Holocaust survivors, descendants join forces on social media

[ad_1] BERLIN (AP) — Assia Gorban was 7 years old when the Germans occupied her hometown of Mogilev-Podolsky in Ukraine. The Jewish girl and her family were first imprisoned in a ghetto on the outskirts of town and later forced onto a cattle car that took them to the Pechora concentration camp in 1941. After a few failed attempts, Gorban, her mother, and younger brother managed to escape in 1942, and spent the rest of…

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El Salvador forces encircle neighborhoods in gang crackdown

[ad_1] SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Security forces intensified operations against El Salvador’s street gangs Tuesday with mass arrests, the cordoning off of neighborhoods and house-by-house searches under a state of emergency sought by President Nayib Bukele. The country’s relatively low homicide rate during Bukele’s administration had been one of his most touted accomplishments. Even while some raised doubts about how it was obtained, the country had been living in peace compared to earlier…

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The U.S. Government Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes

[ad_1] The U.S. government has formally concluded that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. The finding lends official weight to expressions of revulsion about Russia’s military conduct from top U.S. officials, including President Biden, who last week declared Russian President Vladimir V. Putin “a war criminal.” But the statement did not mention Mr. Putin himself, saying only that “members of Russia’s…

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Three suspected militants were killed in West Bank by Israeli forces

[ad_1] Israel claims that its security forces have killed three militants from the occupied West Bank city Nablus, who were responsible for recent shooting attacks ByJOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press February 8, 2022, 8 :19 PM • Read for 3 minutes Share with FacebookShare this TweetSend this article JERUSALEM — Israel claims security forces killed three militants from the occupied West Bank city Nablus, who were responsible for recent shooting attacks. The Shin Bet internal security…

"Three suspected militants were killed in West Bank by Israeli forces"