Ministry of religious affairs accuses Israel of desecrating Palestinian bodies
The Gaza  Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs has issued a statement accusing the Israeli military of mutilating the bodies of hundreds of dead Palestinians, including carrying out postmortem decapitations and dismemberment.
It called the alleged mutilation of corpses a violation of the sanctity of the dead, which is “a religious, humanitarian and moral crime”.
The ministry also said that since October 7, Israeli forces have “committed atrocities the likes of which history has not witnessed, with global cover, blatant American support, and shameful silence from international organisations”.
People are not given proper burials, it added, “as the Israeli military uses bulldozers to throw bodies into a large pit and then cover them with garbage. This was documented in al-Shifa Medical Complex, Nasser Medical Complex, and Kamal Adwan Hospital.”

Source: Al Jazeera

#US StateDept spokesman Vedant Patel:

We work closely with the #ICC on a number of key areas… Ukraine, Darfur, Sudan, but, God forbid, not on #Israel

#EU police state

European Politicians Declare War On Text Message Privacy

The same EU politicians who are trying to censor the Internet now want to read all of your personal messages and break encryption

European Politicians Declare War On Text Message Privacy

The same EU politicians who are trying to censor the Internet now want to read all of your personal messages and break encryption

In recent weeks, Public has documented how ruling European politicians appear to have weaponized government intelligence agencies to discredit and censor their political enemies.

Now, Public has learned that the European Union is close to winning new legislation that would allow it to monitor all private digital conversations, from text messaging to emails. The new law would give EU police the power to read all messages on Gmail, WhatsApp, and other mail and text messaging services.

The politicians, who are Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), say their legislation will be limited to “individuals or groups… linked to child sexual abuse using “reasonable grounds of suspicion.’” And, they said, “To avoid mass surveillance or generalised monitoring of the internet, the draft law would allow judicial authorities to authorise time-limited orders…”

But the technology companies themselves such as Apple say such “automatic data scanning” is technically impossible without compromising privacy and security. The new law would require Facebook, X, YouTube, Telegram, Snapchat, TikTok, and cloud services and online gaming websites to constantly monitor and report any evidence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on their systems and in the private chats of their users. And messaging apps including Signal, Proton Mail and Tutanota would no longer have end-to-end encryption.

As a result, "Millions of private conversations and private photos of law-abiding citizens are about to be searched and leaked using flawed technology without even a remote connection to child sexual abuse,” warned Patrick Breyer, a privacy activist and former member of the European Parliament who opposes the proposed modifications to the law, known as "Chat Control."

The details of the new law leaked on April 2 and were published in the subscribers' section of the French news site contexte.com. The draft contains the full text of the regulation, which people close to the process say means that it is getting readied for approval.

All of this is very shocking. There is no evidence of any increase in child exploitation that merits this panic. Europeans have historically cared more about privacy than Americans, and have put in place strong privacy protections for their citizens. Why is it now seeking such a massive invasion of privacy? Why is the EU on the verge of enacting mass surveillance?

By @shellenberger (on X)

Colombia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/colombia-president-petro-says-will-break-diplomatic-relations-with-israel-2024-05-01/#:~:text=%22Here%20in%20front%20of%20you,to%20mark%20International%20Worker's%20Day

Russia is very good at trolling!
Sign from the NATO weapons expedition at Patriot Park, Moscow, Russia

"Attention! The employees of the embassies of the USA, UK, Germany, France and Poland get access to inspecting the trophy NATO equipment without having to wait in line."

Another African country, Chad, kicks out the US military.

Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad… the list is getting longer.

The unmistakable trend: Africa is leaning towards Russia and China for security and development.

#Israel #ICJ

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says Turkey will join in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“Upon completion of the legal text of our work, we will submit the declaration of official intervention before the ICJ with the objective of implementing this political decision,” Fidan said on Wednesday at a joint news conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/turkey-seeks-to-join-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-at-icj

#Israel war on #Gaza

Haaretz reprts of several cases of armed Israelis – sometimes in IDF uniform and usually wearing Jewish religious garb – stealing Palestinian sheep and goats in the West Bank

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-05-01/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israeli-settlers-arent-content-with-expelling-palestinians-they-also-steal-their-sheep/0000018f-2e83-d8c4-afef-2fff95bc0000

As if blowing #NordStream pipeline was not enough, now #US wants to shut down energy sector in Russia completely.
Is US preparing to blow up Arctic LNG 2 project too?

The State Department also expanded its targeting of Russia's future ability to ship liquefied natural gas, or LNG, one of the country's top exports.
It designated two vessel operators involved in transporting technology including gravity based structure equipment, or concrete legs that support offshore platforms, for Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project. Previous U.S. sanctions on Arctic LNG 2 last month forced Novatek, Russia's largest LNG producer, to suspend production at the project which suffered a shortage of tankers to ship the fuel.
Also targeted were subsidiaries of Russia's state nuclear power company Rosatom as well as 12 entities within the Sibanthracite group of companies, one of Russia’s largest producers of metallurgical coal, the State Department said.

https://archive.ph/SjmOx

#Israel's foreign minister said on Thursday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-turkeys-erdogan-is-breaking-agreements-by-blocking-ports-trade-2024-05-02/#:~:text=JERUSALEM%2C%20May%202%20(Reuters),for%20Israeli%20imports%20and%20exports.

Turkey stopped all trade with Israel as of Thursday, according to two Turkish officials familiar with the matter, adding to already high-running tensions between the once-close allies over the war in Gaza. 
The move expands last month’s restriction on some Turkish exports to Israel, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan steps up criticism of the Jewish state and tries to consolidate support among conservative voters at home.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/turkey-halts-all-trade-with-israel-officials-say-1.2068142

🇬🇪 #Georgia Prime Minister Kobakhidze refused a visit to the United States due to the conditions set for him.

“Today a statement was published by the US Ambassador that high-ranking representatives of the Georgian government were invited to the US, which the Georgian side refused. In this regard, I would like to clarify that the Prime Minister of Georgia was invited to the US with the condition that before the visit the Georgian parliament should temporarily cease consideration of the draft law "On Transparency of Foreign Influence"

https://mfa.gov.ge/news/271608-saqartvelos-sagareo-saqmeta-saministros-gantskhadeba

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 Yesterday, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against Russian troops specializing in radiation, chemical, and biological defense. Today in Washington, they explained this strange move: apparently, the State Department concluded that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly used chloropicrin in the SMO zone.

It is characteristic that such statements coincidentally coincided with new facts of the use of toxic substances precisely by Ukrainian formations. Therefore, the accusations against Russia seem to be an attempt to "get ahead of the curve" against the backdrop of the growing interest in chemical weapons on the part of the AFU.

📌 By the way, the Kyiv regime has been resorting to combat toxic substances for a long time - it is enough to recall how in January 2023, enemy resources posted a video of the preparation of ammunition with "chemistry" for UAVs in the Bakhmut direction. And this year, the AFU began installing "caches" with toxic substances near Klishchiyivka.

And since in the West they have once again pulled out the topic of "Russia's use of chemical weapons," we can assume that in the foreseeable future, the intensity of the use of gases and other dangerous substances by Ukrainian formations will increase. Especially if the situation on the fronts deteriorates even more for them.
#Russia #USA #Ukraine
@rybar

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The Biden State Department seems to dislike Hungary more than North Korea. Why is that? Maybe because Hungary is a Christian country with secure borders.

Hungarian political director Balazs Orban joins us to discuss the war brewing between Russia and NATO, Donald Trump’s foreign policy, mass immigration in Europe, and more…

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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has confirmed that Russian military personnel have entered an airbase in Niger that hosts US forces, following a recent decision by Niger’s military rulers to expel US troops from the country

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/3/russian-troops-deploy-to-airbase-housing-us-military-in-niger-us-official

#Finland faces heavy costs for its anti-Russian stance

Anti-Russian policy backfired for Finland

Finnish authorities have taken the decision to close border checkpoints with Russia and, as predicted, this was not a good omen for the Finns.
Economic cooperation with Russia has brought prosperity to its eastern regions. But by lowering the Iron Curtain, Finland's leadership punished its citizens and deprived the country of the opportunity to develop.

Tourism flow has stopped, businesses are closing and the economy is being ruined at first hand. Townships are emptying and starting to disappear. For example, the Finnish municipality of Virolahti, located near the border with Russia, is planned to merge with the city of Hamina in the same province, due to the deterioration of the economic situation after the closure of checkpoints: there's not even enough money to clean the streets.

Finland is now asking the EU for 10 billion euros to fund regions bordering Russia.

This is nothing more than the early results of Finland's entry into NATO and consequently the loss of sovereignty.

And who did they punish with that?

Via @SlavFreeSpirit (on X)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:

Any Danish move to restrict the freedom of navigation of Russian ships in the Baltic straits will be seen as a hostile act and draw retaliation

https://tass.com/politics/1706859