Israel
Attacks on Israel: Rep. Omar accuses Biden of ‘siding with an oppressive occupation’

After days of attacks on Israel from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the White House announced President Biden called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday to condemn the rocket attacks, but Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said the call is proof that Biden is “siding with an oppressive occupation.”
According to the White House statement, Biden reportedly “conveyed his unwavering support for Israel’s security and for Israel’s legitimate right to defend itself and its people, while protecting civilians. He also conveyed the United States’ encouragement of a pathway toward restoring a sustainable calm.”
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Omar wasn’t happy with the statement, because it didn’t convey any sympathy for the Palestinians. “No mention of Sheikh Jarra. No mention of the al-Aqsa raid. No mention of the 13 innocent children killed in air strikes. No mention of the ongoing occupation of millions in an open air prison,” Omar tweeted.
But, the statement did mention that Biden has contacted Palestinian leaders too, claiming “He updated the Prime Minister on the United States’ diplomatic engagement with regional countries, including Egypt, Jordan, and Qatar, as well as with Palestinian officials.”
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Yet that wasn’t enough for the Minnesota representative. “You aren’t prioritizing human rights,” she tweeted to the administration. “You’re siding with an oppressive occupation.”
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Report: 11 UK Universities are helping Iran develop, improve military weapons

According to a report from the Jewish Chronicle, multiple universities in the United Kingdom have been aiding Iran in improving and developing military weapons. Such weapons include drones and fighter jets. The report is terrifying, showing that eleven British schools may be involved.
Universities such as the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, were part of the eleven schools which “conducted at least 16 studies with connections to the Iranian regime’s use of military technology. The technology that U.K. scientists have developed has likely been used in Iranian weapons deployed in Ukraine as Russia leans on the Iranians for military aid” reports the Washington Free Beacon.
The conducted projects have helped improve Iranian technology and are sometimes even funded by the Iranian government in Tehran, the Jewish Chronicle reported:
The JC can reveal that in one project researchers in Britain worked to improve drone engines, boosting their altitude, speed and range. It was funded by Tehran.
Another British university worked with Iranian counterparts to test sophisticated new control systems for jet engines, aimed at increasing their “manoeuvrability and response time” in “military applications”.
Other UK-based scientists have worked with Iran to research the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as mobile base stations to extend the range of communications systems, on special alloys for military aircraft and coatings to upgrade armour plating.
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