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Israel offers terms of truce to Hamas
Israel issues ultimatum on Gaza
Israel will not conduct a ground operation in Gaza if Hamas surrenders “unconditionally” and frees all its hostages, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus has said. …
If the looming offensive goes ahead, however, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant estimates that it could take up to three months.
“If Hamas were to come out of their hiding places that they hide underneath the civilians … and return our hostages, all 212 of them, and surrender unconditionally, then the war would end,” Conricus stated.
He concluded that, if the Palestinian militants fail to comply with these conditions, “we will probably have to go in and get it done.”
We shall see if Hamas actually wants the war to end.
More US troops prepping for Middle East deployment
(Secretary of Defense Lloyd) Austin explained that the Department of Defense was placing additional U.S. military troops on “prepare to deploy orders as part of prudent contingency planning.” He noted that the “prepare to deploy orders” would increase the “readiness” and the “ability” of U.S. forces to be able to respond to situations in the Middle East conflict. …
According to Stars and Stripes, the Defense Department’s latest moves are intended to deter terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah, from escalating the current conflict in the Middle East.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Thursday that Iran-backed terrorist groups are allegedly planning attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East as part of a “Revenge for Gaza” campaign.
Lebanese Border Fighting Intensifies
The violence has intensified with each passing day, leading to near-constant exchanges of fire, involving missile, rocket, and mortar launches by Hezbollah, and artillery or aerial attacks from the Israeli side.
Iranian President Raisi Urges Muslim Countries to Support Gaza
Iran has been clear that this is a religious conflict.
Christian beaten by ‘pro-Hamas’ protesters while escorting Jews in Skokie, Illinois
Unfortunately, such attacks are common in the US and throughout Europe.
BRICS Currency to Facilitate International Settlements: Glazyev
Sergey Glazyev is a Russian economist and politician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, since 2008, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. …
The countries that will determine global economic development in the foreseeable future are clearly not interested in preserving the existing monetary and financial system, as there is an imbalance in the proportional ratio.
In trade within the Eurasian Economic Union, we have almost completely switched to national currencies. If we talk about trade with Russia, there is almost 100 per cent substitution of these currencies by the ruble.
There is no turning back at this point, regardless of the cartel’s military aggressions, sanctions, and currency manipulation. Of course, this has raised the level of desperation of the financiers.
Elon Musk slams leftist rating group NewsGuard as ‘scam’ that ‘should be disbanded immediately’
NewsGuard provides a rating system for the alleged reliability of news outlets. The organization claims to be “apolitical,” but it has shown a clear bias against conservative and alternative news outlets while giving mainstream media outlets perfect ratings. …
The conservative media organization PragerU has told The Epoch Times that it was asked by NewsGuard “to stop criticizing the COVID-19 lockdown policies, stop questioning the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, and “stop talking about any COVID-19 treatments not endorsed by the government” as a condition of having its red label lifted.
Putting aside the article calling NewsGuard leftist rather than fascist, we’re glad to see Musk attack a cartel censorship platform.
Elon Musk offers $1B to Wikipedia if it changes its name
Musk’s criticisms and Wales’ defenses aside, Wikipedia is far from the democratic and open-source platform it claims to be. Information deemed outside the Party line on various topics are routinely deleted.
With the Stroke of a Pen, Joe Biden Betrays America’s Sovereignty
This is a misleading article for several reasons: 1) The Constitution does not provide any means for the Congress or President to cede the sovereignty of the United States of America; 2) the USA has been under control of a foreign power for over 150 years based on certain unconstitutional actions; and 3), if the USA were acting constitutionally (that is, if the US Corporation were deposed) and this was an actual treaty, it would have to been approved by the Senate.
House members urged in bipartisan letter to join demands for Biden to drop Julian Assange's case
While we wholly support all the governments, organizations, and individuals who have gone on record demanding that the US and UK release Assange, much of this is political posturing; for example, members of Congress are beholden to the very forces that kidnapped Assange and generated false charges for actions that entities such as the New York Times have taken, which have exposed crimes of the US military, Hillary Clinton, and others.
Corporate Capture of India’s Agri Sector Continues
An analysis of a database of 2018’s top-selling ‘crop protection products’ revealed that the world’s leading agrochemical companies made more than 35% of their sales from pesticides classed as highly hazardous to people, animals or ecosystems. The investigation identified billions of dollars of income for agrochemical giants Bayer, BASF, Corteva, FMC and Syngenta from chemicals found by regulatory authorities to pose health hazards like cancer or reproductive failure.
Up to 14,000 workers to be laid off by major tech company
Nokia, a major telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced last Thursday that the company is preparing to cut as many as 14,000 jobs as part of its effort to reduce costs due to a decrease in third-quarter sales and profit. …
The Associated Press noted that Nokia’s third-quarter sales dropped 20% compared to the third quarter of last year, resulting in a significant decrease in revenue.
A company spokesman blamed this on increased interest rates which, as we have noted, is a secondary factor after increased energy prices, as a result of sanctions against Russia, jump-started the recession
5 US soldiers charged for multiple rapes- Report
While the legal proceedings against the five soldiers progress, their alleged actions bring to light the larger concerns about safety, integrity, and justice within the military ranks.
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