There is no let-up in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an “immediate ceasefire.” | Israel carried out air raids and artillery strikes on several parts of Gaza on Tuesday, hitting residential buildings and gatherings of displaced people, “killing and wounding hundreds of people”, the Palestinian Information Center said. ● Among the victims are 15 people, including four women and children, who were killed in an attack on a house in the neighborhood of Mosbeh, north of Rafah. Media reports also said that fighting on the ground continued unabated. That’s while the UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution for an “immediate ceasefire” for the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ● The resolution was put forward by the 10 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. The US abstained and the 14 other council members all voted in favor of it. After the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on social media platform X that failing to implement the resolution “would be unforgivable.”

■ US-'Israel' diplomatic spat: Opening salvo fired (Al Mayadeen)

Palestinians, forcibly evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital after the Israeli army's attacks, said the people left behind in the hospital were killed or detained by Israeli forces. | The Israeli army, which has been continuing its attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, raided the Al-Shifa Hospital, located in the north of Gaza and the largest health center in the region, on March 18. Israeli forces continued the siege of the hospital, which they had previously attacked on the grounds that it was the "command center of Hamas."

Watch live from outside London’s High Court on Tuesday 26 March as the court is expected to hand down its ruling on whether Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States. | The WikiLeaks founder faces extradition over an alleged conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information following the publication of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In a January 2021 ruling, then-district judge Vanessa Baraitser said that Mr Assange should not be sent to America, citing a real and “oppressive” risk of suicide, while ruling against him on all other issues. But later that year, US authorities won their High Court bid to overturn this block, paving the way towards his extradition.

■ London Court Rules Assange Can Continue to Challenge Extradition to US (Sputnik News)
■ Knight Institute Reacts to British Court Ruling Allowing Julian Assange to Appeal Extradition to the U.S.
■ Assange Extradition Ruling: UK Judges Delay Decision, Ask US For Fresh Assurances (News18)
■ UK court orders delay to extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US on espionage charges
■ A London court will rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the US

Mick Hall | A former New Zealand prime minister says Washington is the likely culprit behind a signals intelligence system that, according to a report, existed for nearly a decade without the government knowing. | New Zealand’s public should be deeply concerned over revelations its security state facilitated a suspected U.S. intelligence operation capable of supporting military actions for nearly a decade without the New Zealand government’s knowledge, a constitutional lawyer says. ● A report has revealed that a signals intelligence system embedded in the country’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) ran from 2012 to 2020 without ministerial knowledge or approval after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in secret. The GCSB is the equivalent of the GCHQ in Britain and the NSA in the U.S. It collects, assesses and produces reports on foreign intelligence for other New Zealand agencies.The GCSB operates a satellite monitoring station at Waihopia near Blenheim and a radio receiving station at Tangimoana at Foxton, both capable of collecting foreign and domestic intelligence. ● A report by the country’s Inspector-General of Intelligence Brendan Horsley released last Thursday found that an unnamed country had used the infrastructure to intercept and decode messages that could be used to support “military actions by foreign partners.” Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the agency behind the scheme likely belonged to the U.S. The report makes it clear senior staff working on signals intelligence system memos of understanding were aware of how politically significant it was and the potential legal implications it posed.

“What the elite want is to rape and pillage Russia, which they've been after for centuries.”

💬 “Russians are feeling, I think more and more, that this isn't a war against Ukraine,” said Tremblay of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “The vast population are beginning to realize this is a war of the United States and its vassals in Europe against Russia, bent on destroying the Russian Federation.”

■ BULLETIN: PUTIN BLAMES D.C. FOR MOSCOW ATTACK (Hal Turner) (VIDEO)

The conflict is about preserving the US’ role in the world, the EU’s top diplomat has said | The West supports Ukraine not out of love for the Ukrainian people, but because it serves its own geopolitical interests, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told CNN on Monday.

💬 “You know, the US has a vested interest in supporting Ukraine. Otherwise we would be giving a free pass to Russia. And you know what happens then. Remember Crimea. Remember Syria,” he told Amanpour, without explaining what any of that meant. ● “We cannot afford Russia [to] win this war. Otherwise the US and European interests will be very damaged,” he added. “It’s not a matter of generosity alone, it’s not a matter of supporting Ukraine because we love Ukrainian people. It is in our own interests and it is also in the interests of the US as a global player, someone who has to be perceived as a reliable partner, a security provider to the allies.”

■ Borrell admits Ukrainian conflict all about West backing US desire to remain hegemon — MFA | "It is the first time ever that a representative of the Western regime has told the truth about what is happening," the diplomat wrote on her Telegram channel. "This is not about 'love for Ukrainians,' whom the Westerners have practically completely destroyed. It is all about the desire of the US to maintain its hegemony, to preserve its waning role in global affairs," she pointed out. (TASS)

The Moscow Concert Hall terrorists were trained in Istanbul for two months | “All four terrorists were trained in one of the camps in Turkey. The preparation [for two months] took place in Istanbul." Today, both Russia and the government of Turkeye' are "destroying" those camps. RECRUITED BY UKRAINE The recruitment of assassins for the terrorist attack in Moscow's Crocus City Hall Concert venue was organized through the Embassy of Ukraine in Tajikistan, according to a military expert, ex-special services officer, retired Colonel Bakhtiyer Rakhmonov. ● A few weeks before the terrorist attack, information appeared on the website of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission about inviting foreigners to join the so-called "International Legion," he noted. The message was later removed.

Resolution demands 'immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire' | The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza Strip for the month of Ramadan, leading to "a lasting sustainable" cease-fire. As many as 14 countries voted in favor of the resolution, presented by 10 elected members of the Council, while the US abstained from voting. The resolution called for an "immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire." It also demanded the "immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as ensuring humanitarian access to address their medical and other humanitarian needs."

■ Live blog: Hamas welcomes UNSC resolution, ready for prisoners exchange (TRT World)
■ Israel’s Netanyahu cancels delegation's visit to US after UN resolution for Gaza cease-fire (Anadolu)

■ Furkan Gözükara on X Al Jazeera has acquired leaked IDF copy.mp4
■ It didn't start on October 7

The Palestine Red Crescent Society [PRCS] announce that two hospitals in the southern city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip are under heavy attack by “Israeli” forces, as the occupying entity continues its genocidal war on the besieged enclave. | PRCS made the remarks in a statement on Sunday, saying “Israeli” occupation troops have raided the Nasser and al-Amal Hospitals and the entity’s military vehicles are encircling both medical complexes amid very intense shelling and heavy gunfire. ● It went on to say that “Israeli” military vehicles are currently surrounding al-Amal Hospital and conducting extensive excavation work around it, stressing that PRCS teams “are in extreme danger at the moment and are completely immobilized.” The humanitarian organization further noted that one of the displaced people sheltering in al-Amal hospital has been injured in the head, adding that smoke bombs were fired at the facility to force the staff, wounded and displaced people out of the building. “‘Israeli’ troops closed the gates of the hospital with barriers and everyone in the hospital was told to leave naked,” PRCS added.

INGMoscow's Basmanny District Court arrested Muhammadsobir Fayzov, the fourth person accused of committing a terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow, until May 22, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Monday. | "The court decided: to satisfy the investigator’s request, to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention against Faizov Muhammadsobir," a judge said. ● Earlier in the day, the court decided to apply a similar measure in the form of arrest until May 22 against three other suspects in the terrorist attack: Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda and Shamsidin Fariduni. ● The court said that Mirzoyev and Saidakrami had admitted their guilt.

■ US bails Ukraine out after Moscow attack, covering Zelensky with ISIS — diplomat (TASS)
■ Court arrests fourth suspected Crocus City Hall attacker Fayzov (TASS)
■ Maria Zakharova: Biden is not interested in peace but in ISIS* (Maria Zakharova)

■ Moscow terrorist attack: World sends condolences and condemnation (RT.com)

■ (8 Mar 2024) US, UK embassies warn of possible terror attack in Moscow in 24 hours (Al Mayadeen) — The warning initially issued by the US embassy was reiterated by the UK's embassy, advising American citizens to steer clear of large gatherings for the next 48 hours. It stressed that it is “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts”. + this.

■ Число пострадавших при теракте в «Крокус Сити Холле» возросло до 154 (IZ.ru)
■ Зритель "Крокус Сити Холла" рассказал, как сумел отобрать автомат у террориста (RG.ru)
■ Видео допроса: За расстрел людей подозреваемому пообещали 500 тысяч рублей (RG.ru)
■ Attack on Moscow Concert Hall Leaves More than 133 Killed, Hundreds Injured (03/23/24)

The Israeli military has attacked desperate Palestinians lining up for humanitarian aid in Gaza City, killing at least 19 people and injuring 23 others in a new massacre against aid seekers. | The Government Media Office in Gaza said in a statement that the carnage took place on Saturday near the al-Kuwait roundabout, southeast of Gaza City. Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense Department in Gaza, said there had been “heavy shooting at civilians” looking for food to help their families and children. 💬 “The occupation army and tanks opened fire with machine guns at the hungry people who were waiting for bags of flour and aid in a remote place that did not pose a threat to the occupation,” the statement said. ● “There were very serious injuries, some of whom were injured by shrapnel. The reality is tragic, difficult, and challenging,” he added, saying the victims were taken to the nearby al-Ahli Arab hospital.

■ 19 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces shell Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza (Anadolu)
■ Israel Bombed Over 400 Healthcare Facilities, Killing Nearly 700 (The Libertarian Institute)
■ Israel announces major land grab in West Bank (RT.com)
■ Israel Seizes West Bank Land for Future Settlements (antiwar.com)
■ Israeli war to only end with Jews settling northern Gaza: Knesset member (RT.com)

Translation of Al Jazeera’s report on the scenes it obtained of the targeting of four Palestinian civilians by an Israeli drone.

ترجمة تقرير قناة الجزيرة عن المشاهد التي حصلت عليها لإستهداف أربعة من المدنيين الفلسطنيين عن طريق مسيرة إسرائيلية.#israel #warcrimes #palestine… pic.twitter.com/uqNCUWghGY

— Khaled Yousry (@KhaledYousry22) March 21, 2024

The death toll in Israel's campaign of genocide in Gaza has exceeded over 31,000 Palestinians | Israeli forces used drones to kill four Palestinian youths in Gaza in cold blood as they walked down a road in the city of Khan Yunis in Gaza, footage obtained by Al-Jazeera shows. ● The drone first fired two missiles at the youths as they walked on dirt road, hoping to reach the remains of their destroyed homes. Israeli bulldozers had been active in the area but had withdrawn. Israeli forces continued to monitor the area by drone. ● The missiles killed two of the youths. The other two tried to escape, but Israeli drones opened fire with missiles a third and fourth time, killing them both separately as well. The last youth had tripped and fallen and was on his knees in the road as the missile struck him. ● The missiles obliterated the bodies, barely leaving a trace of them. The video shows the youths were unarmed and posed no threat to any Israeli forces. The drone was broadcasting video to an Israeli command center as it opened fire. ● On Thursday evening, the Gaza Media Office stated that the killings constituted evidence of a “deep crisis within the Israeli occupation.” 💬 “We strongly condemn this crime in which the occupation army bombed four civilian youths with drones, killing them vindictively and turning them into scattered remains, indicating the magnitude of the deep crisis that this occupation is going through by killing in this monstrous manner,” the media office said. “The US administration, the international community, and the Israeli occupation bear full responsibility for the continuation of these crimes against Palestinian civilians for the sixth consecutive month (of the war),” it added.

■ واشنطن تعلق على مشاهد قتل مسيّرة إسرائيلية 4 مدنيين عزّل بغزة (Al Jazeera)
■ EU funds multiple Israeli drone projects used in Gaza: Watchdogs (Al Mayadeen)

Russia’s Investigative Committee announced in the early hours of Saturday that the death toll in the attack on a packed music venue outside Moscow has risen to more than 60. According to health officials, nearly 150 were wounded, including several children. | Unidentified gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk on Friday night and opened fire at people who had come for a rock performance. ● The building was set on fire during the assault. The fate of the militants remains unclear as commando units and the National Guard are responding to the attack. ● Investigators, meanwhile, continue to recover the bodies and have warned that the number of fatalities may grow even more. Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said that forensic experts are collecting physical evidence and studying the security cameras. ● According to videos posted to social media, there were at least five gunmen. They killed security guards and proceeded to indiscriminately fire at people in the lobby. A group of assailants was filmed shooting concert-goers in the music auditorium.

■ (8 Mar 2024) US, UK embassies warn of possible terror attack in Moscow in 24 hours (Al Mayadeen) — The warning initially issued by the US embassy was reiterated by the UK's embassy, advising American citizens to steer clear of large gatherings for the next 48 hours. It stressed that it is “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts”.

■ Putin Invokes Ukraine In Public Remarks After Crocus City Hall Terrorist Attack (Trending Politics)
■ Everyone behind Moscow terror attack will be punished – Putin (RT.com)
■ Four Shooters CAPTURED after Moscow Terror Attack - Caught Heading toward . . . Ukraine (Hal Turner)(VIDEO)
■ Video released of first interrogation of suspected terrorist (RT.com)
■ Death toll in Moscow concert hall attack climbs to 133 – investigators (RT.com)
■ Moscow Concert Hall Attack: The Death Toll Rises To 115, Russia Detains Suspects (OneIndia.com)
■ Death toll from shooting at Moscow region concert hall rises to 115 (Anadolu)
■ Terrorist attack in Crocus: over 60 deaths, more than 100 wounded (TASS)
■ ‘I Have No Doubt Moscow Terror Act Was Provoked by Ukraine’: Elite Russian Counter-Terrorism Veteran (Sputnik)
■ Moscow attack terrorists planned to flee to Ukraine – FSB (RT.com)
■ FSB reports 11 suspects detained over terrorist attack (RT.com)
■ 4 Crocus attack perpetrators, with Ukrainian contacts, arrested: FSB (Al Mayadeen)
■ Iranian president talks to Putin, sympathizes with Russians over terrorist attack (Iran Front Page)
■ China Expresses Condolences to Putin Over Terrorist Attack in Moscow Region (Sputnik)

■ JUST IN: Hundreds Injured In Shocking Moscow Terror Attack – VIDEO (03/22/24)

Israeli war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 169th day — has killed at least 32,070 people and wounded 74,298 others, as Netanyahu rejects Blinken's advice against launching invasion of Rafah.💬 “We received testimonies from inside al-Shifa Medical Complex indicating that the Israeli occupation army threatened the medical staff and the displaced people sheltering there that it would destroy the hospital buildings with them inside,” the media office said in a statement. The army demanded that the Palestinians inside the hospital “head out for torture, investigation, and execution," it added.

■ Live blog: Israel kills nine waiting for aid at Gaza aid distribution point (TRT World)
■ Israel threatens to destroy Al-Shifa Medical Complex with people inside: Gaza media office (Anadolu)

The “Israeli” entity has announced the seizure of hundreds of acres of more Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank to expand settlements. It is viewed as one of the entity’s biggest land-grab schemes. | “Israel’s” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Friday to grab 800 hectares [1,977 acres] of more land in the occupied West Bank after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited “Israel” for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The minister emphasized the entity’s determination to press ahead with settlement building in the occupied West Bank, despite growing international outcry. Smotrich said that “we promote settlement through hard work and in a strategic manner all over ‘Israel’.” The “Israeli” entity has before also denominated land of 300 hectares [740 acres] in the Jordan Valley as state land in the Maale Adumim area of the West Bank.

Israel has been carrying out a horrendous campaign of bloodshed and human rights violations against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City, according to testimonies. | Israeli occupation forces are burning Palestinian homes and properties, escalating the genocidal war being committed against the residents of the besieged strip since 7 October 2023, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported on Saturday. ● The Monitor has documented shocking testimonies about a series of crimes systematically committed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the past 24 hours. The crimes include deliberate killings, extrajudicial executions, communication cutoffs, and intense shelling targeting areas and homes surrounding the al-Shifa Medical Complex. This medical facility, which serves as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinian families, has been under inclusive Israeli military attack for the fifth consecutive day. ● Israeli occupation forces have been strip-searching civilians and using them as human shields, raiding residential homes, conducting arbitrary arrests, and torturing residents, including women and children, according to the testimonies.

On Friday evening, armed assailants stormed the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow region, unleashing a terror attack that has left the international community in shock. | Russian state media, including TASS and RIA Novosti, report that three gunmen opened fire indiscriminately within the confines of the packed venue, leading to an unspecified number of casualties amid chaos. ● The attack swiftly escalated as explosives detonated by the assailants ignited a fierce blaze, engulfing the building in flames and sending a massive plume of black smoke into the sky, as captured in harrowing video footage. ● RIA Novosti’s correspondent at the scene reported, “People in camouflage, at least three, burst into the ground floor of the Crocus City Hall and opened fire with automatic weapons.” The trio “threw a grenade or an incendiary bomb, which started a fire” within the concert venue. ● Emergency services responded as approximately 100 people were rescued from the fire by firefighters, with ongoing efforts to save those trapped on the roof, according to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation. Despite the swift action of rescuers, the number of dead and injured remains uncertain.

■ Mass shooting and explosion reported at concert hall near Moscow (RT.com)(VIDEO)
■ Terrorist attack in Moscow Crocus City Hall leaves dozens dead (Al Mayadeen)
■ 60 Russians killed, 150 injured in Moscow terrorist attack; Iran condemns (PressTV)
■ Large blaze rages at Russian mall hit by terrorist attack (VIDEOS) (RT.com)
■ Gunmen attack mall near Moscow, dozens presumed dead (VIDEOS) (RT.com)
■ LIVE UPDATES: 40 Dead, Over 100 Injured in Mass Shooting at Moscow Concert Venue, FSB Says (Sputnik)

The United Nations Security Council encountered a deadlock on Friday regarding a resolution urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal. Permanent members Russia and China voted against the proposed measure put forward by the United States, resulting in its failure to pass.

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the “Israeli” military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes. | The doctors, who have recently returned from volunteering at Gaza’s besieged hospitals, are expected to meet White House officials and senior members of Congress this week to warn that pledges of increased aid to Palestinians under bombardment are largely meaningless without an immediate ceasefire to allow safe distribution of food and the revival of healthcare services. ● Professor Nick Maynard, the former director for cancer services at Oxford University who worked at the al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza at the beginning of the year, accused the “Israeli” army of “appalling atrocities”. “The ‘Israeli’ are systematically targeting healthcare facilities, healthcare personnel and really dismantling the whole healthcare system,” he said.

■ “Israel” Martyrs 8 Palestinians, Including 3 Children in Rafah (Alahed News)
■ Fasting and mourning: Israeli attacks darken Ramadan in occupied West Bank (TRT World)
■ Live blog: Israel army bombs building in Gaza's Al Shifa Medical Complex (03/21/24)

Thomas Fazi | For decades, Israel has supported many of the world's most brutal dictatorships, contributing to the repression and suppression of democracy and popular movements across the globe | Aside from the United States, no other single country has contributed to the repression and suppression of democracy and left-wing popular movements around the world as much as Israel has. As Loewenstein notes:

💬 "The Global South has been controlled and pacified with (principally) Israeli and US weapons. … Israel has worked closely with Washington for decades, often operating in places where the US preferred covert support rather than public backing."

This is particularly evident in region that the US has long considered its backyard, Latin America, home to some of the most savage dictatorships of the Cold War era — virtually all of which were politically and militarily supported by Israel, including at least one government that openly targeted and persecuted Jews.