—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: One U.S. sailor is assumed dead after the crash of an MH-60S helicopter in the Arabian Sea, according to CENTCOM

It is not known what caused the U.S. Navy helicopter to go down.

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❗️ICC fast-tracks dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan amid sanctions, sexual misconduct allegations

The executive body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reportedly altered its internal voting regulations to simplify the potential ouster of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan.

According to reports from Middle East Eye, which cited multiple diplomatic sources, this change was approved by a majority of the bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) during a meeting in early July.

Previously, the process required two separate stages: a vote to confirm serious misconduct, requiring a two-thirds majority, and a subsequent vote to approve dismissal, requiring an absolute majority.

The new rules consolidate this into a single vote and lower the threshold for finding serious misconduct to a bare absolute majority.

This procedural shift comes despite a judicial panel concluding that there was insufficient evidence to support allegations of sexual harassment against him.

These accusations were originally made by a woman in Khan's office who alleged "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature" and abuse of authority occurring during overseas missions and at the court's headquarters in The Hague.

While the bureau reframed the allegations as an "inappropriate" power imbalance in a consensual relationship, Khan has strenuously denied any sexual relationship occurred at all.

Lawyers for Khan have criticized the move as a breach of fairness and legal protocol, suggesting the rules were changed mid-case to his disadvantage.

The situation is further complicated by external political pressure, as Khan has faced significant backlash and crippling sanctions from non-member states following his pursuit of high-profile arrest warrants.

These warrants were sought against figures including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas officials and Taliban leaders.

ICC Fast-Tracks Removal Of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan: Report

The new framework drops traditional safeguards as Khan faces punitive US sanctions over arrest warrants issued against Israeli officials

The executive body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has overhauled its internal protocol and “lowered the threshold” for the potential dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported on 3 July.

During a meeting on Monday, the bureau approved a transition from a two-stage voting process to a single vote. Under the previous framework, the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute first had to determine whether misconduct occurred by a two-thirds majority, before a separate removal vote requiring an absolute majority of 63 votes could be triggered.

Lawyers from the London-based firm Carter-Ruck, representing Khan, stated they were not notified of the change, and noted the decision deviates from the bureau's own written procedures.

“It removes the Assembly's separate and prior determination, under rule 29, of whether serious misconduct occurred at all,” the lawyers told MEE.

They added that the move “reduces the threshold for a finding of serious misconduct from the two-thirds majority provided in that procedure to a bare absolute majority.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 6/11 — ❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is attempting to divert attention from sexual misconduct allegations involving former chief prosecutor Karim Khan by “making up” war crime “accusations” against Israel.

9/6/24 — ICC Prosecutor Says World Leaders 'Threatened' Him Over Israel Arrest Warrants

8/25 — ICC Prosecutor Calls For Urgent Ruling On Arrest Warrants For Israeli And Hamas Officials

7/10 — Netanyahu Cancelled His Visit to Hungary and the Czech Republic Due to Fears of Arrest by ICC

7/9 — Netanyahu Responds to ICC Prosecutor Issuing Arrest Warrants Against Him For War Crimes [Denies denying water from civilian population of Gaza]

6/6 - Was October 7th Allowed to Happen To Further The Greater Israel Agenda? Did The Hannibal Directive Ever End? [X] — Part 4 of TheMcgwire's Oct 7th Intelligence Stand Down series

6/5 — ‘We Do Not Recognize the ICC’: Joe Biden

6/4 — US House of Representatives passes bill to sanction ICC officials for pursuing arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

❗️ 5/30 — Haaretz reporter had the story of the Mossad chief threatening the top ICC prosecutor but Israeli authorities said if he published, he’d "suffer the consequences and get to know the interrogation rooms of the Israeli security authorities from the inside."

❗️ 5/28 — Ex Mossad Chief ‘Stalked, Threatened’ ICC Official To Drop Israel War Crimes Probe

5/21 — ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

5/7 — Republican Senators Threaten ICC: ‘Target Israel and We Will Target You’

4/31 — Congress Threatens ICC

4/26 — Netanyahu on ICC: "We Will Not Bow To It"

Flashback: “We Know Where Your Kids Live”: How John Bolton Once Threatened An International Official [Bustani, Head of OPCW, For Offering To Inspect Saddam's Facilities for WMD's]

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Spanish Government ‘Quietly Bans Use Of Palantir’ In Critical State Systems Over Fears Of National Security Leaks

Spain has started quietly banning companies from signing contracts with controversial US tech firm Palantir amid security fears.

The Spanish government has reportedly begun telling state-backed firms to avoid signing new contacts with US billionaire Peter Thiel’s company.

It comes amid fears that sensitive national security information could be leaked, according to Spanish publication El Confidencial.

Board members of several publicly listed companies told the newspaper they have been ordered to avoid signing any contracts with the data firm that could jeopardise national sovereignty or strategic information.

Moncloa, Spain’s official government website, has not issued any official announcement about banning Palantir outright.

But sources told El Confidencial that public and private companies controlled by SEPI, the country’s sovereign wealth fund and state-owned industrial holding company, have been told to blacklist the data firm.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ LBC

Related: 4/22 — Spain To Formally Call On EU To Suspend Association Agreement With Israel

4/15 — China, Spain Deepen Ties Amid ‘Collapsing Global Order’

4/14 — ❗️Spain and China move to deepen ties amid ‘crumbling world order,’ defend multilateralism over return to ‘law of the jungle’

3/31 — Spain Closes Airspace To US Planes Involved In Iran Attacks

3/11 — 'No To War': Spanish PM Fires Back At Trump Over Threats To Cut Trade

12/22/25 — Just In - The US Is Considering Sanctioning Spain Over Israel - Israeli Channel 11

5/23/25 — ⭕️ Spain’s parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Tuesday calling for a full arms embargo on Israel, citing its actions in Gaza as genocide.

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Wake Up Babe, New National Security State / Geopolitics / War Podcast Just Dropped

Loffredo, Host of the Bad News Program, is the american @TheGrayzoneNews journalist arrested in Israel a while back, which he speaks a bit on the first episode of his new podcast kicked off with an interview with John Kiriakou

https://youtu.be/ZqyYHuJsQgM?

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Henry David Thoroughly Fed Up 🇵🇸FREE⏳🍀🌺🕊

Related: 10/21/24 — American Journalist Jeremy Loffredo Is Currently Being Held In Israel, Where He Is Being Accused Of Supporting An Enemy During A Time Of War, For His Report On The Aftermath Of Iran's Retaliatory Drone Attack.

10/17/24 — Free Speech Groups Decry Israel's Jailing Of Jeremy Loffredo

10/13/24 — WATCH: Max Blumenthal:  I Spoke To Al Jazeera English About The Israel Police's Arrest, Detention And Continued Persecution Of Jeremy Loffredo For Doing Journalism That Already Cleared Its Military Censor

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There's No Coming Back From This.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Kim Iversen 🇺🇸

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 USS Liberty Survivor Phil Tourney Posted A Video Burning The Israeli Flag

“I burn this evil flag on the 4th of July, for my brothers slaughtered by Israel in 1967. Thomas Massie for President 2028.”

Israel has killed 34 US personnel in that incident.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Megatron

Related: 6/10 — ❗️US lawmaker demands new investigation into Israeli attack on USS Liberty

6/9 — USS Liberty Survivor: Thank You Rep Thomas Massie

6/9 — Thomas Massie: Thank You To The Survivors Of The USS Liberty For Traveling To Washington DC On The 59th Anniversary Of The Attack.

6/8 — 🫡 🇺🇸🇮🇱Thomas Massie's Speech To Congress on USS Libery: 59 Years Ago Today, Israel Attacked The USS Liberty In International Waters. 34 Crew Members Were Killed And 174 Were Wounded By The IDF.

6/8 — Thomas Massie Just Called For An Official Investigation Into The Attack On The USS Liberty

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'If We Allow The Red Cross To Visit Palestinian Prisoners, It Will Be A PR Disaster' - Member Of The Israeli Knesset Admits. They Clearly Are Worried People Will See The Torture Dungeons.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Israel Exposed

Related: 5/31 — 5/18 — Israel Expands Death Penalty Law To Include West Bank Palestinians

4/21 — 🇺🇸👹Haaretz Published a List of Atrocities Israeli Soldiers Did and Saw in Gaza...:

4/17 — ⚠️ Sexual violence is nothing new in Israeli prisons, but these testimonies will make your blood run cold

4/17 — Israeli Army Officially Reinstates Soldiers Caught On Tape Raping Palestinian Prisoner

3/25 — Judge: Palestinian Minor Who Died In Israeli Prison Was 'likely Starved,' But Case Closed

3/12 — IDF Drops Charges Of Israeli Soldiers Caught On Video Raping Palestinian

9/20/24 — Israeli Torture Chambers Aren’t New. They Provoked October 7

8/7/24 — FOOTAGE OF ISRAELIS RAPING A PALESTINIAN INSIDE PRISON.

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❗️Israeli blockade forces breast cancer mastectomies as Gaza medical system collapses under 1,000 days of genocide

Marking 1,000 days of the ongoing Israeli aggression, Gaza medical professionals launched a global appeal to dismantle the lethal Israeli blockade that has systematically shattered the territory’s healthcare infrastructure. According to the Gaza health ministry and the non-profit Doctors Against Genocide, the protracted assault has killed 1,700 medical workers, destroyed 38 hospitals, and incapacitated nearly 200 ambulances.

Middle East Eye reports that severe Israeli restrictions have stripped the enclave of advanced diagnostic tools—reducing the number of operational MRI machines from seven to zero—forcing surgeons to perform immediate mastectomies on breast cancer patients as the only viable means of survival due to the absolute lack of oncological medication.

The strict embargo extends to basic sanitary necessities, including a total ban on chlorine bleach required to disinfect hospitals, triggering a surge in infectious diseases like scabies, gastroenteritis, and Hepatitis A. The deliberate targeting of utility infrastructure has reduced water well production to a fraction of its pre-genocide capacity, while rolling fuel blockades keep desalination plants offline.

While Israel claims hundreds of commercial trucks cross the border daily, humanitarian watchdogs confirm these shipments consist of private commercial goods rather than the essential medical relief, clean water, and food supplies required to sustain the population.

The systematic destruction has created a cascading mental health crisis that has overwhelmed surviving psychiatric workers who are themselves grieving personal losses. Despite the staggering toll—including the loss of approximately 22,000 children—Palestinian medical leaders emphasize that the birth of 82,000 newborns during the genocide represents a defiant symbol of societal resilience against an orchestrated campaign of elimination.

— 🇮🇷 Live footage from Azadi Square in Tehran, filmed by the MES team

For your information, this is not even the square where the funeral procession is taking place.

The crowds are so insanely large that we were not able to reach the main area. It’s impossible to get closer.

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