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(So what does Glorious Israel do in response to statements like this one? They bomb the people who make them. That's what.)
from PressTV
The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has strongly denounced the world's Arab and Muslim states for their failure to respond effectively to the Israeli regime’s deliberate starvation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
“What the Palestinian people in Gaza are enduring is a horrific tragedy. Children are dying daily from hunger — this is the worst stage of starvation,” Abdul-Malik al-Houthi said during a speech on Sunday.
The Yemeni official blasted the broader Muslim world for its passivity amid the situation, saying, “Many in Gaza are suffering extreme hunger while surrounded by hundreds of millions of Arabs and two billion Muslims watching helplessly -- as if they were a paralyzed nation.”
He slammed the Arab and Muslim world for its “absence of honor and conscience,” calling its inaction a “shameful disgrace.”...
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from PressTV
... Backing the Zionist entity politically, financially, and militarily, the US has blocked any reasonable path forward for a ceasefire...
... The result of the (Hague Group Emergency Summit) was unprecedented in regard to political action against the child-murdering illegitimate entity.
Twelve countries—Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and South Africa—have committed to implementing the six measures immediately.
The six measures, per the Hague Group joint statement, are as follows:
Prevent the provision or transfer of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.
Prevent the transit, docking, and servicing of vessels at any port… in all cases where there is a clear risk of the vessel being used to carry arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel.
Prevent the carriage of arms, munitions, military fuel, related military equipment, and dual-use items to Israel on vessels bearing our flag… and ensure full accountability, including de-flagging, for non-compliance with this prohibition.
Commence an urgent review of all public contracts to prevent public institutions and funds from supporting Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territory and entrenching its unlawful presence.
Comply with obligations to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under international law, through robust, impartial, and independent investigations and prosecutions at national or international levels, to ensure justice for all victims and the prevention of future crimes.
Support universal jurisdiction mandates, as and where applicable in national legal frameworks and judiciaries, to ensure justice for victims of international crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The importance of these measures, committed to by a global coalition of countries across different continents, represents a firm defense of upholding international law in the face of the American insistence on imposing a "rules-based order."
Of course, these measures are material, meant to punish and isolate the Zionist occupation economically, politically, and militarily...
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'During the sectarian clashes in May, Israel carried out strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus, saying it was a warning against attacks on the Druze. However, some Druze figures in Syria and Lebanon have accused Israel of stoking sectarian divisions to advance its own expansionist aspirations in the region' BBC
(You don't expect to find the truth hiding in a nugget in the BBC but, there it is in black and white. Israel and the U.S. and our proxy president in Syria are happy to use terrorists (like ISIS before them) to drive the Druze out of the area in southern Syria so Israel can steal it outright like the Kurds did in eastern Syria.)
(Glorious Israel gave the leader of Syria an order to not deploy troops to Sweida and let the terrorists do their jobs clearing out the place making ready for the new Jewish residents. He sent them anyway... Glorious Israel attacked. And Daniela Weiss says Israel is not trying to steal land. Yeah right.)
from Middle East Eye
Saudi Arabia told the US that Syrian security forces should be allowed to deploy to the country's restive south despite Israeli objections, a US official told Middle East Eye.
The official, who requested anonymity due to sensitivities around the topic, said that Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday that the kingdom supported Syria’s military asserting control in the southern Syrian province of Sweida.
A readout of the call provided by the State Department said the two sides "discussed regional security matters, including efforts to end the violence in Syria".
It did not provide further details.
The US official briefed on the call, and a second source familiar with the diplomacy, told MEE on Friday that the kingdom was "angry" about Israel attacking Syrian soldiers and dictating military deployments to Damascus.
Sweida has been the site of sectarian violence between the majority Druze community and Sunni Bedouins. After bloody fighting broke out on Sunday, the Syrian government deployed troops to Sweida at the request of local authorities, prompting Israel to launch severe strikes against the Syrian army.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then ordered Syria's government not to deploy troops south. When President Ahmed al-Sharaa did, Israel launched strikes on Syrian military convoys.
On Wednesday, Israel bombed the Syrian defence ministry and areas near the presidential palace...
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(It takes about 2 to 3 months to die from malnutrition. These bastards have been starving the people of Gaza for quite a while. "put em on a diet" they say. Expect these numbers to increase regularly.)
from Middle East Eye
At least 18 people have died in the the past 24 hours in Gaza due to hunger, dehydration or malnutrition, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
The ministry said that hospitals were receiving hundreds of cases daily of people with life-threatening hunger-related symptoms, including memory loss and acute energy deficiency, driven by Israel's blockade on food and medical supplies.
It added that the total number of hunger-related deaths due to Israel's blockade had reached 86, of whom 76 are children. At least 800 children are currently experiencing life-threatening conditions due to malnutrition...
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from Common Dreams
Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage—and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least partially to blame.
An analysis released Friday by the health policy research organization KFF and the Peterson Center on Healthcare found that across a sample of more than 105 ACA marketplace insurers in 19 states and the District of Columbia, companies are set to increase premiums by a median of 15%.
The analysis noted that insurers have cited a number of factors to justify pushing up premiums, including Trump's tariffs—which could drive up drug, equipment, and supply costs—and the expectation that the Republican-controlled Congress will not extend ACA tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year.
"If Congress takes no action to renew these enhanced tax credits, enhanced subsidies will expire at the end of 2025, which will cause premium payments for subsidized enrollees to increase by over 75% starting in January 2026," the analysis states. "Insurers expect a large share of enrollees to leave the market, and that those enrollees will be healthier on average, thus leaving the risk pool sicker on average."...
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from Daily Sabah
Israeli attacks killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centers in the southern Gaza Strip, the enclave’s civil defense agency said Saturday.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Palestinians had gathered near an aid distribution center affiliated with an American-Israeli company in search of food, as humanitarian conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate.
The Israeli army fired a volley of live ammunition at the crowd, resulting in a high number of casualties, the agency said...
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(Once again the money changers get a pass for their deliberate acts of terrorism. Meanwhile, the likes of Daniela Weiss call infants 'terrorists' in order to justify their murder at the hands of the IDF and her settler brood.)
from Daily Sabah
A shell from Israeli forces struck Gaza’s Holy Family Catholic Church on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding 10 others – including parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli – in one of the most devastating blows yet to the tiny Christian community sheltering in the war-ravaged enclave.
The Israeli military acknowledged the incident, calling it a "mistake."
In a statement, it said fragments from a shell fired during operations may have “unintentionally struck” the church, and promised an investigation.
The compound, housing over 600 displaced Palestinians – Christians and Muslims alike, including 54 people with disabilities – suffered major structural damage.
The Vatican and much of the international community swiftly condemned the strike.
Pope Leo XIV expressed “profound sorrow,” urging an immediate cease-fire and calling for “dialogue, reconciliation and lasting peace.”...
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(It's not Trump's agenda. It's Russ Vought's. It's Peter Theil's. It's Elon Musk's. It's the Heritage Foundation's and Project 2025. It's fascism and contrary to popular belief... Trump didn't run on fascism, he ran on populism... remember? He is forced to do this shit by the people who rigged the election and put him in power.)
from the NYT
Republicans’ relentless marathon to force President Trump’s agenda through Congress over objections from Democrats and some in their own ranks is taking a toll on the institution and its members, prompting tempers to boil over and relationships to fray on Capitol Hill, with potentially disastrous consequences ahead.
In recent days, lawmakers clashed bitterly over federal spending, presidential nominees and even broadly supported cryptocurrency bills — all while a dispute raged over releasing files in the case of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The normally staid proceedings of Congress were punctuated with shouting matches, a committee walkout, charges of abandoned deals and Democratic demands to fire the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
By Thursday, Republican leaders in the Senate and House rushed to finish their business and get exhausted lawmakers out of Washington to allow them some time to cool off.
And that was just last week. Veteran lawmakers said that the level of vitriol and dysfunction in the Capitol had reached a fever pitch.
“It is bad — really bad,” Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, said when asked to assess the mood on Capitol Hill. “There’s a level of frustration. How do we get back to doing our jobs?”...
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from PressTV
British police have arrested more than 50 people in central London during protests against the ban of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action.
Similar demonstrations were held across the United Kingdom in Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Truro on Saturday
In London, protesters gathered in Parliament Square carrying white placards that read: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
The Metropolitan Police said in a post on X: “55 people were arrested in Parliament Square for displaying placards in support of Palestine Action, which is a proscribed group.”
Several protesters were led away in handcuffs, while others were physically carried off by officers...
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