• Iran Defends 'Right to Self-Defense' Over Israel Attack

    After Iran conducted an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel in response to a deadly strike against its embassy complex in Syria, the Islamic Republic's top diplomat in the United States issued a strongly worded letter outlining the legal basis behind the operation and a warning against further escalation.The letter, obtained by Newsweek, was written by Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saied Iravani and addressed to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and U.N....

  • Iran Informs UN About Its Right To Self-defense

    The Islamic Republic of Iran has informed the United Nations that it has carried out a series of military strikes on Israeli military in line with its right to self-defense. A letter dated 13 April 2024, issued by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran signed by Amir Saeid Iravani, Ambassador Permanent said […]

  • Policeman who shot MDA volunteer in Tel Aviv claims self-defense - Crime in Israel

    An off-duty police officer who was accused of shooting and killing Yaakov Tukhi, a resident of Jaffa and volunteer with Magen David Adom (MDA), was set to be brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Saturday evening regarding the extension of his detention.Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai conveyed his condolences to Tukhi’s family, lamenting the loss.“Last night, a serious incident occurred in Jaffa that should not have happened,” Huldai said.console.log("2390 BODY2....

  • Policeman who shot MDA volunteer in Tel Aviv claims self-defense - Crime in Israel

    An off-duty police officer who was accused of shooting and killing Yaakov Tukhi, a resident of Jaffa and volunteer with Magen David Adom (MDA), was set to be brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Saturday evening regarding the extension of his detention.Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai conveyed his condolences to Tukhi’s family, lamenting the loss. “Last night, a serious incident occurred in Jaffa that should not have happened,” Huldai said.The mayor continued by...

  • OPINION: Kenosha Survivor's Revenge Tour, Suing Despite Acknowledging Rittenhouse's Self-Defense Rights

    [dont'] talk to pretty much anybody in my family anymore because of this. I mean, obviously, I still talk to my mom. She loves me, she supports me and believes in what I'm doing and believes that I'm right. But you know, there's like the physical and mental trauma, but it's all this s that comes with it. It's hard to find a job, I've always got to double-check what I'm doing or who I give my phone number out to, who I let know where I live—things like that. Because all it takes is just one...

  • Indiana Prosecutor Laments That Self-Defense Laws Exist, Protect Defensive Gun Users

    Apparently, some Indianapolis public officials have forgotten how their own self-defense laws work and why they exist in the first place. In an interview that’s Read More

  • Six months on, what Israel is doing is no longer ‘self-defence’

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  • Secret Agreements: The Australian-Israel Defense Memorandum of Understanding

    In February this year, Elbit Systems, Israel’s notorious drone manufacturer and creator of the Hermes 450 aerial device responsible for this month’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers including the Australian national, Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, was rewarded with a $917 million contract. Business, even over bodies, exerts a corrupting force. More

  • Advanced air defense systems protect Israel from drones, missiles

    As Iran launched a large wave of attack drones and missiles toward Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military was tracking and preparing to intercept the weapons in the first-ever direct attack on Israel by the Islamic Republic, the Times of Israel reported. Earlier Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had for weeks "been preparing for the possibility of a direct attack from Iran." Netanyahu said Israel's "air defenses are deployed, we are ready for any scenario, both in...

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    Exclusive: Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry

    Exclusive: Google has negotiated deepening the relationship during the war in Gaza.

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    Ja Morant Punched Teen In Self-Defense, Judge Rules

    Ja Morant is one step closer to winning a lawsuit against the teenager who he punched during an altercation in a pickup basketball game two years ago a judge just ruled the NBA superstar was acting in self-defense when he hit the minor. Joshua…

  • Letters to the Editor: The self-defeating logic of 'states' rights' abortion foes

    To the editor: Regarding the abortion debate, I'd like to see personal choice foes follow their own logic. ("As a pregnant law professor in Arizona, I fear the abortion ban," Opinion, April 11) They say that abortion access is a matter of states' rights because the people of Texas or Arizona have different opinions than the people of California. However, it's also true that within Texas, the people of Austin feel differently than the people of another city, so shouldn't abortion laws be governed...