This is from back on Feb. 24th; I'm posting it for historical purposes
[Haaretz] Russia's UN envoy voices 'concern' about Israel's plans for expansion in the north, saying Russia does not recognize its sovereignty over the region, hours before Russian attacks on Ukraine
Russia condemned the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights on Wednesday and said it does not recognize Israel's sovereignty in the region.
The statement, issued before Russia's all-out assault on Ukraine, followed Israel's first official statement of support for Ukraine in the unfolding crisis and appeared to be a Russian message to Israel...
"We are concerned over Tel Aviv’s announced plans for expanding settlement activity in the occupied Golan Heights, which directly contradicts the provisions of the 1949 Geneva Convention," said Russia's United Nations envoy Dmitry Polyanskiy just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched large-scale attacks across Ukraine on Thursday.
Speaking at the UN Security Council’s monthly briefing on the Middle East, he stressed "Russia’s unchanging position, according to which we do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that are an inalienable part of Syria."
On Wednesday afternoon, Israel's Foreign Ministry issued its first statement supporting Ukraine since the start of the conflict. Israel deliberately refrained from mentioning Russia or President Putin in the statement, which stated support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, reflecting the complicated position Israel has found itself in over the crisis.
Israel has an interest in maintaining neutrality in order to prevent a conflict that would make it difficult to continue its attacks in Syria, where Russia has a military presence.
The statement, which was approved by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, also expressed Israel's readiness to transfer immediate humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and said Israel is engaged in dialogue with its partners on ways to restore the diplomatic path...
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*yawn*
Putin's KGB funded most of the terrorist movements around the world until their post-USSR rebranding. It's no surprise his new empire hates Israel just as much.
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Let me get this right. Russia objects to Israel acquiring territory through military action. Just what is Moscow doing in the Ukraine? /rhet question.
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Ironically amusing, the Golan and Ukraine both serve as defensive barriers to protect the homeland from invaders.
I wonder if the Rus really meant it or whether the statement was pro-forma UN blather to keep the Syrians happy. Russia and Israel seem to have some sort of agreement that allows the IDF blow stuff up as needed in Syria.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs has expressed his regret about the intransigence and obstructions by the US-Saudi aggression in the way of any breakthrough in prisoner exchange.
Abdulqadir al-Murtadha said "we had hoped that the month of Ramadan would bring a breakthrough in the prisoner exchange, and we had made many initiatives, but unfortunately the intransigence and obstructions put by the mercenaries prevented that."
He added that "the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... should put pressure on the countries of aggression and their mercenaries, to force them to fulfill their obligations and stop this intransigence and obstructions."
Earlier, the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs submitted a new prisoner exchange offer to the US-Saudi aggression through the United Nations.
"Due to the delay in the implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement, we submitted a new offer to the Saudi-led aggression through the United Nations," the head of the Prisoners’ Committee, Abdulqadir al-Mortadha said .
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Just another instance where the people engaging in Putin Opposition Theater are actually a life support system for the SOB.
[FreeBeacon] Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers late last week that the United States will not stop Russia from cashing in on a $10 billion contract to build out portions of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. So they've found nuclear power they like. Too bad they don't believe in building nuclear plants _here_. Hey, that's an idea, we can tell them Russia's building the plant in Twin Falls Idaho, and they'll _have_ to oppose it!
Blinken, in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, confirmed for the first time publicly that the Biden administration will not stand in the way of Russia-Iran nuclear cooperation. Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) asked Blinken to provide assurances that sanctions on both Iran and Russia remain in place as long as Moscow continues its unprovoked war in Ukraine.
Blinken said any sanctions lifted as part of a new nuclear deal will be separate from the United States' current pressure campaign on Russia, meaning that the $10 billion contract between Tehran and Moscow will be permitted to go through.
"The actions that Russia would take pursuant to the agreement, if there is a return to the agreement, would not be in contravention of the sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine," Blinken said.
As part of the ongoing negotiations with Iran on a revamped nuclear deal—which are being led by Russia on the United States' behalf—the Biden administration committed to waive sanctions preventing Tehran from paying Moscow at least $10 billion to construct nuclear reactors in the country. Republican lawmakers say the concession undermines the international community’s efforts to isolate Russia in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. It's all Kayfabe, while they build out nuclear infrastructure for all the people threatening to nuke us every morning.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The Supreme Court of Dagestan declared illegal the sentence of Khanmagomed Isubov, who was sentenced to 3.5 years on charges of involvement in an illegal armed group. He stated that he confessed under torture.
The " Caucasian Knot " has reported that on February 4, security forces searched the house of 18-year-old resident of Khasavyurt Abdul Magomedov and detained him. On February 8, Magomedov was arrested on charges of creating an illegal armed formation and illegal arms trafficking. Magomedov's lawyer said he confessed his guilt under torture. The investigation named Khanmagomed Isubov as the alleged accomplice of Magomedov, who also pleaded guilty and was placed under arrest.
Khanmagomed Isubov was detained in Khasavyurt with two friends in 2010. They were charged with possession of cartridges, F-1 grenades and preparation for participation in illegal armed formations. Isubov did not admit his guilt, he explained that during the preliminary investigation he slandered himself because of physical pressure, and the ammunition found in the house was planted, Dosh writes on May 1.
The appeal ruling, published on the website of the Supreme Court of the Republic, states that the court of first instance in the descriptive and motivational part of the verdict did not indicate the circumstances of the crime committed related to the illegal acquisition, carrying and storage of the F-1 grenade. "At the same time, the court referred to the charge brought by the preliminary investigation body," the act says.
In addition, as the court found, the time, place, method and circumstances of carrying cartridges and grenades were not established in the case. The court also noted that during the search of the house and the verification of testimony, the same witnesses were present at the scene.
"The violations of the criminal and criminal procedure law committed by the court of first instance cannot be corrected by the court of appeal, due to the fact that these violations can be eliminated only during the retrial of the case in the court of first instance," the appeal ruling says.
The Supreme Court overturned the verdict of the Khasavyurt city court against Khanmagomed Isubov, his criminal case was transferred to a new trial in the same court with a different composition.
[IsraelTimes] The Shin Bet security agency says it has uncovered an Iranian operation that tried to recruit Israeli civilians to collect information on targets in Israel.
The network used a fake Facebook profile under the name "Sara Puppi," who was presented as a young Jewish woman with connections and business in Israel, according to the agency.
The profile had thousands of friends, mostly Israelis. After a connection was established, conversations would continue over WhatsApp, the Shin Bet says.
According to the Shin Bet, Puppi asked Israelis, including Shin Bet officers, to locate information about Israelis who are of interest to Iranian intelligence, as well as Arab diplomats and businessmen in Israel, in return for thousands of dollars as payment.
The Shin Bet says the operators of the profile also used emotional and romantic manipulation to get the information they were seeking.
In addition, the Iranian operators asked Israelis to place an "inciting" banner on billboards against Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... , "with the aim of harming Israel-Russia relations," the Shin Bet says
The agency says it had been monitoring the alleged Iranian operation from the start.
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I’m not sure what this accomplishes — it’s not like the Mossad is going to hunt them down in Africa like they did Eichmann and select other Real Nazis back in the day.
[IsraelTimes] Defense Minister Benny Gantz has designated four alleged Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... senior members as foreign terrorist operatives, his office says.
This is the first time that the Defense Ministry has designated foreign terror operatives at the request of the United States, Gantz’s office says.
The four individuals — Farhad Hoomer, Siraaj Miller, Abdella Hussein Abadigga and Peter Charles Mbaga — are accused of setting up IS cells across the continent of Africa, raising funds and planning attacks.
The four were designated by the United States Treasury as murderous Moslems in March.
"Israel and the United States see the need to fight terrorist organizations, anywhere and anytime," Gantz says in a statement.
"We will continue to work to curb the capabilities of terrorist organizations and their operatives, and we will continue to strengthen our cooperation with partners around the world in the face of those who seek to undermine stability and harm [innocents]."
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[IsraelTimes] The terror group has repeatedly praised, but rarely taken responsibility for, attacks against Israelis in recent years.
In a rare move, Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",’s military wing grabbed credit on Monday for a terror shooting that left an Israeli security guard dead at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Ariel on Friday night.
"This operation comes within a series of responses to the defiling of our al-Aqsa [Mosque] and aggression against it," the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.
Sixteen Israelis have been killed in a deadly wave of terror attacks since mid-March. Hamas officials have encouraged and praised the bloodshed, but this is the first time that the terror group has taken credit.
The "heroic, quality" attack "will not be the last one, with God’s help," the Qassam Brigades said.
Hamas’s military wing has rarely issued statements taking responsibility for attacks in recent years. Even when avowed Hamas members committed attacks — such as when an East Jerusalem schoolteacher killed an Israeli in the Old City last January — the terror group praised rather than claimed the killings.
A video that circulated after the attack purported to show that the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a set of gangs loosely affiliated with Fatah, Hamas’s main Paleostinian rivals, had claimed the killing. The claim could not be fully confirmed, however, as the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades have no official channels.
Two Paleostinians — Yusef Assi, 21, and Yahya Marei, 20 — were arrested by Israeli forces in connection with the attack on Saturday from the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the northern West Bank. Official Hamas media identified the two as Qassam Brigades members on Monday night.
"[The Qassam Brigades] declare its pride in its fighters, the blessed sons of Qassam in the occupied West Bank, who are still wielding the ’Sword of Jerusalem,'" the terror group said, using Hamas’s name for the May war with Israel.
The victim of Friday’s attack, Israeli security officer Vyacheslav Golev, 23, was laid to rest in Beit Shemesh in central Israel on Sunday. Golev died while shielding his fiancee, Victoria Fligelman, who was on guard duty with him that night.
Tensions between Israel and the Paleostinians have been high for weeks. The deadly wave of terror against Israeli civilians led Israeli security forces to step up their activities in the West Bank to tamp down the violence in early April.
The resulting festivities left several Paleostinians dead. Many were combatants or were claimed by terror groups as members. But some others — such as a visually impaired woman killed in a town near Bethlehem in April — appear to have been unarmed civilians.
Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo watched the circling Commanches and asked himself What would Geronimo do?... Paleostinian rioters clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site, which houses the al-Aqsa Mosque. Paleostinians hurled stones at officers, who responded with rubber bullets, sound grenades and tear gas, wounding hundreds.
The violent mostly peaceful scenes at the flashpoint site, Judaism’s holiest and Islam’s third-holiest, sparked fears of renewed war between Israel and the Paleostinians. Despite scattered rocket fire from Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... in mid-April, however, the situation did not immediately deteriorate further.
On Saturday afternoon, Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar gave a speech laden with threats against Israel that urged Paleostinians in the West Bank to commit terror attacks.
He said that any further Israeli "violations" of the al-Aqsa Mosque would lead to attacks on Jewish synagogues worldwide.
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Well Ukraine has a lot of space now… maybe the chosen tribe should consider to go back to their ancestral land before the Iranians or maybe the Russians Chinese Asian alliance, turn that little country to glass. Israel it’s been a failure, the zionists experiment turn out to be a nightmare for the Israeli people
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Or anti-Juice Walter B forgets who was the original inhabitants
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Israel it’s been a failure
If by 'failure', you mean a functional, industrialized Western democracy, then yeah. Total failure.
[IsraelTimes] 15-year-old allegedly wanted ’to harm a person of Jewish origin’ in wake of death of Paleostinian said to be her boyfriend
Prosecutors on Monday filed charges against a teenage girl for stabbing an Israeli man in Haifa last month amid a spate of terror attacks.
The 15-year-old was arrested after stabbing and moderately wounding the man on April 15. Police have said her father had alerted authorities of her intentions shortly before the attack.
The minor, whose name is barred from publication, was charged with a terrorist act of aggravated sabotage and possessing a knife for racist motives.
According to the indictment, the teen took an increasing interest in religion and the Temple Mount ahead of the attack, which came hours after Paleostinians and police clashed at the Jerusalem holy site.
It also noted that she had heard the same morning that a Paleostinian she corresponded with had died of wounds sustained while trying to attack Israeli security forces in Jenin.
Hello, groomer!
A report last week identified the Paleostinian as her boyfriend.
At least 26 Paleostinians have been killed in festivities with Israeli soldiers during raids in the West Bank in recent weeks, including the ostensible boyfriend, 17-year-old Shawkat Kamal Abed from Kafr Dan, who was critically hurt on April 14 during festivities with Israeli troops in the town near Jenin, according to Paleostinian media reports.
Prosecutors said that the day of the attack, the girl took several knives from home and told a friend she wanted to die a "martyr" while intending "to harm a person of Jewish origin," which she then set out to do. She allegedly asked her younger brother to film her before leaving and hoped she would be shot as security forces responded.
After reaching a Haifa park, the suspect searched for a Jewish target and upon spotting Aleksi Yisrael Aidelman on a bench, hit him in the head with a brick and then repeatedly attempted to stab him, according to the indictment, which said the 47-year-old victim was stabbed twice.
I’ve read that actually stabbing someone is a lot harder than it looks. I know that learning to give myself subcutaneous shots with a 1/4” needle was traumatic, so trying to harm another must be even more so.
She allegedly yelled out pro-Paleostinian slogans during the attack, such as "Paleostine is ours and will remain ours."
The indictment said that police then arrived at the scene together with the teen’s father, who took the knife from her before officers arrested her.
Aidelman was taken to the hospital for his wounds and was released the next day. The hospital said he suffered several superficial wounds that did not require surgery.
[Jpost] Moshav was established by 43-year-old Matan Moyal, who served for 20 years in various roles in Israel’s air force and secret service positions.
A former Israeli secret service official has launched an international security venture offering services to Jewish institutions while combining security cameras, artificial intelligence and a control room based in the Philippines.
A security control room in a secret location in the Southeast Asian archipelago nation hosts the most surreal situation: a group of local female observers, wearing yellow T-shirts with the Hebrew word Moshav (village), who were trained by former IDF and Israeli Special Forces personnel, following security cameras in a New Jersey suburb. The two observers discuss whether a group of men running toward a synagogue in the middle of the night are a threat. The New Jersey synagogue is a client of "Moshav" - a new and savvy international security firm.
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[An Nahar] The Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... on Monday snapped back at Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... chief Jebran Bassil over the issue of electoral spending, blasting him as the "thief of the republic."
"The thief of the republic and the looter of the people who is to blame for at least $40 billion in electricity deficit over the period of 10 years... lacks a lot of ethics, and this is agreed on by the majority of the Lebanese," the LF said in a statement.
It also reminded Bassil that he is on "an international sanctions list," in reference to the U.S. sanctions slapped on him over corruption-related allegations.
As for Bassil's accusations that the LF has exceeded the allowed limit of electoral spending in its electoral campaign, the LF said: "Discussing electoral ceilings begins after the end of the parliamentary elections, seeing as the electoral expenses are still ongoing, and accordingly the supervisory commission can rule on who exceeded the allowed ceilings and who didn't after receiving all the bills in the wake of the elections."
"Anyhow, the most important electoral supervisory commission is the people, who will say their word on May 6, 8 and 15, so be very prepared," the LF added.
Bassil has on Sunday filed a complaint against the LF and the Kataeb Party, accusing them of exceeding the allowed limit of electoral spending in a "blatant and extreme manner."
Bassil cited the quantity of billboards and unipoles rented by the two parties for their campaigns.
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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
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The Supreme Court of Dagestan declared illegal the sentence of 
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
