#Israel war and genocide in #Gaza to be continued

Israel's national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, says in response to Kamala Harris, 'there will be no halt to the war, Madame Candidate'.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/there-will-not-be-a-halt-to-gaza-war-says-israeli-security-minister/3285960#:~:text=In%20response%2C%20Israeli%20National%20Security,is%20really%20behind%20the%20deal.%22

This song is dedicated to J.D. Vance 🤗

Via @mazzenilsson on X

#Zelensky's never ending song: 🤣

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme more and more money!

#China MFA:

Palestinian Factions Sign Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity

https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjdt_665385/wshd_665389/202407/t20240723_11458788.html

Comment by @RnaudBertrand on X:

Interesting to look at the list of countries represented at the signing of the "Beijing declaration" that reconciled the 14 Palestinian factions: Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Russia and Türkiye.

Literally all of Palestine and Israel's neighbors are there, plus Türkiye, Qatar, Algeria and Russia, which lends considerable weight to the declaration. Also, not a single Western state was represented, which really illustrates that we're in a brand new world where the West isn't even part of the conversation for what's arguably one of the most important diplomatic initiatives in years in the Middle East.

Interesting as well is the rational given by China for the initiative: "only when Palestinian factions speak as one can the voice of justice be loud and clear, and only when they join hands and march forward shoulder to shoulder can they succeed in their national liberation cause", with the ultimate goal being to "truly establish an independent State of Palestine in accordance with relevant U.N. resolution."

So now we're effectively in a situation where we have China, Russia, all of Israel's neighbors and all the Palestinians united for the Palestinians' "national liberation cause", which hopefully will indeed make the "voice of justice louder and clearer".

Collective West propaganda and disinformation playbook

It didn't take long to #BlameRussia for sabotage of the rail network in #France

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1816863806246535251.html

Western sanctions really affected #Russia ... BUT not in the way they were intended 🤗

Despite the promises that US, UK and EU sanctions would break Russia, spectacularly, the sanctions have managed to achieve the exact opposite.

Russia’s real wages are expected to grow by 3.5% this year Unemployment is at 2.6%, a record post-Soviet low.

Sanctions against wealthy Russians and capital controls imposed by the Russian government have kept wealth within the country, leading to a boom in the luxury economy of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

https://archive.is/JlAyT

The Ukrainian counteroffensive last summer was "moronic", said Azov Chief of Staff Bogdan Krotevich.

He believes that the plan to attack Russia's five lines of defense was a failure from the start.

@ukr_leaks_eng

Captain Obvious #JihadiJulian 😄

https://x.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1816835782159532039?t=g3kT-N_t3mjVqy39TMglAQ&s=19

#ParisOlympics 

Symbolic?!

One of the Four horsemen of the apocalypse:
"the fourth horseman rides a pale horse and is identified as Death."