March 4, 2024

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Tossed-Aside Headlines

1. Palestine Update: A NYT reporter found zero rape victims from Oct 7. Israel carried out its “largest raid in years" in a number of cities in the West Bank, killing at least one child and destroying infrastructure. The former head of USAID called the US’s air-dropped aid “inefficient and risky”; the current head of Oxfam US, relief for the “guilty consciences of senior US officials.” The number of operations by the Resistance in Gaza in Feb (at least 353) indicates its forces are not dwindling. The UK-owned ship struck by Yemen last week finally sunk, as the country claimed another attack today on an Israeli-linked vessel. Nicaragua filed a case against Germany at the ICJ for facilitating genocide. Italy has been secretly sending weapons to Israel.

2. The EU’s top diplomat wrote that “[t]he era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended.” Josep Borrel, known for frank comments, cited the Global South’s accusations of double standards in regard to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine.

3. Ukraine Update: Macron’s suggestion to send troops to Ukraine was dismissed by Western allies, all of whom already “have a [clandestine] presence in Ukraine.” The French president then doubled down, indicating division among the West. A leak validated by German intelligence reveals Germany planned to bomb the Crimean Bridge, which was later destroyed by Ukraine in the summer of 2023.

4. The Guardian claimed the turnout of Iran’s elections to be 27%, without citing a source, before Iran had even announced its statistics. The figure was disputed by an Iranian news agency. The British outlet eventually published the actual turnout rate (41%) of the elections, which were watched by Al Jazeera journalists.

5. The US approved the sale of the Link 16 communications system to Taiwan as part of its military strategy against China. The system would “integrate and coordinate all of [the island’s] warfighting platforms with [the] US Army” and its allies.