Maria Zakharova pointed out that the West has organized misinformation campaigns and influence in the cyber sphere: from spreading the corresponding content to blocking the apps of Russian organizations on digital platforms, which is also "a very serious element of influence" | Moscow’s Western opponents actively tried over the past year to disrupt the Russian presidential election, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Saturday.

💬 "Our opponents stirred up not just a week or a month ago. It seems to me that over the past year they did everything to either disrupt the presidential election or prevent it from being held or distort the conception of the elections in different ways," the diplomat said. The West has organized misinformation campaigns and influence in the cyber sphere: from spreading the corresponding content to blocking the apps of Russian organizations on digital platforms, which is also "a very serious element of influence," she pointed out. The West also used paid opposition that turned out to be "agents of influence and simply hirelings," the diplomat explained. "That is, all methods were used," she pointed out.

■ LIVE UPDATES: Day Two of Russia's Presidential Election (Sputnik News)
■ Polls open for Russian Presidential election, projected turnout at 71% (03/15/24)

Berlin has so far refused to provide Kiev with Taurus cruise missiles | European countries intend to create yet another “capability coalition” to supply Ukrainian forces with long-range weapons, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, echoing an initiative floated by French President Emmanuel Macron. ● During a joint press conference with Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Berlin on Friday, the German chancellor stated that the countries have agreed to expand their own production of military equipment and “procure even more weapons for Ukraine, on the overall world market.” ● “We are establishing a new capability coalition for long-range rocket artillery,” Scholz told journalists. The German leader provided no specifics and took no questions, so it remains unclear whether he meant something new, or was referring to a “long-range” initiative announced by Macron last month.

■ Germany Supports Tapping Frozen Russian Assets for Ukrainian Arms - Scholz (Sputnik News)
■ New NATO member supports French position on troops in Ukraine (RT.com)
■ "Mercenaries" from the West inside Ukraine - Stunning Numbers (Hal Turner)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for a military attack on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, the last major population center to be subjected to a ground invasion in the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory. | Netanyahu’s office announced in a statement on Friday that he “approved plans for a military operation in Rafah, and the army is operationally preparing for it and for the evacuation of residents.” ● The statement provided no details on the exact time and date of the assault, and rejected the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as “unrealistic.” The provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the besieged territory and the release of Israeli captives were among the terms of the truce deal, which has several times been discussed in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. ● The potential aggression on Rafah comes despite the international community’s warnings against the attack in the southern city, which houses more than 1.4 million Palestinians.

UK refuses to say if Israeli bomber planes are using its Cyprus base. After anonymous British officials reveal Israeli F-35s bombing Gaza have had access to Britain’s sprawling air base on nearby Cyprus, the UK military refuses to deny the visits, raising further suspicions about complicity in war crimes. | The British government is refusing to divulge any information about whether its bases on Cyprus are being used to facilitate the bombing of Gaza. ● Kenny MacAskill, Alba MP for East Lothian, asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) if any Israeli Air Force F-35s fighter aircraft have landed at Akrotiri, the vast RAF base on Cyprus, since 7 October 2023. ● RAF Akrotiri has long been the staging post for British bombing campaigns in the Middle East, and sits 180 miles from Israel’s capital, Tel Aviv. The flight time is 40 minutes. The MoD replied...

💬 “...for operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence does not offer comment or information relating to foreign nations’ military aircraft movements or operations.”

This comes after the Daily Express recently reported “senior sources” telling the newspaper Israeli F-35s had until recently had access to the UK’s Cyprus base. The sources added that Israel had now been told not to land the planes at RAF Akrotiri until its war in Gaza was over.

🇵🇸🇮🇱‼️🚨 “Ukraine is a war, but Palestine is a conflict”

She calls out the western hypocrisy pic.twitter.com/Fd0M1stlVU

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) January 17, 2024

The Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 200 Palestinians were killed and injured as a result of the Israeli shelling. | Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported Thursday evening that several Palestinians were martyred and a large number were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted people awaiting aid near Kuwait Roundabout southeast of Gaza City. ● The Health Ministry in Gaza confirmed that more than 200 Palestinians were killed and injured as a result of the Israeli shelling. ● The Ministry mentioned that 20 martyrs and 155 injuries had arrived at the al-Shifa Medical Complex, while one martyr and six injuries arrived at Kamal Adwan Hospital.

■ New Massacre: ‘Israel’ Martyrs Dozens of Palestinians Awaiting Aid! (Alahed News)
■ “Israel’s” War on Gaza’s Children (Alahed News)

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has issued a demand for governments and Big Tech companies to make a “concerted effort” to silence critics of the unelected globalist organization’s agenda. | The WEF claims that it is seeking to stamp out wrongthink as part of its alleged fight against so-called “disinformation.” Klaus Schwab’s organization is now insisting that global governments, media, tech companies, and civil society must ramp up efforts for the “anti-disinformation” campaign. In a statement, the WEF argues that “disinformation” is a threat to “our ecosystem.” The Switzerland-based group wants “experts” to explain to world leaders and bureaucrats how to “curb” opposition to the globalist agenda. [...] The WEF blames digital technology and what it calls a “fragmented media ecosystem” for the supposedly unprecedented amounts of “disinformation.”

The Canadian government is rapidly advancing plans to usher in full-blown tyranny and will soon begin sentencing citizens to life in prison if they are found guilty of committing the “crime” of so-called “hate” | Many are likening the new laws to George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984” as Canada will soon start handing out severe penalties for wrongthink. The push for life sentences is part of “liberal” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “anti-hate” legislation. The shocking new law, buried in bill C-6, states:

💬 Everyone who commits an offense under this act or any other act of Parliament, if the commission of the offense is motivated by hatred based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, color, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, is guilty of an indictable offense and liable to imprisonment for life.

However, the bill only gets worse the further you read. The new law will also offer cash bribes to members of the public “anonymously” snitch on their fellow citizens for committing “hate.” The bill states:

💬 It [C-6 bill] allows someone to make a complaint of a discrimination anonymously … if that hateful complaint is found legit, a maximum of 20,000 [Canadian] dollars goes to that person.

1. This is what they tell you: “It’s a vaccine”, but that’s not true

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because it meets all the criteria of a genetically engineered product. It contains synthetically produced modified mRNA packaged within lipid nanoparticles that have the ability to transfect our cells.

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because it circulates in our body and in our cells without being noticed as foreign – unlike the particles of conventional vaccines

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because in 2021, the purpose of vaccination was revised and its definition changed. According to the new “standard”, “vaccines” do not need to create immunity specifically against a disease, but are only required to elicit an immune response, even if this response is non-specific or adverse.

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because upon entry into our cells, the modified mRNA hijacks our cells to force them to produce foreign proteins, the nature of which is partially unpredictable

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because after receiving a mRNA-based injection, we are initially still considered “unvaccinated”. It will take another two weeks before any medical authorities will consider you as “vaccinated”. As a result, reports on adverse events (including hospitalization and death) that may occur within those first two weeks post-vaccination will simply not be counted, if reported at all. Likewise, it is difficult to argue for any claims for compensation.

■ It’s not a “vaccine”, because you are intended to receive boosters on a regular basis. These repeated injections lead to the non-stop production of the antigen, possibly several antigens. This differs from a natural infection, in which the antigen invades our body occasionally and transiently. This ongoing presentation of the same antigen inevitably weakens our immune system.

■ The Game Continues - Their Prize Is Your Soul (BitChute)

Polls open in Russia for the presidential elections, which will extend for three days, marking the first election since the reforms of 2020. | Polling stations have opened across Russia for the 2024 presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin contending against three opponents. ● The voting will span three days until Sunday, and this will mark the first Russian presidential election since the 2020 constitutional reform. The reform had imposed a limit of two terms for any president. This also nullified Putin's former terms, enabling him to run again. ● In this election, four candidates vie for the six-year presidential term. Putin, running independently, competes against Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Party, and Vladislav Davankov representing the New People party.

■ LIVE UPDATES: Russians Head to the Polls to Elect Next President (Sputnik News)
■ Voting starts in 3-day Russian presidential election (Anadolu)
■ В России началось голосование на выборах президента. Как это будет (RG.ru)

The senior Russian official has proposed a “soft” alternative that would see Ukraine absorbed by his country | A “reasonable” peace agreement with Ukraine would involve Moscow taking full control over the country, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has claimed. ● The senior official mocked the peace plan proposed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, which has been backed by the West as the only way to end the conflict with Russia. First unveiled in late 2022, the proposal amounts to Moscow conceding military defeat, according to the Russian leadership. 💬 “Everyone, including those brazen Western liars, understands that even in a less complicated situation peace can be achieved either through reasonable compromise or after one of the sides capitulates,” Medvedev, who serves as deputy head of the Security Council, wrote on social media on Thursday.

■ Russia says no to Switzerland ‘peace conference’ (03/14/24)

The alpine nation can “hardly serve” as a neutral platform for Ukraine talks, the Foreign Ministry has stated | Moscow has no intention of participating in a proposed Swiss-hosted peace conference on the Ukraine conflict, even if it is officially invited, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated. ● The official response follows recent media reports that China and Switzerland have been pushing to get Russia invited to the talks. Last month, Switzerland announced plans to organize a peace summit “by the summer.” No specific date has been named as yet. The list of participants has also not been revealed. However, Ukraine has indicated that Russia can only be invited if it agrees in advance to a litany of preconditions.

💬 “This forum will be dedicated to promoting the ultimatum ‘Zelenskyy peace formula,’ although its Swiss organizers pretend that they are looking for a common denominator in the peace initiatives of different countries,” Zakharova said, according to a press release issued on Wednesday on the ministry’s website.

She explained that Zelensky’s plan includes a number of unrealistic terms, including the withdrawal of Russian troops to Ukraine’s 1991 borders, holding Moscow accountable and paying reparations, as well as provisions on food, nuclear safety, energy, ecology, and humanitarian problems. Kiev’s basic demands remain the same, while legitimate Russian interests are being ignored, Zakharova said.

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев) | On the Kyiv Nazis' "peace formula", Swiss "peace conferences" and the real basis of the negotiations | When I hear the expression "Zelensky's peace formula," I experience an unbearable feeling of disgust, which quickly turns into a feeling of shame from the bad surrealism of what is happening. After all, everyone understands perfectly well, including even the boorish Western liars, that even in much simpler situations during a war, peace can be achieved either by the mutual will of the parties based on reasonable compromise, or by the surrender of one of the parties to the conflict. ● There is no will on the part of the so-called former Ukraine to negotiate. At least not based on recognizing the realities, as Vladimir Putin said yesterday. For them, reality is the brain-dead "peace formula" of a provincial clown in green tights. And nothing else. It looks so artificial that the only way out is to construct our own, Russian formula, calm and quite realistic. Humane for all. Which one? For example, this one:

1. Recognition by the former "Ukraine" of defeat in the military component of the conflict. The full and unconditional surrender of "Ukraine" is represented by the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization of "Ukraine" and a ban on the creation of paramilitary formations on its territories in the future.
2. Recognition by the international community of the Nazi character of the Kyiv political regime and carrying out, under UN supervision, the forced denazification of all organs of power in "Ukraine".
3. The confirmation by the UN of the loss of international legal personality of "Ukraine". "Ukraine's loss of international legal personality and the impossibility for any of its legal successors to join military alliances without Russia's consent.
4. The resignation of all constitutional authorities of "Ukraine" and the immediate holding of elections for a provisional parliament of the UN-administered self-governing territory of "Ukraine".
5. Adoption by the provisional parliament of laws on payment of all due compensations to Russia, including payments to relatives of the dead citizens of our country and payments for health damage to the wounded. Establishment of the order of compensation for property damage caused to the subjects of the Russian Federation.
6. Official recognition by the provisional parliament of "Ukraine" that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of an act on the reunification of the territories of "Ukraine" with Russia.
7. Self-dissolution of the provisional parliament. Recognition of the act of reunification by the UN.

This [draft] could be the soft Russian formula for peace. It is the compromise position, right? I would consider it to be the basis for seeking a benevolent consensus with the international community, including the Anglo-Saxon world, holding productive summits, counting on the mutual understanding of our close friends - Western partners. (DeepL + Grammarly)

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the Israeli army, which is waging a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, is in a state of exhaustion.

💬 "The Israeli army today is tired and exhausted on all fronts," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address on Wednesday, adding, "The enemy's senior experts acknowledge the strategic losses."

Israel launched the war against Gaza on October 7 after Al-Aqsa Storm, a surprise operation by the coastal sliver’s resistance groups against the occupied territories that was staged in retaliation for the intensification of Tel Aviv’s decades-long crimes against Palestinians. The regime has so far during the war killed more than 31,300 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.

💬 "Gaza, which resists, fights, and endures in a scene close to a miracle and astonishing the world, is the culture of the Qur'an, and it is a divine proof for the whole world," Nasrallah said.

So far, during the military onslaught, the Israeli army has officially acknowledged losing around 590 forces and officers as a result of the resistance’s operations. The fatalities include 248, who have been killed in ground battles.

■ Sayyed Nasrallah: ‘Israel’ Moving towards Defeat, Resistance Fronts to Continue Supporting Gaza (Alahed News)
■ Gaza Resistance's ambushes inflict heavy losses on IOF in Khan Younis (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah Continues Striking Israeli Occupation Sites near Lebanon Border: Videos (Al Manar TV)
■ Scott Ritter: Israel will LOSE its War as IDF Troops Face Major Defeat in Middle East (VIDEO)
■ Palestinians defeat Israeli armored vehicles, with Jon Elmer (The Electronic Intifada)(VIDEO)

Palestinian Foreign Minister Al-Maliki meets with Chinese envoy in Ramallah | Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki praised China's plea before the International Court of Justice in February, which deemed Israel as a “foreign oppression occupying Palestine.” ● This came during al-Maliki's meeting with China's Foreign Ministry envoy Wang Kejian at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. ● The agency reported that al-Maliki praised “China's continued endeavor in all international forums to support the establishment of the Palestinian state and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, especially the oral argument that China recently presented in the International Court of Justice.” [...] He also highlighted the importance of a sustainable cease-fire, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, providing international protection for Palestinian civilians, and delivering humanitarian aid securely.

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)

Warsaw covets its “historic lands,” the Russian president has claimed | Any attempt to send Polish troops into Ukraine could end in a long-term occupation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned in an extensive interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, set to be aired by the Russia 1 TV broadcaster and RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

💬 “If Polish troops enter the territory of Ukraine in order to, as they say, secure the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, for example, or in some other places to free up Ukrainian rear military units to participate in hostilities on the front line, then I think that Polish troops will never leave,” Putin said, according to excerpts from the interview.

The deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine amid the conflict with Russia is “not unthinkable,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed last week. He was commenting on a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, who said late last month that he “cannot exclude” the possibility of soldiers from the US-led military bloc being sent to aid Kiev. Putin believes that Polish officials dream of returning...

💬 “...those lands that they consider historically their own, and which were taken from them by… Joseph Stalin, and transferred to Ukraine.” “They certainly want them back. So if official Polish units enter there, they are unlikely to leave,” he claimed.

■ Poland's Foreign Minister Says The Presence Of Nato Troops In Ukraine Is 'NOT Unthinkable' (Daily Courier)
■ NATO has secret agenda for troops in Ukraine – Russia (RT.com)
■ ‘Your vampire ball is over’ – Putin to Western elites (RT.com)
■ Vladimir Putin Holds Interview With Rossiya Segodnya Chief Kiselev (Sputnik News)
■ Интервью президента РФ Владимира Путина Дмитрию Киселеву. Стенограмма и видео (RG.ru)
■ Западные аналитики считают, что на самом деле будет так (рис. 2). (Дмитрий Медведев)

Hezbollah on Tuesday pounded Israeli sites with more than hundred rockets in response to the Zionist aggression on Bekaa a day earlier. | In a statement, Hezbollah Military Media declared that the Islamic Resistance fighters fired, at 07:00 am on Tuesday, the command headquarters of the air and missile defense in Kela Barracks and the missile and artillery base in Yoav, as well as the surrounding emplacements in the area with over a hundred Katyusha rockets. The statement stressed that the strike was “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and the brave and honorable resistance, and in response to the Israeli assaults against our people, villages, and cities, most recently in the vicinity of Baalbek city which resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen.” Al-Manar correspondent reported that several barrages of rockets were fired from Lebanon at Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle. The rocket barrages were also reported by activists on social media, with photos and videos being posted. For its part, Israeli media reported that some 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon.

■ Hezbollah attacks two Israeli bases with 100 rockets (Dawn.com)
■ Officials’ Remarks about War with Hezbollah Make Israelis Hold Their Breath: Zionist Analysts (Al Manar TV)
■ Hezbollah rocket attacks trigger Israeli economic collapse (Albawaba.com)

The Iranian foreign minister says the continuation of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip in the holy fasting month of Ramadan sounds the alarm about the “most unprecedented disaster of the century.” | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN Security Council, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as well as the foreign ministers of Islamic countries and other states across the world. ● Pointing to the months-long Israeli war on Gaza, the top Iranian diplomat censured the United Nations Security Council’s inability to stop the brutal aggression on the Palestinian territories and called for “serious measures” to help people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. ● Abdollahian denounced the continued inability of the UNSC to stop the war against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank due to the US's prevention of the council's effective actions through excessive resort to the "right of veto." ● He asserted that, 💬 “With the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, it is absolutely necessary for the international community to find practical ways and take serious measures to support the Palestinian people, immediately stop the military attacks against the Gaza Strip and find a way out of the current dire situation.” The Iranian foreign minister also underlined that the Israel regime “deliberately” pursues the policy of the complete destruction of Gaza by imposing a total siege on the Palestinian territory. ● Israel began the genocidal war on October 7, 2023, after Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out Operation al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

■ Israeli rabbi calls for genocide of all Palestinians in Gaza (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israel’s ‘war on children’ kills more children than in four years of worldwide conflict (PressTV)
■ UNRWA: ‘Israel’s’ War on Gaza Children Kills more Children than in Four years of Worldwide Conflict (Alahed News)
■ IOF assaulted and humiliated Gaza medics after hospital raid: BBC (Al Mayadeen)
■ In 157 days, 'Israel' detained 7,530 Palestinians in West Bank (Al Mayadeen)
■ “Shocking” Israeli violence in occupied West Bank (Ali Karbalaei)
■ War on Gaza: The Discovery of a Mass Grave (02/10/24)
■ UNICEF: “Number of children killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, reaches unprecedented levels”

Meir Baruchin, a senior history and civics teacher, dismissed from his job due to his social media posts related to Palestinians | An Israeli teacher said that since Israel has waged a military offensive on the Gaza Strip following an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas, the Israeli society has been increasingly pushed to the far right and that there has been a growing crackdown on those speaking out against the persecution faced by Palestinians. ● In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Israeli law enforcement and judiciary have detained dozens of Palestinians and issued detention orders against them due to their social media posts. The pressure exerted by the Israeli police on social media is not limited to Palestinians alone. ● In an interview with Anadolu, Meir Baruchin, a senior history and civics teacher who was dismissed from his job due to his social media posts related to Palestinians, shared his legal struggle against the Israeli authorities and the pressures he faced.

■ Israeli teacher who was locked up and persecuted for opposing war on Gaza speaks up (02/11/24)

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Israeli army targeted Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City, spokesperson for civil defense unit tells Anadolu | At least nine people were killed and more than 20 others injured when the Israeli army dropped bombs and opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Tuesday, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported. The injured people have been transferred to the Al-Shifa Hospital. Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the enclave's civil defense unit, told Anadolu that the Israeli army targeted Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near the Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City. Israeli warplanes were also reported to have bombed a house in a neighborhood of Rafah city in southern Gaza Strip, resulting in injuries.

■ Live blog: Palestinian death toll in Israel food line bombing rises to nine (TRT World)
■ Gaza bloodbath: Reflecting on some of the unforgettable crimes by Israel (TRT World)

Ahmed Aziz, Lubna Masarwa and Simon Hooper | Men detained by Israeli forces since the start of the war are returning to Gaza with harrowing accounts of mock executions, constant beatings and humiliating mistreatment | Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces since the start of the war in Gaza have told Middle East Eye how they were physically tortured with dogs and electricity, subjected to mock executions, and held in humiliating and degrading conditions. ● In testimonies to MEE, one man, who was taken by Israeli forces from a school in Gaza where he had sought refuge with his family, described how he had been handcuffed, blindfolded, and detained in a metal cage for 42 days. During interrogations, he said he had been given electric shocks, as well as scratched and bitten by army dogs. ● Other men also described being electrocuted, attacked by dogs, doused with cold water, denied food and water, deprived of sleep, and subjected to constant loud music. “They did not spare anyone. There were 14-year-old boys and 80-year-old men,” said one of the men, Moaz Muhammad Khamis Miqdad, who was taken prisoner in Gaza City in December and held for more than 30 days. As well as three men taken prisoner in Gaza, MEE spoke to a man detained in a raid in the West Bank city of Qalqilya who said he had been blindfolded, stripped naked, and hung by his arms during interrogations in which he was repeatedly beaten and burnt with cigarettes. He also described being held for days in freezing conditions in which he was not allowed to sleep and of a soldier urinating in a bottle and handing it to him after he had requested water. All four men described being forced to strip naked and being constantly beaten and abused by Israeli soldiers during their weeks-long detentions.

■ UNRWA staffers tortured by Israeli troops to falsely admit ‘Hamas links’ (MR Online)

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has struck the “Israeli” entity’s main airport in continued support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are enduring a genocidal US-backed “Israeli” aggression. | The Iraqi umbrella group of anti-terror groups made the announcement in a statement on Monday.

💬 “The fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, this evening, Monday, 11-3-2024, targeted Ben Gurion Airport deep within the usurping entity by drone,” the statement read.

The resistance accompanied the statement with footage of the operation, which saw the aircraft releasing a projectile upon reaching above its designated target. So far during the military onslaught, the entity has martyred more than 31112 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents. Completing the statement, the Iraqi resistance said by targeting the “Israeli” airport, it had...

💬 “...affirmed that we will continue to strike enemy strongholds, in completion of the second phase of operations to confront the occupation and support our people in Gaza, and in response to the Zionist massacres against unarmed Palestinian civilians.”

Earlier this month, the coalition announced targeting the Haifa Airport in the northern part of the occupied territories in yet another pro-Palestinian operation.

Kit Klarenberg | Britain's century-long commitment to Zionism and collaboration with Israel today plays a frequently overlooked role in perpetuating the oppression and genocide against Palestinians. | On 9 February, British Defense Minister James Heappey informed parliament that Israeli military operatives are “currently … posted in the UK,” both within Tel Aviv’s diplomatic mission “and as participants in UK defense-led training courses.” This hitherto unacknowledged arrangement amply demonstrates how, despite recent calls from officials in London for Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to exercise restraint in its genocide of Gaza – if not institute a ceasefire – the UK remains international Zionism’s covert nerve center. ● Mere days earlier, Heappey likewise admitted that nine Israeli military aircraft landed in Britain since Operation Al Aqsa Flood on 7 October last year. Investigations by independent investigative website Declassified UK show that Royal Air Force aircraft have flown to and from Israel in the same period, along with 65 spy plane missions launched from the UK’s vast, little-known military and intelligence base in Cyprus. ● The purpose of those flights and who and/or what they carried are a state secret. Freedom of Information requests have been denied, Britain's Ministry of Defense has refused to comment, and local media is by and large silent. ● Nonetheless, in July 2023, British ministers admitted that the UK's training of Israeli military personnel includes battlefield medical assistance, “organizational design and concepts,” and “defense education.” It is unknown if that “education” has in any way informed the slaughter of more than 30,000 Palestinians since 7 October.

■ UK refuses to disclose what Israeli military planes landing in Britain have onboard (Declassified UK)

Several French government institutions have been hit by cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" ahead of the Paris Olympics. | Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's office said in a statement that several state bodies were targeted, without elaborating. According to the statement, the cyberattacks have been "contained." The PM's staff said a "crisis cell has been activated to deploy countermeasures", meaning "the impact of these attacks has been reduced for most services and access to state websites restored." Specialist services, including information security agency ANSSI, were "implementing filtering measures until the attacks are over."

The Israeli occupation commits seven massacres within 24 hours across the Strip, killing 67 Palestinians and wounding 106. | The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported on Monday that 31,112 Palestinians were killed and 72,760 were wounded by the Israeli occupation as the genocide in Gaza enters its 157th day. ● The Ministry pointed out that 72% of the martyrs are women and children. It detailed that "Israel" carried out seven massacres, killing 67 Palestinians and injuring 106 others in 24 hours only. It further noted that numerous Palestinians are still trapped under the rubble, with the Israeli military obstructing medical and civil defense teams from accessing bombed sites to rescue survivors or retrieve bodies buried beneath the debris. Two children died from malnutrition and due to the lack of medical supplies at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. This brings the total number of Palestinians, predominantly children, killed so far as a result of "Israel's" tactic of deliberate starvation to 27. Concurrently, 16 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli occupation bombing of a house near al-Farouq Mosque in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

■ Life in the West Bank post October 7: Al Mayadeen Exclusive

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Olaf Scholz has repeatedly - most recently on March 4 - reiterated his refusal to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles | Germany may agree to a swap of Taurus missiles with the UK to provide Kiev with new long-range missiles, despite German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's consistent refusal to directly supply Kiev with this weapon system, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said. ● UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper on March 9 that London was ready to help Berlin resolve issues related to possible deliveries of Taurus missiles to Kiev. When asked whether a "swap" was being discussed, in which London could transfer its Storm Shadow missiles to Kiev in exchange for Taurus missiles from Germany, Cameron said that the country was prepared to consider all options to maximize the impact for Ukraine, but declined to give details. Scholz has repeatedly - most recently on March 4 - reiterated his refusal to supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles.

■ Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine – and Russia’s German military leak proves it (The Guardian)
■ Germany accuses Russia of waging an ‘information war’ after alleged military leak (The Guardian)
■ Are France and the UK Plotting a Ukrainian Power Play Right Under Germany’s Nose? (Andrew Korybko)

The man’s decision to fight for Kiev was prompted by ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss, an inquest has heard | Harry Gregg – a 25-year-old man from Norfolk, UK who was inspired by former Prime Minister Liz Truss to go and fight in Ukraine – committed suicide by hanging himself after returning from the embattled country, British media reported on Sunday, citing the official investigation. He reportedly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was unable to receive adequate help, according to his mother. ● In February 2022, Truss, who was then serving as foreign secretary, said on national TV that she would “absolutely” support UK nationals who go to fight for Ukraine. Her statement followed an earlier appeal from officials in Kiev for foreign volunteers to come and join the battle. [...] Her comments were at odds with the government, which maintained that anyone going to “fight or assist others engaged in the conflict” could be prosecuted upon returning to the UK.

■ UK Mercenary Fighting for Ukrainian Military Commits Suicide Upon Arrival Home - Reports (Sputnik News)

MI5 turned a blind eye to crimes during the Troubles, a state-appointed investigator says | British security forces knowingly failed to prevent several murders of UK citizens in order to protect an informant in an armed resistance group active in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a high-profile report published on Friday said. ● The interim report on Operation Kenova – an independent investigation into the activities of an alleged government agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ – was presented by the probe’s former head, Jon Boutcher. Launched in 2016, the inquiry specifically dealt with the agent’s alleged involvement in the kidnappings, torture, and murders committed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).