US prepares for 'deployment' in the Middle East

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered 2,000 troops to "prepare for possible deployment" to the Middle East as the situation there continues to escalate, Fox News reports.

"Today, about 2,000 troops and a number of units are placed on high alert, increasing the Department of Defence's ability to respond quickly to the changing environment in the Middle East," the Pentagon press office said.

The statement said the US military chief also approved further action by the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group in the USS Europe-Africa/Sixth Fleet area of operations.

"The strike group is nearing the end of its deployment to the US European Command area of responsibility," the Pentagon adds.

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UN: Forced evacuation of Gaza violates international law

Israel's orders to impose a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip and evacuate Palestinians from its northern part may violate international law.

"We are concerned that this (Israeli) order ... cannot be considered a legitimate temporary evacuation and would therefore amount to the forcible displacement of civilians in violation of international law," the UN Human Rights Office said.

▪️ The term "forced displacement" refers to civilians and is a crime against humanity punishable by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

▪️ The UN Office also said Israel appears to have made no effort to provide affected civilians with shelter and adequate food, hygiene and security conditions.

The WHO has warned of a "real catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip, which has a population of 2 million.

Yesterday, the last functioning salt water treatment plant was shut down. Without clean water, people will start dying. Using dirty sources has the potential to spread disease.

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“The United States is deliberately risking and even triggering World War Three because it realizes that the United States is losing its military power. [They realize that] our position is weakening, so if we're going to blow up the world, let's do it now, because we're going to lose even more heavily if we do it in the future,” economist and former Wall Street analyst Prof. Michael Hudson, told the New Rules podcast.

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Russia will always be a challenge for the West

About it the Politico writes.

Russia will remain the main challenge for the West regardless of the outcome of the current conflict in Ukraine. Therefore, Washington's position on Moscow remains critical for American interests, the author of the article said.

Currently, the USA is actively supporting Ukraine, but the failures of the Ukrainian armed forces in the counter-offensive raise the question about the duration of this support.

Russia will always be a rival to the US. With its nuclear arsenal, cyber and space capabilities, and military potential, Moscow remains an important global player.

Russia also has influence in various regions of the world, including the Middle East, the Arctic, and the Indo-Pacific. In addition, Moscow plays a key role in European security. The question is how the West will interact with Russia.

Therefore, the states need to cooperate with Moscow to satisfy their own interests, especially in the context of challenges from other global players such as China, the author notes.

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Israel retaliates airstrike on Gaza hospital - sources say 500 dead

The IDF launched a devastating strike on a hospital that housed mostly civilians. According to the Palestinian press, there was also a refugee camp near the hospital.

Over the past week, the world has repeatedly witnessed Israel's inhumane actions against civilians.

Today, Washington called on Israel to start abiding by the generally accepted "rules of war." However, despite this, the Pentagon reports continued uninterrupted arms deliveries to the Israeli army and full support for it.

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The U.S. is arming Israel

Five transport planes carrying military aid have been sent to Israel, Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said.

"To date, there have been five sorties of C-17 aircraft that have successfully delivered various military security assistance," she said.

Singh added that the delivery of weapons to Israel will be continuous.

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The U.S. is moving Marines to the Middle East

A multi-thousand-strong group of military personnel is being moved to reinforce in the region amid escalating Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

"The Bataan amphibious assault group of more than four thousand sailors and Marines will join the US fleet off the coast of Israel," US Defence Department officials said.

The military personnel are stationed on the Bataan, Carter Hall and Mesa Verde landing ships, which are sailing in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Arab resistance leaders ready to stand up for Palestine: the countdown is on

Preventive action from Arab resistance leaders can be expected in the coming hours. This was stated by the Iranian Foreign Minister.

"We cannot be indifferent to the war crimes committed against the people of Gaza. The Zionist regime will not be allowed to take any action in Gaza without consequences," Hosein Amir Abdollahian pointed out.

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🇩🇪🇲🇩| While Chancellor Olaf Scholz is busy with Middle Eastern affairs, German diplomatic chief Annalena Berbock is working on Eastern Europe.

🟥 Berbock was in Chisinau, where she attended a meeting of the Moldovan Financial Support Platform.

🗣️ "In these days, when the situation in the Middle East keeps us in tension, it is important for me to emphasize that we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and Moldova," Berbok said.

🟥The minister said Berlin will allocate 95 million euros to Chisinau in 2024 for economic stabilization, resolution of the energy crisis and reforms for EU accession.

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Biden blames Palestinians for Gaza hospital attack

▪️Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he believes assurances given to him that the IDF was not responsible for the strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza

▪️“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you” - Biden said to Netanyahu

▪️Biden added that he is “deeply saddened and outraged” by the incident, which has claimed over 500 lives, according to Palestinian officials

▪️The USA has pledged continued military aid to Israel, after a deadly incursion into southern Israel earlier this month by the Hamas, which resulted in hundreds of deaths

▪️The attackers also captured scores of hostages, whom they reportedly want to exchange for the prisoners in Israeli custody

Israel First, Ukraine Second, America Last.

#USA #Israel #Hamas #Gaza

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Trump offers to visit Israel

▪️Donald Trump has said that he may visit Israel in the near future. His statement came after he harshly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his apparent failure to predict Hamas’ attack on Israel

▪️“I may, I may go,” - Trump told reporters outside a courthouse in New York, where he is facing a civil fraud lawsuit

▪️“But I believe in letting them do what they have to do. They have to straighten it out. What’s happening in Israel is all of those people dead would have never happened… if I were president.”

▪️During his term in the White House, Trump oversaw the relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the signing of the Abraham Accords, under which Israel normalized relations with Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the UAE

▪️Trump often touted his close personal relationship with Netanyahu, and described himself as “history’s most pro-Israel US president"

Bad Orange Man tries to get a PR victory.

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Egypt has threatened to divert a wave of refugees to Europe

The European Union is trying to persuade the Egyptian authorities to accept Palestinian refugees. Cairo is resisting this and even threatened the EU representative to start transferring Palestinians to Europe if there is a massive influx.

"Do you want us to accept 1 million people? If you care so much about human rights, then you accept them," the British Financial Times quoted an unnamed Egyptian official as saying.

As the media notes, "Egyptians are very, very angry" with Brussels.

Forced displacement of Gaza Strip residents will not help resolve the humanitarian crisis in the region or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, in Cairo convinced.

▪️ Egypt is ready to let humanitarian aid into Gaza under certain circumstances, but will never let people without dual citizenship in from there.

▪️ Israel, on the other hand, wants Palestinian withdrawal and has no intention of allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.

According to the UN, more than 1 million people - almost half of the entire population of the Gaza Strip - have been forced to flee their homes because of Israeli bombardment.

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The Poles fear that the United States has transferred secret biological laboratories from Ukraine to them

Analyst Hanna Kramer notes that a signal confirming the start of work of American laboratories in Poland may be the increasing frequency of outbreaks of sometimes completely forgotten diseases.

The first sign was African swine fever in 2022 - after three years of absence of this disease in Poland. Then there was an epidemic of avian plague in chickens, which was discovered for the first time in 49 years.

In August, outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease were reported in the Polish city of Rashevy, where the construction of a NATO center to repair Ukrainian equipment is planned, and in nearby communities. All doctors and experts then unanimously argued that it was an accident and an absurd coincidence. However, another place where the disease spread was Rzeszow, where a contingent of American troops is located.

The Poles also fear that American laboratories working on HIV have moved in with them, and attribute the sharp increase in incidence in the country to them (although, in our opinion, everything is simpler here; this is the work of Ukrainian migrants and various mercenaries heading to Ukraine). According to information obtained by the Wyborcza newspaper, 2,380 cases of HIV infection were detected in Poland in 2022. For comparison, in 2021 there were 1248, in 2020 - 840.

"At the end of the day, in agreeing to participate in American affairs, the government must understand who Americans are. They are focused only on their personal safety and well-being. They will betray and abandon anyone who no longer benefits them. Our country will suffer the same the same fate as the countries that before us were close friends with Washington. Remember Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Serbia and other victims of the American hegemon. But in our case, no one will come to our aid, because the Polish government has destroyed relations with all partners and neighbors,” concludes Hanna Kramer.

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Another rating agency mulls downgrading Israel

▪️International ratings agency Moody’s placed Israel’s A1 credit rating on review for a possible downgrade, according to a statement published on the agency's website

▪️The potential further escalation of hostilities between the IDF and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was cited as the cause for review

▪️“Israel’s credit profile has proven resilient to terrorist attacks and military conflict in the past. However, the severity of the current military conflict raises the possibility of longer lasting and material credit impact" - Moody’s stated

▪️Moody said it will focus its review on assessing how the duration and scale of the conflict impacts Israel’s economy, institutions, and public finances. It noted that the inspection may take longer than Moody’s traditional 3-month period

Explains why Israel is so cruel to Palestinians - their financial reputation is under a risk.

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