Link The CIA director, William Burns, is expected to join teams from Hamas and Israel in Cairo today for negotiations over a ceasefire and prisoner exchange as international pressure increases to advance the talks. Israel’s delegation includes its heads of intelligence, David Barnea of the Mossad and Ronen Bar, the director of Shin Bet. Also […]
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Poland as a New Nuclear Superpower?
Newsweek NATO member Poland should eventually get nuclear weapons as a security measure, a top Polish general has said. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Warsaw has been a key supporter of Kyiv and has warned of the danger posed by the Kremlin, which has made repeated nuclear threats. Without mentioning Russia by name, Brigadier […]
Had wanted to get this interview here last week- Unfortunately time was not on my side. Maybe some of you have listened already? If not, give a listen today or when ever you can. Absence of US Strategy, Middle East & Ukraine – John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
Ukrainian president had said ‘reset’ in leadership was necessary Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the appointment of four new military commanders, a shake-up he earlier said was necessary. According to a decree published by the presidency on Sunday, Zelenskyy appointed Oleksandr Pavliuk as the new commander of Ground Forces, after the post was vacated by […]
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Syrskyi the butcher?
Kyiv Post However, even despite the understanding of the inevitable, the evening of Feb. 8 was a shock for Ukrainians. Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and other platforms. Everywhere. Everyone wrote about the dismissal of Zaluzhny and the appointment of Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky in his place. According to Zelensky, this is the reboot that the military […]
Link to the interview via Rumble I’ve only gotten through the first hour as of now- the history lesson was interesting. Am going to try to catch the rest some time today. Did anyone else listen? And if you did do you want to share some thoughts? Feel free to do so.
Good article from Responsible State Craft, emphasizing how the media manages your perception by reporting or not reporting on what is really happening. Or what the facts of a matter, any matter, really are. Lies of omission are still lies. Brief explanation below The particular focus is on “topical silences,” those cases where failure to […]
Let’s see how this works out for Zelensky? Syrskyi is main candidate to replace Zaluzhnyi as Commander-in-Chief The most likely candidate to replace Valerii Zaluzhnyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine. Euractiv Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed on Thursday (8 February) Ukraine’s top […]
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Israel’s Dodgy Dossier
No evidence for allegations Channel 4 noted Monday that all 13,000 of UNRWA’s Gaza employees’ names “have been checked against the U.N. terrorism list and, as recently as last May, were vetted and approved by Israel.” Ashish Prashar, a spokesperson for Gaza Voices, said in response to the new reporting that “we now know that […]
Headline from print version ( link to digital version) The Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals, headed by Justice Jules Deschênes, completed an important report into its investigation on Holocaust war criminals living in Canada in 1986. It was accompanied by an assessment by scholar Alti Rodal, a document that Justice Deschênes said deserved “wide […]