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FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants

Rozendaal was arrested by the New Jersey State Police and, according to an arrest report viewed by The Intercept, charged with one count of obstructing law enforcement. The charge was minor — but a week later, things took a strange turn when Rozendaal received a call from the FBI.

“The agent said, ‘We’re calling because you were arrested at Delaney Hall,’” Rozendaal told The Intercept. (The FBI declined to comment.)

In the following minutes, Rozendaal said the agents asked if he would be willing to provide the FBI with information on protesters that they described as “anybody planning to go to Delaney Hall with not the right intentions.”

“So, I mean, they were asking me to inform,” Rozendaal said.

Rozendaal is not the only Delaney Hall protester to receive a call from the FBI.

In the weeks since arrests began stacking up at the protests — approximately 90 people have been arrested so far — at least half of those taken into custody have received calls from federal agents looking for information, according to Benjamin Van Meter, a deputy public defender with the Essex County Public Defender’s Office who represents a number of protesters facing charges

FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informantshttps://theintercept.com/2026/06/20/fbi-ice-delaney-hall-protest-informants/Open linkView original on mander.xyz
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In Gaza, ‘slaughter continues unabated’ while the world turns away

Israel has escalated its airstrikes across the enclave in recent weeks, burning Palestinians alive as it makes a mockery of the ‘ceasefire.’

from +972’s Sunday Recap
+972Magazine [published in Israel]
June 22, 2026

Also:

  • The Israeli right is marching under a new flag
  • ‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’
  • 15 articles a day: The extent of the Israeli army’s media interference
  • The plot against Palestine Action
  • The Palestine movement must seek power over purity
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The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory

The United States has also taken active steps to secure more concessions from Iran outside of the explicit directives of the deal, with Vice President JD Vance saying that the $300 billion in reconstruction funds would not be released to Iran unless the nation stopped funding “terrorist organization[s]” like Hezbollah. The memorandum of understanding includes no mention of Iran’s support for allied organizations abroad, nor its ballistic missile program, both of which were primary targets of the Israeli–American war.

Iran, for its part, closed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday in response to Israel’s refusal to stop the war. While it is still sending negotiators to Switzerland to speak with Vance, Iran is apparently not going there to negotiate a final deal just yet but instead demand U.S. compliance with the terms of the agreement. There is, as of now, still little indication at this time that the U.S. will agree to the demand for a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, despite surprising recent criticism from Trump and Vance of Israel’s scorched-earth tactics in the country.

For the moment, Israeli officials continue to dig in their heels, demanding further and further action, and stirring tension on other fronts like the West Bank, in an attempt to divert attention and lessen the blow that the majority of Israeli society agrees the country has suffered. For National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, there is no possibility of acceptance of the diplomatic track, remarking on Friday: “For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn!”

The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victoryhttps://theintercept.com/2026/06/20/iran-war-deal-ceasefire/Open linkView original on mander.xyz
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US probes Germany's 'persistent underpayment' for drugs

The United States has launched an investigation into Germany to determine whether there has been underpayment for innovative pharmaceutical products affecting trade in the US.

"This investigation will seek to determine whether persistent underpayment for innovative pharmaceutical products by Germany is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts US commerce," said US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

"President Trump has made clear that American patients should not be shouldering a disproportionate share of global pharmaceutical research and development," said Greer.

"I am particularly concerned with news that Germany is fast-tracking legislation that would further reduce its spending on innovative pharmaceuticals," Greer said.

He said this was a "serious step backwards at a time when our trading partners need to step up and start paying their fair share to fund innovative pharmaceutical research and development."

US probes Germany's 'persistent underpayment' for drugshttps://www.dw.com/en/us-probes-germanys-persistent-underpayment-for-drugs/a-77620250Open linkView original on mander.xyz
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An Armenian tycoon has a private zoo. Now he wants the world’s biggest Jesus statue

Having secured less than 4% of the vote in this month’s parliamentary election, Tsarukyan’s chances of ever leading Armenia look slim, but one of Armenia’s richest and most divisive men remains determined to leave his mark on the country.

His chosen monument: erecting the world’s tallest statue of Jesus Christ, perched atop a 2,500-metre (8,200ft) mountain overlooking Yerevan.

It is, depending on who you ask, either a celebration of the small Caucasian nation’s ancient Christian heritage or the ultimate expression of one oligarch’s appetite for excess.

An Armenian tycoon has a private zoo. Now he wants the world’s biggest Jesus statuehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/21/armenian-tycoon-private-zoo-worlds-biggest-jesus-statue-gagik-tsarukyanOpen linkView original on mander.xyz