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WATCH: CNN Crew Apprehended by IDF in the West Bank – Says They Were Assaulted and Equipment was Damaged – IDF Releases Statement
IDF Soldiers detain CNN crew in the West Bank
A CNN crew reporting on Israeli settlements in the West Bank in Palestine was detained by IDF soldiers on Friday.
The reporters say they were put in a chokehold after they and several Palestinian residents were approached by armed troops.
According to the Jerusalem Post,
The CNN team was interviewing Palestinian residents of the West Bank town of Tayasir after settlers established an outpost in the town and violently attacked residents.
While conducting interviews on camera, IDF soldiers ordered the team and the Palestinians to stop speaking and aimed their weapons at the group, according to the CNN reporters present.
Video from the incident shows the reporters being approached and detained.
WATCH:
The full report from CNN features the outposts established by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and stories of the violent attacks from Palestinian residents.
The clip further shows CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond speaking with IDF soldiers, one of whom tells him, “We are here because this is our place… The land is ours.” When asked if all of the West Bank belongs to Israelis, the soldier replies, “Of course, and not just for the soldiers, for the jews.”
Another soldier details the alleged murder of an 18-year-old Israeli settler by a Palestinian, saying they are exacting revenge against the residents in the West Bank.
The soldier, Meir, later tells Diamond that while the settlement in Tayasir is not legal, “it will be… slowly.” He agrees that it will be legal thanks to the IDF and his presence, saying, “Of course … I help my people.”
“Meir is describing the settler playbook, and the role Israeli soldiers often play in propping it up,” Diamond says in his report. “The Israeli military did not respond to CNN’s questions about soldiers’ conduct in the West Bank, including our detention. Amid the war with Iran, those efforts are intensifying, with at least four outposts established this week alone, land often taken with the blood of Palestinians,” he continues.
The IDF did provide a statement to CNN, writing, “The actions and behavior of the soldiers in the incident are incompatible with what is expected of IDF soldiers operating in the Judea and Samaria area.”
WATCH:
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Democrat Suzanna Karatassos, who is running for the Georgia House of Representatives, has floated an idea to ‘punish’ MAGA.
Karatassos shared a video suggesting banning internet access for those who voted for Donald Trump.
“When this is all over, and Trump’s gone and Democrats are back in charge, and we’re rebuilding everything,” she said in the now-deleted TikTok video posted in January.
“The punishment for MAGA for voting for Trump three times needs to be that they remove their internet access for four years.”
“That they cannot post videos or comments on social media for four straight years, so that none of us are subjected to their lies and misinformation while we are rebuilding the chaos that they caused the whole world and America gets to be without their B.S. online for 4 straight years.”
“Can we all agree to this?”
Watch:
Meet Suzanna Karatassos (D). She’s running for Georgia State House.
She says if Democrats win then anyone who voted for Trump should lose internet access for four years.
She’s a radical retard.
You must get out and vote!! pic.twitter.com/PsZW3BuuWY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 7, 2026
As is typical when Democrats say the quiet part out loud and don’t have the self-awareness to realize how authoritarian they sound, Karatassos claims her video was a “joke” because it is hilarious to parrot the language used by dictators to silence the opposition.
@suzanna_for_georgia♬ original sound – Suzanna for Georgia
Social media users slammed Karatassos with one noting, “The party that screams ‘No Kings’ and ‘Free Speech’ wants to SILENCE yours.”
They’re not even trying to hide it! Here’s Suzanna Karatassos, a Democrat candidate for the GA State House.
She says that when Democrats take back control, anyone who voted for President Trump will lose internet privileges for 4 years.
Let that sink in. The party that… pic.twitter.com/1yuQcHGr8n
— Blue Lives Matter (@bluelivesmtr) April 7, 2026
Another points out that Karatassos is running in the same district where Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal and she wants to silence those still in mourning.
Meet Suzanna Karatassos,
Democrat running for Georgia House District 120.
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) February 3, 2026
“They scream about ‘democracy’ and ‘free speech’ when it suits them, but the second they think they can get away with it, they want to shut down half the country for daring to vote against their socialist agenda.”
“No trial, no crime, just pure political revenge against patriots who support Trump and want America First.”
A wild viral clip shows Suzanna Karatassos, a Democrat running for Georgia House District 120, pushing a straight-up authoritarian idea.
She says once Trump is out and Democrats grab power… pic.twitter.com/UFpSjdk6IP
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) February 9, 2026
From Karatassos’ campaign website, “I am a wife and mother in Georgia, almost all of my family lives here. I want to see Georgia thrive and for all our citizens to be able to lead a life of prosperity with dignity.”
“What is happening in our country at a federal level is unprecedented and I realized I can’t do anything about that, but I
can help protect our State from it.”
“Helping to flip the Georgia Legislature Blue is what I can offer.”
That and, of course, silencing those who disagree with her.
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Politics
SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS: Ecuador’s Noboa Says US Troops Are Welcome To Help Fight Drug Cartels (VIDEO)
Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa
The Western Hemisphere is getting more secure by the day.
The new anti-Cartel alliance put forward by US President Donald J. Trump is starting to change the landscape in Latin America, once forgotten by feeble Joe Biden, and left to be infiltrated by Russia, China, and Iran.
But now, action against these criminal drug networks is ongoing, stronger than ever.
As a clear example, we have Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa saying he would welcome US troops to help confront the ‘security crisis’ in his nation.
JUST IN: Ecuadorian President says he would welcome U.S. troops to combat the country’s drug gangs.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) April 8, 2026
Bloomberg reported:
“The US has already helped Ecuador target criminal gangs with its advanced tracking and intelligence technology, Noboa said in an interview. He would be in favor of even more involvement from the administration of President Donald Trump, who he said shares his concern with combating drug trafficking.
‘It’s not an invasion, it’s not a — not an intruder coming into our country’, Noboa said Tuesday, speaking at his home overlooking the Guayas River in the gang-ridden port city of Guayaquil. ‘It’s actually international collaboration against crime’.”
American commandos in recent days joined Ecuadorian troops in a joint mission aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub operated by an alleged narco-terrorist organization along the country’s coast. https://t.co/5PeMEZzUwU
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) April 1, 2026
Noboa predicted a US troop deployment happening as early as this year.
“With US help, he said that his government had succeeded in slashing the homicide rate in the violent region near the Colombian border. Government data shows a near 35% year-over-year decline in violent crime in those hot spots during the first quarter of this year.”
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa said he would welcome US troops to help confront the “security crisis” in his nation, provided they follow the lead of local armed forces.
“It’s not an invasion, it’s not an intruder coming to our country,” Noboa tells Bloomberg’s Annmarie… pic.twitter.com/J7wrNuxnwK
— Bloomberg (@business) April 8, 2026
“Noboa is one of Trump’s closest allies in Latin America, who has deepened security ties with Washington and taken a similarly confrontational approach both to drug cartels and to trade and diplomacy. In March, Ecuador carried out military actions using US intelligence to target groups they labeled terrorist.”
Read more:
WATCH: Ecuador Launches Anti-Drug Operations With US Logistical Support – Colombia’s Petro Says Ecuadorean Air Force Is Striking Cartel and Guerilla Camps Across the Border
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