Mossad director Yossi Cohen personally involved in secret plot to pressure Fatou Bensouda to drop Palestine investigation, sources say | According to accounts shared with ICC officials, he is alleged to have told her: 💬 “You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.” One individual briefed on Cohen’s activities said he had used “despicable tactics” against Bensouda as part of an ultimately unsuccessful effort to intimidate and influence her. They likened his behaviour to “stalking”. ■ The Mossad also took a keen interest in Bensouda’s family members and obtained transcripts of secret recordings of her husband, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Israeli officials then attempted to use the material to discredit the prosecutor. ■ The revelations about Cohen’s operation form part of a forthcoming investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, revealing how multiple Israel intelligence agencies ran a covert “war” against the ICC for almost a decade.

■ Ex-Mossad head threatened ICC chief to abandon IOF war crimes probe (Al Mayadeen)

As Israel continues to massacre Palestinian civilians across the Gaza Strip, European diplomats are finding it increasingly difficult to support the genocidal war | EU diplomats on 27 May urged Israel to comply with an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “immediately halt” its offensive in Rafah, as attacks on shelters for displaced civilians have killed hundreds of Palestinians over the past three days. ● Speaking ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said, “Everybody agrees that the rulings of the International Court of Justice are binding, and they have to be implemented.” ● These comments were echoed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares, who said the European ministers would discuss how to “take the right measures to enforce that decision.” [Editor's comment: This will take forever. These people are all bark, no bite.]

■ Türkiye accuses U.S. of ‘enabling genocide’ in Gaza (Daily Sabah)

During the past hour in Rafah. https://t.co/nk8Dd8RhmK pic.twitter.com/OAtkVa86p7

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) May 28, 2024

RAFAH NOW | DIRECT ARTILLERY SHELLING OF THE HOUSES! pic.twitter.com/Ts2KvdmGGs

— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) May 28, 2024

Pained cries of the injured, frantic efforts by medics and unspeakable scenes of the aftermath in Kuwaiti Hospital. | A little girl in pink pyjamas has been settled on a bloodied bed at Kuwait Specialty Hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, her face bewildered as she blinks repeatedly. Shrapnel tore a gaping wound on her torso, which was hastily bandaged when she first arrived at the hospital. Now medics are frantically trying to decide whether to remove some of the gauze to treat her further.

■ Israeli tanks advance into Rafah centre despite global outcry (Mehr News)
■ EU officials demand Israel comply with ICJ order (The Cradle)
■ Terrible destruction, collapse on the horizon for 'Israel': Ex-General (Al Mayadeen)
■ 'Children burned alive': Death toll from Israel attack on Rafah safe zone rises to 50 (05/27/24)
■ UK doctors retell horror accounts of genocide in Gaza: The Guardian (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israeli Missile Attack Turns Refugee Camp Into Rafah Hellscape (Mike Whitney)

The head of the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service told Sputnik about NATO's nuclear drills near Russia's borders and explained how guards regularly thwart Ukrainian attempts to infiltrate Russia. | NATO is training to strike Russian territory with nuclear weapons near its borders, the head of the border service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Vladimir Kulishov, told Sputnik. 💬 "Near the Russian border, NATO's reconnaissance activities are increasing, the intensity of operational combat training of the alliance's troops is growing, during which scenarios for conducting combat operations against the Russian Federation, including the launch of nuclear strikes on our territory, are being worked out," he said. The top official added that the situation requires "taking appropriate steps to protect and secure our borders."

■ NATO training for nuclear strike on Russia – general (RT.com)

The head of the US-led military bloc should clarify his remarks or resign, deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said | Stoltenberg claimed last week that the “time has come” for members of the US-led military bloc to reconsider their policies and let Ukraine use Western weapons to launch strikes deep into Russian territory.

💬 “I don’t know why Stoltenberg said such a thing, I think we have to be very careful,” Meloni told Italy’s Rai 3 TV channel on Sunday. The Italian prime minister stressed that “NATO must remain firm, not give the signal that it is giving in,” but advised “greater caution.” ● “There are many questionable statements,” Meloni added, recalling how she rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron over his remarks on potentially sending troops to Ukraine.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini told an election rally on Sunday that Stoltenberg...

💬 “...cannot speak on behalf of the Italian people.” ● “NATO cannot force us to kill in Russia, nor can anyone force us to send Italian soldiers to fight or die in Ukraine,” Salvini said, arguing that Rome is sending Kiev weapons only to “defend itself,” not to “fight, strike and kill outside its territory.” ● “This gentleman should either ask for forgiveness, rectify his remarks or resign,” Salvini added.

■ NATO falling into ‘wartime ecstasy’ – Kremlin (RT.com)
■ Latvia’s leader sees 'no reason' to prevent Ukrainian attacks on Russia (TASS)
■ Moscow reacts to NATO chief’s call for attacks deeper inside Russia (RT.com)(05/27/24)
■ Madrid doesn’t want to let Kiev use NATO weapons to hit targets in Russia — PM (TASS)
■ Orban Foresees Dire Consequences If EU Militarism Continues Unchecked (Sputnik News)
■ Giving Ukraine Missiles to Shoot Into Russia Is a Declaration of War (05/27/24)
■ NATO chief supports Ukraine’s use of Western weapons to attack Russia (05/25/24)
■ So calculate well the range of what you allocate to the Nazis, gentlemen (Dmitry Medvedev)(05/19/24)

Vanessa Beeley | Zionist Machiavellian plan for the region to counter Resistance and Iran | “From crisis to prosperity - transformation of Gaza from an Iranian shrine to a moderate axis” - this is the tagline of a recent Ynet article in Hebrew that reports on the Netanyahu administration examination of a dystopian vision of Gaza’s future as a hideous Dubai/Singapore style outpost of Zionist and US/UK military and economic hegemony in West Asia.