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Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts

Gaza border
© Saeed Qaq/ZUMA Press Wire/ZUMA Wire/APA ImagesIsraeli army tank deploys near the Gaza border
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.

The war that Israel allegedly fought on "seven fronts" a year ago is supposed to be over. But Israel is now escalating on all fronts to achieve what it could not during the war, launching strikes and military incursions across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.

- In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed over 20 Palestinians in a single day last Sunday as home demolitions have continued throughout the week;
- In Lebanon, Israel assassinated Hezbollah's chief of staff, Hassan Ali Tabtabai;
- In the West Bank, the Israeli army has launched a wide-ranging military operation concentrated around the towns and villages of the northern Tubas governorate;
- In Syria just this morning, Israel launched missile and artillery strikes in the southern Damascus countryside, killing 13 Syrians.

All of this takes place as Israel is nominally party to two ceasefires, respectively with Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel's violation of both has become routine and has escalated significantly in recent weeks.

Dollars

How the BRICS+ Unit can save global trade

BRICS Foreign Ministers
© Sputnik / Kirill ZykovRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Ethiopian Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attend a family photo opportunity during the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Unit project, first revealed by Sputnik in 2024, is emerging as the most viable option for breaking the US dollar's stranglehold on global trade and investment.

In his book co-written with top economist Sergey Bodrunov, Regulations of the Noonomy (international edition published this year by Sandro Teti Editore in Rome), leading Russian economist Sergey Glazyev stresses the need to "ensure a full-fledged switch to national currencies in mutual trade and investment within the EAEU and the CIS, and further - within the BRICS and SCO, the withdrawal of joint development institutions from the dollar zone, the development of their own independent payment systems and interbank information exchange systems."

When it comes to financial innovation - compared to the current structure of the international financial system - The Unit is in a class of its own.

The Unit is essentially a benchmark token - or an index token; a post-stablecoin, digital monetary tool; totally decentralized; and with intrinsic value anchored in real assets: gold and sovereign currencies.

The Unit can be used either as part of a new digital infrastructure - what most of the Global South is striving for; or as part of a traditional banking setup.

When it comes to fulfilling traditional money functions, The Unit is - pardon the pun - right on the money. It's meant to be used as a quite convenient medium of exchange in cross-border trade and investments - a key plank of the diversification actively pursued by BRICS+.

It should also be seen as an independent, reliable measure for value and pricing, as well as a better store of value than fiat money.

The Unit is academically validated - including by Glazyev himself - and properly governed by IRIAS (International Research Institute for Advanced Systems), set up in 1976 in accordance with the UN statute.

And crucial at this next step, The Unit is to be launched early next year on the Cardano blockchain, which uses the digital currency Ada.

Ada has a fascinating background - named after Ada Lovelace, a 19th-century mathematician, daughter of none other than Lord Byron, and recognized as the first computer programmer in History.

Anyone, anywhere can use Ada as a secure exchange of value; and very important, without the need to ask a third party to mediate the exchange.

That means every Ada transaction is permanently secured and recorded on the Cardano blockchain. That also means that every Ada holder also holds a stake in the Cardano network.

Cardano has been around for 10 years now - and is a quite popular blockchain. It's backed by some quite big venture capital firms such as IOHK, Emurgo and the Cardano Foundation. Essentially, Cardano is an excellent option for regular payments because transactions are cheap and fast.

Putin

Best of the Web: Putin Lays Final Word on 'Settlement' Sham in Kyrgyzstan Conference

Putin
© Sputnik
It gets as tiring writing about the phony 'peace settlement' charade as it likely does for you reading about it. However, Putin has finally delivered the definitive word on the entire matter during a press conference on his Kyrgyzstan trip, which is worth taking note of because it answers key questions that lingered in people's minds — particularly those of the concern troll disposition.

The biggest confirmation from Putin was that Russia was not given any real 'draft treaties' but rather more an informal list of points for discussion — this appears to be what Russian figures were referring to when they said nothing of consequence was really presented to Russia:

Statements by Vladimir Putin regarding the proposed Ukraine peace plans:
  • There was no "draft peace treaty," only a set of questions they suggested discussing
  • Overall, we agree that this could serve as a basis for future arrangements
  • Every word of the peace plan on Ukraine needs to be sat down and discussed seriously
  • At present, some points of the plan sound ridiculous
  • Russia is ready to formally confirm that it has no intention of attacking Europe
  • Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services have always maintained contact; the Abu Dhabi venue is actively used for POW matters
  • The appearance of a U.S. representative at the Abu Dhabi talks was unexpected
  • U.S. representatives will come to Russia next week
  • Russia will cease hostilities only when the Ukrainian Armed Forces leave the occupied territories — or when we achieve our goals militarily

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Trump vows to end third world migration after deadly National Guard shooting

national guard shooting victims suspect
National Guard members Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Specialist Sarah Beckstrom were the Shooting victims . Suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal (r) is being held in custody.
President Donald Trump announced late Thursday his administration will "permanently pause" migration from all "Third World Countries," after two National Guardsmen were shot near the White House by an Afghan national, killing one of them.

West Virginia Army National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died Thursday from wounds sustained in Wednesday's attack. She and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe were shot in the brutal attack allegedly carried out by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the country in September 2021 after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Wolfe remains in critical condition.

Comment: More from ZeroHedge:
Shortly after the terror attack, Trump requested an additional 500 National Guard troops for the Washington, D.C. area. This made it very clear that the deployment nationwide was never just about clearing homeless encampments or deterring violent street crime. The fact that military forces are now being positioned on the ground in additional numbers only suggests a broader security threat, precisely like the one that unfolded earlier this week, or remember at the start of the year, the New Orleans truck-ramming attack.

During the Biden-Harris regime, roughly 90,000 Afghan nationals entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Refuge (OAR) and Operation Allies Welcome (OAW). There have been significant concerns that vetting protocols for these third-worlders were significantly degraded, creating a high-confidence risk that individuals with prior militant training or hostile intent also poured in by the thousands.

The threat extends beyond the OAR and OAW migrants, encompassing the broader Biden-Harris open-border policies that facilitated tens of millions of migrants to enter the country during the same period with limited to no vetting, thereby expanding the potential pool of high-risk individuals to an ungodly number that could be in the tens of thousands.

Former CIA targeting officer Sarah Adams recently warned on the Shawn Ryan Show about "1,000-plus Al-Qaeda-trained fighters within U.S. borders."

Earlier this week, Adams said,
"It's past time @DHSgov stops playing pretend and finally raises the terrorism threat level in this country. We have more than 10,000 Islamist terrorists on our soil, and they cannot keep looking the other way. They don't get to pad their stats by slapping the terrorist label on everyday criminals while ignoring the actual extremists already here. This is dereliction — full stop."
After speaking with troops, President Trump posted on X late Thursday that he will "permanently pause migration from all Third World countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover." He also pledged to "terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden's Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country, end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization."

Trump concludes the post, saying, "Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation."



Arrow Down

'Legally impossible' to sign peace treaty with Ukraine now - Putin

Putin
© Alexey Nikolskiy/SputnikRussian President Vladimir Putin • Yntymak Ordo Presidential Administration in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Moscow is, however, interested in reaching an agreement with Kiev at some point, the Russian president has reiterated.

Sealing a peace accord with Ukraine is "legally impossible" at present, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated. While Moscow would like to sign such an agreement eventually, the current Ukrainian leadership has lost all legitimacy by canceling elections, Putin told reporters on Thursday.

Wrapping up his state visit to Kyrgyzstan, Putin stated:
"It makes no sense to sign documents with the Ukrainian leadership - I have covered this topic many times already. The Ukrainian leadership made a fundamental, strategic mistake, when it was afraid to hold elections. Zelensky lost his legitimate status."
Under Ukrainian law, presidential elections should have been held in May 2024; however, Zelensky refused to hold them, citing martial law. Moscow has considered him an illegitimate leader since.

Putin noted that while Russia is also locked in a military conflict, it nevertheless held presidential elections in March 2024.

Star of David

Israel is violating ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, and Trump is allowing it

Neti and Donald
© Amos Ben Gershom/SPOBenjamin Netanyahu • Donald Trump • Ben Gurion Airport • May 2017
In recent days, Israel has dramatically escalated its violations of the ceasefire in both Gaza and Lebanon, which have been met with utter silence from the United States. Could this mean a return to the full-scale atrocities of the past two years?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the word "ceasefire" means: "a suspension of active hostilities." The so-called "kids' definition" is: "a temporary stopping of warfare." That all seems clear enough.

But Israel's definition differs significantly. They understand "ceasefire" to mean: "they cease, we fire."

This is not news to Palestinians, Lebanese, or any of Israel's neighbors. Much like how Israel and its supporters like to say that there was "peace" before October 7, 2023, questions of violence are always defined not by whether there is shooting or bombing but by whether Israelis are getting hit with those bullets and bombs.

When the United States imposed or brokered ceasefires between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah, it was well understood by all that Washington would have to keep Israel on a tight leash for the agreements to hold. It was not hard to anticipate that the attention to that task would not be sustainable under Donald Trump.

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Georgia drops 2020 election case against Trump, allies, after new prosecutor declines to pursue

Peter Skandalakis
© Prosecuting Attorney's Council of GeorgiaPeter Skandalakis
A Georgia judge dismissed the 2020 election interference case against President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies and supporters Wednesday after the case's new prosecutor moved for all charges to be dropped — saying pursuing the matter would be "unproductive."

The dismissal means Trump no longer faces any open criminal cases after a pair of federal cases led by former special prosecutor Jack Smith were tossed last year.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee threw out the case less than an hour after Peter Skandalakis - who appointed himself as prosecutor after he failed to find anyone else willing to take the job following the ouster of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis - filed a motion to dismiss the case against Trump and 14 other co-defendants.

"This case is hereby dismissed in its entirety," McAfee wrote in a one-paragraph ruling.

Mr. Potato

CoupCoup Birds

Fulton Co Election
© UnknownFulton County, GA • Election HQ • Nov 3, 2020 • The Night of the Broken Toilet
"Literally everything the left did, every line they crossed and rule they broke, all came back to slap them in the face."
— Insurrection Barbie on "X"
Indeed, you have a lot to be thankful for this week of humble national gratitude — for instance, the explosive new revelations as to just exactly how US elections have been rigged, and how, it now appears, Mr. Trump and his people, are prepared to go mad-dog on the sinister forces behind it.

It all unspooled this Thanksgiving week, which is always a kind of a time-out from the urgent realities of the moment. And yet, while you basted your turkey (not a good practice by the way, but that's another matter), rumors of a mysterious coup (as in coup d'é·tat) were flying all over alt media and social media. Something or someone (a bunch of someones) have got a very dark op underway, the rumor goes. . . fault lines are opening in the US government. . . we're in a danger zone.

Fire

The Sahel in flames: The legacy of French and US colonialism has created a breeding ground for chaos and violence

terrorists
© UnknownTerrorism in the Sahel
The Sahel region, stretching across sub-Saharan Africa, is plunged into a deep crisis of staggering proportions.

News of mass school abductions, terrorist attacks, the seizure of entire territories, and thousands of deaths has become routine here. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is desperately calling for unity and for setting aside differences in the face of a common threat. However, behind these appeals lies a bitter truth: the wave of violence engulfing the Sahel is not a natural disaster. It is a direct consequence of the deliberate policies of external powers, primarily France and the United States, whose colonial and neocolonial interference created the perfect conditions for the spread of terror, plunder, and killing. The region's modern borders, political fragmentation, and economic dependency are a legacy that continues to fuel the crisis, turning the Sahel into a convenient platform for violence.

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Zelensky's Closest, Most-Powerful Aide Resigns After Office Raided By Anti-Corruption Agents

Zelensky's chief of staff, Andrii Yermak
Zelensky's chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, has submitted his resignation - the highest level official to fall amid the massive graft probe which has brought rare international embarrassment on the Zelensky government.

As a reminder, Andrew Korybko recently opined that Yermak's removal could prompt some progress in peace talks:
He's Zelensky's powerbroker so his downfall could undo the already shaky alliance between the armed forces, the oligarchs, the secret police, and parliament that keeps Zelensky in power, thus pressuring him into peace, especially if his warmongering grey cardinal is no longer pushing him to keep fighting.
Earlier The Associated Post reported Friday: "Anti-corruption units have raided the home, and reportedly also the office, of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andrii Yermak." Zelensky now says he will hold consultations on replacing Yermak.

Comment: When Zelensky is no longer useful to the West, he will be next on the chopping block.