I saw in my dream that I was the sailor of Al-Majadala in Akka
About the dreams of Palestinians in exile, to liberate Palestine and return to it..

*From the movie “Dream” by Syrian director Muhammad Malas, which was filmed before the “Israeli” invasion of Beirut in 1982 in the Sabra, Shatila, Burj al-Barajneh, and Ain al-Hilweh camps.

Until the film's production date in 1987, the film's makers did not know the fate of its characters

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Note the timing for the “US proposal”, 31st May 2024.

Things about to happen:
• Mexico – 2nd June
• European Elections – 6th to 9th June
• Belgium federal and Bulgaria national elections – 9th June
• Kurdistan – 10th June
• Cyprus - June
• UK Elections – 4th July
• Syria – 15th July

Sounds like fear of losing control of the narrative to me.

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Belfast for Palestine – right now.

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🇨🇳Chinese Army Lieutenant General, Jing Jianfeng, at SLD 2024. "'Taiwan independence' means war.

The People's Liberation Army will never allow Taiwan to be split from China. We will never stop enhancing combat readiness, never stop our fight against Taiwan 'Independence Separatists', and never be soft on external interference.

On Middle East, the U.S. applies double standards and uses the so-called rules and order as rhetoric to serve its hegemony. It cherry-picks international rules to discipline others but not itself, and it is always condescending and willful.

In the month of May, the Chinese navy had the highest monthly record of vessels entering Taiwanese water-spaces, with 242. And the second highest monthly record of Chinese fighter jets entering Taiwanese airspaces, with 289.

The U.S. poses more threats to the international order,"

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Al Mayadeen:

With more than 98 percent of the votes from Wednesday's election counted, President Cyril Ramaphosa's African National Congress had only 40.15 percent support, a decline from the 57.5 percent it secured in 2019.

This marks a historic turning point for South Africa, as the party has enjoyed an absolute majority since 1994 when liberation leader Nelson Mandela led the nation into democratic rule.

"We have been talking with everybody even before the election," ANC's deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane told AFP on Friday, saying the party's decision-making body would set the course to follow after final results are announced.

"Anything must be based on principles and not an act of desperation."

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According to Bloomberg, as part of a new package of sanctions, the European Commission has proposed restrictions on lenders using the Russian central bank’s system for the transfer of financial messages, known as SPFS, to circumvent sanctions. Like SWIFT, it acts as a secure messaging network to facilitate interbank payments.

Use of the system nearly tripled last year compared with 2022. It’s now used by more than 150 foreign banks in some 20 countries including China, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.

Meanwhile, in the US, data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that people have never taken out loans so quickly.

At the end of the first quarter, U.S. household debt reached a record level: total debt increased to $17.69 trillion, an increase of $184 billion, or 1.1%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. As of March, 3.2% of outstanding debt was in some stage of delinquency. According to the Federal Reserve, this figure is still 1.5% lower than in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the growth rate is unprecedented. The data also show a wide range of credit card usage. About one in six credit card users utilize at least 90% of their available limit.

Overall, the picture is grim, especially considering that inflation shows no signs of stopping. It’s also worth noting that the moratorium on freezing student loan payments recently ended, making the situation even worse.

Just like inveterate gamblers, they keep bidding on war hoping it will solve their financial troubles without having to re-think their way to run their economies.

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