The Israeli and Italian governments concluded a major arms deal, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Israeli Defense Ministry.
According to Israeli sources, the deal would allow Israel to sell “Spike anti-tank guided missiles and aircraft simulators in exchange for training helicopters to replace the Israeli Air Force’s aging fleet”.
Intense talks, which led to the agreement, began last February.
The military exchange is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars and its consequences are expected to last for at least two decades. According to the newly-signed agreement, Italian military contractor Leonardo will provide Israel with 20 years of aircraft maintenance.
“The agreement signed today is another expression of the close security and economic relations between Israel and Italy,” Israeli Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Eshel said in a statement, which was quoted in The Times of Israel.
Israel is currently the eighth leading weapons exporter in the world, and its military hardware, touted as ‘combat-proven’, is coveted by many countries.
Palestine Information Center – September 25, 2020
BETHLEHEM – A horde of Jewish settlers on Friday set fire to an olive grove in al-Khader town, west of Bethlehem, destroying dozens of trees.
According to local sources, settlers infiltrated into Wad ash-Shami area of the town and torched 50 olive trees whose ages exceed 20 years.
The olive grove belongs to a local resident called Ameen Salah. … Full article
Palestine Chronicle | September 25, 2020
At least seven Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured by rubber-coated rounds today as Israeli occupation forces attacked the weekly anti-settlements protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum, near Qalqilia city in the northern West Bank, according to local sources.
Morad Shtewi, coordinator of the popular resistance in the village, said Israeli soldiers fired live bullets, rubber-coated rounds and teargas canisters towards the protesters, injuring seven of them, including a journalist identified as Nedal Shtayyeh.
Several other protesters suffocated from teargas inhalation.
For many years, Palestinians have been organizing weekly protests in the village of Kafr Qaddum to demonstrate against Israel’s continued closure of the village’s main entrance, as well as against the growing colonial Israeli settlement activities. … Full article
IMEMC | September 25, 2020
Israeli soldiers shot, on Thursday at night, a young Palestinian man near Ein al-Sultan refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Jericho to the east of the Jordan River.
Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the main road near the refugee camp, leading to protests, and fired live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion.
They added that one Palestinian was shot with a live round in the abdomen before he was rushed to a local hospital, while several residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Press TV – September 25, 2020
Iran has dismissed as ‘unacceptable, baseless and selective’ a joint statement by European countries on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic, saying it is in fundamental contrast with approaches to promote the issue globally.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran regards the European Union’s move to present the joint statement in the Human Rights Council as unacceptable,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Friday.
He added that any abuse of human rights mechanism and interference in Iran’s internal affairs is by no means acceptable.
“This is not a new episode that some European countries remain indifferent and silent vis-à-vis the biggest [cases] of human rights violation [committed] by the very states and their allies.”
“They are racing among themselves to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and [other] dictators in the region to kill the defenseless Yemeni people,” the Iranian official added. … Full article
RT | September 25, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday that Russia and the US prepare a formal agreement that they won’t interfere in each other’s domestic agendas and sign a pact on preventing “incidents in the information space.”
In a statement ahead of the forthcoming US American presidential election, Putin has offered Washington the chance to start an extensive dialogue on issues affecting both countries.
He suggested that Washington and Moscow exchange “guarantees of non-intervention into the internal affairs of each other, including into electoral processes” by using telecoms technology and other “high-tech methods.” … continue
Sputnik – 25.09.2020
The refusal of European countries to recognise Alexander Lukashenko as the president of Belarus is against the international law, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
“We do not welcome such decisions [as refusal to recognise Lukashenko] that were made in some European countries. We think these decisions are against the international law,” Peskov told reporters.
The spokesman added that this refusal to recognise Lukashenko was covert interference in Belarusian affairs.
Peskov stressed that the position of these European countries would not impact the state and prospects of the Russian-Belarusian relationship.
Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as the Belarusian president on Wednesday. Washington and its allies in the European Union have already condemned the inauguration and do not consider Lukashenko to be the legitimate president. … Full article
After all the ballyhoo about their supply to Kiev you think they’d at least work? A US-made Javelin anti-tank missile has malfunctioned during a major military exercise, in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Northern Command, Major General Valery Zaluzhny, confirmed the incident to local media on Wednesday.
“The Javelin didn’t work. The missile didn’t fly out. Maybe, it was a mistake by the operator. Maybe, it was something else. We have to figure it out,” Zaluzhny said.
President Zelensky attended the ongoing ‘Joint Efforts 2020’ drill in the country’s Nikolaev region. Around 12,000 service personnel are participating in the exercise from September 22-25.
The drill was described by Zelensky’s website as “the first exercise conducted in accordance with the standards of NATO after Ukraine had received NATO’s Enhanced Opportunities Partner status.”
Ukraine received the first batch of Javelin missiles in June 2020. The second shipment is expected in 2021-22.
By Johanna Ross | September 25, 2020
When I reported on the leak of Integrity Initiative documents back in 2018/19 which exposed the extent of the UK’s propaganda war against Russia, I didn’t think it could get much more organised and coordinated than it was. Involving hundreds of journalists and academics across the globe to spin disinformation about Russia and paint the country in as negative a light as possible in the mainstream media, the UK government-funded campaign was as sophisticated as the information war gets. But here we are in 2020, still uncovering the true scope of western government influence on the narrative plugged by the mainstream media. And it doesn’t speak well for our ‘democracy’. … continue
By Philip Giraldi – Strategic Culture Foundation – September 24, 2020
The media being focused on an upcoming election, coronavirus, fires on the West Coast and burgeoning BLM and Antifa unrest, it is perhaps no surprise that some stories are not exactly making it through to the evening news. Last week an important vote in the United Nations General Assembly went heavily against the United States. It was regarding a non-binding resolution that sought to suspend all economic sanctions worldwide while the coronavirus cases continue to increase. It called for “intensified international cooperation and solidarity to contain, mitigate and overcome the pandemic and its consequences.” It was a humanitarian gesture to help overwhelmed governments and health care systems cope with the pandemic by having a free hand to import food and medicines.
The final tally was 169 to 2, with only Israel and the United States voting against. … continue
By Max Parry • Unz Review • September 24, 2020
On August 20th, Russian opposition figure and self-styled “anti-corruption” activist Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill while in mid-flight from Tomsk, Siberia to the Russian capital. The Moscow-bound plane was abruptly re-routed to make an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk where the anti-Kremlin politician was subsequently hospitalized for suspected poisoning and placed in a medically-induced coma.
Two days later, Navalny was airlifted to Germany in an evacuation arranged by a Berlin-based “human rights” NGO at the request of Pussy Riot spokesman Pyotr Verzilov. His transport on a medically-equipped plane with German specialists was permitted by the Russian authorities who now stand accused of culpability in the alleged attack, all in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. … continue
Dr Malcomb Kendrick | September 19, 2020
In order to make you aware that there are a growing number of doctors in Europe who feel that Lockdown has been an unmitigated disaster, I have downloaded an open Letter from doctors in Belgium. It can be seen here.
Doctors in other countries e.g. Germany have done much the same thing. I am putting this on my blog so that as many people as possible read it. … continue
RT | September 24, 2020
UK Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance reportedly holds a bonus of tens of thousands of shares in a pharma giant developing a Covid-19 vaccine for the government. Yet, London says there is no conflict of interest.
Vallance, who also chairs the government’s expert advisory panel on vaccines, appears to have retained over 43,000 shares in GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) – a UK-based multinational pharmaceutical company – worth £600,000, The Telegraph reported.
The shareholding appears to be the legacy of his previous job as the head of research and development at the very same company. Over his tenure from 2012 to 2018, Vallance accumulated a total of 404,201 GSK shares worth a whopping £6.1 million in his hands, according to the British media.
However, he sold more than £5 million worth of shares after being appointed to the government. GSK, meanwhile, has entered the global race to provide the world with a vaccine against coronavirus – alongside some 20 other drug manufacturers and research centers. The endeavor might prove quite lucrative, should the company succeed.
The pharma giant working together with another drug manufacturer – Sanofi – has already struck deals with the UK and the US governments to supply them with a Covid-19 vaccine in case its efforts are fruitful. The contract would see GSK providing as many as 60 million doses to the UK and 100 million doses to the US. Washington already reportedly paid the two companies £1.65 million to accelerate their efforts. … Full article
In late May, Russia registered the world’s first anti-COVID-19 drug, based on favipiravir, an antiviral medication. The medicine has been extensively used in Russian clinics to treat coronavirus disease since June, and has since been obtained by hospitals in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Bolivia and a number of other countries.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the investor which funded the development of the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus, and Moscow-based ChemRar Group have agreed to supply the anti-COVID drug Avifavir to 17 countries.
Avifavir, the world’s first favipiravir-based drug to be approved for the treatment of COVID-19, will now be delivered to Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Serbia, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Kuwait, Panama, Paraguay, Slovakia, South Africa, the UAE and Uruguay.
After being first registered in Russia on 29 May 2020, it has already been used for COVID-19 treatment in more than 70 Russian regions and subsequently purchased by Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.The efficacy of favipiravir against COVID-19 has been confirmed by Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp, several months after Avifavir trials in Russia. … continue
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MEMO | September 24, 2020
Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian land near the village of Jalud, south of occupied Nablus, this morning as part of efforts to expand an illegal Israeli settlement.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of the settlements file in the northern West Bank, told Wafa news agency that settler bulldozers were seen leveling large tracts of land that belong to Jalud villagers to expand the nearby illegal Israeli colonial settlement of Shvut Rachel.
He added that this was carried out a day after Israeli forces and settlers prevented the villagers from reclaiming their land and constructing an agricultural road.
Earlier this year, a project for 204 homes to expand Shvut Rachel was advanced through interim planning stages.
Israel has intensified its demolition policy against Palestinian homes and structures under several pretexts, including that they had been built without the impossible to obtain planning permissions, while it continues to expand illegal Jewish settlements in these areas. … Full article
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network – September 24, 2020
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our strongest solidarity with Nerdeen Kiswani, a Palestinian organizer and the chair of Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine. Nerdeen has been subjected to a slew of racist, Zionist attacks, not only on social media but directly through demands for her university to expel her, because she clearly upholds Palestinian rights and rejects occupation, oppression and settler-colonialism, including the symbols of the Israeli occupation forces, such as the logo of the Israeli army.
The racist campaign targeting Nerdeen has focused on a social media protest performance video shared in bad faith by a Zionist organization aiming to incite harassment against the second-year law student at CUNY Law. The protest performance in question features the specific logo of the Israeli military: the same force involved in the murder, extrajudicial execution, siege, ethnic cleansing and creeping genocide of the Palestinian people on a daily basis, and the same force involved in excluding Nerdeen from her homeland.
In response to this racist campaign against their student, rather than protect a law student and community leader, the CUNY Law administration chose to make two public posts on their social media profiles, first declaring that “CUNY Law stands against hate and anti-Semitism,” then replacing that with “CUNY Law stands against hate and harassment,” before deleting both of the posts, although leaving another “CUNY Law stands against hate” image up on Facebook. In both posts, university administration expressed concern for the “pain caused by a social media video,” yet showed no concern at all for their student targeted in a series of vicious social media attacks and threats to “have her expelled” from her university.
In other words, the law school administration was concerned about the feelings of those who were allegedly “hurt” by a protest performance implying that “Israeli Defense Force” sweatshirts and merchandise could be burned, although it is difficult to understand any form of “hurt” caused by a protest against the symbols of an occupying, invading military force. The well-being of Nerdeen and fellow Palestinian students – not to mention the countless thousands of Palestinians slaughtered and wounded by the Israeli military and the over one million imprisoned in its occupation prisons – rated nary a mention, although the university now claims that it will be issuing a future statement. … continue
Palestine Chronicle | September 24, 2020
Web-based video-conferencing platform Zoom has canceled a webinar hosted by San Francisco State University in which Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled was to be one of the guest speakers.
Facebook and YouTube have also chosen to censor the event, both of whom – according to Electronic Intifada – have a long history of censoring Palestinians on behalf of Israel.
“Zoom is committed to supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations, subject to certain limitations contained in our Terms of Service, including those related to user compliance with applicable US export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws,” Zoom said in a statement.
“In light of the speaker’s reported affiliation or membership in a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, and SFSU’s inability to confirm otherwise, we determined the meeting is in violation of Zoom’s Terms of Service and told SFSU they may not use Zoom for this particular event,” the statement continued.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Zoom’s canceling of the SFSU webinar came amid pressure by Israeli and Jewish lobby groups including the Lawfare Project and the newly established #EndJewHatred movement.
Khaled, who as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and notable in the hijacking of the El Al Flight 219 on 6 September 1970, was due to speak yesterday at an event hosted by SFSU’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) study program, titled “Who’s Narratives? Gender, Justice and Resistance: a conversation with Leila Khaled”. … continue
MEMO | September 24, 2020
Emirati companies have signed contracts with Israeli firms and banks blacklisted by the United Nations (UN) for supporting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, an investigation by Anadolu Agency revealed on Wednesday.
In February, the UN released a database of 112 companies on its blacklist for doing business inside Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
On 13 August, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel announced a US-brokered agreement to normalise their relations. The move was followed by a series of announcements on agreements and contracts between companies from both countries.
However, Anadolu Agency found that some of the deals struck between the two sides included Israeli companies and banks on the UN blacklist. … continue
MEMO | September 23, 2020
US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said that the United Arab Emirates, which has recently signed a historic US-sponsored peace deal with Israel, would not receive American F-35 stealth fighter jets for six or seven years.
“The Emiratis have been trying to get the F-35 for six or seven years. And delivery time is probably another six or seven years from now,” the official told the Jerusalem Post in a pre-recorded interview.
Washington has not yet expressed explicit approval of an Emirati purchase of American F-35s. Israeli newspapers reported that the UAE expects such approval after the Gulf Arab country signed a deal normalising its diplomatic relations with Israel, to the dismay of many supporters of Palestinian rights across the world.
Last Tuesday Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz held meetings in Washington with his counterpart Mark Esper and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. The American and Israeli officials discussed the possibility of the US sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the UAE based on the principle of Israel’s military superiority in the region. … continue
MEMO | September 23, 2020
The right of the Palestinian people to have a state with Jerusalem as its capital is not subject to bargain, the Algerian president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s remarks came at a speech he delivered at the 75th UN General Assembly via video link.
“The Palestinian cause remains a sacred cause for Algeria and its people,” Tebboune said.
He went on to express firm support for the Palestinian people and their “inalienable” right to establish their independent, sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital. … Full article
Press TV – September 24, 2020
Western governments and their media outlets have been concocting narratives to sway public opinion in favor of militant groups operating in the Arab country, according to a report.
Citing leaked documents, the investigative journalism group Grayzone revealed in a report published on its news website on Wednesday that Western governments and their affiliated news agencies carefully organized English- and Arabic-language media coverage of the war in Syria to drum up support for the militant groups there.
“Virtually every aspect of the Syrian opposition was cultivated and marketed by Western government-backed public relations firms, from their political narratives to their branding, from what they said to where they said it,” the article said.
The group said US and European contractors trained and advised Syrian “opposition” leaders, including young media activists, at all levels and organized interviews for them on mainstream outlets such as the BBC and the UK’s Channel 4.
“Western government public relation firms not only influenced the way the media covered Syria, but as the leaked documents reveal, they produced their own propagandistic pseudo-news for broadcast on major TV networks in the Middle East, including BBC Arabic, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, and Orient TV,” Grayzone said.
The UK-funded firms functioned full-time to serve the militant outfits in Syria, according to the article, with one contractor, called InCoStrat, saying it was in constant contact with a network of more than international 1,600 journalists and “influencers,” and used them to promote anti-Damascus narratives. … continue
Press TV | September 24, 2020
Tehran has denounced a recent report by Britain’s Guardian newspaper about Iran’s treatment of duly convicted prisoners in the country, saying such “commissioned” reports are an attempt to portray the human rights situation inside the Islamic Republic in a negative light.
“The purpose of these commissioned reports, which are meant to paint a black picture of the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially at the current juncture, is crystal clear,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Wednesday.
He also noted that politicking and selective measures on the part of the United States and some European governments have always dealt the biggest blows to the principle of human rights. … continue
By Scott Ritter | RT | September 23, 2020
CIA and FBI officials, helped by MSM chums, allege the Kremlin’s running a campaign to denigrate Joe Biden. But where’s the evidence? The real threat to US democracy isn’t Russia, but the anonymous sources behind the claims. … continue
By Mike Whitney • Unz Review • September 23, 2020
… Russiagate was not a one-off, but just the first shocking example of how the Democrats operate. If we examine the Dems approach to the Covid-19 crisis, we see that their policy is actually more destructive than the 4-year Russia fiasco. … Read full article
By Robert Bridge | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 22, 2020
Is the ‘Trump regime’ about to get a taste of the color revolution tactics that America has employed in the past against “illiberal” foreign governments that refused to toe the neoliberal globalist line? It’s looking highly likely.
Despite great efforts by the mainstream media to play it down, an increasing number of Americans are being subjected to a level of aggression, intimidation and street violence that the authorities seem unable or unwilling to control. This is no accident.
Since 2016, a series of actions by the political left indicate that the chaos unfolding on the streets of America is no grassroots movement on behalf of ‘social justice,’ but rather a carefully coordinated plan to oust Trump in the event the Democrats fail to get Biden into office. Indeed, for the orchestrators of this coup, what happens on Nov. 4 is of far more relevance that what happens on Election Day.
The first sign of trouble came in 2016, when none other than George Soros began spending a king’s ransom in local judicial elections. As the Daily Signal noted, “[r]adical social justice activists will serve as the top prosecutors for three major Washington, D.C., suburbs—including the two wealthiest counties in the U.S.—after George Soros’ political action committee poured $2.1 million into ordinarily sleepy local races.” … continue
By Max Gorbachev – Sputnik – 23.09.2020
… The government of Boris Johnson has been urged to rethink its plans to introduce a bill that critics say would “dicriminalise torture” by British servicemen. The proposed bill would create a statutory presumption against the prosecution of troops and veterans for alleged offences that were committed more than five years ago. The legislation also proposes to introduce time limits on the filing of civil suits in connection with the military’s overseas operations. It would apply to all armed forces personnel, including those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. … Full article
By Lilia Dergacheva – Sputnik – 23.09.2020
After a backlash from a number of human rights groups concerned about what crimes the intelligence community in Britain, home to the Bond universe, was allowed to commit throughout its undercover work, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that Mi5 in particular held an “implied power” under the Security Service Act.
British undercover spies may soon be universally licensed to kill under updated laws expected to be unveiled soon, as they will provide them with legal protection to commit crimes, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing sources. … Full article
Daily Stormer | September 23, 2020
Jeffrey Epstein was apparently a Mossad agent who was also given credentials as an American intelligence agent so that he could operate his underage sex blackmail ring in the United States without being bothered by the authorities.
It’s an embarrassing situation for everyone.
Miami Herald :
A federal judge on Tuesday kept alive a citizen muckraker’s quest to pry loose for the public’s benefit tens of thousands of FBI documents about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including his time as a government informant.
Self-styled public information crusader Angela Clemente sued in May, seeking to force the FBI to release the documents on the grounds that Epstein is now dead, albeit under mysterious circumstances, and that there is an overarching public interest in releasing documents. The Justice Department, representing the FBI, is fighting the effort. […]
Clemente’s lawyer, James “Jim” Lesar, told McFadden that the FBI continues to sit on documents for which it had already cited other provisions that effectively waived privacy protections. And in any event, Epstein is dead, and the public has a right to know about Epstein’s relationship with the FBI. … continue
By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 09/23/2020
… A long-awaited Senate report on Hunter Biden’s financial dealings with Ukrainian, Chinese and Russian businesses created potential “criminal financial, counterintelligence and extortion concerns,” and alarmed US officials who perceived an ethical conflict of interest and flagged potential crimes ranging from sex trafficking to bribery. … Read full article
By Helen Buyniski | RT | September 22, 2020
Top podcaster Joe Rogan has all but capitulated to media establishment bullies with an uncharacteristic apology, after claiming leftist activists were starting wildfires. He can expect a lot more apologizing – and no absolution.
Rogan issued a groveling apology via Instagram last week for claiming during a conversation with British conservative commentator Douglas Murray that “left-wing people” had been arrested for lighting forest fires in Portland. Amplifying the rumor already circulating among conservative outlets was “definitely a mistake” and “very irresponsible,” a downcast Rogan stated.
“I will take this into consideration, certainly, when I say things in the future,” the podcast host intoned as he delivered his stilted-sounding “apology and retraction.”
It wasn’t enough, of course – such apologies never are. […]
Adding insult to injury, many of the outlets that pounced on Rogan for pinning the wildfires on rampaging lefties regularly amplify unfounded claims themselves. The entire Russiagate phenomenon, for example, wouldn’t exist without the media signal-boosting evidence-free, frequently anonymous claims that everything wrong with America can be traced back to the Kremlin.
Unfortunately for Rogan, showing weakness in front of ideological bullies only encourages them. Apologizing for an offhand comment about the supposed political affiliation of the arsonists caught setting fires in Oregon and Washington while under attack for unrelated wrongthink is like going swimming in shark-infested waters while bleeding from a dozen paper cuts. … Read full article
By Morgan Artyukhina – Sputnik – 22.09.2020
In light of increased attention being brought on the activities of US spy planes near China, Beijing has accused the US of disguising them as civilian airliners more than 100 times in 2020 alone, calling the practice a “serious security threat” and warning it poses a danger to actual civilian aircraft.
Several times over the last few weeks, observers have noticed US intelligence aircraft seeming to “disappear” in mid-flight on international flight-tracking programs, only to be replaced by what seems to be a civilian aircraft broadcasting what turns out to be a fake transponder code. These “civilian” aircraft then fly typical spy plane routes, patrolling intensively over an area for several hours, before mysteriously turning back into US spy planes on their return flights.
On September 16, a Chinese government official confirmed those suspicions, saying the US has made the practice routine over the last year.
“It is the old trick of the US military to use a transponder code to impersonate civil aircraft of other countries,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters last Wednesday. … continue
By Scott Ritter | RT | September 21, 2020
Statements by the US chief arms control envoy make it clear the US is committed to a nuclear arms race free of the encumbrance of the New START treaty. However, it’s a race the US cannot win, and the world will not survive. … continue
Press TV – September 23, 2020
Iran has only provided Yemen with the know-how in the defense sector, says the spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, dismissing claims about the Islamic Republic’s military presence and ‘intervention’ in the region.
“We provided them (Yemenis) with the technical experiences in the defense sector. They have learned how to produce missiles, drones and weapons in Yemen on their own,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said in a televised program on Tuesday.
He emphasized that Iran has not supplied Yemen with missiles. “We have shared our experience and knowledge with the Yemeni people.” … continue
By Jonny Tickle | RT | September 23, 2020
A large group of shipping insurers will refuse to insure vessels participating in the construction of Nord Stream 2, as companies worry that providing services for builders puts them at risk of violating US sanctions.
The decision made by the thirteen members of the International Group of P&I Clubs, who collectively provide marine liability cover for approximately 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage, will seriously complicate the pipeline’s construction process, which is already 90% complete.
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On Monday, a circular sent by the group announced that they would no longer insure “activity involving or related to the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream construction projects” to ensure that nothing “puts the club in danger of violating sanctions.” … Full article
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tariq El-Molla, yesterday revealed that 320 trillion cubic feet of gas were discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean region which could turn the area into a global centre for the gas industry.
The seven member states of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, Italy and the Palestinian National Authority, yesterday officially turned the alliance into a regional organisation headquartered in Cairo.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, El-Molla said the United States wants to join the forum as an observer while France wishes to join as a full member.
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said in a statement that the forum aims to establish a regional market for gas, rationalise the cost of infrastructure and offer competitive prices.
The forum was launched in January 2019 to reinforce cooperation among member states.
However, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Hami Aksoy, described the forum as an anti-Ankara bloc, adding that transforming it into a regional organisation is “far from reality”.
Press TV – September 23, 2020
The spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has denounced Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over submission to Israel, saying the regime will not engage in any military confrontation in the Middle East as long as Riyadh and Abu Dhabi act as its proxies and wage wars on its behalf.
“As long as the Saudi and UAE regimes fight on behalf of the Zionist regime and spend millions of dollars in its stead, the latter will not engage in any war in the region,” Mohammed Abdul-Salam said in an exclusive interview with London-based and Arabic-language Nabaa television news network on Tuesday evening.
He noted that the United States, together with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, decided to launch a devastating military campaign against Yemen after realizing that the country was seeking to assert its independence.
“Had the September 21 Revolution (the 2014 popular uprising that toppled the Saudi-backed government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi) not broken out, the Americans would have put Yemen in the line to normalize relations with Israel,” Abdul-Salam pointed out.
“Before the 21 Revolution, there were more than 120 American Marines deployed to the US embassy in Sana’a. They had a special regiment at the airport, and were in control of al-Anad Air Base [in Yemen’s southwestern province of Lahij],” he said.
The senior Yemeni official went on to say that the Palestinian cause and the anti-Israel resistance front had long been targeted and constrained by the Arab regimes that lately normalized ties with Israel. … Full article
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- France says no ‘tangible’ evidence supporting US allegation of secret Hezbollah explosive stores
- Rights groups: UAE hired 450 mercenaries to carry out assassinations in Yemen
- IRGC chief: Iran’s revenge ‘definite’, but to target those behind assassination
- Belarus Warns to Consider Tikhanovskaya’s Meeting With EU Foreign Ministers Meddling
- Scientific American Goes Full Anti-Science
- On Russia, Joe Biden’s mouth is writing checks the US can’t afford to cash
- Phones Wiped Clean: What’s Behind Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe Team’s ‘Mass Password Amnesia’?
- Twitter’s public policy director reportedly leaves social media giant to join Biden transition team
- US deploys armored vehicles to Syria & steps up air patrols after dust-up with Russian forces
- 2,000 Days Since It Began, the War in Yemen Is Poised To Turn Even More Deadly
- Democrats not serious to stop US weapons sales to the Saudis: Former US diplomat
- Israel rabbis issue statement supporting Israeli terrorist convicted of murdering Dawabsheh family
- Doctor dies of heart attack after Israeli forces fire stun grenades near him
- Knesset rejects bill to ensure full equality between all Israeli citizens
- UAE cracking down hard on anti-Israel sentiment with 10-year prison sentences: Dissident
- Canadian university under fire for rescinding job offer due to pressure from pro-Israel donor
- 84% of Canadians want ICC probe into Israel war crimes
- South Africa says ‘surprised’ by ‘bizarre’ report of Iran plot to kill US envoy
- Kremlin Spokesman Wonders Why Bottles From Navalny’s Hotel Room Flown Out of Russia
- Russia demands answers on whether the US is facilitating terrorist attacks in Crimea, after NBC report
- Bolivia: Coup Gov’t Committed Crimes Against Humanity – Report
- Coups and Neo-Coups in Latin America
- FBI director says Russia is engaged in ‘very active efforts’ to sink Biden, rehashes 2016 claims, but shows no evidence
- ‘No evidence’: EU Parliament using Navalny’s alleged poisoning to push sanctions & halt Nord Stream 2 – German MEP
- No lasting peace in Middle East without resolving Palestinian issue: Russia’s Foreign Ministry
- Four ex-directors of French Shia Muslim centre arrested
- UK Largest Union Passes Anti-apartheid Motion against Israel
- Yemen under attack by Saudi Arabia due to firm anti-Israel stance: Ansarullah
- West cannot hide crimes against Syria with humanitarian allegations: Syrian envoy to UN
- How USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria with Impunity
- Teachers, students stage protest in Syria’s Hasakah as SDF militants occupy schools
- Russian Clouds Over Turkish-Backed Jihadi Paradise In Idlib
- Relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in crisis
- European Parliament calls for international probe into alleged Navalny poisoning & suspension of Nord Stream 2
- Discrediting the Russian Vaccine: The Small Shady Deal of Big Politics
- Poland accuses Russian air traffic controllers of DELIBERATELY crashing president’s plane, seeks their arrest
- Bill Gates doubts FDA & CDC can be trusted on Covid & vaccines. Sure, let’s trust a non-doctor billionaire who pays media instead
- Venezuela Arrests ‘CIA Spy’ on Oil Refinery ‘Stakeout’
- Germany Reportedly Offered Washington LNG Investment Worth $1.2Bln to Save Nord Stream 2
- ‘Vicious slanders’: China hits out at Australian foreign interference allegations
- Dark web voter database report casts new doubts on Russian election hack narrative
- US Plays Key Role in Belarus Unrest, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Says
- ‘Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of UKRAINE’: EU Foreign Minister confuses Belarus leader’s country
- Minsk says Lithuania’s recognition of Tikhanovskaya as Belarusian president breaks international law
- India’s overture to Taliban comes too late
- Saudi Air Force Is Leveling Yemeni Capital To Ground In Response To Houthi Strikes On Riyadh
- Hamas recycles shells from British ships sunk off Gaza during WWI
- Qatar, Pakistan rule out possibility of normalization with Israel
- Expert skeptical US would return to Iran nuclear deal under Biden
- Democrats Go All-Out for Israel
- Is zero-emission truck maker Nikola the new Tesla, or just hot air?
- Gavin Newsom’s Exceedingly Ignorant Climate Claim
- New initiative to expose Kosovo Liberation Army crimes to the world
- Berlin struggles to answer RT’s question on fate of Navalny’s mysterious associate who fled Russia for Germany
- French progressive outlet says Twitter falsely labeled it ‘RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA’ after Russiagate report
- Exhaustive Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence For NYTimes’ “Russian Bounties” Story
- Videos of Biden touching young girls flagged as ‘child sexual exploitation’ by Twitter despite being official public footage
- Unipolar Spin: Why Imperial Leftists Vilify Russia’s Social Democracy
- Election reporting
- Germany claims French & Swedish labs ‘confirmed’ Navalny’s Novichok poisoning, as Macron labels incident ‘attempted murder’
- Iranian Tanker Carrying Gas Condensate Arrives in Venezuela
- PLO: Normalisation prepares for formation of military alliances led by Israel
- Bahrain civil society groups reject normalisation agreement
- US-backed SDF abducts, forces locals in Syria’s Hasakah for fighting
- Bahar slams Bahrain over its normalization deal with Israel
- US Presidential Elections and the Korean Peninsula
- A Truly Poisonous Foreign Policy: A Ridiculous Proposal from The New York Times
- Russia blasts US’ Indo-Pacific strategy
- Scuffles break out at Australia anti-lockdown protest
- Speaker Hoyle Wants Lockdowns For Climate Change
- Lockdown no solution to coronavirus: Rouhani
- How Likely is a Second wave?
- Maduro says ‘American spy’ captured near Venezuelan oil refineries
- Colombia: Indigenous Leader and His Daughter Killed in Cauca
- Pro-Israel groups reportedly break law, media & Congress look the other way
- Normalisation with Israel means RIP international law, it’s been nice knowing you
- Israeli warplanes use US Tanf Zone to bomb Syria again
- UK to ‘triple’ size of Oman military base
- As Navalny Talks, Russia Demands Own Investigators Gain Access To Allegedly Poisoned Opposition Leader
- High Crimes Against Journalism and Decency: Jeffrey Goldberg’s Insane ‘Trump Called Troops Suckers’ Piece Is a New Low
- FBI says reports of Antifa arson in Oregon are ‘Conspiracy Theories,’ but someone is starting fires
- Record Heat Claims In California Last Month Are Fake
- 49 NASA Scientists Tell The Truth
- ‘Eco-modernist’ Germans pitch Nukes over reliance on Russia
- Merkel Saves Nord Stream 2 With a Cunning Trick
- An India-China reset is still possible
- China rejects Microsoft claim of attempted meddling in US election
- Bahrain-Israel Normalization Agreement Announced
- US ‘Pressing’ Lebanon to Sign Unfavourable Deal With Israel, Analysts Suggest
- Arab League must be disbanded after failing to condemn UAE-Israel deal: Ansarullah
- Tehran slams as ‘baseless’ UN report of Iran’s arms shipments to Yemen
- Venezuela scenario? Lithuania recognizes exiled opposition figurehead Tikhanovskaya as ‘elected leader’ of Belarus
- LA health director accused of ‘playing politics’ after saying schools won’t reopen ‘until after the election’ in leaked audio
- MSM’s attempts to spin Trump’s attacks on senseless wars as disrespect for military at large are a dismal distortion of reality
- Iran rejects claim of meddling in US elections, blasts US’ own intl. election meddling
- Obstruction of justice?: Mueller’s team WIPED over 30 cell phones before turning them over to inspector general
- US sanctions Ukrainian lawmaker who published Biden-Poroshenko tapes for ‘Russian influence’ in presidential election
- Pompeo: ‘Substantial’ Chance Alleged Navalny ‘Poisoning’ Ordered by ‘Senior Russian Officials’
- Iran, China, Russia to partake in Caucus 2020 military drills
- Syrian Air Defenses Engage Hostile Targets Near Aleppo – State TV
- Lebanese army intercepts, shoots down intruding Israeli reconnaissance drone
- US Fails to Control Lebanon Because Hezbollah, Amal ‘Represent the Majority’ – Journalist
- Ansarullah Spokesman to UK Ambassador: Yemenis Reject All Foreign Interventions
- Four Yemen tribes sign no aggression deal with Houthis in Marib
- Israel bans PA Jerusalem governor from meeting Palestinian officials
- Israel Funds America’s Israel Lobby, While U.S. Taxpayers Pay for Endless Fraud Against Themselves
- NATO begins military maneuvers in the Barents Sea
- Microsoft Allegedly Flags “Russian Hacking” Attempt Targeting Biden Campaign Firm
- ‘Nothing nefarious at all’: ex-NSA chief, involved in mass surveillance revealed by Snowden, joins Amazon board
- NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director
- ACLU Staffer Attacks University For Admitting Nick Sandmann While Professor Denounces His “Anti-Intellectual” Views
- US the ‘main driver’ of South China Sea militarization, top Chinese diplomat says
- Australia Confronts a Changing Economic World
- Democrats & Republicans agree: Politicians & corporations should be spared from prosecution over killer Covid-19 care homes
- Moscow to vaccinate 40,000 volunteers as Russian capital begins 3rd phase trial of pioneering coronavirus vaccine
- COVID-19: RDIF Points to Absence of Long-Term Studies on Vaccines Based on Monkey Adenoviral Vectors
- Most Western reporters prioritise winning the ‘information war’ over covering Russia objectively & it’s destroying the media
- Georgia Hosts Major NATO Troop Drills While Touting Bid To Join The Alliance
- Pentagon awards Northrop Grumman contract to develop next-gen $85bn ICBM for nuclear triad upgrade
- Canadian Troops in Saudi Arabia a Legacy of Support for Iraq War
- Plot meant to smear pro-Palestinian group exposed in Scotland
- Roadside bombs target two US military convoys in Iraq
- UAE sets up 8 telecom towers, plans to build military base on Yemen’s Socotra: Reports
- At Least 37 Million People Displaced by US War on Terror, Study Finds
- Morsi’s son killed by lethal injection: Lawyers
- No mass snooping, coercion or backdoors: China pokes US in the eye with global digital rules proposal
- Social media fact-checking, brought to you by the Deep State
- Covid-19 Testing 1,000-times Too Sensitive?
- It’s the nonsense, not the climate, that is reaching extremes
- XR’s stupid stunts are masking the fact that the establishment agrees with its ridiculous aims
- Is BLM the Mask Behind Which the Oligarchs Operate?
- Hypocrisy Thy Name Is Zion
- Navalny False-Flag Authors Invent New Twist to Cover Lies
- Navalny, Novichok, and Nord Stream 2
- Going Down in Style: Nancy Pelosi’s Illicit ‘Blow Out’ Exposes Democrats as Above-the-Law Elitists
- Former NYT Reporter Challenges Dr. Fauci’s Climate Change “Mission Creep”
- Environmental Disaster: Northern Europe Deforestation Up 49% Due To Effort To Meet “CO2 Targets”!
- Psychiatrist dies in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison after arrest in reprisal for journalist brother
- Egypt: 2,723 enforced disappearances in 5 years
- Nearly 3,500 Yemeni children killed in Saudi airstrikes since 2015: Rights group
- Sudan: US conditioning removal from terror list on normalisation with Israel
- Shtayyeh: PA Ready to Talk with Israel Based on International Resolutions
- Zionist Entity to Demand US Compensation over UAE Warplanes Sale: Report
- Navalny Coming Out of Coma Proves No Novichok Used Against Him, Expert Says
- Germany Says Info on Navalny’s Case May Be Transferred to Russia, but Process Might Be Long
- Imposing sanctions for the alleged poisoning of Alexey Navalny is ‘absurd’ & ‘unacceptable’ says Kremlin
- Biden Calls Elected Nicaraguan President ‘Tyrant’ in Attack on Trump
- Political pardon given by Maduro may be a checkmate against Venezuelan opposition
- NATO jets routinely imitate MISSILE STRIKES against Russia – defense minister
- CNN beclowns itself over Siberian craters supposedly caused by ‘climate change’
- Sceptical covid-19 research and sceptical polar bear science: is there a difference?
- Press in His Pocket: Bill Gates Buys Media to Control the Messaging
- Vitamin D Nearly Abolishes ICU Risk in COVID-19
- Tony Blair Calling for Digital IDs, Immunity Passports
- Venezuela: Operation Gedeon Organizers Arrested in Colombia
- Colombia: Another Social Leader Killed in Nariño
- Serbian President Vucic seems surprised after Trump announces that Belgrade will move embassy to Jerusalem
- The US and its “Humanitarian” War for Central Asia
- Russia: Germany stalling Navalny probe ‘on purpose’
- Russian Doctors Suggest Setting up Joint Group With German Colleagues on Navalny Case
- Russia Not Interested in Arms Race, Defence Minister Says
- Global Cooling? NOAA Confirms ‘Full-blown’ Grand Solar Minimum
- Minimizing California Wildfires
- Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using ‘Confirmed’ to Mean its Opposite
- Israeli judges sentence MP & physicist to administrative detention
- Yemeni protesters in occupied Socotra reject Israel-UAE presence
- UAE’s New Betrayal: “Israeli” Spy Base in Yemen’s Socotra Island
- Russians are the dumbest idiots on the planet!
- Vucic Discloses Content of Bilateral Agreement on Kosovo Signed at White House
- Record Global Crop Projections Destroy Media Lies and Gloom
- Polio Vaccine Causing Polio Outbreaks in Africa, WHO Admits
- Missile strike targets British security service company in Baghdad
- Troop Withdrawal from Iraq isn’t an ‘American Retreat’
- A False Flag Is Biden’s Only Chance to Win
- Venezuelan Government Invites International Observers as Opposition Splits Over Elections
- Claims That Russia in Some Way Complicit in Navalny Case Are Improper, Ambassador to Germany Says
- Germany, Not Russia, Should Answer Questions Over Navalny Case
- German politicians want to stop Nord Stream 2 due to assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader
- “Bipartisan” Washington Insiders Reveal Their Plan for Chaos if Trump Wins the Election
- Stoltenberg to Convene NATO Meeting on Friday to Discuss Navalny Situation
- Why is the GNA defunding the Lockerbie case despite it being close to a verdict of innocence?
- US-backed SDF militants kidnap civilians, prevent food from entering al-Hawl refugee camp
- Head of Russian Intelligence Service on Navalny: Western Provocation Cannot Be Ruled Out
- Amazon Drone Deliveries: The Greatest Threat To Privacy Americans Have Ever Seen
- Current health guidance is utterly WRONG: Saturated fats are good for you. It’s vegetable oils that can kill you
- Met Office Caught Cheating Over Wind Speed “Records”
- About That Sharp Rise in Climate Concern
- We’re All Going To Drown–Part 98
- Reuters Falsely Claims Climate Change Worse For Economy Than COVID
- Navalny Novichok Poisoning: The (Very Unlikely) Story So Far
- US-Russia tensions flare up on multiple fronts
- Israel’s Friends at the RNC: ‘Christian Zionists’ Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party
- Media’s new weapon to protect Biden: Questioning his mental health means you’re part of a Russian conspiracy
- President Ghani says Afghan government fulfilled all commitments for Taliban peace talks
- US imposes sanctions on ICC officials over probe into war crimes in Afghanistan
- Facebook Removes Almost 600 ‘Misinforming’ Accounts in Pakistan, US, Russia
- China Firmly Opposes US Report on Chinese Military
- Eastern Nations Prefer Russian Weapons to US Ones
- German Chancellor Merkel Claims Navalny Case is ‘Attempted Murder With Use of Nerve Agent’
- Owners of cargoes carrying Iranian fuel challenge US loot in court
- Coronavirus Pt5: The Ohio HCQ Boomerang
- Evidence that U.S. pro-Israel groups may have violated U.S. laws
- Meet the “Violet” Successors to the White Helmets’ Syria Propaganda Throne
- Joe Rogan podcast fans cry ‘censorship’ as many episodes with conservative guests did not make it to Spotify
- Police Use Facial Recognition Smart Helmets To Conduct Indiscriminate Surveillance At Airports
- Philippines says will not comply with US sanctions on China
- Yemen mothers call on UAE-backed groups to release their sons
- UN: Saudi Arabia, UAE used cluster bombs in Yemen
- Macron threatens Lebanon with sanctions unless Beirut brings about ‘real change’ in three months
- Ceasefire Understanding Reached between Hamas, Zionist Entity
- US attempts to re-impose sanctions on Iran doomed to failure: Russia’s Lavrov
- Moscow brands US war games in Estonia ‘extremely dangerous,’ denies NATO claims Russian fighter jet violated Danish border
- US agrees to pay South Carolina $600 million, dispose of plutonium by 2037
- Foundation to ‘Combat Anti-Semitism’ will be coming after high school, college students
