The recent passage of a U.S. government appropriations bill has sparked a heated debate among lawmakers, with significant implications for international relations and humanitarian aid. Central to the controversy is the bill’s provision for $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel and the exclusion of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]
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U.S. aid to Israel faces scrutiny amid Gaza humanitarian crisis: Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez speak out
Trump co-defendant intensifies scrutiny over timeline of Fani Willis, prosecutor relationship
One of former President Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case filed a new complaint Friday, reiterating his belief that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) began her relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade before the case began. A lawyer for Roman filed the motion on Friday, claiming the team had a witness that… […]
Transparency Troubles: The Global Disinformation Index Faces Scrutiny Over Government Ties and Biased Practices
More controversy surrounding the pro-censorship group. Source Views: 0
German Regulator’s Ties to BioNTech Under Scrutiny Amid COVID Vaccine Toxicity Questions
German Regulator’s Ties to BioNTech Under Scrutiny Amid COVID Vaccine Toxicity Questions Given the economic significance of BioNTech’s success for the German economy, allowing a German regulator — the Paul Ehrlich Institute — to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for all European Union member states raises conflict of interest questions. By Brownstone Institute Miss […]
A vulnerable baby, the NZ Govt and a parental right of choice are under scrutiny
Little NZ baby Will Savage is in need of a heart operation. His parents wishing to ‘err on the side of caution’ desire non covid-vaxxed blood for him and even have donors lined up to supply. Starship Hospital medics are saying jabbed blood or no op for him. Te Whatu Ora Health NZ have applied […]
Disgraced FBI Agents Under Scrutiny In Whitmer Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: from top left, Kaleb Franks, Brandon Caserta, Adam Dean Fox, and bottom left, Daniel Harris, Barry Croft, and Ty Garbin, in an indictment released Dec. 17, 2020. (Kent County Sheriff via AP File) In a flurry of filings on […]
Government Adviser Who Warned of 200,000 COVID Cases a Day Faces Scrutiny After Dramatic Fall in UK Infections
Professor Neil Ferguson, the controversial epidemiologist who predicted there would be as many as 200,000 COVID cases a day in the UK if restrictions were lifted, is facing scrutiny after infections continued to drop for the 6th day in a row. The day before so-called ‘freedom day’ in England, where most mask mandates and social […]
Scrutiny and Evasion
Palestinians who had taken shelter in a school run by UNRWA transport their belongings as they return to their neighborhoods hit by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, on May 21, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images) UNRWA Funding In April President Biden announced that he was restoring funding to UNRWA, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian […]
Shas leader: Meron disaster is sign from heaven, but we are not exempt from scrutiny
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Biden’s New Slate of Aid to Palestinians Comes Under Intense Scrutiny
(JTA) — A number of pro-Israel groups, Israeli officials and Republicans in Congress are stepping up their scrutiny of the Biden administration’s plans to resume funding for the Palestinian Authority and other groups aiding Palestinians. In the past two weeks, the Biden administration has rolled out pledges to deliver $75 million in assistance to Palestinian […]
Israel to put on hold program to send vaccines abroad amid legal scrutiny
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu froze his plan to send doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to countries friendly to Israel on Thursday, following questions of its legality.An official in the Prime Minister’s Office said that “even though not one vaccine was taken from the citizens of Israel and despite the fact that the amount [planned to […]
UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee
Browse > Home / News / UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee February 9, 2021 by JNS Read on for article Palestinian textbooks provided by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under scrutiny during a recent hearing of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. Palestinian students affiliated with UNRWA in the […]
Independent impeachment & emoluments scrutiny essential—or Trump II looms
Spare the rod, spoil the neo-fascist right: here, here for commissions, one on truth and lying As my graduate school friend, Jack Palladino, the famed San Francisco private investigator (tragically murdered recently), said, “You don’t know where the critical line is until it gets crossed.” Though Jack meant it positively, a firm believer in good […]
Why Oxford AstraZeneca’s Coronavirus Vaccine Data Has Come Under Scrutiny
Oxford University and AstraZeneca have acknowledged a manufacturing error meant some trial participants received only a partial dose of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The announcement has raised questions about why researchers did not mention the error when they claimed the jab was “highly effective” just days ago. It has also raised some concerns about the […]
Iran’s conservatives step up scrutiny on university students
Al-Monitor | Zep Kalb: On Jan. 14, Islamic Azad University (IAU) approved new rules that are set to increase state control over its many campuses. The move will also consolidate the Principlists’ grip over Iran’s largest private university. As part of the new regulations, the Friday prayer leaders of Iran’s 31 provincial capitals were placed on the […]
More “folk medicine” holds up under scientific scrutiny: The fruit of an evergreen tree in Bangladesh found to reduce fever, pain, inflammation
(Natural News) Yellow Myrobalan (Terminalia citrina) is a type of large flowering plant widely found across India and Pakistan. Its fruits are of particular interest, as they’ve utilized in many kinds of simplistic medicinal applications. The pharmacological potential of these fruits hasn’t been fully explored until recently, when numerous Pakistani researchers from various institutions took […]
Senate Campaign Faces Scrutiny of Strategist’s Work for Saudis
By Brian P. McGlinchey Holly Robichaud A U.S. Senate campaign faces controversy after the Boston Herald published a story on a key strategist’s participation in a Saudi lobbying campaign against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). Massachusetts state representative Geoffrey Diehl, who is running for the 2018 Republican nomination […]
World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals
Amazon CEO and Wahsington Post owner, Jeff Bezos on an elevator for a meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 14, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci) The three most prominent US newspapers haven’t run a critical investigative piece on Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in almost two years, a FAIR survey finds. A review […]
World’s Richest Person Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—and Its Rivals
World’s Richest Person Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—and Its Rivals July 29th, 2017 Disclosure: Cryptogon has affiliate relationships with Amazon. — And if Amazon kills my Amazon U.S. affiliate account (like it did with Amazon Germany and Amazon France), Cryptogon is finished. It’s […]
New TSA Policy May Lead To Increased Scrutiny Of Reading Material
Above Photo: From aclu.org The TSA is testing new requirements that passengers remove books and other paper goods from their carry-on baggage when going through airline security. Given the sensitivity of our reading choices, this raises privacy concerns. Tests of the policy are underway in some small airports around the country, and DHS Secretary John Kelly recently said that “we might, and […]