US Air Force Awards $13 Billion Doomsday Plane Contract to Sierra Nevada

The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to survive a nuclear war.

The Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) project is intended to replace the aging 1970s-era aircraft, which is approaching end-of-service life, an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement.

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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

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3/1 — Macron Doubles Down on Remarks About NATO Sending Troops to Ukraine

Pentagon Chief: If Ukraine Is Defeated, NATO Will Be At War With Russia

2/29 — European Official Says Everyone Knows There Are Western Special Operations Forces in Ukraine

2/29 — Putin Threatens NATO with Nuclear Strike if it Sends Troops to Ukraine

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IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah as Egypt Sends Top Intel Official to Avert Ground Offensive

Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation.

The Egyptian government on Friday (April 26) dispatched a high level delegation to Israel led by top intelligence official Abbas Kamel. The Associated Press reported he is presenting a "new vision" for prolonged ceasefire.

But key to a breakthrough is agreement on the remaining Israeli hostages being released, and the two sides seem no closer to achieving that. The Wall Street Journal cites that "Egyptian officials familiar with the negotiations say the talks toward a hostage deal have little chance of success, but hope to use the meetings to buy time for the U.S. and regional powers to pressure Israel to pause its plans to attack Rafah."

While things heat up in the south of the Strip, the IDF has reportedly allowed many displaced Palestinians to return to their homes in northern Gaza "with minimum restrictions."

According to more via WSJ: "The main stumbling block in the negotiations now is Hamas’s demand that any deal include a credible path to a permanent cease-fire, rather than a temporary pause in the fighting, according to Egyptian and other officials familiar with the negotiations."

As for Egypt, it is bracing for a likely massive refugee influx across its border and into Sinai should an all-out Rafah assault be unleashed. Both Egypt and Israel have been establishing camps; however, these would likely reach and overflow in capacity within 24 hours of a Rafah ground operation.

🔗Source: ZeroHedge

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US Troops Begin Building Gaza Port Ahead of Israel’s Rafah Invasion

The Israeli prime minister has suggested the US built port could assist in ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza

US troops have begun construction of a maritime port off the coast of Gaza, the Pentagon said on 26 April, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face further displacement ahead of Israel’s anticipated invasion of Rafah....

US President Joe Biden announced the building of the port on 7 March, claiming it would allow a large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza as the threat of famine loomed.

However, the plan to build the port was first suggested to Biden by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 22 October, shortly after the war began, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Speaking at a private meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee on 20 March, Netanyahu suggested the port could also facilitate the removal of Palestinians from Gaza, Kan News reported.

“As far as the State of Israel is concerned, there is no obstacle for the Gazans to leave, maybe even the port they are building could be used for this, but there are no countries in the world that are ready to receive them,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu’s statement raises fears the port could be used to expel Palestinians who have nowhere to flee ahead of Israel’s long-planned invasion of Rafah on the Gaza–Egypt border.

At the time of Biden’s 7 March announcement of the pier, Israeli officials were blocking most aid deliveries to Gaza overland by truck. A week before the announcement, the Israeli army fired into a crowd of hungry and starving people seeking to receive sacks of flour at Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City. Israeli fire and the subsequent stampede it caused killed 118.

Reuters reports that a senior White House official said humanitarian aid reaching the pier by sea “will need to pass through Israeli checkpoints on land. That is despite the aid having already been inspected by Israel in Cyprus prior to being shipped to Gaza.”

Israel claims it wants to prevent any aid from getting to Hamas fighters that would allow them to keep fighting occupying Israeli forces.

Reuters adds that Israeli checkpoints at the pier “raises questions about possible delays even after aid reaches shore. The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout Gaza.”

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Related: 4/25 — US-Led Gaza Pier Project Comes Under Mortar Fire as UN Officials Tour Site

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

— 🇮🇱/🇪🇬 NEW: 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

3/19 — Israel's blitz in Rafah expands with ‘no consideration’ for civilian lives: Ramallah

3/19 — Netanyahu Doubles Down On Plans To Invade Rafah In Response To US Objection

3/11 — Netanyahu Will Ignore Biden’s ‘Red Line’ Move Forward Attack Rafah

3/6 — Related: Leaked US Cable Acknowledges ‘Catastrophic’ Cost Of Israel’s Rafah Invasion

3/5 — Krystal Ball Shreds Propaganda Surrounding Israel's Flour Massacre

2/29 — 100+ Killed as Israeli Forces Open Fire on Hungry Palestinians at Gaza Food Lines, Palestinian Health Ministry Says

2/26 — US Official Admits Israeli Actions Make It ‘Virtually Impossible’ to Distribute Aid in Gaza

2/22 — Israeli Forces Fired on Food Convoy In Gaza, UN Documents and Satellite Analysis Reveals: CNN

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

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The Biggest Banking EleFiat in the Room: The Federal Reserve Requirement — Or The Lack of One

How the Federal Reserve Ratio Change Down to ZERO PERCENT in 2020 Contributed to The Crisis Unfolding Today

The Silicon Valley Bank(SVB) collapse happened, sending shockwaves of worry throughout the banking industry and finance sector as more bank failures followed...Credit Suisse(CS) was sold to UBS, who was forced by the Swiss government to buy the company in March at a “price per share marked a 99% decline from Credit Suisse’s peak in 2007.”

Silvergate and Signature Banks also failed, and rumors persist around Deutsche Bank and First Republic Bank.

But there is little discussion about the root issue —Fractional Reserve Banking.. More specifically: Undefined “Fractional” Reserve Banking.

You might be asking, “Why is that ‘fractional’ in quotes?”

Because….

The reserve ratio was lowered to an unprecedented figure of 0% in 2020..

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BREAKING: Republic First Bank has been seized and closed by regulators

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Netanyahu on ICC: "We Will Not Bow To It"

"Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by theICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense.

The threat to seize the soldiers and officials of the Middle East’s only democracy and the world’s only Jewish state is outrageous. We will not bow to it...

While the ICC will not affect Israel’s actions, it would set a dangerous precedent that threatens the soldiers and officials of all democracies fighting savage terrorism and wanton aggression."

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Related: 4/22 UN Report Demolishes Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against UNRWA

4/17 - Israel Hinders UN Query Into 7 Oct Events

12/8 — Netanyahu: Investigating Israel's War Crimes is "Pure Anti-Semitism"

1/26 — UNRWA Sacks Staffers Who Allegedly Participated In Oct. 7 Attack; US Halts Funding [and Canada]

1/26 — ICJ Ruling On Gaza Genocide Is A Historic Victory For The Palestinians That Israel Vows To Defy

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Russia Will Target U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Poland if They Appear

Russia has warned that Poland will make itself a 'priority target' if it hosts NATO nuclear weapons on its territory.

In a Thursday (April 25) statement Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said "Moves in this direction will not provide greater security (for Poland or other nations that host such weapons)." Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stipulated that "any nuclear weapons deployed to Poland would be legitimate targets in the event of war with the alliance." Russian media translations said Moscow would see this as a "priority target."

All of this was in response to words issued by Polish President Andrzej Duda in a Monday (April 22) interview. He said his country is "ready" to host nuclear weapons should NATO decide to do so as reinforcement of its eastern flank. It remains that the United States chiefly supplies and oversees NATO's nuclear-sharing program, thus any possible future nukes in Poland would be supplied by Washington.

"Russia is increasingly militarizing the Königsberg oblast (Kaliningrad). Recently, it has been relocating its nuclear weapons to Belarus," Duda continued, apparently wanting to match and mirror Russian moves. Indeed, Belarus is now believed to host possibly dozens of Russian tactical nukes.

"If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear sharing on our territory as well, in order to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready for it," the Polish president had added.

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Trump Considers Plan to Sanction Countries That Abandon the Dollar

Economic advisers to former US President Donald Trump are looking for options to stop countries from shifting away from the US dollar as it faces a growing challenge from emerging markets, including BRICS nations, Bloomberg reported on Friday (April 26).

The presumptive Republican nominee for the November presidential election and his team are discussing penalties against both allies and adversaries who seek to divert their trade from dollars to other currencies. The options could include export controls, currency manipulation charges, and tariffs, the outlet said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The global trend toward using national currencies in trade instead of the dollar gained significant momentum after Russia was cut off from the Western financial system and had its foreign reserves frozen in 2022, as part of Ukraine-related sanctions.

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Third State Dept Official Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy

The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has resigned over Washington's Gaza war policy, in the third senior level resignation from the department since the war began.

Hala Rharrit, a Palestinian-American, posted her resignation on the LinkedIn social media site, stating: "I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States' Gaza policy."

Rharrit, who joined the State Department as a political and human rights officer, was also the department's Dubai regional media hub deputy director.

When asked about the resignation, a State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday (April 25) that the department has channels for its staff to share views when they disagree with government policies.

In late March, Annelle Sheline, a foreign affairs officer in the State Department's human rights bureau, stepped down in protest over the Biden administration’s support for Israel, saying it had made her job promoting human rights "almost impossible."

Earlier, veteran State Department official Josh Paul, a former director overseeing US arms transfers, resigned over Biden’s "destructive, unjust" supply of arms to Israel just days after the war on Gaza began.

In January, a senior Palestinian-American official in the US Education Department, Tariq Habash, resigned from his post, saying he could no longer "stay silent as this administration turns a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinian lives."

...In November, more than 1,000 US Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, part of the State Department, signed an open letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Cables criticizing the administration’s policy have also been filed with the State Department’s internal dissent channel.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle, Middle East Eye

Related: 1/22 — Dems Calls for Biden to Rethink Unconditional Support of Israel

1/14 — US govt staffers prepare mass walkout to protest Biden's Gaza policies

11/15 — Internal State Department Memo Accused Biden of ‘Misinformation’ on Israel-Hamas War

11/10 — More Than 500 Biden Campaign Alumni Want a Gaza Ceasefire

11/7 — State Department Officials Slam Biden’s Israel Policy in Dissent Memo

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Yen Sinks to 34-Year Low After Bank of Japan Holds Interest Rates Near Zero

Governor Kazuo Ueda says weakening currency is having ‘no major impact’ on underlying inflation

The yen tumbled to a fresh 34-year low on Friday after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold and offered no indication it was in a hurry to arrest the currency’s slide with higher borrowing costs.

The Japanese currency traded as low as ¥157.78 to the dollar after BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda said the weakness of the yen was so far having “no major impact” on Japanese inflationary pressures, fuelling speculation that the government might directly intervene in markets to support the currency.

Earlier, BoJ policymakers had voted unanimously to keep benchmark interest rates within a range of about zero to 0.1 per cent.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Financial Times

Related: 4/17 — Japan’s Yen Sinks To Fresh 34-Year Low Against Dollar

WSJ: Yen Hits New Multidecade Low on Middle East Tensions

4/16 — 💸 Bank of Japan Brings Negative Rate Experiment to a Close

3/19 — The Bank Of Japan Ends Its Negative Interest Rate Policy, Opting For Its First Hike In 17 Years

1/13/23 — Japan Yields Break Central Bank Ceiling As Markets Press for Policy Shift

" Yields on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bonds breached the central bank's new ceiling on Friday in the market's most direct challenge yet to decades of uber-easy monetary policy."

12/20 — Japan will now allow 10-year yields to trade as high as 0.50% - Why This Matters - Post 1

Bank of Japan Lifts Yield Ceiling, Shocks Global Markets

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Egypt’s Intel Chief in Tel Aviv To Urge ‘Delay’ of Rafah Op

The new Egyptian proposal also calls for a one-year ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza

The head of Egyptian intelligence, Abbas Kamel, will travel to Tel Aviv on 26 April for talks on a Gaza truce and prisoner exchange, coming as Cairo has put forth a new proposal for a deal.

Kamel will meet with the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, and the head of Israel’s National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported. It added that the Egyptian intelligence chief will present Cairo’s proposal during the talks.

The Egyptian proposal reportedly calls for a postponement of Israel’s planned attack on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, as well as an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, freedom of movement on the strip’s main roads, and the return of the displaced to their homes.

A one-year ceasefire is also included in the proposal. Prisoner exchanges would be spread out across several stages, according to the plan. Hamas is reportedly demanding 50 Palestinian prisoners for every Israeli soldier released and 30 for every non-combatant Israeli.

According to Hebrew reports, Israel may be willing to back down on an original demand for 40 of its prisoners to be released and will accept 20 prisoners instead. Other Hebrew reports cited an official as saying that Israel will not accept 20 prisoners and that the number being considered is actually 33.

Hebrew media reported on Thursday that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and the Israeli military’s prisoner envoy to the talks, Nitzan Alon, presented ideas to the war cabinet on how Tel Aviv could potentially make compromises on its position in order to secure a deal with Hamas.

Hamas has consistently demanded no less than an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, a permanent ceasefire and end to the war, return of the displaced, and reconstruction of the strip.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 4/26 — Egypt Holds ‘Secret’ Intel Meeting with Israel on Rafah

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

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

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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Oil Refineries Again Despite White House Pleas

Just days after the Biden administration signed a new military aid package worth billions of dollars to Ukraine, Kyiv launched a series of suicide drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Biden's top officials have pleaded with Kyiv to stop attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure because of the fears that turmoil in crude markets would send pump prices in the US higher ahead of the presidential elections in November.

"Our region is again under attack by Ukrainian UAVs," Smolensk Governor Vasily Anokhin wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday (April 24). Kamikaze drones damaged oil facilities in western Russia.

Another drone attack hit the Lipetsk region further south, which is home to steel production plants and pharmaceutical sites, Governor Igor Artamonov said.

"The Kyiv criminal regime tried to hit infrastructure in Lipetsk industrial zone," Artamonov said.

The Moscow Times pointed out:

A source in the Ukrainian defense sector confirmed to AFP on Wednesday that drones in the service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had carried out the attacks.

The source made no mention of the attack on Lipetsk but claimed two oil depots were destroyed in the Smolensk region.

"Rosneft lost two storage and pumping bases for fuels and lubricants in the towns of Yartsevo and Rozdorovo," the source said, referring to the Russian state-controlled energy giant.

The Financial Times, citing unnamed US officials, recently said long-range drones have hit at least 20 energy facilities deep within Russia so far this year.

🔗Source: ZeroHedge

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Thomas Massie: Bipartisan Effort to Equate Criticism of Israel with Violence Towards Jews

Rep Thomas Massie: There’s a bipartisan effort in Congress to equate criticism of the secular state of Israel to violence toward Jewish people in America.

The latter is illegal and the former is protected speech, but if a false equivalency is established, it will be forbidden to criticize Israel.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Thomas Massie

Related: 3/16 — Thomas Massie: "Do Not Tell Me this TikTok Ban Bill Will Be Just Fine!"

2/4 — Thomas Massie: "So now if I don’t vote for massive foreign aid that goes primarily to the military industrial complex, I’m anti-Semitic filth? Your unfounded slurs will not change my vote because America is broke and my constituents can afford no more."

1/22 — Massie, CNN Anchor Battle Over Israel, Antisemitism Resolution

11/16 — Massie Calls Out Israel Lobby Running Ads Against Him Because He Voted No To Sending Them Additional Taxpayer Dollars

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Thomas Massie Condemns Federal "Antisemitism Monitors" as Unconstitutional

Rep. Thomas Massie: "Some of my colleagues are introducing legislation to create federally sanctioned "antisemitism monitors" at colleges.

I’ll vote No.

Policing speech, religion, and assembly is not the role of the federal government. In fact it’s expressly prohibited by the U.S. Constitution."

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Rep. Thomas Massie

Related: 4/27 — Thomas Massie: Bipartisan Effort to Equate Criticism of Israel with Violence Towards Jews

2/4 — Thomas Massie: "So now if I don’t vote for massive foreign aid that goes primarily to the military industrial complex, I’m anti-Semitic filth? Your unfounded slurs will not change my vote because America is broke and my constituents can afford no more."

11/16 — Massie Calls Out Israel Lobby Running Ads Against Him Because He Voted No To Sending Them Additional Taxpayer Dollars

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❗️Israeli Walla website:
The new Egyptian-Israeli proposal includes major concessions on the part of Israel, including for the first time an implicit willingness to discuss ending the war, a readiness for the displaced to fully return to their homes, and the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the corridor that divides the Strip.

Snowden: "Remember the expansion of warrantless spying that Biden rammed through Congress and signed into law a week ago despite public outcry? That the FBI had already used to spy on Americans more than 278,000 times? You'll never guess what he's using right now against student protests:"

Waleed Shahid: "Israel hawks, including the Anti-Defamation League, call for FISA to be used to surveil and spy on student, anti-war activists in order to combat "foreign terrorists and other overseas adversaries."

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Edward Snowden

Related: 4/27 — Thomas Massie Condemns Federal "Antisemitism Monitors" as Unconstitutional

Thomas Massie: Bipartisan Effort to Equate Criticism of Israel with Violence Towards Jews

4/24 — Yeah, that's it. Violently quash pro-Palestine protests at universities, ban TikTok to ensure the suppression of pro-Palestine content, and saturate the boomer media with obvious propaganda. That'll make the kids love Israel.

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Biden Refuses To Sanction Israeli Units Behind ‘Gross’ War Crimes

The crimes committed by these units include torture, rape, and executions

The government of US President Joe Biden has decided against imposing sanctions on Israeli army units responsible for human rights violations against Palestinians, despite initial plans to do so.

ABC News reported on 26 April that a government assessment determined that three battalions in the Israeli army committed “gross human rights violations” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “but will remain eligible for US military aid regardless because of steps Israel says it’s taking to address the problem.”

The assessment, which has not been made public, was outlined in a letter written by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to House Speaker Mike Johnson, which the news network obtained.

The rights violations committed by Israeli forces “will not delay the delivery of any US assistance and Israel will be able to receive the full amount appropriated by Congress.” Billions in US aid to Israel was approved by Biden just two days ago after passing in the Senate on Tuesday.

The violations in question were committed prior to 7 October and took place in the occupied West Bank. They include the execution of Palestinians by Israeli border police, as well as torture and rape during interrogation.

None are related to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, the majority of whom were women and children.

Yet the decision is expected to frustrate many critics of the Biden administration who believe Washington has not done enough to hold Israel accountable for war crimes.

Under the US Leahy Law, Washington should withhold military aid to states committing severe human rights abuses. Yet the law allows exceptions if measures are taken to punish those responsible.


An informed source told ABC that Israel and the US have a “special agreement” that Washington must consult with Tel Aviv over any decision relating to foreign assistance. The source added that these consultations are ongoing.

Blinken’s letter states that four of the Israeli army units have undergone “remediation” steps, meaning that those within the units that are responsible for the crimes have been internally held accountable.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 21 April: “If anyone thinks they can impose sanctions on a unit of the IDF, I will fight it with all my strength.”

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: 4/26 — Netanyahu on ICC: "We Will Not Bow To It"

4/22 — US May Impose Sanctions on Israel Army Unit for Human Rights Violations

4/18 — Blinken Shelves Special Request to Probe Israeli War Crimes: Report

4/5 — UN Rights Body Demands Israel Be Held Accountable for Possible ‘War Crimes’, Calls for Halt to Weapons Shipments to Israel

4/2 — Netanyahu: Whole World Is Ganging up on Us. It’s a Combination of Ignorance and Antisemitism

3/29 — US Loosens Sanctions on Violent Israeli Settlers
[Earlier -> 2/1 — Biden Issues Sanctions on Israeli Settlers That Attack Palestinians in West Bank]

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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Calls Our Texas Governor Greg Abbot for Arresting Protestors

The FIRE sent a letter to Jay Hartzell, president of the University of Texas at Austin, in response to the disturbing display of force and free speech violations that occurred on UT Austin’s campus yesterday afternoon.

A group called the Palestinian Solidarity Committee of Austin planned to stage a “Popular University for Gaza” walk-out just before noon on April 24. Their plan, which the committee announced the day before, was to march to the campus’ South Lawn, where teach-ins, study breaks, pizza, and an art workshop would take place along with a talk from a guest speaker.

However, at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the university, the protestors were met with a phalanx of law enforcement officers — including campus police and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers — who proceeded to order the protestors to disperse. This led to more than 50 arrests and countless violations of student and faculty free speech rights — including a photojournalist with a local Fox affiliate station whom officers tackled to the ground before imposing trespassing charges.

The tension surrounding the event had been brewing for some time. On March 27, Gov. Abbott issued an executive order targeting anti-Semitism at state universities, dictating amendments to their speech policies to “address the sharp rise in antisemitic speech and acts on university campuses and establish appropriate punishments, including expulsion.”

Threatening expulsion for expression that some — or even many — may find offensive is a speech-chilling encroachment on students’ First Amendment rights. This is especially true when “anti-Semitism” is defined to target core political speech — such as criticism of Israel — which FIRE has warned Abbott’s order effectively does.

Abbott’s order also named student organizations specifically — including the Palestine Solidarity Committee — giving the distinct impression that the viewpoints these groups espouse are at the center of the governor’s crosshairs in particular.

https://www.thefire.org/news/texas-tramples-first-amendment-rights-police-crackdown-pro-palestinian-protests

Rafah Operation Poses ‘Disaster for Israel’: Ex-Army Commander

The former officer said Hamas is planning a 'strategic ambush' for Israeli troops upon their upcoming entry into Rafah

Former Israeli army officer, Major General Israel Ziv, said on 26 April that Hamas’ military wing is preparing an ambush to confront Israeli forces upon their entry into Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, where the army’s long-planned invasion is approaching.

Hamas is working on a “strategic ambush” for when Israeli troops decide to enter Rafah, Ziv said, adding that this would be a “disaster for Israel.”

“The Rafah invasion poses a high risk, one higher than everything [Israel] did in Gaza, given the fact that Rafah is a very crowded place and difficult to fight in, as well as the US and Egypt's sensitivity toward it,” the former officer said, according to Al-Mayadeen.

His comments came two days after a joint statement released by several Palestinian resistance factions, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, in which they vowed to confront any upcoming attack on Rafah.

The Palestinian resistance “will not sit idly by” as Israeli troops enter Rafah, the statement said, adding that “all options [for escalation] are on the table.”

The factions vowed in the statement “to defend our people and counter the aggression with full force and responsibility, promising to teach the Zionist enemy a lesson it will never forget.”

Israel claims Rafah is Hamas’ final stronghold, despite the group’s military wing being entrenched across Gaza along with several other resistance factions.

Hamas’ Qassam Brigades said on 25 April that they destroyed an Israeli surveillance site in a mortar attack in the central Gaza Strip.

The southernmost city of Rafah holds over one million people, and military operations there pose the threat of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.

Israel’s plan to evacuate the city involves moving Rafah’s civilian population upwards towards the southern city of Khan Yunis, according to recent reports. Recently published satellite images show a large tent compound in Khan Yunis and Israeli troop gatherings at army bases and outposts near the strip – signaling that the invasion of Rafah may be imminent.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

Related: Related: 4/26 — Egypt’s Intel Chief in Tel Aviv To Urge ‘Delay’ of Rafah Op

IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah as Egypt Sends Top Intel Official to Avert Ground Offensive

4/25 — Egypt Holds ‘Secret’ Intel Meeting with Israel on Rafah

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

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

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