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  • By Al Mayadeen English

Human Rights Watch documents 23 verified incidents in southern Lebanon and warns that the weapons can cause severe burns and lifelong physical, psychological, and socioeconomic harm.

Abderaouf Arnaout and Ikram Kouachi, www.aa.com.tr/eng

  • Netanyahu denied contact from UAE president; UAE Foreign Ministry said it does not comment on reports about talks between government leaders

Israeli left-wing newspaper Haaretz rejected three demands Thursday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid being sued and vowed to reveal the truth in court.

jeremy sharon, timesofisrael.com

The Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the Jewish extremist convicted of the October 2018 killing of Aisha Rabi, a 47-year-old Palestinian mother of nine, to 13 years in prison.

The individual, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the incident, was also ordered to pay NIS 258,000 ($85,500) in compensation to Rabi ’s family, the maximum sum provided under the law.

by Andrew Napolitano

A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere.

The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure.

13 killed in Kfar Roumine strike, deputy mayor reports

By Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com

Whether you consider it a town or a village, Kfar Roumine was a modest place before the Israeli invasion in March. Some 1,400 people lived there at the time. Forced displacement and persistent attacks, including Monday’s airstrike that killed over a dozen people, have substantially reduced that population.

When the story of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump during the NATO summit in Turkey emerged in the second week of August, the debate it generated was predominantly centered around the credibility of the intelligence.

Adidas apologized on Monday after an amputee campaign featuring a former Israeli soldier triggered boycott calls amid thousands of war-related amputations across Gaza.

Key Developments

  • Adidas apologized after an Israeli campaign for its ‘Single Shoe’ service featured Shalev Biton, a former Israeli soldier who lost his leg after being wounded during Israel’s 2021 assault on Gaza.
  • Palestinian rights campaigners condemned the promotion as particularly offensive given that thousands of Palesti