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Month: October 2022

Rights group: Israel holding 800 Palestinians without trial

By ELEANOR H. REICH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or charge, the highest number since 2008. HaMoked, which regularly gathers figures from Israeli prison authorities, said Sunday that 798 Palestinians are currently being held in so-called administrative detention. Under the practice, prisoners

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US considering responses to possible Russian escalation in Ukraine, including its potential use of tactical nuclear weapons

By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent With concerns growing that Vladimir Putin will escalate Russia’s war in Ukraine, the US is considering how to respond to a range of potential scenarios, including fears that Russians could use tactical nuclear weapons, according to three sources briefed on the latest intelligence. The US has since the

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