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All ‘Jews’ today are the Khazars converts and Edomites some call them the Khazarian Mafia KM hellbent on a World Government as was the ruling Jewish class in the times of Jesus Herod was an Edomite after Esau Malachi 1: 3 Romans 9:13 not Jacob Israel These Jew Fraudsters believe themelves to be Israelites Hebrews or from the royal tribe of Judah claim the Bible Consignor gives themselves mandate to rule the whole world Psalm 2: 6-9 Psalm 2: 10-11 Deuteronomy 20: 10-14 Deuteronomy 20 : 12-17 Isaiah 60: 5 60: 10-11 60:12 60: 14-16 Psalm 2: 8 and a Judahite or descendent of the Tribe of Judah most of the apostles were Israelites only one of them was Jewish Judas The first time Jews are Mentioned in the Bible is in II Kings 16: 6105: 44 111: 6 Jesus was a Galilean or resident of Galilee Matthew 26:69 John 7:41 and then only in translations revised in the eighteenth century where we find Israel was at war with the Jews and drave the Jews from elathane The ‘Jews’ in ‘Jesus’ time were Edomites/Turkic Edom or Edomite had BEEN translated by Greek and Latin into Ioudaios and Iudaeus meaning a Judean or person living in Judea The original King James version of the Bible 1611 translated IDUMAEANS-Judean into Iewes The first Jews were IDF chief: I believe in our ability to ‘quickly’ locate killers of Rina Shnerb August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Security forces launched a large-scale manhunt throughout the central West Bank on Friday after terrorists set off a bomb in a spring near the Dolev settlement killing a teenage girl and seriously injuring her father and brother and the IDF chief said he believed they would apprehend the killers “quickly” “We are in the midst of a manhunt that is being led by troops from the Israel Defense Forces Shin Bet security service and Israel Police We are focusing our large operational intelligence effort to finding the perpetrators of this severe and deadly terror attack” IDF chief Aviv Kohavi said at the site of the bombing on Friday afternoon At approximately 10:00 am the explosive device was detonated at a natural spring known as Ein Bubin northwest of Ramallah as three members of the Shnerb family from the central Israeli town of Lod were visiting Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The teenage daughter Rina 17 was pronounced dead at the scene Her father Eitan a rabbi in Lod and her brother Dvir 19 were taken by military helicopter to a Jerusalem hospital in serious condition The army said an improvised explosive device was used in the attack Police sappers determined that the bomb had been planted earlier at the spring and was triggered remotely when the family approached it Security services were reportedly tracking a car that fled the scene shortly after the explosion believing it to have been used by the culprits IDF Spokesperson Ronen Manelis said the military did not yet know the identities of the culprits or if they belonged to an established terror group or were acting alone The military set up checkpoints and roadblocks in the surrounding area Palestinian media reported that soldiers also began confiscating security camera footage from Palestinian businesses and homes in the surrounding area in an apparent effort to recreate the escape path of the terrorists According to Palestinian reports these search efforts were focused on western Ramallah and the surrounding villages “I believe in our ability to locate the assailants quickly and to continue providing high-quality security protection to the residents living in Judea and Samaria” Kohavi said using the biblical term for the West Bank The army chief visited the scene of the bombing meeting with the heads of the IDF Central Command and the Judea and Samaria Division the army said Troops were working to find the terrorists behind the attack as quickly as possible under the general understanding that the more time they have to flee the more difficult the search effort becomes “This search mission is being led on several fronts — the first is the intelligence front with other intelligence services the second front is the manhunt in the field with roadblocks… The third front is the regular security effort to prevent similar events” Manelis said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who also serves as defense minister said he was receiving constant updates on the search effort and would meet soon with the commanders of the country’s security forces In a statement Netanyahu offered his “deep condolences” to the family and wished swift recuperation to the wounded “We will continue to strengthen Jewish communities We will spread our roots deeper and strike out at our enemies” Rina Shnerb’s funeral was scheduled for 3:30 pm in her hometown of Lod “Security force are in pursuit of the vile terrorists We will reach them Our long arm will pay them their dues” Netanyahu said A hospital spokesperson said the father was now considered to be in moderate stable condition The 19-year-old son sustained injuries throughout his body including to his stomach from the blast He was unconscious and connected to a respirator Israeli military officials have warned in recent weeks of an increase in terrorist activities and violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the lead-up to next month’s Israeli elections “The army is dealing with attempted terror attacks with lone-wolf assailants and with terror cells” Manelis said Friday Last Friday a Palestinian terrorist rammed his car into two Israeli teenage siblings critically injuring one of them outside the Elazar settlement in the central West Bank just south of Jerusalem The car rolled over after the terror attack and when the assailant tried to emerge from it he was shot dead by an off duty police officer who was driving behind him Earlier this month an Israeli religious seminary student Dvir Sorek was found stabbed to death outside the settlement of Migdal Oz Israeli security forces tracked down the suspected killers in approximately 48 hours arresting Palestinian cousins Nasir Asafra 24 and Qassem Asafra 30 from the village of Beit Kahil in the southern West Bank Times of Israel staff contributed to this report Source Article from Related Posts President Trump: Mass Murderers Will Be Executed ‘Quickly and Decisively’ President Trump has vowed to execute those who commit horrific mass-shootings “quickly decisively and without Is faster better How short intense workouts can help you lose weight quickly Google has declared war on the independent media and has begun blocking emails from NaturalNews Trump admits that Russia helped him get elected then quickly retracts US President Donald Trump has acknowledged for the first time that Russia helped “me Switching to an organic diet causes your pesticide levels to drop surprisingly quickly Natural News Why did you make the switch to organic If you’re Arctic’s first ever bank robber arrested quite quickly An armed man has robbed a bank in the world’s northernmost settlement on Norway’s remote Hits: 6 From hospital dad of murdered teen tells funeral: ‘We’re strong will prevail’ August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Hundreds gathered Friday to bury Rina Shnerb an Israeli teenager killed in a terrorist bombing in the West Bank earlier in the day Her father wounded in the attack along with her brother was unable to attend but addressed mourners by telephone from his hospital bed “We are trying to be strong here in the Land of Israel the people of Israel Rina believed in that” said Rabbi Eitan Shnerb “Our response to the murderers is that we are here and we are strong and we will prevail” Shnerb her father Eitan and 19-year-old brother Dvir were all wounded in the explosion at a natural spring outside the Dolev settlement Shnerb was pronounced dead from her injuries while her father and brother were hospitalized in serious condition Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “We’re in a war of love against hate and hope against despair We came here in order to accompany our loved one” said Eli Weissberg Rina’s uncle at the funeral in her home town of Lod Weissberg said Rabbi Shnerb had asked him to convey a message to the funeral: He “asked us only to deal with the strength and love we have and the wonderful nation we have here in this great land of ours” said Weissberg As the funeral was set to begin Eitan Shnerb spoke by phone from his hospital bed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “With the help of God we’ll come out of this stronger” Shnerb said Lod Mayor Yair Revivo noted the site where the attack occurred was named after Dani Gonen a Lod resident who was killed in a terror shooting four years ago as they were leaving the spring “A charming and graceful girl who just wanted to go for a dip on a summer day with her family at the Dani Spring” he said at the funeral Shnerb studied at a religious girls school in Lod and was a counselor in the Bnei Akiva youth movement according to the Haaretz daily “Rina was a happy and sweet girl pleasing and warm with good energy The highest quality and sweetest girl there is” Naamah Frankel a friend of the family told the newspaper According to Shmulik Shinhav another of Rina’s uncles Eitan Shnerb tried to provide medical treatment to his children at the scene of the attack despite being injured himself “Eitan as a medic tried to resuscitate Rina” Shinav told reporters outside the hospital Shinav said Eitan Shnerb also used his tzitzit Jewish ritual fringes to try to stop his son Dvir’s wounds from bleeding “With his tzitzit he made a tourniquet to try and stop the bleeding from the shrapnel in his hand” he said He also managed to call for an ambulance Earlier this year Eitan Shnerb was recognized by the army for helping to thwart an attack on a West Bank settlement while serving as a rabbi in an IDF reserve brigade While checking the “eruv” or ritual boundary Shnerb spotted two Palestinians outside Har Bracha and alerted the soldiers One of the suspects was shot as they were arrested and Israeli troops found a knife and pistol on them according to the Ynet news site According to the army an improvised explosive device was used in Friday’s attack Police sappers determined that the bomb had been planted earlier at the spring and was triggered remotely when the family approached it Security services were reportedly tracking a car that fled the scene shortly after the explosion “IDF soldiers are searching the area” the military said in a statement The explosion occurred at the Bubin spring — a popular hiking spot — approximately 10 kilometers east of the city of Modiin “Our surroundings are full of natural springs and hiking to them is an inseparable part of residents’ lives” Yael a resident of Dolev told Channel 12 news “There is a difficult feeling” Palestinian media reported that the IDF had begun setting up roadblocks and conducting searches in the western Ramallah area southeast of Dolev Israeli military officials have warned in recent weeks of an increase in terrorist activities and violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the lead-up to next month’s Israeli elections Last Friday a Palestinian terrorist rammed his car into two Israeli teenage siblings critically injuring one of them outside the Elazar settlement in the central West Bank just south of Jerusalem The car rolled over after the terror attack and when the assailant tried to emerge from it he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer who was driving behind him Earlier this month an Israeli religious seminary student Dvir Sorek was found stabbed to death outside the settlement of Migdal Oz Israeli security forces tracked down the suspected killers in approximately 48 hours arresting Palestinina cousins Nasir Asafra 24 and Qassem Asafra 30 from the village of Beit Kahil in the southern West Bank Source Article from Related Posts Israel blames Islamic Jihad for Gaza violence tells Hamas to clamp down The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday blamed the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad for the recent We will always be united with you Russia tells Venezuela Russia has reiterated its support for Venezuela and its resistance against illegal pressure amid attempts by Problem of NYT 1619 Project isn’t that it sees America through slavery it’s that it tells untruths For all the right-wing outrage engulfing Twitter now the conclusions reached by the 1619 Project Leaked Audio: NY Times Editor Tells Staff to Ditch ‘Russia Collusion’ and Focus on Trump’s ‘Racism’ New York Times editor Dean Baquet has instructed staff to ditch the Russian collusion propaganda Jackie Tohn tells us all about that seder scene in ‘GLOW’ JTA via Alma — In the sixth episode of the newly released third season of Hits: 5 UK official says no change in support for Iran deal under Johnson August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ BIARRITZ France — Britain will not change its backing of the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program under new Prime Minister Boris Johnson a British diplomatic source said Friday a day ahead of a G7 summit where the Iranian atomic drive is set to be a major sticking point “We are strong supporters” of the nuclear deal said the official asking not to be named “I don’t think you will find any change in the British government position” Johnson is expected at the G7 in Biarritz to hold talks with US President Donald Trump who pulled out of the landmark accord last year Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Trump and Johnson have a strong personal rapport and the British premier who took office last month has emphasized the importance of close relations with the United States as Britain prepares to leave the European Union But the British official said the nuclear deal which Britain helped negotiate is important to ensure that Iran never obtains an atomic weapon Tehran insists its nuclear program is peaceful “It is important that it the deal continues” the official said “I think on this issue there is a sort of expectation that we are going to have a meeting with the American president and our position will change But our position on Iran is well known” If the US president has other ideas “we are very happy to talk about them” the official said adding that for now the nuclear deal was the “best way” of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon French President Emmanuel Macron who will from Saturday chair the three-day G7 summit was on Friday due to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Paris Macron admitted in comments Wednesday that there were “true disagreements” within the G7 over Iran but said he would “try to propose things” in the talks with Zarif Source Article from Related Posts Boris Johnson’s Brexit to drive UK under virtual US vassalage Prime Minister Boris Johnson will fail in his promise to give back control to Wikipedia Has ICE Facilities Listed Under ‘Concentration And 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American workers laboring under ‘no vacation nation’ In the glory days of the US economy when a solid industrial base allowed Baby Facial recognition legislation now under review Facial recognition is back on the agenda Photo: LAS The Australian government is pushing ahead In First Footage Of Kashmir Protests Under Lockdown Live Fire Rings Out Despite Indian-administered Kashmir now on a complete communications blackout and security lockdown after its autonomy Hits: 4 Flight from Tel Aviv with 160 on board makes emergency landing in Sochi August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ A Ural Airlines flight from Tel Aviv carrying 160 people made an emergency landing on Friday in Sochi with a damaged wheel mechanism Russian media reported saying there were no injuries Vesti reported that the Airbus A320 successfully landed and the airport was now operating normally “According to preliminary data the pneumatics of the left main gear were destroyed 160 passengers were on board The emergency services of Sochi International Airport were ready The landing was successful” Sputniknews quoted an airline spokesperson as saying Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up This is the second emergency landing by Ural Airlines in a week Last Thursday a Russian pilot successfully landed his plane in a cornfield after loosing power in both engines after colliding with a flock of gulls The Ural Airlines Airbus A321 was carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven as it took off from Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport en route to Simferopol in Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the nation’s highest medal the Hero of Russia to pilot Damir Yusupov 41 Putin also awarded the Hero of Russia to the plane’s second pilot 23-year-old Georgy Murzin and bestowed other top awards on the plane’s cabin crew Yusupov was hailed as a hero after the feat and Russian television stations showed passengers standing in head-high corn next to the plane hugging Yusupov and thanking him for saving their lives Yusupov’s feat Thursday drew comparisons to the 2009 “miracle on the Hudson” when Capt Chesley Sullenberger safely ditched his plane in New York’s Hudson River after a bird strike disabled its engines saving the lives of all 155 people on board Source Article from Related Posts Sochi agreement outcome of Tehran summit diplomatic efforts IRNA – Sochi agreement is the result of intensive responsible diplomacy achieved by Tehran summit Erdogan Putin to Meet Monday in Sochi as Turkey Moves More Weapons into Syria Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Sochi EXCLUSIVE: A Meeting Between Presidents Assad amp Putin Held in Sochi According to Inside Syria Media Center President Bashar al-Assad held on Thursday EXCLUSIVE: A meeting between Presidents Assad and Putin held in Sochi According to Inside Syria Media Center President Bashar al-Assad held on Thursday Merkel amp Putin speak to press after meeting in Sochi The two leaders had been critical of the Trump administration’s decision to violate a multilateral Hits: 5 Ex-Iraqi PM warns Israel of ‘strong response’ if it proves to be behind strikes August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday warned Israel of a “strong response” if it proved to be behind the recent airstrikes against Iranian-linked military targets in Iraq In statements issued by his office al-Maliki also said that if Israel continues to target Iraq his country “will transform into a battle arena that drags in multiple countries including Iran” The comments by al-Maliki a former Iraqi prime minister known for his ties to Iran came hours after US officials told The New York Times Israel was responsible for the bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up The Times report quoted two senior US officials as saying Israel has recently carried out “several strikes” on munitions storehouses for Iranian-backed groups in Iraq A senior Middle Eastern intelligence official said Israel was also responsible for the July 19 strike on a military base north of Baghdad being used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to transport weapons to Syria The official said this Israeli strike was launched from inside Iraq though he did not provide further details He said it destroyed a cache of guided missiles with a range of 200 kilometers 125 miles Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighboring Syria but an expansion of the campaign to Iraq would mark a significant escalation in its years-long campaign against Tehran’s military entrenchment across the region The mystery attacks have not been claimed by any side and have left Iraqi officials scrambling for a response amid strong speculation that Israel may have been behind them Earlier this week the deputy head of the Iraqi Shiite militias known collectively as the Popular Mobilization Forces openly accused Israeli drones of carrying out the attacks but ultimately blamed Washington and threatened strong retaliation for any future attack Such attacks are potentially destabilizing for Iraq and its fragile government which has struggled to remain neutral amid growing tensions between the United States and Iran Meanwhile Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other lawmakers have indicated the speculation of Israeli involvement was true “I don’t give Iran immunity anywhere” he said during an interview with a Russian-language TV station on Thursday accusing the Iranians of trying to establish bases “against us everywhere” including Syria Lebanon Yemen and Iraq Asked whether that means Israel is operating in Iraq Netanyahu said: “We act in many arenas against a country that desires to annihilate us Of course I gave the security forces a free hand and the instruction to do what is needed to thwart these plans of Iran” Source Article from Related Posts Macron warns UK could become US vassal state I bet he asked Merkel first Of course what Emmanuel Macron didn’t admit during his meeting with the PM in Paris Powell Hints At More Rate Cuts Says Economy In Favorable Place But Warns Of Significant Risks The much anticipated Jerome Powell Jackson Hole speech on Challenges for Monetary Policy is finally Trump Warns France amp Germany He’ll Release Their ISIS Fighters Back Into Their Countries On Wednesday President Trump sent an uncompromising message to European leaders including Angela Merkel and Gvt Shuts Down US Bio Warfare Lab Warns Killer Bugs Could Escape Through Wastewater by Tracey Watson With its long and devastating history the Ebola virus is truly terrifying Iran FM warns US against ‘serious miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautions the United States against attempting to form a naval Hits: 8 Bidding farewell to ‘the last Arab Jew’ August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Born in Baghdad Prof Sasson Somekh was a prominent expert on Arabic literature and a notable author and activist He passed away this week By Raanan Shemesh Forshner Prof Sasson Somekh scholar in the field of Arabic literature and translator of poetry was born in Baghdad Iraq in 1933 Emet Prize CC BY-SA 30 Prof Sasson Somekh one of Israel’s most prominent experts on Arabic literature and a lifelong proponent of peace passed away this week in Tel Aviv A winner of the Israel Prize Somekh was a notable poet author translator and activist Born in Baghdad in 1933 to an educated secular family Somekh developed an interest in Arabic culture at an early age publishing Arabic poetry as a pupil At age 17 he was forced to leave Iraq and arrived in Israel The formative encounter between Arabic and Hebrew culture and his decision to maintain loyalty to both led him to form a connection between the two “The task of mediating between the two great cultures the two sister languages has become his life’s work” wrote Mizrahi poet and literary critic Almog Behar Somekh’s storied academic career often overshadowed his political biography Shortly after arriving in Israeli during one of his visits to the impoverished neighborhood of Wadi Salib in Haifa he saw posters for the Israeli Communist Party Maki “Those posters astonished me” he would say years later “Although I knew that the Communist Party whose representatives were already in the first Knesset also participates in the elections seeing such posters and in Arabic filled my heart with joy I am from a country that not only prevents the left from acting openly it also occasionally sends some of the leaders of this party – members of various ethnic groups including Jews – to the gallows” On joining the Communist Party Somekh wrote: “There was discrimination in every party aside from Maki so I joined the party out of the belief that treating Arabs as second-class citizens is not the way to solve their problem” Alongside other Arab Jewish authors poets and artists who were also connected to the Communist Party including Sami Michael David Tsemah and Shimon Ballas Somekh continued to write in his mother-tongue in Al-Ittihad Maki’s Arabic newspaper Somekh also published in the Arabic literary journal Al- Jadid which included other prominent Arab Jewish writers as well as Palestinian writers and thinkers like Emile Habibi Tawfiq Ziad and Mahmoud Darwish Like many other Arab Jewish writers who belonged to Maki Somekh left the party during the 1960s yet continued to encourage cultural exchange between Jews and Arabs while fighting against racism and working toward equality and peace He gradually stopped writing in Arabic and began translating Arabic literature into Hebrew while working his way up to becoming one of the top academics in his field “At every stage of my life the fact that I am an Arab Jew benefitted me it had a special place” Somekh told Almog Behar in 2008 “Studying Arabic literature is not disconnected from my being Jewish-Israeli It was very important to me to see and show how literature in our immediate surroundings is evolving and largely in comparison with what has taken place in Hebrew literature As you know I have been translating modern Arabic poetry into Hebrew for 50 years and this is my special angle as an Arab Jew who is an Israeli and deals with Arabic literature in Hebrew Somekh told Behar that during his first years in Israel the term “Arab Jew” was considered abominable “The establishment viewed it as an unnecessary term since in the eyes of the state the Arabs were enemies Jews from Arab countries did not like being called this as well for the exact same reason That is because it caused them to be associated with the enemy at present an enemy that has a bad name in Israel not only due to the fact that he is an enemy but also due to the fact that he is not identified with progress and achievements and even associated with the opposite Thus in Israel ‘Arab’ is not considered a positive description” For Somekh Arab Jew is a “cultural definition of a Jew who speaks Arabic and grew up in a Muslim environment” In doing so he wanted to emphasize that his identity stems from his point of view as a person who grew up in an Arab culture and continues to engage with that culture “The tendency among leading Mizrahi intellectuals of the younger generation to speak of themselves as Arab Jews is first and foremost a political position that is their desire to protest sharply against the sense of discrimination that they feel has been directed at Mizrahim They are in fact seeking to highlight their reluctance to be part of the Zionist existence of the state I do not have a problem with these positions but for me this is not how the Arab-Jewish identity is defined He published two autobiographies the first “Baghdad Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew” about his life in Iraq and the second “Life After Baghdad: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew in Israel” “I am the last Arab Jew” Somekh said explaining his motivation to write his autobiographies “That is why I wrote Baghdad Yesterday: to document the life of a Jewish Arab child Anyone who defines himself as an Arab Jew to attack others but who does not speak Arabic… does not count as such While I do not define myself as a Zionist if being Zionist means all Jews should come here I am an Israeli patriot” A version of this article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call Read it here Source Article from Related Posts Mizrahi rebel: Bidding farewell to an Israeli Black Panther Kochavi Shemesh one of the legendary leaders of the Israeli Black Panthers believed that Farewell masculinity: We’ll miss you when you’re gone Who is going to kill all my spiders This week the American Psychological Association The Big Picture – America: The Farewell Tour amp Climate Change: Whats at Stake The Big Picture – America: The Farewell Tour amp Climate Change: Whats at StakeBy The Farewell Nikki “Twist and Shout” Haley Nikki Haley soon-to-be former US Ambassador to the United Nations She twisted facts she twisted ‘The city is orphaned’: 120000 mourners bid farewell to murdered Donbass leader in Donetsk PHOTOS Zakharchenko’s remains were placed on display in the lobby of the State Academic Opera and Hits: 7 For Netanyahu and Trump Palestinian Christians are only pawns for political gain August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ We are an integral part of the Palestinian people yet we are virtually invisible for those in the White House who claim to care about Christianity By Fr Emmanuelle Awwad A photo taken near the ruins of the shrine of Saint Barbara in the West Bank village of Aboud Bukvoed/CC-BY-40 When Israel barred Reps Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from visiting Palestine last week it was a clear attempt to keep the congresswomen from witnessing the impacts of military occupation for themselves This decision however also revealed the extent to which the very leaders who claim to care about Christians in the Middle East are willing to weaponize religion I was supposed to meet with the congressional delegation My plan was to introduce them to the reality of my people and particularly the Christian Palestinian community by telling them about Aboud the village I have been serving for over a decade I was hoping that our village could symbolize not only the hardships of life under military occupation but also a message of hope for the prospects of peace through the fulfillment of the rights of everyone including the right for Palestine to be free Aboud is located around 30 kilometers 186 miles northwest of Jerusalem and has a population of around 2000 people I serve in a church that has had uninterrupted services since the year 332 AD The Church of Saint Mary was built at the same time as the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem Historically Aboud had around nine churches and monasteries including the shrine of Saint Barbara which dates back to the fifth century and was blown up by the Israeli army in 2002 We are a village full of history yet almost no pilgrims or tourists visit us The fact that Aboud was part of the path taken by the Holy Family from Jerusalem to Nazareth doesn’t seem to impress those in charge of making touristic packages Instead of having a responsible and ethical pilgrimage to the Holy Land including engaging with the local population visitors prefer to tour stones without getting to appreciate the traditions and customs of those who have been taking care of those places for centuries Three settlements Halamish Beit Aryeh and Ofarim have been built on our village’s land The existence of these Jewish-only settlements has become part of the daily nightmare that our people must endure Aboud known historically as the “City of Flowers” once had enough water to survive on its own Today its main water resources are under Israeli control and mostly serve the Israeli settlements nearby Some of our villagers have access to their own water only if they buy it from an Israeli company Aboud has been deprived of developing almost 12000 dunam of land 2956 acres due to restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation In other words there are only 2000 dunams or 608 acres available for development This has dealt a major blow to our local economic and housing needs Young people today can’t find affordable places to live and many are leaving our village While some prefer to talk about Christians leaving this region we have chosen to set an example of resilience by doing everything possible to stay on our land That is why with the initiative of our own community we are developing housing and tourist plans with one main goal in mind: to keep a strong and vibrant Christian presence in the birthplace of Christianity In this context we can understand why neither President Trump nor Prime Minister Netanyahu wanted the congressional delegation to visit Palestine It is not only the reality of the occupation that they did not want Tlaib and Omar to see but particularly how it affects Palestinian Christians We are an integral part of the Palestinian people yet we are virtually invisible for those in the White House who claim to care about Christianity When they talk about “Christianity” they seem to be reading from a different Bible: we talk about a God of love and compassion while what we mainly hear from them is about hatred and the political use of religion Our region knows exactly what happens when holy books are used to justify crimes On Dec 16 and 17 we will be celebrating – once again without much fanfare as we have done for centuries – the feast of Saint Barbara one of the most important pre-Christmas celebrations in the Holy Land Our families will be celebrating an ancient festival that very few get to see simply because places like Aboud and others such as Burqin Taybeh Jifna and even Nablus and Jericho are rarely visited by foreign Christian tourists We open our arms to Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar as well as other members of Congress to join us for the celebration of Saint Barbara Here they will meet a proud people that have carried on their traditions for generations and will continue to do so All we are asking for is actions that will help us achieve what any human being wants: to live in dignity freedom justice and peace Fr Emmanuelle Awwad is the parish priest of the Palestinian village of Aboud Source Article from Related Posts Trump downThe truth movement was no help AP-NORC poll: 62 disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job AP-NORC poll: 62 disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job Source Article from Alex Newman – Globalists May Try to Crash Economy to Get Trump Blog of Staś Staś Source Article from I am a fan but I disagree E Michael Jones: “Donald Trump Has Backed Himself into a Corner” Press TV Blog of Staś Staś Source Article from Furious Trump Unloads On Fed: Asks Who Is Our Bigger Enemy: Powell Or Xi Moments after 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Earlier in the week President Trump tweeted once again frustratedly towards The Fed: We are Hits: 4 In one East Jerusalem neighborhood summer vacation has become a war zone August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ For children in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya summer vacation means dodging rubber bullets and watching their fathers and brothers arrested and humiliated every day By Yuval Abraham A Palestinian child looks on at a police vehicle in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya Yuval Abraham At the entrance to Issawiya in East Jerusalem eight children are laughing as they chase one another in circles I take out a camera and a few of them begin to gather around me The oldest of the group is 13 years old and tells me that they are playing “Jews and Arabs” Do you know it She asks There are two teams: the Jews shoot at the Arabs and the Arabs throw rocks The game ends when one of the teams wins I look on as they play but cannot really seem to make out the rules It’s a bit like tag only that instead of tagging one another they pretend chase detain and shoot each other The children’s home is just across the road and they play in the street during summer vacation Ever since 19-year-old Mohammed Obeid was shot dead by Israeli police here in July their grandmother doesn’t allow them to stray too far The reality in Issawiya is dangerous for children Every day dozens of armed Border Police officers enter the neighborhood to “make their presence known” as one of them tells me The officers hand out tickets block main traffic junctions check IDs at random and patrol the streets for no apparent reason — at least that’s how it starts The script generally repeats itself: an argument breaks out one of the teenagers throws a stone at a passing police jeep a group of officers comes looking for him they throw stun grenades and sometimes shoot rubber bullets residents are wounded and arrested This happens almost every single day One can write at length about this despairing reality which stems from Israel’s desire to continue to exert its control over East Jerusalem without granting its Palestinian residents national rights In the main square next to an elegant white mosque three children ask me to take their picture Another child passes by warning them to check where I come from to make sure I am not an undercover cop and that I am not taking photographs in order to arrest them later Of the three it seems that 12-year-old Amir especially enjoys telling stories Kids generally repeat phrases they hear from their elders but Amir is different His memories seem to be his alone full of minute details Amir says that two weeks ago he heard a knock on his front door at 3 am He has been having trouble sleeping ever since his grandfather died of pancreatic cancer a month ago and had fallen asleep in front of the computer while playing Fortnite in the living room Amir got off the couch opened the door and saw 10 men standing there looking at him quietly “I thought they had come to fix the sewage” he says as he smiles shyly When the men soldiers in civilian clothing walked into the house to arrest his 16-year-old brother Amir had no idea what to do He took out his phone and started snapping photos His hands shook so badly the photos came out blurry Arin listens as Amir tells his story She will be starting fourth grade next year A few days before I met her she was sitting with her father in a convenience store when a police officer walked in and asked for IDs Her father had left his ID card at home so the officer took him down to the station But Arin who knew where her father kept his card decided to run home and bring it back to the store She says her entire body was burning as she ran By the time she returned her father was gone Palestinian women look on during a raid by Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya July 1 2019 Oren Ziv/Activestillsorg All at once the children’s tiny heads turn in unison as a police car passes by I think they have arrived Amir says and something inside him seems to tighten A few minutes later Arin’s father sends her a message to come back home “There is not a single child in the neighborhood who hasn’t been traumatized by the last few months” another father tells me while his two-year-old son also named Amir bashfully hides behind his father I try to give him a high-five but he doesn’t want one His father says that a month ago police officers fired a stun grenade at the entrance to their home just as he and Amir stepped outside The marks from the grenade are still visible on the parking lot floor “Amir immediately fainted” he says “It frightened me to death I wanted to take him to the hospital but the officer who fired the grenade walked up to us held the child from his feet and sprayed water on him until he woke up” Since says the father Amir cries every time he sees police officers or hears explosions Even car sounds cause him to burst into tears Lately the father has begun taking him to a psychologist Issawiya is home to 22000 people 6420 of whom are children now on summer vacation says Omar Atia who heads an NGO that supports the children of the neighborhood I call him as he is on his way to Jaffa with his family to celebrate Eid al-Adha “I am fleeing Issawiya Yuval” he tells me “One cannot be there during the holiday It’s too sad The holiday has always been my favorite day of the year ever ever since I was a child — wearing new clothes laying them out on the bed the night before decorating the neighborhood cooking pasta in the street feeling happy But this year anyone who can is going elsewhere to celebrate The parents do not want their children to be in the streets People are mourning Over the last two month I haven’t seen most of the kids Everyone stays inside A child doesn’t forget difficult experiences do you understand This situation makes hatred grow in their hearts” WATCH: Israeli riot police raid Issawiya “Why is there not a single swing in Issawiya” he continues “Why isn’t there a single bench under the shade Why doesn’t the municipality subsidize any activities or summer camps We don’t understand who we belong to On the one hand they want us to accept the police’s presence here as if everything is okay yet on the other hand we don’t matter in the eyes of the law” As I speak with the children an explosion goes off A young woman who is walking in front of me with her daughter quickens her step Those are stun grenades she says I walk toward the sound the street is lined with dozens of paramilitary police officers who look more like soldiers surrounded by a few children Two officers trade stun grenades “They’re throwing stones here you can’t stand here” one of them yells at me as I start to snap photographs Another grenade explodes My mouth goes dry whenever I witness violence I raise the camera and remember how Amir’s hands shook when he made the exact same motion Documenting is important A number of residents have already told me that the police are less violent when there is a camera present I’ve witnessed this with my own eyes One of the residents takes me to his home using a side road so that I can continue filming the officers from his balcony I see parents running with their children past the officers’ drawn weapons One of the officers shoves a resident who is trying to reach his home Chaos From the balcony I can hear the sound of a baby crying inside The father walks onto the balcony while carrying his daughter whose name is Julie Behind her on the street below an officer builds a makeshift checkpoint while another policeman fires two rubber bullets at the home from which stones are being thrown Julie begins to cry again A Palestinian demonstrator launches fireworks during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya July 1 2019 Oren Ziv/Activestillsorg Night falls and the police leave They will be back before morning I go back to the main square and see Amir who is happy to see me and asks whether I would like to hear about the basements where the Shin Bet interrogates Palestinians or about the day his grandfather was arrested No I tell him Another time “Where are you from” he asks me “I am Jewish” I respond “I was born in Be’er Sheva” His eyes go wide “So how do you know Arabic” I hesitate and tell him that I am an Arab-Jew “What’s that” he asks and another boy who overhears our conversation jumps in: “They are Jews who learned Arabic and they are with us” Amir stares at me “Oh so are you with us or with them” Again I hesitate “Is there a third option” I ask “I don’t know” he says “I’m not sure” So I remain silent Yuval Abraham is a photography and linguistics student This article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call Read it here Source Article from Related Posts Welcome to Porchville! American workers laboring under ‘no vacation nation’ In the glory days of the US economy when a solid industrial base allowed Baby Alaskan vacation ends in mercury poisoning after man eats too much fish Natural News They say that too much of a good thing can British Schoolteachers Want Price-Controls For Vacation Packages Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMancom Here’s our weekly roll-up of the most absurd and Disturbing trend: Teen tourist sickened during vacation in Dominican Republic A teenage girl from Argentina has gone into a coma while vacationing in the Ebola-Chan Kills 24 in a Week She is Now Going on a Vacation to Rwanda and Uganda Octavio Rivera Daily Stormer October 17 2018 Did I say “vacation” I Hits: 4 Macron warns UK could become US vassal state I bet he asked Merkel first August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Of course what Emmanuel Macron didn’t admit during his meeting with the PM in Paris is that the situation is little better for him Neither Britain nor France really has the luxury of avoiding vassalisation of some description all they can do is pick a master Or meister It really does take some cheek for Macron to warn about the threats of becoming a vassal state to a leader who is in the process of begging for permission to reclaim control of his own country He had the Gallic gall to claim that relying on a future US trade deal to soften the impact of Brexit means Britain will merely end up being a client state of the US saying: “Can the cost for Britain of a hard Brexit – because Britain will be the main victim – be offset by the United States of America No… Even if it were a strategic choice it would be at the cost of a historic vassalisation of Britain… I don’t think this is what Boris Johnson wants I don’t think it is what the British people want” Also on rtcom Do the British want to become ‘vassal’ of Trump’s US Macron taunts BoJo over no-deal Brexit Well we know what the British people want getting it is something very different altogether This idea of foreign domination seems to play on the mind of Macron Just last year he was at pains to point out that France is an “ally” of the US and not a “vassal state” Methinks Monsieur Macron doth protest too much As he’s so adamant about France’s independence from the whims of Washington it would be interesting to hear his views on the role Berlin plays in the running of France Being a member of the EU is in itself an exercise in handing over sovereign power to the other members of the union – more specifically handing it to Germany Macron’s France is proud and delusional enough to believe it’s big enough to act as a counter-balance to the Germans but it’s not When the ‘merde’ or the ‘sheisse’ hits the fan Germany makes sure it’s derriere is covered Just ask the Greeks what happened when they needed their European brothers and sisters to show some solidarity during the financial crisis They were forced to accept harsh austerity which turned out to be quite advantageous to Berlin Britain’s Brexiteers see membership in the EU as ceding sovereignty to bureaucrats in Brussels and foreign courts and ultimately to Berlin via Paris It’s a harsh reality that in its decline there really isn’t very much London can do to avoid being a client state of someone and at least there is some pragmatism in the UK’s targeting of a trade deal with Washington Brits have long had to live with the tag of being America’s 51st state so why not take advantage of being Washington’s… erm… junior partner which is the kind way of describing the so-called special relationship Also on rtcom What’s French for ‘get your feet off my effing furniture’ BoJo slammed for ‘disrespecting’ Macron The British get dragged along on America’s ill advised wars and questionable foreign policy adventures all the time anyway why not see if Washington is willing to throw a free-trade bone at its favourite lap dog in return Macron’s warning to Boris Johnson came from the leader of a proud and independent nation but I bet he asked Angela Merkel if it was alright first I could also mention NATO the mechanism by which the entire EU outsources its defence to the US but that’s another story Like this story Share it with a friend! Source Article from Related Posts Ex-Iraqi PM warns Israel of ‘strong response’ if it proves to be behind strikes Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday warned Israel of a “strong response” if Powell Hints At More Rate Cuts Says Economy In Favorable Place But Warns Of Significant Risks The much anticipated Jerome Powell Jackson Hole speech on Challenges for Monetary Policy is finally Trump Warns France amp Germany He’ll Release Their ISIS Fighters Back Into Their Countries On Wednesday President Trump sent an uncompromising message to European leaders including Angela Merkel and Gvt Shuts Down US Bio Warfare Lab Warns Killer Bugs Could Escape Through Wastewater by Tracey Watson With its long and devastating history the Ebola virus is truly terrifying Iran FM warns US against ‘serious miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cautions the United States against attempting to form a naval Hits: 4 This is what gloating looks like… NY Times distorts war-torn Syria August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ The meandering report of more than 2700 words was headlined: “What ‘Victory’ Looks Like: A Journey Through Shattered Syria” It would have been more accurate to have used the title “What Gloating Looks Like” Even the sly way the word ‘victory’ is put in quotation marks indicates from the outset the insidious purpose of the article To pour scorn on how Syria and its people have in actual fact defeated a foreign-sponsored criminal war for regime change The regime-change plot goes back to at least 2005 as this old CNN interview clumsily admits With mawkish words the New York Times reporters effect to lament the rubble and grief among the Syrian population But all the while the implication conveyed is that President Bashar Assad “presided over the destruction” It would be easy to dismiss the article for the ropey agenda-led “journalism” that it is But since journalism is reputed to be the “first draft” of writing history it is therefore important that the distortion presented by the NY Times is repudiated for the outright falsification that it is We can’t go into every erroneous obnoxious detail And readers would be advised to go to alternative reports by independent journalists like Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley for accurate accounts of how Syrians are dealing with the aftermath of war and what the people actually think about who caused their war-torn fate But suffice to say that three salient distortions or omissions can be cited to condemn the NY Times as a purveyor of propaganda First is the staggering assertion that Syria’s lunar landscape of destruction was brought about by warplanes and artillery deployed by the state’s armed forces Secondly there is not a single mention of US and other NATO states carrying out – and continuing to carry out – air strikes on Syrian infrastructure for the past five years which have resulted in thousands of civilian deaths Probably the most infamous episode was the American obliteration of the city of Raqqa two years ago during which an estimated 1600 people including women and children were buried under rubble from indiscriminate bombing Also on rtcom UK calls for ‘stronger protections for Christians’ while continuing to support terrorism in Syria The NY Times would have us believe that Assad callously and gratuitously inflicted a pyrrhic victory on his people instead of telling readers that the country was targeted covertly for regime change by the US its NATO allies and regional partners A third astounding distortion is the apparent absence of terror groups in Syria’s war Not once is it mentioned that the militants who served as proxies for their foreign sponsors were mostly composed of Al Qaeda-linked terrorists recruited for their barbaric dirty work from all over the world and infiltrated into Syria by NATO operatives Former urban areas like eastern Aleppo and Douma held siege under a reign of terror are referred to as “rebel-held” districts The liberation of those hell-holes by Syrian government forces supported by Russian airpower is not reported as “liberation” but as something sinister in complete disregard for how the Syrian people relate the events to the smarmy NY Times journalists The latter presume to know better about what really happened and consequently routinely infer that “regime minders” accompanying them are coercing the civilian interviewees to mouth pro-Assad propaganda Imagine the feat of mental gymnastics In a supposed in-depth survey of war-ravaged Syria there is not one reference to the army of jihadists belonging to Islamic State IS formerly ISIS/ISIL Nusra Front Jaish Al Islam and dozens of other alphabet soup names used to conceal the fact that all were terrorist proxies weaponized by the US and NATO military intelligence What we have instead is the NY Times affecting a kind of grief and condescension towards the Syrian people who have been it is claimed plunged into misery by their government and its Russian ally It is inconceivable according to this narrative that the Syrian people and their armed forces may have perhaps won the most dramatic heroic battle in modern times against a behemoth of US-backed enemies whose terror tactics plumbed the depths of depravity Problem of NYT 1619 Project isn’t that it sees America through slavery it’s that it tells untruths Rather amusingly if it weren’t so sickening was a separate report by the NY Times only the day before which proclaimed that “ISIS Islamic State Is Regaining Strength in Iraq and Syria” So in the previous screed masquerading as a detailed survey of Syria there is no mention of terror groups Yet in the second report the reader is told that the “Islamic State is on the rise again” How is such a colossal contradiction entertained by the editors That other report kicks off with this laughable claim: “Five months after American-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last sic shard of territory in Syria the terrorist group is gathering new strength conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria retooling its financial networks and targeting new recruits at an allied-run tent camp American and Iraqi military and intelligence officers said” Yes that’s right we are being told that US forces vanquished Syria’s terrorist tormentors from their “last shard of territory” But now they are resurgent and “well-equipped” numbering about 18000 fighters We might indeed wonder how this change of good fortune happened for the militants Could it be that powerful foreign sponsors are aiding and abetting once again The NY Times never hints at such an obvious possibility The point of the article seems to be an attempt to undermine President Trump’s drawdown of US troops from Syria The NY Times and its military intelligence sources are arguing for more American forces to be deployed in Syria and Iraq “The resurgence of terrorists poses a threat to American interests and allies as the Trump administration draws down American troops in Syria” the report editorializes While the NY Times is cynically exploiting Syria for its own agenda-driven story-telling the real task of defeating foreign-backed terror groups was continuing this week in Idlib province northwestern Syria The Syrian Arab Army captured the town of Khan Sheikhoun from militants affiliated to Hayat Tahrir al Sham formerly Nusra Front formerly Al Qaeda That is in spite of credible claims of armed support from NATO member Turkey whose military incursion into Syrian territory was pushed back The US is also allegedly implicated in covertly arming the last redoubt of terror groups in Idlib Also on rtcom Turkey fuming after Syrian airstrike on convoy in Islamist-held Idlib province Eight years of hideous war in Syria are coming to an end as Syrian state forces push on to claim every last inch of the nation’s territory from foreign intruders The plain truth is that the Syrian people won a formidable victory against implacable malign powers led by the US The systematic distortion and lies told by Western corporate-controlled media about Syria continues even when victory against Washington’s infernal imperialist crimes is staring them in the face Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts The New York Times officially becomes a joke newspaper Natural News There was a day not so very long ago when Orientalism at the ‘NY Times’: Muslims worship ‘Allah’ not ‘God’ DaBakr Sigh When it comes to succumbing “to brainwashing” you are a classic example!! Leaked Audio: NY Times Editor Tells Staff to Ditch ‘Russia Collusion’ and Focus on Trump’s ‘Racism’ New York Times editor Dean Baquet has instructed staff to ditch the Russian collusion propaganda Black man killed by US police was shot 3 times in back: Autopsy A black man was running from police officers in the US state of Colorado New York Times: Well-Kept Lawns are Symbols of Racism While people across the United States are enjoying the summer by spending time in their Hits: 4 Whatever the CIA’s been up to in Afghanistan it’s nothing good August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ First some context beginning with the fact that the tortured history of this landlocked country whose geographic location as a land bridge between Central Asia and the Middle East and in modern times also as a potentially vital energy bridge entitles the Afghan people to believe that they are uniquely cursed The inordinate price they have been forced to pay since the US-backed Mujahadeen overran the country in the early nineties all the way up to now at the end of 18 years of US/NATO attacks occupation and the propping up of a series of corrupt governments in Kabul should be inscribed on the gravestone of what has passed for foreign policy in the West since the Soviet Union departed the scene Also on rtcom India Pakistan or anyone but US must mop up Afghanistan quagmire Trump says As it did in Yugoslavia as it did in Iraq and as it did in Libya Western intervention in Afghanistan only succeeded in making a bad situation many times worse It has exacerbated religious tribal and communal tensions instead of alleviating them Though given the above any peace deal that will hasten the departure of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan is to be welcomed the devil as ever is in the detail And the devil in this particular instance is the CIA Before we come on to that and them though let us first consider the terms of the draft agreement arrived at after eight rounds of talks over two weeks in the Qatari capital of Doha though at the time of writing yet to be ratified by President Trump They require that in return for the complete withdrawal of US and NATO forces the Taliban will not allow the territory under its controlpredominantly but not exclusively in the south of the country to be used as a base and launchpad for terrorist groups such as Islamic State IS formerly ISIS and Al-Qaeda The terms of the agreement also mandate intra-Afghan dialogue between the various factions in the country engaged in hostilities However whether the Taliban will accept the current Afghan government in Kabul led by Ashraf Ghani as a legitimate participant in any such future dialogue remains to be seen Up to this point the Pashtun nationalist movement has steadfastly refused to recognise the government in Kabul It has dismissed it as a US puppet regime and in line with that has dismissed the upcoming Afghan elections set to take place on September 28 as a sham Despite the enthusiasm of the chief US diplomat involved in the talks with the Taliban US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad expressed in a series of tweets the entire thing smacks of a desperate cut and run exit by the Trump administration Here it should be borne in mind that Trump inherited this dog’s dinner of a military occupation in the country from Obama a president who has much to answer for when it comes to the current state of the country Also on rtcom 2 American servicemen killed in Afghanistan – NATO Currently there are 14000 US troops in the Central Asian country along with a further 17000 troops from 39 NATO and other countries This it must be stressed is the official occupation force There is however an unofficial element to the US presence in the country It is a presence both sinister and conspicuous by its absence from the draft agreement drawn up in Doha It is here we come to the shadowy and sinister activities of an equally shadowy and sinister CIA Calling to mind the infamous CIA-run contras in Central America in the 1980s the notorious US intelligence agency has been running in Afghanistan what amounts to a private war with its own private army Details of the CIA’s operations in the country are highlighted in a chilling report produced by the Costs of War Project based at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs in the US Specifically the report traces the origin of these militia groups to the initial “2001 invasion when US military forces and the CIA organized” them “to fight Islamist militants” However “the CIA” 18 years on “is still running local militias” in the country which have “reportedly committed serious human rights abuses including numerous extrajudicial killings of civilians” Finally the report’s authors make the point that “There is virtually no public oversight of their activities or accountability for grave human rights abuses” Also on rtcom ‘I don’t want to kill 10 million people’: Trump says he could win Afghanistan war in 10 days What this describes is the conduct not only of a private war but a dirty war by the CIA one clearly inimical to any prospect of a lasting peace in a country that has known only conflict and strife over the past two decades Covering the story in The Intercept the investigative news website Alex Emmons reveals that the best known of these CIA-run Afghan militia groups is the Khost Protection Force operating out of the CIA’s Camp Chapman in Khost province Drilling deeper in a country whose most valuable commodity is opium we are entitled indeed obligated to ponder whether there has been or is any crossover between the burgeoning opium trade emanating from Afghanistan and the CIA’s activities in the country It is a pertinent question to ask and one that’s been pondered by better minds than mine in recent times especially given what we know of the CIA and its legacy of criminality around the world Whatever the CIA is up to in Afghanistan it is nothing good Moreover unless its operations cease forthwith any peace agreement between Washington and the Taliban carries about as much weight as a butterfly’s wing Think your friends would be interested Share this story! Source Article from Related Posts Whatever the CIA’s been up to in Afghanistan it’s nothing good First some context beginning with the fact that the tortured history of this landlocked country Go Ahead And Smoke Drink And Eat Whatever You Want: Norway’s Public Health Minister Norway’s new public health minister Sylvi Listhaug thinks that adults don’t need government lectures about what Go Ahead And Smoke Drink And Eat Whatever You Want: Norway’s Public Health Minister Norway’s new public health minister Sylvi Listhaug thinks that adults don’t need government lectures about what Whatever His Intentions Trump’s Endorsement of Two-state Solution Changes Reality Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts NYT: “Israel Needs to Protect Its Borders By Whatever Means Necessary” Renegade Editor’s Note: Israel does not have borders as it won’t define them Its goal Hits: 3 USS Liberty Veterans banned forever from Am Legion Nat’l Convention August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ On June 8 1967 34 American servicemen were killed and 174 were wounded during an Israeli attack on the USS Liberty According to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer “Those men were then betrayed and left to die by our own government” The survivors are still awaiting justice Survivors of the lethal 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty have been attacked threatened and bullied Yet they continue to speak out and their fellow American veterans support the them one of the most decorated crews in US Naval history In 2017 the members of the American Legion passed a resolution calling for a full investigation of the Israeli attack Despite this resolution American Legion leaders continue to censor the Liberty prohibiting them from having a booth at the national convention If you feel this is wrong and wish to support these American veterans PLEASE TAKE THE ACTION DESCRIBED BELOW Note: The Liberty was a Navy electronics surveillance ship operating in international waters during the Six-Day War Israeli forces perpetrated an extended air and sea assault on the ship that killed 34 Americans injured 175 and damaged the ship beyond repair Afterward Israel claimed the assault was an accident and provided 6 million in compensation for the loss of the 40 million ship More information here by Joe Meadors reposted from the USS Liberty Veterans’ Association Blog “You will not discuss the attack with anyone Once the Court of Inquiry findings are released you will not contradict them This order will remain in effect after you are discharged from the Navy If you violate this order you will be prosecuted and will spend a considerable amount of time in a Federal Prison” This order was repeated every day at quarters while we were in drydock in Malta If anyone tells of witnessing the deliberate machine gunning of our life rafts in the water he runs the risk of doing time in a Federal prison If anyone tells of witnessing the use of unmarked aircraft or of the jamming of our radios on both US Navy tactical and international maritime distress frequencies he runs the risk of doing time in a Federal prison We cannot talk about this among ourselves We cannot talk about this with our family We cannot talk about this with any counselor We cannot talk about this at a meeting of any veterans group we may become involved with We cannot talk about this with our Congressional Delegation We cannot talk about this at The American Legion National Convention We cannot talk about this with anyone If we do we risk Federal prison But we defy the Federal Government and speak about the attack anywhere we can But now we cannot talk about it at The American Legion National Convention In an email to the USS Liberty Veterans Association Kevin J Bartlett JD National Judge Advocate of The American Legion and US Navy Veteran writes: I understand that your organization would like to submit an application for a booth at The American Legion National Convention in August The USS Liberty Association is not allowed to rent a booth at national conventions and have them staffed because one of your members committed assault and battery on one of our staff and was convicted of his crimes In addition members of your organization have attempted to set up in the national convention exhibit hall without renting a booth The American Legion has a 100-year track record of helping veterans and their families Unfortunately we’ve had a long and unpleasant history with the USS Liberty Veterans Association and we have chosen not to do business with them The American Legion has known for decades the constraints we have had placed on us Do they care No Instead of offering us the honor support and compassion they routinely offer their members they have chosen to take a relatively minor issue that was largely of their making blow it all out of proportion accuse someone they claim to be a USS Liberty survivor of trying to set up an unauthorized booth and ban us from their National Convention forever All without the opportunity of appealing their decision And without any reference to their Constitution and bylaws or Resolution that allows them to take the action they did This action by the hired help of The American Legion National Headquarters wasn’t taken in a vacuum The National Organization has a long record of trying to stifle USS Liberty survivors in our effort to tell the story of what happened on a US Navy ship Given the tremendous support we have from the rank and file of The American Legion it is clear that The American Legion National Headquarters is governing by fiat instead of by the rule of its membership as reflected in Resolutions initiated by its local posts An extensive and heavily footnoted telling of the history between The American Legion and the USS Liberty Veterans Association is available here We are indebted to If Americans Knew for the effort they made to so expertly outline the history between the two veterans groups IAK writes: “Legion bigwigs have torpedoed American Legion members’ resolutions supporting the Liberty prevented dissemination of information about the attack refused to allow a booth by the Liberty Veterans Association at its 2013 national convention and privately attempted to convince the Veterans of Foreign Wars to similarly prohibit a Liberty booth at its national convention” “In 2002 the Washington DC Legion delegation introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of the attack to a foreign relations subcommittee at the national convention This was the first step towards procuring an American Legion resolution “I was present at this convention and witnessed most of what subsequently transpired I had begun to investigate Israel-Palestine in fall 2000 a topic I had never previously studied I was astonished at much of what I discovered including the Israeli attack on the Liberty which I had never heard about despite growing up in a military family “When I heard that a resolution was going to be introduced at the national convention I went with the delegation to observe what happened “When the DC group introduced the resolution to the subcommittee every American Legion delegate who addressed it spoke in favor of it Delegate after delegate from diverse parts of America supported the resolution and it was passed without objection “The DC delegates were jubilant When a resolution is passed at this level they explained it is virtually assured of adoption Typically the resolution is then rubber-stamped by the next committee and passed along to the general membership which then normally passes all such committee recommended resolutions by one simple voice vote “This resolution however was to be different “The next day American Legion staff told the Convention Committee on Foreign Relations that there was no need for such a resolution since the Legion already had passed resolutions on the Liberty The staff and chair neglected to state that not a single resolution on the USS Liberty was live and that therefore it was both necessary and appropriate to pass this one “This communication succeeded in killing the resolution The main staff member for this committee had served in Israel it is possible he is an Israeli citizen The Committee chairman was Thomas Bock of Colorado29 Three years later Bock was American Legion National Commander That evening back in DC Admiral Thomas Moorer USN retired heard about the scuttling of the resolution Outraged he wrote an open letter to the American Legion Commander requesting that the resolution be put before the general membership Admiral Moorer was chairman of an association of admirals and generals who want the US government to conduct a hearing on the USS Liberty He was also the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — the highest ranking military officer in the US military — and a retired 4-star admiral who was once in charge of both the Pacific and Atlantic fleets He was a Naval aviator and World War II hero the Navy’s Tomcat fighter jet was named after him “Moorer had long been outraged at the cover-up on the Liberty attack In a 1997 memo he called it a “wanton sneak attack” writing: “What is so chilling and cold-blooded of course is that they could kill as many Americans as they did in confidence that Washington would cooperate in quelling any public outcry” Many of the crewmembers Moorer wrote were from “small country towns probably a lot like Eufaula Alabama where I grew up and they represent the basic core of America … “” One has only to look to their reference to the USS Liberty in the American Legion’s Leadership FAQ to learn that they have chosen to support a Revisionist version of the attack instead of one supported by evidence and facts What is The American Legion doing about the USS Liberty tragedy The tragic mistaken identity attack by Israelis on the USS Liberty on June 8 1967 provoked a great deal of controversy among surviving members of the crew and family members Though residual anger and suspicions remain the incident was the subject of ten US investigations and three by the Israelis In the American investigations the full weight of the US Government allowed access to all of the relevant security information Though some accusations were made suggesting the reports sought to hide facts or protect Israel no credible evidence for these charges has been produced at the US Government level The Foreign Relations Convention Committee of The American Legion reviewed the action taken by OSD and Congress on this incident and they voted to reject Resolution 235 submitted by the Department of District of Columbia at the 84th Annual National Convention in Charlotte North Carolina August 2002 This position is a gross misrepresentation of the evidence currently available – a fact that we have made The American Legion aware of but they are obviously not interested in acknowledging In the first place there is no “controversy among surviving members of the crew and family members” Second the incident was NOT “the subject of ten US investigations and three by the Israelis” Prove that for yourself by emailing your Congressional Delegation and ask them to send you a copy of the Congressional investigation of the attack They won’t be able to send you one because it doesn’t exist Third Congress hasn’t taken any action on this “incident” so what the Foreign Relations Convention Committee reviewed is in question A question The American Legion refuses to ie cannot answer Why would the leaders of a Federally chartered veterans association claiming a mission “To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America” “To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism” and “To make right the master of might” ban a group of American veterans who are the victims of War Crimes committed by our “best ally and only friend in the Middle East” from attending any American Legion National Convention forever Did I just answer my own question Are the leaders of The American Legion afraid that their members will learn about the War Crimes Israel committed during the attack and are blowing up this relatively minor event to prevent our relating the history of the attack during their National Convention This unilateral action by The American Legion was not taken in a vacuum The American Legion and the USS Liberty Veterans Association have a long history That history in our opinion shows a concerted illegal and borderline treasonous effort by The American Legion National Organization to deny its members the right of hearing first-hand accounts of the attack on the USS Liberty To be perfectly clear no one is denying the seriousness of a charge of assault and battery Nobody is denying the fact that a USS Liberty survivor was convicted of assault and battery on a staff member of The American Legion What happened that resulted in the assault and battery being committed It all takes place as we were attempting to register at the 2012 National Convention Due to a communications error on our part our delegation intending to staff our booth at the 2012 American Legion National Convention was unaware that payment for that booth and information about the requisite insurance had not been submitted to The American Legion prior to their arrival Upon learning that the payment had not been made our representatives inquired if payment could be made while they were there Instead of responding to the inquiry the registration desk called their security personnel who asked that our delegation be removed from the premises The security personnel were obviously expert in intimidation – which was in full flower during the one-sided confrontation Having survived not only the attack and the US government’s disinterest in investigating that attack but the history the USS Liberty Veterans Association has had with the higher-ups of The American Legion one of our representatives out of frustration took out his American Legion membership card and flicked it to no one in particular He just wanted to be rid of it As luck would have it it landed softly on the blouse of one of the ladies manning the registration desk So soft that I doubt she felt a thing The American Legion called the police and had our representative arrested for assault and battery He was taken to jail and released after receiving a court date When the date arrived to face the judge our guy showed but The American Legion victim was nowhere to be found No doubt out of embarrassment that the very people The American Legion was established to help were being treated so poorly Which brings up the question “What is the purpose of The American Legion” and why in the past 52 years has The American Legion treated the survivors of the USS Liberty as an exception to that purpose Why has The American Legion National Organization shown more concern for the forces who attacked the USS Liberty than it has for their own countrymen Why has The American Legion National Organization felt it so important to stifle USS Liberty survivors that they have acted illegally to do so Let me suggest some reasons: We were attacked by Israel We have insisted that The American Legion live up to its obligations as described in the Preamble to their Constitution We were attacked by Israel We have highlighted the hypocrisy of The American Legion in allowing its 1967 Resolution 508 to be ignored and unimplemented until it is finally rescinded in the 1990’s We were attacked by Israel During the many times we were allowed to purchase a booth at The American Legion’s National Convention we were welcomed with enthusiasm and support by the general membership of The American Legion We were attacked by Israel At their 2018 National Convention the membership of The American Legion ignored the recommendation of The American Legion’s leaders and approved a resolution calling on the Congress of the United States to investigate the attack on our ship We were attacked by Israel If you find the actions of The American Legion National Organization as disconcerting as we do we urge you to submit two resolutions through your Post these are necessary because the 2017 resolution has now expired The resolutions are posted below If nothing else it will educate you on what The American Legion National Organization feels about the USS Liberty and USS Liberty resolutions PLEASE SUBMIT the following two resolutions to your post Also please subscribe to the USS Liberty Veterans Association blog for news amp updates! Investigate the Attack on the USS Liberty draft resolution WHEREAS At around 2 PM local time on June 8 1967 while operating in international waters properly marked as to her identity and nationality and in calm clear weather in the eastern Mediterranean the USS Liberty AGTR-5 was the target of an unprovoked aerial and naval attack by Israeli forces lasting over an hour that killed 34 members of the Liberty’s crew and wounded 173 and WHEREAS In recognition of their heroic response to the attack Liberty crew members were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation 2 Navy Crosses 12 Silver Stars 20 Bronze Stars more than 200 Purple Hearts and the ship’s captain Navy Commander William L McGonagle was awarded the Medal of Honor and WHEREAS In August 1967 after the conclusion of the Navy Court of Inquiry The American Legion adopted National Convention Resolution 508 “NCR 508” declaring the official public report of the Navy Court of Inquiry into the attack on the Liberty “fails to provide the American public with a satisfactory answer as to the reason for the attack” and stating that “The American Legion denounces and condemns Israel’s irresponsible attack” and demanding “a complete and thorough investigation of the incident” and WHEREAS In September 1994 The American Legion adopted National Convention Resolution 205 “NCR 205” observing that “The miraculous survival of the USS Liberty through the sustained courage of her crew in desperate circumstances—an episode of honor in the annals of the US Navy—has gone largely unrecognized and unhonored” and WHEREAS In August 2017 The American Legion adopted National Convention Resolution 40 “NCR 40” calling “upon the 115th United States Congress to publicly impartially and thoroughly investigate the attack on the USS Liberty and its aftermath and to commence its investigation before the end of 2017 the 50th anniversary year of the attack” and WHEREAS Despite repeated calls by The American Legion and other veterans organizations Congress has never investigated the attack on the Liberty now therefore be it RESOLVED By Post Department of in regular meeting assembled in on 201 that the American Legion reaffirms NCR 508 NCR 205 and NCR 40 and be it further RESOLVED That The American Legion calls upon the United States Congress to publicly impartially and thoroughly investigate the attack on the Liberty and its aftermath and be it further RESOLVED That The American Legion encourages its members posts districts and departments to annually deliver on or about June 8 a copy of this resolution together with a copy of NCR 508 NCR 205 and NCR 40 to every member of their Congressional delegation and be it finally RESOLVED That the Adjutant of The American Legion is encouraged to annually deliver on or about June 8 a copy of this resolution together with a copy of NCR 508 NCR 205 and NCR 40 and a suitable cover letter to every member of the United States Congress and to prepare and make available to any Legionnaire who requests it an annual summary of Congressional responses to the resolutions so delivered Rescind American Legion ban on LVA at American Legion Convention draft resolution WHEREAS At around 2 PM local time on June 8 1967 while operating in international waters properly marked as to her identity and nationality and in calm clear weather in the eastern Mediterranean the USS Liberty AGTR-5 was the target of an unprovoked aerial and naval attack by Israeli forces lasting over an hour that killed 34 members of the Liberty’s crew and wounded 173 and WHEREAS In recognition of their heroic response to the attack Liberty crew members were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation 2 Navy Crosses 12 Silver Stars 20 Bronze Stars more than 200 Purple Hearts and the ship’s captain Navy Commander William L McGonagle was awarded the Medal of Honor and WHEREAS In 1994 The American Legion adopted National Convention Resolution 205 “Recognition of Crew of USS Liberty” observing that: “The miraculous survival of the USS Liberty through the sustained courage of her crew in desperate circumstances—an episode of honor in the annals of the US Navy—has gone largely unrecognized and unhonored” and WHEREAS By dint of their wartime military service the survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty are eligible for membership in The American Legion and in fact some of them are members of the Legion and WHEREAS The survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty have formed the USS Liberty Veterans Association “LVA” and WHEREAS With the exception of 2013 the Veterans of Foreign Wars has rented exhibit space to the LVA at its national convention every year since 2012 and done so without incident and WHEREAS The LVA has been banned from renting exhibit space at Legion national conventions on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated allegations without any process of notice hearing or appeal and apparently without proper authority and WHEREAS An open-ended collective ban imposed under such circumstances against the entire membership of any veterans organization is contrary to The American Legion’s purposes including but not limited to the mastery of right over might good will justice comradeship and mutual helpfulness now therefore be it RESOLVED By Post Department of in regular meeting assembled in on 201 that the national convention exhibit space rental ban and any other restrictions imposed against the LVA are hereby rescinded and be it FINALLY RESOLVED that the The American Legion hereby adopts a standing rule to ensure that in the future no other veteran or veterans organization shall be banned or otherwise restricted from Legion activities without being: 1 First informed in writing of the reasons and formal authority for said action and 2 Granted a reasonable opportunity to fairly and transparently appeal the reasons and authority for the imposition of any such ban or restriction RELATED READING: American Legion calls for full investigation into Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty 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Earlier in the week President Trump tweeted once again frustratedly towards The Fed: We are President Trump Wipes Out Student Loan Debt for Disabled Veterans President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that totally wipes out all student loan debt for Hits: 9 Powell Hints At More Rate Cuts Says Economy In Favorable Place But Warns Of Significant Risks August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ The much anticipated Jerome Powell Jackson Hole speech on “Challenges for Monetary Policy” is finally out and the first thing that stands out is Powell’s assurance that the economy is in a “favorable place” but immediately refers to “significant risks” in the very first paragraph of a text that according to Bloomberg “ultimately appears to signal a rate cut at the FOMC’s September meeting” In what appears to be a last minute rewrite of his speech following today’s Chinese retaliation Powell calls attention to an “eventful” three weeks since the July FOMC meeting highlighting negative developments including: The announcement of new tariffs on imports from China Further evidence of a global slowdown notably in Germany and China Geopolitical events have been much in the news including the growing possibility of a hard Brexit rising tensions in Hong Kong and the dissolution of the Italian government Financial markets have reacted strongly to this complex turbulent picture Equity markets have been volatile Long-term bond rates around the world have moved down sharply to near post-crisis lows This to Bloomberg economist was “the key part of the speech” noting that “as Keynes famously said “When the facts change I change my mind” This is an indication that the Fed is tilting toward a more aggressive policy response largely as a result of intensifying frictions on the trade front“ And yet despite the global slowdown “the US economy has continued to perform well overall driven by consumer spending Job creation has slowed from last year’s pace but is still above overall labor force growth Inflation seems to be moving up closer to 2 percent” Countering this clear stability in the US and in an attempt to appease Trump Powell says that “based on our assessment of the implications of these developments we will act as appropriate to sustain the expansion with a strong labor market and inflation near its symmetric 2 percent objective” Of note there is no explicit reference to a “mid-cycle adjustment” which was seen by many as the biggest hawkish signal As Bloomberg’s Steve Matthews notes “by dropping that language Powell puts emphasis on the “act as appropriate” language That says in essence as Mario Draghi put it once the Fed will do “whatever it takes” to keep the expansion going” The result is that according to algos at least the speech will be perceived as borderline dovish the question however is whether it will be seen as dovish enough One answer why this may be no is the following language which suggests that Powell may wait to see the effects of the July rate cut: “Along with July’s rate cut the shifts in the anticipated path of policy have eased financial conditions and help explain why the outlook for inflation and employment remains largely favorable” Additionally as Renaissance Macro’s Neil Dutta notes “we see significant risks including a prolonged shortfall below 2 percent on our inflation objective so let’s go small Is that the takeaway here Because that would not be pleasant This feels like Powell moving away from the risk-management approach he purports to be guiding his decisions” Moving on and perhaps shifting back to a more dovish take Powell devoted an entire section of his speech to trade uncertainties as a new challenge for monetary policy which confirms that the more trade war escalates the greater the Fed response giving Trump a green light to escalate further A notable comment is that according to Powell there are “no recent precedents to guide any policy response to the current situation” This perhaps explains the curious pivot in the speech which indicates that the Fed will no longer be backward looking ie data dependent but rather will be more focused on the outlook when framing the Fed’s risk-management approach: “Because the most important effects of monetary policy are felt with uncertain lags of a year or more the Committee must attempt to look through what may be passing developments and focus on things that seem likely to affect the outlook over time or that pose a material risk of doing so Risk management enters our decision making because of both the uncertainty about the effects of recent developments and the uncertainty we face regarding structural aspects of the economy including the natural rate of unemployment and the neutral rate of interest It will at times be appropriate for us to tilt policy one way or the other because of prominent risks” In his speech the Fed chair also provides a historical tour of three different post-World-War-Two policy eras and their lessons for the Fed: the Great Inflation the Great Moderation and the Great Recession and adds that the Fed has learned how to tame inflation and has substantially improved the safety of the financial system but is still unsure how to deal with the current era of super-low interest rates And in an interesting tangent pointed out by Bloomberg’s Steve Matthews much of Powell’s speech is an academic review of monetary policy over recent decades and not aimed at the current outlook What makes it notable is that today Powell “gave a shout-out today to Paul Volcker for ending rampant inflation and too-high inflation expectations with very high interest rates in the early 1980s” According to Matthews “there is a message here to the hawks on the committee While Powell might disagree with them right now on the need for lower rates — which he seems to favor — he is not going to backslide to an era of unanchored inflation expectations That’s obviously not much of a risk anytime soon though most of the Fed officials grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and are still very alert to the risk” In short: just as he was uber hawkish a year ago and since flipped dovish should the data require it Powell has no problem reverting back to a hawk on a moment’s notice Here are the key highlights: POWELL: WE WILL ACT AS APPROPRIATE TO SUSTAIN THE EXPANSION’ POWELL: ECONOMY IN FAVORABLE PLACE FACES SIGNIFICANT RISKS’ POWELL SAYS EVENTS SINCE THE JULY FOMC HAVE BEEN EVENTFUL’ POWELL: CAREFULLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPACT ON US POWELL: MONETARY POLICY HAS NO RULEBOOK FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE POWELL: WE’VE SEEN FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A GLOBAL SLOWDOWN POWELL CITES BREXIT HONG KONG WEAKNESS IN GERMANY AND CHINA Some more highlights: Fed’s Powell: Fed Will Act as Appropriate to Sustain the Expansion Powell: Three Weeks Since Last FOMC Meeting Have Been ‘Eventful’ Powell: Fitting Trade Policy Into Risk-Management Framework Is a New Challenge Powell: Fed Faces Heightened Risk of Difficult-to-Escape Periods of Near-Zero Rates Powell: US Economy Has Continued to Perform Well Overall Powell: Monetary Policy Cannot Provide Settled Rulebook for Trade Powell Sees Financial Stability Risks as Moderate but Will Remain Vigilant Powell Sees Financial Stability Risks as Moderate but Will Remain Vigilant Powell: Monetary Policy Cannot Provide Settled Rulebook for Trade Powell: Can Try to Look Through Passing Events Focus on How Trade Affects Outlook As expected Powell also addressed the Fed’s ongoing policy review saying that “to address this new normal we are conducting a public review of our monetary policy strategy tools and communications—the first of its kind for the Federal Reserve We are evaluating the pros and cons of strategies that aim to reverse past misses of our inflation objective We are examining the monetary policy tools we have used both in calm times and in crisis and we are asking whether we should expand our toolkit In addition we are looking at how we might improve the communication of our policy 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All-Time High! August 24th 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Earlier in the week President Trump tweeted once again frustratedly towards The Fed: “We are competing with many countries that have a far lower interest rate and we should be lower than them Yesterday ‘highest Dollar in USHistory’ No inflation Wake up Federal Reserve “ So-called “fact-checkers” went wild proclaiming this fake news lies and more confirmation that President Trump is against the historical establishment line of a “strong dollar” policy There’s just one thing! They’re all wrong! And Trump was right The naysayers mistake was to use individual FX pairs or simple narrow dollar indices to judge the relative strength of the dollar The FACT is that the USDollar – at its broadest against all of its world trading partners – has never since Bretton Woods been stronger than it is today… Source: Bloomberg The point of bringing this up now – other than fact-checking the fact-checkers and confirming President Trump was right – is that this record high value of the USDollar against all of its trading partners suggests USD intervention oral or actual is virtually assured However the dollar is losing ground against one form of ‘money’… Source: Bloomberg That is a serious regime change trade accordingly Source Article from Related Posts For Netanyahu and Trump Palestinian Christians are only pawns for political gain We are an integral part of the Palestinian people yet we are virtually Trump downThe truth movement was no help AP-NORC poll: 62 disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job AP-NORC poll: 62 disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job Source Article from Alex Newman – Globalists May Try to Crash Economy to Get Trump Blog of Staś Staś Source Article from I am a fan but I disagree E Michael Jones: “Donald Trump Has Backed Himself into a Corner” Press TV Blog of Staś Staś Source Article from Furious Trump Unloads On Fed: Asks Who Is Our Bigger Enemy: Powell Or Xi Moments after J-Powell’s J-Hole speech hit we summarized our longish take as follows: in the Hits: 9 « Older Entries |
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Zbog dima prisilno sletio Airbus havajske zrakoplovne tvrtke |
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NEW AIRBUS A321NEO |
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Airbus A220 : French BEA calls for witnesses after parts of SWISS Pratt amp Whitney engine fell in Eastern France – Bombardier CSeries |
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Today: Customer Acceptance Flight for Airbus A220-300 MSN 55056 Owned by GTLK of Russia |
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16 Injured As Evelop Airbus A330 Hits Turbulence Over Ethiopia |
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Intex Inflatable Kids Bath Toddlers First Airplane Toys for Small Kids Infants amp Kids Airbus Interactive Intelligent Aeroplane Toy with Awesome Music and Flashing Lights |
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Airbus A321-200 Vueling Photos and description of the plane |
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Turbulence Injures 16 on Evelop Airbus A330 Flight Over Ethiopia |
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Airbus Envisions a 3D Printed Future |
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Construction of Airbus New A220 Final Assembly Line Is Progressing |
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Airbus Perkenalkan Skywise Reliability Baru |
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China’s Airbus H135 Final Assembly Line Starts Operations |
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Indonesia Stop Beli Airbus Jika Hambat Sawit Dan Turunan Masuk Pasar Eropa |
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Garuda Indonesia Has Signed A Letter Of Intent For 4 Airbus A330-800s |
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Air France and the A220 Order Status and Airbus Asia A220-300 Tour |
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Lufthansa Airbus A380 metal model aircraft |
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Топ-менеджеры Google и Airbus расскажут о коммерциализации квантовых технологий на ICQT-2019 |
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P3Dv45 – FSLabs – Airbus A320-X v202400 |
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Airbus Aerial forecasts UAS market won’t get ‘a significant increase in ROI’ without BVLOS and OOP |
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Flight passengers feared they were ‘dying and reborn’ as Airbus plane plummeted 1000ft |
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Emergency evacuation Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321NEO by cabin disputa comercial con UE |
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47cm Emirates Airbus A380 |
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Spirit and Air France Order Airbus A220 at Paris Air Show 2019 |
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L-aħħar preparamenti fuq it-tielet ajruplan Airbus A320 neo jingħaqad mal-flotta tal-Air Malta dalwaqt |
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Airbus A320neo Vueling Photos and description of the plane |
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Indonesia amenaza con suspender pedidos de Airbus por disputa por aceite de palma |
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Airbus A380 여객기 생산 중단 |
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Airbus A321 «Уральских авиалиний» готовят к эвакуации |
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Airbus begins US production of A220 aircraft |
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Review: Cathay Pacific Business Class Airbus A350-1000 Zürich – Hongkong |
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รีวิว การบินไทย Royal Silk Class บน Airbus A350-900 XWB รุ่นล่าสุด |
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Airbus 320 Family Main FCOM QRH FCTM Changes |
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Airbus Defence and Space |
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Airbus et Atos fourniront la pile cyberdéfense des institutions européennes |
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Inside Airbus’ Production Facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport |
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Atterraggio di emergenza per un Airbus A320 |
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Seat map Airbus A321-200 “Vueling” Best seats in the plane |
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JetBlue Selects Viasat IFC for New Airbus Fleet |
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/// Premier vol pour le troisième Airbus A350 Japan Airlines |
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Вера Сотникова рассказала что предвидела падение самолета Airbus A-321 |
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Mirus reaches linefit milestone for Airbus A320 family |
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/// Air Asia prend livraison de son premier Airbus A330neo |
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A220 – Airbus Scrapping Three 3 Already Built Aircraft – Production Update |
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Airbus DMU – Digital Mock Up |
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Airbus — это не только самолeты |
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China comenzará pruebas en avión que superará a Boeing y Airbus |
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Emirates Airbus A340 |
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Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321neo Evacuated After Smoke Spotted In Cabin |
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Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 |
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Герои ли пилоты Airbus A321-211 авиакомпании «Уральские реакция на действия пилотов Airbus A321 Уральских авиалиний |
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Airbus A310 |
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Airbus представил концептуальный самолет «Хищная птица» |
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UPDATED May 27: One Airbus A220 Just Landed Today in Toulouse France – You Want to Know Why |
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