June, 2024

• 14 June

  Hamas submits Gaza cease-fire response to Qatar, Egypt

  

  Hamas’ formal reply comes a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution backing the three-phase proposal. The United States is evaluating the formal response Hamas submitted on the proposed cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday. The Palestinian militant group does not appear to …

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• 14 June

  Pentagon hosts Lebanon’s army chief in bid to avert Israel-Hezbollah war

  

  The Biden administration wants the Lebanese Armed Forces to deploy near the Israel-Lebanon border to help defuse a potentially explosive conflict with Hezbollah. But first, Lebanon’s top general needs to be able to pay his soldiers their salaries. Lebanon’s top military general met with senior Biden administration officials and congressional …

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• 14 June

  DEMOCRACY DIGEST: SLOVAK PM SPEAKS OF ‘EVIL’ AND ‘FORGIVENESS’ IN POST-SHOOTING ADDRESS

  

  Robert Fico published a defiant video blaming the opposition for his shooting. In other developments: a former Polish energy chief in hiding, an unremarkable Czech pre-election debate, and EU calls for increased pressure on Hungary’s rule of law failings. Three weeks after he was shot multiple times in Handlova, a …

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• 14 June

  Belgrade to Beersheba: Serbian Arms Flown to Israel During Assault on Gaza

  

  A joint investigation by BIRN and Haaretz has identified six Israeli military flights from Belgrade to Beersheba this year that coincided with Serbian arms exports to Israel worth 15.7 million euros, arms that risk being used in violating international humanitarian law in Gaza. Shortly after 2 p.m. on February 5, …

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• 14 June

  Bomber, Arsonist, Soldier, Spy: Poland Detects Signs of Russian Outsourcing

  

  With Russia’s intelligence network decimated since its invasion of Ukraine, signs from Poland point to an army of ‘useful idiots’ hired locally to carry out espionage, sabotage and arson.Poland’s government has been vocal in its warning about the risk of covert operations by Russia and said it is planning to …

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• 14 June

  Bomber, Arsonist, Soldier, Spy: Czechia Takes on the Russian ‘Hydra’

  

  From Russian spies acting under diplomatic cover to media companies working to influence EU politics, Czechia is pushing its European allies to be more proactive in cracking down on Moscow’s covert operations in Europe. Denouncing the “sprawling hydra of Russian secret services” across Europe, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky at …

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• 14 June

  L’été du vivre dangereusement

  La ploutocratie pense qu’elle pourra ensuite acheter le tout pour une bouchée de pain alors que les mouches pondront encore des œufs dans les carcasses européennes. Le Petit Roi de Paris a donc été écrasé, comme on s’y attendait dans les sondages européens. Il a convoqué des élections législatives anticipées, …

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• 14 June

  Élections législatives : un bloc souverainiste

  

  On se souviendra que très récemment, pendant la campagne pour les élections européennes, André Bercoff avait invité François Asselineau et Florian Philippot à débattre ensemble sur Sud Radio. Alors que c’était l’occasion en or de toucher un auditoire qui se compte en millions, les deux ont refusé pour motif spécieux, …

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• 14 June

  Why Is Russia Legalizing the Taliban?

  

  Although there are potential security and economic benefits for Moscow to be gained from closer ties to Afghanistan, they will be difficult to achieve. Ahead of this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum—which has been attended by a Taliban delegation since 2022—the Kremlin handed a PR victory to the rulers …

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• 14 June

  Orban Got What He Wanted From NATO & Ensured Hungary’s Objective National Interests

  

  It was always unrealistic to imagine that Orban could stop NATO’s plans in Ukraine. Wednesday’s meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg saw the two leaders reach an agreement on the bloc’s military aid to Ukraine. Hungary won’t oppose NATO’s decisions in this regard like …

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