Image is of the King of Morocco meeting with John Kerry (a species of demon that plagued Hexbear in the misty past).


This preamble comes courtesy of @[email protected]:

Morocco (Al Maghrib), or more officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Al Mamlaka al Maghribiya), is a country located in the northwestern edge of the African continent. The name Morocco comes from the Spanish name Marruecos, which itself comes from the name of the city of Marrakesh. In Turkish for example, Morocco is known as Fas, mainly because Turks knew the land of Morocco through the city of Fes. Morocco is regarded as part of the Arab World and Arabic is the main language amongst the population, with French and Berber languages also widely spoken in the country.

Morocco was the home of mostly Berber tribes until the Muslim conquest and the subsequent Arab migrations in the 700s under the Umayyads drastically changed the character of the country. A Berber commander, Tariq ibn Ziyad, would later cross the Strait of Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq) from the northern shores of now-Morocco and conquer Andalusia, which remained under Muslim rule for nearly 800 years. The country emerged as a significant regional power during the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties in the medieval period, known for their contributions to architecture, philosophy, and trade across North Africa and southern Europe. The current ruling dynasty of Morocco, the Alaouite dynasty, came to power in the late 1600s. The Alaouites claim descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan ibn Ali, giving them religious legitimacy and political authority in the region. Despite the Shia-coded claim to legitimacy, the Moroccan royal family and the population mostly follow the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.

In the early 20th century, the Treaty of Fez (1912) created the French Protectorate of Morocco, negotiated largely without input from the Moroccan people. Moroccan lands were completely divided under French and Spanish zones, with thousands of colonists pouring into the country. The royal family frequently collaborated with colonial powers, suppressing local resistance movements and prioritizing European interests. Prominent anti-colonial uprisings, like the Rif War (1921–1926), were met with brutal crackdowns, enabled by Western-backed forces. Post-independence in 1956, Morocco maintained close ties with its former colonizers, fostering economic dependence on France and Spain. The monarchy’s alignment with Western geopolitical interests often undermined Pan-African and Arab unity movements.

During the Cold War, Morocco positioned itself as a staunch ally of the West, marginalizing leftist and nationalist factions within the country. The Green March of 1975 was a Moroccan state-organized movement to assert control over Western Sahara, a territory decolonized from Spanish rule but still awaiting self-determination. This march, supported by Western powers, particularly the United States, is often criticized as a colonial expansion disguised as a popular movement. By settling Moroccans in the disputed territory, the march disregarded the Sahrawi people’s right to sovereignty. U.N. resolutions on Western Sahara have seen limited enforcement, largely due to Morocco’s Western alliances shielding it from accountability. Western-backed security and intelligence partnerships continue to be the cornerstone of Morocco’s repressive nature towards any anti-colonial and leftist movements. In 2021, Algeria again severed diplomatic ties with Morocco, citing hostile actions and concerns over Morocco’s ties with Israel, which Algeria views as a betrayal of pro-Palestinian solidarity. The two countries have mostly clashed over the issue of Western Sahara other than a short war in the 60s over a border dispute, with Algeria continuing to support the Sahrawi independence movement.

Morocco’s relations with Israel have historically been discreet but significant, rooted in the presence of a large Moroccan Jewish diaspora in Israel. Former King Hassan II played a significant behind-the-scenes role in fostering covert ties between Morocco and Israel during his reign. King Hassan II is reported to have allowed Israeli intelligence access to critical information from a meeting of Arab leaders in Casablanca in 1965, which may have helped Israel prepare for the Six-Day War in 1967. His government provided a platform for discreet diplomatic exchanges and intelligence-sharing, including Morocco’s facilitation of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s visit to Israel in the 1970s. In 2020, Morocco formally normalized ties with Israel through the Abraham Accords, brokered by the United States, in exchange for U.S. and Israeli recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. Diplomatic and trade relations have since deepened, with agreements in fields like defence, agriculture, and technology. Despite official ties, Moroccan public opinion remains largely sympathetic to Palestinians, but such opinions are rarely considered by the royal family.

Morocco’s future is split between ambitious global aspirations and permanent domestic issues. The country’s co-hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal is seen as a significant opportunity to showcase its shiny infrastructure and global presence. However, these achievements are often overshadowed by criticisms of its political culture, including the monarchy’s ceremonial practices, such as the humiliating tradition of publicly kissing the crown prince’s hand. Allegations surrounding King Mohammed VI’s personal behavior, including incidents of public drunkenness and alleged homosexuality continue to be a hot topic within opposition circles.


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The bulletins site is here!
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Last week’s thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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    I know some people have been asking about EZLN updates. A friend sent me a photo of a flyer that Schools for Chiapas recently sent out which I will transcribe, and I will link the groups’ most recent blog post below. It’s not quite the update that people are looking for, I don’t think, but it’s better than nothing imo.

    Another mile marker along the road. Another leg in the relay. Another year in our collective struggle for a world in which many worlds can fit. Along the way we look back at our own journey, evaluate our progress, and alter our pace, shedding the forms and the ways of being that do not serve our compassionate respect for difference, our vocation of freedom and justice, our defense of life. This year, another cycle of the politics from above comes to a close, posing new obstacles to our shared vision, shifting the terrain under our feet. But we, inspired by struggles for humanity and life around the globe, compañerxs, will remain undeterred.

    The work from below and to the left continues, taking new and creative forms. The examples of indigenous communities, as ever on the front lines, weave the strands of resilience and autonomy, defying the forces that seek to divide us. We must take time to gather our strength, to nurture ourselves and our communities, to listen to one another, and to care for the seeds we have sown. And in this process, we find the next steps along the path.

    As another year comes to a close, we wish you a regenerative season to do just that.

    In 2024, as the Zapatista caracoles were closed to outside collaborations in order to reorganize, we expanded our accompaniment to work with other kindred communities organized in alignment with this shared vocation of justice and dignity. These relationships of mutual learning, growing organically from our collaborations over devades, offer opportunities for the co-mingling of perspectives and the synergy of skills.

    This year, with you generous support, we have:

    • Organized and facilitated three workshops in herbal medicine and health autonomy with the Mujeres en Rebeldía de Costa.
    • Supported 2 regional gatherings of women defenders of land and territory.
    • Offered over 20 workshops with community education promoters in training.
    • Systematized and developed curriculum to expand our work in education to more communities.
    • Provided orientation and preparation for 11 groups of BriCo volunteers in collaboration with Frayba Human Rights Center.
    • Hosted biweekly public conversations on indigenous resistances in the Mexican Southeast including analysis on the current political context, migration, human rights and more in Sendas, our collaborative community space in San Cristóbal.
    • Published weekly translated news updates and calls to action through our blog.
    • Worked with autonomous artisans’ collectives in the development, marketing and distribution of products, both in Sendas and through our online store.
    • Promoted and garnered support for displaced communities and the unjustly incarcerated and supported local calls to action through Sendas.
    • Raised funds to build, and supported the construction of a new community schoolhouse.

    Thank you for walking beside us, for joining us in this journey. As always, we are humbled and honored to have your support.

    From the blog:

    Compañerxs, this year has presented indigenous communities throughout Chiapas with extreme threats to their physical, material and spiritual well-being. On October 16th, the EZLN denounced a series of aggressions, supported by authorities from the municipality of Ocosingo, against one of its support base communities 6 de Octubre, announcing that they would be severing all communications for the foreseeable future. Then on October 20th, the murder of Padre Marcelo, a beloved priest and defender of life, delivered a knife to the heart of the people. Two weeks later 20,000 people came out in the streets of San Cristóbal to demand justice and an end to the violence.

    In the organized indigenous communities of Chiapas and Mexico, we see important models of sustainable autonomy and a struggle which places the defense of territory on the frontlines of the confrontation between the plunder of the Earth and its care. Like these courageous peoples, we must organize to cultivate those spaces of support and strength both in our communities locally and internationally. We share the collective responsibility of caring for one another, and of protecting this beautiful planet we call home.

    Link: https://schoolsforchiapas.org/our-work-now-after-nearly-30-years/

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    With the IDF on the cusp of annexing the West Bank and half of Gaza this ceasefire seems like a potential disaster for the Palestinian people. I have absolutely no idea how Hezbollah is faring, or what is happening in Lebanon. I don’t want all of the brave fighters in the resistance to be killed, but I hope this is the right call

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    Israel is continuing to bomb major cities in Lebanon (in Bekaa, Beirut, Tyre) along with the southern villages and border crossings with Syria, while continuing to release “evacuation orders” for residential buildings. The ceasefire is supposed to come into effect within the next two hours, it seems as if Israel is trying to cause maximum destruction before they won’t be able to anymore, and for the genocidal entity that means murdering as many people as possible and terrorising civilians.

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    Brazil Donates Cuba 10 Tons of Aid After Two Hurricanes Passage - Telesur English

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    A 10-ton shipment of humanitarian aid from Brazil arrived in Havana on Sunday to assist those affected by last month’s natural disasters, two earthquakes and two hurricanes, which affected the eastern and western ends of the island.

    According to local media, the aid 10 tons of dehydrated food which arrived by air today and add to 30 units of water purification donated by Brazil that is already in Cuban territory. Christian Vargas, Brazilian ambassador in Cuba, said another shipment of kits for the installation of solar panels and medicines will arrive soon as part of your nation’s contribution, in keeping with the excellent relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

    For her part Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment, Deborah Rivas highlighted the bilateral links of collaboration, and recalled the recent arrival of milk powder provided by Brazil after the passage of meteors that caused severe damage in western and eastern provinces.

    In addition, the Cuban media highlights that other Brazilian cooperation organisations coordinate the collection of humanitarian aid to support Cuba’s recovery efforts in the midst of the renewed US blockade. In recent weeks, Cuba has received aid from countries such as Mexico, Japan, Spain, Russia, Venezuela and Norway, among others, as well as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund and through coordinated actions by multilateral agencies and NGOs.

    Overall, the damage recorded after hurricanes Rafael and Oscar, in addition to the earthquakes in the province of Granma, to the south-east of the country -according to official data- includes more than 34,000 homes, 37,000 hectares of agricultural production and a cluster of agricultural facilities, and severe damage to electricity, water and communications services.

    Good on Lula for doing this. Also, surprised at Japan giving Cuba aid, but the Japanese Goverment and people have mostly been on friendly terms with Latin America.

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    Pakistani Authorities Locks Down Islamabad as Khan Supporters March - Telesur English

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    Some 29,000 police and military personnel have been deployed to ensure security in the capital city. On Sunday, authorities in Islamabad have locked down the Pakistani capital, deploying thousands of security personnel and blocking roads ahead of a planned protest march by the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

    “Approximately 29,000 security personnel from Islamabad police, Punjab province, and other regions, as well as Rangers and the Frontier Corps, have been deployed to ensure security in Islamabad,” said Taqi Jawad, a spokesperson for the capital’s police. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by the ousted Prime Minister Khan, has called for what it describes as a “last chance” national march toward Islamabad, demanding the release of imprisoned opposition figures, particularly their leader. The heavily publicized march has been labeled by the party as a “life or death” moment for Khan’s freedom.

    The PTI also demands the restoration of what it calls a “stolen mandate” from the Feb. 8 elections, claiming that restrictions and bans prevented the party from forming a government despite strong victories at the polls. Convoys and protesters have set off from various parts of the country en route to Islamabad. Authorities have blocked major highways and roads with shipping containers at all entry points to prevent access to the federal capital. Roads within the city have also been closed at various points, making movement difficult for residents.

    Users reported slow internet services across many parts of the country starting Saturday night, and the independent internet monitoring organization NetBlocks confirmed restrictions on WhatsApp. Mobile internet service was suspended in Islamabad today.

    “The suspension of mobile data and Wi-Fi services will be limited to areas with security concerns,” the Interior Ministry said last night, adding that “services in the rest of the country will remain operational as usual.” Pakistan’s National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) announced that highways nationwide have been closed for “maintenance.” Last Thursday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) prohibited the PTI from holding the march, citing security concerns related to the visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and a delegation of more than 60 members to Islamabad tomorrow. Additionally, Islamabad’s district magistrate recently imposed a two-month ban on gatherings of over five people in the capital under the Code of Criminal Procedure.

    On Saturday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned that police would arrest anyone violating court orders. “The court’s directive is clear, and anyone attempting to protest will be arrested and face legal consequences. There is no ambiguity on our part,” he said. Last week, the National Counter Terrorism Authority warned that militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and infiltrated major cities. According to this warning, insurgents could target the PTI’s protest march.

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    Breaking: Supreme Court has now sent the 800+ page Federal Police report into the Bolsonaro-Military Lula assassination and coup plot to the Prosecutor General for actioning. Secrecy of the report has also been lifted.

    Brazilian social movements are organizing a nation-wide demonstration calling for the immediate arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, which will take place in dozens of cities on December 10.

    The Entire Document (800+ Pages, all in portuguese)

    Highlights (The Coup Plans begin in 2018 - 2023)

    PF’s (Federal Police, Brazil’s FBI) final report points to Jair Bolsonaro as the leader of the criminal organization that created, developed and disseminated false narratives to support post-defeat coup acts in 2022. The PF says that Bolsonaro “planned, acted and had direct and effective control” of the criminal organization’s actions.

    The PF states that the meeting of the Executive Branch, held by Bolsonaro with Justice (Anderson Torres), Defense (Paulo Sérgio), GSI (Augusto Heleno) and the General Secretariat (Mario Fernandes) aimed to pressure all ministers of state to spread lies and misinformation about the electoral process.

    The report follows. The PL intensified the lies against the Brazilian electoral system as a way of weakening the ballot and supporting the coup d’état. Jair Bolsonaro and Valdemar Costa Neto (Leader of Liberal Party, Bolsonaro’s Party) authorized the intensification of disinformation, according to the PF.

    The PF says it has evidence that Bolsonaro prepared and actively participated in the actions that would bring about the coup d’état, including: Decree of institutional rupture; “Closure” of the TSE (Supreme Electoral Court) with a State of Defense; Ceation of an “Electoral Regularity Commission” to “verify” the elections. According to the PF, Bolsonaro’s actions would be the legal basis and foundation for the coup d’état.

    The PF states in a report that Bolsonaro and the Armed Forces acted by manipulating the mass of Bolsonaro supporters who were camped out in the barracks, telling them what to do and where to do it. The PF claims to have evidence that the interlocution of the coup leaders with the Bolsonaro government wanted to support the attacks against the institutions, especially on November 11, 2022, the week of Lula’s graduation.

    The intention was to move the pocket-coup masses to physically attack the Federal Supreme Court and the National Congress on November 11, 2022, which actually took place on January 8, 2023. PF insists on Jair Bolsonaro’s full knowledge and support for all these coup movements

    The PF report details that Bolsonaro received the Yellow Green Dagger Plan on December 6 after Mario Fernandes printed the document at the Planalto. The following day, the PF indicates a possible 30-minute meeting between Mauro Cid, Mario Fernandes, Rafael de Oliveira and Bolsonaro at the Planalto Palace, with Mauro Cid and Mario Fernandes exchanging messages about “adjustments”.

    On December 9, Bolsonaro summons the Commanders of the Armed Forces to the Alvorada to press for support for the coup. The Army and Air Force deny it, but the Navy, commanded by Admiral Garnier, stands by. Bolsonaro goes to General Estevam to ask him to command the ground forces.

    The PF points out several similarities between Jair Bolsonaro’s speech on December 9 and the planning of the coup that was underway, showing an ideological link between the then president and the “Yellow Green Dagger”. Points such as the pressure “from the people” on the Army, the guarantee that he would act with the Armed Forces to reverse the election and his power as Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces are pointed out by the PF as links to the coup plan.

    On December 15, 2022, the “final act” of the “2022 Copa (Copa means world cup in Portuguese, it also sounds like Coup) event” was planned - the kidnapping, “arrest” and death of Alexandre de Moraes. Alexandre de Moraes and the TSE were being cornered at the same time.

    The Federal Police claim that Jair Bolsonaro has effectively planned, directed and executed, in a coordinated manner since 2019, concrete acts for the abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law and his permanence in the office of President of the Republic.

    A document seized from the headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party (PL) details a coup plot to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from ascending the ramp on January 1st. Among the actions planned in the plot were: convening the Council of the Republic and Defense, a speech on national radio and TV, preparing troops for “direct actions”, annulling “arbitrary acts” of the Supreme Court, annulling the elections, extending the terms of office and replacing the entire Superior Electoral Court.

    In March 2021 Mauro Cid prepared a PPT to talk about a plan to use RAFE/LAFE to allow Bolsonaro to flee the country if his clash with the judiciary cost him his freedom. RAFE/LAFE are “Leakage and Evasion Assistance Network (and Line)”. The plan included the use of GSI military personnel to occupy the Alvorada and Planalto palaces, with weapons ready for use, as well as the occupation of “strategic structures” to show “support for the president”.

    They would then use military techniques to ensure Bolsonaro’s escape. The 2021 plan was used in December 2022, after the failed coup attempt. Bolsonaro fled so as not to be arrested and await the developments of January 8th. The Federal Police claim that Jair Bolsonaro has effectively planned, directed and executed, in a coordinated manner since 2019, concrete acts for the abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law (Coup d’eta) and his permanence in the office of President of the Republic.

    An “Operation 142” manuscript (a reference to the fake news that the Brazilian constitution allows the army to take power in the event of a split between the three branches of government), found with Colonel Pelegrino, also at PL headquarters, records the need to suspend the Transition of Power process, extend mandates, replace the entire TSE and hold new elections (Same excuse used during the 1964 Pro-US coup)

    Bonus (CW: Male Genitalia)

    Translation: “He will arrest us”

    Btw, theres text showing that Bolsonaro called his own supporters “Idiots”.

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    Supposedly a million Israelis in shelters right now, it’s gonna be a rough night in both countries. If the ceasefire goes through, it’ll be in about four hours.

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    Reuters - Oct 2024 - How fentanyl traffickers are exploiting a U.S. trade law to kill Americans

    IN JANUARY 2023, U.S. federal agents raided the home of a Tucson maintenance worker who had a side hustle hauling packages across the border to Mexico.

    They estimate that over the previous two years, the gray-bearded courier had ferried about 7,000 kilos of fentanyl-making chemicals to an operative of the Sinaloa Cartel. That’s 15,432 pounds, sufficient to produce 5.3 billion pills – enough to kill every living soul in the United States several times over. The chemicals had traveled by air from China to Los Angeles, were flown or ground-shipped to Tucson, then driven the last miles to Mexico by the freelance delivery driver.

    U.S. lawmakers inadvertently turbocharged this problem as part of the 2016 legislation by loosening a regulation known as de minimis. Individual parcels of clothing, gadgets and other merchandise valued at up to $800 – one of the highest such limits in the world – now enter the country duty-free and with minimal paperwork and inspections. Fully 90% of all shipments now enter the country this way

    America’s ports of entry are now so jammed with these packages, most of them from China, that just a tiny fraction of the nearly 4 million de minimis parcels arriving on U.S. shores daily are inspected by U.S. Customs. Security officials say that has made it easy for Mexican traffickers to sneak in small boxes of fentanyl ingredients from China disguised as mundane household items. Even modest amounts of these chemicals, known as precursors, can produce vast numbers of pills.

    Traffickers then route these precursors south to Mexico

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    Alleged Hamas members accused of planning military operations in western Europe

    The pro-zionist German regime is charging four men with criminal offences relating to Palestinian resistance activities in Western Europe. Allegedly the four men were active Hamas resistance fighters, maintaining weapons depots for potential military operations against on zionist and western targets. One man is accused of creating and inspecting weapon caches in Bulgaria and Denmark and transporting firearms to Germany. All four are linked to failed attempts to locate another weapons stash in Poland.

    The German regime believes these activities were part of Hamas’ broader strategy to prepare for military operations, citing targets such as the so-called “embassy” of the illegal zionist entity in Berlin and U.S. military installations. The suspects were arrested in December 2023 and remain imprisoned.

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    Liu Liange, former chairman of the Bank of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribe-taking and illegal issuing of loans. He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan (about $16.8 million), according to a court verdict.

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    so israel was ruthlessly bombing Beirut as Satanyahu was signing the ceasefire deal?

    if this deal can keep Lebanese people safe, then i can breathe sigh of relief, but it’s hard not to be a doomer about it, knowing how hard the Lebanese resistance fought and how much israel took from the Lebanese people. Watching the Resistance fight against the genocidal monstrosity called israel was one of a few places where I could find hope and optimism. The sacrifices they were willing to make made it seem like the fight was worth it. Everything else reeks.

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    So, aside from general sadness-abysmal, we learned that PA, jordan and egypt has absolute iron grip on their population. Evidently, then, limited armed struggle didn’t work with just two sides. Legal avenue seems useless as expected, unless euros get tripped by icj ruling.

    I guess in the west we only have individual bds and union-side divestment to work for, with a side of pal action (i didn’t know keysight was involved). Probably need to look at what caused apartheid south africa hastened collapse in support as well