Hamas hopes its support for Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who retains wide popularity, will pay political dividends. The Hamas movement insists on giving imprisoned Fatah Central Committee member Marwan Barghouti priority in any potential prisoner swap deal with Israel. As soon as the latest war on the Gaza Strip ended …
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Israel considers options after drone attack on ship blamed on Iran
The drone attack against an Israeli-managed oil tanker last week revealed Israel’s soft underbelly at sea, and forces its leadership to consider how to retaliate. Had Prime Minister Naftali Bennett been Israel’s defense minister or just a member of its Security Cabinet, he would have surely banged on the table …
Read More »Andrius Užkalnis. Paskirti kariškių Vyriausybę, išleidus dabartinį kabinetą apmokamų atostogų
Ne perversmo, ne: įstatymo numatyta tvarka, Seimo pavedimu, paskirti kariškių Vyriausybę, išleidus dabartinį kabinetą apmokamų atostogų (jei nori savanoriauti, žinoma, gali padėti, nebent jie būtų iš Laisvės partijos – tuos į Nidą bent dešimčiai dienų ir kiekvienam po kebabą). Nes Lietuvoje yra karo metas. Pats tikriausias karo metas. Apibrėžtam laikui …
Read More »Lukašenka kaitina Eiropu. Eiropa guļ. Pagaidām
Situācija uz Baltkrievijas un Lietuvas robežas jau kopš aprīļa ir būtiski pasliktinājusies, bet pēdējās nedēļās kļuvusi absolūti nenormāla. Ik dienas vairāk nekā simts nelegālo robežpārkāpēju šķērso abu valstu robežu ar acīmredzamu Baltkrievijas varas struktūru svētību. Tiešo lidmašīnu reisu skaits maršrutā Bagdāde–Minska palielinājies no diviem reisiem nedēļā uz četriem. Ir pamatotas …
Read More »« La position des gouvernements occidentaux sur le Liban est fondamentalement hypocrite »
La communauté internationale doit s’attaquer à la force de l’ombre qui empêche tout règlement de la crise : la « bancocratie » libanaise avec, à sa tête, le gouverneur de la banque centrale et les actionnaires des banques privées, souligne, dans une tribune au « Monde », Mounir Corm, né …
Read More »L’esplosione di Beirut è un business per tutti
Medio Oriente. Un anno dopo gli speculatori gentrificano, la politica si auto-assolve e gli Stati esteri utilizzano gli aiuti per controllare il Libano. Chi può se ne va all’estero, la più grande diaspora dai tempi della guerra civile. Processo in stallo, i familiari delle vittime protestano ogni mese davanti al …
Read More »Rockets Fired From Lebanon Into Israel, Residents Take to Shelters
Tensions are soaring on Wednesday after two rockets of a three-missile barrage fired into Israel from Hizbullah-controlled southern Lebanon fell near the city of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. Residents took to the bomb shelters as the army retaliated with artillery fire. Although no injuries or damage were reported, concern …
Read More »Mystery Surrounds Hijacking, Disabling of Multiple Ships in Gulf of Oman
The British navy says of Tuesday’s hijacking of a ship off in the Gulf of Oman, following a loss of steering control reported by at least six ships in the area, that the “incident [is] complete.” Clearly, it isn’t. The armed hijackers who boarded the Panama-flagged asphalt tanker Asphalt Princess …
Read More »How deploying hypersonic weapons to counter China creates a collision course to war
Biden officials’ claims that the US doesn’t ‘seek conflict’ is belied by pushes to continually one-up Beijing’s defenses. One purpose of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s meetings in China on Monday was to place “guardrails” on the deteriorating relationship. She told her counterparts that the United States welcomes “stiff …
Read More »The US doesn’t need Europe’s help in the ‘Indo-Pacific’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin inadvertently introduced a conversation about where the EU should focus its security priorities. Some of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s remarks in Singapore on Tuesday are a severe embarrassment to the British government. Whether Austin realized this or not, he undermined one part of Biden administration …
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