"The Listening Post The Israeli government is facing what it calls a public relations disaster after a video surfaced showing soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner a clear war crime under any legal system. Public outrage in Israel has focused less on the abuse itself and more on the leak. And the military's chief prosecutor, who admitted leaking the footage, has been arrested and branded a traitor. The saga is yet another example of Israeli society's unwillingness to confront what it has become."
"On our radar: After an 18-month siege, the Sudanese city of el-Fasher has fallen to the RSF, triggering mass atrocities under a near-total media blackout. With journalists killed, captured, or missing, satellite imagery has become one of the few remaining windows into the violence. Ryan Kohls reports on the city's fall and the growing evidence of a potential genocide in Darfur."
A leaked video showed Israeli soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner, a clear war crime, prompting public outrage that prioritized the leak over the abuse. The military's chief prosecutor admitted leaking the footage, was arrested, and labeled a traitor. The episode is presented as evidence of Israeli society's unwillingness to confront its actions. Separately, el-Fasher in Sudan fell to the RSF after an 18-month siege, triggering mass atrocities amid a near-total media blackout and growing evidence of potential genocide, with satellite imagery filling information gaps. In Kenya, online nicknames are used to satirize and challenge President William Ruto.
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