"President Trump's threat to bomb Iran's water supply would constitute his most dramatic breach of the laws and norms designed to protect civilians in wartime" ... ... but Iran remains publicly defiant, calling U.S. demands unrealistic and continuing its attacks on Israel and the region ... ... and "Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday (Mar 31), after President Donald Trump warned the US would obliterate Iran’s energy plants and oil wells if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz" ... ... yet White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that "[e]nsuring safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz is not one of the 'core objectives' President Donald Trump has set for ending his military operation against Iran""  ... ... "The attacks were testament to the intensity of the war more than a month after the U.S. and Israel launched their first strikes": "The bill effectively establishes the death penalty as a punishment exclusively for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic crimes, while excluding nationalistic murders carried out by Jewish Israelis against Palestinians": "The report is the most comprehensive account yet on sexual violence in Sudan's nearly three-year war": The U.S. "has left Israel to hunt and kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an intelligence apparatus built up to assassinate with lethal proficiency": "The Israeli Ministry of Education has written to school principals in Jerusalem stating that, from September, no work permits will be granted to Christian Palestinian teachers living in the West Bank": "Iranian universities and scientific research centers have come under a series of attacks in recent days, raising concerns that academic institutions are becoming a new frontline in the widening war":
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