International News Roundup 17 June 2024
International Systems are all Corrupt
No one is going to help us. We are on our own …
Many years ago some close contacts and I created an international community on G+ (G+ is now defunct because the collective West did not care for the information being widely shared by dissidents globally. I was threatened with being banned from the platform before they even shut it down for posting factual information on Yemen.) The community was called “International People’s Coalition for Humanity”
It’s purpose was to actually serve the global community as all the systems in place now are corrupted and useless. They only serve the powerful. We did not accomplish much progress in replacing the current system before the community was shut down and contacts lost. (I lost many contacts who were killed in US conflicts such as Syria, RIP 🌹, fighting Western backed terrorists).
This was the mission statement:
International Coalition of Common People working together for solution to current world crisis. Working towards the arrest and trial of today’s war criminals and criminals against humanity. Working to gain our freedom from criminal overlords passing illegal laws. Working to reform dysfunctional United Nations. Working to put the power back in the hands of the people globally. Working to name and collect evidence on all modern day criminals against humanity, to allow for their prosecution. Working to create an international court that serves all people and eliminate all dysfunctional systems that benefit only the few. *Please feel free to post in all languages*
As we all watch our voice being ignored, the rise of the far right, Palestinians being exterminated for a land grab and resources, small businesses destroyed, the gentrification of the collective West, etc., we have to do something besides just voice our dissent individually. I do not know what to do but hopefully as a combined force we can brainstorm some worthwhile ideas.
The UN, ICJ, ICC, human rights organizations, etc are useless and serve the powerful. Anything they say is just lip service to give the perception that they are doing something to stop the Palestinian Genocide and various other crimes against humanity by the collective West.
Lip Service: support for someone or something that is expressed by someone in words but that is not shown in that person's actions. 💡
Some examples of the egregious actions of the UN, international justice and humanitarian systems.
Freedom Rider: The ICC is Criminal
The New World Order under U.S. dominion turns international law on its head and puts criminal-bought flunkies on the judicial bench. America, which is not even a signatory to the treaty that created the International Criminal Court, calls all the shots like a Mafia don. Africans and a few Serbs are the only ones that get arrested, while great crimes against peace masquerade as humanitarian intervention.
The ICC: Imperialism Court
The International Criminal Court has turned into its opposite: an injudicious, selective enforcer of imperial policy, rather than a global standard of criminal law. The cast of defendants have all been African and outcasts from the U.S. imperial orbit, from the ICC’s inception. “The ICC has been used as an instrument of war; not an instrument of peace, but war by other means. It’s time to 'scrap it.'”
”The Hunt: “Me and Military Criminals” A book on man-hunt by the Tribunal’ s prosecutor general
The presentation of memories of Carla del Ponte slated for April 3, 2008 just days after she had left her post of the Hague Prosecutor General for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The book published under the title”The Hunt: “Me and Military Criminals” covers quite a long period of del Ponte’s stint as the prosecutor from August 1999 to December 2007. A large part of the book is given to exactly “the hunt” or the search and organisation of legal prosecution of the guilty people, negotiations with the leadership of a number of countries and international organisation with an eye to extradition of the persons the Tribunal regards as military criminals, and the obstacles put up by officials of different levels to prevent her from completing her hard work. But the book became a sensation long before its going out of print, when journalists laid their eyes on it.
Its readers all over the world and people with thinking were shaken by the facts Carla del Ponte gave in her book that had always been concealed from public, about the atrocities of Albanians committed against peaceful Serbs and Albanians unwilling to become part of hostilities in Kosovo and Metohia, and the trade in body organs extirpated from kidnapped Serbs. The leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were the culprits, its militants and currently the respected politicians Hasim Taci, Agim Ceku and Ramus Haradinai.
OPCW
Hague Press Conference on Douma Chemical Attack: No attack, no victims, no chem weapons: Douma witnesses speak at OPCW briefing at The Hague (VIDEO and REPORTS)
Witnesses of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, including 11-year-old Hassan Diab and hospital staff, told reporters at The Hague that the White Helmets video used as a pretext for a US-led strike on Syria was, in fact, staged.
New leak reveals OPCW’s intimidation practices against inspectors who refuted its narrative about Douma
The Hague, SANA – A new leak by an official at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has shown that the organization’s leadership has waged “a malicious and factually flawed attack” against two veteran inspectors who had proved that the official statements by the OPCW about the alleged chemical attack in Douma in 2018 are incorrect, and that the accusation of the Syrian Arab Army of being responsible for that incident came to justify the French, British, and American aggression against Syria.
In the new leak, which was published by “The Grayzone,” an independent news website, an OPCW official said he was “horrified” by the “abhorrent mistreatment” of the inspectors by the organization, which he said is employing a “climate of intimidation designed to keep other staffers frightened into silence.”
US Unveils Iraq WMD "Curveball-Style" Lies Vs. Syria
As NATO terror front collapses in Syria, US attempts to justify intervention by drumming up familiar WMD lies.
The UN
Yemen ~ American-Israeli Spy Network: Scandal of US Embassy's Cover for Intelligence Work (full video)..
https://x.com/TvAlmasirah/status/1800235250703810676 Yemen uncovers large Israeli-US spy network The Yemeni Security Forces uncovered a large espionage network operated by American and Israeli intelligence agencies, the agency announced Monday. Officials revealed that the network had been active within various institutions in Yemen since
The Ansarullah chief noted that the United States under the cover of diplomatic activities uses some UN or international institutions to target other countries in political, economic, social and cultural fields.
Mohammed Al-Houthi: We have conclusive evidence proving the crimes of the American spy network and are ready to hand it over to a third party that opposes violating the sovereignty of countries 🔗
Legal, Ethical Responsibility of the UN While Failed in Stopping Gaza Genocide
The United Nations is not like the Red Cross or the Red Crescent; its role is not limited to some humanitarian aspects that are sometimes distorted. This organization is governed by binding international legal rules that it cannot violate, and it is obligated to suppress states that breach these rules. It possesses the necessary means to do so according to its Charter.
It is our duty—both as human rights activists and media professionals—in confronting the crimes of the colonial Zionist-Western powers in all their forms and manifestations, to document the falsehoods, misinformation, and deviations from the original, proper human values and principles. These values have often been championed by many countries and international organizations, foremost among them the United Nations, which adorned its Charter with various terms and phrases affirming these values.
The UN, established on the ruins of the collapsed League of Nations due to its failure to prevent the great tragedies that befell humanity in the first half of the last century, enshrined these values in its Charter to keep the painful past ever-present and prevent its recurrence. The provisions of this Charter represent the legal basis for the responsibility placed on the United Nations in case of its failure or breach in fulfilling its international duties and obligations as stipulated in its Charter.
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This behavior of the Western colonial powers has persisted since the UN's establishment in 1945 to this day. The theoretical principles and humanitarian values have had no real impact, and the UN has not taken a significant stance in implementing the legal provisions of its Charter to prevent the tragedies of war.
UN Officially “Asks” Israel to Leave The Golan Heights
New York, SANA – Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari said Golan was and would always remain a Syrian territory despite the current circumstances taking place in the country and we will continue our struggle for the full restoration of it until the line of June 4th, 1967.
Addressing participants at the UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East held on Thursday, al-Jaafari called upon the UN to assume its responsibilities and break the silence towards the “bitter reality” imposed on Golan people due to the Israeli occupation which controlled the territory since 1967.
He said that the UN should be serious and show interest in dealing with the occupied Syrian Golan according to the UNSC resolutions in this regard, particularly resolution No. 497 for 1981.
“The UN inability to force Israel to comply with its resolutions is unacceptable, especially those related to halting systematic and outrageous violations of human rights and putting an end to its policies of settlement, discrimination, suppression and arbitrary arrests against Syrian citizens, in addition to tightening grip on them, not to mention its plans to theft Golan natural resources, including water, gas and oil, “al-Jaafari added.
He noted that the recent decision issued by the Supreme Court of Israel lifting the ban on drilling for oil, permitting Israeli companies to start drilling works is a clear violation of international law.
USAID
A Primer: USAID & US Hegemony
July 8, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - A nation is its institutions. If those institutions are overrun and no longer exist, so too does the nation itself cease to exist. Institutions range from the offices of government, to education, to agricultural and economic development, to the management of natural resources, national infrastructure including energy and transportation, and security. These are the things we think about when we think about the concept of a modern nation-state.
Contrary to popular belief, the invasion and occupation of any particular nation is not a mere exercise of military might. It also, by necessity, involves the destruction or overrunning and eventual replacement of all the above mentioned institutions.
The most extreme modern-day example of this was the US invasion of Iraq, where Iraqi institutions from top to bottom were either entirely destroyed and replaced, or taken over by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). The CPA was literally headed by an American, Paul Bremer, who, far from being a military man, was instead drawn from the US State Department and a background of chairing corporate-financier boards of directors.
The CPA assumed responsibility for all aspects of life in Iraq, from the privatization of Iraq's economy, to "reconstruction," to reorganizing the nation socially, politically, and economically.
Human Rights Organizations
“Human Rights” Warriors for Empire
“Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have chosen sides in the Washington-backed belligerency – the side of Empire.” Syria has no choice but to secure every square foot of its territory. “Faced with the certainty of superpower-backed attack under the guise of ‘protecting’ civilians in “liberated” territory, Syria cannot afford to cede even one neighborhood of a single city – not one block! – or of any rural or border enclave, to armed rebels and foreign terrorists.”
UNICEF
Catherine Mary Russell (born March 4, 1961) is an American attorney and political adviser who is the current Executive Director of UNICEF. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Personal life. Since 1991, Russell has been married to Thomas E. Donilon, who was the National Security Advisor under President Obama, and is currently Chairman of BlackRock Investment. Her brother-in-law is Mike Donilon, a lawyer and political consultant who serves as Chief Advisor to President Joe Biden. 🔗
I could go one like this forever giving examples, hopefully you get the picture and some kind of international coalition can be created that actually manages to fight these monsters. It should start on local levels and interconnect internationally as there is power in numbers. People have to create something to fight back against this oppression and quick because we are all Palestinians now. Be aware there will be subversives and interlopers to try and hijack any efforts made towards international solidarity for people’s rights.
ICYMI
THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST PROJECT 🔗
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Palestine
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In Arabic (translation available) Direct Uncensored Updates from Gaza
just a side note this a Palestinian who was kidnapped and used as bait in the tunnels by israel
IOF blows up residential buildings in Rafah, commits new massacres
On the 256th day of aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation committed new massacres in the central region and escalated bombings in Rafah, southern Gaza. Occupation military vehicles also made attempts to invade the area.
Eid al-Adha in Gaza is marked by continued Israeli genocide. These are some of the diaries written by Palestinians on this occasion.
Nine people were killed and several injured in an Israeli airstrike this evening targeting security personnel securing the arrival of aid trucks at the Al-Mashroa intersection, east of Rafah.
Graphic Content Warning
Journalist Hind Khoudary reporting on Israel's murder of 6 children in Gaza, including a 2-year-old baby, on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
An Israeli occupation soldier, distracted by his phone while driving, runs over a fellow soldier in southern occupied Palestine.
When Sacrifice is Children then Hajj is Gaza
Whenever people get promoted to parents, they become determined to sacrifice whatever they possess for the wellbeing of their children. There is no way things can go differently unless the situation is measured by human dignity.
Over eight months of war, and two Eids so far, have brought to 37337 the number of Palestinians martyred, and to 85299 the number of those injured.
The latest count released by Gaza Government Media Office found that 15,694 Palestinian children have been martyred since October 7.
On the first day of Eid Al-Adha, pilgrims and Muslims in general offer an animal sacrifice to remember Prophet Ibrahim [PBUH]’s oblation. It is an age-old tale of the messenger of Allah’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Prophet Ismail [PBUH], as an act of obedience to Allah’s test.
While everyone else was sacrificing animals to feed the poor in the world, people in Gaza and South Lebanon were, and are still sacrificing their flesh and blood to save the land to which they belong. The land of their ancestors, which has been occupied, attacked, and stolen, proved to be the scale upon which every other precious thing is measured.
On the first day of Eid Al-Adha, the ‘Israeli’ occupation military has committed at least three massacres. The massacres claimed the lives of 41 Palestinians, and left more than 102 injured. One attack against a house in Al-Bureij Camp in central Gaza has left nine martyrs, six of whom were children.
Also on this day, a displaced mother with her four children were injured in Shaqra, South Lebanon. Their injuries were caused by an ‘Israeli’ occupation strike that targeted the place where they sought shelter after fleeing their house in another South Lebanon village, Houla.
Eid al-Adha shrouded in sorrow: Gaza mourns in the wake of 'Israel's' war
In the wake of "Israel's" war on Gaza, Eid al-Adha arrived amid pervasive sorrow and agony, especially as the closure of the Karem Abu Salem and Rafah crossings exacerbates the looming threat of famine in the Gaza Strip, particularly in its northern regions.
Our correspondent reported a notable absence of joy throughout Gaza, with most shops closed, as many of them had been destroyed by Israeli occupation forces. He also noted the glaring absence of the traditional Eid sacrifice ritual, as the people are left with nothing to buy cattle to sacrifice.
Highlighting the role of charitable organizations and societies, our correspondent mentioned that they are purchasing and distributing sacrifices as part of their humanitarian aid efforts.
Against the backdrop of destruction, the people of Gaza have resorted to performing Eid prayers on the ruins of their homes and mosques, such as the al-Omari Mosque.
Abu Obeida: Gaza fighting 'Israel' on behalf of Islamic Ummah
(on behalf of humanity 💡)
The spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, addressed the Islamic Ummah in a message posted on his Telegram channel on Saturday, as Muslims from around the world head to pray on Mount Arafat as part of their Hajj.
Abu Obeida called upon Muslim pilgrims to remember Palestinians and their Resistance during their Hajj as the war on Gaza rages on for more than 250 days.
"We call on the pilgrims to the Sacred House of Allah to remember their brothers in Gaza and Palestine with their sincere prayers in the holy sites and during Hajj rituals and to remember Gaza and its patient people and its mujahideen in these great and blessed times," the spokesperson wrote.
‘Criminal Act’ – Israeli Army Burns Rafah Departure Hall, Severing Gaza’s Connection to World
This incident coincides with ongoing incursions by Israeli military vehicles into Rafah’s Philadelphi Corridor.
The Israeli army burned down on Monday the departure hall on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, effectively severing Gaza’s connection to the outside world.
This act follows the Israeli army’s seizure of the Rafah crossing 40 days ago.
The departure hall, along with other facilities and buildings, was set on fire, cutting off communication for Palestinians in Gaza.
Several Palestinian social media accounts shared images showing the departure hall completely engulfed in flames.
This incident coincides with ongoing incursions by Israeli military vehicles into Rafah’s Philadelphi Corridor, a demilitarized buffer zone along Gaza’s border with Egypt.
Israel ‘Lied’ about 'Tactical Pause' as Rafah Crossing Destroyed: Govt.
The Government Information Office in the Gaza Strip says Israel lied about a daily pause of its attacks in southern areas of the Palestinian territory.
The office made the announcement on Monday, a day after the Israeli military claimed that it will carry out a “tactical pause of military activity” every day from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. local time to allow aid trucks to move from the Kerem Shalom crossing up the Salah al-Din road and northwards.
US, Israel Using Starvation to Achieve Political Goals in Gaza: Media Office
The Gaza media office decries the use of starvation as a tool by the United States and Israel to achieve their political goals in Gaza despite the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.
The press office said in a statement on Monday that Tel Aviv and Washington are “deliberately aggravating the humanitarian situation” in Gaza.
“We condemn the inhumane crime of starvation used by the occupation and the American administration in a gruesome manner to achieve political goals.”
Some 2.4 million Palestinians are living under extremely harsh circumstances, especially in Gaza’s north where famine has taken hold of the area, it said.
Israeli Forces Kill Another Palestinian Journalist in Gaza
Israeli forces have killed another Palestinian journalist in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, taking the number of journalists killed in the besieged territory since October to 151.
In an announcement on Monday, the Gaza media office said the regime’s forces killed Mahmoud Qassem, a photojournalist who was working with the local Palestine daily. It did not provide any information on the location and the date of the killing.
Breathing for War Babies – A Poem
Who remembers the war babies?
They cry when the bombs explode
They cry when their parents die
They cry when no one is left
They are collateral damage
Misguided bombs silence their cries
Generals and politicians never decry
Killing war babies is not a crime
Every war has them
Shot by invading armies
Crushed by weight of tanks
Starved by no crops
Shrapnel severs their heads
When the smoke of war clears
The living numb and tortured
Visions of ugliness fill heads
No one remembers the war babies
They are already dead
Hamas: Negotiation traps aimed to undermine Palestinian demands
Regarding the current negotiations, he affirmed that "the Resistance has presented its response to the agreement, and the American administration must pressure the [Israeli] occupation government if it wants to end the war."
Moreover, Abdel Hadi said that "the American administration, through the negotiations, does not want to grant the Resistance any achievements," stressing that "the Resistance cannot concede its demands that preserve the achievements of the Al-Aqsa Flood."
The representative also noted that "the ideas that were being proposed to the Resistance within the framework of the deal contain traps that prevent the fulfilment of the Palestinian people's demands."
Palestinian Resistance bombards IOF, vehicles in Rafah, Gaza City
On the 255th day of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Resistance factions continue to repel Israeli occupation forces' attempts to infiltrate several areas across Gaza, especially in the south.
More Zionists injured in clashes with resistance fighters in Gaza
Tehran, IRNA - The Zionist army has confirmed the injury of 16 more of its soldiers in fighting with Palestinian resistance forces on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
According to IRNA's report citing a Palestinian news site on Monday, the Israeli army announced in a statement that 16 soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours in Gaza.
War on Gaza failed, war with Hezbollah 'catastrophic': Ex-Israeli Gen
Former Major General Itzhak Brik says the war on Gaza has "lost its purpose" and only continues for Netanyahu's interests.
Ex-Israeli MK cites Hitler, urges mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza
In a display of painful irony, a former Israeli member of Knesset quoted Adolf Hitler as he called for more deaths among Palestinians in Gaza.
Israeli lawmakers announce caucus to advocate re-occupying Gaza
Two Israeli lawmakers have announced the formation of a "Knesset Caucus for the Renewal of Settlement in the Gaza Strip," echoing calls by Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to establish Israeli settlements in Gaza post-war, The Times of Israel reported on Monday.
MK Limor Son Har-Melech of Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party and Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot jointly announced the initiative. They argue that "settlement in the Gaza Strip [is] a necessary step to protect Israel’s security and ensure its future."
Despite Gaza Genocide, Israel’s Defense Exports Reach Historic High
Gallant stated, “Israel continues to succeed in its international cooperation and industrial defense exports even during a year marked by the Gaza war.”
Israel’s defense exports reached a new record of $13 billion in 2023, despite the ongoing, widely condemned war on Gaza, according to official data released on Monday.
Yemen
New US-UK aggression with 10 airstrikes on western Yemen
The US-British forces on Monday carried out a new aggression on Yemeni territory, launching 10 airstrikes on various locations in western Yemen, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.
According to our correspondent, the US-British forces carried out six airstrikes on the Hodeidah Airport, south of the coastal city on the Red Sea, in addition to four airstrikes on Kamran Island in the Red Sea, west of Yemen.
Armed Forces Target American Destroyer, Ships in Red, Arabian Seas
The spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, said in a statement on Sunday that the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted an American destroyer in the Red Sea with a number of ballistic missiles.
"The ship (CAPTAIN PARIS) in the Red Sea was targeted with a number of naval missiles after the owning company violated the embargo decision," he added.
The ship (Happy Condor) was targeted with a number of drones after the owning company violated the embargo decision, confirming that the operations successfully achieved their objectives.
Brigadier General Sare'e indicated that the support operations will not stop until the aggression is halted and the unjust siege on the Palestinian people in Gaza is lifted.
Yemeni Drone Boats Change the Game, Disrupt US Navy
For the first time in its history, the United States finds itself facing an exceptionally tough and fierce adversary: the Yemeni Armed Forces. They have changed the battlefield rules so unpredictably that neither the US nor its allies can anticipate Yemeni naval movements and attacks, forcing the US Navy to confront an unexpected opponent using flexible and innovative tactics.
The US is now dealing with unconventional warfare tactics by the Yemeni Armed Forces, which makes adaptation and effective response challenging. This means the Yemeni forces are creating a new reality on the battlefield.
US, UN remarks confirm spy ring used relief work as cover: Al-Houthi
Mohammad Ali al-Houthi says the training the members of the spy network dismantled in Yemen underwent at the CIA and other agencies confirms their involvement in espionage work.
The United States' inclusion of names of several countries in its statement about the dismantling of an American-Israeli spy network is "a clear proof of weakness and bankruptcy," Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, said on Monday.
On June 10, the Yemeni Security Forces uncovered a large espionage network operated by American and Israeli intelligence agencies. Officials revealed that the network had been active within various institutions in Yemen since 2015.
In a statement to the Yemeni news agency SABA, al-Houthi indicated that the US is attempting to whitewash its crimes and aggression against Yemen after failing to convince the world of the "legitimacy of its actions."
Syria/Lebanon
Operations of the Islamic Resistance on Sunday, June 16, 2024
The Islamic Resistance issued the following statements on Sunday, June 16, 2024:
Israel admits more than 5k rockets fired from Lebanon to occupied Palestine
Tehran, IRNA - The spokesman of the Zionist regime's army Daniel Hagari admitted that Lebanon's Hezbollah has fired more than 5,000 rockets and missiles at the occupied Palestinian territories since October 7, 2023.
"We will try to return the Israelis to the north, and this is non-negotiable," Turkish media Anadolu Agency quoted Hagari as saying.
Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran Unite to Refuse a Kurdish State in Syria 🔗
Iran/Iraq
Iraq’s Nujaba Asks Israeli Settlers to Evacuate or Face Attack
A major Iraqi resistance group has warned Israeli settlers on the northern side of the 1948 occupied territories to immediately evacuate the region or face a full-scale attack in coordination with Yemeni armed forces in response to the regime's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, in a video clip published online, cited its Secretary General Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi as saying: “We can reach out to more strategic and critical facilities [across the Israeli-occupied territories]. The operations will expand, and will be more innovative, qualitative and rapid.”
‘So-called champions of human rights giving Israel immunity to kill Gaza children’
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that those, who falsely claim to be champions of human rights, have given the “criminal Zionist regime” the immunity to continue killing Palestinian people and children in Gaza.
Iranian presidential candidates outline diverse programs, priorities
The Iranian presidential candidates are actively campaigning, with the six candidates approved by the Guardian Council making various statements to outline their program priorities. Each candidate has highlighted specific areas of focus:
Africa
Sudan urges sanctions on UAE, Chad for Darfur arms violations
Sudan has called on the UN Security Council to extend existing Darfur-related sanctions to include the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Chad, accusing these nations of violating UN resolutions.
Sudan the newest target of Western interests: Russian ambassador
The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Sudan, Chernovol Andrey Georgievich, affirmed in an article titled “On Confronting Western Neo-Colonialism” on afrinz.ru that "Sudan has become the next target of the collective West."
Georgievich gushes: "All the plans are already set: despite the failure of the “framework agreement” and the current conflict fuelled by its Western ideologues, paid activists from the fugitive foreign opposition Taqaddum must be brought to power in the country at any cost. Their force cover and political partner in the Addis Ababa agreement is the SIS (paramilitary organization “Rapid Reaction Force” – “AI”), 80% staffed by foreign mercenaries."
North America
Democrats approve $18 Billion arms sale to 'Israel' including 50 F-15s
Key Democrats and Republicans in the Us have approved a significant $18 billion arms sale to Israel, reflecting strong bipartisan support for continued military support to Tel Aviv despite genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Biden Adviser Hochstein Visits Israel amid Tensions with Hezbollah, Calls for War
US President Joe Biden’s senior adviser, Amos Hochstein, arrived in Israel on Monday to address the escalating conflict between Israel and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.
US doesn't want new front, escalation in north with Lebanon: Kirby 🤥
(not till after US elections 💡)
The White House National Security Council spokesperson claims that the US is exerting diplomatic efforts to avoid escalation and large-scale war on the Lebanese border.
America perturbed by Houthis weeks after it claimed to degrade capabilities | Janta Ka Reporter
White House official John Kirby on Monday shared his country’s frustration on not being able to stop Houthis from targeting merchant vessels in the Red Sea weeks after the US and the UK claimed to have degraded the Yemeni fighters’ military capabilities.
Kirby also revealed how the Biden administration was concerned by a potential retaliatory attack from Hezbollah fighters against Israel.
US official embarrassed as Israel’s disdain for international laws highlighted | Janta Ka Reporter
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was seen scurrying for cover when three reporters spoke the home truth about Israel and how the rogue regime of Benjamin Netanyahu had been flouting international laws with the blessings of the Biden administration.
Miller, who’s always quick to declare Israel a responsible democracy and a country with rule of law, had no answer to the IDF atrocities in West Bank. Instead, he asked the reporter to contact the IDF directly.
US To Remove Aid Pier from Gaza Coast again
Two US officials announced that the US-built pier will be detached from Gaza's coast for a second time due to rough seas.
The US announcement raised further questions about the viability of the sea route.
The military would move the pier late Friday and into Saturday to prevent it from breaking apart as it did late last month in bad weather, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military planning.
The officials expect the pier will be back in place and operating again by next week.
The $230 million project has been beset by security, logistical and other problems since aid first rolled ashore May 17.
Biden is ‘running out of time’ with young voters over Gaza war 🔗
Central/South America
NYT leading propaganda campaign against Maduro as election looms
According to FAIR, a US-based progressive media watchdog group, at least in the last two decades, Western corporate media has peddled regime-change propaganda to support Washington's agendas.
With Venezuela's elections looming, the New York Times seems to be leading this effort, exposing in recent articles its biases, distortions, and downright falsehoods.
To start, the NYT ran 3 pieces within a week, all referring to Maduro as "authoritarian" in the title rather than by name.
Colombia to provide treatment to wounded Palestinian children
A Colombian military hospital will provide medical treatment to Palestinian children who sustained injuries in the Israeli war on Gaza, according to a plan announced Thursday by the country’s Foreign Ministry.
Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs Elizabeth Taylor Jay revealed that the children, accompanied by their families, would be flown to Colombia for rehabilitation. However, she did not disclose the number of children expected, the timeline for their arrival, or the duration of their stay in the country.
Brazilian Experts Warn of the Risk of Western Intervention in the Amazon Region 🔗
Europe
11 dead, dozens missing as migrant boats sink in Mediterranean
Tehran, IRNA – Two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the southern coast of Italy, leaving at least 11 migrants dead and 64 missing, the Italian Coast Guard and United Nations agencies announced on Monday.
Protests erupt in Paris after far-right National Rally party's big win
France's snap election campaign begins after Macron's risky gamble
France began a frantically short election campaign on Monday, with President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance facing an uphill struggle to avoid another defeat at the hands of the far right.
Macron called the snap parliamentary polls three years early in a dramatic gamble to shake up French politics after the far right trounced his centrists in the EU elections. However, with less than two weeks before the vote, his alliance risks being squeezed by new coalitions forming on both the left and right.
Italian PM justifies Israeli genocide in Gaza
Tehran, IRNA – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sided with the Zionist regime when she was asked why G7 leaders during a summit in Italy did not condemn the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Meloni expressed no remorse for more than 8-month of the Israeli bloodshed in Gaza and failed to condemn the carnage but she missed no chance to blame the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas for the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on October 7, last year.
“I think we need to remember who started all this, and it wasn’t Israel, but someone who killed civilians, women and children,” she said on the last day of the G7 summit held in southern Italy.
Anti-Israel protestors flood streets of Glasgow
London, IRNA – Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have gathered in the Scottish capital of Glasgow to show their protest against Israel’s continued crimes in Gaza for eight months.
The protestors rallied on Saturday behind the oppressed and defenseless people of Gaza to call for immediate cessation of war in the enclave, according to the IRNA report.
Asia/Australia
China Slams G7 Statement as 'Full of Arrogance, Prejudice and Lies'
China has slammed a statement issued by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries at the end of their summit in Italy as “full of arrogance, prejudice and lies.”
Another 100 New Houses Handed over to Herat Earthquake victims
In a gesture of support for the victims of the Herat earthquake, yet another town with 100 houses has been handed over to the affected citizens in the Zindajan district of Herat.
The office of the economic deputy prime minister has provided reassurance to all those impacted by the earthquake, affirming that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan stands in solidarity with its fellow countrymen who have been affected by natural disasters.
China Proves That a New World is Possible! Delegates Report Back from China 🔗
Saudi Crown Prince calls for int’l action to protect Gazans 📷
Tehran, IRNA- The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman has called on the international community to take all measures to immediately stop the Zionist regime’s aggression against the Gaza Strip and ensure the protection of Palestinian civilian.
According to IRNA, citing the official Saudi news agency SPA, bin Salman issued the call during the annual Hajj reception ceremony of government guests, political leaders of Islamic countries, heads of delegations from other countries at the Royal Court of the Mina Palace on Monday.
No, israel Does Not Have the Right to Self-Defense In International Law Against Occupied Palestinian Territory
By : Noura Erakat A state cannot simultaneously exercise control over territory it occupies and militarily attack that territory on the claim that it is “foreign” and poses an exogenous national security threat. In doing precisely that, Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but simply do not exist under international …
Thank you Carina!
I love that you're suggesting some sort of "peasants Intifada"/coalition to bring criminals to justice. I do have a glimmer of an idea that may or may not be workable. It'll take me a while to sketch it out though, so expect to hear back from me in a couple of days or so (tomorrow if I can manage it). Typically for me, I may go a bit too far for many less revolutionary-spirited souls than myself, but even so, maybe there'll be something in my thinking that others can adapt and run with.
In the meantime I'm working on a post suggesting a kind of "alternative protest" (or "Protestival") involving super Soakers, sound systems, field kitchens and healing spaces. Let's see if I can paint a pretty enough picture of that to trigger people's imaginations! ;)
Sending love and very best wishes. Take good care my friend. ❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️
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