Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/netanyahu-urges-blocking-of-icc-action--us-officials-quick-t

According to Axios, US lawmakers from both parties are threatening the ICC with retaliatory action if it carries out its duties against Israeli officials. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked United States President Joe Biden to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials responsible for war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Axios said citing two Israeli officials. ● Reportedly, the names of Netanyahu, Security Minister Yoav Gallant, and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi have been circled as suspects of war crimes that the ICC will look to prosecute. [...] The ICC has been looking into war crimes committed back in 2014 in the Gaza Strip, however, it has produced no punitive decisions against individuals.

■ US Congress reportedly warns ICC over arrest warrants for Israeli officials (TRT World)
■ Israel fears ICC may order Netanyahu's arrest (rediff.com)
■ What is the International Criminal Court and why it has Israeli officials worried (AP News)
■ Russia says United States is being hypocritical over ICC and Israel (Investing.com)

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-israel-planning-ring-checkpoints-prevent-men-fleeing-rafah

Israel is setting up 'complex network' of checkpoints to prevent 'military age' men from fleeing Rafah assault, senior western official tells MEE | Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity. ● The checkpoints are designed to allow some women and children to leave Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli offensive, but unarmed, civilian Palestinian men will likely be separated from their families and remain trapped in Rafah during an expected Israeli assault. ● The previously unreported disclosure of Israel’s construction of a ring of checkpoints around Rafah underscores how Israel is pushing ahead with plans to attack the city where over one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents and makeshift camps. ● The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war. The rounding up of Palestinian males in Gaza and photographing them stripped to their underwear drew condemnation in December, with the US calling the images “deeply disturbing”.

■ 'Israel' has no 'Intl' credit' to invade Rafah: Ex-Israeli General (Al Mayadeen)
■ Live blog: Israeli army 'ready' to invade Gaza's Rafah in 72 hours (TRT World)
■ Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian officials say (Spectrum News)
■ 7 more Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes across Gaza (aNews)

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/29/us-to-spend-320-million-constructing-gaza-pier/

President Biden pretends to want to get more aid into the Strip. | President Biden ordered the military to construct the pier "for aid deliveries" [They're building a pier to carry out the genocide, let's face it.] instead of pressuring Israel to open more land border crossings, which is by far the most efficient way to get more aid into the Strip. Israel will impose a strict inspection regime on aid shipments coming through the pier, requiring inspections before they’re shipped from Cyprus and again when the aid reaches the shore of Gaza. ● According to a report from The Jerusalem Post, the idea to build the pier came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who proposed it to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in October. A reporter for Israel’s Kan news said last month that during a meeting of the Knessett’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu suggested using the pier to remove Palestinians from Gaza. [It'll probably be Cyprus first, and then into the rest of Europe later.] ■ Temporary aid pier off Gaza to be operational in May: Pentagon (aNews)

Link: https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1785190275213660577

🔴 LIVE DAY 207 #Israel #Palestine

- ICJ to give orders on Nicaragua v. Germany
- Columbia University suspends student protesters
- US and UK urge Hamas to accept ceasefire deal

Follow our live coverage ⤵️https://t.co/1aIfFq6dcV

— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 30, 2024

■ Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world (Al Jazeera)
■ San Francisco State University begins encampment for Palestine (Anadolu)
■ Group of pro-Palestinian students enters Hamilton Hall building at Columbia University (Anadolu)
■ Pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Texas university (VIDEOS) (RT.com)
■ Columbia suspends encampment protesters; movement unfazed (Al Mayadeen)

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/un-plotting-planetary-emergency-seize-control-sovereign-nations/

Hunter Fielding | The unelected United Nations (UN) is planning to declare a “planetary emergency” that would allow globalists to seize control of sovereign countries. | The UN is scheduled to meet in September for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, as well as the highly-anticipated “Summit of the Future” where nations will sign the so-called “Pact for the Future.” The Pact is expected to call for declaring a “planetary emergency.” ■ What do this agreement and its policies mean for the future of individual and national sovereignty? By the end of September, the United Nations member states may vote to radically alter the UN itself, what some are calling UN 2.0, and the very nature of how nation-states make decisions regarding the future of the planet. The organization is expected to push to establish itself as an unelected single-world government with authority over individual governments.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/596728-west-world-war-3/

Timur Fomenko | The Iran-Israel clash has served as a catalyst for renewed escalation by Western leaders, and World War III cannot be ruled out | The events of recent weeks have produced a sudden jolt in Western politics. From a lethargy that was starting to creep into US and western discourse over the Ukraine war, Iran’s attack on Israel suddenly seemed to have had the effect of awakening Ronald Reagan from his grave and leading to a surge of neo-conservativism on steroids, on both sides of the Atlantic. ■ US House Speaker Mike Johnson did a complete 180-degree U-turn and proclaimed himself a “Reagan Republican” passing a series of aid bills for astronomical overseas spending that he had otherwise blocked for months, as he denounced an “axis of evil.” Along with that, a proposed TikTok ban bill came out of nowhere too, and was quickly signed into law. ■ Then the UK decided to devote its largest ever aid package to Ukraine, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warning of an “axis of authoritarian states” and amplifying ideologically combative rhetoric. At the same time, it was then revealed Biden had sent 300km long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine despite having pledged not to do so for years, fearing escalation. Finally, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has suddenly dramatically increased economic warfare on China, pushing the European Commission to open probes on scores of Chinese exports. Where exactly did all this come from?

■ ALERT: Biden Secretly Planning To Fund Ukraine For An Entire DECADE (News Addicts)
■ Swiss Daily Speculates Russia Will Liberate Donbas ‘By October,’ Forcing Ukraine to Negotiate (Sputnik)
■ Ukraine Continues Assault on Human Rights as Western Sponsors Turn a Blind Eye (Sputnik)
■ Musk and Sacks slam Washington’s ‘forever war’ Ukraine plan (RT.com)

Link: https://english.alahednews.com.lb/76065/391

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has vehemently slammed the heavy-handed crackdown against pro-Palestine student protests in Western universities, especially in the United States, saying it has laid bare the true nature of Western civilization. | The Iranian president described violent suppression of anti-Zionist student protests, and the beating and arrest of professors and students in Western universities, especially in the US, as “another scandal for self-proclaimed advocates of freedom of expression.”

💬 “Today, thanks to the blessed blood of the oppressed martyrs of Gaza, the true nature of Western civilization has been revealed to the people of the world more than any time before,” the Iranian president said. Raisi added, “It has become evident that those who claim to be advocating freedom of expression do not think about anything other than maintaining their own domination.”

Students and staff of Tehran University have held a rally in support of growing protests on US university campuses where students have erected encampments to demand action to end “Israel’s” aggression on Gaza. ● Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran's president said the current uprising of Western students, professors, and elites in support of the oppressed people of Gaza is a major development with vast ramifications.

■ Over 900 arrested at anti-war protests in US universities since April 18 (PressTV)
■ Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested in US Universities (Alahed News)
■ US doesn’t want Gaza ceasefire: Iran (Iran Front Page)
■ Israeli embassies worldwide on alert over potential ICC arrest warrants for Gaza war crimes
■ “Israel” Fears ICC Arrest Warrants against Bibi, other Officials over Gaza Genocide (Alahed)

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/foreign-countries-have-begun-pulling-their-gold-from-u-s-safekeeping

A number of countries around the world have begun withdrawing their Gold Bullion from storage in the United States over fears about the US Financial System! It's not only our Financial System, it was the FORCIBLE SEIZURE of Russia's Sovereign Wealth Funds; the world now sees the USA as nothing more than a Den of Thieves! | Over the past ten days, at least FOUR (4) countries have decided to pull their Gold reserves from the United States: Cameroun, Ghana, Nigeria, and a fourth country.

 ● Cameroon: This movement is provoking discussions about the broader implications for international finance. It highlights the importance of diversification and risk management to navigate the complexities of the global economic landscape.
 ● Ghana’s decision to repatriate its gold reserves from the United States reflects a strategic move towards safeguarding against economic volatility and asserting greater control over its financial destiny.

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/banks-spied-trump-voters-biden-admin-without-warrants/

Several major American banks have been caught spying on supporters of President Donald Trump, without warrants, on behalf of the Democrats and President Joe Biden’s administration. | At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government. The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government found that the banks were motoring the private transactions on Americans to look for “extremism” indicators. The spying effort cited the January 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol as “justification” for the operation. However, according to the findings, the spying effort targeted Trump supporters in general and not just those who were involved in the protests. Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is investigating “collusion” between U.S. banks and federal agencies in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. ● The Biden admin worked with banks to comb through “extremism” indicators like the purchase of a religious text, like a Bible, or searches including the terms “MAGA” and “TRUMP,” according to shocking revelations by the committee. Bank of America, Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Citi Bank, and Truist were already being targeted in the probe looking to expose how the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the FBI worked together.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240427/us-encircling-china-with-military-bases-to-cut-off-ocean-access-in-conflict-scenario---reports-1118142625.html

Washington's rhetoric about respecting the One-China principle that negates Taiwanese independence is frequently undermined by anti-China sentiments voiced by the US political establishment, multi-billion dollar aid packages for Taiwan and military efforts destabilizing security in the region. | The US is building military bases near China to squeeze its naval capabilities out of the Pacific if a regional conflict were to break out, the New York Times (NYT) has reported, citing anonymous Chinese military strategists.

💬 “The US efforts are aimed at keeping China’s naval forces behind the ‘first island chain’ — islands close to mainland Asia that run from Okinawa in Japan to Taiwan to the Philippines,” the reports read.

Link: https://tass.com/world/1781577

In a special interview with TASS, Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) provided insight into his visit to Russia, highlighted what support Moscow has provided to the agency, and addressed the motivations behind some countries' attempts to dismantle UNRWA and undermine the interests of Palestinians.

QUESTION: The UN has repeatedly drawn attention to the unprecedented scale of human suffering in the Gaza Strip. And according to the most recent statistics released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the death toll in Gaza has unfortunately surpassed 34,000 people in casualties. However, certain countries remain skeptical of those numbers. How much trust do you have in these statistics?

ANSWER: 💬 It's very difficult in a war situation to have precise figures. But I do believe that the amount being published gives a reasonably good idea of the scale of the number of people who have been killed in Gaza. And this is horrible. It's unprecedented when you think that in six months more than 30,000 people have been killed. We know that among them there are 13,000 children. We know that there were more children killed in Gaza in six months than in all the conflicts across the world in the last four years. So it's unprecedented in scale, as well as the level of destruction.

■ US lawmakers want to deploy ‘anti-Semitism monitors’ at colleges (RT.com)
■ Crackdown on US Campuses: 500 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Apprehended (Alahed News)

Link: https://newsaddicts.com/wef-demands-end-democratic-elections-we-will-decide/

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has demanded that global governments ban members of the public from taking part in “democratic elections,” declaring that future leaders must, instead, be “chosen” by the unelected globalist elite. | According to WEF founder and chairman, Professor Klaus Schwab, the general public cannot be trusted to choose leadership. Schwab argues that elections are now unnecessary because bureaucrats can now use artificial intelligence (AI) to “predict” who leaders “should be.” ● This is all moving towards globalization and a One World Government, for which a drastically reduced world population is of the order. This remains the WEF’s number ONE objective, as per The Great Reset and UN Agenda 2030. Klaus Schwab’s dream of The Fourth Industrial Revolution, AI, and digitization of everything are just instruments to get there faster. ● Another tool was covid and the bio-weapons “vaccines”, and perhaps the WEF Davos24 propagated new virus “X” – not yet existing, but roaming somewhere out there (Gates, Tedros WHO) and, ludicrously, “vaxxes” are already being developed – and a foremost instrument for this globalist genocide is the tremendous climate hoax.

Link: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/26/724420/US-500-arrested-pro-Palestinian-campus-protests-

US police have arrested more than 500 protesters during a crackdown against pro-Palestinian protesters on university campuses across the country on Thursday. | Anti-riot police used chemical irritants and tasers against protesters, who set up camps in defiance of police warnings from Massachusetts to California, to protest against Israel's savage war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. ● Protesters were arrested at schools, including Ohio State University, the University of Minnesota, Indiana University, and Princeton University. At Emory University in Atlanta, police clashed with protesters, including students from other Atlanta universities and area activists, and arrested dozens of protesters, including faculty members. ● Videos are shared on social media, showing officers using tear gas, tasers, and handcuffs to detain protesters.

■ Jewish Student Protester Shatters Myth of Antisemitic Campus Demonstrations (Sputnik)
■ US professor: I was censored, doxed and fired because of Gaza (TRT World)
■ Protesters at Emory University in Atlanta arrested — professor in cuffs (RT.com)(VIDEO)
■ Students at George Washington University join the protests in the nation's capital (RT.com)
■ US students pro-Palestine protests show falsity of US democracy (Al Mayadeen)
■ Pro-Palestinian Protests: 93 Arrested at California Campus (Al Manar TV)
■ US Campus Protests: Hundreds Arrested amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240427/facade-of-diplomacy-masks-us-efforts-to-smear-isolate-suppress-china-1118135160.html

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s second visit to China in less than a year this week signifies the importance the Biden administration places on Sino-US relations in addressing various global challenges, according to Chinese commentator Anna Ge. | Discussion [...] turned towards the United States’ criticism of China’s economic relationship with Russia. Beijing has continued to conduct trade with Moscow in defiance of US calls to isolate the country after the launch of its special military operation in the Donbass in 2022. Some have even blamed China for Russia’s success in the conflict, claiming Beijing provides the country with crucial components for military technology. China has resisted what it views as coercion against the country’s sovereign right to determine its trade relations.

■ China to US: Choose between Stability and Downward Spiral (04/26/24)

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-leaves-red-sea-after-failing-to-stop

The USS Dwight D Eisenhower makes it into the Mediterranean Sea as the United States seeks to bolster its close ally, the Israeli occupation, as it commits genocide in Gaza. | USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Gravely successfully transited the Suez Canal, after nearly four months stationed in the Red Sea, the Navy announced on Friday. ● During its stay in the Red Sea, the US battle group failed to halt Yemeni operations against maritime navigation linked to the Israeli regime as operations continued. ● According to a news release from US Naval Forces Europe-Africa, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, serving as the flagship of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, along with the USS Gravely, have now entered the Eastern Mediterranean. Their exact duration in the region remains undisclosed.

■ US "Reaper" Drone SHOT DOWN by Houthis in Yemen (04/26/24)

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/us-reaper-drone-shot-down-by-houthis-in-yemen

A United States model MQ-9 "Reaper" Drone has been shot down by Houthis in Yemen, with an anti-aircraft missile. Each Reaper drone is estimated to cost about $32 Million, and this one was shot down by men wearing sandals on their feet and dirty rags on their heads. Way to go Pentagon!

■ Yemeni Forces Strike British Oil Tanker, Shoot down US MQ-9 Drone (Alahed News)

Link: https://english.alahednews.com.lb/76034/388

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his American counterpart Antony Blinken on Friday that China and the US face a choice between stability and a “downward spiral”. | This comes as the American diplomat kicked off a day of meetings with top Chinese officials. ● Blinken’s trip to China – his second in the space of a year – comes as the two global powers seek to expand communication and stabilize rocky ties, while also navigating a host of thorny issues from China’s support for Russia to its ctivities in the South China Sea and toward Taiwan.

💬 “Should China and the United States keep to the right direction of moving forward with stability or return to a downward spiral? This is a major question before our two countries, and tests our sincerity and ability,” Wang told Blinken during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, after stating that the US-China ties were “beginning to stabilize.” ● “Should our two sides lead international cooperation against global issues and achieve win-win for all? Or engage in rivalry and confrontation – or even slide into conflict, which would be a lose-lose for all?” he said, speaking through an interpreter.

■ 'Negative factors' growing in US-China relations despite stability (Al Mayadeen)
■ Chinese FM meets Blinken, urging US to stop interfering in China's internal affairs or suppressing China's development (Global Times)
■ China hopes U.S. can view China's development in positive light: Xi (china.org.cn)
■ China, US free to have their own friends, partners — President Xi (TASS)
■ Beijing warns Washington against crossing ‘red lines’ (RT.com)

■ Washington wants Beijing to disown Moscow so that it is isolated in a potential confrontation
■ Blinken’s Visit to China Signals Ongoing Hybrid War Against Growing World Power (J. Miles)
■ Here’s what makes Blinken’s job in China especially difficult (Bradley Blankenship)

Link: https://t.me/rtnews/61565

■ Protesters at Emory University in Atlanta arrested — professor in cuffs (RT.com)(VIDEO)
■ Students at George Washington University join the protests in the nation's capital (RT.com)
■ US students pro-Palestine protests show falsity of US democracy (Al Mayadeen)
■ Pro-Palestinian Protests: 93 Arrested at California Campus (Al Manar TV)
■ US Campus Protests: Hundreds Arrested amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Students

Link: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/04/25/724355/White-House-Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests in US universities, urging Washington to immediately stop support for Israel.

💬 "The suppression and harsh treatment by the American police and security forces of professors and students protesting the genocide and war crimes of the Israeli regime in various universities has deeply worried and abhorred the public opinion of the world," Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a post published on social media platform X on Thursday. ●  “"This repression is in line with the continuation of Washington's full-fledged support for the Israeli regime and clearly shows the double standard and contradictory behavior of the American government towards freedom of expression." ● 'The global wave of disgust towards the Israeli regime and its supporters cannot be concealed."

Police have arrested hundreds of protesters in locations across the US, as demonstrations against the war in Gaza intensify across university campuses. In the latest crackdown, some 108 arrests were made at Emerson College in Boston. Earlier, 93 people at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles were taken into custody on trespassing charges. Protesters and police also clashed at the University of Texas in Austin. Authorities said 34 people were arrested there too.

Link: https://t.me/rtnews/60851