Royal Air Force has surveillance tape of Gaza from the day Israel killed British aid workers – but refuses to publish it. | Britain’s Ministry of Defence holds video surveillance footage of Gaza from the day that Israel killed seven international aid workers but is refusing to publish the tape. Among those killed in the World Central Kitchen convoy on 1 April were three British military veterans: John Chapman, James Kirby and James ‘Jim’ Henderson. The footage was taken by a Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance plane which spent approximately five hours above Gaza that day.

■ UK approved arms for Israel days after it killed British aid workers (Declassified)

The Israeli leader will address a joint session of Congress | On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the US, where he is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu’s visit comes amid political turmoil in the US as President Biden announced on Sunday that he was dropping out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. [Fully vaccinated] Biden was supposed to host Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, but an Israeli source told The Times of Israel that the meeting might not happen because the president is still sick with COVID-19.

👉 US Congress gives Benjamin Netanyahu 29 Standing Ovations (VIDEO) (2015)
■ American Surgeon Who Volunteered in Gaza Says IDF Snipers Shoot Toddlers (Antiwar.com)
■ Israel Launches New Assault on Khan Younis, Kills 70 Palestinians (Antiwar.com)

On July 21, Biden announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race in a move that came amid POTUS-related calls by prominent Democrats and donors to withdraw after his disastrous performance in last month’s debate against former US President Donald Trump. | Joe Biden had to withdraw from the US presidential race late last week after threats by high-ranking Democrats to forcibly remove him from office - the New York Post (NYP) reports, citing unnamed sources.

💬 The well-orchestrated "palace coup" has been in place for weeks, with Biden fighting it "every step of the way," the sources claimed, referring to "anger, paranoia and frustration" allegedly shown by the 46th US president, as the party elite piled pressure on him.

The top Democrats had threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution to stop Biden from seeking re-election, the insiders argued, recalling that the document authorizes the vice president, and members of the Biden administration, to declare the president unfit for service.

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■ Biden Drops-Out of Presidential Race (07/22/24)