[IsraelTimes] US president echoes comments made by Sara Netanyahu, which infuriated families as they were not updated before reported divulgence of partially classified intel
US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... revealed Thursday that he recently learned that fewer than 24 hostages are alive in Gazoo.
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[IsraelTimes] Army recommending that aid again be let into Strip to prevent possible starvation, but Arab official briefed on plan concerned about chance for success, humanitarian implications
Israel is planning to radically alter the way humanitarian aid is distributed in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip when it begins allowing assistance into the enclave in the coming weeks after what will have been a nearly two-and-a-half-month freeze, an Israeli and Arab official familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel this week.
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[IsraelTimes] PM reportedly waiting to launch campaign until after Trump’s Mideast trip; as aid ban reaches 2nd month, organizations warn of dire conditions, with Gazans struggling to get food
Israel is slated to call up thousands of reservists as it readies for a significant expansion of its ongoing military operation in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... amid the failure to reach a new ceasefire deal with Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... , according to multiple media reports Friday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security consultation earlier in the day in which he reviewed the planned offensive, which will require substantial mobilization, according to Channel 12, Ynet, Kan and others.
At the same time, the IDF is gearing up to oversee the resumption of aid delivery into the Strip under stricter supervision. As the blockade on aid has passed the two-month mark, international organizations are warning of dire humanitarian conditions in the Strip.
Channel 12 said the plans to expand the offensive are not final, as Israel wants to give more time for hostage negotiations. The network said a new offensive is unlikely before US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... ’s trip to the region from May 13 to 16 (the US leader is expected in Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , the United Arab Emirates and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , but not Israel).
In the meantime, the cabinet is slated to convene on Sunday so ministers can vote to approve the military plans authorized by Netanyahu during Friday’s security consultation, the network said.
Fighting has been ongoing for the past month and a half since the breakdown of a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. The terror group has demanded that any new agreement lead to a permanent ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, in exchange for the release of the remaining living hostages, as envisioned in the previous deal. Netanyahu has rejected this trade, saying Hamas cannot remain in power in the enclave.
Arabic media reported Friday that Israel had rejected an Egyptian proposal for a temporary ceasefire, leading Netanyahu’s office to issue a swift denial.
Since the first phase of the deal concluded on March 1, Israel has blocked any aid from entering Gaza, asserting that enough had gone in to feed the population of 2 million for an extended period and that Hamas was diverting aid for its fighters.
But with that blockade now entering its third month, humanitarian groups on Friday described scenes of starvation and fights over water in Gaza, warning that aid operations are on the brink of total collapse.
The Norwegian Refugee Council’s humanitarian access manager in Gaza, Gavin Kelleher, said "thousands of people will die" if nothing is done, as other aid agencies called for urgent international action.
"The humanitarian response in Gaza is on the verge of total collapse," the International Committee of the Red Thingy warned. "Without immediate action, Gaza will descend further into chaos that humanitarian efforts will not be able to mitigate."
"Food stocks have now mainly run out," Olga Cherevko, a spokeswoman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, told news hounds in Geneva Friday via video link from Gaza City.
"Community kitchens have begun to shut down [and] more people are going hungry," she said, pointing to reports of children and other vulnerable people who have died from malnutrition and...from the lack of food."
Water access was also "becoming impossible," Cherevko warned. "There’s a water truck that has just arrived, and people are killing each other over water," she said, describing a scene below her window.
The NRC’s Kelleher, meanwhile, described an increase in "needs-based looting across Gaza" and condemned what he said was a "manufactured breakdown of civil order."
"Israel is not only preventing food from entering Gaza, but it has also engineered a situation in which Paleostinians cannot grow their own food, they cannot fish for their own food and they continue to attack or deny access to the little left food stocks in Gaza," he added.
Israeli officials believe that Gaza has several more weeks before food runs out and is preparing for a new aid distribution system to roll out around that time, aiming to box Hamas out of the process.
Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> issued a statement Friday condemning the Israeli blockade and bombings but also notably called out "Hamas-affiliated gangs" for looting aid warehouses in Gaza.
Gaza’s Hamas-linked civil defense agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people Friday throughout the Strip.
Nine people were killed when an Israeli air strike hit a home in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, civil defense official Mohammed al-Mughayyir told AFP.
Israel says it only targets terror operatives, whom it accuses of hiding behind the civilian population. It says it takes steps to mitigate harm to innocents.
AFP footage in the aftermath of a strike on Bureij camp showed Paleostinians searching for casualties in the rubble of a flattened building.
"They gave us no warning, no phone call — we woke up at midnight to smoke, rubble, stones and shrapnel raining down on us," said Mohammed al-Sheikh, standing amongst collapsed concrete slabs. "We pulled out deaders — bodies and limbs from under the rubble."
Another six people were killed in a strike targeting a home in the northern city of Beit Lahia, civil defense official Mughayyir added.
In Gaza City, a strike on a community kitchen claimed the lives of six more, the agency alleged.
Across the Gaza Strip, at least 21 other deaths were reported in attacks.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that at least 2,326 people have been killed since Israel resumed its campaign in Gaza, bringing the overall corpse count since the war broke out to 52,418. The figures have not been verified and don’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.
Israel says the latest military offensive is aimed at pressuring Hamas to release the remaining 59 hostages, but Netanyahu acknowledged on Thursday that his top priority is toppling the terror group responsible for the October 7 onslaught.
[IsraelTimes] Joseph Czuba stabbed to death Wadee Alfayoumi and knifed his mother Hanan Shaheen days after the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel
A man from Illinois was sentenced on Friday to 53 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the murder of a 6-year-old Paleostinian American boy and the severe wounding of his mother in an October 2023 hate crime stabbing, The reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... Sun-Times reported.
Joseph Czuba, 73, stabbed and killed Wadee Alfayoumi and knifed Hanan Shaheen days after the October 7 attack by Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... on Israel that killed some 1,200 people and saw another 251 taken hostage.
Prosecutors said the stabbing was sparked by anti-Moslem hatred.
Czuba, who was the landlord for Shaheen and her son, stabbed the boy 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, authorities said. Shaheen suffered multiple stab wounds in the attack that occurred in Plainfield Township, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Chicago.
Czuba was found guilty in late February. Shaheen testified during the trial that Czuba told her, "You, as a Moslem, must die."
Other recent incidents raising alarm in the US about anti-Arab and anti-Paleostinian prejudice include the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Paleostinian American girl and the stabbing of a Paleostinian American man, both in Texas.
There has also been a massive rise in antisemitism and anti-Israel incidents.
Incidents raising alarm over antisemitism and anti-Israel attitudes include an unsuccessful plot to attack a New York Jewish center and an arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence.
Hate incidents have also been reported during protests and counter-protests related to the war.
[IsraelTimes] Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who previously served as army commander, has vowed to bring all weapons in the country under the state’s authority.
"The president underscored Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... ’s refusal to be drawn into regional conflicts, highlighting the importance of Paleostinian rights without compromising Lebanese stability," Mustafa told news hounds, referring to the council session.
"The prime minister also stressed the need to hand over illegal weapons and to prevent Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... or any other faction from undermining Lebanon’s national security and stability," a council statement said.
The Saudi channel al-Hadath reported Friday that the Lebanese army seized 800 rockets in the al-Beddawi Paleostinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
The Lebanese military also reportedly entered bases belonging to Hezbollah in northern Lebanon.
There was no official confirmation of the report in Lebanon.
According to the report, the rockets belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine — General Command, a small Paleostinian terror group that has been operating in recent years from Lebanon.
It has ties to the main Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine and is not known to have carried out major terror attacks independently in recent years.
The disarmament in Lebanon is occurring as low-intensity hostilities continue between Israel and Hezbollah, with the Israel Defense Forces killing two operatives in the group in Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Thursday.
[AnNahar] The army on Friday announced the arrest of two men who assaulted the imam of the mosque of the Mt. Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... town of Chbaniyeh in an incident apparently related to the sectarian violence between Druze and Sunnis in neighboring Syria.
An army statement said the two Lebanese citizens had assaulted the Sunni Moslemholy man in the Baabda district town of Baalshmay. Media reports identified the holy man as Sheikh Hussein Hamza, adding that he was with his family members during the incident.
In the statement, the army urged citizens to "show responsibility and not be dragged into acts that might harm civil peace during the critical period that our country is going through."
The religious council of Lebanon’s Druze community had earlier strongly condemned the incident, saying the perpetrators "insulted Mount Lebanon, its residents and its ethical, social and religious values before anything else."
It also said that it does not cover any security violator regardless of their motives.
The council "reiterates what it had announced at the beginning of the incidents in Syria, that it rejects any outlawed practices, whether through the blocking of roads or through attacking any of the sons of the dear Sunni community, with whom we have tight relations and coexistence," it added, while also refusing any harm against Syrian refugees.
[AnNahar] Lebanese authorities warned Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... Friday that it would face the "harshest measures" if it carried out any attacks from Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... The warning by the Higher Defense Council, Lebanon's top military body, came weeks after several Lebanese and Paleostinians were detained on suspicion of firing rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel.
"Hamas and other factions will not be allowed to endanger national stability," the council said. "The safety of Lebanon's territories is above all."
"The harshest measures will be taken to put a complete end to any act that infringes on Lebanon's illusory sovereignty," according to a statement that was read by Brig. Gen. Mohammed al-Mustafa.
Hamas officials did not immediately respond to requests by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named for comment.
Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, the Paleostinian murderous Moslem group has carried out several attacks against Israel from Lebanon, where it has an armed presence. Israel has since carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s that killed Hamas officials including one of its top military chiefs, Saleh Arouri, in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Lebanese authorities are seeking to establish their authority throughout the country, mainly in the south near the border with Israel after the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war that ended in late November with the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
Authorities last month detained several people, including a number of Paleostinians, who were allegedly involved in firing rockets toward Israel in two separate attacks in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon. Hezbollah denied at the time that it was behind the firing of rockets.
The council also said legal proceedings would begin early next week against those detained over the rocket fire.
The meeting of the Higher Defense Council was attended by bigwigs including President Joseph Aoun, PM Nawaf Salam, Army chief General Rodolphe Haykal and the heads of security services.
The council's statement quoted Salam as saying that all "illegal weapons" should be handed over to the state.
Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> is expected to visit Lebanon later this month.
Despite the ceasefire deal with Israel in November, Israel is continuing with near-daily airstrikes on Lebanon that have left dozens of civilians and Hezbollah members dead.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone fired three missiles Friday morning at a gas station in the southern village of Houla, wounding five people. On Thursday, Israel said it killed an official with Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force in a dronezap in south Lebanon.
The ceasefire that ended that conflict in November 2024 called on Lebanon to disarm “all armed groups in Lebanon” and dismantle unauthorized military infrastructure.
Mohammad al-Mustafa, secretary-general of the Supreme Defense Council, told reporters on Friday that the body would recommend a series of decisions to Lebanon’s cabinet, including “warning Hamas against using Lebanese territory to carry out any actions that threaten Lebanese national security.”
Hamas has a longstanding presence within Lebanon, including in camps across the country that host hundreds of thousands of long-time Palestinian refugees and their descendants, where Lebanese security forces have long had only limited authority.
Like Hezbollah, Hamas fighters in Lebanon fired rockets across the southern border into Israel in solidarity with Palestinians after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war in Gaza and saw terrorists kill some 1,200 people and kidnap 251.
Israeli airstrikes have killed several Hamas commanders in Lebanon, including the group’s deputy chief in early 2024.
[AnNahar] The explosion that rocked an Iranian port, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 1,000 others, had its epicenter at a facility ultimately owned by a charitable foundation overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> 's office.
That foundation, known as Bonyad Mostazafan, faces American sanctions over it helping the 86-year-old Khamenei "to enrich his office, reward his political allies and persecute the regime's enemies," the U.S. Treasury has said. Its top personnel also have direct ties to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which oversees Tehran's ballistic missile arsenal and operations abroad targeting the Islamic Theocratic Republic's enemies.
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The first person killed was a welder, whose spark ignited powdered fuel residue in the drying room. The second was the wheelchair bound IT guy,
The first explosion cracked a 48 inch gas line running along the valley floor, below the facility. The second large explosion is the escaped gas fueled by the AP oxidizer.
I don't know if the red tint in the cloud is a film colorization effect or the nitrogen as mentioned.
This seems unwise to me, given what happened with the first one that President Obama negotiated, but perhaps this is President Trump giving Iran a last chance before the bombs fall.
[IsraelTimes] Agreement being negotiated ‘preserves the core’ of 2015 deal, sources say; may impose constraints on uranium enrichment but not dismantle nuclear facilities or address Iran’s ballistic missiles
US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... blindsided Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his decision to immediately open negotiations with Iran
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[IsraelTimes] Production of ‘The Runner’ halted as anti-Israel demonstrators chant slogans, bang drums, wave Palestinian flags; conflicting reports on whether Israeli actress was present on set
Israeli actress Gal Gadot was reportedly removed from the set of her upcoming film "The Runner" in north London after pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protesters disrupted filming.
During the Thursday protest, activists reportedly rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud including "Stop bombing Paleostine," beat drums and waved Paleostinian flags.
The Daily Mail reported that approximately a dozen coppers responded to the scene and escorted the actress off the set for her safety.
According to the report, production on the film was temporarily halted and a body double stood in for Gadot.
However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the Jewish Chronicle reported that Gadot was not on set at the time of the protest and that her stunt double was filming when demonstrators arrived. The publication claimed the protest was triggered by social media rumors falsely suggesting Gadot would be on location.
The demonstration appeared to have been organized through encrypted messaging platforms and social media. Posts circulating on Instagram and Signal reportedly urged activists to disrupt filming due to Gadot’s high-profile support for Israel and her past IDF service.
The Metropolitan Police did not immediately comment on whether any arrests had been made.
Gadot has publicly supported Israel since Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... ’s brutal massacre on October 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were kidnapped to Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The actress has already been mired in controversy of late, including backlash against her role in Disney’s "Snow White" remake, which was banned in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... and Kuwait due to her Israeli nationality and military background.
[IsraelTimes] Report calls Alternative for Germany party a racist and anti-Muslim organization stirring up ‘irrational fears and hostility’; move comes amid soaring support for far right in Europe
Germany’s spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist," enabling it to step up monitoring of the country’s biggest opposition party, which decried the move as a "blow against democracy."
A 1,100-page report by experts found that the AfD is a racist and anti-Moslem organization, a finding that grants the security services powers to recruit informants and intercept party communications.
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So, if I’m following, “democracy” is when the security services investigate a leading political party, make an unpublished determination of “extremism” that licenses surveillance, and then the courts decide whether to ban that party. O-kay. https://t.co/x6lZx81ijA
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I would argue that AfD is not stirring up irrational fear and hostility. It is not irrational when you have deadbeat immigrants stabbing you, raping your daughters and driving their cars into crowds of shoppers.
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Yeah, whatever it's original intent and purpose, I'm guessing it became an accepted way to apply pressure to opposition not long before McCain started calling people Hobbits, the kind of retarded slur someone would use who doesn't have the urgency of risk, likely abused to suppress opposition to the Blamtifa Riots, and peak flexed with Biden's Red Background Speech when he called everyone not on board The Machine an inhuman domestic terrorist, a message roundly rejected last election cycle and hopefully is under some scrutiny because if it is casually being abused to do, say, help fabricate the kidnapping of a sitting governor, that is way out of charter.
This looks like next form Patriot Act when instead of hack judges giving permission slips, opposition to policy is officially outlawed, and the conversation we too would be having had "Harris Won". It is a bit more open, to be honest, and has a nifty hat, so there is that.
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Let's put it this way, the largest portion of your country is fast approaching Declaration of Independence territory. Oppress them at your own risk.
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The "1,100-page report by experts" is so far secret but three quotes from AfD politicians used to substantiate its finding were leaked to the press.
"Vielfalt bedeutet Multikulti. Und was bedeutet Multikulti? Multikulti bedeutet Traditionsverlust, Identitätsverlust, Verlust der Heimat, Mord, Totschlag, Raub und Gruppenvergewaltigung."
"Verfehlte Migrationspolitik und Asylmissbrauch haben zum 100.000-fachen Import von Menschen aus zutiefst rückständigen und frauenfeindlichen Kulturen geführt."
"Wir müssen auch wieder entscheiden dürfen, wer überhaupt zu diesem Volk gehört und wer nicht. Es gehört mehr dazu, Deutscher zu sein, als einfach nur eine Staatsbürgerurkunde in der Hand zu haben."
Deepl translation:
“Diversity means multiculturalism. And what does multiculturalism mean? Multiculturalism means loss of tradition, loss of identity, loss of homeland, murder, manslaughter, robbery and gang rape.”
“Misguided migration policies and asylum abuse have led to the 100,000-fold import of people from deeply backward and misogynistic cultures.”
“We must also be allowed to decide again who belongs to this nation and who does not. There is more to being German than simply having a citizenship certificate in your hand.”
These positions, with which I agree in part are considered to be "extreme right" positions by the Germany federal executive.
For reference the Communist Party of Germany has exercised some political power in unified Germany since 1994.
The CPEG is the organized core of an actual murderous dictatorship.
The BfV, the domestic "spy agency" is an agency of the federal executive of Germany. It is lead by political appointees who serve at the pleasure of the interior minister.
Its presidency is vacant, because the former president resigned in late 2024 to run for a parliament seat for the CDU / Merkel's party, ultimately unsuccessfully.
One of the two vice presidents and current leaders of the BfV is Istanbul born Sinan Selen.
The BfV is not independent.
@9 The foundation of the East German regime was the GSFG/ГСВГ/GSSD.
Nothing exists at present in Germany that could be seen as the strategic equivalent of the GSFG.
I don't see any escalation because there's no "Red Coat" force in sight.
[IsraelTimes] Justice Department says Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen targeted businesses in Orlando for their perceived support for Israel, causing over $450,000 in damage
A Jordanian national in Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to six years in US federal prison for threats against and attacks on businesses over their perceived support for Israel, the US Justice Department said on Thursday.
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 44, described as "a Jordanian national residing illegally in Orlando," broke into a solar power generation facility in Wedgefield, Florida, in June 2024, according to prosecutors.
He caused more than $450,000 in damage, the Justice Department said in a statement. He also broke doors and threatened other businesses.
Hnaihen was arrested in July 2024, charged in August and pleaded guilty in December.
"According to court documents, beginning around June 2024, Hnaihen targeted and attacked businesses in the Orlando area for their perceived support for Israel," the Justice Department said.
"Wearing a mask, under the cover of night, Hnaihen smashed the glass front doors of businesses and left behind ’warning letters.'"
Rights advocates have noted rising threats in the US against Jews and Israelis since the start of Israel’s war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , which began with the October 7, 2023 attack, when thousands of Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... -led bandidosbandidos holy warriors stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and abduct 251.
Antisemitic incidents in the US continued to rise to unprecedented levels for the fourth straight year in 2024, with 9,354 recorded cases of harassment, vandalism, and assault, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Communities around the world have seen sharp rises in antisemitic activity since October 7.
[JewishJournal] The LAPD is investigating the homicides in what appear to be unrelated incidents. Three suspects have been arrested.
The LAPD is investigating the homicides of two Israeli men found dead in their residences on Saturday in what appear to be unrelated incidents.
Police were called to a home on the 22200 block of De La Osa Street in Woodland Hills just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. There, they discovered the body of 47-year-old Alexander Modebadze. The Israeli businessman moved to the U.S. 15 years ago and, according to neighbors, had been living in the house for the past couple of years.
He was found badly beaten, with severe head trauma, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the attack was premeditated and staged to look like a robbery. Eyewitnesses told police they saw a group of people entering the house before fleeing the scene. Officers collected evidence and reviewed surveillance footage, along with forensic material, in an attempt to identify the suspects and determine the motive.
"We found very unusual signs at the scene that indicate murder," said detectives from the Valley Police. "We believe that the fact that there were people in the house who fled shortly before the body was found suggests that the incident was criminal, and we are working to locate the suspects involved."
Three suspects were arrested a few hours later and identified as Georgian nationals: Pata Kochiashvili (38), Zaza Outarashvili (46), and Basiki Kutsishvili (52). According to the LAPD, the three broke into Modebadze’s home, held him captive for hours, beat him severely, and caused his death from head trauma. They then fled with stolen property.
Could be a simple case of robbery and murder by vicious illegals or they could be paid agents of Iran. Hopefully the answer will be revealed.
The arrests were made with the assistance of the FBI.
A staged crime scene and the FBI involved? Hmmm…
Kochiashvili was apprehended in the Van Nuys neighborhood, while Outarashvili and Kutsishvili were arrested together in nearby Glendale. Each is being held on $2 million bail.
Witnesses reported seeing several suspicious individuals enter the home late at night and leave shortly after. Neighbors described Modebadze as a sociable man with no known public disputes.
Later that day, at 2:30 p.m., police were called to an apartment on the 12600 block of Riverside Drive in Valley Village, to conduct a welfare check after relatives were unable to reach the resident. Upon arrival, they found the body of businessman Menashe "Manny" Hidra, the brother of Nitzan Prison Warden Moshe Hidhra in Israel.
Police have not disclosed the nature of his injuries, and it is not yet confirmed whether a firearm or knife was used.
There is no apparent connection between the two incidents.
The Jewish Journal has a photo of Manny in front of his clothing store. The New York Post has photos of Mr. Modebadze’s house, and adds about Mr. Hidhra or Khidhra:
Police have revealed few details about that crime, including how he was killed, but they did release photos of a possible suspect: a 30 to 40-year-old Hispanic male.
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"It's crazy that there were 911 calls on Wednesday and they didn't discover him until Saturday," said Kaci Harabedian, one of the complex's residents. "
When trouble strikes, the police are only days away.
Curious that the FBI is involved in what appears to be local murder. Perhaps the perps already had their own Known Wolf file.
In the last hour, over 20 major airstrikes were carried out in Syria by the Israeli Air Force.
So far, the reported targets of the strikes include air defense bases, military bases (such as Battalion 41 in Damascus), tank convoys, and a military airfield.
…Turkish aircrafts were spotted near our Israeli aircrafts—but they quickly fled the airspace. The strikes continue relentlessly, including in the Damascus and Hama areas.
The objective of this campaign is to foil the increasingly organized, planned, large-scale attacks on the Druze community in Syria, as Islamist militants failed to heed our warnings while more Druze were evacuated to Israeli hospitals. 🇸🇨🇮🇱
[Rudaw] At least one person was killed and four others were maimed in a series of Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Syria overnight, state media reported, amid deadly festivities between Damascus-aligned forces and armed members of Syria’s Druze community, whom Israel has pledged to protect.
A civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Harasta, a northeastern suburb of Damascus, SANA reported early Saturday morning. Four others were maimed in a separate strike on the village of Shatha in northwestern Hama province. Additional strikes targeted at least two locations in Daraa province in the southwest.
The Israeli military’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee confirmed via X on Saturday that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes "on a military site, an anti-aircraft artillery, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria."
"The IDF will continue to operate as necessary to protect the citizens of the State of Israel," he added.
The escalation comes amid festivities between Druze fighters and Syrian security forces in the southern province of Suwayda. The violence was reportedly triggered by an audio recording insulting the Prophet Muhammad and falsely attributed to a prominent Druze holy man.
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 56 people have been killed in the festivities, including 16 members of the government-affiliated General Security, 10 fighters from pro-regime gangs, and 30 Druze fighters.
Israel, which is home to about 150,000 Druze, has vowed to protect the minority community in Syria.
On Friday, Israel carried out a strike near the presidential palace in Damascus after warning the Syrian government against sending additional forces to the south.
"This is a clear message to the Syrian regime. We will not allow forces to be sent south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement.
Referring to interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa by his former nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, Katz posted on X: "When Jolani wakes up in the morning and sees the results of the Israeli Air Force's strike, he understands very well that Israel is determined to prevent harm to the Druze in Syria."
Katz added that while it is Sharaa’s "duty to protect the Druze... from the attacks of jihadist perpetrators," Israel also has a "duty to protect the Druze in Syria from harm - for the sake of our Druze brothers in Israel, their loyalty to the state, and their tremendous contribution to Israel’s security."
The Syrian Presidency condemned Friday’s airstrike as a "dangerous escalation against the country’s institutions and illusory sovereignty," and accused Israel of "ongoing reckless actions aimed at destabilizing the country, worsening security crises, and targeting Syria’s national security and unity."
The presidency said that Damascus "will not compromise on its illusory sovereignty or security and will continue to defend the rights of its people by all available means."
The Arab Parliament
...At the Arab League Summit of 2001-Amman, the Arab states came up with a resolution to have the Secretary General create a Parliament. Since throughout the Arab world rights accrue to the states, not to the people, each member state sends four members and nobody gets to vote on which ones. The headquarters was in Damascus until in 2012 the sessions were suspended and transferred to Cairo. The League is now preparing to move the headquarters of the parliament to Baghdad, from whence it will issue Pronouncements of Grave Import.... - a regional legislative body that represents the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... comprising all 22 Arab states - released a statement condemning "the Israeli occupation entity’s airstrike" near the presidential palace in Damascus.
"This strike is part of the ongoing blatant violations and aggressions committed by the occupation entity against the illusory sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity of Syria," the statement added, urging "the international community and the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , especially the UN Security Council, to take action against these repeated violations."
The UN’s special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Saturday said he "strongly condemned" Israel’s airstrikes.
"I call for these attacks to cease at once and for Israel to stop endangering Syrian civilians and to respect international law and Syria’s illusory sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and independence," he said on X.
After the regime of Syrian dictator Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs... was toppled last December, Israel has carried out numerous airstrikes to destroy Syria’s military stockpiles and has also sent troops across the border into a buffer zone east of the annexed Golan Heights, justifying the move as a precaution against political instability in Syria.
In the past 48 hours, Israel has conducted over 20 airstrikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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[ZH] Would that it be actually Terminal Elvis Chan, the FBI’s Assistant Special Agent in Charge in San Francisco, has reportedly been placed on "terminal leave" and has not accessed agency systems for over a month, according to independent journalist Breanna Morello.
Chan has faced scrutiny for his alleged role in coordinating with social media platforms, including X (formerly Twitter), to censor conservatives during the 2020 presidential election, which saw President Joe Biden defeat President Donald Trump. In September 2023, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a subpoena compelling Chan to testify about the FBI’s interactions with tech companies, which Jordan described as potential "coercion and collusion" to censor speech, according to the New York Post.
Chan, who served as a liaison to companies like Facebook and Twitter through the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, did not attend a scheduled interview with the committee, prompting the subpoena, Jordan said, per the Post.
During a 2023 deposition with attorneys general from Louisiana and Missouri, Chan denied having "internal knowledge" of efforts to suppress a 2020 New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Morello notes:
The controversy surrounding Chan coincides with a 2023 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the FBI, White House, U.S. Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA likely violated First Amendment rights by "coercing or significantly encouraging" social media platforms to censor content.
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Chan, who identifies with "he/him" pronouns on his LinkedIn profile, still lists himself as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the FBI’s San Francisco Bay office, where he has served for over 19 years.
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[Prepare For Change] One man used AI to map the entire agenda—and what he uncovered is absolutely mind-boggling. It’s darker and more complex than anyone ever imagined. And the blueprint is still active today.
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The population control network is so vast, so deeply embedded in our institutions, that mapping it out literally resembles a galaxy.
One man has put in the work to connect the dots—with the help of AI. His name is Andrew Arnold.
According to Arnold, one of the earliest launch points of the population control agenda began in the 1930s, with birth control experiments conducted in Puerto Rico. These trials were quietly carried out on marginalized communities—without their knowledge or consent—and were planned and funded by elite foundations and government-connected institutions.
But that was just the beginning.
As Arnold continued digging, the connections only got darker. The same elites pushing global birth control programs were also deeply embedded in the military-industrial complex. Members of Skull and Bones, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Council on Foreign Relations weren’t just involved—they were leading the charge.
He also found that the UN’s population division was seeded by U.S. intelligence-linked think tanks in the 1950s. What looked like neutral, data-driven planning was actually a soft-power weapon for global demographic manipulation.
Even Planned Parenthood, Arnold explains, was never just about "women’s health." It evolved from a web of eugenics-driven organizations tied to powerful families like the Rothschilds and Warburgs—used not to empower, but to control populations under the banner of reproductive rights.
Population control didn’t go away—it simply rebranded. Arnold describes it as a long-term playbook for global dominance. And once you see how the military, academia, and elite philanthropy merged into one calculated system of engineered depopulation, it’s impossible to unsee.
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Incredible. Shocking. But I'm afraid we're getting too accustomed to such stories and they're getting more believable with each new revelation.
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One might argue that population control makes the planet more livable for those who are chosen to live and have babies. But who is really doing the choosing?
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Planned Parenthood was pushing family planning — and therefore eugenics birth control — in the 1920s, according to an anecdote shared in Cheaper By The Dozen, the story of that large New England family fathered by industrial efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth and mothered by a psychologist. Sometime before Mr, Gilbreth died in 1924, someone sent the local FP expert to call on Mrs. Gilbreth as a practical joke, which she handled with her usual aplomb.
[AyPee] A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said.
The 38-year-old woman apparently was carrying the bomb to place outside a nearby bank around 5 a.m., police said.
Several storefronts and vehicles were damaged by the explosion.
Police said the woman, whom they did not publicly identify, had a criminal record related to drugs and prostitution and had been involved in at least one robbery and thefts in the past. The Greek police’s division for organized crime was investigating the incident, while authorities were also investigating whether the woman might have had ties to extreme leftist groups.
Greece’s Communists and Anarchists have been blowing things up — and shooting things up —since the 19th century. That’s why most of their nicest things are ruins.
Greece has seen occasional bombings, as well as targeted killings, attributed to various organized crime groups. The country also has a long history of politically motivated violence dating back to the 1970s, with domestic extremist groups carrying out small-scale bombings that usually cause some damage but rarely lead to injuries.
While the groups most active in the 1980s and 1990s, whose preferred targets tended to be politicians, foreign businesses and diplomats, have been dismantled, new small groups have emerged.
Last year, a man believed to have been trying to assemble a bomb was killed when the device he was making exploded in a central Athens apartment. A woman inside the apartment was severely injured. It was unclear what their intended target might have been. The blast had prompted Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrisochoidis to warn of an emerging new generation of domestic extremists.
In April, a new group calling itself Revolutionary Class Struggle claimed responsibility for a bomb that exploded in central Athens near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway services operator, and the planting of another bomb near the Labor Ministry in early February.
The explosion near the train offices resulted in limited damage to the building and no injuries. It had been preceded by an anonymous call to local media 40 minutes before the blast warning about the device, leading police to evacuate and cordon off the area. The group that claimed responsibility said the bombing was part of an armed struggle against the state.
The bombing at the train offices came shortly after the second anniversary of Greece’s worst railway disaster, in which 57 people were killed and dozens more injured when a freight train and a passenger train heading in opposite directions were accidentally put on the same track. The deadly accident sparked widespread anger and exposed severe deficiencies in Greece’s railway system, including in safety systems. Some of the relatives of the victims led mass protests against the country’s conservative government on the occasion of the accident’s second anniversary.
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[FoxNews] The Trump administration on Friday officially designated two of Haiti’s most powerful gang networks, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs).
The move is aimed at disrupting the gangs' operations and supporting efforts to restore order in the troubled Caribbean nation.
The announcement was made in a formal statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who declared that "the age of impunity for those supporting violence in Haiti is over."
"These gangs have killed and continue attacking the people of Haiti, Haitian security forces and multinational security support (MSS) mission personnel and are committed to overthrowing the government of Haiti," Rubio said. "Their ultimate goal is creating a gang-controlled state where illicit trafficking and other criminal activities operate freely and terrorize Haitian citizens."
The designations bring serious legal consequences. Individuals or entities that provide material support to Viv Ansanm or Gran Grif could face criminal charges, loss of immigration benefits or removal from the U.S.
Viv Ansanm formed in September 2023 through an alliance between Haiti’s two main gang factions, G-9 and G-Pép. The coalition has carried out coordinated attacks on Haitian infrastructure, including prisons, government buildings and the Port-au-Prince international airport. These attacks were part of a broader campaign that helped force the resignation of former Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Gran Grif operates mainly in the Artibonite region, a vital agricultural area. The State Department said the gang has been responsible for 80% of civilian death reports in that area since 2022. In February 2025, Gran Grif was linked to an attack that killed a Kenyan officer with the MSS mission.
According to NPR reporting from 2024, Viv Ansanm was spearheaded by Jimmy Chérizier, known as Barbecue, a former police officer turned gang leader.
Chérizier helped unify rival gangs under a shared goal of opposing the Haitian government. In an interview with NPR, he defended the gang’s actions and blamed Haiti’s political elite for fostering the lawlessness. Though he acknowledged the violence, he claimed the government had enabled the conditions leading to it.
[American Thinker] One of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read is Keith Richburg’s 1997 Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa. In it, Richburg, who had a three-year stint as the Washington Post’s African bureau chief, explains why he’s so grateful that his long-ago ancestors endured the horrors of the slave ships and the dehumanizing indignity of slavery itself: If that hadn’t happened, he would have been born in Africa and that, he realized, would have been a terrible thing.
One of the chief problems Richburg describes about Africa in the early 1990s is government corruption. According to him, the corruption is so complete that government agencies are incapable of carrying out their mandates, since everything goes into the bureaucrats’ pockets. According to Elon Musk and his DOGE team’s analyses, our government is operating at almost the same level. No country with a government like that can thrive or even survive.
Here's the joke from Richburg’s book:
"So endemic is African corruption—and so much more destructive than its Asian counterpart—that the comparison has even spawned a common joke that goes like this:
An Asian and an African become friends while they are both attending graduate school in the West. Years later, they each rise to become the finance minister of their respective countries. One day, the African ventures to Asia to visit his old friend, and is startled by the Asian’s palatial home, the three Mercedes-Benzes in the circular drive, the swimming pool, the servants.
"My God!" the African exclaims. "We were just poor students before! How on earth can you now afford all this?"
And the Asian takes his African friend to the window and points to a sparkling new elevated highway in the distance. "You see that toll road?" says the Asian, and then he proudly taps himself on the chest. "Ten percent." And the African nods approvingly."
Here a company extracting raw materials and its employees pay taxes. The operation that transports that and its employees pay taxes. The manufacturer and the employees who process the product pay taxes. The transportation company and employees who deliver the product pay taxes and taxes on the fuels utilized to move it. The retailer and his employees pay taxes to handle it. The customer pays direct tax at the checkout. Its taxes all the way through. 10%? That's peanuts.
[FoxNews] 6 inmates were involved in the heinous act on Friday
Three Virginia corrections officers were hospitalized Friday after an alleged coordinated attack by inmates affiliated with the violent MS-13 gang and another known gang, state Department of Corrections officials said in a statement.
The incident took place at approximately 9:45 a.m. at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Wise County. Officials said six inmates were involved in the assault.
Five of them are confirmed members of the MS-13 gang, originally from El Salvador, who were in the U.S. illegally.
All five had been convicted of violent crimes, including aggravated murder, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and rape. The sixth inmate is a U.S. citizen and a confirmed member of the Sureño 13 gang, serving a sentence for second-degree murder.
"Five of the individuals responsible for this senseless attack should never have been in this country in the first place," said Virginia Department of Corrections Director Chad Dotson.
"Every single day, our officers put their lives on the line to ensure public safety for the more than 8.8 million people across the Commonwealth. This attack is an example of the dangers they face when they show up to work every day. Our officers are heroes, and I commend the team at Wallens Ridge for their swift response."
Five officers required medical treatment. Three have been discharged, including two who sustained minor injuries while responding to the scene. Two others remain hospitalized in stable condition.
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Convienent location for the Lib-Holes to protest for his release. Side trip to VA in the morning and home for dinner after the press photos are taken.
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It used to be, if you tried to escape you were killed. If you fought in the yard, they shot you. And if you attacked the guards, they didn't care how many prisoners died as long as the perps did. Honestly we should put the prisons on the honor system. You follow the rules and do what your told, anything else leads to a gibbet in the yard and crows cages around the prison.
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An orchestrated campaign of intimidation, mirroring a well developed tactic in Mexican and other Latin Amrican nations. Over time, and numerous instances, it takes hold. Think about it as the correctional system equivalent to the "Derek Chauvin" effect on LE use of force trends.
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"Five of the individuals responsible for this senseless attack should never have been in this country in the first place," said Virginia Department of Corrections Director Chad Dotson.
[RedState] Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's fiery deputy chief of staff and one of his top advisors, is reportedly the top contender to replace Mike Waltz as Trump's next National Security Advisor.
Waltz abruptly left the position on Thursday. Initially, there was speculation that it was tied to "Signalgate," after it was revealed that Trump administration officials used the Signal app to discuss sensitive military operations and that a journalist was mistakenly added to a private group chat. But Trump then announced he was nominating Waltz to serve as UN Ambassador.
According to Axios, five sources familiar with the situation told the outlet that Miller was likely to get the job — if he wants it. More on that in a bit.
One of the sources (in the White House) told Axios that Miller has made the Homeland Security Council run "like clockwork" and that the organization is "infinitely more effective than the NSC [National Security Council] with a tiny fraction" of previous staff.
The 39-year-old founder of America First Legal, a 501 nonprofit organization that prides itself in "fighting back against lawless executive actions and the radical left," is a fearless defender of the administration's legal push for immediate deportation of illegal aliens without court hearings. Meanwhile, Democrat-nominated federal district court judges continue to unconstitutionally block Trump's efforts to deport illegals, many of whom were convicted of violent crimes in their home countries, while some are also members of the notorious MS-13 or Tren de Aragua gangs.
[EngMilRu] From 26 April to 2 May, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out seven group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack drones to hit enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry, infrastructure of military airfields, weapons and ammunition depots, locations where electronic reconnaissance systems were located, sites of production and storage of attack unmanned aerial vehicles, uncrewed surface vehicles, temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces completed the defeat of the AFU units on the territory of the Kursk region. In the course of intensive offensive actions, Gornal in Kursk region was liberated. It was the last settlement under the control of Ukrainian militants. The creation of a security belt continues on the territory of Sumy border areas, Ukraine.
In Belgorod and Kharkov directions, Russian troops hit units of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and three territorial defence brigades.
Over the week, more than 1,530 militants have been neutralised in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces. Moreover, the enemy lost two tanks, 32 armoured fighting vehicles, 104 motor vehicles, 52 field artillery guns, four electronic warfare and counter-fire stations, as well as six ammunition depots.
As a result of resolute actions of the Zapad Group of Forces, the settlements of Kamenka, Doroshovka (Kharkov region) and Novoye (Donetsk People's Republic) were liberated.
Russian troops inflicted damage on manpower and military hardware of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,630 troops, two tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, including one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured vehicle, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, 53 motor vehicles, and 28 field artillery guns, including 16 manufactured by NATO countries.
Six electronic warfare and counter-fire stations, as well as 27 ammunition depots, were neutralised.
The Yug Group's elements took more advantageous lines and positions. They hit formations of six mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one airmobile brigade, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade.
Over the past week, Ukrainian armed formations sustained losses of more than 1,790 militants, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, including one M113 armoured personnel carrier, three HMMWV armoured vehicles, and one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle in this direction.
Thirty-nine motor vehicles, 13 field artillery guns, six electronic warfare and counter-fire stations, as well as 13 ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group's units improved the situation along the front line. They hit manpower and military hardware of two heavy mechanised brigades, seven mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one jaeger brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and three National Guard brigades were hit.
The enemy losses amounted to more than 2,970 troops, 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including one HMMWV armoured vehicle, and one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier. Thirty-six motor vehicles and 20 field artillery guns were neutralised.
The Vostok Group's units continued to advance to the depths of the enemy's defence. Strikes were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
The enemy lost more than 1,220 troops and 16 armoured fighting vehicles. The enemy suffered losses of 64 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, including French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system, German-made 155mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, six electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots.
The Dnepr Group's units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 600 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 22 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, ten electronic warfare and counter-fire stations, and nine ammunition depots.
Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Over the past week, air defence systems have shot down 36 JDAM guided aerial bombs and five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, two S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles redesigned to engage ground targets, as well as 1,306 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation destroyed one U.S.-made Willard speedboat and three uncrewed surface vehicles and damaged one vehicle in the Black Sea waters.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 662 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 54,891 unmanned aerial vehicles, 605 anti-aircraft missile systems, 23,117 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,554 MLRS combat vehicles, 24,369 field artillery guns and mortars, and 34,874 units of support military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
[PJMedia] Nigerian Christians are facing one of the most violent mostly peaceful years in two decades of genocide by Islamic jihadis, according to a Christian advocacy group.
Between January and the close of April, International Christian Concern (ICC) says that it had documented "a dramatic rise in attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria." In the span of a little over three months, ICC soberly reported, over 300 Christians were killed. Dozens more were kidnapped while thousands were displaced as Islamic jihadi violence continues to escalate in Nigeria. Unfortunately, Nigerian authorities still largely fail to address the raging violence or help its victims.
Today, on this feast of St. Joseph the Worker, commemorating Jesus’s foster father who had to flee with Mary and Jesus to Egypt to escape a murderous tyrant’s wrath, let us pray for the Christians in Nigeria and other countries who constantly face the bloodthirsty hatred of their own Herods.
The Nigerian states of Plateau, Kaduna, Benue, Ebonyi, and Nasarawa states continue to be the scene of religiously-motivated terrorism, per ICC:
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If asked to comment, Matt Walsh would respond proudly and thoughtfully,
"I wish them well. ..... This has nothing to do with me ....... Jihad spreading around the globe for hundreds of years is not my problem. Is not America's problem."
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If asked to comment on this latest jihadist massacre, Tucker Carlson would laugh his maniacal laugh,
and then he'd denounce Winston Churchill.
And then he'd probably excuse himself for cocktails at the club.
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At all the finest, most expensive American universities, not one member of the student body will know about these massacres.
Some of the faculty might know, but they'll likely remain silent -- or they'll blame the Christians for having impure thoughts, such as how to feed their families.
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If asked to comment, ilhan omar would probably touch up her makeup , smile, and blame the Christians for wanting to live. Then she'd likely tell you to f#ck off.
Tlaib would probably deny that any of it had happened.
Aoc would probably ask her staff where Africa is.
The UN and the EU will probably blame Orban and Netanyahu.
In religious institutes all over the middle east, they will probably wonder why any of this would even make the news.
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[EuroNews] POSSIBLE GRID ISSUES
Onyema Nduka, a senior lecturer in power sustainability at the University of London, said that power networks are normally interconnected because the generation plants that power them are located far away from the cities.
That means that a power cut in one part of the grid could "lead to a cascading effect in other areas".
"Ideally, redundancies are built into the system, such as having multiple supply points, backup generators sited at different locations, interconnected wires and cables etc," he said.
The solution is for energy companies to restore electricity to the affected customers as soon as possible, but the procedure for completing this feat "has not yet been revealed," Nduka added.
Portuguese officials quoted by the AP and local media have so far blamed the outage on unspecified technical issues that stem from outside the country, but noted that the investigation is still ongoing.
CYBERATTACK RULED OUT BY SOME, NOT ALL
Juanma Moreno, president of the Andalusian regional government, said on Monday that a cyberattack has not been ruled out and advised citizens to be cautious.
However, the cyberattack claim has been refuted by officials, including Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s premier, Luis Montenegro, Portugal’s prime minister, and Antonio Costa, the president of the European Council.
"Spain has mechanisms to deal with these types of situations," Sanchez posted on social media platform X.
"Once again, I appeal to the public to cooperate with all authorities and act responsibly and civilly, as we have always done".
The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre also said in a statement that there was no indication the outage was due to a cyberattack.
In comments to Euronews, Taco Engelaar, managing director at energy infrastructure experts Neara, posited that the interconnectivity of the national grids and their systems would mean a fault or attack would have the same net result.
"Such a widespread grid failure is extremely unusual and could be caused by a number of things: there could be a physical fault in the grid which brings down power, a coordinated cyberattack could be behind it, or a dramatic imbalance between demand and supply has tipped the grid system over the edge," he said.
"If it's a system fault, then the interconnectivity between different regional and national grids could be leading to the large footprint of outages we're seeing today [Monday]," he added.
"The same goes for a cyberattack - lots of these systems are connected and share assets - taking down one could take down many".
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The one thing we can say for sure is that this disaster was not caused by a decision to base the power grid on intermittent, non-dispatchable power sources, mainly because a weird little teenager thought that was a good idea. No, no, no.
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#3 vaguely exotic accent
Tunbridge Wells? Wales? Yorkshire Dales? But seriously, somebody oughta write a book or make a TikTok video or something about the recent history of accents (and photogenicity?) in British documentaries and news programs.
🚨🚨🚨Alert: Peace Talks are over for the US, as President Trump changes course and restarts weapons shipments and intelligence support for Ukraine War! War will last a long time, states VP JD Vance!🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/YduFdoXRFR
— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) May 2, 2025
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It must have been a condition of the rare earth deal.
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WTF indeed. America gets rare earth metals and people keep dying. Vance is right about one thing: war will last a long time. But, eventually, Russia will win anyway.
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I'm with Abu on this one. The only thing "Rare" should be our involvement over there, either commercial or military. Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting a whiff of Military Industrial Complex (MIC).
Stay at home and mind our own business for fokssake. Those people have been at each other's throats for centuries. It's not a conflict with them, it's a hobby.
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Maine’s 2nd district as well. We voted for Trump and have no desire to live under the latest looney in charge of Canuckvil. It’s worse than San Francisco up there.
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[Regnum] A strong earthquake measuring 7.5 has occurred off the coast of Chile. This was reported on May 2 by the country's seismological service and emergency prevention service.
The tremors were recorded at 08:58 (15:58 Moscow time), their epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean at a distance of 218 km from the city of Puerto Williams on the island of Navarino (Tierra del Fuego archipelago), where 1.6 thousand people live. The earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of 10 km.
A tsunami warning was also issued due to the tremors, with the country's National Disaster Prevention and Response Service reporting that the coastal area of the Magallanes region in the south of the country would be evacuated because of the tremors.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 27, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 was recorded in the south Pacific Ocean near Macquarie Island, which is part of Australia. The epicenter of the tremors was located at a distance of about 1.5 thousand km from the large island of Tasmania. The threat of a tsunami was not declared at that time.
Later that day, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, with its epicenter 44 km from Elazig province, home to about 300,000 people.
🚨 #BREAKING: The Trump administration has CONFIRMED they reached a settlement with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the unarmed woman who was shot and kiIIed on J6
President Trump vowed to look into this matter. And he kept his word.
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While we are on the discussion of HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
When will we see Charges brought against the Biden Democrat ran Congress & DOJ/DC staff, that held Jan 6th prisoners without due process and a speedy trial?
Don't want to hear .. Right after, we see Epstein's Perverted list of Elite customers arrested.
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Deep State's obstruction is a perfect opportunity for all sorts of 'leaked' lists. They're continued foot dragging provides an opportunity for others to 'play that game'.
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[REGNUM] The operation against the Yemeni Houthis is once again in the spotlight of the world community. The US, which initiated the campaign, not only surpassed the 800-air raid mark, but also once again involved the UK, which had maintained “air neutrality” for almost a year. London is determined and “flexing its muscles” against the Houthis – albeit at a distance for now. Continued on Page 49
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[Regnum] On the night of Friday, May 2, heavy snowfall hit Moscow and the Moscow region. As a result, the capital region broke the 116-year-old record for the amount of precipitation. This was reported by leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets.
According to the weather forecaster, a record amount of snow fell in Moscow and the Moscow region during this time, and the trees that fell as a result damaged cars and tore down power lines.
“The capital region has broken a 116-year-old precipitation record,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, heavy snowfall began in Perm on the morning of April 28 and continued for almost a day. As a result of the bad weather and limited visibility, the work of the Bolshoye Savino International Airport was suspended. Snow removal equipment continued to combat the consequences of the rampant elements throughout the night.
It was later revealed that the snowfall in Perm was the strongest such natural phenomenon for the city in the 21st century. The amount of precipitation was higher than expected and exceeded 30 cm at a number of stations.
[BUSINESSDAY.NG] Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... bully boyz have slaughtered 18 fishermen and scores of others are missing in Mobbar local government area in Northern Borno, near the border with Niger Republic, sources have said.
This follows an attack by the Boko Haram bully boyz on Sunday around 2:30 pm in the Fadana-Garuwa River, located in the Duji Ward of the Mobbar local government area in the Northern part of the state.
According to a local source, dozens of bully boyz stormed the area on cycle of violences and targeted the fishermen while they were working along the river.
Abu Mohammed, a fisherman who spoke to our Correspondent, noted that they accused the fishermen of leaking sensitive information on their movements to their rivals.
— Karoline Leavitt Daily News Sharing (@WHLeavitt) May 1, 2025
Hakeem, allowing your members to fly to El Salvador on the taxpayers dime to play footsie with violent gang members was obviously astonishingly bad politics.
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Taxpayer dollars should not fund political protests especially for cash payments to protesters. Federal grants to Soros groups ought to be stopped as well. It’s the same thing.
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.....caught funding protests against DOGE, Musk, and Trump
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If reached for comment, the ceo of NPR -- that sknny little blonde lady with the $300 hair
-- would probably praise these two gentlemen for speaking their truth.
Then, she'd probably reiterate her belief that facts and truth interfere with getting things done.
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If asked to comment, Matt Walsh would undoubtedly explain that none of this has anything to do with him: "If they kill the Jews and come after me and my family, we will become Hindu; then, we will be safe."
"Oh, wait, maybe Buddhism."
"Oh, wait, they massacre Buddhists. So maybe we'll become Druze."
"Hmmmm. Wait..... Well, lemme think on it a bit."
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Oh -- I thought the title referred to the Democratic Party
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[BLS] A total of 272,000 jobs added in May, unemployment rate edged up to 4.0%.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 177,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Employment continued to trend up in health care, transportation and warehousing, financial activities, and social assistance. Federal government employment declined.
Health care added 51,000 jobs in April, about the same as the average monthly gain of 52,000 over the prior 12 months. In April, job growth continued in hospitals (+22,000) and ambulatory health care services (+21,000).
Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 29,000 in April, following little change in the prior month (+3,000). Job gains occurred in warehousing and storage (+10,000), couriers and messengers (+8,000), and air transportation (+3,000) in April. Transportation and warehousing had added an average of 12,000 jobs per month over the prior 12 months.
------------------------------------ labor participation rate, part time working when they want full time and other indicators were only marginally different from March
Rantburgians will mostly like that the April decrease in Federal employment was about 9k which brings the 2025 total decrease to about 22k.
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[Regnum] The Ramat David Israeli Air Force base in the north of the country was hit by a Houthi missile strike, said Yahya Saria, a spokesman for the Yemeni armed movement.
“The missile forces <…> carried out a military operation, striking the Israeli enemy’s Ramat David airbase, located east of occupied Haifa, using a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile,” he said on the Al Masirah TV channel.
Saria specified that the target was hit as a result of the successful strike. According to him, the Israeli air defense systems did not work.
Israel has not yet commented on this report.
Since the escalation of the conflict in Gaza in October 2023, the Houthis have continued to threaten Israel with attacks on its territory. At the same time, the movement has blocked passage through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for ships associated with Israel.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 18, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the destruction of Yemen's largest oil port, controlled by the Houthis. The American side specified that the operation was carried out to deprive the Yemeni movement of "illegal income" and "economic benefits from appropriating profits from imports."
On April 13, the Yemeni province of Sanaa was subjected to a US air raid. The US Air Force struck a ceramics factory. According to the Ministry of Health in the Houthi-controlled territory, at least five people were killed.
[IsraelTimes] Both projectiles from Yemen downed, military says; slight damage caused to kindergarten by falling debris
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels on Friday fired two ballistic missiles at Israel, both of which were intercepted by air defenses, the Israel Defense Forces said.
The first missile triggered sirens at around 5:30 a.m. in Haifa and across northern Israel. The IDF said the missile was shot down by air defenses before crossing Israel’s borders.
Debris from the missile interception penetrated the roof of a kindergarten at Kibbutz Mishmar Ha’emek, causing some damage.
The second missile also set off sirens in Haifa and the north, just after 1:30 p.m. Several hours later, following an "in-depth" inquiry, the IDF said it had confirmed that the second missile was also successfully intercepted.
No injuries were caused in either attack, aside from a 40-year-old woman who was slightly hurt when she fell over while running to a bomb shelter, medics said.
🚨BREAKING: Former Georgia Democratic House candidate Carl Sprayberry, who publicly called for the assass!nation of President Trump has been arrested as part of a sweeping, multi-agency child s3x trafficking operation. pic.twitter.com/7NTK47dbxY
I was wondering why the article focused on the HVAC guy when first released. They were trying to make it sound as though no one of real notoriety was arrested. https://t.co/HHwulWmT8U
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I would like to know if they were trafficking the lost immigrant kids. Can we get an answer on where those kids are? A vague, we think some of them are dead is not cutting it
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I would like to know if they were trafficking the lost immigrant kids. Can we get an answer on where those kids are?
Yes, they were. And no, you can't.
Spayberry looks like an All American Boy. I might have been tempted to vote for him myself except for his party affiliation. But then, notice how his collar is upturned and crooked on the side of his neck. And his tie is poking out from under the collar on the other side. Must have gotten dressed in a hurry. I wonder if he even got a shower. Doesn't look like he had to worry about shaving though. Yeah, he'll be popular with the other inmates.
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[Regnum] A ship of the Freedom Flotilla
…a project of Turkey’s IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, a semi-official "charity" branch of the Erdogan government that links the government, the Turkish branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and pet jihadi groups like ISIS in Syria, among others. IHH puts together a Freedom Flotilla every few years. Except for the first one in 2010, which was raided by the IDF on the high seas, none of the rest have made it across the Mediterranean, as I recall. I was not even aware they’d put together another one…
coalition with humanitarian aid for Gaza was attacked by an Israeli drone. This was reported on May 2 by the CNN channel.
“There is now a hole in the ship and it is sinking,” coalition press attaché Yasemin Akar told the TV channel by telephone.
According to the Maltese government, there were 16 people on board the ship - 12 crew members and four passengers, while according to the Freedom Flotilla, there were 30 people on board.
Akar noted that the ship was attacked twice off the coast of Malta in international waters and is currently anchored 17 km from the shore and sending out SOS signals.
The Freedom Flotilla advocates for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
A ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists bound for Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... was bombed by drones while in international waters off Malta overnight Thursday-Friday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a pro-Paleostinian activist group, said.
The Saudi Al Arabiya news channel, citing a Western security source, reported that the convoy was organized by Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... and that those onboard planned to engage with IDF troops as they approached the Gaza shore.
Engage the army? An interesting choice. Just as well they were stopped before they got there.
The group uploaded video footage on social media ostensibly showing a fire on one of its ships. The footage could not be independently verified.
"The Freedom Flotilla Coalition had been organizing a nonviolent mostly peaceful action under a media blackout [sic] to avoid any potential sabotage," the group said in an official statement on its website.
That does explain why we weren’t aware that a new flotilla was in the offing.
"Volunteers from over 21 countries travelled to Malta to board the mission to Gaza, including prominent figures."
The statement said the vessel was struck twice by armed drones 17 nautical miles (31.5 kilometers) east of Malta, "causing a fire and a substantial breach in the hull," and that, as of the last communication with the boat, the drones were still circling the ship.
The ship immediately issued an SOS distress call, to which Cyprus responded by dispatching a vessel, the group said.
"The dronezap appears to have deliberately targeted the ship’s generator, leaving the crew without power and placing the vessel at great risk of sinking," the statement said.
The group also accused Malta of violating customary international law by not sending assistance to the boat. The Maltese government rejected the claim, saying in a statement that a tugboat was sent to the area and brought the fire under control.
The government statement added that there were no casualties from the strike and that the ship’s 16 passengers refused to be taken ashore.
"The tug arrived on scene and began firefighting operations. By 1:28 a.m. (23:28 GMT Thursday), the fire was reported to be under control. An Armed Forces of Malta patrol vessel was also dispatched to provide further assistance," Malta said.
"By 2:13 a.m., all crew were confirmed safe but refused to board the tug... The ship remains outside territorial waters and is being monitored by the competent authorities," the statement concluded.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition blamed Israel for the strike, saying in its statement: "Israeli ambassadors must be summoned and answer to violations of international law, including the ongoing blockade and the bombing of our civilian vessel in international waters."
The group did not provide any evidence for its claim.
While Israel did not officially comment on the allegations, an unsourced report claimed Friday morning that the ship is affiliated with Hamas. "Some define the ship attacked next to Malta as Hamas-affiliated, and say that it was a sophisticated aerial attack," Yedioth Ahronoth military correspondent Yossi Yehoshua wrote on X.
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[NewsFront] 21:42 Around 20:45 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Bryansk region. 19:11 The situation in the Konstantinovsky direction is MAP
18:30 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Dzerzhinsk –MAP
18:14 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction –MAP
17:37 The crew of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun system continues to provide protection of units of the North troop group from enemy air attack weapons.
17:27 From 14:40 to 15:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: two over the territory of the Kursk region and one over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
17:22 Crews of the 152mm 2S19 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns of the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet of the North group of forces destroyed armored vehicles, fire weapons and concentrations of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:53 The assembly shop of Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs was hit by an air strike by the Russian Armed Forces using FAB-3000 in the area of the settlement of Primorskoye in the Kherson region.
The impact resulted in destroyed up to 45 Ukrainian military personnel and about 60 UAVs.
15:50 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards Malinovka in the Gulyai-Polye direction, – MAP.
15:31 FPV drone operators of the 20th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed reconnaissance and strike UAV repeaters, as well as militant communication antennas in the Krasnolimansk direction.
15:10 Northerners have uncovered a supply route for enemy units of the 57th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the north of the Khar'kov region.
On video Results of the work of FPV operators of the 6th Army of the Civil Defense Forces "North" on a priority target.
14:24 Drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Dyleevka.
FPV drone operators of the Vostok group of forces destroyed a MaxxPro armored personnel carrier along with enemy personnel in the area of the village of Bogatyr.
14:23 Operators of the special center "Rubicon" support our attack aircraft, destroying the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:26 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from April 26 to May 2, 2025
Units of the North group of forces have completed the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Kursk region.
During active offensive operations, the settlement of Gornal in the Kursk region was liberated – the last settlement under the control of Ukrainian militants.
🔥In the Belgorod and Khar'kov directions, units of two mechanized, motorized infantry, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were defeated.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the West group of forces, the settlements of Kamenka and Doroshovka in the Khar'kov region and Novoye in the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.
💥The manpower and equipment of the tank, four mechanized, ranger, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades were damaged.
The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of six mechanized, two assault, motorized infantry, airmobile, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade.
Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. Manpower and equipment of two heavy mechanized, seven mechanized, assault, two Jaeger brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade and three national guard brigades were damaged.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of three mechanized, two ranger, airmobile, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and two territorial defense brigades.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades.
Over the course of a week, air defense systems shot down 36 JDAM guided aerial bombs and five US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, two S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles converted to hit ground targets, as well as 1,306 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation destroyed the US-made Willard high-speed boat and three unmanned boats in the Black Sea, damaging one boat.
The enemy lost over 8,210 servicemen, four tanks, 318 vehicles, 90 armored combat vehicles, including a Turkish-made Kirpi armored vehicle, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, 134 field artillery pieces, including 16 made by NATO countries. 32 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations, as well as 58 ammunition depots, three HMMWV armored vehicles, and a US-made MaxxPro armored vehicle were destroyed.
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
12:17 Pokrovskoye (Krasnoarmeyskoye direction) (right flank) / Aleksandro-Kalinovskoye direction
Units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced north of Sukha Balka towards Romanovka. In some places, the latter is up to 1.5 km away.
In Novoolenivka - fighting in the western part. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking.
Our assault units are attacking the outskirts of Novaya Poltavka. Fierce counter-battles are underway.
Our units were able to gain a foothold in the eastern part of Malinovka, are fighting for the village, are also attacking it from the south and are trying to dislodge the enemy in the area of the Malinovskaya junction, at least to cover the flank and align the LBS along the highway.
To the west, the Elizavetovsky pocket is being liquidated, where the Ukrainians are still holding out in the area of the northwestern outskirts.
The battle for Mirolyubovka continues.
12:11 Naval Aviation destroyed in the Black Sea, a US-made speedboat Willard and three unmanned boats. One boat was damaged.
10:30 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center are striking manpower, armored vehicles, UAVs and temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy direction.
07:35 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours:
– Matrona of Moscow mine has been cleared;
– Russian Armed Forces entered Novoyelenovka;
– Expansion of the control zone in Novoyelenovka;
- Advance in the Grigorovka area, the enemy took up positions in a forest on our side of the border in the Popovka area.
07:14 During the past night, air defense systems on dutydestroyed 121 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
– 89 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
– 23 – over the waters of the Black Sea,
– Four – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
– Two – over the territory of Oryol Oblast,
– One – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
– One – over the territory of Bryansk Oblast,
– One – over the territory of Belgorod Oblast
. 06:04 Snipers of the "Center" group of troops destroyed more than 50 Baba Yaga hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
05:04 UAV operators of the assault unit of the "West" group of forces destroyed armored vehicles and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the route of ammunition supply in the Khar'kov region.
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[KavkazUzel] The security forces provided little data on the prevented terrorist attacks in Derbent and Khasavyurt to claim that their version is justified. Cases of falsification of criminal cases and the security forces' interest in detection rates cast doubt on their claims, analysts said.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, a terrorist attack against law enforcement officers planned for May 9 was prevented in Dagestan, the FSB reported on May 2. The woman who was preparing it was detained.
A manly man for manly men, you betcha.
[NYPOST] Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz ...Kamala's smarmy-looking VP running mate, governor of Minnesota and self-admitted knucklehead, who decided to retire rather than to deploy with his National Guard unit, then claimed to have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. One man's socialism is another man's neighborliness.... is being mercilessly mocked after he claimed he was chosen to join Kamala Harris former senatrix from California, 2020 Dem presidential hopeful and ultimately Joe Biden's intended successor on the losing ticket because he could ''code talk to white guys.'' "What's he saying?"
"Dunno. I can't decipher it."
The Minnesota governor drew the derision of conservatives after he said on his national tour stop Monday that he was picked because of his ability to ''code talk to [men] watching football, fixing their truck[s]'' and ''put them at ease.'' "At ease."
"I ain't in the army, bub. And you ain't no sergeant major." Walz added he was the ''permission structure'' to win over white men from rural America to vote for Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects....
Walz's critics joked that his coding was not very convincing.
''Tampon Tim Walz thought white guys watching football and fixing their truck[s] would listen to him and vote for Kamala,'' one X user quipped, referring to the political moniker he earned for requiring public schools to provide menstrual products to all students in 4th through 12th grades.
''Tim Walz is DELUSIONAL!'' chimed in Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
''Tim Walz says Kamala picked him as a running mate to give 'permission' for white dudes to vote for a radical black/Indian woman,'' wrote conservative pundit Charlie Kirk. ''How'd that work out for you, Tim?!'' he added.
Walz made the comments at a Harvard Kennedy School forum on Monday night on a stop of his national ''listening tour.''
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The enemy's greatest activity remains in the Pokrovsky direction. Almost 40 battles of varying intensity have already taken place there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 109 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Active battles are being conducted in four directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00 on Friday, May 2.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, Russian troops attacked three times in the Volchansk area.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made three attempts to advance in the area of the settlements of Kolesnikovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka and Zagryzovo. All attacks were stopped.
In the Liman direction, the aggressor attacked 14 times near the settlements of Novoye, Zelenaya Dolina, Kolodezi, Mirnoye, Sergeyevka, Grekovka and Kopanki. Three armed clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, an assault was repelled in the Belogorovka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, six attacks in the area of Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Novomarkovskoye and Belaya Gora have been successfully repelled. Another battle is currently ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Toretsk and Sukha Balka. One combat clash is still ongoing.
The enemy's highest activity remains in the Pokrovsk direction - 39 battles of varying intensity. Ukrainian Armed Forces units are repelling attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Novotoretskoye, Elizavetovka, Lysovka, Dachenskoye, Shevchenko, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Nadezhdovka, Kotlyarovka, Preobrazhenka and Andreyevka. Seven battles are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the occupiers tried to break through 15 times in the areas of Ravnopolye, Privolnoye, Razliv, Konstantinopol, Burlatskoye and in the direction of Otradnoye and Bogatyr. Our defenders stopped 12 assaults, but three clashes are still ongoing.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction , in the area of the settlement of Chervone, the Defense Forces successfully repelled two enemy attacks. Two more combat clashes remain unfinished.
In the Orekhov direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three attacks near Malaya Tokmachka and Stepovoye, and another battle continues.
In the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 13 attacks by the invaders, and three more clashes are ongoing.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on May 1, Russia lost more than 1,100 soldiers killed and wounded at the front. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1 million people.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.50 Russian troops attacked the city of Kharkov with drones on the evening of May 2, there are casualties. This was reported by the city's mayor Igor Terekhov and the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Sinegubov noted that six casualties are already known in Kharkov. Later, Terekhov clarified that the number of casualties has increased to 12 people.
22.34 A civilian died after stepping on a mine in the Berislav district. This was reported on May 2 by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin. The incident occurred in a field near the village of Sablukovka. According to Prokudin, the 47-year-old man was seriously injured and died on the way to the hospital.
19:49 The Defense Forces have captured citizens of the Republic of Togo (located in West Africa) who fought on the side of Russia. This was reported by the press service of the Togolese Foreign Ministry.
We are talking mainly about young men, in particular students who left the country after receiving fictitious scholarships from Russian structures.
The department emphasized that it is actively cooperating with diplomatic partners to clarify the circumstances of the case and provide support to those detained as much as possible.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also assured of its commitment to protecting the rights, interests and security of Togolese people abroad.
The Ukrainian side has not yet released an official statement.
19.14 On May 2, a man with two knives attacked police officers maintaining public order on Kulikovo Field in Odessa. The law enforcement officers were injured, and one of them responded by using his service weapon. This was reported by the police of Odessa Oblast.
The attacker was shot in the legs. All the victims were hospitalized.
18.48 Ukraine's agreement with the United States on minerals has caused nervousness in Moscow and has already had an additional impact on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, The Washington Post reported , citing sources.
18:43 A new curfew schedule will be introduced in Donetsk Oblast from May 5. This is stated in the order of the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin. For most settlements in the oblast (except for frontline ones), the curfew will be in effect from 21:00 to 5:00 a.m. daily. For frontline villages and towns that are closer than 10 km to the front line, the curfew will last longer - from 15:00 to 11:00 a.m. the next day.
18.25 Machines from the South Korean company DN Solutions have been found at Russian enterprises producing Lancet combat drones and Iskander missile launchers. The total cost of this equipment is over $19 million.
18:10 The Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement with Japan that will allow it to receive about $3 billion under the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative. This was announced by Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal.
17.42 Russian occupiers launched 2,560 drones at Ukrainian territory in April - more than one and a half times less than in previous months. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
17.45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. This was reported by the press service of the Ukrainian leader. The main topic of the talks was the steps needed to increase support and unity around Ukraine.
17.29 The court found a married couple from the Kharkiv region guilty of treason and sentenced them to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. This was reported on May 2 by the Office of the Prosecutor General. It is noted that the couple from one of the villages located in the suburbs of Kharkiv collected information about the locations of Ukrainian troops and equipment for the enemy. Posing as zoo volunteers who care for homeless animals, they drove around the area allegedly in search of abandoned pets. To divert suspicion from themselves, the man and woman even set up a "shelter" on the territory of their own home.
16.55 Since the beginning of the current day, 109 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Active battles are being conducted in four directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary as of 16:00.
16.48 Six children have been returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine within the framework of the BringKidsBackUA initiative. This was reported by the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Daria Zarovna. According to her, among those returned is a family with two children, who lived under occupation for a long time. The youngest child had health problems, but there was no access to the necessary medical care. The parents repeatedly tried to leave on their own, but each time they encountered obstacles from the occupation authorities.
16:22 The White House has prepared a number of options for increasing economic pressure on Russia, which has not expressed a desire to end the war in Ukraine, for US President Donald Trump. Bloomberg reports this, citing informed sources.
15.57 As a result of today's shelling of Donetsk region, at least one person was killed and three were wounded. This was reported on May 2 by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin. According to him, at noon the Russians dropped an air bomb on Klinovoe of the Konstantinovka community. A 66-year-old woman was killed, a house was damaged. Konstantinovka itself came under artillery fire. Two people were wounded in the city, a house, a store, a cafe, a pharmacy, two industrial premises and four infrastructure facilities were damaged. Another person was wounded in Pokrovsk.
15:56 Ukrainian volunteer and activist Serhiy Sternenko posted a photo of the car after the assassination attempt on his Telegram channel. The suspect also hit the car during the shooting, but it was armored, which saved the driver's life.
15.31 The court arrested a 45-year-old native of Odessa region recruited by Russian special services, suspected of attacking volunteer and activist Sergei Sternenko. This was reported by Obshchestvennoye.
15.13 The international depository Euroclear in Belgium plans to confiscate about 3 billion euros of frozen Russian funds and redistribute them among Western investors who lost money in Russia, Reuters reports, citing an official source.
14.44 In 2024, JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry received a profit of UAH 1.309 billion. Most of the profit will go to the manufacture of weapons, expansion of production and its relocation.
14.25 The suspect in the attack on volunteer and activist Sergei Sternenko is a 45-year-old native of the Odessa region recruited by Russian special services. She was "hooked" when she was looking for "quick money" on the Internet, the SBU reported .
14.06 In 2024, Russia suffered heavy losses on the front since the start of the war in Ukraine. At least 45,287 soldiers were killed. And for every square kilometer captured, at least 27 occupiers died, the BBC Russian Service reported .
13.46 GUR cyber specialists attacked the infrastructure of major Russian Internet providers, including the SibSet company, as a result of which thousands of users were left without access to the Internet.
As a result of DDOS attacks, the servers of four branches of the company in Siberia, namely in Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo and Krasnoyarsk, were overloaded and disabled.
12.55 The detained attacker on volunteer and activist Serhiy Sternenko has been informed of suspicion of treason and attempted murder. This was reported by Suspilne with reference to the Office of the Prosecutor General.
12:31 US President Donald Trump may have to reconsider efforts to mediate a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia if there is no "breakthrough" in the near future, US Secretary of State Mark Rubio said on Fox News.
11.42 Drones attacked a military unit of the Russian space intelligence service in the Stavropol region of Russia. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of the Russian Federation Andrey Kovalenko.
11.01 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has most likely adjusted his plans for war in Ukraine, but his strategy for a complete takeover of the country remains relevant. This was reported yesterday by the CNN channel , citing intelligence data.
10.58 During April, the Ministry of Defense codified and approved for use in the Defense Forces of Ukraine more than 120 new types of weapons and military equipment. More than 85% of them are domestically produced.
Among the types of military equipment, the most common are unmanned aircraft systems, ammunition for them, electronic warfare equipment and vehicles.
10.32 SBU and Prosecutor General's Office officers, together with law enforcement officers from France and Monaco, detained the son of the former president of the Motor Sich plant, Vyacheslav Boguslayev, for embezzlement of the company's assets. This was reported by the SBU. The special service does not name the detainee, but it is known from open sources that Vyacheslav Boguslayev's son is named Alexander.
According to the investigation, the son of the former president of Motor Sich helped his father appropriate the shares of the company before the start of the full-scale war and then sell them to third parties.
09.15 Over the past 24 hours, 199 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. In the Pokrovsky direction, defenders have stopped 64 Russian attacks.
The missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit six areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian invaders, one UAV control point and two enemy air defense systems.
08.53 In the Unified Register of Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, more than 70 thousand people are currently wanted in Ukraine. Among them are 2740 children. This was reported by the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances Artur Dobroserdov.
According to him, this concerns military personnel, civilians, citizens of other countries and stateless persons who were legally on the territory of Ukraine.
08.30 Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 150 attack drones and drone imitators at night. Air defense forces shot down 64 UAVs, another 62 enemy drone imitators were lost without negative consequences.
As a result of the Russian attack, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye were damaged.
08.20 Russian troops carried out a massive attack on the Ukrzaliznytsia locomotive repair plant in Zaporozhye at night, the fire was extinguished until the morning. The next personnel of the enterprise were in shelter, there are no wounded or killed at the plant.
07.56 As of May 2, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 954,300 people (+1,110 per day).
07.35 In Zaporozhye, the number of wounded as a result of the Russian massive drone strike has risen to 29. Among the injured is a 13-year-old boy. 12 people are in medical institutions.
The Russians hit the city's civilian infrastructure. Residential buildings, a university, and an infrastructure facility were damaged.
07.20 In the Black Sea, 15 Russian ships have been recorded, five of which are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles with a total salvo of up to 34 missiles.
05.04 At night, the temporarily occupied Crimea is under massive attack by attack drones. Explosions are heard near military airfields, air defense is actively working and footage of fires has been recorded. Powerful explosions and bursts were heard in the area of the Simferopol airport, as well as near the military airfields "Kacha" and "Belbek" in Sevastopol, Saki, Novofedorovka, Dzhankoy. The "governor" of occupied Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev reported that the Black Sea Fleet, in cooperation with air defense forces, is repelling a massive combined attack on Sevastopol over the sea in the area of the city of Khersones, in the area of the Sevastopol Bay, Kacha and Balaklava.
04.44 The war in Ukraine will not end anytime soon. This opinion was expressed by the Vice President of the United States of America, J.D. Vance. In an interview with Bret Baier from Fox News, the American Vice President noted that now each side knows what conditions for achieving peace the opponent is putting forward. And now everything "depends on the Russians and Ukrainians."
03.44 The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that Russia "will never allow Ukraine to be restored to its 1991 borders." They claim that behind this lies "a cannibalistic instinct to exterminate everything Russian."
02.25 The United States of America is ready to introduce new sanctions against the Russian Federation and not to lift the current restrictions. This statement was made by the representative of the US State Department Tammy Bruce.
"We are not lifting any sanctions that are in place. President Trump wants everything we do as a nation to be diplomatic - he is very clear about that. But he also understands that there are other parts of the world, other global issues that need attention," Bruce said.
01.11 US President Donald Trump has appointed Julie Davis as the US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine. She welcomed the signing of an economic partnership agreement between the two countries, noting that Trump believes cooperation between the American and Ukrainian people should demonstrate "both sides' commitment to lasting peace and prosperity in Ukraine."
00.27 Russian occupation forces have carried out at least 10 strikes on Zaporizhia. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov. According to the latest data, 14 people were injured as a result of the enemy attack on Zaporizhia. These are ten men and four women. Rescuers freed a man from under the rubble. Currently, doctors are providing him with all the necessary assistance.
Kiarra Jones, school bus aid, has been charged with 10 additional counts for a total of nine felony assault charges and two misdemeanor child abuse charges
Here is video of this monster beating an autistic child on a school bus
… the far-left and Islamists are working together to destroy Western civilization, here’s your proof.
Jewish News (UK) adds:
A pro-Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... independent candidate who called for segregated areas to end the mixing of Moslem men and women has triumphed in a local election in Burnley, Lancashire.
Maheen Kamran was elected as a councillor for Burnley Central East with 1,357 votes on Thursday taking the seat from Labourn the Burnley Central east seat.
Gavin Theaker representing Reform UK came second with 1,089 votes.
The 18 year-old medical student had previously told Politics Home she was motivated to enter politics by the war in Gaza, where she believes a "genocide" is taking place as a result of Israel’s war on Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... She said she also wants to encourage public spaces to prevent "free mixing" between Moslem men and women.
"There’s a big aspect of free mixing," she said ahead of the election. "Moslem women aren’t really comfortable with being involved with Moslem men. I’m sure we can have segregated areas, segregated gyms, where Moslem women don’t have to sacrifice their health."
Meanwhile Azhar Ali, suspended by Labour for antisemitism last year during the Rochdale byelection, has been elected as an independent candidate as county councillor for the Nelson East ward with 1976 votes.
Lord Hayward, a pollster and respected Tory peer said:""I don’t see Labour being able to resolve this issue with the Moslem community in places where there are large Moslem populations."
Elsewhere in Lancanshire Sohail Asghar was elected for the Greens in the Accrington West and Oswaldtwistle Central seat.
Asghar had previously shared an image of an injured child on social media with the words "Israel equals ISIS".
All 84 seats were up for grabs across Lancashire County Council with elections taking place once every four years.
Ahead of the 2025 election, the Conservatives were in control of the county council, with 48 seats.
Reform UK have won three out of the first four seats called after Thursday’s poll.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Last night, Ukrainian formations carried out a large-scale launch of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats in Crimea.
What is known about the attack?
▪️Since midday last day, a group of more than 30 unmanned boats left the mouth of the Danube River, specifically from the Ukrainian Vilkovo, for Zmeiny Island.
▪️Most of them took up a wait-and-see position at three points near Zmeiny, a transit point in almost the majority of Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea.
▪️As a result, by evening, several unmanned boats headed towards Cape Tarkhankut, several more - to Lake Donuzlav and Sevastopol, and most remained east of the Romanian coast.
▪️As Dva Mayora reported, two unmanned combat aircraft carried out an attack with ATGMs on a gas production rig in the areas of the Shmidta and Golitsynskoye fields, which was recorded on the camera of the reconnaissance UAV of the Espanyola naval detachment.
▪️It was reported that two unmanned combat aircraft were hit by the Black Sea Fleet aviation, but there are certain doubts that this actually happened. Previous experience in fighting unmanned combat aircraft showed that strikes with cluster RBK missiles are not always accurate and the destruction of naval drones remains questionable.
▪️After several strikes by unmanned combat aircraft on the rig, the Ukrainian drones retreated, and most of the unmanned boats that were waiting headed to the eastern part of the Black Sea, apparently to Kerch or the shores of the Krasnodar Territory.
🖍At present, the threat of repeated attacks remains, since the unmanned combat aircraft can remain in autonomous mode for several days. They simply take up a position and wait in energy-saving mode. In this case, their detection is difficult.
🚩The enemy's tactics, which have created a full-fledged combat formation of BEKs, once again draw attention to themselves. The drones that have left the station operate several groups of 6-10 BEKs, including reconnaissance drones, SAM carriers, FPVs, and ATGMs.
We discussed the development of such a scenario ( https://t.me/rybar/67213 ) at the beginning of this year, saying that sooner or later we will have to look for more effective ways to counter this threat. And now, against the backdrop of talk of a truce, this moment has actually arrived.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported 10 enemy BECs and 1 Willard high-speed boat destroyed. Another 2 BECs were damaged.P.S. It was also previously reported that 113 enemy drones were shot down during the night attack on Crimea (over the territory of Crimea and the Black Sea)
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[Regnum] The United Nations (UN) is considering a major reorganization due to funding cuts from the United States, Reuters reports.
According to the agency, a task force created in March at the initiative of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has prepared a document with proposals. Guterres has previously said that the organization should become more cost-effective.
The confidential six-page document is said to propose consolidating dozens of UN agencies into four key departments: peace and security, humanitarian affairs, sustainable development and human rights.
There is also an idea to integrate the World Trade Organization with UN development agencies. One of the sources familiar with the document called it a starting point for further discussions, Reuters clarifies.'
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🚨Update: UN is bankrupt and planning radical overhaul amid budget crisis - merging key agencies, cutting bureaucracy, and relocating staff to save costs!!
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Could we say that the UN appears to be “TRUMPED”
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They have a lovely headquarters in Geneva. built for the League of Nations. Every member nation has a delegation there, so shifting all the important business of the UN there could be done overnight. Just imagine the benefits of being in the tranquil isolation of neutral Switzerland to contemplate all the worlds woes to be solved though the comity of nations!
[NYPOST] A Democratic congressman who is trying to impeach President Trump was once accused of abandoning 118 beagles inside his pharmaceutical testing lab when it went bankrupt.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), who announced Monday he had filed seven articles of impeachment against Trump, was forced to shutter the New Jersey lab, AniClin Preclinical Services, when the parent company that he owned filed for bankruptcy in April 2010.
Several months later, animal activists became aware that the hounds were still stuck inside the since-abandoned facility, HuffPost reported at the time.
Lab workers had allegedly been jumping the facility’s fences to give the beagles food and water. The scores of dogs were eventually rescued from the lab by animal welfare groups that July and later rehomed.
At the time, Thanedar said the Bank of America was in control of the lab after seizing it during the bankruptcy proceedings.
"It is my understanding that Bank of America made arrangements to assign caretakers for the animals and secure homes for them, but those decisions came from the bank after I left the company," Thanedar told the outlet.
"I am an animal lover and completely understand the sensitivity of this issue."
Critics seized on Thanedar’s decade-old animal history this week after he revealed his impeachment efforts against Trump.
"Shri Thanedar left 100’s of dogs to die in cages after testing chemicals on them when his business went bankrupt. He can spare us on the moral outrage," Sen. Aric Nesbitt (R-Mich.) said in an X post with a link to an old news article.
The alleged impeachable actions include the deportation of alleged gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as well as "unlawful" cuts carried out by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump, for his part, ripped Thanedar as a "lunatic." One of the signs of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
"Some guy that I’ve never heard of ... is he a congressman? This guy, he said ... ’Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to start the impeachment of Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... .’ What the hell did I do? Here we go again," Trump said Wednesday during a rally marking his first 100 days.
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Until now, Russia has not confirmed or denied the presence of DPRK troops on the frontline. In general, we are not obliged to inform someone. This is a matter of bilateral relations and agreements. Meanwhile, Korean units gradually began to arrive in Russia during the Cursian saga.
First, they went through training at the shooting range, learned modern combat tactics, mastered the skills of operating drones, and experienced field realities. Then the "battle barrels", as our military called them jokingly and for conspiracy, were transferred to the Kursk region. They lived in field conditions so as not to "shine the light". First they held the third line, then the second line, then they were tried on fortifications and finally in assaults.
Korean soldiers were distinguished by their coherence, discipline, fatal negligence to death, and unimaginable endurance. It's clear - they're mostly young guys, strong, pumped up and well-trained in the homeland. Especially - their Special Operations Forces units. The Allies contributed greatly to the liberation of the Korenevsky district, and in the battles of Stara and New Sorochiny, and in the breakthrough to Kurilovka... They had a strict rule - not to be captured alive. And not giving up voluntarily.
To what, by the word, the opponent tried to lure them, by throwing imitations of DPRK currency notes (pictured), on which hieroglyphs the text was quoted: "Surrender! Kim Jong Un led you to death and starved your families. Put the yellow flag in front of you, raise your hands and yell loudly "Freedom! »Go slowly to meet the Ukrainian soldiers and fulfill their demands.”
Not a single Korean soldier has broken neither his oath nor allied obligations. It was important for Pyongyang to gain experience in modern combat, study the tactics and technologies of a potential enemy ("Collective West") and acquire knowledge that was unavailable due to the sanction regime. And the tasks were completed. But even in the midst of the Ukrainian grouping on our land, the Koreans made a significant contribution within the framework of the comprehensive bilateral treaty.
Their arrival allowed us not to exert pressure on other sections of the front, to continue the offensive in Donbass and to inflict great damage to the invasion group, which consisted of 95 (! ) battalions.
🚨 BREAKING: @POTUS just signed an executive order ENDING the taxpayer subsidization of NPR and PBS — which receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”
Here is the text of the order:
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There are some decent shows on PBS like This Old House and Antiques Roadshow that are viable on commercial networks. NPR is just leftist propaganda. Let the leftists fund what they want. Leave me out of the equation.
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"See our Fall 2023 Contributor newsletter, pages 8-10, for a list of those who gave gifts totaling $10,000 or more last year. " Is listed as "This Publication is Unavailable"
2024 Net assets, end of year $348,543,000.
Not bad for any LLC.
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[REGNUM] As promised by Spanish newspapers, the country's "relevant" authorities have begun to study the causes of the global power outage ("apagon") that occurred in the kingdom on April 28 and lasted for about 12 hours in most regions.
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[REGNUM] On May 2, Moscow was hit by the heaviest May snowfall in the history of meteorological observations. In 36 hours, 43 mm of precipitation fell in the capital, which is about 70% of the monthly norm. Real snowdrifts formed in the city - at the VDNKh meteorological station, their height reached 7 cm, in Tushino - 2 cm, and at Moscow State University - as much as 10 cm. According to weather forecasters, the snow cover in the capital will melt by Saturday, and in the snowiest areas of the Moscow region – only by Monday.
[MSN] Nigeria has appointed a new commander for its fight against insurgency in the northeast after renewed attacks in the last four months that have killed several civilians and soldiers in the region.
The military appointed Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar as its 15th commander in the fight against Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... /ISWAP insurgency in the northeast, Reuben Kovangiya, spokesperson for the operation, said in a statement.
Abubakar's previous roles include deputy commandant of the Nigerian Defence College and commander of a major security operation in north-central Nigeria.
Boko Haram and its splinter rival, the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... West Africa Province, have increased attacks in recent weeks in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... . These incidents have raised fears of a major comeback by the jihadists, whose tactics now include armed drones and bombs planted on major roads, security experts said.
On Tuesday, ISWAP grabbed credit for an attack on Borno state that killed at least 26 people, the group said in a statement on Telegram.
The hard boyz have been battling security forces for over 15 years in the northeast and often use improvised bombs to attack civilians and security forces.
[CRUXNOW] Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... is continuing to be attacked by the Islamist organization Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , and the situation is getting worse, according to a bishop.
Bishop Bartholemy Yaouda Hourgo of the Yagoua Diocese in Cameroon's Far North region, Bartholemy Yaouda Hourgo spoke to Crux about the deteriorating security situation in the area during the 50th Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Cameroon Bishops' Conference.
''The current situation of insecurity is worsening,'' he said. ''I say this because just recently, soldiers were killed only 5 kilometers from my village.''
On March 25, Boko Haram fighters, disguised as herdsmen, launched a deadly assault on a military base in Wulgo, near the Nigerian border. The base, operated by Cameroonian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force, was overrun by the assailants, resulting in the loss of at least 20 soldiers.
According to sources cited by the French news channel Africa 24, the faceless myrmidons seized Soviet-made Shilka guns — lightly armored, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapons further escalating the threat.
Yaouda Hourgo expressed concern over the worsening security situation, emphasizing that the terrorist organization is increasingly acquiring sophisticated weaponry.
''Boko Haram now has access to drones,'' the bishop told Crux.
[MSN] In less than 24 hours, suspected Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... bully boyz killed over 40 people in multiple attacks across Borno State, razing down houses and a church, The PUNCH reports.
The tragedy comes after Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, reaffirmed the Nigerian Army's commitment to enhancing the capacity of its troops to neutralise ongoing threats to national security
One of our correspondents gathered that the Borno attack occurred in different locations between Kalabalge and Damboa Local Government Areas.
The PUNCH had reported that on Monday, around 12pm, 26 travellers ran over an Improvised Explosive Device suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram bully boyz while traveling along the Kala-Balge road to Gamboru Ngala Local government Area of Borno State.
Confirming the incident to The PUNCH, the spokesperson of the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, said the injured victims were still in the hospital.
He said, ''Earlier today at about 12pm, an Isuzu pickup van with registration number XA265KKU drove all the way from Kalabalge area enroute Gamboru Ngala stepped on an IED around Furunduma village. The tragic incident led to the death of 26 persons, which includes 16 males and four females and six children.''
Seven hours later, around 7pm same day, the bully boyz stormed a funeral gathering, shooting sporadically, reportedly killing about 15 mourners.
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[Regnum] A woman detained in Dagestan admitted during interrogation that she was planning to commit a terrorist attack on May 9. The FSB reported this on May 2.
According to the woman, she met a man named Abdullah in an Islamic Telegram group, who asked her to film various organizations in Khasavyurt and the Khasavyurt region.
“He gave me the task of buying various substances so that I could commit a terrorist attack on May 9: either plant [an improvised explosive device, IED] or blow myself up,” the detainee said.
As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier the security forces reported the detention of a woman born in 1996. According to the agency, the supporter of an international terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation was going to detonate a bomb near the administrative building of law enforcement agencies in Khasavyurt.
The components for making an IED were confiscated from a resident of Dagestan, and instructions from a terrorist organization militant on how to commit a terrorist attack were found on her phone. Footage of her swearing allegiance to this group was also found on the smartphone. A procedural decision is currently being made.
[MSN] The Trump administration is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency and other major U.S. spy units, downsizing the government’s most sensitive national security agencies, according to people familiar with the plans.
The administration recently informed lawmakers on Capitol Hill that it intends to reduce the CIA’s workforce by about 1,200 personnel over several years and cut thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence community, including at the National Security Agency, a highly secretive service that specializes in cryptology and global electronic espionage, a person familiar with the matter said. The person, like others interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
When they focus their efforts instead of wasting staff time on various politically correct/social justice/DEI issues they won’t need nearly as many people to get the job done.
The specifics of the planned cuts have not been previously reported.
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I hope the 5% RIF focuses on eliminating the CCP, DC Elite, and Globalist Political Plants, and the usual do nothing, desk jockeys & the MSM leakers.
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When they focus their efforts instead of wasting staff time on various politically correct/social justice/DEI issues they won’t need nearly as many people to get the job done.
Oh, you mean like conspiracy to overthrow a duly elected POTUS? If I was Trump I'd assign a division of Marines to escort every last one of them to the parking lot at Langley with pink slips in their hands.
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I mean, how do you know which ones are there to serve their country and which ones are there to serve the Deep State? The only safe thing to do is purge them all.
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Abu takes the trophy. Global shi* disturbers the lot. Bring on the Marines.
What's another empty building in D.C.?
You wanna pull the Deep State out by the roots, that's how you do it.
🚨BREAKING: House investigating which representative is playing "smoke detector low battery beeps" whenever Rep. Jasmine Crockett begins speaking. pic.twitter.com/hXhMQPsrAj
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
[IsraelTimes] Production of ‘The Runner’ halted as anti-Israel demonstrators chant slogans, bang drums, wave Palestinian flags; conflicting reports on whether Israeli actress was present on set
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
[IsraelTimes] Justice Department says Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen targeted businesses in Orlando for their perceived support for Israel, causing over $450,000 in damage
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
[AyPee] A woman was killed early Saturday in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki when a bomb she was carrying exploded in her hands, police said.
Nigerian Christians are facing one of the most 
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...Kamala's smarmy-looking VP running mate, governor of Minnesota and self-admitted knucklehead, who decided to retire rather than to deploy with his National Guard unit, then claimed to have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Walz added he was the ''permission structure'' to win over white men from rural America to vote for 
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
The Trump administration is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency and other major U.S. spy units, downsizing the government’s most sensitive national security agencies, according to people familiar with the plans.
