US’ blind support for Israel gives China ‘powerful advantage’ to woo Arab world

The fighting in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip has been accompanied by diplomatic battles waged at the United Nations by Israel’s staunchest allies on one side and countries seeking an urgent ceasefire on the other. Middle East politics expert Dr. Shaun Narine explains why Washington’s blind support for Tel Aviv may end up costing it dearly

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📹🇦🇿🇹🇷 The first Azerbaijani-Turkish military exercises "Mustafa Kemal Ataturk-2023" have started in Karabakh and Nakhchivan

They involve up to 3 thousand military personnel, 130 armored vehicles and up to 100 artillery pieces.

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Battle for Avdeevka is heating up

“[The Ukrainians] are using cluster munitions and mortars, including Polish ones. In other words, they are firing all available weapons, but they are behaving a bit more politely now, because Russian forces are constantly advancing. So, I think Avdeevka will fall soon,” Elena, a spokeswoman for the Pyatnashka brigade, told Sputnik’s Russell Bentley (@TXDPR).

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🗣 This is that rare case when we absolutely agree with him, but the United States cannot do it, Kremlin spokesman Peskov has commented on Joe Biden’s words about a new world order

💬 In any case, they are for a world that revolves around them, it won’t be like that anymore, Peskov said commenting on Biden’s opinion that the United States can create a new world order.

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Greta 'how dare you' Thunberg removed from curriculum over anti-Israel post

Israel's Ministry of Education has said it will remove any reference to the climate activist after she published a post over the weekend holding an anti-Israel sign that reads "stand with Gaza."

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📹 Watch the Russian Army’s fighters perform their combat duties in the zone of the special military op

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📊 US military aid to Ukraine has decreased by 93.5% per month compared to the beginning of 2023, reports the military telegraph channel Ukraine Battle Map, citing Pentagon data

Last month, Ukraine received only one package of military aid. At the same time, Biden asked for another 61.4 billion dollars to finance the Zelensky regime. However, it is unknown whether the U.S. Congress will agree to this in the face of growing popular discontent. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in which the United States is directly involved, is also making its own adjustments.

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❗️All hospitals in the Gaza Strip have run out of fuel, according to Hamas

In total, 12 hospitals and 32 medical centers were out of service due to shelling and fuel shortages, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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🇩🇪 Sarah Wagenknecht, who criticizes Germany's participation in military supplies to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, announced her resignation from the Left Party and her intention to found her own party

A return to a policy of reason is necessary, especially in the economic sphere, Wagenknecht stated.

She also criticized the German authorities for abandoning the policy of détente and diplomacy. Polls show that Wagenknecht is one of the most popular politicians in the country.

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❗️ The murder of Daria Dugina was organized by the Security Service of Ukraine, the Washington Post has reported, citing sources

Since 2015, the CIA has spent tens of millions of dollars to transform Ukraine's Soviet-era services into "powerful allies" against Moscow, the WP said, citing unnamed officials.

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⚡️ The target of the operation of the Ukrainian special services, which resulted in the death of Daria Dugina, was her father, the Washington Post has reported

The components of the explosive device that was used to blow up the car were smuggled into Russia in a pet carrier with a secret compartment built into it.

In general, the Ukrainian special services committed dozens of murders, another victim was Vladlen Tatarsky, WP has noted. These “operations” provoked tension between Kiev and Washington, according to WP.

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Foreign mercenaries spotted among Ukrainian troops in the Donbass

“From time to time, we pick up Polish and Georgian chatter on the radio. We can also identify them by their weapons. They have foreign firearms, including Browning guns, foreign rifles, and especially those Polish 60 and 120 mm mortars,” Elena, a spokeswoman for the Pyatnashka international brigade told Sputnik’s Russell Bentley (@TXDPR).

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The drones that Kiev used to strike the Crimean bridge were developed as part of an operation involving the CIA and other Western intelligence services, according to the Washington Post.

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More excerpts from the Washington Post article:

▪️The CIA-Ukraine cooperation took root in the aftermath of the 2014 political protests that led the former Ukrainian president to flee the country;

▪️The CIA worked with the SBU to create an entirely new directorate, officials said;

▪️The the new unit was prosaically dubbed the "Fifth Directorate" to distinguish it from the four long-standing units of the SBU;

▪️A sixth directorate has since been added to work with Britain's MI6 spy agency, the officials said;

▪️Training sites were set up outside Kiev, where hand-picked recruits were trained by CIA personnel, the officials said;

▪️The plan was to form units "capable of operating behind the front lines and working as covert groups," a Ukrainian official said.

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