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Saudi prince delays normalization pact with Israel due to Biden win — report
Jared Kushner to lead a delegation to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly pulled back from a normalization deal with Israel due to US President-elect Joe Biden’s election win this month and the prince’s desire to build ties with the incoming administration. Bin Salman, son of the 84-year-old King Salman and the kingdom’s de facto ruler, is reluctant “to take the step now, when he could use a deal later to help cement relations with the new American leader,”. The president-elect said in October that the US under his administration would “reassess our relationship” with Riyadh. Last week, Biden said he would punish Saudi leaders over the journalist’s murder. Meanwhile, A White House delegation, spearheaded by senior advisor to the president Jared Kushner, will travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week, The Jerusalem Post has confirmed. According to a person familiar with the travel plan, the meeting’s main objective is to ease the tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia along with other Gulf states. An administration official said this rift undermines the stability in the region and has the potential to undermine the progress made in the Abraham Accords.
Nov. 30, 2020
Hamas Laments Resumption of PA-IDF Security Coordination in the West Bank
As the Biden administration takes shape and prepares for the White House, the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections appears to have ended pretenses of reconciliation by bitter Palestinian rivals Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA). The PA has announced that it is resuming security coordination with Israel, and this in turn raises the likelihood of an uptick in anti-Hamas security operations by PA security forces in the West Bank. Hamas has condemned the PA’s decision to re-establish security coordination with Israel and called it a setback to its own reconciliation efforts with the PA. “The [Palestinian] Authority has with this step thrown aside all its values and national principles, and the result of the historical meeting between Hamas and Fatah’s leadership,” a Hamas statement said last week. Abbas’s decision to return to coordination with Israel is part of a signal he is sending to the incoming Biden administration, which is intended to “portray him as one of the good guys,” Col. (res.) Moshe Elad, one of the founders of the security coordination between the IDF and the Palestinian Authority, told the Investigative Project on Terrorism. Ultimately, Elad said, Hamas–Fatah reconciliation efforts are doomed to fail, as the long list of unsuccessful attempts made since 2007 has demonstrated. “Not once has it succeeded. The significance is that this latest effort too will fail,” he said. “They will categorically not draw closer, for many reasons.” These include the searing memory harbored by Fatah personnel over the blood of their fellow Fatah members spilled by Hamas in Gaza in 2007, as well as a lengthy litany of mutual recriminations. “Nothing has changed. The fact that Biden’s arrival caused this latest reconciliation effort to stop shows that it’s simply a circus, that there’s nothing real behind it,” said Elad.
Nov. 30, 2020
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed, both sides say
Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately, Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday. The negotiations were launched in October with delegations convening at a U.N. base to try to resolve a dispute about their maritime border that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area. A Lebanese security source said the reason for the delay was Israel’s rejection of Lebanese proposals. Steinitz said last week there had been no breakthrough after four rounds of talks and that Lebanon had “so far presented positions which add up to a provocation.” He said he expected “many more hurdles and bust-ups” but hoped a breakthrough could be reached in a few months.
Nov. 30, 2020
Saudi Led Coalition Airstrikes Targeted Yemeni Capital Sanaa
Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition carried out a wave of airstrikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and its outskirts, which are controlled by the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah. According to the pro-Houthis al-Masirah TV, five airstrikes targeted the Attan neighborhood, the Military Academy and the al-Hafa area in Sanaa. At least twelve other airstrikes hit the following areas near the capital: The Ayban Mount in the district of Bani Matar; The al-Sama’a area in the district of Arhab; The villages of Rima Hamid and Jarban in the district of Sanhan. Saudi-led coalition warplanes also carried out at least four airstrikes on the village of al-Jarbah of al-Durayhimi district in the western province of al-Hudaydah. According to the Ministry of Health in Sanaa, a civilian was killed and four others were wounded as a result of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes. The Saudi-led coalition has not yet released any statement clarifying the aims of its airstrikes. However, the UAE-based al-Arabiya TV said the airstrikes targeted military camps and missile launchers of the Houthis. The airstrikes were likely a response to two recent successful attacks by the Houthis, which targeted an oil facility and a tanker near the western Saudi city of Jeddah.
Nov. 27, 2020
Four dead as rival protesters clash in southern Iraq
ISIS claims responsibility for rocket attack on Iraqi oil refinery
Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in Iraq’s south on Friday, medics said, in clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. The violence erupted as tens of thousands of Sadr supporters hit the streets of Baghdad and the southern city of Nasiriyah in a show of force as preparations ramp up for June parliamentary elections. On Friday, followers of the cleric attacked a tent camp of anti-government protesters in Nasiriyah’s Habboubi Square, said Mohammad Al-Khayyat, a leader of the anti-government movement. Medical sources told AFP that the violence had left four people dead and wounded 51 others, nine of them by gunfire. Meanwhile, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that set an oil refinery in northern Iraq on fire. The refinery was previously put out of action by IS during the caliphate’s Iraqi campaign. Two rockets struck the Siniya refinery on Sunday afternoon, hitting a fuel storage depot and setting the facility ablaze, Reuters reported. Shortly afterwards, Islamic State took responsibility for the attack. There were no casualties reported, but the blaze halted production at the site.
Nov. 29, 2020
Iran’s nuclear program chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated
Massive Armada Of IRGC Boats Mobilize In Gulf Amid Rumors Israeli Strike Imminent
Iran to Boost Nuclear Activity in Response to Scientist’s Assassination
Carrier Nimitz Returns to Gulf as Iran Makes Threats
Head of Iran’s nuclear program Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, was assassinated in Damavand, east of Tehran, local Iranian news reported on Friday. Fakhrizadeh was a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer and headed Iran’s nuclear weapons project. “The nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated today by terrorists,” the Iranian Defense Ministry wrote in a statement, while not blaming any specific entity for the incident. However, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif later stated on Twitter that “serious indication” pointed to Israeli involvement and urged the international community to condemn the attack. Iran’s revolutionary guards commander wrote on Twitter that Iran will avenge the killing of scientists as it has in the past. Pictures from the scene show two vehicles, one blown up and one shot at from the front. Several local reports in Iran indicated that a suicide bomber was involved in the attack, but that has not yet been confirmed. Remote-controlled weapons killed Iranian nuclear scientist and key nuclear program chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, according to Iranian accounts. But, another account has it differently: a handful of assassins did it. Yet a third explanation has it that 12 men came with several vehicles, using one of them to blow up and block the security convoy that was protecting the high-value target. The competing narratives over the killing of the man who was at the pinnacle of Iran’s nuclear industrial complex are befitting one who was known to be in the spotlight.
Nov. 30, 2020
Dozens killed in pair of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
At least 30 people were killed in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni on Sunday. Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency that the death toll included civilians and soldiers, adding that nine soldiers were killed and seven more were injured. The Ghazni public health department reported a higher total to CNN, saying 40 people were killed and 24 were injured. Naseer Ahmad, head of the provincial council in Ghazni, said the bombing targeted security forces amid the morning rush hour. The Defense Ministry said the attacker attempted to drive a car packed with explosives inside a military base but was confronted by security forces. A second bombing took place in the neighboring province of Zabul, killing one person and injuring 20 others, mostly civilians. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either attack.
Nov. 29, 2020
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: PM claims capture of regional capital Mekelle
War in Tigray Continues Despite Fall of Capital to Government Forces
Plane shot down amid fighting, despite PM’s assertions: Tigray chief
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says government forces are now “fully in control” of Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region. He said the army had entered the city in the “last phase” of the conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front – but details are hard to confirm as there is a communications blackout. The TPLF leader vowed to “fight… to the last” in a statement to Reuters. The BBC managed to briefly speak to one contact in Mekelle who said that federal soldiers were in the city and he had heard sporadic gunshots on Sunday morning. Some residents had earlier fled to the city’s outskirts, he added. Meanwhile, the US embassy in neighbouring Eritrea said six explosions were heard in the capital Asmara late on Saturday. It is not clear if the latest incidents in Asmara are linked to the fighting in Tigray. Debretsion Gebremichael, the leader of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, said on Sunday (Monday AEDT), that his forces had regained control of Axum, a city the federal army took a week ago. They also shot down a MiG-23 aircraft and had its pilot in custody, he said by text message.
Nov. 30, 2020
Sahrawi forces launch powerful attack on Moroccan army sites
The Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army, affiliated with the Polisario Front, continued its attacks on the bases and centers of the Moroccan army near the border security fence. The An-Nahar newspaper quoted an Algerian statement to the Ministry of Desert Defense as saying that several sites were targeted by the Sahrawi forces, including several areas behind the border fence. The statement continued, “Today, Thursday, the bombing targeted the Moroccan soldiers’ bases in the Fudra al-Ish area in the Hawza sector and the Amkli Azglama area in the Amgala sector, as well as the Azmul Umm Khamla area in the Um Adriev sector and the Mahbas sector.” The statement claimed that this attack inflicted considerable losses on the Moroccan forces in lives and equipment along the Moroccan wall that divides Western Sahara. The leaders of the Moroccan political parties had announced their intention to go to Guerguerat in Western Sahara to support the army’s efforts in responding to the Polisario Front. The Moroccan Ministry of Defense has not responded to these claims from the Polisario Front.
Nov. 27, 2020
Farm workers killed in ‘insane’ Nigeria attack
At least 43 people have been killed in what the Nigerian president has described as an “insane” attack in north-east Nigeria on Saturday. The attackers tied up agricultural labourers working in rice fields and slit their throats near Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, reports say. This is one of the worst attacks in recent months in a region where the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa insurgent groups are active. No-one has yet claimed responsibility. “I condemn the killing of our hard-working farmers by terrorists in Borno state. The entire country is hurt by these senseless killings. My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief. May their souls rest in peace,” said President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari also described “the terrorist killings as insane”, according to his spokesman Garba Shehu. The farmers “were attacked because they had on Friday disarmed and arrested a Boko Haram gunman who had been tormenting them”, a member of the local parliament, Ahmed Satomi, told newspaper Premium Times. Correspondents say farmers have previously been attacked by militants of the Islamist group Boko Haram, who suspect them of passing on information to the military. Last month, Boko Haram fighters killed 22 farmers working on irrigation fields in two separate incidents. On Sunday, six soldiers were reportedly killed in a jihadist ambush near the town of Baga in Borno State, says the BBC’s Chris Ewokor, in Abuja.
Nov. 29, 2020
Portland Rioters Cause Thousands Of Dollars In Damage On Thanksgiving Night
Rioters in Oregon’s largest city on Thanksgiving caused thousands of dollars in damage, authorities said. A group of people dressed in black clothing were witnessed smashing windows along Hawthorne Street in the early hours of Nov. 26, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Officers canvassed the area and found that damage had been inflicted upon at least 10 businesses in the area. Multiple Antifa logos were sprayed with paint onto the buildings. Riots and protests took place nearly every night in Portland for months this year. The situation has calmed down in recent weeks, but sporadic explosions of violence still occur. The vandalism came after the PNW Youth Liberation Front, a group linked to Antifa, called for “direct action” in Twitter posts that said, “[Expletive] Thanksgiving.” Direct action is a term that refers to targeting buildings that anarchists feel represent things they oppose. The Front called on taking direct action “to attack symbols and structures of colonialism and capitalism.” The group later shared a report from an Antifa website that praised the toppling of a memorial for the Mexican-American War at a cemetery in Portland on Nov. 25.
Nov. 27, 2020
France: Tear gas fired as protesters rally against police security bill
French Protesters Set Fire To Central Bank
French police have fired tear gas at protesters rallying in Paris against a bill that would make it a criminal offence to film or take photos of police with malevolent intent. Clashes began after some in the crowd threw stones and fireworks at police. Cars and a newspaper kiosk were set on fire and dozens were arrested. Opponents say the bill undermines press freedom to document police brutality. But the government says it will help protect officers from online abuse. On Saturday, demonstrations were also being held in Bordeaux, Lille, Montpellier, Nantes and other cities across France.
Nov. 30, 2020
Belarus’ Lukashenko to resign following adoption of new constitution
More than 300 people arrested in latest Belarus demonstrations
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that he would step down as president once a new constitution is adopted and proposed curbing presidential powers as part of the reforms, though he gave no timeline for those moves. Lukashenko, who has faced mass protests calling for him to step down since a presidential election on Aug. 9, made the comment a day after Russia’s foreign minister told him to press ahead with constitutional reforms to defuse the crisis. “I will not work as president with you under the new constitution,” Lukashenko was quoted as saying by the Belta news agency. Protesters dismiss the reform promises as a stalling tactic. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Lukashenko on Thursday to honor the reform promise as well as other, unspecified agreements made with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in September.
Nov. 30, 2020
Thai protesters march to royal guard barracks in Bangkok
Thousands of protesters marched to a barracks belonging to Thailand’s royal guards in Bangkok on Sunday, demanding that King Maha Vajiralongkorn give up control of some army regiments, the latest show of defiance against the country’s powerful monarchy and the military. On Sunday evening, protesters marched to the 11th Infantry Regiment, one of two army units that the king brought under his direct command in 2019. In a statement, protesters accused the king of having “expanded his royal prerogative in every way possible including [through] the military” and referred to the prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former army general, as the king’s “royal puppet”. They have made three demands: reform of the monarchy, a new constitution, and the removal of Prayuth, who first came to power in the 2014 coup. Prayuth has refused to step down. The palace has not commented on the protests, though the king said that he loves demonstrators “all the same”. In a recent statement, the foreign ministry said protesters were able to exercise their rights to peaceful assembly last week “without any hindrance”. The statement added that protesters must exercise their rights “in accordance with the relevant laws”.
Nov. 29, 2020
Here’s How Central Banks Will Finally Unleash Inflation: The Shenzhen Case Study
Saudi, UAE central banks work on joint digital currency plan
Back in 2009, when the Fed first launched QE, a majority of traders and strategists were convinced that the Fed would spark an inflationary inferno as a result of the hundreds of billions of dollars (back then, that was a big number) of liquidity injected into markets. And while one part of this forecast turned out to be true, with asset prices indeed hyperinflating in the subsequent decade, the flood of central bank reserves did little to boost benign broader economy inflation, i.e., wages. It’s also why a decade later, with central banks now injecting a berserk $300BN each month, the 10Y continues to trade well below 1% – the simple reason is that having failed to spark broader inflation, the market is convinced that nothing the Fed and its central bank peers do can change this default dynamic. But if consensus was dead wrong about the economic outcome of the first QE back in 2009, could consensus be just as wrong now, and with most expecting deflation no matter how big the QE, could central banks finally “succeed” in sparking runaway inflation? The answer is yes and it will come in the form of digital currencies. But while all that sounds great in theory, the real question as always is how does it work in practice. The answer, as so often happens when it comes to financial experimentation, comes from China which is the most advanced nation in the development and rollout of digital currencies. Culminating a monetary revolution process that has been 6 years in the making, China started ramping up trials with the digital yuan last April, when it ran a pilot program that reportedly included US companies like McDonald’s and Subway…
Nov. 30, 2020
WHO Urges Global Governments To “Manage” All Social Activity
Dr. Michael Ryan, Director of Global Alert and Response of the World Health Organization (WHO), told journalists at a press briefing on Monday that “pinch points,” otherwise known as places where people gather, must be “managed.” Ryan spoke about numerous types of public areas, such as airports, public transportation, and even places like ski resorts that governments must “manage” to prevent further spreading of COVID-19. He called on governments around the world to investigate “all forms of gatherings that lead to people congregating are moving en masse and how they are going to de-risk those processes.” Ryan said if governments don’t believe those processes cannot be de-risked, governments should “curtail, postpone, and or even manage” those processes. China also is now demanding governments across the globe to “manage” what the world’s population can “safely” undertake based on their “science.”
Nov. 30, 2020
The push for children’s ‘sexual rights’ is coming
Human Rights Watch issued a submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, Prof. Joseph Cannataci, that states their concern with “the privacy rights of children and issues relating to their independence and autonomy.” The submission “focuses on the importance of privacy for children with respect to their sexual and reproductive health and rights, physical and emotional well-being in school, safety in the online space, and the protection of their information online.” This submission, if accepted, would assist children in completely bypassing parents which is a dangerous situation for any child to be in. Abortions, puberty blockers, the removal of parental guidance, and comprehensive sexuality education all have side effects. But the chief concern is that this calls for institutions to help children bypass their parents towards the legal implementation of children’s self-determinative rights, without guardian or parental oversight.
Nov. 29, 2020
Pastor, Two Christian Boys Killed in Islamist Attacks in Uganda
Police in the Muslim-majority archipelago of Indonesia were searching for suspected terrorists Saturday after the throats of three Christians were slit, another was beheaded and a Salvation Army post and Christians’ homes were burned down on the island of Sulawesi, according to reports. About 10 people from a “terrorist” group carried out the killing on Friday morning in a hilly, remote village near the region of Sigi in Central Sulawesi province, Reuters reported, based on what national police spokesman Awi Setiyono said in a television interview. The suspected terrorists also set fire to a church and burned down the homes of six churchgoers after they attacked the Lewonu Lembantongoa Service Post of the Salvation Army, the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern reported. The Salvation Army International confirmed the attack on Saturday, saying that their building along with six homes of members were burned.
Nov. 28, 2020
Johns Hopkins retracts report finding COVID death count ‘not alarming’
‘We won’t force vaccine; but here’s what we will do’
A report of a senior Johns Hopkins lecturer’s analysis concluding that the coronavirus had no overall effect on the total number of deaths in the United States was retracted by the university on Thursday. Essentially, Genevieve Briand, a longtime professor of economics and statistics, argued in a recent webinar that the virus is deadly primarily to older people with multiple underlying conditions who already were near death, meaning the overall death count has not been affected. “These data analyses suggest that in contrast to most people’s assumptions, the number of deaths by COVID-19 is not alarming. In fact, it has relatively no effect on deaths in the United States.” But an editor’s note posted Friday said an article about her presentation published by the student newsletter has been “used to support dangerous inaccuracies that minimize the impact of the pandemic.” The article, the Johns Hopkins University News-Letter said, was retracted “to stop the spread of misinformation” but made available as a PDF because it’s “our responsibility as journalists to provide a historical record.”
Meanwhile, disturbing statements coming out of Israel: Health Ministry Director Hezy Levy yesterday insisted to reporters that “we won’t force people to take a vaccine. Israeli law doesn’t allow for it,” speaking before the Special Knesset Coronavirus Committee chaired by MK Yifat Shasha-Biton, Sheba Medical Center Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Eyal Zimlichman listed measures that are being planned to “maneuver” the population into vaccinating as a way of regaining freedom of movement. The issue of how to “motivate” vaccine compliance has generated increasing interest, with commentators such as Mike Cernovich writing: “Government won’t force you to take vaccine. Amazon will. Airlines will. Banks will. You won’t be able to buy, sell, or trade without the vaccine.”
Nov. 27, 2020
Massive floods claim 3 lives in Sardinia, rare tornado hits Catania, Italy
At least three people lost their lives while two others remain missing after severe storms hit the Italian island of Sardinia, triggering massive floods and landslides on Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, 2020. Meanwhile, a rare November tornado caused damage to Catania Airport in Sicily on Saturday, November 28. Severe storms have battered Sardinia for two days in a row, causing flooding and landslides in several areas that left three people dead in Bitti and two others missing. The victims lost their lives in mudslides and raging floodwaters. In Cagliari, strong winds downed many trees while at Poetto, the coast was completely submerged by floodwaters reaching the height of kiosks. As of Sunday, November 29, a red alert has been issued by the Civil Protection as officials prepared necessary precautions, warning residents door-to-door, and closing establishments from Cagliari to Olbia.
Nov. 29, 2020
Explosive activity continues at the Indonesian Lewotolo volcano on Monday, November 30, 2020, after a major eruption on Sunday sent ash up to 15.2 km (50 000 feet) a.s.l. The Aviation Color Code was raised to Red following the eruption and Alert Status raised to 3 of 4. Lewotolo is located on Lembata island of East Nusa Tenggara province. There were no reports of injuries or damage after a major eruption on Sunday but authorities confirmed nearly 2 800 people from 28 villages on the slopes of the volcano were evacuated and nearby Wunopitu airport temporarily closed after ashfall was reported in many areas on the island. The Disaster Mitigation Agency is urging villagers and tourists to stay 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) away from the crater and be aware of potential threats as the area near the volcano is likely to be inundated with pyroclastic flows, lava, and poisonous gases. Explosions accompanied by a burst of incandescent material above the peak were recorded at 03:28, 04:39, 04:59, 06:40, 07:37, and 08:33 WITA today, with an ash column height of 1 400 – 4 000 m (4 600 – 13 100 feet) above the crater. Fires were also observed around the crater.
Nov. 30, 2020
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