, condemnation cut across the Bundestagâs political spectrum.
Deutschland muss Aussetzung des EU-Israel-Abkommens zustimmen
(May 8, 2026)
„Die Aussetzung des EU-Israel Assoziierungsabkommens, gegen dessen Menschenrechtsklausel die israelische Regierung permanent verstöĂt, ist eine juristische und moralische Verpflichtung. AuĂenminister Wadephul hat die Wahl, Menschenrechte zum Eckpfeiler europĂ€ischer Israel-Politik zu machen â oder mit Doppelstandards weiter die EU zu spalten und internationales Recht auszuhöhlen,“ sagt Julia Duchrow, GeneralsekretĂ€rin von Amnesty International in Deutschland.
„Deutschland sollte nicht lĂ€nger dazu beitragen, dass Israels GrĂ€ueltaten folgenlos bleiben. Stattdessen sollte sich AuĂenminister Wadephul der Mehrheit der EU-Staaten anschlieĂen und die ĂŒberfĂ€lligen Schritte mittragen: die Aussetzung des Abkommens, ein Verbot des Handels mit illegalen Siedlungen sowie ein Ende sĂ€mtlicher Waffenlieferungen nach Israel“, sagt Philipp Frisch, Direktor von Human Rights Watch Deutschland.
Extremist Israeli minister calls for killing â30 to 40âČ Palestinians in Gaza each night
âItâs no secret, I disagree with the prime minister,“ he said. âI think targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night,â said the far-right Israeli minister.
âNot just those who pose an immediate threat, there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldnât live. Theyâre not even people,â added Ben-Gvir.
Ben-Gvir also promised Braslavski that he would seek to allow him to personally take part if prisoners are executed under Israelâs recently enacted death penalty law for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks on Israelis.
Israeli minister calls for hanging Palestinian prisoners ‚one by one‘
Speaking with former Israeli captive Rom Braslavski, Ben-Gvir said that hanging would be the primary method of execution under the death penalty legislation he has been actively promoting.
„I will do the impossible when the time comes,“ the minister remarked during the conversation. „I promise you that I will do everything in my power and turn the world upside down to make this happen“.
In addition to his comments on the death penalty, Ben-Gvir expressed satisfaction regarding the harsher conditions Palestinian prisoners are currently facing within the Israeli penal system.
The Totalitarian Surveillance State Grows as a New Movement Rises From the Ashes of MAGA
Why is Bari Weiss promoting Flock cameras? Glenn Greenwald on neocon support for totalitarianism.
Tucker Makes His Most STARTLING Admission Yet!
Tucker Carlson admitted that a lot of the tips he received about Hunter Biden were from Israeli intelligence. Cenk Uygur and Glenn Greenwald discuss on The Young Turks.
Epstein, Israel, and the CIA: How the Iran-Contra Planes Landed at Les Wexner‘s Base
(December 19, 2025)
Stanley Pottinger, as it happens, was a notable figure in the scandal that became known as Iran-Contra, in which the CIA used Israel as a middleman to move off-the-books weapons to Iran. In the early 1980s, under the CIAâs supervision, Pottinger advised an Iranian banker on shipping embargoed arms to Iran using fraudulent paperwork and overseas âdummy companiesââin the very same period that Pottinger and Epstein worked together selling âtax-avoidanceâ strategies from a penthouse by Central Park. Pottingerâs system eventually gave rise to a network of covert intermediaries shipping arms around the world; the CIAâs profits became a slush fund used to illegally bankroll the insurgent Contra army, who waged a war against Nicaraguaâs leftist government while simultaneously trafficking cocaine to the United States.
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Pottinger escaped prosecution after the FBIâs incriminating tapes of his conversations mysteriously disappeared; he went on to make a fortune on real estate deals in the 1980s, and became a New York Timesâ bestselling novelist. His Times obit from last year reports that his final spy thriller remains unpublished. Hashemi died in 1986 after being infected with âa rare and virulent form of leukemiaâ that was diagnosed only two days before he died. (His death was later alleged to be foul play.)
CAIR Renews Call on Congress to Demand Israel Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya After Torture Reportedly Causes Broken Ribs
(August 5, 2026)
âDr. Abu Safiya has been in Israeli captivity since December 2024. In that time, he has been subjected to repeated acts of torture causing serious injuries. Dr. Abu Safiyaâs only crime was treating the thousands of Palestinians maimed by Israelâs genocidal assault on Gaza. We call on all members of Congress to demand his immediate release from captivity and hold the Israeli government accountable for its treatment of him.â
CAIR has previously called for Dr. Abu Safiyaâs release.
Gaza health chief urges action to âsaveâ Dr Abu Safia before itâs too late
Fears mount for life of Hussam Abu Safia detained by Israel amid reports of torture and lack of medical care.
I Saw Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Save Lives. Now Israel Is Holding Him Hostage.
I first met Abu Safiya at the beginning of February 2024 when I visited Kamal Adwan Hospital. I entered the pediatric intensive care unit, where several premature babies were receiving treatment. Their health conditions were critical, and they were suffering from malnutrition.
I saw Abu Safiya moving between the hospital departments. He appeared anxious and exhausted as he asked one of the nurses to search for formula specifically needed for premature infants…..
Cenk Reveals Who Is Behind The Migrant CRISIS In Spain
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Is Israel behind the sudden migrant crisis in Spain? Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks.
100 soldiers stage mass walk-out at southern IDF base after row with their commander
(July 30, 2026)
Footage posted online showed the soldiers marching out of the base while chanting an obscenity against officers. Other footage from the base showed a disorganized mount of guns left behind by the soldiers, and the wreckage of the removed signs, including one with a hellish motif that read âKingdom of Devils.â
The soldiers claimed the signs were âpart of our companyâs tradition.â According to the army, the signs contained materials meant to disparage rookie soldiers.
Infantry soldiers in the IDF have a history of hazing new recruits and of deserting en masse over alleged mistreatment by commanders.
Soldier seriously wounded during hazing ritual, 4 comrades indicted
(May 3, 2026)
In February, a female sergeant in the IDF Artillery Corps was indicted for abusing two corporals in her unit as part of a so-called hazing ritual. She was accused of abusing the two soldiers as a form of âpunishmentâ for minor infractions, summoning them at night, whipping them with her dog tag, striking them with her rifle, and forcing them to sing, despite their pleas for the actions to stop.
Similarly, last summer, seven soldiers serving in the Israeli Air Forceâs Arrow air defense system array were detained for the alleged abuse of junior soldiers. According to a Ynet report, the veteran soldiers were suspected of abuse, violence, threats and sex crimes.
Two More Israeli Soldiers Kill Themselves Amid Crisis Driven by Horrors of Genocide
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two female IDF troopsâa combat soldier and an intelligence officerâdied by suicide this week. Israeli Military Police said they are investigating both deaths, which bring the number of active duty IDF troops who have killed themselves this year to at least 16. Haaretz said that at least nine former IDF soldiers have also committed suicide after completing their military service in 2026.
The latest deaths underscore what military officials, mental health professionals, and veterans have increasingly described as one of the most severe psychological crises the Israeli military has faced in decades.
Statement of ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan to the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, pursuant to Resolution 1593 (2005)
(On 15 July 2026, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan addressed the United Nations Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, Sudan, virtually from The Hague. Below is a transcript of her remarks.)
Mr President, thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council today.
Please allow me to also express my thanks to his Excellency the Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations for his attendance. Mr. President, Excellencies, last week I was in Eastern Chad, hearing directly from just a small fraction of the Darfuris affected by the harrowing cycles of suffering that continue to be inflicted upon them.
In refugee camps in Goz Beida and in Farchana, I sat with Darfuri women, men and children to hear their experiences, and to address how the process of justice can help stem the ongoing violations suffered by their communities. Those I met with included displaced Darfuris from the camps of Adre, Arkoum, Aboutengue, Metche, Alacha, Kerfi, Goz Amir, and Zabout, who travelled, despite their own difficult circumstances, to meet with me and my team.
These conversations were deeply impactful, and I must admit, difficult. The victims I spoke with continue to bear the consequences of being driven from their homes. Living in conditions of acute hardship, they struggle each day to provide food, water and education for their children, while longing to return in safety and dignity to their homeland.
There is real despair in those camps. A clearly and repeatedly-stated belief that they have been forgotten by much of the world. That their lives are not given equal value, that the depth of their suffering has not been met with a meaningful response.
And the specific, individual experiences of pain they shared with us reflected the collective agony of the people of Darfur, including:
– Those who saw their parents die, who saw their mothers raped in front of their very eyes;
– People who were sacrificed as if they were livestock;
– Men huddled into prisons and burnt or buried alive;
– Women who spoke of being raped repeatedly and;
– Children directly attacked, raped, and traumatized by what they have seen.
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I call on all States in this Council, all members of the United Nations, and all partners for accountability, to heed the voices of the victims that I have shared with you today, and to join us at this crucial moment for the people of Darfur.