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Headline: A Palestinian State or an Islamist Tyranny?
From the United Nations to the European Union and the mainstream press, it seems that the Jews living in Judea and Samaria are the obstacle for the Middle East coexistence. But have these well-known “observers” really observed what is going on in the areas self-governed by the Palestinian Authority, and that two-thirds of the world’s nations want to turn into another Arab-Islamic state? Recently, one of the brightest Palestinian novelists, Abbad Yahiya, saw his fourth book, Crime in Ramallah, seized by the Palestinian police in the West Bank. The order came from Palestinian Attorney General Ahmed Barak, who ruled that the book “threatens morality“. The novel’s publisher was arrested and a warrant was issued for Yahiya’s arrest.What happened to Yahiya’s novel contains the real reason for the failed negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Negotiations did not founder over few houses in Judea and Samaria. The failure is the result of the abyss between an open society, Israel, and a closed regime, the Palestinian entity; between a democracy based on Western liberal principles and a gangster autocracy based on an Islamic dictatorship determined to destroy the Jewish state. And that abyss is just four kilometers wide, the distance between the Palestinian town of Tulkarem and the Israeli city of Netanya. A Palestinian State created with the current Palestinian Authority would ethnically cleanse Jews, as Jordan did when it attacked and seized Jerusalem in 1948. It would be led by Holocaust-enablers such as Hamas, or by a Holocaust-denier such as Mahmoud Abbas. It would destroy freedom of conscience for journalists and writers; exile Christians and homosexuals (hundreds of Palestinian gays now live beyond Israel’s security fence); torture Arab inmates; continue to accept funding from Iran and Sunni Islamic extremists in the name of “the caliphate or death”; impose sharia (Islamic law) as the only law; put people to death for “atheism” and “apostasy” (read, conversion to Christianity). It would most likely oblige women to wear burqas and hijabs as in Saudi Arabia; commemorate terrorists and baby-killers who butchered 1,500 Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada; abolish democratic elections; fill libraries with anti-Semitic and anti-Western books; ban alcohol in public, and ask plainclothes officers to stop young couples to show marriage licenses, as in Iran.
April 26, 2017
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9966/palestinian-state-islamist-tyranny
Headline: Report: Trump Will Up Aid to Palestinians While Cutting Funds for Mid-East Israel Allies
As the Trump administration prepares to initiate significant foreign aid cuts around the world, State Department documents published Monday indicate the White House plans to increase aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The documents, published by Foreign Policy magazine, detail the State Department’s internal budget plan and show a planned increase of 4.6 percent in aid to Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza for the fiscal year of 2018. The increase in U.S. aid would amount to $215 million for the year. According to the documents, Syria, Iraq and Libya will also see increases in aid for the 2018 fiscal year, but aid will to Egypt will be cut 47.4 percent and Jordan will see a drop of 21 percent.The proposed budget changes strike a different tone than the Trump administration expressed in January, when it informed the PA it had frozen President Barack Obama’s transfer of $221 million to the Palestinians in the last hours of his administration. Reports of the potential aid increase to the PA come ahead of a May 3 meeting at the White House between President Donald Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
April 26, 2017
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/87131/trump-administration-increase-aid-palestinians-report-says/
Headline: Merkel calls PM’s decision to cancel meeting ‘regrettable’
German Chancellor says there is nothing wrong with her Foreign Minister meeting with subversive groups in Israel. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday it was “regrettable” that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denied her foreign minister a meeting after the diplomat held talks with radical leftist groups. Merkel’s spokesman said that talks with non-governmental organisations were common during foreign travel and should not set off a rift between allies. “The chancellor finds it regrettable that a meeting between Foreign Minister (Sigmar) Gabriel and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Netanyahu did not take place,” he told reporters at a regular government briefing. “It should not be problematic for foreign visitors to meet with critical representatives of civil society.” Netanyahu called off the planned meeting Tuesday with Gabriel after the German diplomat decided to go ahead with talks with Israeli radical groups Breaking The Silence and B’Tselem.
April 26, 2017
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/228655
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Yemen govt. reportedly seeks UN oversight of port
The Yemeni government has proposed to the United Nations that it monitors the rebel-held port of Hodeidah to ensure that no arms are smuggled through it, the prime minister said on Wednesday. A Saudi-led military coalition backing the internationally-recognised government in its war against the Houthi rebels has been preparing an assault on Hodeidah. UN officials and a Russian deputy foreign minister on Tuesday warned against any attack on the Red Sea port, the aid lifeline for a country where millions of people are in desperate need of food to avert famine. The alliance maintains a near-blockade of Yemen’s ports, including Hodeidah, where most cranes have been destroyed by coalition air strikes.
April 26, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4954400,00.html
Headline: Saudi warplanes drop leaflets over coastal Yemeni province warning of imminent invasion
Saudi jets dropped thousands of leaflets over Hudaydah on Wednesday, warning civilians not to cooperate with Houthi-led troops and instead to help the Aden-based government with restoring the embattled country under its control. With Saudi Arabia reportedly amassing a naval flotilla on the Red Sea to capture Hudaydah, the Sana’a government issued a decree on Tuesday appointing Republican Guard commander Yousef Al-Madani to draw up plans for the defense of the Hajjah and Hudaydah regions. He was also promoted to Major General, according to newly employed Al-Masdar News field correspondent Naseh Shaker. Hudaydah province is entirely under the control of the Sana’a based government which is for the most part composed of elements of the predominately Shi’ite Houthi tribe.
April 26, 2017
Syria
Headline: Mortar fire from Syrian government area hits Turkish military outpost: army
Mortar fire from an area assessed to be under the control of Syrian government forces hit a military outpost in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hatay, the Turkish army said on Wednesday, adding it had retaliated in kind after the attack. In a statement, the army said a separate cross-border mortar attack had been carried out on a different military outpost, also in Hatay, by members of the Kurdish militant YPG earlier on Wednesday. There were no casualties in any of the attacks, the army said. On Tuesday, Turkish planes bombed Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar region and northeast Syria, killing around 70 militants inside the two neighboring states, according to a Turkish military statement. It said warplanes struck Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday as well, killing six militants.
***See also Turkey below
April 26, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-syria-idUSKBN17S1KY?il=0
Headline: Syrian Army overruns ISIS in Deir Ezzor
Headline: ISIL falls apart in northern Palmyra as Syrian Army troops liberate strategic gas fields
The Syrian Army troops defending Deir Ezzor Airbase blitzed the Islamic State fighters, regaining a 400 meters of land inside the Cemetery area. Today’s advance came two days after the government forces repelled a massive attack by the terror group on the airbase. The Syrian Army’s Republican Guards, backed by the paramilitary National Defense Forces and tribesmen fighters, have been defending their stronghold in the eastern province for two years amid a crippling blockade imposed by ISIS.
April 26, 2017
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-overruns-isis-deir-ezzor/
Iraq
Headline:Iraqi Troops Capture Largest Neighborhood in Western Mosul
Headline: Iraqi militia cuts ISIS supply line between al-Baa’j and al-Hadher
Headline: Iraqi forces retake ancient city of Hatra from ISIS
Iraqi troops on Tuesday drove out Islamic State militants from the largest neighborhood in the western half of the city of Mosul, a senior military commander said, a major development in the months-long fight to recapture the country’s second-largest city. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces declared eastern Mosul “fully liberated” in January, after officially launching the operation to retake the city in October. In February, the troops started a new push to clear Mosul’s western side of IS militants, but weeks later their push stalled mainly due to stiff resistance by the Sunni militant group. On Tuesday, special forces Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi told The Associated Press that the sprawling al-Tanek neighborhood was now “fully liberated and under full control” of the security forces. Al-Saadi did not provide more details.
April 26, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/iraqi-troups-mosul/3824483.html
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-militia-cuts-isis-supply-line-al-baaj-al-hadher/
Turkey
Headline: Turkey air strikes on Kurds in Syria and Iraq spark US concern
Headline: Death toll in Turkish raids on Syria Kurds hits 28: monitor
Headline: Russia says Turkey’s air strikes on Iraq, Syria are unacceptable
Headline: Iraqi Prime Minister issues stern warning to Turkey about attacking again
The US has expressed “deep concern” at Turkish air strikes that killed about two dozen Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq. The US-backed Popular Protection Units (YPG), fighting against IS, said their positions were hit multiple times. Turkey regards the YPG as linked to outlawed Kurdish separatists. Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga, friendly to Turkey, also reportedly suffered fatalities. The Iraqi government condemned the strikes carried out on its territory. US state department spokesman Mark Toner said: “We are very concerned, deeply concerned that Turkey conducted air strikes earlier today in northern Syria as well as northern Iraq without proper co-ordination either with the United States or the broader global coalition to defeat IS.” He added: “We have expressed those concerns to the government of Turkey directly.” Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said: “The Iraqi government condemns and rejects the strikes carried out by Turkish aircraft on Iraqi territory.”
April 26, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39708909
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1090516/middle-east
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4954398,00.html
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-prime-minister-issues-stern-warning-turkey-attacking/
Headline: Erdogan vows to continue fight against Kurdish militants in Syria, Iraq
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vehemently defended Ankara’s recent deadly airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, vowing that Turkey would continue its military operations in both Arab countries “until the last terrorist is eliminated,” PressTV reported. “We are obliged to take measures. We must take steps. We shared this with the US and Russia and we are sharing it with Iraq as well,” Erdogan said in an interview with Reuters in the presidential palace in Ankara on Tuesday. Erdogan’s comments came hours after Turkish warplanes conducted a number of overnight airstrikes against alleged positions of militants in Sinjar and northern Syria, the report continued. Turkey has continually to illegally intervene in Syria and Iraq in the guise of fighting ISIS, despite engaging in oil trade with the terrorist group, and also under the pretext of fighting Kurdish separatist militants.
April 26, 2017
Iran
Headline: U.S. Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Persian Gulf, an American official said on Wednesday, the latest tense naval encounter between the two countries. The incident happened on Monday as the vessel attempted to draw closer to the USS Mahan despite the destroyer trying to turn away from it, said Lt. Ian McConnaughey, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet. The “Mahan made several attempts to contact the Iranian vessel by bridge-to-bridge radio, issuing warning messages and twice sounding the internationally recognized danger signal of five short blasts with the ship’s whistle, as well as deploying a flare to determine the Iranian vessel’s intentions,” McConnaughey said in a statement to the Associated Press. The Iranian vessel came within 1,100 yards of the Mahan during the incident, the lieutenant said. The vessel later turned and sailed away. Iranian authorities did not immediately report the incident on Wednesday.
April 26, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline:ISIS in Afghanistan is attacking the Taliban, killing dozens
Afghan officials say Islamic State militants have attacked the Taliban in the northern Jawzjan province, igniting heavy clashes in which dozens of fighters were killed. Mohammad Reza Ghafori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said Wednesday that the fighting, which began the day before, has killed 76 Taliban fighters and 15 from the IS affiliate. He says the IS militants seized two districts from the Taliban. The Taliban and IS are both fighting to overthrow Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed government and impose a harsh version of Islamic rule, but they are bitterly split over leadership and tactics. The IS affiliate is largely made up of disgruntled former Taliban fighters. Abdul Hafiz Khashyee, a police official, says the fighting took place in a remote area and there were no reports of civilian casualties.
April 26, 2017
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-islamic-state-taliban-clash-in-afghanistan-dozens-killed-2017-4
Sudan
Headline: New South Sudan fighting displaces 25,000 people
At least 25,000 people were displaced after fighting in the town of Kodok, according to a spokesman for the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders, one day after the top United Nations official in South Sudan warned of a government offensive on the town. The fighting has caused a reduction in humanitarian services and a shortage of water for the displaced, Phillippe Carr told The Associated Press. Civilians are fleeing to the nearby South Sudanese town of Aburoc, Carr said. On Tuesday, there were reports of shelling in the town of Kodok and on Wednesday the town was feared deserted with military helicopters sighted nearby. South Sudan’s government troops were on an offensive in Kodok and the Upper Nile region, head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan David Shearer told members of the Security Council on Tuesday. He warned that 70,000 civilians could be displaced. “Virtually no part of the country is immune from conflict,” Shearer told the 15-member body at the U.N. He added there “has been no concerted effort by any party to adhere to a ceasefire.” The government offensive in Kodok appears to be one of the most significant so far this year, causing disarray among rebel leader Johnson Olony and his Shilluk forces. It is also expected to create a flow of civilians fleeing into neighboring Sudan.
April 26, 2017
Libya
Headline: Lawmakers urge the US to get serious about Russia’s growing influence in Libya
Despite President Donald Trump saying the US should step back from Libya, Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin on Tuesday called for US engagement in the North African country. “The United States must be engaged,” Cardin said. “When we don’t have representative governments … it creates a void, and that void is filled by ISIS, as we’ve seen in northern Africa, and it’s filled by Russia, which we’re seeing Russia’s engagement now in Libya.” On April 20, Trump said that the US has no role in Libya beyond combating ISIS. “I think the United States has right now enough roles,” he said. In summer 2016, Moscow engaged with Libya for the first time since former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddhafi was killed in 2011. When Gaddhafi was ousted, Russia lost billions of dollars in arms contracts with Libya, which were 12% of the Kremlin’s arms exports in 2010. They also had hundreds of millions of dollars invested in oil and gas exploration in the country. Three governments are currently vying for power in Libya, along with several insurgent groups, such as ISIS. Moscow supports the faction led by military commander Khalifa Haftar, while the US and NATO back the Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj.
April 26, 2017
Headline: ISIS developing new weapons despite losses
ISIS militants have developed an improvised explosive device (IED) that can be launched from rifles or dropped from an aerial drone, an arms monitoring group said on Wednesday. Conflict Armament Research (CAR) said the militant group was “promoting the development of ‘own-brand’ weapons” to provide its insurgents with otherwise unavailable armaments. “The (IED) can be thrown, launched from an improvised rifle attachment, or in its most recent phases of development, dropped from a commercial, off-the-shelf unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone,” CAR said in a report following visits to Mosul in November, February and March. CAR, which identifies and tracks arms and ammunition in war zones, reported in December that ISIS had been making weapons on a scale and sophistication matching national military forces and that it had standardized production across its realm. The monitor’s findings suggested ISIS was centrally managing the design and production of improvised weapons with the ability to test its systems on the field and refine them as well as use new technologies such as drones.
April 26, 2017
Headline: ISIS leaders ‘negotiate merger’ with other terrorist groups – FSB head
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and other terrorist groups are changing their tactics, moving fighters to Afghanistan, Yemen and Africa in order to set up a new large-scale terrorist network, the head of Russia’s Federal Security Service has stated. Having realized that they are being threatened with total destruction in the zone of their former domination, leaders of the largest international terrorist groups, such as Islamic State, Al-Nusra Front and the remnants of the pre-existing Al-Qaeda structures, began changing their tactics. In particular, they stepped up transfer of militants over to Afghanistan, Yemen and deep into Africa, and started building support points and bases there,” Aleksandr Bortnikov told participants of the VI Moscow Conference on International Security on Wednesday. “We’re talking about development of a new large-scale terrorist network,” the FSB director said. “There are also reports of ongoing negotiations between Islamic State and other [terrorist] groups about a possible merger.” Bortnikov pointed out that the remaining potential of international terrorist organizations means that the countries fighting against terrorism are still practicing diverse approaches. To solve these issues and build an effective anti-terrorist front, it is necessary to jointly work out some key standards. “The UN is the best platform for such work,” he added.
April 26, 2017
https://www.rt.com/news/386208-isis-negotiate-merger-terrorists/
Headline: Indigenous protesters in Brazil shoot arrows at police in response to tear gas
Around 2,000 indigenous people from different Brazilian tribes demonstrated in the capital on Tuesday, demanding that the government speeds up the demarcation of their land. Clashes with police broke out sporadically when the protesters formed small groups and attempted to enter the parliament building. The authorities managed to keep them outside. The police fired tear gas and the protesters responded by shooting arrows, some of which remained stuck in the large gardens surrounding the legislative palace. In addition to demanding faster action in Congress regarding the demarcation of their land, the protesters expressed their rejection against a bill that introduces changes in the delimitation process of those territories. The decisions on these lands have been made so far by the state-run National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), but if the bill is approved such responsibility will be transferred to the Congress, where according to critics there are group of lawmakers who represent particular interests.
April 26, 2017
Headline: Death toll reaches 26 as political protests in Venezuela continue
Two men have become the latest to die in political violence in Venezuela, bring the number of fatalities in recent weeks up to 26. The state prosecutor’s office in the western state of Lara said Orlando Medina, 23, was gunned down in a protest against the rule of President Nicolas Maduro. Meanwhile, 52-year-old Luis Marquez died in the Andean state of Merida in the early hours of Tuesday morning after being shot at a pro-Maduro rally, state ombudsman Tarek Saab said. Three weeks ago the Venezuelan opposition launched street protests against the financial mismanagement and anti-democratic policies of the government. 15 people have died in violence around demonstrations and 11 others in night-time lootings, the state prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Four of those killed were teenagers. Nearly 1,500 people have been arrested, with 801 still detained as of Tuesday, rights group Penal Forum said. Political activists and Venezuelan media have reported more deaths, but those have not been confirmed. “The Venezuelan people will stay in the street until there is an election timetable, a humanitarian aid channel, freedom for political prisoners and independence for public institutions, especially the National Assembly,” said Ismael Garcia, a legislator with opposition party Justice First.
April 25, 2017
Headline: 10 Iranian guards killed at Pakistani border, Tasnim news agency reports
Ten Iranian border guards were killed by Sunni militants in a cross-border attack on the frontier with Pakistan on Wednesday, Tasnim news agency reported. The militant group called Jaish al Adl, or the Army of Justice, has claimed responsibility, the report said. “10 border guards of Mirjaveh county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province were martyred in an ambush by the terrorists in the Pakistani border’s zero-point,” Tasnim said.
April 26, 2017
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4954454,00.html
Headline: Russia to Supply Power to Rebel-held Parts of Eastern Ukraine
In a move that further cements Russia’s control over parts of eastern Ukraine, Russian officials announced Tuesday they will begin supplying electricity to separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine after the Ukrainian government cut off the power because of millions in unpaid bills. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the decision as a humanitarian mission – helping to keep an estimated 3 million people out of darkness – but would not say exactly when or how the power supply will be flowing into the rebel-controlled part of Luhansk region that borders Russia. The rebels are backed by Russia. Ukraine on Monday announced it will stop supplying power to rebel-held areas in Luhansk because of mounting debts, and local media reported the supply was cut off around midnight. “Cutting the power supply to the Luhansk region is yet another step by Ukraine to push those territories away,” Peskov told reporters in Moscow, saying the move “contradicts the spirit” of the peace accords that Kyiv and the rebels signed in Minsk, Belarus, under Russia and European mediation in 2015.
April 25, 2017
Headline: US launches Minuteman III ICBM to show ‘nuclear capabilities’ amid N. Korea tensions
Headline: China launches aircraft carrier, boosting military presence
Headline: North Korea tensions: US installs missile defence system in S Korea
Headline: North Korea stages largest live-fire artillery exercise
Headline: China calls on US to remove missile interception system from SKorean soil
An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been launched from a US Air Force base in California to ensure its “effectiveness, readiness and accuracy,” and demonstrate “national nuclear capabilities,” according to the US military. The Minuteman III missile test comes amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with a carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson approaching North Korean waters. However, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Global Strike Command says the test was planned in advance and is not connected with the situation in North Korea, and the launches happen on regular basis, according to the Washington Examiner.The launch is scheduled on Wednesday between 12:01am to 6:01am (0701GMT to 1301GMT) from North Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to the 30th Space Wing, which is conducting the test. “These Minuteman launches are essential to verify the status of our national nuclear force and to demonstrate our national nuclear capabilities,” the commander of the unit, Colonel John Moss, said in a statement. The test launch is aimed at validating and verifying “the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system,” according to the Air Force Global Strike Command.
April 26, 2017
https://www.rt.com/usa/386175-minuteman-iii-test-launch/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39715228
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39716099
Headline: UN warned Trump that ObamaCare repeal could violate international law
The United Nations warned the Trump administration earlier this year that repealing ObamaCare without providing an adequate replacement would be a violation of multiple international laws, according to a new report. Though the Trump administration is likely to ignore the U.N. warning, The Washington Post reported the Office of the U.N. High Commission on Human Rights in Geneva sent an “urgent appeal” on Feb 2. The Post reported that the confidential, five-page memo cautioned that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would put the U.S. “at odds with its international obligations.” The warning was sent to the State Department and reportedly said the U.N. expressed “serious concern” about the prospective loss of health coverage for 30 million people, that in turn could violate “the right to social security of the people in the United States.” Congressional Republicans failed in March to pass an ObamaCare replacement bill. A new proposal is emerging on Capitol Hill, but it’s unclear when it might be considered and how sweeping it may be. A spokesman for the U.N.’s human rights office in Geneva confirmed the authenticity of the letter, which was sent by Dainius Puras, a Lithuanian doctor who serves the U.N. as “Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.”
April 26, 2017
Headline: Cashless society getting closer, survey finds
More than a third of Europeans and Americans would be happy to go without cash and rely on electronic forms of payment if they could, and at least 20 percent already pretty much do so, a study showed on Wednesday. The study, which was conducted in 13 European countries, the United States and Australia, also found that in many places where cash is most used, people are among the keenest to ditch it. Overall, 34 percent of respondents in Europe and 38 percent in the United States said they would be willing to go cash-free, according to the survey conducted by Ipsos for the ING bank website eZonomics. Twenty-one percent and 34 percent in Europe and the United States, respectively, said they already rarely use cash.The trend was also clear. More than half of the European respondents said they had used less cash in the past 12 months than previously and 78 percent said they expected to use it even less over the coming 12 months. Ian Bright, managing director of group research for ING wholesale banking, said he did not believe people would quit cash entirely, but the direction was obvious. “More and more people will end up with a situation where they can quite comfortably get by for two days, three days, four days, even a week, without ever using cash,” he told Reuters Television. Payment systems such as contactless cards and mobile-phone digital wallets have become so prevalent the issue has become political in some countries.
April 26, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-economy-cash-idUSKBN17S001
“Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.” (Daniel 2:41-43)
Headline: BREXIT BEGINS: Europe REMOVES Britain from maps of Union
THE extent to which the triggering of Article 50 has impacted the EU became clear today as the bloc omitted Britain from a series of maps laying out its flagship social policy. The UK was conspicuously greyed out as a non-EU country in material the EU Commission has produced to advertise the launch of its keystone Pillar of Social Rights. Britain, which has more domestic labour protections than most European countries, is not mentioned in part of the planning for what Brussels boss Jean-Claude Juncker has described as his most important policy. The stark omission demonstrates how the EU plans to press ahead with its agenda without the UK, which will regardless continue to pay into the bloc’s budget for at least the next two years.
April 26, 2017
Headline: ‘Superbug’ fungus new menace in US hospitals, mostly NY, NJ
A ‘superbug’ fungus is emerging as a new menace in U.S. hospitals, mostly in New York and New Jersey. First identified in Japan in 2009, the fungus has spread to more than a dozen countries around the globe. The oldest of the 66 cases reported in the U.S. dates back to 2013, but most were reported in the last year. The fungus called Candida auris is a harmful form of yeast. Scientists say it can be hard to identify with standard lab tests. U.S. health officials sounded alarms last year because two of the three kinds of commonly used antifungal drugs have little effect. “It’s acting like a superbug” bacteria, said Dr. Paige Armstrong of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
April 25, 2017
Headline: “Basic Instinct” director Verhoeven to make film about lesbian nuns
“Basic Instinct” director Paul Verhoeven is making a film about a lesbian nun with miraculous powers who falls in love with another sister, his producers said Wednesday. The veteran Dutch film-maker — whose controversial twisted rape thriller “Elle” starring Isabelle Huppert was a huge critical hit — is working on a drama called the “Blessed Virgin”. The producers said it is based on the life of 17th-century Italian nun Benedetta Carlini, who caused a sensation when she claimed to see visions of Jesus Christ. Verhoeven will present the project at the Cannes film festival next month, production company SBS International told AFP. Verhoeven premiered “Elle” at the festival last year. It has since won nearly 60 international awards as well as an Oscar nomination for French star Huppert. The new film, adapted from “Immodest Acts — The Life of a lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by the American historian Judith Brown, will star Belgian actress Virginie Efira.
April 26, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/basic-instinct-director-verhoeven-film-lesbian-nuns-134145497.html
Headline: Transgender Baptist Preacher Allyson Robinson Says ‘Angel Of Reason’ Told Him Bible Was Wrong
The nation’s first transgender Baptist preacher spoke to a national Baptist gathering on April 8, explaining that the doctor who delivered him as a baby was wrong in declaring him a boy, and that it was an “angel of reason” that caused him to accept his inclinations to identify as a woman.Daniel Robinson, who goes by the name Allyson Robinson, had been studying to be a pastor at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary in 2005 when he began to wrestle with his gender identity as never before. He had struggled with his desire to be a man since childhood. “I have known my entire life that the world was wrong about me, that on the day I was born, when the doctor took a cursory glance between my legs and authoritatively declared ‘It’s a boy,’ he was wrong—dead wrong,” Robinson told the Alliance of Baptists in St. Louis this month.
April 18, 2017
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