Dispatching troops to Israel, US sets stage for direct participation in Middle East war (Part 1 👉 Part 2)
The US and its European client states are doubling down on their support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the waning days of the Biden administration, setting the stage for Western militaries to directly participate in Israeli atrocities or even a broader violent conflagration.
While US military personnel have assisted Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip covertly over the last year, the Biden administration signaled an open commitment of US troops to the country today in a statement released by the Pentagon.
It is thought that some 100 US troops would be dispatched to Israel to operate the THAAD system. Observers warn the open commitment of personnel could serve as a casus belli to send troops to fight with Israel if a US service member is injured or killed in a strike on an Israeli military target.
The official death toll in Gaza stands at almost 43,000, but a study in the respected British medical journal The Lancet claimed it will ultimately approach 200,000 as Palestinians cope with mass hunger, malnutrition and lack of medical care.
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The US and its European client states are doubling down on their support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the waning days of the Biden administration, setting the stage for Western militaries to directly participate in Israeli atrocities or even a broader violent conflagration.
“In November 2023 a US military official revealed that American special forces were stationed in Israel and actively helping the Israelis,’” noted journalist Matt Kennard for Declassified UK.
While US military personnel have assisted Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip covertly over the last year, the Biden administration signaled an open commitment of US troops to the country today in a statement released by the Pentagon.
“At the direction of the President, [US Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin authorized the deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated crew of U.S. military personnel to Israel," said press secretary Patrick S. Ryder.
It is thought that some 100 US troops would be dispatched to Israel to operate the THAAD system. Observers warn the open commitment of personnel could serve as a casus belli to send troops to fight with Israel if a US service member is injured or killed in a strike on an Israeli military target.
The official death toll in Gaza stands at almost 43,000, but a study in the respected British medical journal The Lancet claimed it will ultimately approach 200,000 as Palestinians cope with mass hunger, malnutrition and lack of medical care.
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UK Prime Minister and suspected intelligence asset Keir Starmer doubles down on UK support for Israel (Part 2 👉 Part 1)
A series of events in recent days has demonstrated NATO countries’ deepening commitment to Israel as new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer leads the way.
“US special forces flights to Israel from a British airbase have doubled in frequency since Keir Starmer took over from Rishi Sunak as prime minister,” reported the website Declassified UK.
Starmer has been heavily criticized for alleged weaponization of claims of antisemitism during his tenure as leader of the UK Labour Party. After previously signaling cooperation with former leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, Starmer ultimately expelled Corbyn from Labour and purged pro-Corbyn candidates and party members. A damning report released in 2022 revealed that a manufactured antisemitism crisis within the party was used to undermine Corbyn, a prominent anti-imperialist and supporter of the Palestinian cause.
The former Czechoslovak government concluded Starmer was a likely Western intelligence asset in an internal report in the 1980s. Former CIA director Mike Pompeo suggested in 2019 that the US would work to prevent Corbyn’s election as British prime minister, paving the way for Starmer to fill the role instead. The arch Zionist and likely intelligence asset’s approval rating as prime minister now stands at only 26% according to recent polling.
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A series of events in recent days has demonstrated NATO countries’ deepening commitment to Israel as new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer leads the way.
“US special forces flights to Israel from a British airbase have doubled in frequency since Keir Starmer took over from Rishi Sunak as prime minister,” reported the website Declassified UK.
“It has… previously been revealed that the US is using Akrotiri to deliver weapons to Israel,” the investigative reporting outlet continued, referring to the UK’s large airbase in Cyprus. “The UK government has long refused to give any details of US use of British territory to support the Israeli assault on Gaza.”
Starmer has been heavily criticized for alleged weaponization of claims of antisemitism during his tenure as leader of the UK Labour Party. After previously signaling cooperation with former leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, Starmer ultimately expelled Corbyn from Labour and purged pro-Corbyn candidates and party members. A damning report released in 2022 revealed that a manufactured antisemitism crisis within the party was used to undermine Corbyn, a prominent anti-imperialist and supporter of the Palestinian cause.
The former Czechoslovak government concluded Starmer was a likely Western intelligence asset in an internal report in the 1980s. Former CIA director Mike Pompeo suggested in 2019 that the US would work to prevent Corbyn’s election as British prime minister, paving the way for Starmer to fill the role instead. The arch Zionist and likely intelligence asset’s approval rating as prime minister now stands at only 26% according to recent polling.
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Hungary's Szijjarto unaware of alleged assassination attempt on Orban Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he was not aware of the assassination attempt on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Earlier, Serbian…
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US entities made efforts to interfere in 2022 Hungarian elections – Szijjarto
US-based entities made serious efforts to interfere in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections, spending millions of dollars on this, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to the minister, very powerful interference was carried out, with millions of dollars being spent by American entities to remove the current Hungarian government.
Despite these very large investments in the opposition, the Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban won by a large margin, he recalled.
Szijjarto pointed out that the funds were invested in the Hungarian opposition, in opposition media.
Earlier, the Magyar Nemzet newspaper, citing a preliminary report from the Hungarian State Audit Office, reported that the coalition of six opposition parties in the parliamentary elections in Hungary in April 2022 had received at least 4.6 million euros from abroad.
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US-based entities made serious efforts to interfere in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections, spending millions of dollars on this, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"All I know is during our election campaign back in 2022, there were very serious attempts to interfere into our elections. From the other side of the ocean — very, very heavily, let's put it that way," Szijjarto said.
According to the minister, very powerful interference was carried out, with millions of dollars being spent by American entities to remove the current Hungarian government.
Despite these very large investments in the opposition, the Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban won by a large margin, he recalled.
Szijjarto pointed out that the funds were invested in the Hungarian opposition, in opposition media.
Earlier, the Magyar Nemzet newspaper, citing a preliminary report from the Hungarian State Audit Office, reported that the coalition of six opposition parties in the parliamentary elections in Hungary in April 2022 had received at least 4.6 million euros from abroad.
"This still has been going on," he highlighted.
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US entities made efforts to interfere in 2022 Hungarian elections – Szijjarto US-based entities made serious efforts to interfere in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections, spending millions of dollars on this, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto…
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Szijjarto not ruling out 'neighboring country's' interference in 2022 elections in Hungary
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti he did not rule out that a "neighboring country" could have participated in interference in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections.
In late March 2022, Szijjarto stated that then-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had called the Ukrainian embassy in Budapest to discuss the possibility of influencing the election results.
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti he did not rule out that a "neighboring country" could have participated in interference in the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections.
"I am not quite sure that the country [Ukraine] led by the president you have mentioned was not part of it [interference in the 2022 elections in Hungary]," Szijjarto emphasized.
In late March 2022, Szijjarto stated that then-Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had called the Ukrainian embassy in Budapest to discuss the possibility of influencing the election results.
"We can't exclude that. At that time, there were signs for that," the minister stressed in response to a clarifying question about whether he would rule out the possibility that a "neighboring country" could have played a role in interfering in the Hungarian elections.
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🇨🇳 China launches ‘Joint Sword-2024B’ military drills around Taiwan
On Monday, China launched the "Joint Sword - 2024B" military exercise “in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island,” according to Senior Captain Li Xi, spokesperson of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command.
"The drill also serves as a stern warning to the separatist acts of 'Taiwan Independence' forces. It is a legitimate and necessary operation for safeguarding national sovereignty and national unity," the spokesperson emphasized.
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On Monday, China launched the "Joint Sword - 2024B" military exercise “in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island,” according to Senior Captain Li Xi, spokesperson of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command.
“With vessels and aircraft approaching Taiwan Island in close proximity from different directions, troops of multiple services engage in joint drills, focusing on subjects of sea-air combat-readiness patrol, blockade on key ports and areas, assault on maritime and ground targets, as well as joint seizure of comprehensive superiority, so as to test the joint operations capabilities of the theater command's troops,” Li Xi said in a statement posted on the Chinese Defense Ministry’s website.
"The drill also serves as a stern warning to the separatist acts of 'Taiwan Independence' forces. It is a legitimate and necessary operation for safeguarding national sovereignty and national unity," the spokesperson emphasized.
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🥴 Bill… oops Joe: Twin Grandpas?
Former US President Bill Clinton went to a McDonalds in Georgia while campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris, and the cashier thought he was Joe Biden.
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Former US President Bill Clinton went to a McDonalds in Georgia while campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris, and the cashier thought he was Joe Biden.
“Are you Joe? Mr. Joe? ... Bill Clinton?! OMG!” the employee exclaimed.
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UK police officers resigning in droves as country roiled by protest
Two months after anti-immigrant demonstrations made global headlines, new data reveals UK police officers are leaving the profession in record numbers.
Starmer’s promise to expand policing comes as rates of crime have risen in the country in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent data revealed shoplifting has increased by 30% over the last year, continuing a trend observed after stringent lockdowns in the country in 2020. In late July and early August the UK was rocked by major anti-immigration demonstrations, culminating in one instance in rioters setting fire to a hotel believed to be housing migrants.
The UK has enforced harsh austerity measures since 2010, which observers have claimed led to a significant decline in living standards. One study asserted that British citizens have lost a half year in life expectancy as a result of the decrease in social spending.
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Two months after anti-immigrant demonstrations made global headlines, new data reveals UK police officers are leaving the profession in record numbers.
🗣 “Labour’s plans to put more bobbies on the beat are set to fail because record numbers of officers are quitting,” reported The Daily Telegraph, questioning whether new Prime Minister Keir Starmer would be able to fulfill a plank of his party’s platform.
🗣 “Home Office figures show that police officers voluntarily leaving the service has hit a record high of more than 5,000, or 3.4 per cent of the workforce,” the broadsheet continued. “This is more than double the rate four years ago.”
Starmer’s promise to expand policing comes as rates of crime have risen in the country in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent data revealed shoplifting has increased by 30% over the last year, continuing a trend observed after stringent lockdowns in the country in 2020. In late July and early August the UK was rocked by major anti-immigration demonstrations, culminating in one instance in rioters setting fire to a hotel believed to be housing migrants.
The UK has enforced harsh austerity measures since 2010, which observers have claimed led to a significant decline in living standards. One study asserted that British citizens have lost a half year in life expectancy as a result of the decrease in social spending.
🗣 “The UK is suffering the worst decline in living standards of any G7 country,” the British Trades Union Congress claimed recently.
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📹 Russian and Chinese warships perform firing drills in the Pacific Ocean
A joint Russian-Chinese squadron of ships is currently conducting patrols in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the press service.
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“Warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy performed combat exercises with practical firing during the anti-submarine and air defense exercise in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean,” Russia's Pacific Fleet press service said.
A joint Russian-Chinese squadron of ships is currently conducting patrols in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the press service.
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🇨🇳 China announces new fiscal measures as economy shows resilience, growth
China has announced a series of new fiscal measures as the country’s economy is set for stable and continued expansion.
“These measures have significantly lifted expectations for the world's second-largest economy,” the outlet claimed. China trails the United States in gross domestic product (GDP) but became the world’s largest economy as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2014.
The newspaper claimed the fiscal program would help address local government debt risks as well as stabilize the real estate market. A “crisis” in the Chinese real estate market has been reported in the Western press since 2020, with the collapse of developer Evergrande after a period of rapid expansion making headlines. Chinese government officials refused to offer a bailout of the company for the sake of private investors, insisting it must face the consequences of its massive debt.
China is on target for 5% GDP growth in 2024, placing it alongside Russia which is set to expand by almost 4%.
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China has announced a series of new fiscal measures as the country’s economy is set for stable and continued expansion.
“A series of fiscal policy measures that are set to be rolled out in the near future are expected to further boost confidence in the Chinese economy,” the Global Times newspaper reported.
“These measures have significantly lifted expectations for the world's second-largest economy,” the outlet claimed. China trails the United States in gross domestic product (GDP) but became the world’s largest economy as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2014.
The newspaper claimed the fiscal program would help address local government debt risks as well as stabilize the real estate market. A “crisis” in the Chinese real estate market has been reported in the Western press since 2020, with the collapse of developer Evergrande after a period of rapid expansion making headlines. Chinese government officials refused to offer a bailout of the company for the sake of private investors, insisting it must face the consequences of its massive debt.
“It needs to be emphasized that this upcoming policy is the most powerful measure introduced in recent years to tackle [public] debt issues,” said Finance Minister Lan Fo'an. The country will also introduce living subsidies for citizens facing financial difficulties and will increase aid available to college students, Lan said.
China is on target for 5% GDP growth in 2024, placing it alongside Russia which is set to expand by almost 4%.
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Over 1,000 residents of Russia's Kursk region who were forcibly evacuated by Ukrainian armed forces are being sought by their relatives, Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova said.
By now, more than 112,000 people have been evacuated from Russia’s Kursk region after Ukraine’s offensive, according to Moskalkova.
On the territory of 65 Russian regions, 960 temporary accommodation centers have been created. They now house more than 30 thousand people, including 7,500 children evacuated from the area bordering the attacked Kursk region, due to shelling by Ukraine.
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The forcible removal of civilians is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention; the international community should give it a proper assessment, she stressed in an interview with Russian media.
By now, more than 112,000 people have been evacuated from Russia’s Kursk region after Ukraine’s offensive, according to Moskalkova.
On the territory of 65 Russian regions, 960 temporary accommodation centers have been created. They now house more than 30 thousand people, including 7,500 children evacuated from the area bordering the attacked Kursk region, due to shelling by Ukraine.
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📹 During the assault on the village of Ostrovskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the liberation of which the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday, Russia's Youg Battlegroup fighters "did not give the enemy an opportunity to entrench and fortify," the servicemen stated.
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Russia’s military success could deal crippling blow to Ukraine’s steel industry
Russia’s advance on the strategic city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) could cripple what remains of Ukraine’s steel industry, claims The Economist.
A key railway and highway junction, this city in the Ukrainian-occupied Donbass has been serving as a crucial supply and reinforcement hub for the Kiev regime’s frontline troops. However, there is another element adding to its vital importance.
To the city's southwest, lies the Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya Mine №1 with estimated reserves of over 200 million tons of coal. This coal, used for smelting iron ore, is vital for keeping afloat the Kiev regime’s metallurgy sector.
The mine, which opened in 1990 and belongs to Metinvest, together with its associated plants and administrative buildings, employs 6,000 people. However, around 1,000 of them are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, which still faces a critical personnel shortage.
The outlet added that Russia’s troops do not even need to take the mine “to throttle Ukraine’s remaining steel industry", since it would be enough to cut off its power supply and shell the main road that is used to deliver the coal westwards to the remaining steel plants.
The loss of this mine could strike a crushing blow to Ukraine’s economy and energy sector, already undermined by the West’s ongoing proxy war.
Fierce battles have been underway between the Russian and Ukrainian armies on the approaches to Pokrovsk, with commander of the Battlegroup Tsentr Col. Gen. Andrey Mordvichev reporting that 12 settlements in the Pokrovsk area were liberated from the enemy in September.
Western patrons of the Kiev regime have been sounding the alarm that once Russia seizes the strategic city, Ukraine’s Donbass defenses will be doomed.
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Russia’s advance on the strategic city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) could cripple what remains of Ukraine’s steel industry, claims The Economist.
A key railway and highway junction, this city in the Ukrainian-occupied Donbass has been serving as a crucial supply and reinforcement hub for the Kiev regime’s frontline troops. However, there is another element adding to its vital importance.
To the city's southwest, lies the Krasnoarmeyskaya-Zapadnaya Mine №1 with estimated reserves of over 200 million tons of coal. This coal, used for smelting iron ore, is vital for keeping afloat the Kiev regime’s metallurgy sector.
The mine, which opened in 1990 and belongs to Metinvest, together with its associated plants and administrative buildings, employs 6,000 people. However, around 1,000 of them are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, which still faces a critical personnel shortage.
The outlet added that Russia’s troops do not even need to take the mine “to throttle Ukraine’s remaining steel industry", since it would be enough to cut off its power supply and shell the main road that is used to deliver the coal westwards to the remaining steel plants.
The loss of this mine could strike a crushing blow to Ukraine’s economy and energy sector, already undermined by the West’s ongoing proxy war.
Fierce battles have been underway between the Russian and Ukrainian armies on the approaches to Pokrovsk, with commander of the Battlegroup Tsentr Col. Gen. Andrey Mordvichev reporting that 12 settlements in the Pokrovsk area were liberated from the enemy in September.
Western patrons of the Kiev regime have been sounding the alarm that once Russia seizes the strategic city, Ukraine’s Donbass defenses will be doomed.
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From home to tent: a family’s struggle to survive on Beirut’s coast
A young Lebanese man and his mother fled their home in the southern suburbs of Beirut due to Israeli airstrikes, and now live in a flimsy tent by the seaside as the emergency shelters in the city are overcrowded.
For the past ten days, they’ve endured harsh conditions with little to no resources.
They have to sleep on the ground. “We brought these wooden boards to reinforce the tent, but if it rains, we’ll get soaked. Everyone here is in the same situation,” he explains.
Their only food is a small amount of mortadella sausage, and there are no mattresses or blankets to provide even a semblance of comfort.
The young man speaks of their hope to return home one day. "There’s no greater humiliation than all of this," he says, glancing around the makeshift camp. For now, their only choice is to endure.
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A young Lebanese man and his mother fled their home in the southern suburbs of Beirut due to Israeli airstrikes, and now live in a flimsy tent by the seaside as the emergency shelters in the city are overcrowded.
For the past ten days, they’ve endured harsh conditions with little to no resources.
"I worry about my mother, not about myself, because she is a woman," the young man says, his voice heavy with the burden of responsibility.
They have to sleep on the ground. “We brought these wooden boards to reinforce the tent, but if it rains, we’ll get soaked. Everyone here is in the same situation,” he explains.
Their only food is a small amount of mortadella sausage, and there are no mattresses or blankets to provide even a semblance of comfort.
The young man speaks of their hope to return home one day. "There’s no greater humiliation than all of this," he says, glancing around the makeshift camp. For now, their only choice is to endure.
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Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on a tent refugee camp in the vicinity of the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, local news outlets reported. Videos shared on social media revealed the apocalyptic scene at the camp as men, women…
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📹 Horrifying video from the shelling scene of tents for displaced people near the Shuhada Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir El-Balah, central Gaza.
Eyewitnesses on social media say people were burned alive.
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Eyewitnesses on social media say people were burned alive.
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❗️Russia's Vostok Battlegroup has liberated the settlement of Levadnoye in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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US Presidential candidate Donald Trump reveals what tools he has at his disposal, to ensure security on election day against "bad people from within" and "radical left lunatics."
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Ukraine's accession to NATO would mean the bloc's clash with Russia, World War III - Hungarian FM
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"If Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, that would mean a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia. And that would mean the third world war. And we simply want to avoid that. So for us, it's a non-existing issue on the agenda," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti.
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"During the visit, the Russian defense minister will hold a series of talks with the country's military and military-political leadership," the ministry said in a statement.
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