The Palestinian militant group has blamed the strike on Israel and vowed retaliation | The leader of the Hamas political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, has been assassinated along with one of his bodyguards in Tehran, the Palestinian group and Iranian authorities have confirmed. Hamas was quick to blame the killing on Israel, which has so far declined to comment. The group said Haniyeh was killed on Tuesday morning in a “treacherous attack of the Zionists on his residence” in Tehran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has said an investigation is ongoing. Haniyeh, usually based in Qatar, was in the Iranian capital for the inauguration of the new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.

💬 The assassination of Haniyeh is a “cowardly act that will not go unpunished”, the Hamas-run channel Al-Aqsa TV quoted senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk as saying. “This assassination by the Israeli occupation of Brother Haniyeh is a grave escalation that aims to break the will of Hamas,” senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters. He went on to say that Hamas will continue the path it is following, and is “confident of victory.”

■ UN Security Council set for emergency session on July 31 after Haniyeh’s assassination (TASS)
■ Ismail Haniyeh's journey of Resistance: From exile to martyrdom (Al Mayadeen)
■ First details on Ismail Haniyeh martyrdom released (MEHR News)
■ Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh reportedly to be buried in Qatar (MEHR News)
■ Hamas top leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, region's tensions escalate (The New Arab)
■ Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran (TASS)
■ Austin Pledges the US Will Defend Israel If It Faces Attack After Latest Escalations (Antiwar.com)
■ China condemns assassination of Hamas chief Haniyeh (Anadolu)
■ Russia Strongly Condemns Assassination of Hamas Politburo Chief Haniyeh (Sputnik News)
■ Erdoğan reacts to assassination of Hamas leader (MEHR News)
■ Syria condemns Israel violation of Iran sovereignty (MEHR News)
■ ‘Blatant' Assassination of Haniyeh ‘May Have Been Crossing a Red Line’ – Ex-CIA Officer (Sputnik News)
■ Конфликт на Ближнем Востоке рискует перейти в острую фазу после убийства лидера ХАМАС. И вот почему
+ THIS: Updated 8:27 Pm EDT -- Israel Air-strikes Beirut - Goes After #2 Guy in Hezbollah (MEDIA)

The number of warplanes is “small,” the news outlet has reported, citing unnamed sources | The first batch of US-made F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The number of warplanes is “small,” sources told the outlet on condition of anonymity. Kiev has yet to comment on the development. ● The origin of the aircraft is not yet clear. Last year, a group of NATO states, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Sweden, formed the so-called ‘F-16 coalition’. It was later joined by Greece, the US, Bulgaria, and France. ● Some of the ‘coalition’ members, including the Netherlands and Denmark, pledged to provide Kiev with the Western aircraft from their own stocks, while others trained Ukrainian pilots. [...] Moscow has repeatedly stated that F-16s will not change the outcome of the conflict, just like the other Western weapons provided to Kiev. The Russian military will destroy the planes as it has done with other Ukrainian hardware, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this year.

■ F-16 Fighter Jets "DELIVERED" to Ukraine (Harold Turner)

The Israeli army has announced a suspension of "critical security discussions regarding escalation in the North," citing the attack on the Beit Lid military base by right-wing gangs on Monday evening. [...] Reports confirm that one Palestinian detainee was subjected to gang rape by 9 or 10 Israeli soldiers and endured severe torture, resulting in paralysis and current hospitalization. According to an Israeli Army Radio report, the abuse occurred approximately three weeks ago at the Sde Teiman detention facility. The victim was discovered at the military base in critical condition and was subsequently transported to a hospital for treatment and surgery. [...]It is worth noting that Sde Teiman, a military installation in southern occupied Palestine, has gained notoriety as a site likened to a "New Guantanamo," where the Israeli army reportedly engages in the torture and killing of Palestinian civilians of all ages, including children, who have been abducted from various areas of the Gaza Strip since the onset of the war on October 7. These individuals are brought to the facility for initial interrogation, as stated by the Israeli military.

■ IDF Soldiers 'Claim They Raped Palestinian Detainee in Self-Defense' (InfoLib)
■ Israeli Lawmakers Debate Whether It's Okay to Rape Palestinian Prisoners (InfoLib)
■ State Department Won’t Call Israeli Rape of Palestinian Prisoners a War Crime (Antiwar.com)
■ Israel guilty of 'extermination, torture, sexual violence' in Gaza: UN probe (06/13/24)

The IDF has confirmed a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander | A building in Beirut, Lebanon has been destroyed in what Israel said was a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander. The strike has raised concerns of a wider war in the region. ● Lebanese media reported the explosion in the Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik on Tuesday evening, while Israeli outlets identified the targeted area as Dahieh. It was unclear whether airplanes or drones were involved. ● At least one person has died and ten have been injured, according to RT Arabic.

■ Two martyred in Israeli aggression on Southern Suburb of Beirut (Al Mayadeen)

Venezuelans have taken to the streets after the national electoral authority declared victory for President Maduro | Unrest and street clashes broke out across Venezuela on Monday, after the electoral authority announced that Nicolas Maduro had been re-elected for another six-year term as president. ● The opposition says the vote was marred by fraud, insisting its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won the ballot. Some opinion polls ahead of the election showed a clear majority for the challenger. ● Large numbers of riot police and soldiers were deployed in Caracas to disperse protesters and prevent them from approaching the presidential palace. Over 20 Venezuelan security personnel were injured, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said.

■ Exit poll used by Venezuela opposition sourced from US gov-linked firm (Al Mayadeen)
■ Press review: World reacts to Maduro's re-election + Lebanon (TASS)
■ Protests in Venezuela Definitely Financed by Washington - Russian Observer (RT.com)
■ At least 15 people detained for vandalism, destabilization attempts in Venezuela (TASS)
■ Βενεζουέλα: Ανακοίνωσε ότι αποσύρει το διπλωματικό προσωπικό της από επτά χώρες της Λατινικής Αμερικής
■ О президентских выборах в Венесуэле 🇻🇪 (Мария Захарова)(Telegram)

Slovakia’s deputy PM has withdrawn from the closing ceremony, claiming its opening ‘abused the beauty of sport’ | Slovakia’s deputy prime minister, Tomas Taraba, has announced that he will not represent his country at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Taraba was among the many who slammed Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Games as highly disrespectful to Christians.

■ Paris Olympics Plagued by Crime, Strikes and Sabotage Before Even Starting (Sputnik News)
■ An In-Depth Look at the Depravity of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (VigilantCitizen)
■ Vade Retro Satana (Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop)

Western countries intensified their warnings and contacts with Lebanese and Israeli officials to prevent the eruption of a broader conflict in Lebanon in wake of the Majdal Shams attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that left 12 youths dead. | Hezbollah has refused to offer any assurances, reiterating that it will “respond to any Israeli strike”. Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday according to Reuters. Two other Israeli officials said Israel was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting following Saturday's rocket strike at a sports field in a Druze town that it blamed on the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah has denied its involvement in the attack.

■ Iran's new president warns Israel against attacking Lebanon (Naharnet/Agence France Presse)

Two MQ-9 Reaper drones recently came dangerously close to a Russian Su-24M strike fighter in the skies over Syria, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria.

💬 “On July 27, two coalition MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and combat drones perilously approached Su-24 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a scheduled flight over Syria. This encounter happened at an altitude of about 6,500 meters near the settlement of Al Sukhnah in the Homs Governorate,” the Center explained.

In addition, two pairs of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters and A-10 attack jets reportedly violated Syrian airspace in the Al Tanf area eight times on the same day. Reaper drones have repeatedly flown close to Russian fighters over Syrian airspace, with one such episode involving a Russian Su-35 fighter occurring in the second week of July. An MQ-9 was reported to have closely approached a Su-35 on June 27, 15 days ago—a day marked by 12 sustained violations of Syrian airspace by Western combat aircraft.

Following Erdogan's threat of military intervention in Palestine, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz threatened the Turkish President with the same fate as Saddam Hussein. | Katz took to X to threaten Erdogan with a similar fate to that of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006, if he moved forward with his threat to intervene in Palestine. "Erdogan follows in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein and threatens to attack Israel. Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended." Katz wrote.

■ Israeli Foreign Minister Compares Erdogan to Hussein, Commenting on Readiness to 'Enter' Israel (Sputnik News)
■ 'End of genocidal Netanyahu will be like Hitler’s': Turkish Foreign Ministry (Anadolu)

The Majdal Shams strike resulted in the tragic loss of 12 lives, all natives of the occupied Golan. What insights can we recover from the evidence gathered following yesterday's incident? | Israeli regime authorities claimed on Saturday afternoon that Hezbollah launched a rocket at the occupied town of Majdal Shams, killing twelve civilians, including 10 children, in the process. ● The Israeli military command even specified the type of rocket artillery shell used in the alleged attack, which it claimed was the Falaq-1 rocket. ● On the other hand, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah fully denied any involvement and responsibility for a deadly strike on the village in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan. ● A brief analysis of the impact site and the video capturing the moment of the strike dismantles the Israeli narrative, bolstering Hezbollah's account.

■ Israeli defense system responsible for Majdal Shams blast: Eyewitnesses (IRNA)
■ Is Hezbollah behind Majdal Shams strike? (Naharnet/Agence France Presse)
■ Damascus Condemns Deadly Majdal Shams Strike, Holds Israel Responsible (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The move came after criticism over an LGBTQ-themed parody widely seen as mocking Christianity | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has deleted a video of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris from its YouTube channel. Committee officials faced massive global public backlash over an alleged LGBTQ-themed parody of ‘The Last Supper’ at the event, which was widely seen by Christians as blasphemous. ● As of Sunday, the 26-minute video on the Olympics YouTube channel titled ‘LET THE GAMES BEGIN! | #Paris2024 Opening Ceremony Highlights’ is unavailable, with comments under the link closed. The same goes for a similar video on the YouTube channel of NBC Sports, the official broadcaster of the Games in the US. The IOC did not explain the reason for the move. ● The apparent removal of the video came after numerous politicians, social media users, and influencers expressed outrage over a scene featuring a troupe of drag queens, homosexuals, and transsexuals posing at a table as Jesus Christ and his apostles appeared in Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’.

■ Paris Hit with MASSIVE Power Failure After Olympic Opening Ceremony FREAK SHOW Featuring Drag Queen "Last Supper" Mocking Christ (07/28/24)

Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah are on the brink of a full-blown war | Several NATO members including the US have issued travel warnings for Lebanon, urging their citizens to immediately leave the country in the face of a potential full-blown war between Israel and the pro-Palestinian armed group Hezbollah. ● Tensions rapidly escalated on Saturday when a rocket strike killed 12 children in the Druze city of Majdan Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the projectile was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon. The militants, however, denied any involvement in the strike. ● The US Embassy released a travel notice on Saturday, urging Americans to “strongly reconsider travel to Lebanon.”

■ US, France issue travel advisories for Lebanon amid regional tensions (07/28/24)

It is reported that after counting 80% of ballots, Maduro was supported by 5,150,092 voters or 51.2% | Venezuela’s incumbent President Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential election, getting re-elected for a third six-year term, President of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela Elvis Amoroso said. According to the council’s first statement, after counting 80% of ballots, Maduro was supported by 5,150,092 voters or 51.2%. His main opponent, Edmundo Gonzalez who is representing far-right parties, has garnered 4,445,978 votes or 44.2%, with eight other candidates garnering a total of 4.6%. Amoroso explained the delay in releasing the results of Sunday’s election was due to an attack on the electoral body’s data release system. ● Corina Machado, a leader of Venezuelan opposition, said the campaign team of presidential hopeful Edmundo Gonzalez will not recognize his defeat in the vote.

■ World leaders congratulate Maduro after election win (Al Mayadeen)
■ Venezuela's Maduro wins re-election with 51.2% of vote: electoral council (TRT World)

According to Alexander Pankin, this never-ending sanctions campaign carried out by the US and the EU is aimed at making Russia "weak," to the point of "collapse" | The countries of the collective West have imposed about 20,000 sanctions against Russia's economy, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told a round table in the Federation Council’s upper house of parliament.

💬 "About 20,000 various restrictive sanctions have already been imposed on Russia. Actually, they cannot be called sanctions, because sanctions are a legitimate measure introduced by the [UN] Security Council, while these are unilateral restrictive measures," the diplomat said.

According to Pankin, this never-ending sanctions campaign carried out by the US and the EU is aimed at making Russia "weak," to the point of "collapse".

David Miller | The Mossad have been exposed as targeting the International Criminal Court, including directly threatening its personnel and their families. What else does the Mossad get up to? | Zionist intelligence agencies launched a war on the International Criminal Court in January 2015. This was when it was confirmed that Palestine would join the court after it was recognised as a state by the UN general assembly. ■ "Israel’s" intelligence agencies routinely surveilled the ICC’s current chief prosecutor Karim Khan, his predecessor Fatou Bensouda, and dozens of other ICC and UN officials. Israeli intelligence also monitored materials that the Palestinian Authority submitted to the prosecutor’s office, and surveilled employees at four Palestinian human rights organizations whose submissions are central to the probe. ■ Multiple agencies including the Mossad, Shin Bet, and "National Security Council" were involved, in addition to the occupation military. "Israel's" Ministry of Strategic Affairs, under Gilad Erdan, was involved in the surveilling of Palestinian human rights organizations that were submitting reports to the ICC.

■ Mossad spy explains everything in his testimony! Targets photographed and their photos sent to Mossad (aNews)
■ Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (05/28/24)
■ Mossad Created Hamas to Act as Agent Provocateurs (02/24/24)
■ Iran Responds: IRG Hits Terrorists, Mossad Espionage Bases in Region (01/16/24)
■ Many GSM lines used by Israel’s Mossad decrypted amid espionage operation (01/08/24)
■ Declassified Mossad document reveals military collaboration with Lebanese Christian militias (09/10/22)
■ Why are Lebanon’s military judges releasing dozens of Israeli spies? (08/17/22)
■ Mossad & CIA's ISIL Takfiris bartering over Iraq Izadi sex slaves: Clip (11/04/14)

Tension further escalates after Israeli army presents government with scenarios for possible attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah | The US, UK and France Sunday issued a security alert for their citizens, advising them not to travel to Lebanon, citing potential disruptions in air travel due to heightened regional tensions. The US Embassy in Lebanon advised its citizens traveling to or from Lebanon to "monitor their flight status closely" as changes could occur with little notice. It also emphasized the need for travelers to "make alternate plans" if necessary. In addition, the embassy underscored the "complex and rapidly changing" security environment in Lebanon, urging its citizens to see the current travel advisory, which recommends reconsidering travel to the country.

■ Erdogan says Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians (The Staits Times)
■ Erdogan threatens military intervention in Palestine (Albawaba)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)

Harold Turner | Looks like the Almighty didn't take kindly to Paris opening it's Olympics with a depiction of Christ's "Last Supper" full of Drag Queens, and even one guy with his ball sack hanging out. | The City of Light is now plunged into darkness - literally. Social Media is reporting the outage widely. Even the famed Eifel Tower has only its battery-operated emergency lights. Many, MANY, people are openly saying this may be punishment for the Blasphemous Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games (in Paris) wherein they mocked God and Christ by portraying the "Last Supper" full of Drag Queens and Sodomites. [...] THIS is what Paris thought would be a proper opening for the 2024 Olympic Games.

■ French opposition leader criticizes 'mockery of Christian Last Supper' at Paris Olympics (Anadolu)
■ 'An Abomination, Blasphemy': Paris Olympics Drag Show Parodying The Last Supper Sparks Outrage | WATCH
■ Захарова назвала искренним невежеством извинения МОК за открытие Олимпиады (Известия)
■ Про Олимпиаду в Париже даже не хочу ничего говорить – омерзительное зрелище (Дмитрий Медведев)

Two US military bases in Eastern Syria are on fire right now after being hit with rockets and drones!! The Base at Al-Omar, near the CONOCO Oil Field, and Mission Support Service (MSS) Euphrates are burning. | U.S. Aircraft and Helicopters can be heard over the City of Deir ez-Zor in Eastern Syria, following the Targeting of American Troops at both the U.S-Coalition Base in the Al-Omar Oil Fields and MSS Euphrates in the Conoco Gas Field earlier. Rockets and Drones fired by locals who demand the US leave Syria, which the US is NOT authorized to be in, are being blamed. That blame is being labeled "Iran-proxies." Hal Turner Comment: But the simple truth is that the United States entered Syria without permission and without UN Security COuncil Resolution, and has been STEALING Syrian Oil for years. The Syrians are tired of it and have repeatedly told the US to leave. The US won't leave and won't stop stealing the Syrian oil. Now, they're paying for it in blood. It's a shame the US chose this course of action. Our troops should be at home. Here, in our own country.

The Russian foreign minister has criticized the German chancellor for failing to grasp the reasons behind the conflict | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “is known for his simple-minded ideas,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said at a press conference in Vientiane, Laos. He was commenting on a statement by Scholz earlier in the week on the possibility of rejecting the deployment of US missiles in Germany if Russia ends its military operation against Kiev. ● Berlin and Washington announced earlier in July that US cruise missiles will be stationed in Germany from 2026. Deployment of nuclear-capable weapons had been banned under the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which Washington withdrew from in 2019. Russia abided by the treaty for several years after the US withdrawal. However in June, President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow might resume production of previously banned missile systems in response to the “hostile actions” of the US.

💬 Lavrov said, “no one asked Scholz whether the Germans want this deployment or not.” “He again, simple-mindedly, when the news came out, said: ‘I welcome the US decision to deploy the missiles in Germany’… he did not [even] hide the fact that the decision was American,” the minister stated.

👉 Putin warns of reciprocal response to US missiles in Germany (RT.com)
■ Germany shipping US cluster bombs to Ukraine – media (07/27/24)

The airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights. ● The attacks were reported by multiple news outlets in the early hours of Sunday. According to Al Jazeera, explosions were heard in the coastal city of Tyre and several villages along the Israel-Lebanon border. ● Later, the IDF said in the statement that its air force struck a series of "Hezbollah terror targets” overnight, “both deep inside Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, and Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam, and Tayr Harfa.”

■ Hezbollah Denies Israeli Allegations of Targeting Majdal Shams (Al Manar TV)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)
■ Israel strikes Lebanon as Western diplomats warn of escalation (PressTV)
■ Lebanon Condemns Attacks on Civilians in Golan as US Fears Wider Conflict (Sputnik News)
■ "Missile" Hits Golan Heights - 11+ DEAD Israelis! War Cabinet Convening; Invasion of Lebanon Begins tonight?

Biden announced his intention to drop out of the race July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee. | Former President Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden with removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution if he did not withdraw from the presidential race, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. ● Obama told Biden he had gotten the approval of Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the safeguard against presidential incapacity, Hersh wrote in a blog post on Substack. ● The journalist noted that, in accordance with the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, the US president may be removed from power in the event they are judged to no longer be able to carry out their duties, with the vice president stepping into the role. Hersh claimed that by the time Obama called Biden, it was already clear Harris would receive Democratic leaders' approval to run as the party's candidate.

"A short while ago, the targeting of Khadija school, which had a field medical unit inside it, in Deir el-Balah area, resulted in more than 30 martyrs -- including several children and women -- and dozens of others wounded," the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement. The Gazan civil defence agency said that the school was housing about 4,000 displaced people who had taken refuge there. | At least 15 children and eight women were among the 31 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Khadija School in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, the government media office said on Saturday. ● Earlier, the Gaza government media office said that 31 Palestinians, including children, were killed and 100 others injured when Israeli warplanes struck the school, which also served as a field hospital. In a statement, the media office stated that three missiles hit a facility sheltering thousands of displaced people. ● The Israeli military admitted earlier Saturday to targeting the school, claiming it housed a Hamas command center, according to a statement from army spokesperson Avichay Adraee. Hamas condemned the strike, asserting that the school housed "displaced innocent civilians, mostly women and children."

Berlin has denied any knowledge of the types of weapons America transports through the country | Germany is storing US cluster munitions on its territory and shipping them on to Ukraine, public broadcaster NDR reported on Thursday. Under the alleged arrangement, Berlin could be in violation of a UN convention banning the weapons, though it has denied any knowledge of the situation, the outlet said. ● Cluster munitions are banned by more than 110 nations under the 2008 UN Convention on Cluster Munitions due to the extreme danger they pose to civilians. They scatter small bomblets that can remain unexploded after the initial blast and effectively become mines. ● A spokesman for the US Army Europe and Africa Command told the broadcaster that the controversial ammunition is stored at a US-owned depot in the town of Miesau in western Germany, before being sent on to Ukraine as part of Washington’s military aid. He added that M864 and M483A1 cluster 155mm artillery shells are among the ammunition stored at the Miesau base.

■ ‘Americans, Please, Go Home’ – German Politician on US Deploying Missiles in Germany (Sputnik News)
■ Maggot Scholz: Ukraine Allowed to Strike Russian Territory in Response to Action in Kharkov (07/25/24)
■ Russian Officials Vow Response to US Missile Deployment to Germany (07/14/24)
■ The US installs SM-6, Tomahawk, and other supersonic weapons with a range of 2,500 km in Germany! (07/12/24)
■ Germany Updates Wartime Measures - Draft Laws reactivated! (06/07/24)

A solution must be found by September, or else Hungary will begin to experience oil shortage, says senior official | Hungary on Friday accused Ukraine of blackmailing it by preventing Russian oil from transiting through its territory. In a press conference in Budapest, Gergely Gulyas, head of the Office of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said Ukraine is blackmailing Hungary and Slovakia that "advocate peace and a cease-fire." ● Earlier on Monday, Hungary and Slovakia jointly initiated a European Union consultation procedure against Ukraine in response to Kyiv's decision to halt Russian oil company Lukoil’s crude oil transits. Gulyas said this posed a serious danger to the energy security of Hungary and Slovakia.

Palestinian Foreign Ministry says decision by British government 'realization of justice' | The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Friday welcomed the decision by the British government to withdraw its objection to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. In a statement cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the ministry described the British government decision as a "realization of justice." ● It also hailed the UK decision to uphold human rights and international law and a human rights-first foreign policy, affirming that such position will enhance cooperation between Palestine and the UK in the coming days.

Russian air space was violated today by a United States P-8 aircraft, which breached the border of Kaliningrad - twice - gathering serious intelligence information as it flew almost all the way across the Russian enclave. [map] The second violation of territorial air space was significantly deeper than the first. Clearly, the US / NATO are desperate to determine Russian Force levels in Kaliningrad.

A Palestinian person begs for help with just a hand under the rubble of Jabalia, but above them are concrete slabs & the weight of a building pic.twitter.com/7hn7bFhH1F

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) November 17, 2023

■ US armed Israel with 25,000-plus bombs, missiles since Oct. 7: Report (PressTV)

Israeli team is set to participate in the Paris Olympics starting Friday after the French government as well as the International Olympic Committee turned down calls to ban it over the genocidal war on Gaza. | Netizens have been fuming at the body responsible for organizing the Olympic Games and Emmanuel Macron's government for allowing “mass murderers” to participate in the marquee sports competition. According to reports, the flag-bearer of the Israeli contingent at the Paris Olympics will be Peter Paltchik, a Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka who competes in the under-100 kg weight category. ● Social media users have pointed out that Paltchik, a former European champion, was one of those who signed bomb shells aimed at Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, after the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged territory in October 2023, Paltchik shared a photo of munitions signed by him. “From me to you with pleasure,” he wrote in the tweet, which stirred up the hornet’s nest.

Hebrew media reports that the army is urging Tel Aviv that ‘now is the right time’ for escalation against Hezbollah and Lebanon | Former Israeli intelligence and security official Yuval Malka told Hebrew media on 25 July that Washington has greenlit a wider war on Lebanon. “According to the information I received from the delegation and what I know, Netanyahu has received full legitimacy in the United States to wage a war in Lebanon,” Malka told Israel’s Channel 14. [...] “The Israeli army is prepared for a major ground maneuver in Lebanon and warns: Any delay will be in Hezbollah’s favor when there is progress in the background in negotiations to release the hostages,” said Amir Bohbot, military editor and senior defense analyst for Israeli news site Walla, on 24 July.

■ US armed Israel with 25,000-plus bombs, missiles since Oct. 7: Report (PressTV)

Martin Armstrong | There is no European Union. There is a European authority within the pretend union that controls all members. | The European Union has revoked Hungary of its right to host the next summit. The EU supposedly has a rotating presidency of council to maintain the appearance that each state has an equal say in the direction of the bloc. The truth of the matter is that the unelected elite in Brussels control all of Europe and will silence dissenters, as Hungray’s Viktor Orban recently learned. ■ The next EU summit was to take place August 28-29 was slated to be Hungary’s opportunity to share its ideas for matters like foreign policy with the rest of the bloc. EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell planned a “formal” council meeting on the exact dates of Hungary’s summit to undermine the country’s voice in the bloc. Now, Borrell is revoking Budapest’s ability to host the next meeting and moving it to Brussels.