As noted with the 'Afghanistan Children Are Starving And DYYYYYIINNNGGG!' tweet / article posted this morning, there does seem to be some coordinated narratives being established, which all come back to one thing - Afghanistan, the perennial basket case nation, needs lots of help, preferably in small bills, and we don't care where it comes from.
That, and the Taliban can't run a lemonade stand.
[Zero Hedge] - While the Taliban are clearly preoccupied with the security situation inside the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as emphasized by Sunday's bombing at a major mosque in Kabul (ironically, the former insurgents are facing an insurgency of their own led by ISIS-Khorasan, the Islamic State's Central Asian faction), there's an even more pressing issue currently confronting Afghanistan's new leadership.
It's looking increasingly likely that the Central Asian suppliers who contribute roughly half of the country's electricity are getting ready to pull the plug, according to the guy who used to run Afghanistan's state power authority, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, which he quit roughly two weeks after the Taliban takeover and likely fled. He at least felt safe enough to tell WSJ that the consequences of the Taliban not making good with Afghanistan's Central Asian power suppliers could be "really dangerous."
"The consequences would be countrywide, but especially in Kabul. There will be blackout and it would bring Afghanistan back to the Dark Ages when it comes to power and to telecommunications," said Mr. Noorzai, who remains in close contact with DABS’s remaining management. "This would be a really dangerous situation."
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[KP] In the first couple of weeks after the capture of Kabul, the Taliban * proclaimed a tolerant attitude towards women
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23-year-old Mushgan Ahmadi , dressed in a strict Islamic suit, puts a chic dress with bold, by local standards, bare shoulders and a truly brave neckline against a slender figure hiding under baggy clothes.
"This is my favorite," she smiles dreamily. "This is a dress of a bridesmaid, I would very much like to wear it to a wedding someday."
We are standing in the middle of a small showroom that simply splashes with fashionable luxury. Wedding dresses with rhinestones, cocktail dresses, embroidered with shiny stones, strict business, but with "bare" elements that clearly do not correspond to the strict Sharia norms that have recently been in effect in this country.
Mushgan was born during the first reign of the Taliban and, of course, does not remember its order, she grew up already "under the Americans," as they say here.
"I went to school, graduated from the Agricultural University, and created my own business from scratch."
A young businesswoman was the only breadwinner in the family
The opportunity to learn and realize oneself for people like her is a given, not a won right. The more painful is the collision with the new reality.
But the girl with all her appearance is trying to show that she is able to take a blow. From the showroom he takes me to a photo studio: "Here we dressed the models in new dresses and took photographs for advertising and promotion in social networks."
We pass through a small garden with dense rose bushes to the third room -- a video studio -- where Mushgan realized her creative ambitions as part of a Youtube project: "It is about the history of our country, culture, memorable places, and Afghan poets. We are recording this all for future generations. Shooting on the spot is, of course, difficult. But we have a lot of history books and we put different stories on top of the footage we find on the internet."
The young businesswoman was the only breadwinner in the family. Now there are no sources of income.
"We have our own factory where we sew women's outfits. But now, we closed it, took the machines home, and we had to sell some of them."
- More Western style, who bought these dresses?
"In fact, before such dresses were imported here from different countries. We decided we could do the same here on the spot. Women love this cut and have bought from us. And there were even orders from Europe."
Banned gifts
By the way, Kabul can be called a city of wedding salons. There are dozens of them, if not hundreds, and one is more luxurious than the other. Concrete and glass, with marble staircases, antique columns.
"We fell in love here at weddings during our American presence. But, for example, in the province of Kapisa, the new authorities banned celebrating the wedding after it was held, giving gifts to the young (the groom can give the bride gold) and serving something other than rice, bread and gorme - dishes made from lamb meat, herbs , beans and spinach. Moderation should be in everything, even in celebrations."
- How long have you been in business? - I ask the girl.
"When I graduated from the university, I thought about my financial future. I started three years ago, and it went well. Parents were not against it, we have an enlightened family, they know about the rights of women. And they supported me. I worked part-time while I was studying, saved up a small amount.
I have a partner who also invested. At the initial stage, we had only two sellers. Before the arrival of the Taliban, the company already employed 30 employees. 20 people were engaged in sales, the rest - in production. Now they are at home without work. The Taliban told us to close, but it sounded like temporary. They say there will be an announcement about new rules for women, but they have not yet been announced."
- And what is left of the working person from your business?
"Historical studio only. And the remaining dresses in the showroom."
- Can I leave Afghanistan and work as a designer in another country?
"I have done many projects to show my country abroad. If the opportunity arises, I'm ready. But not forever. I want to stay here with other women."
"Projects" are all kinds of programs that the West has been promoting in Afghanistan for two decades through various non-profit and non-governmental organizations. Women's rights have been a central case in which billions have been spent.
Feminist studies at Kabul University, campaigns to eradicate male stereotypes, aid funds ... Part of the funds, of course, was shamelessly plundered, but some money still worked to make the Afghan woman finally feel like a human being. Who knew that only for a while.
We were happy with the Americans
Fazila Azizi has worked at the Ministry of Industry and Trade for over 25 years. since the time of Najibula. With a break for the Taliban "first coming" from 1996 to 2001.
"We were just getting used to wearing hijabs," she recalls. "We were forbidden to go out into the street without a man's escort. We could not travel to any other province or outside of Afghanistan. You can't remember everything, but life was hard. The men had no jobs, and we tried to do something at home to get money for food. And it was a serious challenge for almost every family at the time."
- And then the Americans came ...
"We were happy. Because they were finally able to go to work, start improving their lives, improve their education - I finally graduated with a bachelor's degree. The country was gradually moving from a closed economy to a market economy, and I was involved in planning as well as helping women entrepreneurs.
Many countries helped us, including Russia, which sent here various goods as humanitarian aid. There were government programs for the poor - in specialty stores, essential products were sold much cheaper than in regular supermarkets."
Fazilya admits: “We are all deeply depressed. Both women and men "
Fazili's "women's" department has worked with such giants of American "soft power" as USAID. Support was provided by similar NGOs in the European Union. Planning modern life, developing your own economic strategy, entering the domestic and international markets with your ideas. Finance, branding, office rental.
Businesswomen appeared in almost all sectors of the economy - handicrafts, jewelry, agricultural business, dried fruits, carpets, leather ... Mushgan Ahmadi, apparently, also went through this school of independent female life, I thought. And asked:
- And how did men feel about these metamorphoses?
"I felt the daily risk coming from men. Even from those with whom we worked. Many people directly told me: 'Stop supporting women.' Our society is built in such a way that men do not like it when women become independent and improve their abilities. You don't have to be a Taliban member to do this.
- But with his arrival it became even more difficult?
"They announced that we would stay at home and not go to work until they tell us that it is possible. I, of course, continue to help women - both by phone and by e-mail, and in person, if they ask for advice.
What will happen to business licenses, how now to arrange the export of dried fruits to India, many now do not have the means to pay their employees, because there are no orders for their goods. While the new authorities promised to pay something to the state employees, the private sector was almost entirely without profit. But many have families, children. And, as a rule, everyone had a family business, there are simply no other sources of income. No money, no plans, no confidence in the future - what kind of life is this?"
The "thaw" has passed
And then there are new 'orders.' In different provinces of the country, women are forbidden to walk in heels (so as not to "excite men in public places"), act in films, play sports, get higher education, teach in universities, have a smartphone with a camera (so as not to take a selfie and not call effect, like heels), use cosmetics (the reason is the same).
The central authorities lazily brush aside the authorship of these innovations. Say, this is not the position of the official government, but excesses on the ground. Convenient position.
In all fairness, new exotic taboos are being imposed on men as well. Banned "American hairstyles" and shaving beards. And even Taliban fighters have been ordered not to wear white sneakers (as part of an alien culture) and to take selfies (this harms the status 'obtained by the blood of martyrs'). But here, as they say, they did not live beautifully - there is nothing to start. But the fair sex, who just felt like that, is insulting to tears.
It started out pretty well. In the first couple of weeks after the capture of Kabul, the Taliban proclaimed a tolerant attitude towards women. In the frame of local television channels, 80 percent of them are journalists. Two female reporters (unprecedented!) Interview Taliban leader Mullah Baradar. This is the thaw!
Almost a month later, not a trace of the 'new Taliban ethics' remained.
"We thought they had really changed in 20 years," admits Afghan national television journalist Shinkai Furzai.
We meet at the office of a small radio station located in the usual entrance of a residential building, where the door of each apartment on the site is fenced off with a square of massive iron lattice from floor to ceiling.
"We decided that we would be allowed to work," Shinkai continues. "But in reality, when I presented my ID to the new Taliban guards, they sent me home, saying that they would additionally announce when I could come to work. And this has happened to all women in the media. Most of them are now trying to leave the country. There is no hope for the future."
- You yourself did not think to leave?
"I love journalism, I also lectured at the university. I had the hope that I would be useful to the female students. She was going to defend her master's degree, but now everything has changed. Three months ago, Canada announced that those who want to leave Afghanistan can apply to the embassy with a corresponding statement. My friends advised me to do it, but then I refused. And now I already want to leave Afghanistan."
Ideology versus money I remembered that I had just passed the Iranian embassy. There are two huge queues at its massive walls: a man's and a woman's. The second is longer. Those wishing to fly away continue to hammer the thresholds of diplomatic missions, which still issue visas. At least transit. Maybe among those women were former Shinkai colleagues. She has been working in television for over 20 years. She covered the international agenda, and also led her own program dedicated, as you might guess, to women's rights.
"I went to special courses in Germany, where we were taught to cover such topics. She made stories from women's prisons, a report on places of detention of women who were left without housing. We had a lot of girls - photographers, technical staff, lighting, cameramen, sound engineers, editors ... There was a special organization 'Aina,' which trained girls in various journalistic directions using Western grants. I also underwent training there. One could come there right after school, get a profession and get a job."
- Did you have any problems during your work?
"From the side of the government - no. But they arose in the provinces. Afghan society is very traditional and religious. When you drive around the outback and make stories about the life of women, you face opposition. They were not allowed to film, they were forbidden to interview."
- It turns out that Afghans in Kabul felt freer than in other provinces?
"You could say that. There are more well-educated women here. Here they occupy a leading position in the family, and in the provinces they do not know about their rights."
And this is perhaps the key point. Fenced off by military bases, concrete fences and green zones, the American comrades carried out their tasks and, for the most part, guarded themselves. But to justify their presence, they built a screen for building a new society - free and happy. In some cities it worked at the very least. At the very least, the reports on the utilization of funds allocated to promoting gender equality must have been convincing.
And the patriarchal province, where it is not customary to consult with women, lived in its own archaic world, to which the ideology of the Taliban is much closer than Western values. She quietly despised urban fashionistas guarded by the American military, considering them to be snickering, crazy mankurt.
And the speech here, of course, is not only about women's rights. Actually, at the ideological level, the United States lost long before the withdrawal. Unlike the Soviet Union, they could not oppose anything to the idea. It was thanks to her (no matter how you feel about the idea of building socialism) that the Najibula regime, after the departure of a limited contingent, held out for another three years. But he was opposed not only by the Mujahideen, but by forces supported by the West. The Americans in Afghanistan were only able to offer money. Which the fugitive president Ghani eventually took out by helicopters.
That is why the Taliban took entire provinces without a fight. It is no coincidence that now in different districts the same women, but dressed in deaf 'cloaks,' go out to rallies in support of the new government. However, my interlocutor Fazilya Azizi does not want to believe that this is not a regulation:
"I saw these shots, they look like men there, and their faces are completely hidden. I don't think there were only women at these shows. Perhaps among them were the men who directed them. Nobody saw who it really was. Moreover, now it is not forbidden to wear a hijab with an open face. Unlike the first arrival of the Taliban."
- It turns out that there are at least some positive changes.
Fazilya laughs sadly.
"At the same time, all our previous achievements - not only of women, but of Afghans in general - have become useless. Over the past 20 years, we have made a huge leap forward, the transport system, electricity, we had grandiose plans, today they are all frozen."
- Do you have any grudge against the Western world, which introduced you to new opportunities and actually betrayed you, leaving you alone with those who will bury these opportunities?
"Every night, when I go to bed, I think: 'We lost. Why did this happen to us. Every night I ... ', - unable to cope with emotions, the woman begins to cry.
I hand her a packet of paper napkins. She wipes away her tears, inhales deeply several times and, having calmed down a little, confesses:
"We are all deeply depressed. Both women and men."
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As cold as this sounds....
The Taliban owns this 100%.
BUT!
If you are concerned about starving kids.
Then look no further than what is happening here in the USA.
The Socialcrats continued Trillion $$ deficit spending and its attempts to control and manage US Economy to match its Socialist/Earth 1st/Climate Change agenda is causing massive inflation.
Many Basic Food items are now in short supply, and if and when in stock, are priced well out of reach for many on fixed incomes and lower wage incomes. (ie. Gas 87 octane $3.02 a gal., Chicken wings $4.24 p/lbs, 75/25 Ground beef $3.89 p/lbs. Bread 3.45 a loaf, Milk $3.25 a gal, Eggs $2.49 a dz
Politic Agenda vs. Actual Delivery N.O.W. and other US Feminist groups will still push to vote Socialcrat in the next elections. Despite the Socialcrats abandoning many Afghani Females to Death or public whippings for daring to want basic rights and be treated to be at least human.
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Saving AFG children now will not bring back any of our 2,000+ soldiers who died there. Is that heartless? I don't care. My sympathy' for those people is completely gone.
[ToloNews] Pakistain Prime Minister Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... said that his country seeks the support of the Islamic Emirate in peace talks with the Tehrik-e- Taliban ...Arabic for students... of Pakistain.
After the collapse of the former government in Afghanistan, dozens of fighters related to the group Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) were reportedly released as the forces of the Islamic Emirate broke into prisons and released inmates, including high-profile criminals and krazed killers.
Khan made the remarks in an interview with the Ottoman Turkish media outlet TRT World News on Friday.
"There are different groups which form the TTP and some of them want to talk to our government for peace. So, we are in talks with them. It's a reconciliation process," Khan said.
While asked if the Islamic Emirate was mediating the negotiations between the government of Pakistain and Pak Taliban, Khan said: "The talks were taking place in Afghanistan, so in that sense, yes."
The Islamic Emirate has yet to comment on the talks, but the Pak media quoted some sources within the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain as saying the group will not engage in negotiations with Islamabad.
[KhaamaPress] Deputy Governor of Badakhshan province has told media that they have created an exclusive battalion of jacket wallahs that will be deployed to the borders of Afghanistan particularly in Badakhshan province.
The northeastern province of Badakhshan borders Tajikistan and China.
The deputy governor, Mullah Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi said that the exclusive battalion is named Lashkar-e-Mansoori "Mansoor army" and will be deployed to the borders of the country.
Ahmadi has said that the battalion is the same as the one that would conduct suicide kabooms targeting the security forces of the previous Afghan government.
"The defeat of the US would not be possible if not for this battalion. These brave men would wear explosive waistcoats and would detonate the US bases in Afghanistan. These are people with literally no fear who devote themselves for the consent of ALLAH." Said Ahmadi.
Along with the Lashkar-e-Mansoori, Badri313 is another battalion that is known as one of the most equipped and modern military groups that are deployed in Kabul International Airport.
Badri313 is also said to be comprised of all suicide bombers.
[ToloNews] The Ottoman TurkishRed Islamic Thingy is sending aid to Afghanistan to feed internally displaced people in need amid turmoil following the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... ’s takeover, the organization’s head said on Friday.
Half a million people have been displaced in Afghanistan in recent months, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, a number which would grow if health services, schools and the economy break down.
Ottoman TurkishRed Islamic Thingy President Kerem Kinik said the shipment of food would be sent from Pakistain towards Kabul on Saturday and provide for 16,000 people for a month.
"There is a serious food crisis right now. Public order needs to be provided for local production," he told Rooters by telephone, citing a halt in international trade, drought and a decline in international aid as reasons for the problem.
He said the Ottoman TurkishRed Islamic Thingy had provided support to areas under Taliban control before U.S. troops pulled out and there had been no problem in providing aid after the withdrawal.
"The Taliban appointed an authority to the head of the Afghan Red Islamic Thingy for the transition process," he said, adding that they were cooperating to bring humanitarian aid to Afghans.
The Ottoman TurkishRed Islamic Thingy had provided some $250,000 since 2018 to Afghans who established their own businesses after returning to the country and would increase the amount, he said.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... hosts some 300,000 Afghans as well as 3.6 million Syrian refugees - the largest refugee population in the world.
Bordering Iran, Iraq and Syria on its eastern and southern flanks and Greece and Bulgaria to the west, Turkey is a transit route for migrants colonists trying to reach the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... Erdogan’s political support has taken a hit over the large refugee presence in Turkey and he has said he will not allow Afghanistan’s turmoil to be an excuse to turn his country into a "migrant storage unit" for the European Union.
Ottoman Turkish authorities are building a wall along the eastern border and stepping up patrols to intercept migrants colonists.
NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... member Turkey has been working with Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... to operate Kabul airport and open it for international travel after the Taliban took power and foreign countries withdrew.
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Displaced Afghan Mother Sells Infant to Save Her Ill Daughter
[ToloNews] An Afghan woman displaced from Baghlan province to Kabul due to fighting prior to the fall of Kabul, has sold her one and a half years old infant due to poverty. Living in a tent in Kabul, the mother, Lailuma, said she had no option but to sell her infant to treat her 13-year-old daughter who is sick. Lailuma said she sold her baby for 30,000 Afs ($335) and that her husband is missing since last year.
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat...... a number of people displaced families in Kabul said their challenges are increasing as the winter is approaching. The displaced families live in different parts of Kabul under tents. They said their children are getting sick as the weather is getting cold. A large number of displaced families are living under tents in Kabul. They were displaced ahead of the fall of the government in Kabul.
The displaced families said they have not received any help from the Ministry of Refugees.
"People from the Ministry of Refugees came here and did a survey, but they have not provided any assistance so far. We will starve if this situation continues," said Aaisha, a displaced woman from Takhar.
Over 100 Factories Halt Operations in Herat
[ToloNews] Officials at the chamber of industry and mines said that more than 100 factories have halted their operations due to economic challenges within past two months in the western province of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Officials said that economic challenges, shortage of raw materials and lack of proper sale market are the main reasons for reduction in operations of Herat industrial companies.
Local officials in Herat said that they have increased tariffs on imported goods to layout a good market for domestic products.
The private sector in Herat said that reduction of corruption in customs and ensuring of proper security on highways triggered a new wave of hope among investors to continue their businesses.
Culture Ministry Denies Restrictions on Afghan Media
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Information and Culture on Saturday denied claims it was imposing restrictions on the media in Afghanistan, saying that all media outlets can continue their activities. “There are small cases that happen in some areas,” said Mawlavi Noor Mohammad Motawakil, a member of the cultural commission of the ministry.
“If there is any illegal action, it will be addressed. The Islamic Emirate supported the media before, and it is supporting it now. Of course, the publishing must be in an Islamic format and in accordance with Afghanistan’s tradition,” he said.
“Despite the Taliban’s promises to allow media that ‘respected Islamic values’ to function, the new rules are suffocating media freedom in the country,” said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch, as quoted in a statement released by the group. “The Taliban regulations are so sweeping that journalists are self-censoring and fear ending up in prison.”
Haroon Noor, who has worked for a local media organization for nearly 10 years in the northern province of Parwan, said that media access to information has been restricted at an unprecedented level since the fall of the former government.
“Since the start of the Islamic Emirate government onward, there have been widespread restrictions on journalists,” he said. “If you want to make a political program, you must get permission from the Ministry of Information and Culture.”
The head of one of the media outlets in Parwan, Mohammad Shafiq, said: “Journalists do not dare to go to events, particularly the events that have recently occurred. Fear and panic exists; the right (freedom of expression) is almost taken away.”
On Friday two journalists were reportedly detained by government forces in Parwan. However, the journalists were released after being detained for some time.
“We have reports from Parwan province that two journalists were detained by the forces of the Islamic Emirate while covering an event,” said Masror Lotfi, a member of the Afghan Journalist's Union. “The detention of journalists while they cover events is a serious restriction to the access to information. We even have reports from Parwan that the journalists must get permission from the provincial culture and information department in order to report an event.”
Several political factions including ex-rebel groups announce the formation of an alliance separate from #Sudan’s main civilian bloc, in the latest sign of splits marring the country’s transition.https://t.co/6sUo0Gotov
The announcement at a ceremony in Khartoum came as Sudan reels from fragmentation within the Forces of Freedom and Change, an alliance which spearheaded protests that ousted president Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.
Sudan has since August 2019 been run by an administration of military generals and civilians from the FFC through a rocky transition marked by economic woes.
Splits have deepened within the FFC in recent months, and support for the transitional government led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has waned in large part due to a raft of tough economic reforms.
Saturday’s ceremony included political parties as well as the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction led by Mini Minawi and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) of Gibril Ibrahim.
“We want a united FFC,” Minawi said during the ceremony.
“We urge the people on your side who pretend they are from the FFC to sit with us and listen to us,” he added, addressing both the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the prime minister.
Hamdok did not attend Saturday’s ceremony.
In early September, he was at the signing ceremony for an alliance of other factions within the FFC that also called for unity, calling it a “step in the right direction.”
Neither Minawi nor Ibrahim took part in that signing.
In October last year, Minawi’s SLM faction and Ibrahim’s JEM were among rebel groups that signed a peace deal with the government to end long-running conflicts under Bashir.
Minawi was named governor of western Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region in May, while Ibrahim was appointed finance minister last February.
On September 21, the government announced thwarting a coup attempt by military officers and civilians who it said were linked to Bashir’s regime.
The country has been grappling with protests in east Sudan by key tribes opposed to the October peace deal.
Protests have also erupted in major cities including Khartoum condemning the military coup attempt and calling for civilian rule.
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#French President Emmanuel Macron has discussed the political situation in #Tunisia with President Kais Saied, and Saied has told Macron that a new government would be formed in the coming days, Macron’s Elysee department says.https://t.co/IlScyCTlov
[AlAhram] The UN agency helping Paleostinian refugees is facing an 'existential' budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and other services running, the agency's chief said.
[YNet] - The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an "existential" budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and other services running, the agency’s chief said Friday.
"The financial situation is a real existential threat on the organization, and we should not underestimate this because it might force the organization to decrease services," he added, and if that happens "we risk to collapse very quickly."
At stake is the agency’s ability to keep 550,000 children in school, provide health care for thousands, and pay the salaries for its 28,000 staffers in November and December, Lazzarini explained.
The UN Relief and Works Agency known as UNRWA was established to provide education, health care, food and other services to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes during the war surrounding Israel’s establishment in 1948.
Lazzarini added that it wasn’t clear for agency officials "if yes or no we will be able to keep our activities in November and December." 700000 who, somehow, morphed into 12 million by now.
[IsraelTimes] Father of cop murdered by resident of town in 2017 Temple Mount attack demands painting be dealt with; Arab MKs heckled at October 2000 memorial event for being part of coalition.
A mural recently painted on a wall in the city of Umm al-Fahm honors residents of the town who carried out a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City in 2017, killing two coppers.
On July 14, 2017, the three Arab Israeli men — Mohammed Ahmed Mafdal Jabrin, Mohammed Hamed Abed Eltif Jabrin and Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed Jabrin — shot upcoppers Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22, at one of the entrances to the Temple Mount, killing them. Other officers at the scene returned fire, killing the three attackers.
The mural depicts the perpetrators of the attack, as well as two other men, one of which was identified as Ahmed Muhammad Mahameed, who attempted to stab a policeman in Jerusalem in 2018 and was rubbed out.
Under the men’s faces, the artist wrote, "Tomorrow’s smile will be wider," quoting what two of the attackers posted to Facebook hours before the killings.
Kamil Shnaan’s father, former Labor MK Shachiv Shnaan, told Kan news that he was outraged to learn of the mural honoring his son’s murderers and had appealed to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to ensure that it was removed.
"It is inconceivable that we lose illusory sovereignty in the country," he said. "I demand that this wall be eliminated."
Kan reported that police were probing the matter.
Umm al-Fahm Mayor Samir Mahamid told the network that the mural had been painted on a private home, but "we are checking with our legal adviser how we can act."
On Thursday, Bennett postponed a planned trip to the town to promote vaccination set for Friday morning. The coalition’s Ra’am party claimed that the decision was due to the anniversary of the October 2000 riots in which 13 Arab Israeli demonstrators were killed in festivities with police at the start of the Second Intifada.
Bennett denied that this was the cause, saying that the visit was canceled due to planned demonstrations and security considerations, and Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas himself subsequently issued a Hebrew statement refuting the claim of his party.
Two Arab members of the coalition were heckled Saturday while attending a memorial event for those killed in the October 2000 events.
Activists at the Nazareth memorial shouted at Iman Khatib-Yasin (Ra’am) and Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Meretz) that they should be "ashamed" of being part of the government, while some accused them of being "Zionists," Channel 12 reported.
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[BBC] The 76-year-old leader said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country's constitution only permits presidents to serve a single six-year term.
But he now says he will withdraw, as "the overwhelming sentiment of the Filipinos is that I am not qualified".
The move comes amid speculation that his daughter could run for president.
Mr Duterte, a controversial "strongman" figure, came to power in 2016 promising to reduce crime and fix the country's drug crisis.
But critics say that during his five years in power, Mr Duterte has encouraged police to carry out thousands of extrajudicial killings of suspects in what he has called his "war on drugs".
Mr Duterte's daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio, who is currently mayor of the southern city of Davao, has given mixed messages about running for high office.
Last month Ms Duterte-Carpio said that she would not join the race because she and her father had agreed that only one of them would stand in the election next May.
However, she has led every opinion poll conducted this year.
Mr Duterte announced his surprise retirement at the venue in Manila where he was expected to register his candidacy.
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[Ynet] Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Saturday that U.S. officials tried to discuss restarting nuclear talks last month, but he insisted Washington must first release $10 billion of Tehran's frozen funds as a sign of good will.
Iran has rejected direct talks with the United States, and indirect talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord aimed at keeping Iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon stopped in June.
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A high-level #US delegation, including the new diplomat tasked with mediating the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border dispute, is expected to visit #Beirut later this month, sources familiar with the matter say.https://t.co/mvvsx1x99e
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The Times of Israel
US taps Israel-born energy envoy to mediate Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks
Biden appoints Amos Hochstein to oversee negotiations aimed at resolving dispute over lucrative natural gas exploration rights; will visit Israel, Lebanon later this month...
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...aka 
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
[AlAhram] The UN agency helping Paleostinian refugees is facing an 'existential' budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and other services running, the agency's chief said.
[YNet] - The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is facing an "existential" budget crisis and appealing for urgent funding of $120 million to keep essential education, healthcare and other services running, the agency’s chief said Friday.
[IsraelTimes] Father of cop murdered by resident of town in 2017 Temple Mount attack demands painting be dealt with; Arab MKs heckled at October 2000 memorial event for being part of coalition.
[BBC] The 76-year-old leader said last month that he would run for the vice-presidency in 2022. The country's constitution only permits presidents to serve a single six-year term.
