Palestina versus Israel (gehi AEB + NATO, Pentagonoa eta EB) (5)

Palestina versus Israel (gehi AEB + NATO, Pentagonoa eta EB) (5)

1947ko mapa (National Geographic)

There was no such thing called “Israel”

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Palestine Highlights@PalHighlight·

Activists demand closure of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems in Shenstone, England #GazaGenocides #WeAreAllGaza

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752549997952770406

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In 2019, Labour deputy leader @AngelaRayner visited @DALLOULALNEDERs shop where she told him she wanted freedom for Palestinians. In 2024, Angela saw him dragged out of a Labour event because he protested against Israel butchering his family in Gaza.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752368317627531615

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I would do everything I can to stop what’s happening ..’ Except call for a ceasefire You wouldn’t even speak to the Palestinian man who’s family were killed in Gaza Get in the bin you absolute charlatan # RaynerOut

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752247102220947586

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President of Tunisia: Peace will not be restored except with the creation of a fully sovereign Palestinian state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.

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Press TV@PressTV

Iran officially participates for first time in BRICS summit as full member

From presstv.ir

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Printing money?

Hyperinflation?

Learn #MMT!

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Kim Dotcom@KimDotcom

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BRICS overtakes G7 with 35% of global GDP. Non-dollar settlements within BRICS skyrocket. Russia now settles 85% of all trades in national currencies. BRICS members are immune to US sanctions. USD dominance is ending. Soon no more money printing for the US without hyperinflation.

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Palestine has one of the worlds lowest illiteracy rates, and nearly the highest PHD per capita graduate rates worldwide.

This is why Israel has strategically destroyed every single university in Gaza, posting their war crimes with glee…

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752641563828842553

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Israel has just bombed another UN school that people are using as a shelter. Children killed. This is not a war. This is a genocide.

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Satellite images of the city of Khan Yunis before and after the continuing Israeli aggression.

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BreakThrough News@BTnewsroom

BREAKING: Public high school students are occupying Chicago City Hall chanting “Biden Biden you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!” Students are demanding the city council vote YES on a ceasefire resolution.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752447283273302515

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On Tuesday, Israel returned the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians taken by its forces. Some of the bodies were taken by Israeli forces after they were killed, while others were exhumed from several cemeteries around Gaza, including Al-Shifa cemetery and Al-Nimsawi cemetery in Khan Younis. Pictures were taken of the bodies before burial to facilitate later identification by their families.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752526517215883629

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Due to cold and rain, I left Hind inside the car with family members. I was shocked, on the phone with her,when a tank approached and began firing directly , killing everyone in the car except Hind, who was injured,We have lost contact with Hind for over 48 hours” -Hind’s mother

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752682953564418096

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Nour Naim| نور نعيم@NourNaim88

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Kapsulatutako bideoaRecording of moment Israeli forces opened fire on 15 year old Layan Hamada as she spoke on the phone with Palestinian Red Crescent requesting rescue.

Layan was martyred, while 7 yearold Hind remained trapped inside the car surrounded by Israeli tanks in #Gaza city until now ‼️ t

witter.com/NourNaim88/sta…

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752288784522285525

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Abla Abdelhadi @AblaAbdelhadi76

In 2013 The Al-Aqsa Foundation discovered 6 mass graves in colonized Yafa containing hundreds of skeletons & remains of Palestinians massacred by the Zionists during the 1948 Nakba. The bodies had perished without families being able to find them. Israel’s foundation as a Fascist nation started with Genocide on Indigenous Palestinians. We still don’t know how many other mass graves of our ancestors are hidden, buried under our Palestinian land, colonized by Genocidal Israel. And here we are in 2024, burying our Indigenous Palestinian people in mass graves due to Israel’s holocaust on Gaza. [Photograh & information from the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, via a Mondoweiss article]

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??￰゚ヌᄌ Palestinian RESISTANCE: “The American administration has gone beyond double standards; they have gone back to the dark ages. They deal with humanity as a whole as if it’s a group of slaves. According to them, they are the masters of this world.”

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752709773890334821

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Terry Norman lefty tosser@kohima44terry

WHO ARE THE HUMAN ANIMALS

@MarkRegev

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Nadeem Ahmed@Muqadaam

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Recall: IDF beat up medics trying to help wounded Palestinians.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752429132934238284

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Dr. Jill Stein@DrJillStein

We are not alone. The two-thirds of voters who want a ceasefire have the power to hold this AIPAC White House and Congress accountable to us. NOW. Take the pledge to stop genocide to tell pro-genocide candidates they won’t get your vote! https://jillstein2024.com/pledgetostopge

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1749880177469911258

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Pelham@Resist_05

Israel bombed UNRWA refugee camps..

Israel bombed UNRWA schools..

Israel blocked UNRWA food aid..

Israel bombed UNRWA warehouses..

Israel killed over 10,000 children registered with UNRWA..

Now Israel says UNRWA is the terrorists, and they are the victims…?￰゚ヌᄆ?￰゚ヌᄌ?￰゚ヌᄈ

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752605190765838523

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Quds News Network@QudsNen

In a joint report, detainees’ institutions stated that since October 7, Israel kidnapped over 400 children from the West Bank, some of whom were held under administrative detention without charges or trials.

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You can not get a state contract in Georgia unless you pledge loyalty to Israel

You can get a state contract without pledging loyalty to America and Georgia

How does anyone pretend this is normal?

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Stew Peters@realstewpeters

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WE ARE OWNED BY ISRAEL?￰゚ヌᄆ

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Censored Voice.@CensoredNws

One takes care of children regardless. The other targets children regardless. Who’s the real terrorist here?

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752662206829785510

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Thank you Cheryl Benard

#UNRWA #Gaza

Bideia: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752544439262711954

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It’s deeply disturbing how starvation and the #GazaHolocaust are so easily accepted by the West. But if a single Western funded individual is arrested in Iran, the US will mobilize the collective West to sanction and antagonize Iran and Iranians

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“You should all be ashamed of the blood on your hand” Pro-Palestine protestors interrupt a council meeting in London’s Camden, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

#GazaGenocide #WeAreAllGaza

Bjdeoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752736166057804193

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BREAKING: SOUTH AFRICA FOREIGN MINISTER OFFICIAL STATEMENT “We bear responsibility for what is happening in Gaza based on the principle of international solidarity. We worked hard to ensure the implementation of temporary measures to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip. Israel…

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“The world didn’t respond…” Gaza’s youngest journalist, Lama Jamous, sends a powerful message to the international community.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752689160052256895

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I rarely praise the Guardian but this is a extraordinary visual investigation of the sheer level of destruction in Gaza: https://theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2024/jan/30/how-war-destroyed-gazas-neighbourhoods-visual-investigation

Absolutely crystal clear when you look through it that the objective is to render the place utterly inhabitable, and destroy Palestinian civil society. Places destroyed are homes, mosques, schools, hospitals, cemeteries, historical landmarks, supermarkets, etc. Everything that makes up a community. Complete disconnect from the stated goal of fighting Hamas.

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Pelham@Resist_05

The Zionists control Joe Biden…?￰゚ヌᄌ?￰゚ヌᄆ

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752567783974637635

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??￰゚ヌᄋ?￰゚ヌᄌ Iran has sent a message that if the Americans make even the slightest attack on their soil, human casualties or not, it will escalate matters beyond repair.

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ISRAELI SOLDIERS BEAT BOY WHO WENT TO BUY BREAD

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752697191108673598

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Tibou رتيبة @Tibou33969029

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Dr.Sam Youssef Ph.D.,M.Sc.,DPT.@drhossamsamy65

جذور المرض النفسي الجمعى للإسرائيليين هو انهم يفعلون فى الفلسطينيين مافعله معهم هتلر!

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Health ministry: 26,900 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7 #GazaGenocide

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752632663221969269

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Seyed Mohammad Marandi@s_m_marandi

This is the dystopia that a ruthless and barbaric West has imposed upon humanity. #GazaHolocaust

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752611872744910984

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Megatron@Megatron_ron

BREAKING: ⚡ ?￰゚ヌᄡ Norwegian Foreign Minister: “Countries that export weapons to Israel must evaluate whether they are contributing to potential genocide.”

http://t.me/megatron_ron

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Israeli Politician Daniella Weiss, says she wants Israel to have its borders “From the Euphrates to the Nile,” in other words “Greater Israel”.

For those who do not know, Greater Israel includes: ▪️The entirety of Palestine ?￰゚ヌᄌ ▪️The entirety of Jordan ?￰゚ヌᄡ ▪️Parts of Iraq ?￰゚ヌᄊ ▪️Parts of Lebanon ?￰゚ヌᄃ ▪️Parts of Syria ?￰゚ヌᄒ ▪️Parts of Egypt ?￰゚ヌᆲ ▪️Parts of Turkey ?￰゚ヌᄋ ▪️Parts of Saudi Arabia ?￰゚ヌᆭ These people do not want to stop at Palestine.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752695597977502178

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David Cameron was Prime Minister from 2010-16 he had the power to recognise Palestine but didn’t.

Starmer, just two weeks ago, said Labour wouldn’t recognise Palestine without the cooperation of Israel.

Both are now scrambling desperately for Muslim votes.

Pathetic. Dishonest.

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BREAKING: Russia: Establishing a Palestinian state is the key of peace in the Middle East.

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BREAKING: YEMENI HOUTHI OFFICIAL STATEMENT

In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and as part of the response to the American-British aggression against our country:

The Naval Forces in the Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of Allah Almighty, launched several appropriate missiles at the American destroyer “USS Gravely” in the Red Sea.

The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that all American and British warships in the Red and Arabian Seas participating in the aggression against our country are within the target range of our forces and will be targeted as part of our legitimate right to defend our country, our people, and our nation, and in affirmation of the Yemeni stance in support of Palestine.

The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm their continuation in preventing “israeli” navigation or navigation headed to the ports of occupied Palestine until the aggression on Gaza is stopped and the siege is lifted.

Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs, the best Master and the best Helper.

Long live Yemen, free, dignified, and independent.

Victory to Yemen and to all the free people of the nation.”

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@ShaykhSulaiman

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

Boycott for the sake of Gaza.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752669006799180187

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Umar FarOoq @UmarFarooqGL

@ShaykhSulaiman

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

Your silence kills…

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قاطعوا ولا تنسوا ?￰゚マᄏ

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Megatron@Megatron_ron

BREAKING: ⚡ ?￰゚ヌᄆ?￰゚ヌᄌ The victims liquidated by the Israeli army at the school in Gaza, had their hands tied.

Reports emerged of a harrowing scene at Hamad Ben Khalifa School, where individuals were reportedly discovered executed, blindfolded, and handcuffed.

http://t.me/megatron_ron

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Megatron@Megatron_ron

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Kapsulatutako bideoa

BREAKING: ⚡ ?￰゚ヌᄆ After the Israeli withdrawal, 30 bodies were discovered in a mass grave inside a school in northern Gaza. They were victims of a mass execution. http://t.me/megatron_ron

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752437912799449349

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So @Israel is not like the Nazis but worse.

Imagine that.

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Zionists soldiers feel heroic by – killing babies – humiliating civilians at checkpoints – doing carpet bombing – killing journalists and the latest… killing a person in coma May God forgive them because we won’t

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Spetsnaℤ 007 ?￰゚ヌᄎ@Alex_Oloyede2

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Who shооts a person in coma??

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This attack is unprecedented on so many levels, yet 60% of Israelis think the attack on Gaza doesn’t go far enough. You lose me there. I cannot call the guard to a concentration camp my brother or sister.” The great

@normfinkelstein

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Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752688801049108851

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The American singer, rapper, and songwriter Anees discussed Mansour Shouman, a Canadian-Palestinian citizen who was reportedly taken captive by the Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752686547449577663

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British-Israeli historian Avi Shlaim says he has a moral duty to denounce Zionist settler colonialism and American imperialism and to stand with the Palestinian people for the struggle of peace and dignity in their own land.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752577997465330106

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Scott Ritter@RealScottRitter

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SCOTT RITTER JOINS ON THE TRUTH ABOUT RUSSIA AND THE US-ISREAL WAR IN…

Friend of the show and former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter returns to discuss his trip to Russia

Bideoa: https://youtu.be/yWPsSGf5zFU

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Imagine for a moment a scenario where a senior Iranian diplomat arrives in Damascus and proclaims to the media “Mr. Biden is going to get some unpleasant surprises” while announcing the supply of weapons to pro-Iranian militias for the sole purpose of killing American soldiers who are illegally operating on Syrian soil.

Victoria Nuland is an evil hypocrite.

And not too smart.

She just made the case that the U.S. is a de facto party to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

She also, using US logic, made a de facto case regarding the legitimacy of Iran’s actions regarding the transfer of weapons to Syrian and Iraqi militias.

Like I said, not too smart.

Just like her boss.

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Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis@DrLoupis·

Arrest them all.

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Jackson Hinkle @jacksonhinklle

??￰゚ヌᄆ The work of the “world’s most MORAL army!”

Sulaiman Ahmed

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Palestine Highlights@PalHighlight

Doctors Without Borders has issued yet another warning, saying the people in Gaza are facing a massacre. The head of the charity’s mission for the Palestinian territories also expressed regret about MSF’s inability to help Gazans in the current circumstances

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1753205825668010307

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Glad to be out in the street in front of the Commission with our @Left_EU

colleagues from France and all over Europe, raising the voice for a #ceasefireNOW so

@vonderleyen can hear it. People all over Europe demand solidarity, not complicity.

@younousomarjee

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younous omarjee@younousomarjee

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? À Bruxelles , devant les institutions européennes, avec ma Collègue irlandaise @ClareDalyMEP et mes Collègues Députés insoumis @LegavreJerome et @Portes_Thomas pour continuer à demander un Cessez-le-feu et des sanctions contre Israel.

« Gaza, nous te demandons pardon pour la folie et l’effondrement moral de ceux qui nous gouvernent en Europe , complices des crimes et indifférents devant ton sort tragique. »

#GazaGenocide

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ISRAELI ARMY POST DOCTORED VIDEO BUT IT STILL SHOWS ✅ Unarmed civilians ✅ Civilians raising their hands to surrender ✅ Civilians kneeling to surrender ✅ IOF executing them from the back

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1753161299616223506

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Mick Wallace@wallacemick

The #US + European Allies are supporting a Genocide in #Gaza because they still have a Colonial mindset – They are Racist and do not see the #Palestinians as equals…

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1753141437724610762

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Zak@BoufontZak

The remaining 24% get their ‘news’ from The BBC…. ?

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All 27 EU leaders unanimously agreed on €50 billion in financial support for Ukraine and €0 for Palestine, plus defunding UNRWA while Palestinians are starving! Double standard! I never want to hear any western leader ever talk about human rights.

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Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal

MOSSAD AGENTS IN 28 COUNTRIES BURNED BY IRAN

Iran reportedly has exposed numerous Israeli spies across Asia, Africa, and Europe in a comprehensive global operation.

Dubbed as Iran’s most extensive counter-espionage initiative, the operation has led to dozens of arrests and ongoing surveillance, potentially undermining Mossad’s international operations.

Iran Ministry of Security: “Exposed spies residing abroad will be addressed individually.”

Source: Al Mayadeen

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Congressman Brian Mast must be defeated for reelection in 2024. The IDF uniform-wearing Republican needs a primary election opponent, a human being who defends the lives of all children regardless of race or religion.

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Aaron Maté@aaronjmate

It takes 34 seconds of fast scrolling before you get to the babies aged one. 52 seconds until you get to two year-olds. 1:20 until the age of three. And so on.

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Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish

20 h

Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza ⤵️

Know their names: http://aje.io/06omb

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1753401017469633010

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@tobararbulu # mmt@tobararbulu

LIVE: Representatives of BRICS Group of Nations Meet in Moscow https://youtube.com/live/CfNcU2gSYr8?si=0rr1FGx-eRVevx4h

Honen bidez:

@YouTube

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LIVE: Representatives of BRICS Group of Nations Meet in Moscow

LIVE: Representatives of BRICS Group of Nations Meet in MoscowRepresentatives of the BRICS group of natio

Bideoa: https://youtu.be/CfNcU2gSYr8

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The Mother of All Talk Shows with George Galloway

#WEDNESDAY Join me for The Midweek Mother Of All Talk Shows With

@MnarMuh

Adley,

@RealScottRitter

and

@realnikohouse

LIVE on Telegram and all platforms ?MIDWEEK #MOATS ?￰゚ヌᄃ 9PM GMT LONDON ?￰゚ヌᄌ PT 1PM – ET 4PM #Palestine #Gaza #Yemen #Iran #Syria #Iraq #RedSea #Biden #UNWRA

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George Galloway

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Ryan Milton@1860rm

@RealScottRitteris not going anywhere! There were fake claims recently on Telegram and on X, but he is #American and he remains in his Homeland no matter what. Having good relationship with Russia doesn’t mean he is going to seek asylum there. People like Scott never give up. The only real channel of Mr. Scott Ritter is here:

https://t.me/ScottRitter

Rest are fakes.

Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1752675367909749100

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Scott Ritter 2-Minute Topic: Pakistan and Iran De-escalate – YouTube

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Scott Ritter 2-Minute Topic: Pakistan and Iran De-escalate

Subscribe to our Substack: https://ScottRitterExtra.comDonate to Waging Peace, Scott Ritter’s film and campaign for nuclear disarmament: https://WagingPeace….

Bideoa: https://youtu.be/wHH9SKkBvs0

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Scott Ritter@RealScottRitter

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DOOMSDAY CLOCK – MOATS with George Galloway Ep 313

Give Super Thanks! ❤️Follow me on Rumble https://rumble.com/c/GeorgeGallowayOfficial05:50 Introduction #Im

Bideoa: https://youtu.be/FDvx__8dOdg

05:50 Introduction #ImranKhan #Pakistan #Gaza #Israel #KeirStarmer

08:05 MOATS Monologue #Palestine #ImranKhan #Pakistan #Gaza #Israel #UNWRA

30:20 Scott Ritter on #Biden #Iran #Syria #Jordan #Palestine #Yemen

1:12:40 Mnar Adley on #ICJ #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Trump #Biden #US #Yemen

1:34:10 Niko House on #Biden #Trump #Gaza #Palestine

1:54:55 Gayatri Galloway on Social Media

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Lai,Ching-te,Taiwan,President

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The citizens of Taiwan went to the polls in January to elect a new president and parliament. The stakes were, literally, existential — with Zhang Zhijun, the head of China’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, who also led Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office from 2013-18, having declared that the elections presented “important choices between the prospects for peace and war, prosperity and decline.” The eventual winner in the presidential race — the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lai Ching-te — beat Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and Hou Yu-ih of the Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang, or KMT). Given the anti-mainland policies of the incumbent president, Tsai Ing-wen (who, like Lai Ching-te, is a member of the DPP), conventional wisdom holds that Taiwan’s new president will continue a policy line of de facto independence from China that has pushed the two nations to the brink of war. But a closer look shows that the elections have set Taiwan on a very difficult path, where its new president will have to deal with deeply entrenched Chinese intransigence and the probability of domestic political infighting — in what will likely prove four difficult years of governance.

Perhaps the most telling aspect of the Taiwanese elections were the numbers. While the DPP’s Lai Ching-te defeated his two opponents, he did so with only 40% of the popular vote. Moreover, the DPP lost control of the parliament, losing 11 seats for a total of 51, one less than the KMT. The TPP emerged with eight seats, giving a potential KMT-TPP alliance control of Taiwan’s legislative agenda over the next four years. Lai’s less than overwhelming victory seems to have somewhat mollified the mood in mainland China, where senior Chinese government officials took a “glass half-empty” approach when assessing the DPP’s showing in the presidential race and its loss of parliamentary control. A statement by Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the DPP “cannot represent the mainstream public opinion” in Taiwan, suggesting that China will likely focus on creating domestic political roadblocks to any move toward Taiwanese independence, as opposed to preparing for war.

While the US government officially took no public position in the Taiwan election, Lai’s victory was cause for a sigh of relief amongst Democrats and Republicans alike, given their common embrace of the notion of Taiwan’s de facto political separation from China — notwithstanding the US government’s official “One China” policy and a recent statement from President Joe Biden that the US does not support Taiwan’s independence. In a move that China has traditionally viewed as a flagrant violation of China’s sovereignty over Taiwan, the Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced that he would ask the Republican chairs of “relevant” committees to visit Taiwan once Lai is inaugurated in May.

Johnson’s announcement did not stop Congressman Ami Bera, the Democratic ranking member of the US House of Representatives subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, from scheduling a visit to Taiwan at the end of January, where he will be joined by the co-chairs of the congressional Taiwan caucus, Andy Barr and Mario Diaz-Balart, both Republicans. Congressman Mike Gallagher, a Republican who chairs the US House select committee on strategic competition between the US and the Chinese Communist Party, is expected to travel to Taiwan sometime after Bera’s delegation.

Legislative Pressures

The Chinese government has long taken umbrage over US congressional delegations to Taiwan, since it implies the kind of connectivity that can only exist between the governments of two sovereign states. Indeed, a visit by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in August 2022 triggered a Chinese military response that has since largely defined US-Chinese relations over Taiwan.

The fear of war is not overblown. China has built up its military forces in and around Taiwan since the autumn of 2022, and the Chinese government has made a series of public pronouncements regarding its readiness to intervene militarily if Taiwan were to make any discernible move toward independence. But while the planned visits to Taiwan by US congressional delegations will likely be strongly condemned by China, they won’t generate the same level of geopolitical angst for the Chinese government as those in the past.

Whereas Pelosi drew the ire of the Chinese government when she praised Taiwan as one of the “freest societies of the world” during an address to the Taiwanese parliament, no such remarks will be made by any of the congressional delegations headed toward Taiwan in the coming days and weeks. The main reason is Taiwanese domestic politics. When Pelosi spoke before the Taiwanese parliament, the DPP had a majority of 62 seats. In the aftermath of the Jan. 13 election, the DPP no longer holds the lever of legislative power. That has been transferred to the KMT-TPP collective.

Trade Over Conflict

Notably, the US congressional delegations have not at present scheduled any meetings with either of those two opposition parties. The main reason is the incompatibility of the legislative agendas. While the US congressional delegations will be seeking to promote policies linked to the past — and designed to foster the notion of Taiwanese independence — the KMT and TPP are committed to reviving the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA), a treaty signed between China and Taiwan in June 2013. The agreement — which aimed to liberalize trade between the two economies in service industries such as banking, healthcare, tourism, film, telecommunications and publishing — was never ratified by the Taiwanese legislature, and was cast aside when the DPP came to power in 2016.

The KMT and TPP’s expected focus on a revival of the CSSTA will set in motion an anticipated policy clash with Lai over trade priorities, with the president-elect expected to continue the trade policies of his predecessor. These emphasized the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, which was signed into force in May 2023 — after the Biden administration excluded Taiwan from its larger pan-Asian trade initiative, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. But the KMT’s priorities are improved economic relations between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, and if it can garner the support of the TPP, it should be able to promote its initiatives while stymying those of the president-elect.

The domestic political reality of postelection Taiwan has significantly altered the geopolitical landscape of the region, shifting the focus away from military confrontation and toward larger economic questions driven by competing legislative agendas. The Biden administration and its congressional allies will face an uphill battle trying to bring Taiwan into alignment with a more aggressive posture vis-a-vis China. And while China will not forego its past practice of flexing military muscle as a reminder of the consequences of Taiwan crossing a red line on independence, the focus over the next four years will be to prioritize trade over conflict in defining the two countries’ relationship.

Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer whose service over a 20-plus-year career included tours of duty in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control agreements, serving on the staff of US Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War and later as a chief weapons inspector with the UN in Iraq from 1991-98. The views expressed in this article are those of the author.

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Ni neu exilioan bizi naiz, 2023.04.02an nik neuk aukeratutakoa

Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

Mahmoud Darwish

Utzi erantzuna

Zure e-posta helbidea ez da argitaratuko. Beharrezko eremuak * markatuta daude