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Trump defeats Haley in Republican presidential primary in her home state of South Carolina
'I'll still be running for president,' says Haley. who has lost 4 straight contests to former president | Donald Trump notched another victory Saturday against Nikki Haley, this time in the former governor’s home state of South Carolina. The Associated Press called the Republican presidential primary race for Trump shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m. local time. 💬 "This was a little sooner than we anticipated, an even bigger win than we anticipated," Trump told reporters after the race was called. "I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now," said the former president. "You can celebrate for about 15 minutes, but then we have to get back to work." Despite her fourth consecutive defeat to her former boss, Haley also lost in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, the former South Carolina governor, and UN ambassador under Trump said she will keep on campaigning.
■ How Trump won South Carolina primary and why Nikki Haley isn’t quitting yet (Al Jazeera)
Yemen’s Houthis hits American oil tanker, warships
Link: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/yemen-s-houthis-hits-american-oil-tanker-warships/3147015
Houthi group target US oil tanker in Gulf of Aden, American warships in Red Sea, says military spokesman Yahya Saree | The Houthis said Sunday that they targeted an American oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden and American warships in the Red Sea. Spokesman of Yemen's Houthi armed forces, Yahya Saree, made the announcement on Telegram but did not provide information on the results of the attacks. Saree said that the attacks were carried out in response to aggression against the Palestinian people and strikes by the Americans and the British against Yemen. The US said earlier that it shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in the Red Sea.
■ US, UK bomb Houthi sites in Yemen amid surge in Red Sea ship attacks (Al Jazeera)
■ US, Britain Launch New Aggression on Yemen (Alahed News)
US ‘Always Planned’ For Assange to Die in Prison
Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240222/us-always-planned-for-assange-to-die-in-prison-1116910930.html
On Tuesday, the final appeal for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to avoid extradition to the United States began. Days earlier, his wife and lawyer, Stella Assange, warned that if the journalist is not released soon, the stress of the case and his confinement could kill him, adding that he “will die” if extradited to the US.
💬 “His health is in decline, mentally and physically. His life is at risk every single day he stays in prison, and if he’s extradited, he will die,” Stella Assange said at a media briefing in London.
Julian Assange, an Australian national, could face up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the United States on espionage charges. ● But the US has no plans for Assange to stand trial in the United States, Dan Kovalik, a professor, human rights lawyer and peace activist told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour on Tuesday.
💬 “If [Julian Assange] is sent to the US, they’re just going to delay the trial as long as they can so that they can guarantee that he’ll die in jail,” Kovalik explained. “That’s always been the plan.”
Former Democrat lawmaker endorses Trump for US president
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/593028-tulsi-gabbard-cpac/
Tulsi Gabbard has been listed among the leading Republican candidate’s possible running mates | Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has denounced her former party as enemies of democracy driven by a lust for power, while praising the Republican favorite for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump. ● Gabbard was once the vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee, but resigned in 2016 to protest the “rigging” of the party primaries against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton. On Thursday, she spoke at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), held just outside the US capital. ● In her speech, Gabbard denounced the “Democrat elite and the swamp creatures in Washington” as having no respect for Americans and their rights, and being “driven by their insatiable hunger for power.”
Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza
Jonathan Ofir | A new Israeli Democracy Institute survey shows that 68% of Jewish Israelis oppose “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents.” | This is a shocking data point. The Israeli Democracy Institute released a survey this week showing that over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis – 68% that is – opposed “the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents at this time.” ● It gets even worse – the survey lowered the bar to exclude any possible opposition to either UNRWA (which Israel has been inciting against) or the Hamas authorities (which Israel considers terrorists). To no avail. Over two-thirds still oppose humanitarian help “via international bodies that are not linked to Hamas or to UNRWA… A majority of Jewish respondents (68%) oppose the transfer of humanitarian aid even under these conditions,” the survey notes. ● The numbers are worse when it comes to right-wing Jewish Israelis, where the opposition is at 80% – four out of five. And consider that about 2/3 of Israeli voters are considered right-wing. ● One really has to pause here. We are in a situation where Palestinians in Gaza are starving, people are consuming animal feed in their desperation. The week the UN’s World Food Programme reported people in Gaza are “already dying from hunger-related causes,” and a UNICEF nutrition screening in north Gaza found that 1 in 6 children under two years old are acutely malnourished. Israelis are not completely ignorant of this. They are supporting genocide by an overwhelming majority.
■ On Israeli Genocidal Inclinations and The Jewish Problem (Gilad Atzmon)
■ Poll Confirms -Israelis Love To Kill (Gilad Atzmon)
ENTIRE Global South stands against US and Apartheid Israel at ICJ War Crimes Hearings
As part of its defense of the illegal Jewish ONLY occupation of Palestinian territories, the US ambassador asked if the court condemns Hamas | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held its third day of hearings on 21 February on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian West Bank territories. ● The ICJ is now halfway through its hearing in which 52 nations and three organizations – the Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and African Union – are set to present arguments related to Israel’s illegal occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem.
Israeli jets bombard Rafah where over one million remain trapped
Link: https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-jets-bombard-rafah-where-over-one-million-remain-trapped
Israeli warplanes bombarded the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah overnight and on 22 February. | Several Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on homes in Rafah, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. According to residents, more than 12 members of a single family were killed by an airstrike on the southern city. The Al-Farouq Mosque in Rafah’s Shaboura neighborhood was completely destroyed in the attacks. In total, nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.
■ Israeli will launch much-anticipated offensive in Rafah, says War Cabinet member Benny Gantz (Anadolu)
NATO has allowed Ukraine to attack Russia with F-16s – Stoltenberg
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/593023-nato-ukraine-strike-russia/
Kiev will be able to use the fighter jets outside its claimed borders, the bloc’s head has said | Once Ukraine receives F-16 fighter jets it will be free to use them against military targets inside Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. ● Stoltenberg’s comments were made in an interview to Radio Liberty, the US government-funded broadcaster, which is scheduled to air on Friday. According to snippets released in advance, the NATO head argued that Ukraine has the right to self-defense against Russian “aggression,” which would include “striking legitimate Russian military targets outside Ukraine.” ● As to when the government in Kyiv might actually receive the promised jets, Stoltenberg would not say. Each NATO member that pledged to deliver them has different policies and will decide on their own.
CRAIG's LIST Ad: "Actors Needed - Anti-Trump "Rallies" Phoenix & W. Palm Beach
The left-wing in the United States is so foul, so devious, so wretchedly deceitful, they're offering $15 an hour to "Actors" to pretend to be Anti-Trump Protestors in Phoenix and in West Palm Beach, tomorrow. All these "anti- (Insert topic here)" are mostly fakes! The left wing manufactures "protests" trying to pass them off as "grass roots activism" when in fact, they hire ACTORS to make pretend. This is what the left-wing is, in real life. Don't believe much of what you see or hear from them.
First US Moon Landing in Half a Century Achieved by Private Craft 'Odyssey'!
The American private spacecraft “Odyssey”, developed by the Texas-based company Intuitive Machines, successfully landed on the Moon, as reported by AFP. | According to Reuters, this event represents the first time in fifty years that the United States has landed on the Moon. The agency highlights that, notably, this lunar landing was accomplished using a privately owned spacecraft. ● “Odyssey” touched down near the southern pole of our natural satellite and began transmitting signals after a few minutes, setting off excitement in the control room. Reuters notes that the design of “Odyssey” does not include provisions for live video transmission from the moment of the Moon landing. ● The private company that owns “Odyssey” has a contract with NASA to launch six lunar surface exploration devices into orbit. The launch of the “Odyssey” module was followed by a month-long unsuccessful landing attempt of another American spacecraft “Peregrine”, on the Moon.
Netanyahu's plan for 'after-war' Gaza: What are the main takeaways?
Benjamin Netanyahu has presented his plans for the "day after" the war on Gaza to the Israeli war cabinet. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented the Israeli war cabinet with a document of principles regarding the occupation's plots for the future of the Gaza Strip. ● Although discussions regarding these plans have been framed under plans for the "day after" the war on the Gaza Strip comes to an end, the glaring proposition from the document is the continued direct occupation of several sectors in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu said that the Israeli occupation forces will do so until the full "de-militarization" of the Strip is achieved, adding that their presence in the Gaza Strip will be indefinite.
■ Netanyahu Unveils Gaza Reconstruction Plan Amid Ceasefire Talks (novinite.com)
US ‘Always Planned’ For Assange to Die in Prison
Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240222/us-always-planned-for-assange-to-die-in-prison-1116910930.html
On Tuesday, the final appeal for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to avoid extradition to the United States began. Days earlier, his wife and lawyer, Stella Assange, warned that if the journalist is not released soon, the stress of the case and his confinement could kill him, adding that he “will die” if extradited to the US.
💬 “His health is in decline, mentally and physically. His life is at risk every single day he stays in prison, and if he’s extradited, he will die,” Stella Assange said at a media briefing in London.
Julian Assange, an Australian national, could face up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the United States on espionage charges. ● But the US has no plans for Assange to stand trial in the United States, Dan Kovalik, a professor, human rights lawyer and peace activist told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour on Tuesday.
💬 “If [Julian Assange] is sent to the US, they’re just going to delay the trial as long as they can so that they can guarantee that he’ll die in jail,” Kovalik explained. “That’s always been the plan.”
Western feminism's silence on Gaza lays bare its moral bankruptcy
Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-imperial-feminism-abandons-palestinian-women-how
Maryam Aldossari | Some western 'champions' of the feminist cause have reserved their fury for the plight of Israeli women, ignoring the catastrophic suffering in Gaza | From the outset of the war on Gaza, an unsettling narrative has permeated western media, portraying Israel as a paragon of civilisation starkly contrasted against the bastion of backwardness that is the Middle East. Some pundits have even gone as far as reducing its people to the level of the animal kingdom. ● Such bias is nothing new, further amplified in the UK by outlets such as UnHerd, as media propaganda continues the unsettling tradition of misrepresenting the Arab community. But it has been unexpectedly troubling to hear such distortions echoed by British feminists and activists. ● If you are following well-known UK feminists in hopes of finding a united outcry and empathy for the violence faced by Palestinian women and children, I am afraid you will be deeply disappointed.
The Threat of Financial Transaction Control
Catherine Austin Fitts | The U.S. Federal Reserve and its central banking allies are engineering unprecedented changes in the financial system. How do we know this? Because they speak openly about what they intend to do. | I want to show you three 1-minute videos today that describe the vision of total central control currently being implemented by the central banks. ● The first is a clip from an IMF panel in October 2020. The speaker is Agustín Carstens, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. The BIS is the central bank of central banks, which enjoys the powers of sovereign immunity. The Federal Reserve is one of 63 central banks which are BIS members, including the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of China. In this clip, Mr. Carstens is describing the nature of central bank digital currency or CBDC. The BIS is leading a global effort to implement CBDC, including a partnership with the Federal Reserve. Let’s see what Mr. Carstens says about where he hopes our money is going.
‘Secret for Six Years’ - US Intel Spied on Trump Staff Before 2016 Russian Collusion Claims - Report
According to a joint report by three journalists, the US intelligence community inappropriately used its foreign allies to spy on Trump associates in order to circumvent a law that prohibits the CIA from domestic spying. | Three journalists recently published an article in which they allege that the United States Intelligence Community (IC), including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), illegally requested its English speaking counterparts—the “Five Eyes” including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand--- to spy on former President Donald Trump advisors and campaign aides before he was elected to the White House in 2016. ● Ray McGovern, who served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, returned to Sputnik’s The Critical Hour and explained his experience with the "Russiagate" conspiracy, adding that the truth was hidden from Americans for more than six years.
💬 “Not only did the [House Intelligence Committee] (HPSCI) authorize the Five Eyes, those are the cooperative security services of the US, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, all English-speaking folks, a vestige of World War Two. They authorized them to collect dirt on 26 Trump staffers,” said McGovern.
■ Biden told his campaign staffers to focus on ‘crazy’ Trump statements – CNN (RT.com)
When Malcolm X visited Gaza in September 1964
Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/when-malcolm-x-visited-gaza-september-1964
Civil rights icon spent time in Khan Younis refugee camp and listened to Palestinian poetry, inspiring him to write an essay about the Israeli occupation | The human rights activist and Muslim preacher Malcolm X was killed 59 years ago today, on 21 February 1965. Though mainly known for his advocacy for the civil rights of Black communities in the United States, he also spent much of his life speaking on the struggles of peoples worldwide. ● Particularly during the latter years of his life - after breaking away from the Black nationalist and separatist Nation of Islam - Malcolm began to interact with leaders and organisers across the globe. During extensive travels in Africa and the Middle East in 1964, he met several postcolonial pan-African and pan-Arab leaders, including then-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, and Guinea President Ahmed Sekou Toure.
Biden backs Dutch PM Rutte for next NATO chief
Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/biden-backs-dutch-pm-rutte-for-next-nato-chief
The backing from the US President is expected to garner greater support from allies for Rutte's nomination. | US President Joe Biden is reportedly endorsing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as the next NATO secretary-general, according to a US official cited by Politico on Wednesday. The backing from the US President is expected to garner greater support from allies for Rutte's nomination. ● Earlier on Wednesday, Politico stated that approximately two-thirds of NATO nations are currently supporting the nomination of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to assume leadership of NATO this year. However, it is crucial to note that the decision necessitates unanimous agreement among all NATO member states. The report also mentioned that Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins are not considered potential candidates as they have not officially submitted their candidacies, according to NATO officials.
‘U.S. policy toward the war has been nothing other than hypocritical’: GU professor
A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says the United States’ approach toward the Israeli war on Gaza is purely hypocritical. | “U.S. policy toward the war has been nothing other than hypocritical,” Professor Mehran Kamrava tells the Tehran Times. The professor also says there is no doubt that “the primary objective” of Israel is to depopulate Gaza of “its Palestinian population”.
Israeli economy plunges almost 20% as Gaza war takes heavy toll
Israel's economy shrank by far more than expected in the final quarter of last year in the wake of the war on the besieged Gaza Strip, marking sharpest contraction since the pandemic. | Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics said in a statement that economy plunged 19.4% in the final three months of 2023, as significant resources were diverted to the regime’s military engagement in the war on the coastal sliver. That is the equivalent of a fall of 5% between October and December. ● According to British daily business newspaper the Financial Times, the significant downturn in Israel’s economy was partially due to mobilizing 300,000 reservists, who abandoned their jobs and businesses for extended presence in the military. ● Other factors involved the Tel Aviv regime’s funding housing for over 120,000 settlers, who left the northern and southern regions of the 1948-occupied territories close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
US vetoes another UN resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire
Link: https://ifpnews.com/us-un-resolution-gaza-ceasefire/
The US has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the third time, arguing that it would undermine negotiations over a hostage agreement. | The US was the lone vote against a ceasefire resolution put forward on Tuesday by Algeria. The UK was the sole abstention, with 13 votes in support, including those of close allies of Washington who insisted the humanitarian needs of Palestinians outweighed any reservations over the Algerian text. Washington was widely lambasted for using its veto again at a time when nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2 million people are under threat of famine.
■ US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution ‘shameful’: CAIR (IRNA)
■ Russia reacts to US vetoing Gaza ceasefire (RT.com)
■ China says US veto in UN truce vote makes Gaza 'even more dangerous' (aNews)
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