Russia’s brand-new hypersonic ballistic system could be deployed in the neighboring country next year, President Putin has said | Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have discussed the potential sharing of Moscow’s brand-new hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile system, at talks in Minsk on Friday. Oreshnik is an intermediate-range system, with its missiles capable of carrying kinetic warheads that strike at hypersonic speeds, that is up to mach ten. ● After Ukraine launched several attacks deep into Russia using Western-supplied long-range weapons, Moscow retaliated with a strike on a defense facility in Dnepropetrovsk using the Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic missile

■ New security deal will see Oreshniks based in Belarus: What we know so far (RT.com)
■ Union State Summit: Putin and Lukashenko Sign Security Treaty, Agree Oreshnik Deployment in Belarus (Sputnik)

Israel carried out ground and air military movements in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights in preparation for a possible invasion of southern Syria. | Jordan closed its only passenger and commercial border crossing with Syria, the interior ministry said on 6 December, citing security concerns amid the ongoing extremist invasion of Syria that began over a week ago. ● Jordan News Agency reported that all traffic through Jordan's Jaber crossing into Syrian territory will be banned. However, Jordanians and Jordanian vehicles will be permitted to return to the Kingdom's territory from the other side, Syria's Nassib Crossing. ● Armed extremist groups seeking to invade southern Syria announced on Friday the formation of a new operations room to coordinate a coming assault on Damascus. ● In a statement shared with CNN, the “Southern Operations Room” called on government forces to defect “from the Assad regime's criminal gang” and join the foreign-backed extremists.

Since the early days of the genocide, "Israel" has consistently targeted medical facilities in Gaza, a pattern documented by various international human rights organizations. | Early this Friday morning, Israeli units stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, forcibly evacuating medical staff and patients and detaining a large number of individuals present at the hospital, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported. The abductees, including medical staff, were taken to an undisclosed destination. ● Simultaneously, Israeli forces demolished a residential block near the hospital, resulting in the killing of at least 30 Palestinians and injuring dozens more. The explosion also caused extensive damage in the area. ● For nearly two months, Kamal Adwan Hospital has been under a strict siege by invading Israeli units, which have blocked the entry of medical supplies, food, staff, and ambulances, effectively preventing the hospital from operating normally.

■ Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, eyewitnesses say (CNN)
■ ‘They killed him on the spot.’ Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says (CNN)
■ Another Gaza detainee killed under Israeli prisons' abuse policy (Al Mayadeen)

Ten months after Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the American journalist returned to Moscow to talk with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The conversation is devoted to the most pressing issues, including the possible dialogue between Russia and the West. Read the full text of the interview below.

■ IN BRIEF: Situation in Ukraine, Russia's relations with US: Lavrov's interview to Carlson (TASS)
■ Moscow reveals purpose of Oreshnik missile test (RT.com)

Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who was offered the post of director of national intelligence by Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, in 2017 stated that American politicians wanted to overthrow the Russian government, ABC News reported, citing a memo at his disposal.

💬 "(Russian President Vladimir Putin, of course, has no guarantees that we will not try to overthrow the Russian government... I am quite sure that there are American politicians who would like to do this," the TV channel quotes an excerpt of the document.

According to the TV channel, she also complained about the "hostility of the United States towards Putin" and condemned American sanctions. "Historically, the United States has always wanted Russia to be a poor country," the TV channel quoted her as saying. Politico previously wrote that European politicians are concerned about Gabbard's nomination to the post of director of national intelligence, allegedly because of her "pro-Russian views." ■ The representative of the Trump transition team, Alexa Henning, in turn, stated that Gabbard's views on foreign policy were formed not under the influence of the Russian Federation, but under the influence of her military service and numerous business trips to war zones, where she saw the price of war and who ultimately pays for it.

PUKE READ: The dissolution of the Russian Federation is far less dangerous than leaving it ruled by criminals (Euractiv)
■ 6 reasons the neocons in the West wanted this war with Russia (Life Site News)
■ EVIL DEFINED: "Overextending & Unbalancing Russia" (Rand Corporation) (09/16/22)

“The harm they do is diabolical, and yet, they expect you to believe they are the victims." | Susan Abulhawa’s blistering speech at the Oxford Union was the most ferocious indictment of Israel in the last decade. Author Abulhawa—who is a long-term human rights activist—summarized the iniquitous history of the Jewish state in a few succinct paragraphs while shedding light on the obscene toxic ideology that has permeated the nation’s doctrine from the very beginning. Abulhawa ignored the fictitious claim that Israel was created to provide safety and security for the Jewish people and, instead, showed that the country’s founders were maniacally focused on seizing land while expelling or exterminating the indigenous population. Ethnic cleansing and land theft are not an unavoidable response to sporatic Palestinian violence, but the cornerstones of the pernicious dogma that animates the Zionist state. Needless to say, Abulhawa’s presentation was met with riotous applause that lasted for more than three minutes as the audience expressed their appreciation for her heartfelt testimony.