What the MSM Won’t Tell You About the Israeli-Backed ISIS Gangs Stealing Gaza Food Aid

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October 14, 2025

Very revealing interview, in which Blumenthal talks at length about the Israeli-backed ISIS gangs that have been terrorizing Gaza survivors and looting food aid to sell back to them at astronomical prices. It’s only since the IDF has withdrawn that Hamas have made inroads against these gangs and a trickle of food aid is finally getting through.

Includes revealing clip from Trump on Air Force One about giving Hamas permission to continue performing police functions in Gaza.

Blumenthal also reveals that Middle East negotiators offered the Biden administration the exact same peace deal in September 2024. Unfortunately hard liner in Biden’s cabinet were more interested in wiping out Hezbollah in Lebanon – after Israel assassinated a Hebzbollah leader leading ceasefire negotiations (between Israel and Hezbollah).

The interview also includes an intriguing clip of a newly released Israel hostage kissing the two Hamas guards who protected him from Israeli airstrikes.

Blumenthal quotes a Hebrew Telegram channel suggesting that the IDF have orders to refrain from randomly shooting Gazans until all the hostages are safely home.

First minister says Scotland must seek independence amid UK decline

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Scottish First Minister and SNP Leader John Swinney AP

By Al Mayadeen English

Scottish First Minister John Swinney calls for independence, saying Westminster’s decline shows it’s time for Scotland to govern itself.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney declared on Monday that “now is the time” for Scotland to become independent, arguing that Westminster’s decades of failed policies have led to national decline and stagnation.

Speaking at the Scottish National Party (SNP) annual conference, Swinney described independence as a “fresh start” for Scotland, offering hope and ambition in contrast to what he called “decline, decay, and despair” under the UK government.

“Independence offers Scotland a fresh start. This is a moment of decision. We all face a choice: decline, decay, and despair with a Westminster government or hope, optimism and ambition with a Scottish self-government,” Swinney said. “Now is the time for Scotland to become independent.”

10 Downing Street ‘working against Scotland’

The SNP leader accused the government in London of “working against Scotland,” pointing to high inflation, declining living standards, and long-term economic stagnation as “the culmination of decades of failed Thatcherite policies.”

Swinney also pledged to block any attempt by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to introduce a digital ID system in Scotland, adding that his government would redirect energy revenues to combat poverty and support social welfare programs.

The remarks come amid renewed debate over Scotland’s constitutional future. In June, Prime Minister Starmer reiterated that he would not permit another Scottish independence referendum during his premiership.

Scotland last voted on independence in 2014, when 55% of voters chose to remain in the United Kingdom. However, Swinney and the SNP argue that shifting political dynamics, economic challenges, and a desire for self-determination have made independence once again a central issue in Scottish politics.

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Via https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pm-says-scotland-must-seek-independence-amid-uk-decline

Trump Admin Sparks MAGA Fury With Qatari Air Force Base in US

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks as President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 9 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan)
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that the United States has greenlit the establishment of a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho, a move that has drawn backlash from some of the administration’s closest Make America Great Again (MAGA) allies, with Laura Loomer writing on X, “I have never felt more betrayed by the GOP,” over the matter.

Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist during President Donald Trump‘s first term and architect of the MAGA movement, told Newsweek in a text message, “There should never be a military base of a foreign power on the sacred soil of America.”

Newsweek has reached out to Qatar’s government communication office for comment via email on Friday.

Why It Matters

The administration’s announcement shocked the MAGA core base, who have applauded the president on his “America First” agenda. The agreement states an Idaho air base will “host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.”

The move comes months after Trump accepted a luxury Boeing 747 from the Qatari government, which drew criticism from Democrats and Republicans, including from Loomer. It also comes as the U.S. is working with mediators in the region to put an end to the Israel-Hamas war that began two years ago.

Qatar has been a longtime ally of the U.S. and hosts key CENTCOM military operations at Al-Udeid Air Base near Doha. In late September, Trump issued an executive order “assuring the security of the state of Qatar” after Israel carried out a strike in Doha.

What To Know

During a joint press conference addressing the finalization of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, Hegseth thanked Qatari officials for their involvement in the process and announced that the U.S. is “signing a letter of acceptance to build” a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility. The facility will be hosted at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, Hegseth said.

Loomer took issue with the administration’s move in a series of X posts, writing “no foreign country should have a military base on US soil. Especially Islamic countries.”

She added in another post that Hegseth, who she calls her friend, “should know how bad of an idea it is to allow Terror financing Qataris who fund HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood to have an AIR FORCE BASE ON US SOIL.”

Loomer added, “I don’t think I’ll be voting in 2026,” over the issue. In another post, she wrote, “There isn’t a single Trump supporter who supports allowing Qatar to have a military base on US soil. I don’t know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote. This is the type of thing I would expect from a President Ilhan Omar.”

The Republic of Singapore also has a presence at the Idaho base, according to the base’s website.

Hegseth said in a Friday X post clarifying the agreement, “The U.S. military has a long-standing partnership w/ Qatar, including today’s announced cooperation w/ F-15QA aircraft. However, to be clear, Qatar will not have their own base in the United States—nor anything like a base. We control the existing base, like we do with all partners.”

Many conservative commentators questioned how the move is aligned with Trump’s “America First” agenda, while others have drawn lines between Qatar, the airbase, and unfounded claims of future use not related to military training. There is no indication that Qatar will be using the base for anything other than training and cooperating with the U.S., with Hegseth stating, the partnership will “enhance our combined training, increase lethality, interoperability.”

Democrats have also called out the move, pointing to some of Trump’s recent foreign policy and how they fit in with promoting “America First,” particularly during a government shutdown.

What People Are Saying

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday at the press conference: “No one other than President Trump could have achieved the peace, which we believe will be a lasting peace, in Gaza, and Qatar played a substantial role from the beginning, working with our folks to make sure that came about, so I want to thank you for that historic peace.”

A U.S. official told Newsweek: “Facilities Construction and Operational Support for Qatari F-15 Aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base was executed via foreign military sales, will enable the construction and operational integration of an enduring location for Qatari F-15 aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. The establishment of this facility will provide advanced training opportunities and foster combined operational readiness. The establishment of an enduring location for Qatari F-15 aircraft at Mountain Home Air Force Base provides Qatar with strategic flexibility to operate and sustain their advanced fighter aircraft. It will enable combined training opportunities between Qatar and the United States, fostering stronger defense partnerships and enhancing joint operational capabilities. This effort will increase the lethality of our warfighters and improve interoperability among allied and partner nations.”

Conservative commentator Amy Malek wrote in an X post on Friday: “Qatar has spent $100 billion buying influence in the U.S., and it’s paying off. I am in shock that Washington would approve a deal letting Qatar, Hamas’s #1 financier, open a Qatari Air Force facility on U.S. soil at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Qatar bankrolls Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, al-Nusra, and the Muslim Brotherhood. It plays both sides – the arsonist and the firefighter – funding jihad, then posing as a ‘mediator.’ This isn’t ‘shared defense goals.’ It’s a shared delusion. We’re not building peace. We’re building a launchpad for the Islamic disaster.”

Conservative radio show host Mark Levin wrote in a Friday X post: “I never dreamed of anything like this. We’ve not only agreed to go to war for Qatar but they’re now building an air force facility in our country. Shocking.”

Alexander Duncan, a Texas Republican Senate candidate, said in a Friday X post: “Qatar is not an ally. Qatar is an Islamic State ruled by Sharia. Qatar has the same ultimate objective as the rest of Islam: to conquer the entire world until it is all under one Islamic State (Caliphate) ruled by Sharia.”

The End Wokeness X account, which has more than 3.9 million followers, shared a video of Hegseth talking about the Qatar deal, writing: “What could possibly go wrong?”

Conservative commentator Dana Loesch, who previously served as the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) spokesperson, said in an X post: “I feel like if you sponsor Hamas you shouldn’t get a base in the US. What am I missing here?”

Erick Erickson, a Christian podcaster, wrote in a Friday X post about the matter: “America First, for sure.”

Pennsylvania state Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, a Democrat, wrote Friday in an X post: “A new base for Qatar ON AMERICAN SOIL. A 20 billion dollar bail out for Argentina. A government that’s shut down. Is this really America first?”

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, said in an X post: “An economic bailout for Argentina. An air force base for Qatar. This guy is doing everything but putting America first.”

Tommy Vietor, former Obama and National Security Council spokesperson and Pod Save America host, on X on Friday:  “In 2017, Trump accused Qatar of being ‘funders of terrorism’ and now the US is going to host a Qatari military base on US soil???”

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Via https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-sparks-maga-fury-with-qatari-air-force-base-in-us-betrayed-10862415

Israeli forces injure two Palestinians as regime expands raids in West Bank

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Israeli military vehicles drive on the street during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Reuters)

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At least two Palestinians have been injured when Israeli military forces opened fire on local residents while carrying out overnight raids in several towns and villages of the West Bank, as they ramped up their deadly raids across the occupied territory.

The official Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that Israeli soldiers shot a young man in the hand in the town of Anabta, located 9 kilometers (5.5 miles) east of Tulkarem, and arrested several other youngsters after assaulting them.

In another incident reported in the al-Issawiya neighborhood of the Israeli-occupied East al-Quds, another young Palestinian man was injured by Israeli forces before being arrested.

Israeli occupation forces also stormed several neighborhoods in the cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh early on Tuesday and broke into several homes.

Security sources reported that the occupation forces raided the home of Issam al-Froukh, a freed Palestinian deported to Gaza, in the Ein Munjed neighborhood of Ramallah, and ransacked its contents. Israeli forces also raided the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in Bireh.

The sources added that Israeli troops raided more than seven homes during their attack on the village of Deir Ibzi’, west of Ramallah, and subjected their owners to field investigations.

Meanwhile, an Israeli army force raided the village of Ein Arik and the town of Ni’lin.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has intensified its aggression towards Palestinians throughout the West Bank, following the initiation of a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of Palestinians have lost their lives since the beginning of the war, and thousands more have sustained injuries due to actions taken by Israeli settlers or military forces across the occupied territory.

Over 700,000 Israelis reside in more than 230 settlements established since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.

The global community considers the settlements to be unlawful according to international law and the Geneva Conventions, as they are built on occupied territories.

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Via https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/10/14/756892/Two-Palestinians-injured-as-Israeli-forces-raid-towns-in-occupied-West-Bank

UN, press groups slam Israel for denying media access to Gaza

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Journalists gather in Gaza City during a protest organized by the Gaza Journalists Syndicate (GJS), to show solidarity with their colleagues killed by Israel, August 26, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

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In the wake of the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the UN and global press freedom advocates are demanding that Israel allow international journalists into Gaza, which has been sealed off to independent reporting.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the Foreign Press Association (FPA) have urged the regime to lift its restrictions, highlighting the vital role of journalists in documenting the humanitarian crisis.

On Monday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X: “[It is] time to finally let international journalists come into Gaza freely to support and pay tribute to the heroic work of Palestinian journalists.”

In a statement released on Friday, the FPA, an organization representing international media in Gaza and the occupied territories, demanded that Israel “immediately open the borders and allow international media free and independent access to the Gaza Strip” now that the war has ceased.

“Enough with the excuses and delay tactics. The restrictions on press freedom must come to an end,” the statement said.

Since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the enclave has been effectively closed to foreign media, preventing independent coverage of the destruction and genocide perpetrated by the regime.

The few journalists granted entry faced strict surveillance and were escorted by Israeli forces to selected, restricted areas, limiting independent reporting.

As a result, much of the world’s coverage of the genocide has depended on Palestinian journalists, who have tirelessly exposed Israel’s systematic destruction and mass killings in the coastal strip.

However, Palestinian journalists remain among the most at-risk in the world, with nearly 300 killed in Israeli attacks over the past two years.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, said the memory of journalists killed in Gaza “should be honored in a Genocide Museum, as an essential part of the reparations owed to the Palestinian people once the genocide ends.”

She also warned that “deleting a killed journalist’s account is to kill them twice,” pointing to the deletion of the verified Instagram account of Gaza journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi, who had 4.5 million followers.

She noted that the move wiped out crucial documentation of Israeli crimes in the besieged territory.

Israel-backed gangs killed the prominent Palestinian journalist al-Jafarawi in southern Gaza City on October 12.

UNRWA and the FPA are just two among numerous global organizations that have persistently demanded media access to Gaza during Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged strip.

In July 2025, major news agencies, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Reuters, issued a joint statement stressing the urgent need for international media access to Gaza to ensure truthful reporting.

Israel has ignored these appeals, and even following the current ceasefire with Hamas, continues to bar international journalists from Gaza, apparently concerned that independent reporting would reveal the full extent of the destruction and genocide it has carried out over the past two years in the besieged strip.

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Via https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/10/14/756905/UNRWA,-FPA-demand-Israel-allow-international-journalists-into-Gaza

First container ship from China docks in UK via Arctic shortcut

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First container ship from China docks in UK via Arctic shortcut
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The use of the Northern Sea Route is expected to boost freight turnover through Russian waters

The first Chinese container ship has completed a transit to Europe via the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route (NSR), Russian state nuclear giant Rosatom announced on Tuesday.

Backed by Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet, the voyage nearly halved the shipping time compared to traditional southern routes, according to Rosatom, which has a fleet of atomic ice-breakers and operates the NSR.

Russia has been developing the NSR, a transport corridor that runs through its Arctic and Far East regions and serves as the shortest shipping link between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The NSR is expected to become a major trade route and could drastically reduce transportation times compared to traditional pathways through the Suez or Panama canals.

The vessel arrived at Britain’s Port of Felixstowe after a 20-day transit from China’s Ningbo. The cargo ship, with a total deadweight of nearly 25,000 tons, is scheduled to subsequently call at the European hubs of Rotterdam and Hamburg before ending its voyage in St. Petersburg.

The Arctic passage is being closely monitored by the global shipping industry as a faster alternative. A typical voyage via the Suez Canal takes about 40 days, while the route around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope takes approximately 50 days.

Rosatom stated that the route is intended to complement existing corridors and significantly contribute to the growth of global trade.

In 2024, cargo shipments along the NSR reached 37.9 million metric tons, according to Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Far East and Arctic.

Russia has deployed eight nuclear icebreakers, including four of the latest generation, to guarantee year-round navigation on the NSR, special representative for Arctic development at Rosatom Vladimir Panov said earlier this month. The vessels create channels through the ice, allowing conventional cargo ships to use the passage.

President Vladimir Putin has previously defined the development of the NSR as a national strategic priority. Moscow’s target is to increase annual cargo volume on the route to 200 million tons by 2030, with plans to upgrade northern seaports and expand its Arctic fleet.

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Via https://www.rt.com/business/626417-china-europe-cargo-ship-arctic-route/

Yemen’s Houthis To ‘Monitor’ Israel Compliance With Gaza Ceasefire Deal

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Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (photo via Yemen’s SABA news agency)

by Dave DeCamp | October 9, 2025 at 4:19 pm ET | Yemen

Yemeni attacks will stop if Israel implements the deal

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah, said on Thursday that Yemen will be “monitoring” Israel’s compliance with the Gaza ceasefire deal, warning Yemeni support for the Palestinians in Gaza would continue if the deal isn’t implemented.

“We must be at the highest levels of caution and readiness, and continue the massive popular momentum with the Palestinian people, until we determine whether the agreement will be achieved, or whether we will continue our path of support and assistance to the Palestinian people,” al-Houthi said, according to Yemen’s SABA news agency.

“We will remain vigilant, prepared, and monitor the progress of the agreement. Will it lead to an end to the aggression on the Gaza Strip and the entry of aid, food, medicine, and humanitarian needs to the Palestinian people? Will the Americans and Israelis stop their genocide against the Palestinian people and commit to a ceasefire? This is what we hope for, and it was our goal in the support operations and confronting the attack on the Palestinian people and the nation in general,” al-Houthi added.

Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, has maintained that its attacks on Israel and blockade of Israeli-linked shipping in the Red Sea would end if there were a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade on aid entering the Palestinian territory. The Houthis halted their attacks back when a ceasefire deal was signed in January 2025.

After Israel violated the ceasefire deal in March by imposing a total blockade on Gaza, al-Houthi announced that Yemen would restart its blockade on Israeli shipping. In response to that announcement, the US began a very heavy bombing campaign targeting Yemen, known as Operation Rought Rider, which lasted from March 15 to May 6 and killed over 250 civilians.

While the Trump administration framed the bombing campaign as necessary to protect American ships, the Houthis were not attacking US vessels before it started. It ended with an agreement that the Houthis wouldn’t target US ships if the US stopped bombing Yemen, as the Trump administration gave up on trying to get Ansar Allah to stop its attacks on Israel.

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Via https://news.antiwar.com/2025/10/09/yemens-houthis-to-monitor-israel-compliance-with-gaza-ceasefire-deal/

Trump Heckled During Knesset Speech

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US President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in occupied al-Quds on October 13, 2025.(Photo by AFP)

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US President Donald Trump faced heckling from two Israeli lawmakers during his address to the Knesset, during which he gave much praise to Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also boasted about supplying lethal American weapons to the regime.

Ofer Cassif and Ayman Odeh, members of Israel’s joint Hadash-Taal party, interrupted Trump’s address to the Knesset with banners demanding the recognition of the Palestinian state. They were both removed from the parliament.

In an X post, Odeh said he was dragged out of the Knesset because he raised “the simplest demand, one that the whole international community agrees on: Recognize the State of Palestine! Recognize the simple truth.”

In a separate post, Odeh said that crowning Netanyahu “through flattery … does not absolve him and his cabinet of the crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.”

Cassif also took to X to call for an end to the Israeli occupation and apartheid and the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying, “Refuse to be occupiers! Resist the government of bloodshed!”

During his speech, Trump said the US has the best weapons, and “we’ve given a lot of them to Israel, frankly.”

“Bibi would call me so many times – can you get me this weapon, that weapon, and some of them I’d never heard of,” he added, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.

“But we’d get them here, wouldn’t we,” the US president said, noting, “Israel knew how to use them well.”

Meanwhile, he claimed that Israel has “won all that it can by force of arms.”

Trump further said that the recent ceasefire agreement, proposed by his administration, marks the end of Israel’s war on Gaza, as well as the end of the “age of terror and death.”

The deal is the start of an “age of concord” for the Israeli regime and regional countries, he stated. “It’s the historic dawn of the new Middle East.”

Trump also called on Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Netanyahu, who is currently on trial on corruption charges, and stands accused of fraud and breach of trust over a scandal involving the acceptance of luxury gifts.

“I have an idea, why don’t you give Netanyahu a pardon?” he said in comments directed at Herzog. “Cigars and champagne, who the hell cares about this?” Trump said, referring to illicit gifts mentioned in one of the charges against the Israeli prime minister.

The US president also praised Netanyahu’s leadership during the last two years of war on Gaza. “You are very popular because you know how to win,” he claimed, despite Netanyahu facing almost daily protests for his handling of the war.

Ahead of Trump’s speech, Netanyahu made an address to the Israeli parliament.

He thanked the US president for his policy toward Tel Aviv, including moving the US embassy to the occupied lands to al-Quds, recognizing Israel’s sovereignty claim over Syria’s Golan Heights, withdrawing from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, and supporting the regime at the United Nations.

Netanyahu also indicated that Trump supports Israeli control over the occupied West Bank.

Moreover, Netanyahu awarded Trump with the Israel Prize, the usurping regime’s highest cultural honor.

Last week, Trump proposed a Gaza ceasefire plan, to which Israel and the Palestinian Hamas resistance group agreed after three days of indirect negotiations in Egypt.

Under the first phase of the deal, which came into effect at noon local time on Friday, Hamas had to free 48 captives — dead and alive — in exchange for the release of roughly 2,000 Palestinian abductees from Israeli jails.

The agreement also includes the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the withdrawal of the occupation forces to an agreed line from the besieged territory.

Analysts say the truce deal represents a defeat for the occupying regime as it failed to meet its “goals” of eliminating Hamas and releasing Israeli captives by force despite killing 67,869 Palestinians, mostly women and children, during its two-year-long genocide in Gaza.

In the course of the brutal onslaught on Gaza, the US provided full weaponry and political support to Israel in defiance of international criticisms.

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Via https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/10/13/756839/Trump-heckled-Israel-US-arms

Lavrov: Palestinian issue isn’t resolved

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Palestinian issue isn’t resolved – Lavrov
US President Donald Trump disembarking from Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. ©  Chip Somodevilla

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The final settlement would require a two state solution.

US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza is “the best thing on the table” at the moment, but it does not fully solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

Hamas has released all 20 surviving hostages taken by the group during its incursion into Israel two years ago, and West Jerusalem has begun to free 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of Trump’s 20-point roadmap to end the Gaza war.

The US president has arrived in Israel for the event. Addressing the country’s national legislature, the Knesset, he said that the swap marked the beginning of “the golden age of the Middle East.”

Speaking about Trump’s plan with the Arabic media on Monday, Lavrov said that Russia has “repeatedly assessed [it] as the best thing on the negotiating table at the moment.”

It is essential “to stop the bloodshed as soon as possible and resolve the grave humanitarian problems” in Gaza, he said.

However, the minister noted that “of course, the Palestinian issue is not resolved by this.”

He stressed that Trump’s plan mainly focuses on the situation in Gaza, while only addressing the Palestinian statehood in the most general terms. The United States and Israel were two of only ten countries which flatly rejected a two-state solution at last month’s UN General Assembly meeting; the others included Tonga, Palau, Nauru and Micronesia.

The final settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would require “the creation of a single, territorially integral Palestinian state within the 1967 borders” in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, Lavrov said. Moscow remains committed to the two-state solution to the crisis, he added.

Trump’s plan acknowledges self-determination and statehood as “the aspiration” of the Palestinian people, but says that “the conditions [for it] may finally be in place… while Gaza re-development advances and when the PA [Palestinian authority] reform program is faithfully carried out.”

The State of Palestinian is currently supported by 157 out of the 193 members of the UN. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly that the Palestinian state “will never happen.”

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Via https://www.rt.com/news/626360-israel-palestine-trump-lavrov/

The Brown New Deal: How the Green New Deal Wrecked Europe

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By Dmitry Orlov

When, while speaking at the UN, Trump said: “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,” he was, of course, lying. If “your country” is part of the EU, then there is no getting away from “this green scam”: the money has already been misspent and the energy infrastructure has already been compromised. Russia has already given up on the European energy market and has reoriented its energy exports to the east. For the EU, rapid deindustrialization is now inevitable. Trump’s statement can thus be shortened to “Your country is going to fail.

But that is not what Europe’s leaders wanted to hear. Admitting that Trump is right would be tantamount to volunteering to resign from their positions and that is not what they had in mind. Instead of resigning (that would have been an honorable thing for them to do) they instead chose to greenlight a new, bigger and better scam, which I will call the Brown New Deal.

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Aside from incidental exceptions, the more commonplace connotations of “brown” are rot, Nazis, “darkies” (if you happen to be a Nazi) and shit. This wealth of connotations makes brown a good choice as the color of the decomposing Green movement, now that its public stupification program known as “anthropogenic climate change,” the refusal of pipelined hydrocarbon imports and the copious public subsidies for wind generators and solar panels have ushered in an era of financial, political and economic meltdowns throughout Europe. The new public stupification program is “Russian aggression,” and the response to it requires copious public spending on various defense programs.

The result of the Green New Deal is steadily decreasing living standards throughout Europe stemming from the root cause of lower per capita energy affordability. In turn, it is superficially stable but steadily worsening living conditions, much more so than an outright crisis, that cause populations to rebel and to overthrow their ruling elites. The ruling elites of Europe know this, do not fancy being strung up on lampposts all over Europe, and seek to at least deflect the blame and, better yet, to engineer an outright crisis which they can then pretend to mitigate heroically.

Their manufactured crisis of choice is the entirely fictional yet imminent attack on the European Union by the Russian Federation. The risible lie used to support this argument is that should the Ukrainian army be routed and should the illegitimate and corrupt Kiev regime fall, Russian tanks will then roll across Europe… just like they did in 1945! The thorny question of why Russia would ever be interested in such an escapade is avoided through irrational anti-Russian bigotry: the very fact that the Russians happen to be Russian is taken as sufficient to guarantee their propensity for such insane and self-defeating behavior.

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Via https://boosty.to/cluborlov/posts/e49e008b-bc79-43d9-baae-fd14e5f49d8b