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Trump moves to prepare Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 ‘criminal illegal aliens’

 By Greg Wehner Fox NewsTrump to send 30,000 ‘criminal illegal aliens’ to Guantanamo Bay

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he would instruct the Pentagon to prepare Guantanamo Bay to detain 30,000 “criminal illegal aliens.”

“Today I’m also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay,” Trump said. “Most people don’t even know about it.”

It was later learned that Trump signed a presidential memorandum, not an executive order, on the matter.

He said there are 30,000 beds at Guantanamo to house the detainees who pose a threat to the American public, adding that putting them there will ensure they do not come back.

“Some of them are so bad, we don’t even trust their countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back,” Trump said. “We’re going to send them to Guantanamo.”

He added, “It’s a tough place to get out of.”

The president said the move will bring the U.S. one step closer to “eradicating the scourge” of migrant crime in communities, once and for all.

He also called on Congress to provide full funding for the complete and total restoration of U.S. borders and financial support to remove record numbers of illegal aliens.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called Trump’s move to send 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo an “act of brutality.”

“In an act of brutality, the new US government announces the imprisonment at the Guantanamo Naval Base, located in illegally occupied territory [Cuba], of thousands of migrants that it forcibly expels, and will place them next to the well-known prisons of torture and illegal detention,” he said in a translated post on X.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News’ Will Cain on the “Will Cain Show” on Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay is already being used to house illegal immigrants, particularly the worst of the worst.

She confirmed Trump’s mission to use resources to expand the capacity at Guantanamo, and said her department will make sure resources are placed there to ensure there is enough space to get criminal illegal aliens out of the U.S.

Also appearing on Cain’s show was his former colleague, and now Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who was stationed at the facility from 2004 to 2005.

Hegseth explained that Gitmo is the perfect option for rounding up tens of thousands of illegal aliens and sending them back to their countries of origin with proper processing. He said it is better to be held in a safe location like Guantanamo Bay, which was built for this.

“The [Department of Defense} – in conjunction with [Homeland Security] – will immediately expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (‘Gitmo’) to Full Capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens we have deported,” Hegseth said in a post on X.

“Gitmo has been used for DECADES, including under Democrat presidents like Bill Clinton, to temporarily house migrants,” he continued. “This is not the detention facilities (where I served) for Al Qaeda; this is using specific facilities for migrants/illegals on other parts of the naval station.”

On Tuesday, the Trump administration rolled out a social media thread highlighting the latest apprehensions conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the president’s immigration crackdown became a reality.

“969 TOTAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ARRESTS by ICE were recorded yesterday, January 27, 2025,” the White House shared on X. “HERE ARE SOME OF THE WORST.”

The post shows nine different illegal immigrants who have already been convicted of crimes, such as child rape, or who have alleged links to gangs and terrorist organizations and other serious crimes.

Trump’s 2024 campaign promised to curb illegal immigration that skyrocketed under the Biden administration. The 47th president promised to deport migrants, including those who had long rap sheets or ties to gangs or terrorist organizations.

On the first day of his second term, Trump issued ten executive orders aimed at overhauling U.S. immigration law and policy. After less than a week back in the Oval Office, Trump said he is keeping his promises.

His executive orders included sealing the U.S. asylum system for those without proper documents, discharging the military with deporting immigration violators and tasking ICE with removing migrants.

Since Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, armed federal immigration agents have swept cities in the first deportation raids.

Over the last week, the Department of Homeland Security said “law enforcement officials have removed and returned 7,300 illegal aliens.”

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Via https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-moves-prepare-guantanamo-bay-30000-criminal-illegal-aliens

RFK, Jr. Supports Operation Warp Speed, Distances himself from CHD, and Wants AI Robots to Replace Nurses

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, in an interview earlier this week by CNN, when questioned about Robert F. Kennedy’s chances to be confirmed as Trump’s new Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS), replied:

“He’ll have that opportunity in front of the world this week.”

And so he did, today, January 29, 2024.

I knew that this was one confirmation hearing that I would have to listen to myself, rather than read the spin on this Senate hearing from either the Left Corporate Media, or the Right “Alternative” Media.

So I am presenting the third alternative report here today, from a truly independent source where I have no alliances or allegiances to either side of the political spectrum, and am only interested in reporting the facts, and the truth.

And while I am sure that all other news coverage on this hearing you may have already heard or read about will be on the “hot topics” of political interest to both sides of the political spectrum, the biggest takeaway from my watching the entire Senate hearing, is that the future of medical care in this country is mostly a bipartisan issue that almost everyone on both sides of the political D.C. swamp agree upon: Future innovation and the move to AI and tele-medicine, along with new, novel drugs.

In other words, Big Pharma is still in firm control of the D.C. political swamp, and the only question that still needs to be answered during Trump 2.0 is, who are the ones that are going to make the most money from Big Pharma?

As with probably every other Trump appointee so far, RFK Jr. pledged his allegiance to Donald Trump today, and his first term Operation Warp Speed military operation, calling it “an extraordinary accomplishment and demonstration of leadership by President Trump,” and he promised Senator Thom Tillis that he would not interfere with any future such operations.

After Mr. Kennedy repeatedly stated to members of Congress that is he is solidly pro-vaccine, Senator Bernie Sanders provided evidence to the contrary based on the content on the Children’s Health Defense website, including baby “onesies” that they sell and have text on them stating: “Unvaxxed Unafraid” and “No Vax – No Problem.”

Instead of taking the opportunity to present evidence to the nation and to the world that vaccines do in fact harm and kill babies, Kennedy just simply distanced himself from Children’s Health Defense completely, stating he had no part with them anymore.

As I wrote in the intro, the one thing that really struck me the most from listening to these questions from Senators and listening to Mr. Kennedy’s responses, was that he clearly articulated just what his policies would look like under Trump 2.0, and they were policies to invest more in AI technology and robot nurses, along with more new, novel drugs.

He stated that there are AI robot nurses that “cannot be distinguished from a human being” and that these robot nurses have “diagnostic skills as good as any doctor.”

He stated Trump wants him to use this AI technology to replace rural hospitals, if he is appointed as the Secretary of HHS.

Where are these robot nurses? Do they really exist, or is this just another science fiction interpretation about what Big Tech wants to see in the future that will probably never happen?

Will you trust a robot AI nurse over a human doctor or nurse, if they even exist at all?

But perhaps the most telling questions of all, and Kennedy’s answers, came from Senator Todd Young, from Indiana.

Mr. Young makes it clear that he believes there was a real COVID-19 pandemic, and that not only did many Americans suffer from a corona “virus”, but that this “virus” is still with us today and is termed “Long COVID.”

Senator Young stated that he wanted funding for new diagnostics, new treatments, and “novel research directions”, NOT for vaccine injuries due to the COVID injections, but for “Long COVID.”

He demanded that Kennedy commit to researching these new Long COVID drugs, which Bill Gates’ GAVI institution is also researching, and Mr. Kennedy fully agreed to this.

I had not previously known that Senator Ron Johnson sat on this committee that grilled Mr. Kennedy today, and when I saw that he had his chance to speak and ask Kennedy questions, I was hopeful to hear something about how devastating the COVID-19 “vaccines” were, since he spent so much time exposing this for the past few years.

But I was extremely disappointed in Mr. Johnson. He did not mention the word “vaccines” once, and when he seemed to imply there were problems with issues like myocarditis, he seemed to place the blame solely on the GOP’s main “enemy” that is blamed for the Government actions under Trump’s watch in 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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All those victims of the COVID-19 shots still get ZERO recognition that Trump’s EUA approved shots caused them any damage, because NOBODY dares to hold Trump accountable for the actions of the military Operation Warp Speed campaign Trump launched in 2020.

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Will Anyone Oppose Big Tech’s Takeover of the Medical System?

While RJK, Jr. is getting all the headlines today for his nomination to be the Secretary of HHS, the person nominated to be the Deputy Secretary of HHS has received very little public attention.

Fortunately, Max Jones and Whitney Webb have just published a deep dive into Trump’s appointment of Jim O’Neill who will serve with Mr. Kennedy, and is a close associate with Billionaire Peter Thiel, showing just how cozy the Trump administration is with Big Tech and their attempt to take over the medical system.

Thiel-Linked HHS Nominee Threatens MAHA Ambitions with Biotech Stance

Biotech investor and Peter Thiel associate Jim O’Neill is poised to usher in a deregulatory paradigm that would allow a proliferation of dubious products on the US market under the guise of “innovation” and “efficiency.”

by Max Jones and Whitney Webb
Unlimited Hangout

Excerpts:

Late last November, President Donald Trump announced Jim O’Neill as his nominee for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he would work under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick for HHS secretary upon confirmation.

As deputy secretary, O’Neill would essentially function as the Chief Operating Officer of the department, overseeing “the day-to-day operations of all sub-agencies” as well as leading “public health emergency preparedness,” i.e. the government’s policy responses to bio-terror events, pandemics, etc.

In addition, O’Neill would “oversee the development and clearance of HHS regulations” and ostensibly be the main implementer of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) policy agenda.

Built on a promise to eliminate industry capture of public health regulatory agencies and curb the influence of Big Pharma and Big Food, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA movement played a crucial role in funneling would-be Kennedy voters into the Trump camp. MAHA, in essence, granted the Trump campaign a tinge of populist legitimacy among Covid era dissidents, which grew out of the shuttering of RFK Jr.’s independent presidential run.

However, O’Neill’s business connections, both past and present, as well as his previous statements on public health policy, strongly suggest that he is not only unlikely to implement the policies that MAHA-centric voters are expecting, but that he may in fact pursue an agenda that stands in direct conflict with the main tenets of the MAHA movement.

Specifically, he advocates reforming the FDA to deregulate and accelerate the pathway from drug development to legalization. This would notably aid the biotech industry, which has long struggled to get its products approved outside of an “emergency”-based deregulatory paradigm.

When considering the investments and board positions that O’Neill himself has made and held in biotechnology companies, this would likely include mRNA products that Kennedy and other MAHA influencers have spent years criticizing since the Covid-19 pandemic — a clear contradiction between O’Neill’s views on public health, and those which the MAGA base were sold on the campaign trail.

Perhaps standing in even starker contrast with MAHA principles, O’Neill currently sits on the board of a company that is currently pursuing the development of a neurotoxic substance as a “therapeutic” treatment for people with Alzheimer’s disease (a neurodegenerative disease).

Ironically, that same substance has long been flagged by Kennedy and the organization he co-founded, Children’s Health Defense, as one of the main causative agents in their hypothesis for a vaccine-autism link and other chronic conditions suffered by many Americans, particularly children..

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Via https://vaccineimpact.com/2025/rfk-jr-supports-operation-warp-speed-distances-himself-from-chd-and-wants-ai-robots-to-replace-nurses/

Trump Rolls Out Operation Warp Speed 2.0 During First Days in Office with Project Stargate

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

President Donald Trump wasted no time in starting Operation Warp Speed 2.0 just after being inaugurated, as he announced a new $500 billion investment into AI mRNA cancer “vaccines” this week.

Much to the displeasure of Elon Musk, he chose long-time Big Tech Billionaire and insider Larry Ellison to lead this effort, along with Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI.

Ellison, the world’s 4th richest person who also lives near Trump in South Florida, is not as familiar a name to the public from Big Tech circles, such as many of his contemporaries from the 1980s like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and others from that era, but those in Tech know him as the founder of the world’s most powerful databases and his company, Oracle.

Like most other Big Tech companies, Oracle is a major defense contractor, and Oracle’s databases were the ones that contained all the data from Pfizer during their COVID-19 vaccine trials, data that some attorneys sued the FDA to release, and were all contained in Oracle’s databases run by Larry Ellison.

So it’s no surprise that Trump has tapped the elder Larry Ellison to oversee Operation Warp Speed 2.0.

The campaign is called Project Stargate, which is the same name of a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1977 at Fort Meade, Maryland, by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and SRI International (a California contractor) to investigate the potential for psychic phenomena in military and domestic intelligence applications. (Source.)

I am posting two short videos discussing this new project.

The first one is from Catherine Austin Fitts of the Solari Report, who is the one calling this “Operation Warp Speed 2.0”.

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Via https://vaccineimpact.com/2025/trump-rolls-out-operation-warp-speed-2-0-during-first-days-in-office-with-project-stargate/

Bill Gates Confident Public Will Exonerate Him of Genocide Charges

Baxter Dmitry

Globalist billionaire Bill Gates has arrogantly dismissed documented charges of genocide, including allegations that claim his experimental vaccines have caused the deaths of millions of children worldwide.

When questioned about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accusations, Gates told the Wall Street Journal that he’s “prepared to let the public decide.” An astonishing response from a man at the center of such grave claims, who is facing trial in the Netherlands for misleading the public about Covid mRNA vaccines.

Talking about RFK Jr book, which he didn’t litigate, Gates says

“Judge me”, forgetting he bragged on camera about the 20 fold ROI for every dollar$ invested in vaccines

pic.twitter.com/GWTuehy7Hy

— Dr. Nick K (@nickkeca) January 26, 2025

The self-appointed pandemic expert continues to raise eyebrows with his recent statements about an impending pandemic.

During the interview with WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker, Gates declared, “The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15 percent.” His choice of words and confident prediction have left many questioning how he arrives at such precise figures—and why he seems so invested in the next global crisis.

Gates didn’t stop there. “It’d be nice to think we’re actually more ready for that than we were last time. But so far we’re not,” he added, almost as if laying the groundwork for another round of draconian health measures.

His insistence that the world remains “absolutely not” prepared has sparked skepticism from critics who note that Gates has been a central figure in shaping pandemic policies—and profiting handsomely from them—while failing to inspire trust.

Blaming political divisions and what he describes as a lack of consensus on the “tools needed” for preparedness, Gates remarked, “People, rather than having a consensus about what tools are missing, are mostly still replaying the various mistakes that were made.”

Many have questioned if Gates’ vision for “consensus” simply means more centralized control in the hands of global elites.

His final statement, however, is what raised the most suspicion: “I wouldn’t say that we’re as far along as you’d expect after trillions of dollars and millions of lives have been lost.”

Considering Gates’ outsized role in pandemic response strategies and vaccine development—coupled with documented failures and ethical concerns—many are left wondering why he continues to position himself as a trusted voice in global health.

Is Gates warning of future pandemics out of genuine concern, or is this yet another calculated move by a man who seems all too comfortable profiting from global crises? The world may not be ready for another pandemic—but it’s becoming increasingly prepared to question Gates’ true motives.

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Via https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/bill-gates-confident-the-public-will-exonerate-him-of-genocide-charges/

Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza

Palestinians make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza on January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

by Dave DeCamp

Despite the massive destruction, around 650,000 displaced Palestinians are expected to return to the north.

Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel’s genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza, the Health Ministry estimates around 650,000 Palestinians will return. Later in the day, Gaza’s Media Office said 300,000 Palestinians had returned on Monday.

The Israeli military first ordered the evacuation of north Gaza in October 2023, when it was estimated that the area was home to about 1.1 million people. Most Palestinians forced from the north had been displaced multiple times over the past 15 months and had been living in tent camps in southern and central Gaza.

Many returning to the north will go on living in tents near the rubble of their homes. “We have spent around one year and three months resilient in the Gaza Strip, we did not need anything from the world, we only had God with us,” Fadi, a north Gaza resident who returned to find his home in ruins, told Middle East Eye.

Some Palestinians said the return to the north was a message to President Trump, who recently suggested the idea of “cleaning out” Gaza of its Palestinian residents and sending them to Egypt and Jordan, an idea strongly rejected by the neighboring Arab states.

“Proposals like Trump’s ignore the deep ties and sacrifices that bind people to their homes,” Rashid Khalidi, a Gaza resident, told The New Arab. “These are not just houses. They are symbols of identity and resistance.”

Palestinians were able to return to the north as part of a deal that was brokered by Qatar that will see the release of an Israeli female civilian hostage and two other captives on Thursday. Hamas said the return to the north was a “victory” for Palestinians and a “setback” for Israel.

Starting in October 2024 and in the months leading up to the ceasefire, the Israeli military had significantly escalated in the northern Gaza cities of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and Jabalia. Palestinian civilians were ordered to leave under the threat of death, whether by military action or starvation. IDF soldiers also demolished nearly every building in the cities, so Palestinians had nowhere to return.

Many Israeli officials and settlers hoped the campaign in north Gaza would lead to ethnic cleansing and the establishment of Jewish settlements, and the return of Palestinians marks a major blow to their plans.

Giora Eiland, a retired IDF general who devised the ethnic cleansing plan for north Gaza, which became known as the “general’s plan,” said allowing Palestinians to return to the territory was a failure of Israel’s war goals. He said Israel was now at the “mercy of Hamas.”

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Via https://news.antiwar.com/2025/01/27/hundreds-of-thousands-of-palestinians-begin-returning-to-north-gaza/

2025: On the Brink of the Biggest Oil Shock in History

by Nick Giambruno Iran has been crystal clear that it will close the Strait in the case of war. In other words, Iran holds a knife to the throat of the global economy.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow strip of water that links the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world.

It’s the world’s single most important energy corridor, and there’s no alternative route.

Five of the world’s top 10 oil-producing countries—Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait—border the Persian Gulf, as does Qatar, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter. The Strait of Hormuz is their only sea route to the open ocean… and world markets.

At its narrowest point, the space available for shipping lanes is just 3.2 kilometers wide.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, more than 40% of global oil exports (around 21 million barrels) transit the Strait daily.

That’s more than $1.5 billion worth of oil every day.

And that’s not considering the immense amount of LNG— about 33% of the world’s daily LNG exports—and other goods transiting the Strait.

It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Strait of Hormuz to the global economy.

If someone were to disrupt the Strait, it would cause immediate global economic chaos as energy prices skyrocket.

Thanks to its commanding geography and expertise in unconventional and asymmetric warfare, Iran can shut down the Strait, and there’s not much anyone can do about it.

It’s Iran’s geopolitical trump card.

Analysts believe it would take several weeks for the US military to reopen it, but nobody knows if it would succeed. Numerous Pentagon war games suggest it wouldn’t.

Military strategists have known about this situation for decades. But no one has found a realistic way to neutralize Iran’s power over the Strait.

Iran has been crystal clear that it will close the Strait in the case of war.

In other words, Iran holds a knife to the throat of the global economy.

The US has sought to overthrow the Iranian government since the 1979 Revolution—for over 40 years. Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz has always served as a big deterrent to US regime change ambitions and invasion plans.

Now, in 2025, Iran and the US are headed toward a confrontation that will almost certainly disrupt the Strait.

If war breaks out between the US and Iran—an increasingly likely outcome—I have no doubt that Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz.

To call that a severe oil supply disruption would be a major understatement.

Consider this…

During the first oil shock in 1973, about 5 million barrels were removed from the global oil market. Daily global oil production was approximately 56 million barrels per day at the time, which means about 9% of the supply vanished.

Oil prices roughly quadrupled.

During the second oil shock in 1979, about 4 million barrels were removed from the global oil market. Daily global oil production was approximately 67 million barrels per day at the time, which means about 6% of the supply vanished.

Oil prices nearly tripled.

During the third oil shock in 1990, about 4.3 million barrels were removed from the global oil market. Daily global oil production was approximately 66 million barrels per day at the time, which means about 7% of the supply vanished.

Oil prices more than doubled.

If Iran were to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, it would remove a whopping 21 million barrels of oil from the global market. Today, global oil production is around 96 million barrels per day, which means about 22% of the worldwide oil supply could disappear.

As we can see in the chart below, it would be the largest oil supply shock the world has ever seen… by far.

If war with Iran proceeds and Tehran closes the Strait of Hormuz, I think the effect on the price of oil will be at least as severe as it was during the 1973 oil shock, which saw oil prices go up 4x.

A similar move today could see oil prices around $300 a barrel.

However, I consider that a conservative estimate because closing the Strait of Hormuz would cause a much larger supply shock than the 1973 OPEC oil embargo.

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Via https://internationalman.com/articles/2025-on-the-brink-of-the-biggest-oil-shock-in-history/

 

Ukrainian media in funding crisis after US cash cut

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian radio presenter at work. ©  Adri Salido / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

RT

Washington previously funded the vast majority of “independent news outlets” in the country, according to a Kiev-based NGO.

Multiple Ukrainian media outlets have issued appeals for emergency cash donations after US President Donald Trump suspended Washington’s foreign aid programs. USAID, the organization that funnels billions of dollars to international causes deemed worthy by Washington has been put on hold, pending reviews, and up to 60 senior staff have reportedly been suspended on full pay.

Nine out of every ten media outlets in Ukraine have been impacted by Washington’s decision, Oksana Romanyuk, executive director of the Institute of Mass Information in Kiev has claimed.

”Unfortunately, almost 90% of Ukrainian media outlets were surviving on grants,” the head of the media-focused NGO told Hromadske Radio. Romanyuk described Trump’s decision as a threat to democracy in Ukraine, claiming that “oligarchs” may seize control of a media landscape “weakened” by the halt in American funding.

Hromadske is among the outlets soliciting private donations in the wake of aid freeze. Established in November 2013, just before the Maidan protests started, Hromadske received its seed funding directly from the US embassy in Kiev and George Soros’ Open Society Foundation. The broadcaster played a pivotal role in criticizing the government during the violent coup that overthrew a democratically elected president and put Ukraine on course for division and conflict.

In a statement announcing the suspension of some of its projects, Hromadske praised the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as one of the most generous donors of “independent media” and NGOs in Ukraine. The investigative journalism organization Bihus.info also acknowledged that much of its work has been funded by the US.

The campaign for emergency funding also extends beyond traditional news outlets. Detector Media, a self-styled watchdog ‘combating online disinformation,’ has warned that hundreds of organizations are facing shutdown without USAID support, and urged private citizens and business owners to donate.

Irina Vereshchuk, the deputy chief of staff to Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, has called the suspension of US non-military assistance “unexpected and unpleasant”. Kiev will hold “consultations with our American partners” to resume the flow of money while implementing measures to “stabilize the situation” in the interim, she promised on Tuesday.

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Via https://www.rt.com/news/611813-ukrainian-media-donations-aid/

Octopus Gang Part VI – The Hidden History of Palestine

Aid truck at Rafah crossing

Octopus Game Part VI

Press TV (2024)

Film Review

https://www.presstv.ir/doc/Detail/2024/12/29/739931/Octopus-Game-US-military-Ukraine-Israel-American-foreign-policy-documentary-PressTV

This episode continues with a detailed timeline of the current Israeli war on Gaza and its impact on the US political process:

November 5 (2023) – as Israel recognizes their error in anticipating a quick victory in Gaza, Israel’s minister of cultural heritage proposes destroying Gaza with a nuclear bomb. This is the first ever official acknowledgement ever that Israel (the only nuclear power refusing to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty) possesses nuclear weapons. Netanyahu immediately suspends him. In the US, numerous Muslim organizations announce they won’t vote Democratic in 2025. In 2000, the Muslim vote (59% for Biden) was crucial in three swing states. Many prominent Black, Latino, Asian and progressive Jewish groups also announce they can no longer support the Democratic party.

November 11 – Israel shells Al Shifa hospital, where 43 patients die after being cut off from life support.

November 21 – attempting to substantiate the hospital was home to a Hamas command center, Israel releases a video tour of Al Shifa hospital. It displays a half dozen weapons and some combat boots. For the most part, Western media reject this claim. Both the Spanish and Belgian prime minister condemn Israel’s deliberate targeting of civilians. After agreeing to a one-week ceasefire for prisoner exchange, Israel bombs two schools. Yemeni drone attacks increase on freighters and US ships traversing the Red Sea, with the majority of global freight companies ceasing deliveries to Israel. Insurance companies cease to provide coverage to container ships accessing the Suez Canal via the Red Sea, substantially increasing global shipping time and costs.

November 23 – During the ceasefire, Israel opens the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

December 5 – Netanyahu warns Hezbollah that he will turn Beirut into Gaza unless they stop their rocket attacks on northern Israel.

December 15 -Israeli snipers inadvertently kill three Israeli hostages, after mistaking them for Hamas operatives.

December 16 – Israeli snipers are condemned by the Pope for killing a Catholic Palestinian woman and her daughter as they leave a Catholic church.

Attempts to Displace Gazans is Unacceptable: Indonesia on Trump’s Relocation Plan

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An Indonesian man goes on a pro-Palestine rally in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2025. (Antara Photo/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)

Nada Shofa

[Ed: Now that Egypt and Jordan have vetoed Trump’s plan to resettle millions of Gazan refugees, Trump claims he’s talking with Indonesia and Albania to accept them. Albania denies  being in talks with Trump to accept 100,000 Gazan refugees. As of January 2024, Egypt is allied with Russia, China and Iran as a BRICS member. As of January 2025 Indonesia is also a BRICS member. Surely Trump knows this?]

Jakarta. Indonesia called any displacement attempt of Gaza residents as “unacceptable” following US President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate some Gazans to the Southeast Asian country.

Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff recently floated a plan to temporarily relocate 2 million Gaza residents during the post-war rebuilding process. Witkoff said that Indonesia was among the possible host countries to accommodate some of those Gazans. The Foreign Affairs Ministry had denied ever hearing such plans on Monday. Indonesia also issued another statement the following day.

“Indonesia’s stance remains unequivocal: any attempts to displace or remove Gaza’s residents is entirely unacceptable,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.

“Such efforts to depopulate Gaza would only serve to perpetuate the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and align with broader strategies aimed at expelling Palestinians from Gaza,” the ministry said.

Indonesia also repeated its statement that the country had yet to receive any information from anyone, nor any plans regarding the relocation. Jakarta said that it would refrain “from speculating on issues of which no information is available.”

Indonesia — a staunch supporter of Palestinian independence — called the ongoing ceasefire as a momentum to start the negotiations towards a two-state solution. For context, the two-state solution calls for the establishment of an independent state for Palestinians alongside that of Israel.

The fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas is currently on a 6-week pause as part of a much-awaited ceasefire deal. This three-part ceasefire pact also includes release of hostages, and will eventually lead to the reconstruction of Gaza, something which could take years. Foreign Minister Sugiono said last week that Indonesia would help rebuild the lives of Gazans, including “supporting the reconstruction efforts”.

The ceasefire came into effect on Sunday local time after 15 months of intense war. Local health authorities reported that Israeli attacks on Gaza had killed over 47,000 Palestinians.

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Via https://jakartaglobe.id/news/attempts-to-displace-gazans-is-unacceptable-indonesia-on-trumps-relocation-plan

Italy proposes to leave the WHO

Dr Meryl Nass

The Dominoes Start Falling

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has presented a bill to withdraw his own country from the WHO.

Matteo Salvini wrote in a post on X: “This morning the Federation presented its bill to LEAVE the WHO (World Health Organisation), as the US did with Donald Trump.”

“Italy no longer has to deal with a supranational power centre – richly funded by Italian taxpayers – that goes hand in hand with multinational pharmaceutical companies.”

He added: “Let’s use this 100 million to support the sick in Italy and fund our hospitals and doctors!”

https://fixupx.com/matteosalvinimi/status/1882485386712436942?s=46&t=cPjjB6G4gZCQMsyuCkZMcQ

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Via https://merylnass.substack.com/p/italy-proposes-to-leave-the-who