Is it a row or just a tiff brewing between German and Israel? | The comment was part of an altercation between Baerbock and Netanyahu when the latter insisted there was no famine and Gaza, but the German Foreign Minister kept pushing the point, at which time Netanyahu raised his voice at her. ● The altercation which was supposed to be kept in private but was leaked through the Israeli and Germany media set the balling rolling on the X platform with many bloggers reporting the incident that may sour Israeli-German relations despite the fact Germany is seen as one of the main suppliers of weapons to Israel led by the United States and Britain.

Andrew Korybko | Alt-Media totally misunderstands – and oftentimes deliberately misportays – President Putin’s relationship with Israel, which a reading of the official Kremlin website’s most relevant links indicates is a lot better than most people may think. | Alt-Media dogma indoctrinates its followers with the notion that it’s impossible for Russia and Israel to be on friendly terms with one another, let alone allies, because President Putin is supposedly on an “anti-Zionist crusade” to “save the world”, which isn’t true whatsoever. Many websites have popped up and fed into this delusional “wishful thinking” with outlandish headlines and false narratives in order to reap revenue from increased web traffic and the donations that they hope to solicit as a result.

Video has emerged from Odessa, Ukraine showing elements of the French Army entering that city. This appears to be direct entry into the Ukraine conflict by a NATO-Member country. | It is likely being carried-out pursuant to a Bi-Lateral agreement between Ukraine and France, but that is not confirmed at this time. Russia has repeatedly made clear that any troops from foreign countries that enter Ukraine will be legitimate targets for the Russian Army. ● On April 13, France sent Foreign Legion troops into Slavyansk, Ukraine. Within 48 Hours, most of them were dead with many other injured from Russian strikes against Slavyansk.

■ Ukraine has lost almost half a million troops – Moscow (RT.com)

The spokesman for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund [UNICEF], James Elder, confirmed that more than 14000 Palestinian children have so far been martyred in “Israel’s” ongoing aggression on Gaza.

💬 “Reports are now that more than 14,000 girls and boys have been killed in Gaza. Perhaps we should say that slowly. Fourteen thousand. Perhaps we should do something,” Elder said in a post on social media platform X [formerly known as Twitter] on Friday. He called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and warned against an expected invasion of the southern city of Rafah, where nearly more than half of Gaza's population of 2.4 have sought shelter from “Israeli” strikes elsewhere in Gaza.

■ Live blog: Israeli attacks kill at least 54 more Palestinians in 24 hours (TRT World)
■ 'Israel's' civilian executions, bulldozer burials 'shocking' (Al Mayadeen)
■ Gaza| Mass Grave Discovered at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis■ Israeli air strikes kill 22 women and children in Rafah (Peter Symonds)

According to reports from local media, the largest and most important US military bases in eastern Syria have been targeted by missile attacks. Four missiles were launched at the al-Omar oil field base. The Kharab al-Jir base was targeted with three missiles and a drone was also sent to the location. | At least one of the missiles struck the Kharab al-Jir base is reported to have caused a fire. The missile attack comes after two months in which US bases in eastern Syria were not targeted. Reports of casualties at the Kharab al-Jir base remain unconfirmed. ● The attacks on the al-Omar and Kharab al-Jir bases, which occurred less than an hour apart, amount to a major increase in tensions. In February, the al-Omar oil field base was targeted with rocket shells, causing only material damage.

■ Missiles, drone hit two US military bases in eastern Syria (PressTV)
■ Rockets fired at US base in Syria – Reuters (RT.com)

Ukrainian and Western leaders welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the US House of Representatives, as the Kremlin claimed the passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. | The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion. ● With an overwhelming vote, the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine passed in a matter of minutes. Many Democrats cheered on the House floor and waved Ukrainian flags.

■ Moscow issues dire warning over US-Ukraine aid bill (RT.com)
■ The United States' allocation of military will exacerbate global crises: (Мария Захарова/Telegram)
■ It was a vote by the joyous bastards of the state... (04/21/24)

U.S. DOD issued contract for ‘COVID-19 Research’ in Ukraine in 2019 | The world first started to hear about a novel coronavirus in early January 2020, with reports of an alleged new pneumonia like illness spreading across Wuhan, China. However, the world did not actually know of Covid-19 until February 2020, because it was not until the 11th of that month that the World Health Organisation officially named the novel coronavirus disease as Covid-19. ● So with this being the official truth, why does United States Government data show that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded a contract on the 12th November 2019 to Labyrinth Global Health INC. for ‘COVID-19 Research’, at least one month before the alleged emergence of the novel coronavirus, and three months before it was officially dubbed Covid-19? The shocking findings however, do not end there.

■ Sasha Latypova with Katherine Watt: SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 is a US DOD Military Prototype Project
[Alternaively:] ■ Discussion with Katherine Watt on American Domestic Bioterrorism Program | Congress and US Presidents legalized and funded the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. government and the American people, through a massive domestic bioterrorism program relabeled as a public health program, conducted by the HHS Secretary and Secretary of Defense on behalf of the World Health Organization and its financial backers.

Palestinian civil defense teams have unearthed a mass grave at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis two weeks after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the southern Gaza city. | In a statement released on Saturday, Gaza's civil defense agency said the bodies of 50 Palestinians, who had been killed by the Israeli occupation forces, were retrieved from the mass grave. “Our teams continue their search and retrieval operations for the remaining martyrs in the coming days as there are still a significant number of them,” it added. ● Israeli forces raided the Nasser hospital and killed dozens of people who were sheltering at the medical complex back in February following days of intense bombardment. ● They attacked Khan Yunis – the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city - in early December, forcing residents to flee their homes. ● On April 7, the Israeli military said that it had withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Yunis. Since then, displaced Palestinians have been returning to their homes after months of Israeli attacks, which left much of the city in ruins.

■ West Bank village counts losses after settler attack, and fears more (Reuters)
■ 17 Palestinians killed as West Bank rocked by Israeli raids and shootings (The National)
■ Israeli forces kill 14 Palestinians during refugee camp siege in N West Bank (PressTV)
■ Hamas calls for general strike in West Bank after Israeli raid on refugee camp (PressTV)

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев) | No one doubted that American lawmakers would approve "aid" to a gang of neo-Nazis. It was a vote by the joyous bastards of the state:

a) in favor of continuing the civil war of the divided people of our formerly united country;
b) for maximizing the number of victims of this war.

We will win, of course, despite the 61 billion bloody dollars that will mostly go down the throats of their insatiable military-industrial complex. Strength and Truth are behind us. ■ But given the Russophobic decision, I cannot but sincerely wish the USA to plunge into a new civil war as soon as possible. Which, I hope will be fundamentally different from the war between the North and the South in the XIX century and will be conducted with the use of planes, tanks, artillery, MLRS, all kinds of missiles, and other weapons. And which will finally lead to the ignominious collapse of the vile, evil empire of the XXI century - the United States of America. (Translation: DeepL + Grammarly)

■ Ex-Russian president slams ‘American bastards’ (RT.com)
■ US House Passes Bill to Give "Frozen" Russian Assets to Ukraine (04/20/24)

A reconnaissance copter of the Russian Armed Forces has captured on video the Ukrainian military’s attempts to hide the AFU’s losses: the evacuation team of Ukrainian troops dumped the bodies of their dead comrades in a forest clearing. According to a source in the Russian security services, this is being done in order not to pay monetary compensation to the relatives of the dead. | The incident took place on the Kherson direction, where the Russian army struck an AFU facility on the contact line. The video shows how the military loaded the bodies of the comrades, who could still be alive, into a pickup truck, drove into a wooded area and dumped them there. ● On 20 March, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu said that the Russian Armed Forces were continuing to push Ukrainian troops out of their positions in the special military operation zone. According to his data, the military losses of the Ukrainian army since the beginning of this year have exceeded 71,000 people and 11,000 units of various weapons.

Drago Bosnic | NATO keeps escalating its crawling strategic siege of Russia | For well over 30 years at this point, NATO has been conducting a crawling, yet comprehensive invasion in Europe. After spending nearly a decade waging a war of aggression on Serbia/Yugoslavia, which effectively served as the testing ground for its "Barbarossa-like" strategic siege of Russia, the world's most bellicose military alliance moved to the active phase of this plan. After decades of futile attempts to build a mutually beneficial relationship based on peace and respect, Moscow responded with a special military operation (SMO) to push NATO back. What's more, the first stage of the SMO looked more like an expanded police action supported by some strategic assets. And it nearly ended in mere weeks, as expected by the intelligence services and military commanders. Unfortunately, the political West had other plans, so it sabotaged the already-signed peace deal.

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Saturday to transfer frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine and ban TikTok unless it severs ties to its Chinese parent company. | House lawmakers passed the bill, dubbed the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, in a vote of 360 in favor and 58 opposed. ● The legislation allows the executive branch to transfer frozen Russian sovereign assets to Ukraine, sanctions Iran, disrupts the ability of Palestinian organization Hamas to fund terrorism and sanctions entities involved in international fentanyl trafficking.

💬 Christine Lagarde says US plan to raise debt against Russian assets carries legal risk (Financial Times) | “Moving from freezing the assets, to confiscating them, to disposing of them is something that needs to be looked at very carefully,” Lagarde said, warning it could entail “breaking the international order that you want to protect; that you would want Russia to respect”. ■ Legal risks loom over proposal to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, warns ECB chief (Yahoo)

■ IMF warns about confiscating Russian assets (RT.com)
■ US House approves 89 billion euros aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (EuroNews)
■ US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday vote (Euractiv)

Day 196 | During the past 24 hours:

• 4 massacres committed by the Israeli occupation

• 37 people killed

• 68 injured pic.twitter.com/XrnPkx1FkC

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) April 20, 2024

■ Israel’s war on Gaza live news: Israel bombs Rafah, Haniyeh meets Erdogan (Al Jazeera)
■ War on Gaza: A cruel month of massacres for Palestinians as the US mask is ripped off (Ammiel Alcalay)(MEE)

Alison Weir | In full view of the world, the US is facilitating “some of the worst crimes of our age,” an actions that could ultimately cause America’s downfall… Why is this happening and what can be done about it? | British journalist and author Owen Jones recently made a video describing in excruciating detail Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Many others have also reported on this. Medical Aid CEO Melanie Ward says that “children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.” Jones concludes that Israel’s ruthless actions – publicly supported by Western governments at a time when the world is seeing them in real time – could prove the downfall of the West. He points out that “Western governments have openly facilitated some of the worst crimes of our age” and concludes: “I don’t think the West is ever going to recover from this.” It’s important to examine why the West is taking such irrational, immoral, and self-destructive actions.

■ Essential facts and stats about the Hamas-Gaza-Israel war (If Americans Knew)

A heart-breaking scene of a Palestinian father crying while bidding farewell to his only daughter who lost her life in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, leaving the bereaved father in deep grief. pic.twitter.com/sW5qGkUZ9f

— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) April 20, 2024

As the humanitarian crisis worsens in the Gaza Strip, the 196th day of Israeli occupation has brought more bloodshed and suffering to the region. With over 34,000 dead and nearly 77,000 injured since October 7, the Israeli occupation forces are showing no signs of slowing down. | In the past 24 hours alone, Israeli occupation forces have committed four massacres in Gaza, leaving 37 dead and 68 injured. Air strikes and artillery shelling have devastated the area, with civilians being the primary targets of these brutal attacks. ● The situation has become dire, with more than 90% of the population displaced and struggling to survive amidst the siege. The Ministry of Health has reported that there are still victims trapped in the rubble, unable to receive medical assistance due to ongoing attacks. ● Israeli warplanes continue to bomb residential areas, leaving families devastated and cities in ruins. The people of Gaza are living in fear as the violence escalates, with no end in sight. To make matters worse, the Gaza Strip is facing a severe water crisis. With all water wells in the city shut down due to fuel shortages, residents are now facing extreme thirst.

■ War on Gaza: A cruel month of massacres for Palestinians as the US mask is ripped off (Ammiel Alcalay)(MEE)

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has confirmed that the attack came in response to the aggression against the PMF, and in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza. | The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launched a drone attack against a strategic Israeli target in the '48 Israeli-occupied territories in response to the Israeli attack against a military base where a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) group was deployed. ● In a statement on its Telegram channel, the Iraqi Resistance adopted the operation against the Eilat port on Saturday morning, noting that it was in response to the violation of Iraqi sovereignty, the aggression against the PMF, and in support of Gaza against the Israeli massacres and genocide against Palestinians in the Strip.

Video shows the moment Iran's air defense shot down several mini quadcopters near Isfahan. pic.twitter.com/93dwwtAzPz

— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) April 19, 2024

Air defenses have reportedly been activated in several provinces of the Islamic Republic | Israel carried out a series of strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday, multiple news outlets have reported. The news comes less than a week after the Islamic Republic fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel. ● Iranian news agency Mehr reported that several explosions were heard around 4 am local time in the skies over the central city of Isfahan. ● IRNA news agency said that air defenses have been activated in several parts of Iran, and that Israel also struck military airfields and a radar site in Syria and Iraq. ● Hossein Dalirian, spokesman for Iran’s civilian space program, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that several drones had been shot down over the city of Isfahan. Iranian TV later said that three drones had been destroyed over the city. ● According to Al Jazeera, Iran has suspended flights at several airports, including Tehran and Isfahan. [...] Reports of the explosions came hours after Iran’s Foreign Minister Houssein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN that Iran's response would be “immediate and at a maximum level,” if Israel takes any further military action against his country. “If the Israeli regime commits the grave error once again our response will be decisive, definitive and regretful for them,” he stated, explaining that warning was sent to the White House via the Swiss Embassy in Tehran.

■ Iran’s Air Defenses Shoot Down Drones in Isfahan and Tabriz, No External Aggression Occurred (Al Manar TV)
■ Iranians mock Israeli strike on Isfahan (Al Mayadeen)
■ Residents: Iranian cities of Tabriz, Isfahan completely calm following blasts sound (IFP News)
■ Israel launched an attack on Iran VIDEO (b92)
■ Israel Strikes Several Sites in Iran - Reports (Sputnik News)
■ Iran destroys several micro air vehicles over Isfahan (Mehr News)
■ Air defense system activated as blast heard in Iran’s Isfahan: Official (IRNA)
■ Oil steadies after surge following reported Israeli attack on Iran (Channel News Asia)
■ Israel Can't Afford Escalation With Iran and Gaza (Ekaterina Blinova)
■ Israel Quietly 'Retaliates' For Iran's Retaliation Attack (Moon of Alabama)

A leaked memo reveals the depth of the controversial newspaper’s anti-Palestinian bias. | A shocking internal style guide from The New York Times was leaked this week, revealing the depth of the controversial newspaper’s bias regarding the Palestine-Israel conflict.

💬 “I’ve closely monitored the paper’s slanted coverage for more than a decade, and I admit to being stunned by this,” wrote Mondoweiss editor James North. “Arguably the worst example of bias is the Times’s directive that its reports should ‘avoid’ using the phrase ‘occupied territory’ when describing Palestinian land.”

The German government has just made an astonishing admission, revealing that the entire COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax designed to vaccinate the public with mRNA injections and impose unwelcome new laws. | What is significant is that the German Health authorities based on official data have now been obliged under Freedom of Information to reveal the devastating nature and impacts of the Covid lockdowns imposed on 190 countries, starting March 11, 2020. Most of the independent studies related to the pandemic have been the object of censorship. ● Of significance, the official documents of Germany’s Ministry of Health are consistent with the independent reports published over the course of more than 4 years pertaining to the COVID-19 lockdowns, the mandatory wearing of face masks, and the experimental mRNA vaccines.

■ Bombshell New Study Dooms Covid Vaccinated (News Addicts)
■ GAME OVER for the mRNA-based “vaccine” technology (mwgfd.org)(.pdf)

Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack without saying when or how, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of unrest linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. ● Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack without saying when or how, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of unrest linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. ● Israel’s allies have been urging Israel since the attack to hold back on any response that could spiral. These calls were repeated on Wednesday during visits by the British and German foreign ministers.

■ Mediators urge Israel for a face-saving response, while Israel outlines 3 scenarios (albawaba.com)
■ Israel 'will make own decisions' in response to Iran attack, says Netanyahu after meeting with Cameron (LBC News)
■ Israel: "The Decision has been made" - Timing is now the issue for Iran Attack (Hal Turner)
■ US and UK Put Air Refueling Tankers up - Middle East . . . For Israel to Attack Iran (Hal Turner)
■ Jordan opened airspace for Israeli jets to counter Iran (The Cradle)
■ Iran warns Israel it knows where its nukes are hidden (RT.com)
■ IRGC warns of 'tit-for-tat' retaliation if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities (PressTV)
■ Iran readies 1000 ballistic missiles, declaring, "We're crazier than you think" (albawaba.com)

A vaccination advocate was left stunned after being presented with evidence from a world-renowned expert showing how Covid mRNA shots have caused a global sudden death epidemic. | Renowned cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough proved once again that he cites the science quite like no one else after going into enemy territory — and winning. ● Recently, on the Occupy Democrats Network, Dr. McCullough told podcaster Brian Shapiro, “You are wrong” to his face about the COVID-19 injections. ● Shapiro claimed, “You are… far less likely to get the effects of having to go into the ICU or possibly dying if you were vaccinated.” “Am I wrong?” he asked.“

💬 “Yeah, you’re wrong,” replied Dr. McCullough. “And here’s the reason why.” (McCullough then dropped bombshell information that left Shapiro speechless:) ● “The prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials of the vaccines never showed a reduction in severity.” ● “They never showed a reduction in hospitalization and death.” [...] “With every single injection, one is more and more likely to get COVID-19.”

■ Mistakes Were NOT Made: An Anthem for Justice (Margaret Anna Alice)(VIDEO)

Western states need to send more anti-air systems to Kyiv, the head of the bloc says | NATO members should prioritize arming Ukraine over bolstering their defense capabilities, the secretary general of the US-led military bloc said on Wednesday. ● Stoltenberg pointed to Denmark as “a strong example” as it pledged in February to donate all of its artillery to Kyiv. He praised both Denmark and the Netherlands for their plans to provide F-16 fighter jets, adding that he was “encouraged” by the news that the US Congress is expected soon to vote for additional aid to Ukraine, after months of delay. ● The NATO chief’s appeal comes at a time when member states are struggling to deliver sufficient amounts of weapons to Ukraine without depleting their stocks and compromising security. Officials in Kyiv have blamed ammunition shortages for last year’s failed counteroffensive, as well as recent battlefield losses.

Editor's comment: 💬 Mr. Stoltenberg probably suffers from ukrainitis, a relatively unknown disease until 2014. This debilitating disease now seems to be fairly prevalent in the West. It is an affliction characterized by a severe, u-shaped intracranial inflammation, a u-kranial inflammation, as it were. There is no known cure for it, except to resign from his (or her) position. Regular exercise may also be helpful. This can safely be done in a high-security prison with preventive custody.

David Miller | The genocide in Gaza is being perpetrated by the so-called ‘Israel Defense Forces’. The whole world is appalled. Yet, in the UK, there are organizations raising money to support the genocidal occupation forces. | The Association for Israel’s Soldiers is based in occupied Palestine and claims to be the sole avenue through which donations can be made directly to IDF soldiers and IDF units. These donations come from Zionists in Palestine as well as from the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, France, and the UK. ■ The UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel Soldiers (AWIS) is a registered charity that is obliged by law to show public benefit. Its charitable objects include relief of need and suffering, advancement of education, and provision of facilities for recreation of the occupation forces. ■ It does this by providing Mobile Synagogues, recreational facilities for injured genocidaires, free holidays, free student scholarships, mobile Gym, and rest and recreation facilities. Among the benefits are swimming pools including the one promoted in a video on Facebook in May last year. In the video, AWIS says they “created a swimming pool in the heart of the desert for the training base of the artillery corps.” Meanwhile, drinking water in Gaza has been cut off for more than three months.

■ 13 British Lords Linked to Israel’s Arms Trade (John McEvoy)(04/17/24)