For decades, Washington has portrayed Israel as a dependable democratic partner in an unstable region. Yet the declassified record paints a far more complicated picture — one marked by covert operations targeting American assets, unauthorized arms sales to U.S. adversaries, and diplomatic interventions that openly defied sitting U.S. presidents. From the USS Liberty attack and the Pollard espionage breach to the Phalcon sale to China and the 2023–2025 Gaza war, the evidence reveals a consistent divergence between Israeli actions and American national interests. This 32-event investigative review asks a simple but urgent question: How many times can an ally act against you before the alliance itself demands re-evaluation?

The total cumulative death toll of the modern conflict, including current estimates from the ongoing war, is approximately 11,600 Israeli deaths and over 112,659 Palestinian deaths. This stark numerical asymmetry is a physical manifestation of the political and military imbalance of power, solidifying the fact that the conflict has exacted a vastly heavier, often civilian, price on the Palestinian population. The enduring lesson and final logical outcome of this 100-year conflict is that military solutions that disproportionately target or harm civilian populations do not bring lasting security. Instead, they breed cycles of trauma, radicalization, and violence. The immorality lies not just in the acts of violence themselves but in the failure of all parties, and the international community, to impose accountability and achieve a just political solution, ensuring that the next generation will inherit the same moral debt and human cost.

The federal government’s commitment to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and recognize inherent Indigenous self-government is not reconciliation—it is a slow, strategic dissolution of the Canadian state. Like the classic ‘frog in boiling water’ scenario, the public is failing to grasp the gravity of the incremental changes. Every self-government agreement, every fiscal transfer based on inherent rights, and every land-use decision deferred to a separate Indigenous jurisdiction is a permanent piece of Crown sovereignty silently surrendered. This orchestrated devolution, critics warn, is leading to a fragmented, post-national Canada, replacing the established federation with a chaotic patchwork of competing legal systems and autonomous economies. By the time the political temperature rises to a boil, it may already be too late to save the unified nation.

The highly anticipated showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC Summit is far more than a typical trade negotiation. Arriving amidst the imminent threat of a 155% tariff taking effect on November 1st, this meeting is a desperate attempt to achieve a fragile ceasefire.

North Korea has unveiled the Hwasong-20, its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date — a solid-fuel, road-mobile system capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. Analysts warn the new weapon could mark a turning point in Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, while Washington faces mounting pressure to reinforce deterrence, strengthen alliances, and keep diplomacy alive.

Over the past quarter century, China’s Communist Party has waged a sweeping campaign to bring Christianity under state control. From shuttering unregistered “house churches” to imprisoning prominent pastors like Wang Yi and Jin Mingri, the government has used new laws and digital surveillance to suppress independent worship. Under Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization” policy, churches are forced to align with Party doctrine—or face closure, prosecution, and censorship. The escalating arrests between 2023 and 2025 mark the most coordinated nationwide crackdown in decades, drawing international condemnation and raising urgent questions about religious freedom in China.

Nearly twelve years after South Korean missionary Kim Jung-wook was arrested for his Christian faith inside North Korea, his fate remains shrouded in silence. Detained in October 2013 for allegedly bringing religious materials across the border, Kim was later forced to “confess” to espionage and sentenced to life with hard labor. Since then, his family has received no word of his condition or whereabouts. Human rights organizations and the United Nations have condemned his imprisonment as a grave violation of international law, calling it a stark symbol of North Korea’s systematic assault on religious freedom and basic human dignity.

A string of high-profile cases in Dublin involving Somali nationals — from people-smuggling and sexual assault to the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian teenager Vadym Davydenko — has reignited debate over immigration oversight and integration policy in Ireland. Official records confirm multiple convictions and arrests between 2023 and 2025, including a Somali diplomat charged with smuggling, a Luas security guard jailed for assault, and a Somali youth questioned in a Tusla residential killing. While data gaps prevent firm conclusions about community-wide trends, the incidents highlight systemic failures in border control, asylum care, and vetting.