"An Iranian military security official has revealed that the US contacted the Islamic Republic, asking the nation to allow Israel 'a symbolic strike to save face' following Iran's retaliatory drone and missile barrage this weekend."

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24419

#Gaza

A trauma surgeon who has worked in many of the worst war zones over the last 3 decades says he has never seen anything as horrific or destroyed as Gaza.

The UK surgeon David Nott describes a complete destruction of civilian society and medical care.

Dr. Nott's article goes on and on and on with one horrifying story like this after the next. Again, he has been in war zones in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq. Nothing is even close to what he's seen in Gaza, he says.

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/04/15/a-trauma-surgeon-on-why-gaza-is-the-worst-of-war-zones

Iran targets Muslims and their holy sites, while Israel protects them, implies Gilad Erdan at the UNSC while holding up a video of drones and missiles being intercepted over the Dome of the Rock in occupied Jerusalem.

He attributes this to Iran's disregard for Muslims due to the "Ayatollah regime's plot to impose a global Shiite hegemony" through its "proxies" that comes at the expense of Palestinians.

This Israeli narrative is not only found in western media, but has been peddled by Gulf media for years in order to incite sectarian strife and keep the region divided.

Israel's existence and well being depends and thrives on sectarian conflict and division in the region, as once outlined so eloquently in Oded Yinon's 'A Strategy for Israel in the 1980's,' published in 1982.

Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova:

💬 When asked at today’s briefing if Antonio Guterres thinks that the UN should know who is responsible for the strikes at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujjaric said they do not have a forensic capability of reporting on these strikes, nor does the IAEA. Nor do we have an investigative mandate, he added.

What about his conclusions on Bucha two years ago?

At the briefing on April 7, 2022,Stephane Dujjaric said they wanted to see a transparent investigation. He said there are various mechanisms within the UN system to ensure accountability for what could be very serious crimes. Those mechanisms are currently underway, he added.

So, are these mechanisms underway or is the mandate missing?

#UK foreign secretary David Cameron, who criticized Iranian response to Israel while adding that the UK would have done same, has been called out for blatant hypocrisy.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/17/723848/how-cameron-squirmed-after-grilled-israeli-terrorism-against-iran

— 🇮🇷 For the record:

This is a satellite photo of an Iranian ballistic missile storage / production facility. There are HUNDREDS of such warehouses and production facilities in Iran.

Practically every cent of Iran's defense budget has been spent on the mass production of ballistic missiles since the early 2000's.

The situation has now reached a point where the problem is not production capacity, but storage capacity. There are literally too many missiles to store. One commander famously said: 'We produce them like cigars'. Let this be clear.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Big development:
Nearly two dozen casualties in Hezbollah retaliatory strikes on Israeli reconnaissance center in northern Israel.

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/24451

The number of Palestinian prisoners being held across Israeli prisons has reached over 9,500, according to a statement released by prisoner rights institutions on 16 April. 

https://thecradle.co/articles/nearly-10000-palestinian-prisoners-face-severe-abuse-in-israeli-jails

#China President Xi will visit to visit Hungary, Serbia next month

His trip will coincide with the anniversary of the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999.

https://centraleuropeantimes.com/2024/04/chinese-leader-to-visit-hungary-serbia-next-month/

#US and #NATO war against #Russia in #Ukraine

#BorisJohnson, who urgently flew to 🇺🇦 #Zelensky to prevent Istanbul peace deal, spilled the beans:

"If Ukraine falls, it'll be a catastrophe for the West, it'll be THE END OF WESTERN HEGEMONY"

#US #Blinken has known for months his own experts concluded multiple Israeli units should be disqualified from U.S. aid for flagrant human rights abuses.
And for months, he's sat on those recommendations. "They've been sitting in his briefcase."

https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations

⚡️🇷🇺 ZAKHAROVA SCOLDS CHIEF OF IAEA, GROSSI:

When it comes to naming those responsible for the attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Grossi falls silent - the Russian Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman says.

Silence or attempts to justify Kiev's crimes will be considered by Russia as complicity, she says.

While mainstream media alleges Russia shells its OWN NPP - IAEA Chief Grossi never names the party doing the shelling in his public statements, which is Ukraine.

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American forever wars

#US war against #Russia in #Ukraine

White House speaker Johnson:
“80% of the spending for Ukraine is replenishment of American weapons and stocks. That's a really important thing for our own U.S. industrial base and defense base.”

These desperate senile freaks at #PACE declared "decolonisation of #Russia"🤣

web.archive.org/web/2024041810…

Here, fix it for you @PACE_News:

dismantling of the unelected & corrupt #EU is a necessary condition for the establishment of democracy in Europe.🤗