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Euro-Med: 'One Palestinian is killed every single day' by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Euro-Med: 'One Palestinian is killed every single day' by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Despite claims to the contrary, there is no indication of any humanitarian respite through Netanyahu's decision. EuroMed Monitor's analysis of the recent bombing of Gaza shows that nine residential buildings were destroyed and 80 other houses were affected directly, resulting in the displacement of 100 Palestinian families in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Last April, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories revealed that more than 22,000 civilians in Gaza remained displaced following Israel's military offensive Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Every act of Israeli aggression against the enclave has contributed to the forced internal displacement of Palestinian families.
Members of the caravan on Sunday rushed the border at the San Ysidro port of entry, which connects Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California.
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Comment: Clueless Ocasio-Cortez has no idea that she is a simply a tool in this horribly politicized story. She is, in all likelihood, being prompted and coached to say the things she does.
Remember this one? Climate change poses 'existential threat' like Nazi Germany in WWII says loony Ocasio-Cortez
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Italian Northern League (Lega Nord) party leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a rally against the Italian government's policy
Italian Northern League (Lega Nord) party leader Matteo Salvini speaks during a rally against the Italian government's policy
And in doing this he not only speaks for Italians, he is now speaking for that growing part of the European population who sees what the EU is morphing into and recoiling in horror.
Protests in France over Emmanuel Macron's new tax on diesel have turned violent. The British leadership has completely betrayed the people over Brexit. They may win this battle but the animosity towards the Britain's leadership will only grow more virulent over time.
As the core leadership in France and Germany fades in popularity, held in place because of domestic political squabbling, Angela Merkel and Macron are ratcheting up the rhetoric against the rising nationalism Salvini represents and are now pushing hard for their Federation of Europe before both of them leave the scene in the next few years, at best.
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As it happens I am a Russophile and have been for more than 50 years. But I have four children under the age of 12 and all of them have loved Masha and her friend the big protective bear quite without a single exposition from me on the State and Revolution or the limitations of Lenin's New Economic Policy. I usually wait until my children are 12 before explaining that Socialism = Soviet Power plus electrification.
In any case, Masha and the Bear don't live under Socialism - they live in a capitalist state, the new economic policy is the same as that of the rest of the world. Their Russia is already well-electrified, and revolution and Soviet Power are in the museum. More's the pity from my point of view, but there we are.
Comment: RT dissected the batshittery accordingly:
If we were to take a stab at reading the filthy subconscious thoughts of the Russia-haters on this one, we'd say it's a combination of actual, demented hatred of Russia (the Estonian expert mentioned above, for example, is likely predominantly driven by this), geopolitical requirements to demonize Russia (that one's a no-brainer), and the postmodernist agenda to destroy 'good clean fun' precisely because therein lie values which are antithetical to liberalism - which, in the West these days, is synonymous with nihilism.
It would be interesting to see, if Masha was transgender and the Bear an animal rights activist pushing veganism, whether Western elites still had a problem with the cartoon...
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Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini takes part in the demolition of a villa built illegally by an alleged mafia family in Rome, Italy November 26, 2018.
Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini takes part in the demolition of a villa built illegally by an alleged mafia family in Rome, Italy November 26, 2018.
Donning a white hardhat, Salvini used a demolition vehicle to take the ceremonial first swipe at a luxury villa illegally built in Rome by the Casamonica mob family. Obviously there was plenty of media present to document the unorthodox demolition job.
A Ruptly video shows the minister mounting the machine, and with the help of an unidentified gentleman in camouflage, tenderly scrapping off a small chunk of roof tile from the top of the home. The real demolition work, it seems, was left to the professionals - once the camera crews left, of course.
Comment: See here for a glimpse of the interior of these criminals' houses:
Rome's police seize 8 of notorious Casamonica gypsy Mafia family's villas, evicting 30 members
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Several Ukrainian warships crossing Russia’s territorial waters and attempting to pass through the Kerch Strait without permission
Several Ukrainian warships crossing Russia’s territorial waters and attempting to pass through the Kerch Strait without permission
The Russian Navy detained the Ukrainian ships. Of course, the Western presstitutes, most of whom are CIA assets, will blame "Russian aggression." Washington and its presstitutes are doing everything they can to make impossible Trump's expressed goal of normal relations with Russia. NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu quickly aligned NATO with Ukraine: "NATO fully supports Ukraine's sovereignty and its territorial integrity, including its navigation rights in its territorial waters."
Comment: Russia is fully aware of the Empire's attitude towards any regulation that might impede its hegemony. Yet she has successfully countered the Empire in more than one theater on the world stage while managing to stay entirely within the letter of international law. That she still calls for and abides by the rule of law is for the benefit of the rest of the world, to show that a major power can assert itself and protect its interests without being a bully. More and more countries are taking notice.
Commander Mark Carleton-Smith
Unfortunately for the public, even though Russia poses no actual threat to Europe, and particularly the UK, nonetheless, military brass are increasingly adopting a more vociferous tone of Cold War rhetoric, perhaps in order to curry favor with the military industrial complex and land sufficient funding to defense expenditures. Which means, get ready for another obligatory round of anti-Russian fear mongering...
Comment: If they hadn't the balls to face Assad directly because he had some Russian anti-aircraft systems, they haven't the balls to face Russia directly. The whole point of this posturing is to dull critical thinking just enough (and, as you can see, it's currently taking a LOT of effort) to prevent uprisings 'at home' in the West, and the regime change they dread.
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A woman lies on a stretcher inside a hospital after what the Syrian state media said was a suspected toxic gas attack in Aleppo, Syria November 24, 2018
A woman lies on a stretcher inside a hospital after what the Syrian state media said was a suspected toxic gas attack in Aleppo, Syria November 24, 2018
Shelling, which targeted residential areas of Aleppo on Saturday night, appears to have included a chemical attack. At least 46 people, including 8 children, were hospitalized with symptoms of chlorine gas poisoning, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The attack on the city, which was liberated by the Syrian government two years ago, is believed to have been launched from an area within Idlib, the last Syrian stronghold of jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda.
Comment: For more on the gas attack, see: Syria blames foreign states for Aleppo 'toxic gas attack', calls on UN to become involved - Russia destroys militants responsible
So where are the emergency UN Security Council sessions? The defiant New York Times op-eds? The retaliatory Tomahawk strikes against the last jihadist enclave in Syria?
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A screenshot from the Russian-shot video shows the Russian and Ukrainian vessels colliding
A screenshot from the Russian-shot video shows the Russian and Ukrainian vessels colliding
Footage of a Russian border guard vessel ramming a Ukrainian naval ship on Sunday was filmed by the Russian sailors aboard, before it was shared on Twitter by Ukraine's Arsen Avakov. Rather than ask the Russian authorities for the video - which had also been made public - the American-funded Radio Free Europe went right to Avakov.
But why not go direct to the source? Well, using Russian footage might not be a smart move in Ukraine. Russian journalists have been jailed, abducted and deported there. Others have had their personal data leaked, and the Ukrainian intelligence services' faked assassination of one Russian journalist made worldwide news this summer.
With all that in mind, perhaps it's no wonder that RFE played it safe and asked Avakov first. However, coming from a minister who once tried to blackmail his own government, that permission might be fickle.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has taken steps to impose martial law in the wake of the confrontation, allowing his government to impose travel restrictions, limit freedom of assembly, and clamp down on media outlets in the interest of "national security."
Comment: There is a Palestinian word for their historical and nightmarish mass dispossession at the hands of Israel in 1948: The Nakba. But even more nightmarish is that it continues on to this day, albeit in slow-motion - and with half the world looking on in apathy: