‘This is my homeland, no one can kick me out’

On this day in 2004, the leader of the PLO🇵🇸 Yasser Arafat passed away. While he was criticised by many for being submissive in concessions to Israel, he is widely-regarded as the face of Palestinian resistance’s fight for freedom.

The UK🇬🇧 is the only major economy to be shrinking in the 3 months to September.

It is also the only economy to not have recovered the amount of the economy lost during the pandemic, with the UK economy still 0.4% smaller than measured in Q4 2019.

"We know where the attack was coordinated. We have received the message given to us and we know what kind of message it is. We do not accept the condolences of the US Embassy”

-Türkiye’s🇹🇷 Interior Minister implying the hand of the US🇺🇸 behind yesterday’s Istanbul terror attack?

NEW⚡️: Russia🇷🇺 and US🇺🇸 delegations reportedly holding negotiations in Ankara, Türkiye

BREAKING⚡️: 2 killed by Russian missiles that hit Polish territory, near the border of Ukraine🇺🇦

-US Intelligence Reports

Pentagon states it cannot confirm the report at this time

Russia denies missile strikes on Poland

Russia🇷🇺 says reports of missiles struck inside Poland are a 'deliberate provocation with the goal of escalating the situation'

US initial findings: missile that struck Poland was fired by the Ukrainian🇺🇦 military in response to an incoming Russian🇷🇺 missile.

"Everything we discussed has leaked to the newspaper, that's not appropriate, that's not how we do things."

-China’s🇨🇳 Xi Jinping blasts Canada’s🇨🇦 Justin Trudeau at the #G20Summit

The UK is already in recession according to Jeremy Hunt, PM Rishi Sunak’s chancellor.

£54 billion in tax rises and spending cuts has been outlined.

Around 1 in 5 in the UK now live in poverty, including 1 in 4 children. The result of 12 years of Conservative rule.

On this day in 1933, the United States under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognised the Soviet Union and established diplomatic and trade relations after extensive negotiations with Joseph Stalin’s Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov.

George H W Bush bombed Iraqi hospitals, sewage systems, schools & power plants

Post-war Iraq could only produce 4% of its pre-war electrical capacity, destroying its healthcare system

Why only war crimes labels for Russia’s strikes in Ukraine, and never those labels for the US?

The world’s billionaires have a collective wealth of $12.7 trillion in 2022

2.3 billion people faced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2021

The World Bank says the 2030 goal of ending extreme poverty worldwide is unlikely to be achieved

⚡️🔥FIFA boss Gianni Infantino on the Qatar World Cup: ‘I am European. For what we have been doing for 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3000 years before giving moral lessons’

Palestinian factions staged a protest in the Arab city of Yafa against the Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse 1,400 Arabs from the city.

*The UK, US and EU arm and diplomatically support Israel’s expanding occupation and persecution of Palestinians

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221119-arabs-in-yafa-protest-against-israels-plans-to-evict-1400-arab-citizens/

Macron:"Russia is fueling anti-French propaganda in Africa in order to satisfy its"predatory ambitions" in African states,relations with which France has spoiled."

Continuing to exploit Africa through colonial tax via the CFA Franc may not be Russian propaganda, just a thought🤷‍♂️

While England has been slamming Qatar’s human rights record & treatment of migrant workers…

England has also been exploiting South Asian workers, selling their official kit for £160 while paying the Bangladeshi workers who produce them 21p an hour.

Same old hypocrisy?

#WorldCup: An Israeli journalist speaks to Lebanese fans in Arabic, tells them he’s from Israel. The Lebanese fans walk off refusing to do the interview before coming back and saying it’s called Palestine🇵🇸, not Israel.