RSF attacks kindergarten in Sudan; U.S. strikes another boat in the Pacific
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Marwan Barghouti
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Rapid Support Forces
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The headline references RSF attacking a kindergarten in Sudan killing 47 people, mostly children. Understanding the origins of the RSF as a paramilitary force evolved from the Janjaweed, their role in the Darfur genocide, and the current Sudanese civil war explains why this militia is conducting such attacks.
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Southern Transitional Council
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Israeli attacks continue across Gaza. Trump plans to unveil his “Board of Peace” before Christmas. The UN says aid into Gaza is still being blocked. Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti is brutally beaten. Nicholas Kristof confronts former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak about his Epstein ties. Another U.S. strike in the Pacific. NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani asks 179 city officials to resign, while outgoing Mayor Eric Adams signs a pro-Israel executive order. Federal judge dismisses antisemitism suit against Harvard. U.S. President Donald Trump shortens asylum seekers’ work permits. Rwanda and the DRC sign a peace deal in Washington. Forty-seven killed, mostly children, after the RSF attacks a kindergarten in Sudan. Ukraine is staring at a massive population crisis, according to a Reuters report. Russian President Vladimir Putin is found culpable for a 2018 death by a UK public inquiry. Clashes between the Yemeni government and UAE-backed separatists in Hadramaut. A boycott of Israeli participation in Eurovision materializes. Netflix to buy Warner Bros.
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The Genocide in Gaza
Israeli attacks on Gaza continue: Artillery shelling, airstrikes, and gunfire were reported in Gaza City, near the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, and in Khan Younis and Rafah in the south, according to Al Jazeera. At least one Palestinian woman, Samar al-Shubarsi, was killed in the Gaza City neighborhood of al-Tuffah, according to Gaza Civil Defense. Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said her body lay inside an ambulance while her toddler, born at the start of the war, stood beside the body holding his uncle’s hand, staring at his mother “as if [he was] waiting for her to come back.”
Trump plans to unveil “Board of Peace” before Christmas: President Donald Trump plans to unveil his Gaza “Board of Peace” and a new governing structure for the enclave before Christmas, according to Axios. U.S. officials say the “Board of Peace” would be led by Trump and made up of roughly 10 leaders from Arab and Western states, and below that an “International Executive Board” which would include Tony Blair, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and senior officials from countries on the “Board of Peace.” Beneath that would be a Palestinian Technocratic Government made up of members with no affiliation to Hamas, Fatah or any other
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