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He requested that the complaint "be accompanied by reports issued by the United Nations refuting the Israeli denial of the wall's construction".

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A furious denial also came from the RSF, denouncing what it called "all biased statements against them" and attempts to scapegoat it in order to cover up the army's rejection of the truce.

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He allowed certain parts of her that she had been in real denial of to surface and breathe.

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In a 2024 case in which the Court denied certiorari, Justice Thomas wrote regarding the denial that “In an appropriate future case, we should grant certiorari to address this important question.”

“There is no legal or scientific basis for taking a 180-degree turn from the state’s past denials,” said Mark Izeman, a lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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