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  • Man who helped smuggle more than 3,000 people into Europe jailed

    05/20/2025 9:07:05 AM PDT · by Republicans 2016 2020 · 9 replies
    BBC News ^ | May 20, 2025 | Adina Campbell
    An Egyptian fisherman who helped organise the movement of more than 3,000 migrants as part of a £12 million illegal boat crossing operation has been jailed for 25 years. UK-based Ahmed Ebid, 42, was involved in smuggling nearly 3,800 people from North Africa to Italy between October 2022 and June 2023, with some making their way to Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Ebid is the first person in the UK to be convicted of being involved in people smuggling across the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Italy. He arrived in the UK on a small boat in 2022...
  • Footage disproves repeating claims of Gaza starvation as war ramps up.

    05/18/2025 3:24:21 PM PDT · by Words Matter · 3 replies
    Ynet ^ | 05.18.25 | Lior Ben Ari
    WFP warns of starvation in Gaza as aid trucks stall at the border but reports highlight high food access to Gazans despite conflicting claims . The World Food Program (WFP) warned Sunday that families in Gaza are starving while food trucks pile up at the border, calling the situation “a race against time.” The organization urged the international community to take immediate action to restore aid flows into the Strip. While these allegations dominate political speeches and media headlines, the reality in Gaza appears more complex. Though some markets in Gaza have been photographed empty, residents have also shared images...
  • Trump sidelines Netanyahu in Middle East policy as relations deteriorate

    05/08/2025 4:46:46 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 55 replies
    Israel Hayom ^ | 05-08-2025 | Ariel Kahana
    Trump is furious about what he views as an attempt by Netanyahu and his team to pressure National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who has since been dismissed from his position, toward military action in Iran. Netanyahu claimed in response to the publication of this matter in The Washington Post that he spoke with Waltz only once. However, Trump remained unconvinced. The president's anger likely explains Israel's exclusion from both the announcement regarding the ceasefire with the Houthis and Israel's inclusion in the agreement. It's worth noting that even after Trump announced the agreement with the Houthis, Israeli representatives handling relations...
  • Shock Poll: Majority of American Muslims DON’T Oppose Trump’s Gaza Plan; Take Anger Out on DEMOCRATS!

    05/06/2025 10:06:54 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 05/06/2025 | Scott Pinsker
    Of all the Middle East peace plans that’ve been proposed since 1948, President Trump’s was the first one that featured bearded dancers and casinos. His video representation of “Trump Gaza” (that he posted online) speaks for itself:CLICK ABOVE ARTICLE LINK FOR THE VIDEO One of the PR benefits of adopting an over-the-top persona is, you can’t ridicule what’s already ridiculous. The Economist dubbed the “Trump Gaza” A.I. video “a weird new genre of political communication,” where policy proposals are insulated from controversy under the pretext of absurdism.It’s also funny. And those cocktails look yummy:Donald Trump shares wild AI video clip...
  • The Muslim Messiah is Here and He is Coming to Replace the Pope

    05/05/2025 5:13:29 AM PDT · by Twotone · 48 replies
    Israel 365 News ^ | April 30, 2025 | Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
    A powerful figure has emerged in the Muslim world, and his newly founded religion is gaining followers worldwide. Shockingly, on Easter Sunday, his followers declared him to be the new pope, and the next day, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had passed away. Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq, commonly known as Abdullah Hashem, was born in 1983 in Indiana to an Egyptian father and an American mother. He is an Egyptian-American and the founder of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya community discriminated against in Pakistan. He claims to be the...
  • In a reverse of stance, US says UN Palestinian refugee agency isn’t immune from lawsuits

    04/28/2025 3:00:22 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 3 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 4:22 PM CDT, April 28, 2025 | ERIC TUCKER
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has decided that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is not immune from being sued, reversing the U.S. government’s position that the organization was protected from civil liability.The Justice Department revealed its new stance in a letter it filed in federal court in New York on Thursday as part of a lawsuit that aims to hold the agency, known as UNRWA, accountable for the Oct. 7, 2023, deadly attack on Israel by Hamas. The change in position underscores the hardened perspective toward the agency under the Trump administration following allegations by Israel that some...
  • Saudi Arabia Opposed Obama's Deal With Iran. It Supports Trump's. Why?

    04/21/2025 4:30:53 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    New York Slimes ^ | April 20, 2025 | Vivian Nereim. Leily Nikounazar contributed reporting from Brussels.
    Ten years ago, when President Barack Obama and other leaders reached a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, Saudi Arabia was dismayed.Saudi officials called it a "weak deal" that had only emboldened the kingdom's regional rival, Iran. They cheered when President Trump withdrew from the agreement a few years later.Now, as a second Trump administration negotiates with Iran on a deal that might have very similar contours to the previous one, the view from Saudi Arabia looks quite different.The kingdom's Foreign Ministry issued a statement recently saying that it hoped the talks, mediated by neighboring Oman, would enhance...
  • 50 years ago today, on April 13 1975, Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a church in Beirut, killing 4 Christians.

    04/18/2025 8:50:29 AM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies
    X ^ | Apr 13, 2025 | Visegrád 24
    50 years ago today, on April 13 1975, Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a church in Beirut, killing 4 Christians. It was the start of the Lebanese Civil War It would destroy the Christian-majority country that had been one the best and safest countries in the Middle East ... A tragic reminder of how quickly violence can destroy a once-peaceful nation. Lebanon was truly a jewel of the Middle East before extremism tore it apart. We must learn from history to prevent these devastating sectarian conflicts from repeating. ... Same plan for America. ... Islam destroys everything it touches. ......
  • Regtechtimes 16.4K Followers Aggressive Tariffs Fuel BRICS’ Strategic Push Toward Dollar-Free Trade

    04/11/2025 4:08:31 AM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 15 replies
    The BRICS group of nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—has long aimed to challenge Western-controlled financial systems and reduce the world’s reliance on the US dollar. Now, that mission is getting an unexpected push, thanks to new tariff policies introduced by US President Donald Trump. BRICS Bloc Gains Momentum Amid US Trade Setbacks Trump has declared what he calls “Liberation Day,” a move that marks one of the biggest protectionist trade shifts since the 1930s. These new tariffs target both enemies and allies, and are expected to slow trade, increase prices in the US, and put brakes on global...
  • Report: Iran Retreating from Trump After He Pounds Houthis in Yemen

    04/04/2025 6:37:26 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/03/2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    Iran is beating a retreat from Yemen, where it has backed the Houthi rebels, who in turn have launched missiles and drones against Israel, and have also attacked international shipping in the Red Sea, as well as western naval vessels. The reason: U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a relentless assault on the Houthis while also restoring a “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions that makes it impossible for Iran to sustain its overseas terror proxies. The UK Telegraph reported on Thursday: Iran has ordered military personnel to leave Yemen, abandoning its Houthi allies as the US escalates an air strike...
  • Why Trump’s Saudi trip matters for the Trump doctrine - analysis

    04/02/2025 6:23:21 AM PDT · by silent majority rising · 4 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | April 2nd, 2025 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN
    Reports this week indicated that US President Donald Trump may visit Saudi Arabia in the coming months. This is important because it would be his first trip abroad as president. It will also be a repeat of a trip he took during his first term. During his first term, in May 2017, he travelled to Saudi Arabia for the US-Arab-Islamic Summit. He met with Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during that trip, among other leaders who attended During the May 2017 trip, Trump said, “I stand before you as a representative of the American People, to...
  • USAID In Egypt Had Me Detained For Walking In And Asking If It’s Following Trump’s Orders

    02/25/2025 11:31:44 AM PST · by EnderWiggin1970 · 16 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 2/25/25 | Larry Taunton
    The destruction of this rogue agency cannot come soon enough. For some years now, I have been tracking globalist initiatives at both ends: at the point where the ideological rounds are chambered and downrange where they affect the lives of millions as public policies. This has taken me from places like Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum meets annually, to cartel towns in Colombia where illegal aliens board Zodiacs bound for the Darién Gap and thousands of them simply disappear. I’ve also been tracking how USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, via a series of NGOs, has...
  • Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree

    01/28/2025 9:07:39 AM PST · by fruser1 · 44 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 1/28/2025 | Jacob Magid
    US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan, shrugging off wall-to-wall opposition to the proposal from Arab leaders. Egyptian media on Tuesday cited government sources as saying that Trump and Sissi had yet to speak. If they did, Sissi’s office would issue a readout, the Egyptian officials told local media. The US president on Saturday floated the idea to “clean out” Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas had reduced the Palestinian territory to what he called a “demolition...
  • Sweeping Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms for Israel and Egypt [Updated 4:39PM]

    01/25/2025 3:16:20 PM PST · by bimboeruption · 16 replies
    NYT ^ | 1-25-25 | Edward Wong
    A sudden and sweeping halt to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration does not apply to weapons support to Israel and Egypt and emergency food assistance, according to a memo issued by the department to bureaus and U.S. missions overseas on Friday. The same day, the White House told the Pentagon it could proceed with a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that President Biden abruptly halted last summer to try to dissuade the Israeli military from destroying much of the city of Rafah. Israeli forces went ahead with bombing the city. The shipment has 1,800 MK-84 bombs, said...
  • US orders halt to virtually all foreign aid except for Israel and Egypt

    01/24/2025 8:40:46 PM PST · by bimboeruption · 34 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 1-24-25 | Unknown to me
    The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has ordered a halt to virtually all US foreign aid, but made an exception for funding to Israel and Egypt, according to an internal memo to staff at the US state department. “No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed and approved … as consistent with President Trump’s agenda,” said the memo. The sweeping order appears to affect everything from development assistance to military aid – including potentially to Ukraine, which received billions of dollars in weapons under...
  • Good News: Hamas Keeps Getting Deader

    03/25/2025 9:10:53 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 34 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/25/2025 | Stephen Green
    One good way to tell if your effort to eliminate your enemy's leadership is going well is if you blow up their new defacto prime minister before his people have had a chance to learn that the old prime minister had been blown up, too. True story. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Hamas PM Ismail Barhoum was killed in an Israeli Air Force (IAF) airstrike just five days after his predecessor (pre-deceasor?) Issam al-Da’alis was — you guessed it! — killed in an IAF airstrike. With an almost coy dryness, the Journal headline read, "Israel Is Killing Hamas...
  • Grok: Expressed in billions of dollars list the five countries and five corporations that will benefit most from the U.S. military activity to eliminate shipping disruptions caused by the Houthi near the Red Sea. ... (China and others are freeloading)

    03/24/2025 9:21:46 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 24 replies
    X.com ^ | 3/15/25 | Rep. Thomas Massie
    Grok: Expressed in billions of dollars list the five countries and five corporations that will benefit most from the U.S. military activity to eliminate shipping disruptions caused by the Houthi near the Red Sea. China is 1st. 🇺🇸 isn’t in the top 5... ...
  • BREAKING: Pete Hegseth answered a question about the Signal Chats: "So you're talking about a deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes..." (Video at URL)

    03/24/2025 5:18:23 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 105 replies
    X.com ^ | 3/24/25 | Gunther Eagleman
    "BREAKING: Pete Hegseth answered a question about the Signal Chats: "So you're talking about a deceitful and highly discredited, so-called journalist who's made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again to include the, I don't know, the hoaxes of Russia, Russia, Russia, or the fine people on both sides hoax or suckers and losers hoax." "So this is the guy that pedals in the garbage. This is what he does." "I would love to comment on the Houthi campaign because of the skill and courage of our troops, I've monitored it very closely from the beginning."' ...
  • Witkoff: Hamas Can Stay in Gaza. [Duped by two-faced Qataris]

    03/24/2025 2:48:24 AM PDT · by Milagros · 7 replies
    FrontPageMag ^ | Mar 23, 2025
    Steven Witkoff, the Trump administration’s official envoy who had past business ties to Qatar, sat down with Tucker Carlson, the former FOX News talking head turned Qatari apologist who had recently featured Qatar’s leader, to talk about how wonderful Qatar is... Qatar is not a mediator. It’s a state sponsor of Hamas and other Islamic terrorist groups. By collaborating with Qatar, Witkoff is by definition collaborating with Hamas.
  • Archaeologists Claim They Have Found a ‘Vast Underground City’ Underneath Egypt’s Giza Pyramids

    03/23/2025 2:00:21 PM PDT · by Tom Tetroxide · 115 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 22MAR2025 | Ben Kew
    Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of a massive underground city lying beneath Egypt’s famous Giza pyramids. Researchers from Italy and Scotland used advanced radar technology to produce detailed images from deep below the surface, revealing possible hidden structures 10 times the size of the pyramids themselves. The report highlights eight distinct vertical, cylinder-shaped formations stretching over 2,100 feet beneath the pyramids, along with a series of additional unidentified structures located another 4,000 feet further down. However, some experts remain skeptical of the claim, insisting that such a feat would be structurally impossible. -------- Mail Online reported: Professor Lawrence Conyers,...