The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas suggested on Monday that the six hostages recently found dead were deliberately executed because they were about to be rescued by Israeli forces, claiming that others could suffer the same fate as well if the IDF does not halt its efforts.

Starlink stood up to the Brazilian government. Despite Alexander de Moraes’s unlawful freezing of its bank accounts, the company continued to provide service to its 250,000+ customers. No longer. He had to shut it down after Monday’s decision in the Brazilian court. On Monday, the Brazilian Supreme Court panel unanimously upheld a ban on the […] The post Elon Musk Shuts Down Starlink’s Access to X in Brazil appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Christian communities throughout Nigeria have been completely destroyed by Islamic terrorists, according to interviews with persecuted Christians conducted by religious liberty advocates. The interviews were included in a report released Sunday by Open Doors International, a religious freedom advocacy group, which found that thousands of Christians have been killed and displaced in Nigeria in increasing numbers since 2020. Open Doors interviewed hundreds of persecuted Christians, many of whom were sheltering in camps throughout the country. “Extremist violence across parts of Nigeria over the last decade has resulted in mass displacement of Christian communities, amongst others,” the report said. “They have been singled out for violence, face harsh living conditions and experience faith-based challenges throughout their displacement journey. Nigerian state security personnel regularly failed to respond in a timely or effective manner to violent attacks against Christians.” The violence has been primarily taking place in the northern states of Borno and Plateau, where there are lots of Islamic militants and violent Fulani herdsmen. About 2.7 times more Christians are killed in violent attacks than Muslims with at least 16,769 Christians being killed from October 2019 to September 2023. Christians are also the disproportionate victims of kidnappings. For the report, Open Doors interviewed 292 Christians and humanitarian workers from January to April 2024 about their experiences with the persecution. Interviewees were primarily Christians who had been displaced within the country, with some workers from humanitarian agencies also interviewed. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. One Christian displaced from Borno said that all the churches in the area of Gwoza were burned to the ground. “Now, all the churches in Gwoza have been destroyed by Boko Haram, and many of the Christians have fled and are living as IDPs in different locations,” the interviewee said. “Since the attacks and the destruction of churches in Gwoza, I have not returned, and the churches are still in their deplorable state since their destruction.” Another Christian said that the Christian population of another area in Borno had been completely replaced. “I think for Goshe even during the time of displacement most of the community members were Christians,” the interviewee said. “But now the resettled members are almost ninety percent Muslims in the place I went to. It used to be a Christian community, but now it is a Muslim community.” Other interviewees said that they struggled to defend themselves from attacks because they were armed with only a few small guns while their attackers had more sophisticated weaponry. One of the main groups behind the attacks is Boko Haram, a radical Islamic group that has targeted Christians for years. “Boko Haram target people that are working with the church, maybe you have a position like Secretary or you have any position in church, you are a target. In every community they have a list of people they are looking for,” an interviewee said. If they survive the attacks on their villages, then the Christians also face struggles finding food and shelter. Many of the camps for displaced people discriminate against Christians and do not give aid to those with Christian names. Many people also refuse to rent out property to Christians. Open Doors CEO Ryan Brown told Fox News on Tuesday that much of the world was ignoring the violence against Christians in Nigeria. “The rest of the world seems to be turning a blind eye,” he said. “People are not talking about it. People are not aware of the realities, and therefore people aren’t doing anything about it.”

An illegal alien charged with raping a teenage girl and brutally stabbing a man was released into the United States by the Biden-Harris administration, a House Judiciary Committee report exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire reveals. Angel Matias Castellanos-Orellana, a 19-year-old Honduran national illegally present in the United States, was arrested by the Kenner Lousiana Police Department in connection to the rape of a 14-year-old girl and the stabbing of a man during a robbery in February. According to the House Judiciary Committee, Castellanos-Orellana was released into the country by the Biden-Harris administration. “On October 6, 2023, Angel Matias Castellanos-Orellana, a national of Honduras, was encountered by Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas,” the report reads. “Despite the fact that the alien ‘claim[ed] to have no fear of being returned to their native country,’ Castellanos-Orellana was released with a Notice to Appear in immigration court on an ‘Order of Release [on] own Recognizance’ due to a ‘lack of space,’ with instructions to report to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New Orleans.” The report from the Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), went on to explain that the Department of Homeland Security did have the “capacity to detain Castellanos-Orellana before he was released.” Castellanos-Orellana went on to allegedly commit the crimes for which he was arrested and charged: armed robbery, aggravated battery, first-degree rape, and aggravated assault. The report also states that the House Judiciary Committee requested Castellanos-Orellana’s file in late March, shortly after his alleged attack, but had to reiterate its request again in April before finally receiving it in May. “The disastrous immigration policies of the Biden-Harris Administration have had real-world consequences for American citizens,” the report states.”The effects of those policies will be felt for years to come, with criminal aliens in American neighborhoods harming families and hurting public safety across the country.” “Castellanos-Orellana’s victims and their families will never be the same because the Biden-Harris Administration allowed the illegal alien to enter and remain in the country,” the report says. “Tragically, Castellanos-Orellana’s victims and their families are not alone.” The committee’s findings come as Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, has come under fire for her statement that “an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal.” Castellanos-Orellana is one of millions of illegal aliens that has entered the country under the current administration. Harris and President Joe Biden have presided over the largest surge in illegal immigration at any point in American history. More than 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration.

Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign rebuffed the inspiration for the latest investigation that House Democrats have opened up against the former president as he runs another campaign for the White House. House Oversight Committee Democrats announced this week that they were looking into whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) improperly shut down in 2020 an inquiry into a potential $10 million bribe to Trump from Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in the run-up to the 2016 election, citing concerns about a report on the matter that The Washington Post published roughly one month ago. Stephen Cheung, a spokesman for Trump’s campaign, delivered a defiant response when CNBC asked for comment on a letter dated Tuesday in which House Democrats asked Trump to provide answers to a number of questions about whether the former president accepted any payments from Egypt’s government. “This is textbook Fake News,” Cheung said, repeating a statement he initially gave in response to the Washington Post report. “The investigation referenced found no wrongdoing and was closed. None of the allegations or insinuations being reported on have any basis in fact,” he added. “The media is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams.” The Washington Post article claimed that top DOJ officials blocked FBI agents from obtaining records for an inquiry into whether a $10 million bribe from Egypt happened and factored into Trump’s decision to infuse his campaign with a similar amount of money. The report said Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. attorney who closed the case in 2020, insisted he closed down the probe because of a lack of evidence. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The article noted former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the Trump-Russia investigation as special counsel, had also spearheaded the Egypt assignment until it was taken over by prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. Trump has long disparaged the Russia collusion probe, along with many others, as being part of a “witch hunt” to undermine his campaigns and presidency. House Democrats, who are currently in the minority and lack subpoena power, have pushed for more investigations into Trump while they fought back against GOP-led inquiries into President Joe Biden. When House Republicans recently unveiled their impeachment report, detailing millions of dollars in foreign payments to the Biden family and its associates, they released a counter-memo defending him.