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US stance on Gaza 'paralyzing' UN Security Council - Russia


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:27 UTC
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© Mohammed Abed/AFPThe Searchers • Rafah in southern Gaza • November 10, 2023
Washington is ignoring calls to end the suffering of the Palestinians, Moscow says...

The US is using its veto power in the UN Security Council to sabotage international efforts to end the bloodshed in the Middle East, despite dire warnings from the organization's own staff about the staggering civilian death toll in Gaza, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Monday.

The Foreign Ministry declared in a statement on its website:
"All UN representatives have been jointly calling for an 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire', which would end this inhumane collective punishment, the suffering of children, women, and the elderly. However, the Security Council can't execute its direct mandate and remains paralyzed thanks to the position of a single country - the US."
The ministry added that Israel "fully bears" a duty to observe international law on Palestinian territories, including Gaza.

The US and its allies vetoed three resolutions, two sponsored by Russia and one by Brazil, calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants. Russia and China, meanwhile, voted against an alternative resolution introduced by Washington.

The US has since called for "humanitarian pauses," but argued that a comprehensive ceasefire at this time would only help Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and prompting retaliatory airstrikes. Israel has agreed to maintain four-hour daily pauses to allow civilians to escape to the southern part of the Palestinian enclave as the IDF continues to encircle Gaza City.

Comment: Blame: Global opinion does not differentiate. Neither will retaliation.

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China's ICBC, the world's biggest bank, hit by cyberattack that reportedly disrupted Treasury markets

Arjun Kharpal
CNBC
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:15 UTC
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The U.S. financial services division of Chinese bank ICBC was hit with a cyberattack that reportedly disrupted the trading of Treasurys.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest lender by assets, said Thursday that its financial services arm, called ICBC Financial Services, experienced a ransomware attack "that resulted in disruption to certain" systems.

Immediately after discovering the hack, ICBC "isolated impacted systems to contain the incident," the state-owned bank said.

Ransomware is a type of cyberattack. It involves hackers taking control of systems or information and only letting them go once the victim has paid a ransom. It's a type of attack that has seen an explosion in popularity among bad actors in recent years.

ICBC did not reveal who was behind the attack but said it has been "conducting a thorough investigation and is progressing its recovery efforts with the support of its professional team of information security experts." The Chinese bank also said it is working with law enforcement.

Comment: Another reality check in the obliteration of 'life as we thought we knew it'.

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Rift growing between Western and Ukrainian spies - The Times


RT
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 10:44 UTC
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© Victor Pinchuk Foundation/AFPHead of Ukraine's Military Intelligence Kirill Budanov • Yalta European Strategy
"The Future is Decided in Ukraine" • Kiev, Ukraine • September 9, 2023
Kiev's backers worry that the targeting of Russian political figures could play into Moscow's hands, Mark Galeotti has suggested...

Ukrainian terrorist attacks on prominent Russian public figures are widening the rift between Western and Kiev's intelligence services, Mark Galeotti, a British blogger and academic has claimed.

In an article for The Times published on Saturday, Galeotti - best known for creating the 'Gerasimov Doctrine' conspiracy theory - noted that while Ukrainian spy agencies have been closely cooperating with their American and British counterparts since as early as 2014, cracks are beginning to show between Kiev and the West in the realm of shadow warfare.

Galeotti attributed the tensions to reservations "about the Ukrainian strategy of taking the war to Russia by the bombing and killing of not just military but also political targets." According to his column, the West is particularly concerned that, contrary to Ukraine's belief that these strikes will undermine Russian popular support for the military campaign against Kiev, they could have the opposite effect.

In addition, some Western officials think that despite a deep level of cooperation, Kiev has never been fully transparent with its backers and has turned a deaf ear to some of their warnings, the article says.
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China calls for all Israel's nuclear sites to be monitored by IAEA at UN


PressTV
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:27 UTC
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© APChina's deputy permanent representative to the UN, Geng Shuang , speaks during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 23, 2023.
China has denounced as "extremely irresponsible and disturbing" an Israeli minister's statement that a nuclear bomb on the besieged Gaza Strip was an option, stressing that all Israel's nuclear sites must be placed under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.

China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, made the remarks during his speech at the fourth session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) on Monday.

He urged Israeli officials to retract such statements, calling on Israel "to accede to the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons" as a non-nuclear weapon entity as soon as possible and to place all its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards.

Geng went on to say that China was "shocked" by statements that came from Israeli officials on the use of nukes on Gaza, saying such "extremely irresponsible and disturbing" remarks should be universally condemned.

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Hamas has revealed Hezbollah's 'red line'


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:33 UTC
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© AP / Hussein MallaAn Israeli military flare is seen over Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel in south Lebanon, November 13, 2023.
The Lebanese armed group has clashed with Israeli forces several times since fighting erupted in Gaza

Hezbollah will only step up its involvement in the conflict between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian faction is completely eliminated in Gaza, a senior Hamas spokesman has said.

Speaking on Monday, Hamas' representative in Beirut, Ahmed Abdul Hadi, said the allied militant group was not yet prepared to enter the fight, and would only escalate operations against Israel in the event of Hamas' total defeat.

"Now is not the time," Hadi said, as quoted by NBC News. "The red line for Hezbollah would be the full destruction of the resistance in Gaza."

Comment: Will Israel be stupid enough to open a two-front war? Bibi is sufficiently crazy, and he is not as crazy as his military brass.

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Neil Oliver: No good deed goes unpunished, but lying for the Establishment is a path to success

Neil Oliver
GBNews
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:06 UTC
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Neil Oliver: No good deed goes unpunished, but lying for the Establishment is a path to success and wealth. Repeating the Establishment's lies, cheerleading for them, pushing and supporting whatever lies the Establishment tells, carries no damaging consequences for the liars.'

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Blowback: The Gaza war's massive toll on Israel's economy

Kit Klarenberg
The Cradle
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:00 UTC
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© The CradleIsrael may never recover from its post-October 7 economic collapse. The Palestinian resistance managed not only to destroy Israel's internal security perception, but also to erect significant risk barriers for foreign investors.
On 6 November, the Financial Times published an extraordinary investigation tracking the devastating economic toll of Israel's war on Gaza - its impact reverberating across personal finances, job markets, businesses, industries, and the Israeli government itself.

The FT reports that the war has disrupted and ravaged "thousands" of companies, many teetering on the brink of collapse, with entire sectors plunged into an unprecedented crisis.

Data cited from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics reveals a bleak reality - one in three businesses have either shuttered or are operating at 20 percent capacity since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood commenced on 7 October and punched a hole in Israeli national confidence.
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America, Europe, are 'next' if Israel loses war - Netanyahu


RT
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:55 UTC
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Israel's PM declared that there is "no substitute" for "total victory" in Gaza
Islamist militants will pose a threat to the United States and Europe if Israel loses its current war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed, saying Western states would be next in line should his country fail.

While the prime minister acknowledged that Washington had been very supportive of Israel's military action in Gaza, he rejected any calls for a ceasefire, insisting it would amount to a surrender to Hamas.

Netanyahu implored Israel's allies for support during a sit-down with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday, stating "We have to win not only for our sake, but for the sake of the Middle East," as well as "for the sake of our Arab neighbors" and the world at large.

Comment: Indeed, and it's likely that this is more of a threat than a warning; because, if history is anything to go by, there's a significant likelihood that, if the US-Israel feel that they're losing their war on the Middle East, the deep state will orchestrate terrorist attacks in select nations in the West: Hannibal Directive: Israel's forces responsible for Israeli civilian & military deaths following October 7 attack, testimony reveals

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Ukraine losing its 'best soldiers' in meat grinder of botched counteroffensive

Svetlana Ekimenko
Sputnik
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:23 UTC
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The failed Ukrainian counteroffensive has left the Kiev regime facing huge losses in both manpower and NATO-provided weaponry. However, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted on proceeding with the military campaign at all costs, not sparing the soldiers, but hoping to get results to placate his Western patrons.

Ukraine's military appears to be losing its most prized soldiers as the Kiev regime forges ahead with its botched counteroffensive.

Touted as one of the best Ukrainian tankers, Maxim Gatsanyuk died in the village of Sokolovka, Zaporozhye region, as per a statement by the Pogrebischensky City Council of Vinnytsia region posted on social media networks. The council's post stated that 39-year-old Gatsanyuk, resident of Kiev, died on November 8, 2023 after being wounded "as a result of combat missions."

Gatsanyuk, as per the City Council, was drafted into Ukraine's military in the capacity of a driver of a mechanized unit in June 2022. Ukrainian media had dubbed him "the best tanker of the Ukrainian Armed Forces." Notably, Gatsanyuk reportedly enjoyed making local television appearances exuding confidence in Kiev's imminent victory.
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Corporate media stealth-edits headlines on Gaza hospital bombing


Your News
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:56 UTC
Gaza Hospital bombing
Several major news outlets adjusted their headlines and articles about an explosion at a Gaza hospital, initially attributing the incident to Israel based on claims made by Hamas.

Notable outlets, including CNN, Reuters, and The Associated Press (AP), initially reported the bombing of Baptist Hospital as Israel's action, using Hamas as their main source. This was in spite of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) pointing towards the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as responsible.

CNN's original story was headlined, "Israel hits hospital and school in Gaza as blockade cripples healthcare system." The network later modified it to, "Israel accused of blasting hospital and school in Gaza as blockade cripples healthcare system." Despite this headline, the same CNN report quoted IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari saying it was "unclear" if Israel had any involvement in the bombing.

The Wall Street Journal fronted its website with a headline stating, "Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Hospital Kills More Than 500, Palestinian Officials Say." Meanwhile, Reuters' article commenced by attributing the bombing to an Israeli airstrike. Further into the report, it was mentioned that Israeli officials had "no details" on the incident. Reuters' White House correspondent went on to tweet, stating Israel's responsibility for the blast.

Reuters' lead paragraph stated:
"An Israeli air strike killed hundreds of people at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday, health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave said, and the United Nations said an Israeli strike also hit one of its schools being used as a shelter."

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