The former head of Israel's National Security Council detailed to Sky News the strategy to "stop the supply of food, fuel, and other essential materials" in order to gain control of northern Gaza.

The former head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said that the UK should side with the European Union over trade and economic policies rather than a Donald Trump-led US, as fears grow over a possible global trade war.

Pascal Lamy, who was head of the WTO from 2005 to 2013, said it was clear that the UK’s interests lay in staying close to the EU on trade, rather than allying with Trump, not least because it does three times more trade with Europe than the US.

His comments came after a key Trump supporter, Stephen Moore, said on Friday that the UK should reject the EU’s “socialist model” if it wanted to have any realistic chance of doing a free trade deal with the US under Trump and, as a result, avoid the 20% tariffs on exports that the president-elect has promised.

In an interview with the Observer, Lamy said: “It’s an old question with a new relevance given Brexit and given Trump. In my view the UK is a European country. Its socio- economic model is much closer to the EU social model and not the very hard, brutal version of capitalism of Trump and [Elon] Musk.

“We can expect that Trump plus Musk will go even more in this direction. If Trump departs from supporting Ukraine, I have absolutely no doubt that the UK will remain on the European side.

“In trade matters, you have to look at the numbers. The trade relationship between the UK and Europe is three times larger than between the UK and US.

“This is a very structural inter-dependence which will hardly change unless – which I don’t think is a realistic assumption – the UK will decide to leave the EU norms of standards, to move to the US one. I don’t believe that will happen.

“My answer is that the option to unite politically, economically and socially with the US and not with Europe makes absolutely no sense. I believe that, for the UK’s interests and values, the European option remains the dominant one.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/16/uk-must-choose-between-eu-and-trump-trade-experts-warn

An Israel Air Force strike on a densely populated district of Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah's media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

Hezbollah later confirmed Afif's death.

Army Radio reported that the strike targeted Hassan Nasrallah's home in Beirut's Dahiyeh neighborhood.

A failed assassination attempt was carried out on this house in 2006. Since then, the house has been rebuilt and has been used for Hezbollah terror infrastructure, according to Army Radio.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-829483

In a resurfaced clip from 1984, Dr. Fauci is seen discussing the concept of releasing an infection into a population.

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BRICS: In September, Russian President warned that NATO will enter a direct war with Russia if Ukraine uses long-range Western missiles to strike inside Russia.

Today, US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to strike inside Russia using Western missiles.

The UK and France will allow Ukraine to use their long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/17/uk-france-permits-ukraine-to-use-long-range-missiles-for-strikes-inside-russia-le-figaro-reports/

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The Israeli Air Force shot down five drones launched at Israel today, from Lebanon and Iraq, according to the military.

The IDF releases footage showing one of the interceptions.

The Hezbollah terror group confirms the death of its top spokesman in an IDF strike in Beirut earlier today.

Mohammad Afif was the chief of Hezbollah's media relations.

He was killed in a strike on the headquarters of the Syrian Ba'ath Party in central Beirut, not in the terror group's Dahiyeh stronghold in the southern suburbs of the capital.

Florida Woman Charged For Using Mother’s Identity To File For Hurricane Disaster Aid 
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/florida-woman-charged-for-using-mothers-identity-to-file-for-hurricane-disaster-aid/
A Florida woman has been charged after allegedly using her mother’s identity to apply for hurricane aid, and telling city employees that she looked younger because of Botox.