Link: https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/396

Dmitry Medvedev | Well, NATO friends, have you had enough? | The weapons handed over to the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine are being actively used in Israel. ●  Further, like the weapons left by the fugitive Americans in Afghanistan, they will be used uncontrollably in all hot spots. After all, even before, the corrupt Ukrainian authorities traded everything they got. They stole gas oil, food, and materials. They stole everything that was lying around. ● It will only get worse. Wait on the black market for missiles, tanks, and soon airplanes from Kyiv.

■ Are Hamas fighters using American weapons meant for Ukraine? (Scott Ritter)
■ Russian MFA points to repeated calls about weapons supplied to Kyiv going to black market

Link: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/no_author/a-population-with-nothing-to-lose/

Caitlin Johnstone | The problem with oppressing a population with maximum force is that at some point they start figuring they’ve got nothing to lose by fighting back. | The coming days are going to be full of Western news media slyly reversing the aggressor-defender relationship and reporting as though all the violence began with the Hamas offensive, spontaneously out of nowhere. ● Do I think this latest uprising will end in more positive results than negative for Palestinians? No. Does that mean I’ll condemn the Palestinian resistance for fighting back? Also no. ● This is because doing so would be nonsensical, for a couple of different reasons. Firstly, because nobody can tell me what the Palestinians should do instead that is both realistic and reasonable. It would be easy for me to sit here in my armchair and say the Palestinians should either maintain the status quo or lie down, relinquish their homes and homeland and accept whatever table scraps they’re able to get, but we can see from the Palestinian perspective that that’s not reasonable. It would be easy for me to sit in my armchair and argue that Palestinians should just focus on securing a one-state or two-state solution, but we can see from the Israeli political landscape that that’s not realistic. ● So what else can they do? What reasonable and realistic options do they have? No one can provide me with a satisfactory answer.

■ Israeli Lawmaker Says ‘Pogroms’ Against Palestinians Provoked Hamas Assault (antiwar.com)
■ Gaza under Attack: Civilian Objects Targeted (PCHR.org)
■ Egypt Claims It Warned Israel Of Upcoming Attack (Moon of Alabama)
■ The Top Takeaways From Hamas’ Sneak Attack On Israel (Andrew Korybko)

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php?s=Vincent+Di+Stefano&sentence=sentence&in_blogs=6

This post offers an account of pivotal events in the history of Israel/Palestine from 1947 to the present through the reflections of a number of informed and articulate commentators. - Vincent Di Stefano WEBAMP Sound

Two days after Christmas in 2008, the isolated and densely populated city of Gaza was visited by volley upon volley of deadly missile and mortar fire. The intense bombardment of what has been described by the United Nations Development Programme as "one of the most densely populated places on earth" continued unabated for a period of three weeks. By the end of the assault, over 1,400 Palestinians had been killed and more than 5,000 wounded, many seriously. Between three and four hundred of the dead were children. A total of 13 Israelis were killed during the same time, four of them by the action of their own troops. This post offers a fifth-anniversary commemoration of this tragic and highly destructive assault which commenced on the 27th of December 2008 and ended on the 18th January 2009. It offers an account of pivotal events in the history of Israel/Palestine from 1947 to the present through the reflections of a number of informed and articulate commentators.

The Voices
Chris Hedges (New York Society for Ethical Culture, January 2009)
Richard Falk (Middle East Monitor Conference, London, Dec. 2010)
Sara Roy (University of Sydney, Ideas, October 2008)
Tanya Reinhart (University of Sydney, Ideas, October 2006)
Mustafa Barghouti (TUC Radio, March 2004)
Edward Said (U. of California, Berkeley, March 2003)
David Ben-Gurion (June 1947, Talking History Archive, Dec. 2004)
Ilan Pappe (University of Bern, Switzerland, November 2012)
Robert Fisk (Interview with Cindy Sheehan, September 2010)
Eyal Weizman (KPFA, Against the Grain, April 2009)
Mads Gilbert (Unusual Sources, January 2010; Muslim Perspectives, January 2010; Sounds of Dissent, Nov. 2012)

The Poetry
Suheir Hammad. Gaza Suite. 1: Gaza
Vincent Di Stefano. Careful Now (Excerpt). Music composed and performed by Nico Di Stefano

The Music
Gilad Atzmon and Orient House Ensemble. Dal'Ouna on the Return
Rim Banna. The Wall
Yggdrasil. Al Dabaran
Sirocco. Nomads
The Ida Raichel Project. Azini (Comfort me)
Digital Samsara. C#
Jocelyn Pook. Migrations
Steve Kahn and Rob Mounsey. I See a Long Journey
The Herd. Kids Learn Quick
Digital Samsara. 7am
Outlandish and Sami Jusuf. Try not to Cry

Produced by Vincent Di Stefano (LINK)

Link: https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/hostages-learning-from-israel

Norman Finkelstein | The crocodile tears have begun over Israeli hostages taken by Gaza militants. | The crocodile tears have begun over Israeli hostages taken by Gaza militants. But Israel has held the 2.1 million people of Gaza, including one million children, hostage in one of the most densely populated areas on the planet for nearly 20 years. In fact, Israel was the only country in the world to have legalized hostage-taking. Revered President of the Israeli High Court Aharon Barak held in 1997 that “a detention is legal if it is designed to promote State security, even if the danger to State Security does not emanate from the detainees themselves,” and that “detention ... for the purpose of the release of ... captured and missing soldiers is a vital interest to the State.” (The decision wasn’t reversed until 2000.) If the past is any guide, Gaza’s leadership will swap the Israelis for some of the 4,500 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons on alleged “security grounds.” Gaza is only playing by the book written by Israel.

💬 “All the chorus of calumny, which the Party of Order never fail, in their orgies of blood, to raise against their victims, only proves that the bourgeois of our days considers himself the legitimate successor to the baron of old, who thought every weapon in his own hand fair against the plebeian, while in the hands of the plebeian a weapon of any kind constituted in itself a crime.” — Karl Marx, The Civil War in France

■ Israeli Lawmaker Says ‘Pogroms’ Against Palestinians Provoked Hamas Assault (antiwar.com)
■ Gazans Break Out of World's Biggest Concentration Camp (Kevin Barrett)

Link: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-american-carrier-strike-force-mediterranean-db05d535a9ebb931f684f758c9b6f628

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the attack by Hamas that has left more than 1,000 dead on both sides. Americans were reported to be among those killed and missing. | The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, and its approximately 5,000 sailors and deck of warplanes will be accompanied by cruisers and destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional weapons from reaching Hamas and conducting surveillance. ● The large deployment reflects a U.S. desire to deter any regional expansion of the conflict. But the Israeli government formally declared war Sunday and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231009/live-updates-israel-hits-over-500-hamas-and-islamic-jihad-targets-in-gaza-strip-overnight-1114025978.html

Hostilities have been raging around the Gaza Strip for the third day with the death toll reportedly rising over one thousand from both sides of the conflict. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold an urgent meeting with the Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Moscow on Monday in order to discuss the escalation around the Gaza Strip and a possible solution for the crisis. ● On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Israeli territory and infiltrated it by land, sea and even paragliders, catching IDF (Israeli Army) off guard. The surprise move aimed "to liberate Palestinian lands" met support in several Middle Eastern countries while others cautioned to exercise restraint and urged for immediate ceasefire. ● The Israeli government launched Operation Swords of Iron in order to expulse Hamas and invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law which de facto implies a declaration of war.

■ Palestinian resistance launches surprise attack on Israel (live updates) (If Americans Knew)
■ Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Sept. 27 - Oct. 04 2023)
■ Abu Obeida: We captured a new group of Israeli soldiers (Pal-Info)
■ Calls for mass confrontation across West Bank (Pal-Info)
■ Israel was warned ‘something big’ could happen – AP (RT.com)
■ And What Rough Beast Slouches Towards Gaza? - Operation Cast Lead and the Dismembering of a People (Vincent di Stefano) (12/29/10)

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2023/10/07/israel-pm-says-we-are-at-war-after-hamas-attacks-by-land-air-and-sea/

Hamas seized several villages in southern Israel, and Tel Aviv has conducted air strikes on Gaza, at least 200 Israelis and 230 Palestinians killed | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “We are at war, this is not an operation,” after Hamas launched thousands of missiles and seized villages near Gaza. The political leader of Hamas said that the ongoing attacks are a response to the Israeli treatment of Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque. ● On Saturday morning, fighters from Hamas invaded villages near Gaza. The group says its fighters used paratroops, ships, and cut through the border fence to conduct the operations. Hamas claims it have captured several Israeli soldiers and villages. ● Human rights groups consider Gaza an “open-air prison.” Most Palestinians living in the region are refugees. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas on the planet, with 2 million people living in 140 sq. miles. Israel severely restricts the amount of food, fuel, and water the people of Gaza can access.

■ 'Huge Mess': What's Known So Far About Hamas-Israel Armed Standoff? (Sputnik News)
■ Hamas claims ‘big number’ of Israeli captives (RT.com)

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/74-triple-vaxxed-canadians-have-vaids-government-data-shows/

Official data released by Canada’s government shows that 74% of triple-vaxxed Canadians now have Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (VAIDS). | Compared to the natural immune system of their unvaccinated counterparts, the data reveals that the double-vaccinated population across Canada has now lost on average 74% of their immune system capability. The triple-vaccinated population across Canada has now lost on average 73% of their immune system capability. So much damage has now been done that the figures show the double vaccinated population are on average 3.8 times more likely to be infected with Covid-19 and 3.3 times more likely to die of Covid-19 than the unvaccinated population, The Exposé reports.

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/top-climate-scientist-admits-global-warming-globalist-scam/

One of the world’s leading climate scientists has admitted that the World Economic Forum’s green agenda is actually a scam designed to force the public into accepting globalism. | When Dr. Judith Curry's work gave her worldwide recognition after it was linked to “climate change,” Curry admits that she enjoyed the green agenda ride. “I was adopted by the environmental advocacy groups and the alarmists and I was treated like a rock star,” Curry recounts. [...] But then some researchers pointed out gaps in her research by highlighting the years with low levels of hurricanes. “Like a good scientist, I investigated,” says Curry. “Part of it was bad data,” she admitted. “Part of it is natural climate variability.” Curry says that she decided to speak out after her own work was exposed. [...] Her own experience made Curry realize that there is a “climate-change industry” set up to reward alarmism. “The origins go back to the ...UN environmental program,” says Curry. Some United Nations officials were motivated by “anti-capitalism,” she revealed. “They hated the oil companies and seized on the climate change issue to move their policies along,” Curry explains.

Link: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/05/report-trump-will-endorse-jim-jordan-house-speaker/

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in his bid to become the Republican Speaker of the House after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. | In a Truth Social post late on Friday night, Trump made the endorsement official–saying that ” ● Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio’s 4th Congressional District.” “Respected by all, he is now Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,” Trump said. “As President, I had the honor of presenting Jim with our Country’s highest civilian award, The Presidential Medal of Freedom. So much is learned from sports, and Jim was a master! While attending Graham High School, he won State Championships all four years, a rarity, and compiled an amazing 156-1 record. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jim became a two-time NCAA Division l Wrestling Champion. He won his 1985-86 NCAA Championship Matches in his weight class. Jim has a masters degree in Education from Ohio State University & a Law Degree from Capital University. He is STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vets, & 2nd Amendment. Jim, his wife, Polly, & family are outstanding – He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!” News that Trump would endorse Jordan broke on Thursday as Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) announced it earlier on X.

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2023/10/05/congress-mulls-ways-to-get-ukraine-aid-passed-after-mccarthy-ouster/

Multiple senators have proposed passing a bill to fund the proxy war through 2024, which would come with a huge price tag | In the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as House speaker, pro-proxy war lawmakers in the House and the Senate are mulling ways to authorize more Ukraine aid. ● According to Defense News, multiple senators have proposed passing a massive aid package that would fund the proxy war through 2024 so it would not be impacted by next year’s elections. This plan would mean passing significantly more funding than the $24 billion President Biden has requested. ● So far, Congress has authorized about $113 billion in spending on the conflict, which has covered about a year and a half of war. On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said it would take about “$60 or $70 billion” to get Ukraine through 2024, not the $24 billion. ● Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, said the package they’re considering would fund the war for 15 months, bringing it into 2025. The package would help the Biden administration’s plans to continue supporting an open-ended conflict.

Link: https://original.antiwar.com/Jeffrey_Sachs/2023/10/04/beyond-the-neocon-debacle-and-towards-peace-in-ukraine/

Jeffrey D. Sachs | Ukraine is at risk of economic, demographic, and military collapse. What should the U.S. government do to face this potential disaster? | We are entering the end stage of the 30-year U.S. neoconservative debacle in Ukraine. The neocon plan to surround Russia in the Black Sea region by NATO has failed. Decisions now by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for peace, security, and wellbeing for the entire world. ● Four events have shattered the neocon hopes for NATO enlargement eastward, to Ukraine, Georgia, and onward. The first is straightforward. Ukraine has been devastated on the battlefield, with tragic and appalling losses. Russia is winning the war of attrition, an outcome that was predictable from the start but which the neocons and mainstream media continue to deny. ● The second is the collapsing support in Europe for the U.S. neocon strategy. Poland no longer speaks with Ukraine. Hungary has long opposed the neocons. Slovakia has elected an anti-neocon government. E.U. leaders – including Macron, Meloni, Sanchez, Scholz, Sunak, and others – have disapproval ratings far higher than approvals.

■ The Real History of the War in Ukraine: a Chronology of Events and Case for Diplomacy

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231005/who-are-the-contenders-for-house-speaker--whats-their-stance-on-ukraine-aid-1113937381.html

US Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was removed as House speaker on Tuesday after fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) filed a motion to vacate the position. As McCarthy has announced he won't seek the speakership again, the question now becomes: who will replace him? | While it is still in the early stages, a few early front-runners have emerged as potential replacements. Who are they, what do they stand for and will they have any effect on Russia’s special military operation? Sputnik examines each of them.

■ Calls mount for 'House Speaker Donald Trump,' as lawmaker claims he can best 'unite' GOP
■ Donald Trump Says He is Willing to Serve as Speaker – “We’ll Do Whatever’s Best for the Country”

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/fbi-creates-new-terrorism-category-trump-supporters-lead/

As the 2024 election season heats up the FBI has created a new terrorism category to include Trump supporters. | This is taking place at the same time the Biden regime is targeting President Trump with over 91 indictments on bogus criminal acts in several states. And it occurs as the demented President screams about MAGA during his public speeches. What’s next – Prison camps? And for the record, MAGA and infiltrators caused $1.5 million in damages. The BLM summer of love protests-riots caused nearly $2 billion in damages. So, this new focus by the FBI is clearly political targeting and unconstitutional.

Link: https://archive.ph/a9JRM#selection-319.0-319.66

Police officers from Kenya are being dispatched to bring order to gang-ravaged Haiti, but in their own home country, they have been accused of brutality. | The Kenyan force tasked with leading a mission to take back Haiti’s streets from violent gangs that have overtaken much of the country’s capital will be made up of police officers who have a checkered history of their own at home, accused of killing more than 100 people this year and lobbing tear-gas into a school during anti-government demonstrations. ● “Kenyan police are rogue,” said a 38-year-old taxi driver, Joseph Abanja, recounting how officers stormed into his home in western Kenya several years ago and beat his infant daughter to death. ● As lawlessness in Haiti spirals out of control, Kenya has stepped forward to lead a multinational security force aimed at loosening the grip of gangs in the Caribbean nation. But while the Kenyan police have experience in international missions, they have also been accused of using excessive force to combat political protests and enforce Covid lockdowns.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231005/report-us-air-force-tested-classified-cruise-missile-fitted-with-mock-nuke-in-2022-1113939089.html

The United States Department of Defense has only deployed one new cruise missile in the past 30 years. | The US Air Force conducted a successful test in 2022 of a stealth cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, government documents have revealed. ● The secretive missile is classified as a Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) missile and is designed to replace the aging AGM-86 which was first used in the 1980s. Designed and produced by Raytheon, the US Air Force conducted eight successful tests of the missile as it carried a mock version of a new nuclear warhead named W80-4. ● Details about the missile are sparse but the Air Force describes it as a stealthy and long-range upgrade to the AGM-86. The W80-4 is an upgrade to the W80 nuclear warhead, which is being retrofitted to make it compatible with the new missile.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231004/what-happens-next-after-mccarthy-ousted-as-us-house-speaker-1113906372.html

The US House of Representatives removed US Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House after a vote of 216 to 210. "It’s to the benefit of this country that we have a better speaker than Kevin McCarthy," said US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who began the process of bringing a motion to vacate on 2 October.

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday removed US Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the House. The decision came after an earlier motion to table the vote failed. The final vote was 216-210, with eight Republicans joining the Democrats to vote to remove McCarthy. This was the first time the lower chamber voted on vacating the speaker’s office in 113 years and the first time it has ever succeeded.

The US government may have dodged a shutdown when Congress narrowly passed a last-minute stopgap deal to extend funding for another 45 days over the weekend, but more turmoil has descended upon Capitol Hill. Now that the position of Speaker of the US House of Representatives has been vacated in an unprecedented vote by the lower chamber to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), the legislative branch of the United States federal government faces more uncertainty. Although the continuing resolution (CR) was meant to offer more time to debate a series of spending bills that form the 2024 budget, these will now have to take a backseat. One of these issues is additional funding for Ukraine, which was notably excluded from the passed stopgap measure.

■ House Ousts McCarthy as Speaker | Rep. Gaetz launched the effort after accusing McCarthy of cutting a secret side deal with President Biden on Ukraine aid. Since a handful of Republicans supported Gaetz’s maneuver, McCarthy needed some Democrats to support him to survive, but none did. The final vote was 216-210, with eight Republicans and every Democrat voting to remove McCarthy. There’s no clear nominee to replace McCarthy, but in the meantime, according to CNN, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) will serve as interim speaker.

Link: https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/392

Dmitry Medvedev | First. The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, has admitted that Ukraine will join the EU by 2030. This means that the EU believes that the current Bandera state will survive until then. Second. For the first time in U.S. history, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress has resigned. And precisely because of his love for the Kyiv government and budget compromises to fund the Banderites. There is undoubtedly a reason to be proud because the choice was between solving the numerous internal problems of the United States and further feeding the neo-Nazis. True, there are still only two months of money left. (Translation: DeepL.com)

■ McCarthy’s 'love' for Ukraine led to his dismissal — Medvedev (TASS)
■ Ukraine - Fatigue Sets In (Moon of Alabama)

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/u-s-congressman-if-we-re-gonna-lose-the-dollar

Hal Turner | Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaking about the growing BRICS nations engaging in "de-dollarization," Gaetz told reporters ". . . if we're going to lose the dollar . . . ." Does Gaetz already KNOW the Dollar is doomed? | [The] off-the-cuff remark by Congressman Gaetz made me sick to my stomach when I heard it. In my view, this validates ALL the reporting I have been doing on this web site and on my radio show, telling my readers and listeners the US Dollar is collapsing and will be rejected by nations around the world as a means of trade. That would utterly cripple the United States since we don't manufacture much of anything here anymore; we import most of it from other countries. If those countries stop accepting the US dollar in trade, how will WE get what WE need? Stock-up, folks. Food, clothing, medicines, etc. Get what you need NOW, while it still can be gotten. If this collapse takes place, I suspect it will happen like a lightning bolt out of the blue. No advance warning before it all goes to hell.

■ Dollar Hegemony to End ‘in Decade’ After Being ‘Abused For Geopolitical Goals’ (Sputnik)

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-effort-block-trump-running-president/

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a case that seeks to block President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election. | The SCOTUS declined to hear a challenge from an obscure Republican presidential candidate on Monday. John Anthony Castro, a tax consultant from Texas seeking the Republican presidential nomination, attempted to disqualify Trump from running. ● Efforts to remove Trump from the upcoming presidential election have ramped up nationwide. The moves come as critics argue the leading Republican contender is constitutionally disqualified from serving as commander-in-chief. To justify the claims, critics falsely allege that Trump “engaged in an insurrection” against the United States on January 6, 2021. Castro has filed lawsuits against Trump in multiple states to eliminate him from the race.