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❗️Israeli media:

Military censorship imposes a complete publication ban on the dangerous event now on the Lebanese border after a force was exposed to a fatal ambush.
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If we continue to sit back and lose ourselves in political programming, we will remain a captive audience to a farce that grows more absurd by the minute.

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NATO Says China Must Cut Trade With Russia To Have Good Relations With West

Jens Stoltenberg accused China of 'fueling' the war in Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday went after China for its trade relationship with Russia, saying Beijing must reduce its cut trade with Moscow to have good relations with the West.

Western officials often accuse China of supporting Russia’s military, but there’s no evidence of Beijing shipping weapons. Instead, they point to China’s export of semiconductors and raw materials.

“Russia’s friends in Asia are vital for its war effort. First and foremost, China. China is propping up Russia’s war economy,”
Stoltenberg said. “Sharing high-end technology like semiconductors and other dual-use items with Russia. Last year, Russia imported 90 percent of its micro-electronics from China. Used to produce missiles, tanks, and aircraft.”

Stoltenberg also accused China of “fueling” the war even though Beijing has consistently called for peace talks while the US and leading NATO countries have discouraged diplomacy and have dumped tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons into Ukraine.

“China says it wants good relations with the West. At the same time, Beijing continues to fuel the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War Two. They cannot have it both ways,”
Stoltenberg said.

US and other Western sanctions on Russia and China have naturally led to the two countries increasing their trade relationship. Responsible Statecraft reported on Wednesday that trade between Russia and China has risen by 26% since 2022. Russia said it has almost completely dropped the dollar in its trade with China.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Antiwar.com

Related: 4/23/24 — BRICS: Russia And China Completely Ditch US Dollar for Trade

7/26/23 —  The End of The PetroDollar, The Rise of BRICS is Here — The Mcgwire

March 2022 — US Hegemony Under Attack as Saudis, UAE, India Ignore Threats of Sanctions, Turn to Russia and China — The Mcgwire
[A year and a Half Before Saudi Arabia and UAE Joined BRICS]

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Biden Claims $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill is Good for "World Peace"

President Biden on Wednesday (April 24) signed a $95 billion foreign military aid bill into law and claimed the legislation, which funds the proxy war in Ukraine and Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, is good for “world peace.”

“It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe, and it’s a good day for world peace, for real. This is consequential,” Biden said.

The legislation breezed through the Senate on Tuesday (April 23), passing in a vote of 79-19. It was passed on Saturday (April 20) as four separate bills in the House, where it also received strong bipartisan support.

Biden thanked Republican leaders for supporting the legislation. “I want to thank everyone in Congress who made it possible, especially the bipartisan leadership: Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson; Leader Jeffries; Leaders Schumer and McConnell. They don’t always agree, but when it matters most, they stepped up and did the right thing,” he said.

Biden claimed that there were reports of Ukrainian soldiers cheering in the trenches of eastern Ukraine when the aid was approved by the House. “This weekend, there are reports — and this is — I find this amazing. There are reports of cheers breaking out of the trenches in eastern Ukraine,” he said.

After Biden signed the bill into law, the Pentagon announced a new $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine.

🔗Source: Antiwar.com

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TSA Visited Apple and Google To Discuss Collaboration for Digital ID

TSA's push for biometric technology and digital IDs with Big Tech aims to streamline airport security, but raises concerns over passenger privacy and government surveillance.

The
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is continuing collaboration with Big Tech concerning the use of biometric surveillance technology, but also the development of digital IDs for passengers.

On its site, the TSA revealed that its officials traveled to California recently where they met with representatives of Apple and Google to talk about continuing work on implementing digital ID on people’s phones.

The TSA delegation to Silicon Valley, led by Administrator David Pekoske, referred to Apple and Google as their “innovation partners.” The goal is to continue with yet another example of “public-private” aka, government-Big Tech “partnership.”

This one seems to be happening fully in the open and at least TSA is enthusiastic about talking about it, and spelling it out: “TSA is working with the tech giants so passengers can identify themselves with IDs stored on their phones at airports,” said the agency post.

As for those private companies, Google explained that the “collaboration” in question has to do with Google Wallet, and the ability to store a government ID in the app to allow TSA PreCheck “in select airports.”

That was something Google revealed to the Washington Times back in 2023; to this latest TSA site post, neither Google nor Apple had any comment.

But Connie LaRossa, Google’s Senior Policy Manager, Government Affairs & Public Policy, posted on LinkedIn that the company is “looking forward to being part of the TSA’s vision for the future of travel.”

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➡️ ReclaimTheNet

Related: 3/21 — California Lawmakers Push Online ID Verification Bill That Would Require Platforms To ID “Users With Large Audiences”

3/17 — World Bank and Verizon Chiefs Say Digital ID Part of “Social Contract” Between Government and Citizens

3/6 — Bill Gates Finds “Inspiration” in India’s Controversial Digital ID Program

3/2 — UK Collaborates With UN for Big Tech Inclusion in Project Linking Digital ID To Bank Accounts

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/29 — Trudeau Supports Partnership With EU For Digital ID Push, Suggests it Will Help Curb Online “Disinformation”

11/11 — UN Agency Unveils Action Plan To Regulate Speech on Social Media Platforms

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WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video.
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🔗SOURCE ➡️ Patrick Quinn

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UN Urges Probe Into Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals Raided by Israel

UN rights officials expressed 'horror' at the images of these sites

The UN Secretary-General Spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters on 23 April that there has to be “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” into the mass graves found in Khan Yunis.

Over 200 bodies were found in a number of mass graves found in Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex on Sunday, some bound and beheaded.

“We found in the Nasser Complex corpses without heads and bodies without skins, and some of them had their organs stolen,”
Gaza’s Government Media Office said. “The occupation executed dozens of displaced, wounded, sick, and medical staff.”

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) noted yesterday that 283 bodies were found “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste,” and only 42 have been identified to date.

“Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, while others were found tied with their hands … tied and stripped of their clothes,”
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said.

Shamdasani also highlighted another mass grave being found under the Shifa hospital. Citing local authorities, she notes to journalists in Geneva: “Reports suggest that there were 30 Palestinian bodies buried in two graves in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City; one in front of the emergency building and the others in front of the dialysis building."

Shamdasani added that “there are reports that the hands of some of these bodies were also tied,” nothing there could be “many more” still, “despite the claim by the [Israeli army] to have killed 200 Palestinians during the Al-Shifa medical complex operation.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 4/25 — Palestinians ‘Buried Alive’ by Israeli Army in Nasser Hospital Mass Graves

4/24 — Gaza Mass Graves Spur Yemen To Expand Naval Attacks

4/24 — Nearly 200 Bodies Found in Mass Grave at Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis

4/21 — Chilling Evidence of Israeli War Crimes Unearthed in Gaza’s Mass Graves

Gaza's Government Media Office said that some of the bodies found in Khan Yunis' Nasser Medical Complex had their organs stolen


3/24 — Israeli Forces Raped And Then Killed Women At Al-shifa Medical Complex, Said Palestinian Woman Jamila Al-hisi, Who Is Besieged At The Hospital, To Al-jazeera.

3/19 — Children Among Dozens Executed By Israeli Troops Following Al-Shifa Raid

3/19 — The Gaza Government Media Office announced that it has received information about several children being among those executed at Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

12/21 — UN Human Rights Office reports that Israeli forces summarily executed at least 11 men, then forced women and children into a room and shot them or threw a grenade, seriously injuring them.

12/13 — 🚨🚨Aljazeera Exclusive: Civilians Sheltering Inside a Gaza School Killed Execution-Style

12/10 - Israel-Palestine War: Israeli Politician Calls For Captured Palestinians To Be 'Buried Alive'

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Russia Shot Down Israeli Fighter Jet on a Mission to Nuke Iran — Pepe Escobar’s Sources:

Why was Irsaels counterattack on Iran so weak? The answer may have been leaked to the independent journalist Pepe Escobar columnist at The Cradle. In a series of tweets, Escobar reveals Israel’s alleged plan to take out Iran’s electronic and communication networks with a nuclear EMP blast over Theran on April 19.

This story is too eye-catching not to be published, even though we at NewsVoice only have Escobar’s track record as a trustworthy journalist and no direct contact with his sources...

The first drop of alleged leaked information was tweeted on April 20 by Escoar who refers to “a very high-level intel source” from Asia but not from Russia or China.

Escobar:


“Israel initially chose to respond with extreme force. An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan.

The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran’s electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices. An EMP attack.”

“As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian airspace it was shot down by the Russian Air Force. Hence the publicised version of the Israeli counter response was such a travesty. In the end, all sides decided not to publicise the real news – to de-escalate what could well turn into WWIII.”


The chilling revelation was followed by another additional tweet on April 21 after some people expressed their doubts about the accuracy (extract):

“I am just a messenger of an extremely explosive intel leak relayed by an unimpeachable source. An Asian source – that’s all I can reveal.”

The
next tweet on the same day goes (extracts):

“I now have TWO separate, definitive confirmations from TWO ultra high-level intel sources from TWO separate Asian nations. Working to get a third – at least a partial acknowledgement.”

“I moved to Asia 30 years ago. Built an unparalleled network.”

“The original source that led to my first post reconfirmed he stands by it. His words:

–I’m honestly surprised that people are surprised. Do they really think if something like this happened it’s gonna be presented to them in front of their TVs? It’s like history has taught them nothing.”


In a
final update Pepe Escobar tweets (extracts) writes:

“It’s now fully established that The Information was confirmed independently by the intel of a Big Power. The Information was NOT relayed by Russia. It then reached a third nation – and from that to me.”


Escobar goes on with some arguments to ensure the accuracy of the intel and at the end of the final tweet he writes:

"“The source that contacted me notes that “sometimes, after news has entered the media space, there is no choice but not to provide clarification.”...

If this is true it makes sense that Iran decided to downplay Israel’s revenge and not to retaliate since the Russians saved Iran from a nuclear disaster. Pepe Escobar writes he will publish more about this leak shortly.

🔗SOURCE
➡️ Newsvoice

Related: 4/19 — US Air Force secretly develops missiles that could obliterate Iran's nuclear facilities by zapping their electronics - without harming civilians, Daily Mail reports

4/18 — US Backs Israeli Plans for Rafah in Exchange for ‘Soft Response’ to Iran: Report

4/15 — Israeli War Cabinet Tears at the Seams Following Iranian Strikes

Israel blew up their Generals and instead of an instant counterattack they spent 2 weeks trying to negotiate a ceasefire. Instead of accepting that offer Israel said shove it were invading Rafah.One party wants peace and it ain't Israel

4/13 —🚨BREAKING: Iran Has Launched Swarm of Suicide Drones Towards Israel, IDF Confirms

4/7 — According to a report by The Jerusalem Post, 28 Israeli embassies around the world closeout of fear from Iranian retaliation..

4/1 — Israel Bombing Iranian Embassy is INSANE

4/1 — Israeli Airstrike Hits Iranian Consulate Building in Damascus, High-Level Iranian General Reported Killed, 7 Killed

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Ace Journalist Pepe Escobar Confirms His Story — Israel Launched a US Made F-35 Jet with an EMP Nuke at Iran.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Nuno Marqes

Related: 4/24 — Russia Shot Down Israeli Fighter Jet on a Mission to Nuke Iran — Pepe Escobar’s Sources:

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UK Defense Chief Says Ukraine to Increase Long-Range Strikes in Russia

Just as President Biden was signing into effect the newly approved foreign defense package which includes $60 billion for Ukraine, the United Kingdom also rolled out its own massive aid package (though paling in comparison), first unveiled Tuesday (April 23).

Britain announced its single largest aid package for Ukraine yet, at the equivalent of $620 million (£500 million). According to UK NATO officials, the arms include Storm Shadow missiles among a total of 1,600 strike and air defense missiles, four million rounds of ammo, 60 boats, and over 400 vehicles.

Even though the White House is busy cautioning that in the coming months Russia is likely to make more gains on the front lines, according to fresh words of Jake Sullivan, British leadership is still talking about "winning".

Defense Minister Grant Shapps, for example, had this to say about new aid: "This record package of military aid will give President Zelensky and his brave nation more of the kit they need to kick Putin out and restore peace and stability in Europe."

"The UK was the first to provide NLAW missiles, the first to give modern tanks, and the first to send long-range missiles," he added. "Now, we are going even further. We will never let the world forget the existential battle Ukraine is fighting, and with our enduring support, they will win."

Britain's military leadership is also echoing this optimism, with UK defense chief, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, telling Financial Times that the West's new infusion of military aid will help Ukraine increase its long-range strikes on Russian territory: "Ukraine is set to increase long-range attacks inside Russia as an influx of western military aid aims to help Kyiv shape the war in much stronger ways," the head of the UK military has said.

🔗Source: ZeroHedge

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The Geopolitics of Labor: Israel’s Quest To Replace Palestinian Workers With Indians

Israel is mitigating its labor shortage by importing Hindu-only Indians after revoking work permits for Palestinians – an old colonial practice that could impact its deepening geopolitical ties with New Delhi.


On 10 April, in the thick of the war on Gaza, the Israeli government, facing a labor crisis, announced that it would fly in 6,000 Indian laborers during April and May on state-subsidized shuttle flights.

This decision follows Israel's suspension of work permits for Palestinian construction workers, a move that has significantly impacted its building sector. Israel’s Finance Ministry estimates that the absence of Palestinian laborers is costing the economy about three billion shekels ($828 million) monthly, which could lead to a loss of three percent of GDP as the building and housing markets struggle with debt amounting to 400 billion shekels ($106 billion).

Simultaneously, New Delhi, overlooking the genocide and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, has agreed to send Indian construction workers to replace the displaced Palestinian workforce. This decision aligns with a bilateral agreement to integrate 100,000 Indian laborers into Israel’s construction industry, matching the number of ousted Palestinian workers.

A colonial strategy

Canadian immigration attorney Aidan Simardone, speaking to The Cradle, compares the situation to historical colonial practices in North America where marginalized European religious groups, like the Puritans, were brought in to service colonial interests.

Israel, he points out, is adopting a similar strategy by recruiting economically disadvantaged Hindu Indians from regions like Uttar Pradesh, aiming to manage demographic and political challenges seamlessly:

"The move is also an attempt by Israel to pull the rug out from under one of the thorns on the side of colonialism. Colonialism requires squeezing blood out of a stone, yet this squeezing depends on the sweat and tears of those who are at the bottom of the barrel."


Simardone notes the inherent risks for the colonizer in relying entirely on an indigenous labor force, as workers will rebel when colonialism reveals its true nature:

"To steer clear of this predicament, colonizers bring in labor from other parts.
These laborers are often pushed to the sidelines as well, but unlike the Indigenous population, they go with the flow rather than swimming against the tide when it comes to the colonial project...."


🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 4/15 — Israeli Debt Doubled Since Beginning of War on Gaza

2/25 — War-battered Economy Plunged Almost 20%, Marking Sharpest Contraction Since Pandemic — Israel

Israel’s economy shrank by nearly one-fifth in the last three months of 2023,
as war with the Hamas terror group in Gaza took a heavy toll on consumer spending, trade and investment, data released Monday showed.

Fortune reported in "Israel’s Economy Sinks 20% As The War Decimates Consumer Spending And Real Estate Investments" [bypass paywall]:

"The worse-than-forecasted results were driven primarily by two sectors that were heavily impacted by the war: consumer spending, and real-estate investment. Private consumption in the quarter declined 26.9%. "

1/26 —
Israel Turns to India to Fill Workforce Void

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Watch Peter Hotez Squirm as He Takes Questions from Vaccine Skeptics

MOTHER: “We don’t have confidence in the vaccine program.”

HOTEZ: “And that’s because of this misinformation. You’re functioning as the useful idiots of the anti-vaccine lobby.”

OTHER WOMAN: “Is there a mandated vaccine reporting system?”

HOTEZ: “Read the book.”

MOTHER: “All I want you to do is find out what those issues are and bring us the science showing, ‘You don’t have to worry.’”

HOTEZ: “We did... Okay, I gotta go.”

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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's car flipped over, and reports indicate that he was injured and taken to hospital.
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Egypt Holds ‘Secret’ Intel Meeting with Israel on Rafah

Egypt has been briefed on and is involved in Israeli plans to evacuate Rafah's civilians into Khan Yunis


Top Israeli and Egyptian officials held a secret meeting in Cairo on 24 April, aimed at discussing Tel Aviv’s plans for an invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah.

Three senior Israeli officials told Axios on Wednesday that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi met with the head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kamel, and Egypt’s army chief Osama Askar.

The report came the same day that an Israeli defense official said that Israel will launch the operation in Rafah as soon as it gets government approval. Israel is “moving ahead” with the operation, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, but gave no specific time frame.

Israel is developing a plan to evacuate civilians from the desperately overcrowded city. Egypt has expressed concern over the possibility of an influx of Palestinian refugees entering its territory once Rafah is attacked and has vowed not to allow any mass displacement of Gazans into its Sinai desert.

Washington has repeatedly called on Israel to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians from Rafah, where military operations pose the threat of a severe humanitarian catastrophe.

“Everyone is waiting for Netanyahu's directive to start evacuating the civilian population from Rafah. It's parked at his desk. He needs to resolve the matter with both the Americans and the Egyptians,
” one of the Israeli officials told Axios.

US and Israeli officials held a virtual meeting last week to discuss plans for Rafah. The decision to launch the operation is “conditions-based and not time-based, and connected to the humanitarian situation on the ground,” Tel Aviv emphasized to Washington during the meeting, according to US officials.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on 23 April, citing Egyptian officials, that Israel’s evacuation plans for Rafah are near complete. The plan will take two to three weeks and will be carried out in cooperation with Washington, Cairo, and other Arab states, including the UAE.

Egyptian forces have deployed in the northern Sinai and along the Gaza border, and are at “full readiness” after being briefed by Israel on plans for Rafah, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on 18 April.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 4/24 — Thousands of Israeli Reservists Headed to Gaza as Rafah Invasion ‘Ready to Go’

4/24 — Thousands of tents set up in central Gaza as Israel prepares to enter Rafah

Egypt has given Israel the greenlight to enter Rafah, after completing the evacuation of civilians in the next weeks

4/18 — US Backs Israeli Plans for Rafah in Exchange for ‘Soft Response’ to Iran: Report

4/8 — Netanyahu Says ‘There Is a Date’ for Rafah Invasion

4/7 — Gallant: Israel Withdrawing From Southern Gaza to Prepare for Rafah Invasion

3/25 — Israel Cancels Rafah Talks in US Following UNSC Abstention

2/18 — Egypt Building Walled Camp in Sinai Desert to Absorb Palestinian Refugees from Gaza

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Rumble Defies Global Censorship Trends, Takes Stand Against New Zealand’s Free Speech Crackdown

Rumble rejects New Zealand's censorship demand after whistleblower reveals alleged Covid vaccine-related deaths.


The CEO of Rumble, a free-speech YouTube competitor, says that global censorship levels are on the rise, but that what’s particularly noticeable are censorship demands coming from Australia and New Zealand – who seem to be following in the controversial, to say the least, footsteps of France and Brazil.

On the one hand, this is surprising, given these countries’ formal democratic provenance.

On the other hand, their actions over the last years, including site blocking at ISP level, constant demands for more stringent regulation to facilitate social media content removal, and even the draconian Covid – and post-Covid era measures, tell a different story.

Chris Pavlovski told Mat Kim that the FreeNZMedia channel has now become a deplatforming target in New Zealand, for reporting about leaked data from the National Vaccination Database, that a whistleblower, former Health New Zealand IT employee Barry Young, made available.

And the data Young gave to reporters and activists concerns Covid vaccine-related deaths and claims that these facts are being covered up.

For referring to Young, and referring to the data he provided to the public, a letter has been sent to Rumble to remove FreeNZMedia. It came from the National Health Authority.

However, Pavlovski said that the company has decided to refuse to do that, or to withdraw from the country, and will instead “challenge it and see what happens.”

Pavlovski went on to refer to this particular New Zealand case as “absurd” and “disgusting” – in that it bears resemblance to the Pentagon Papers. At that time, journalist Daniel Ellsberg emerged as a hero of free speech that was protected by the courts in the US.

But that was nearly 50 years ago, and things have clearly changed not only in faraway lands, but in the US itself, and whistleblowers face anything from deplatforming to life in prison.

Speaking about the case of Young, and FreeNZMedia, Pavlovski said that the whistleblower “has a statistics background, went through all the data, found the different batches of vaccines that had an irregular high death rate and published that, and gave out different interviews on doing it.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ ReclaimTheNet

Related: 12/23/23 — This statistician, Barry Young, 56, has been arrested by New Zealand authorities for exposing this data:

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The New York Times Calls Out Biden Admin for Avoiding Questions

On Thursday, The New York Times released a statement regarding US President Joe Biden's persistent avoidance of questions from journalists.

"Mr. Biden has granted far fewer press conferences and sit-down interviews with independent journalists than virtually all of his predecessors," the statement reads. "It is true that The Times has sought an on-the-record interview with Mr. Biden, as it has done with all presidents going back more than a century. If the president chooses not to sit down with The Times because he dislikes our independent coverage, that is his right, and we will continue to cover him fully and fairly either way."

The Times also says Biden's habit of avoiding interviews and questions from "major news organizations" undermines a "important norm" and "establishes a dangerous precedent that future presidents can use to avoid scrutiny and accountability".

The statement calls on Biden to sit down for interviews with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CNN and other "major independent news organizations".
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Yedioth Ahronoth:

○ Work on the Gaza pier is expected to be completed in several days.

○ "Whether the pier will ultimately succeed in boosting humanitarian aid is unclear."

○ An anonymous senior Biden administration official, said humanitarian aid coming off the pier will need to pass through Israeli checkpoints on land, despite having already been inspected by Israel in Cyprus prior to being shipped to Gaza.

○ Israel wants to prevent any aid getting to "Hamas fighters."

○ It is claimed that US troops will have boots on the ground in Gaza to operate activities on the pier. The effort will be helped by private contractors working for the US forces and distribution will be carried out by the World Food Organization's staff.

○ The Israeli military, in addition to providing security around the pier, will also "gather intelligence."

○ Israeli forces are afraid of potential ambushes from the Palestinian resistance. It is claimed that earlier this week rockets targeted the pier.
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Footage of some of the bodies recovered by the Gaza Civil Defense around the Nasser Medical Complex.