The Russian project on Gaza is still in force. As transmits correspondent RIA "Novosti" Ivan Zakharchenko, the adoption of the resolution proposed by Russia to resolve the conflict between Gaza and Israel has been postponed, but the project remains in force. The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vitaly Churkin told reporters last night.
Comrade Churkin said: "He (the project) was postponed for a while, but I want to emphasize that he is still in force."
The fact is that on the eve of Russia proposed a draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza and establishing a dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, but the Security Council vote was postponed indefinitely due to the fact that it is not clear whether the truce will be respected.
"Israel has not yet responded ..." A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has not yet been reached; the outcome of the negotiations should probably be expected within a day or later. This was announced last night by a member of the Hamas politburo Izzat al-Rishk, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dina Drunk with reference to the Palestinian news agency Ma'an.
Izzat al-Rishk said that Israel had the last word. On the eve of Egypt, the Israelis sent the final proposals, and now the final answer is expected.
“Israel hasn’t yet responded, so the press conference at which a cease-fire is to be announced is postponed until tomorrow,” said ar-Rishk.
The prepared agreement will spell out Israel’s commitment to cease shelling of the coastal enclave and the invasion of the army, to put an end to the practice of pinpoint elimination of resistance leaders and attacks on Palestinian fishermen. Israel promises to take measures to revive the 2005 agreement on border terminals, through which fuel and building materials for Palestinians will again be supplied to the enclave. This will not affect the Rafah checkpoint on the border of Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Israel agreed to begin preparations for a process of gradually lifting the blockade from Gaza.
As for Hamas and the Palestinian factions, they undertake to stop the rocket attacks on Israel and not to attack Israeli targets.
Clinton is looking for a solution. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went on a Middle Eastern tour and promised to devote the coming days to resolving the conflict between the Gaza Strip and Israel, reports RIA News".
"In the coming days, the United States will work with our partners here in Israel and throughout the region in search of a solution that would increase the security of the Israelis, improve the living conditions of the people of Gaza and bring closer a comprehensive peace for all peoples of the region," said the head US Foreign Office.
At a press conference with Clinton, Netanyahu reiterated his interest in a long-term solution to the Gaza problem, from which rocket attacks have continued for a decade. He stated that diplomatic methods of settlement were preferable, but made it clear that Israel would not save it if necessary before expanding the current military operation.
“If there is an opportunity to find a long-term solution to this problem by diplomatic means, then we prefer this. If not, I am convinced that you understand that Israel will have to take all necessary measures to protect its people, ”he said.
The Israeli authorities do not rule out the transition to the ground stage of Operation Cloud Pillar.
Clinton plans to hold talks with the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and meet with Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi.
The Israeli aviation hit Egypt. 19 November Israeli aircraft struck at Egypt, writes "Lenta.ru" with reference to "Egypt Independent" from November 20. As a result of the air strike, houses on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border were destroyed.
Israeli F-16 hit rocket cannons in the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza and affected houses near the border. On the dead and the victims are not reported.
Egyptian security officials suggested that local residents leave their homes, but they refused. People are afraid that militants may enter the houses.
Fatah and Hamas unite. Competing Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas decided to conclude a temporary alliance - before the end of the year - against the background of the conflict with Israel, reports Vladimir Azin (Utro.ru).
The union was announced by Djibril Rajoub, one of the FATAH leaders. “Here we declare the end of a split,” he said at a speech at a rally in the political capital of the West Bank, Ramallah.
Hiding behind children and shooting at children. The press service of the Israeli Prime Minister distributed the text of his appeal to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Text leads MIGnews.com. Pass it in abbreviated form:
“Mr. Secretary General, welcome to Jerusalem,” Netanyahu said. - <…> I know that you are concerned about the peaceful casualties on both sides. I share your concern, which is why the Israel Defense Forces continually make every effort to avoid innocent victims during the fight against terror. This is worthy of respect, especially given the conditions in which we are fighting terror. I believe this is an unprecedented case in stories: we are performing a surgical precision operation against terrorists, while our population is under rocket attacks.
Much to our regret, Mr. Secretary General, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations do not share your concern for civilian casualties on our side or on anyone’s side. They shoot deliberately in the direction of the civilians of Israel, hiding behind their own civilians.
The terrorists are directing weapon on our children, hiding behind our own children. They plant explosives, weapons and other means of destruction in schools, mosques, hospitals and universities. Attacking civilians and hiding behind your own citizens is, as you know, a double war crime. <…>
Israel cannot tolerate such attacks. If there is an opportunity to reach a long-term agreement by political means, Israel will be a faithful partner in this. On the contrary, if there is a need for a strengthened military operation in order to stop this hail of missiles, the State of Israel will not do anything to protect its citizens. ”
Much to our regret, Mr. Secretary General, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations do not share your concern for civilian casualties on our side or on anyone’s side. They shoot deliberately in the direction of the civilians of Israel, hiding behind their own civilians.
The terrorists are directing weapon on our children, hiding behind our own children. They plant explosives, weapons and other means of destruction in schools, mosques, hospitals and universities. Attacking civilians and hiding behind your own citizens is, as you know, a double war crime. <…>
Israel cannot tolerate such attacks. If there is an opportunity to reach a long-term agreement by political means, Israel will be a faithful partner in this. On the contrary, if there is a need for a strengthened military operation in order to stop this hail of missiles, the State of Israel will not do anything to protect its citizens. ”
Hamas killed informants. In Gaza, six people were shot dead who were suspected of collaborating with Israel. According to "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press, they were killed on the street by unknown masked men.
Responsibility for the assassination was claimed by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas group “Izz ad-Din al-Qassam”. This was reported by an inscription noticed not far from the scene of the crime.
"Tape" writes that several hundred people gathered at the scene. People from the crowd spat on dead bodies and trampled them. One killed person was tied to a motorcycle and dragged along the streets with shouts: “Spy!”
"Objective and multi-sided." Israel called the editorial policy of the English-language Russia Today TV channel regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict biased. This was reported in the "Twitter" channel editor Margarita Simonyan, reports "Lenta.ru".
Israel sent a note to the TV channel, in which he expressed dissatisfaction with “one-sided” and “biased” coverage of the battles between Palestine and Israel. Simonyan remarked: “To bomb the bureau of a disliked channel, do not apologize and then send a disturbed note to this channel - this is objective and many-sided.”
Lenta reminds us that on November 10, an Israeli rocket hit the Russia Today office in Gaza. The office was damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt.
The state channel "RT" was created in 2005 year and since then has been broadcasting in English, Spanish and Arabic. The audience of the channel is about 550 millions of viewers around the world.
Three rockets for the France-Press. As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Ilya Baranov, three Israeli rockets hit an eight-story tower located in the center of Gaza on Tuesday evening, where the office of the France-Press news agency is located. Press photographer Mahmoud Hams, who at the time of the shelling was in a building on the 4 floor, reported that none of the AFP employees had been injured.
He said: “Together with a colleague, we heard an explosion, because of which the whole tower trembled, but did not understand that it thundered right above us. Five minutes later, two more powerful explosions were heard, and on the police wave, they began to transmit reports that our building, the Naama Tower, had been damaged. ”
According to Hams, all the corridors filled with smoke. “When we went outside, we saw that there were ambulances and fire trucks near the entrance. In the area of the sixth floor, smoke rose and flames were visible. It seems there were no casualties. ”
The Israeli military confirmed: a missile attack was struck on a tower in the R-Rimal area. “We shelled the seventh floor of the building. According to our sources, Hamas had a military intelligence center there, ”an Israeli army spokesman told AFP.
In the previous "Geopolitical mosaic"We will add from ourselves that it was reported that the offices of Al-Quds TV channel had previously suffered from Israeli attacks, and three employees of Al-Aqsa TV channel were injured. Israeli rockets hit the offices of the Russian TV channel Russia Today, German ARD, Arab MBC, Abu Dhabi TV, Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia, Reuters and Ma'an.
In Israel, it is obviously believed that all the media, starting with Al-Arabia and ending with Reuters, closely cooperate with Hamas militants, providing them with communication tools, and at the same time intelligence information.
America commented on Bahrain. Finally, the great and democratic overseas hegemon expressed his concern over the situation in Bahrain (some details of the situation are in today's article “The Shadow of the Third Force”).
The United States was concerned about the increase in violence in Bahrain and the restriction in the kingdom of freedom of speech and assembly. This was stated by a representative of the US administration at yesterday's briefing for journalists, they report "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“We remain concerned about the increase in violence in Bahrain and the political climate that complicates reconciliation,” said a spokesman for the US government. US authorities called on the Sunni royal family of Bahrain to create conditions for establishing a dialogue with the opposition in the face of the Shiite majority.
Washington believes that society in Bahrain is deeply divided. And when the domestic political crisis passes into the active phase, neighboring Shiite Iran will win. Therefore, according to Washington, the opposing sides should quickly find ways to overcome differences, and not take action that could worsen the situation.
So what's the matter, add on my own. It is not democracy or the infringement of freedom of speech and assembly in Bahrain that is worrying the world hegemon. They are concerned about Shiite solidarity - in the context of Iran’s likely strategic gain, which is being stifled by US and EU sanctions. Shiite protests in Bahrain and Syrian President Alawite Bashar al-Assad, about whom H. Clinton has folded the slogan “Assad must go,” are on hand. All this is cumulative and forms a cause for American concern. This, and not "freedom of speech."
Crop failure in Afghanistan. In this country - a lean year: the amount of opium produced decreased by a full third compared with last year, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press and the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
In 2012, 3.700.000 tons of opium poppy, the raw material used to make heroin, was collected on Afghan fields. Rural workers complain that the amount of poppy grown has decreased due to the weather and the disease affecting the plants.
The increase in the areas sown with poppy seeds did not help either. Compared to 2011, the crop area increased by almost 20% (from 131 thousands of hectares to 154 thousands).
And here is another misfortune: over the past year, the price of a kilogram of opium has declined - from 241 $ to 196 $.
However, macorobes do not panic: after all, this price is higher than the purchase prices that were valid in 2008-2009.
Currently, 80% of the total world crop of opium poppy is removed in Afghanistan.
The UN Security Council condemned the M23. As transmits correspondent RIA "Novosti" Ivan ZakharchenkoThe UN Security Council intends to introduce new, “targeted” sanctions against the leadership of the rebel group М23 (“March 23 Movement”) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as against those who help it, including from abroad. This is stated in the adopted Security Council resolution.
The Security Council strongly condemned the resumption of attacks from the M23 militants in North Kivu and their entry into the city of Goma. Therefore, the UN Security Council "expresses its intention to consider additional targeted sanctions on the criteria established by resolution 1857 (from 2008 of the year) against the leadership of the M23 and those who provide external support to the M23 violating the sanctions regime and the ban on the supply of weapons."
On Tuesday, reminds correspondent. RIA "News, The M23 militants entered the city of Goma and announced the seizure of the airport. However, UN peacekeepers in the DRC claim to control it.
The Security Council demanded that the M23 leave Goma, lay down their arms and restore state power in the province of North Kivu. Condemning attacks on civilians and members of the UN mission, the council warned that those responsible for these crimes and human rights violations could not escape responsibility.
He led the future agronomists chemistry, but at lectures he talked about politics. To catch the Polish chemist who planned to blow up the parliament, the special services were helped by the contacts of the “Norwegian shooter” Breivik. This tells correspondent RIA Novosti Yevgeny Bezek.
On November 9, employees of the Internal Security Agency detained a lecturer at the Hugo Kollontay Agricultural University, a 45-year-old researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Physics, Brunon Kvechenya. The named teacher was preparing to fit a car loaded with explosives to the building of the lower house of parliament. He intended to arrange an explosion of parliament when the president, the prime minister and members of the government were in the building. The attacker found the best moment for the attempt to discuss the new budget of the country. In order for everyone to get it right, Kvechen suggested bringing a four tons of explosives to the site of the terrorist act.
During the search, a hexogen, trotyl, gunpowder, pentrite, dinitrotoluene of ammonium chlorate, a firearm bought in Belgium, more than a thousand ammunition, detonators, metal balls, remote controls, explosives literature, Kevlar helmets and body armor were found by a researcher. At a specially convened press conference, videotapes of test explosions made by Kwechen were shown to journalists.
This man was fond of explosions since childhood. When he was sixteen years old, a homemade bomb exploded in his hands, and several fingers were torn off by the young man.
“Then the whole house almost blew up,” recalls the neighbor.
The university rector said: “The staff are in shock.” The teacher got a job nine years ago, taught future agronomists of organic chemistry and did not stand out among the 700 university teachers. He was an average pedagogue.
Students also explosive comrade remembered passionate arguments on political topics, and especially - the love of conspiracy theories. According to first-year students, a chemist could “talk half of the lecture about politics.” About the government, he, of course, spoke negatively.
As it turned out, the special services were following the “average” teacher since the end of 2011. The agents at the same time studied the contacts of Breivik, who ordered explosives in Poland. Analysis of contacts and led to the trail of Brunon, and then arrest.
The detainee, by the way, does not hide his admiration for the act of Breivik.
The prosecutor's office reported, reports the correspondent. RIA "Novosti" that the arrested is not a member of any party, but is "the bearer of a nationalist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic ideology." He does not consider the ruling elite "real Poles", stating that they are leading Poland in the wrong direction. For the "correction" of their course, the Krakow chemist decided on radical measures. Since the suspect did not carry out his plan, he faces no more than 5 years in prison.
Ekaterina Zorina ("Vesti") complements the information of RIA "Novosti": first, the terrorist, in addition to the parliament, was going to attack the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the treasury; secondly, according to unofficial information, the staff of the Polish National Security Agency contacted Brunon and played the role of accomplices.
Both doctors and patients are on strike. In several countries of Central Europe, doctors have not gone to work, inform "Vesti".
In Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, tens of thousands of physicians are demanding a salary increase. Many colleagues of the strikers, looking for a better life, moved to other countries. Trade union representatives say: if working conditions do not improve, the scale of emigration will be catastrophic.
Patients suddenly joined the doctors' protests. The latter, more and more often, have to pay for treatment from their own pockets: after all, the authorities are reducing medical funding.
To not be ashamed. The French President recognized the right of mayors of cities and heads of district administrations not to participate in the registration of marriages of gays and lesbians. Mayors may delegate this procedure to their deputies. Reports about it RIA News" with reference to the agency France Press.
According to Mr. Hollande, among the election promises of which was the legalization of homosexual marriages, the mayors are representatives of the state, and if the law on the registration of same-sex marriages is adopted, they will have to fulfill it.
“However, the law applies to all while respecting freedom of conscience,” said the president, explaining that mayors have the opportunity to delegate their powers, and this possibility can be expanded.
The question is, Monsieur Hollande, to whom will they be able to delegate this vile procedure of the closure of mayors? If the mayors can get out, then the post of deputies, obviously, does not provide for “freedom of conscience”.
RIA "Novosti" recalls that the French government 7 November approved the text of the bill on same-sex marriage, and now in January, the project will go to the discussion of parliament.
Bloody dad. In the article “Natalya Radzina: the voice of Belarus abroad” («Le Monde», France; source of translation - "InoSMI") Pyotr Smolyar told about how bad it is to live in Belarus today under the tyrannical regime of Comrade Lukashenko.
Paragraph after paragraph telling of the harsh fate of a young Belarusian journalist who had to flee the country "due to persecution by the dictatorial regime of Alexander Lukashenko", the author, using freedom-loving vocabulary, mercilessly scourges the Belarusian "old man" in the colors of a journalist resembling a place somewhere near Irkutsk.
A few quotes - no comment:
“Sidewalks in Minsk are covered with a crust of ice. A dry cold wind blows the main street of the Belarusian capital. The polling stations closed an hour ago, although the results were known to everyone in advance. ”
“The only thing that matters is the will of the leader at the helm.”
"The end of the semblance of democracy."
“She (Radzina. - O. Ch.) Is simply an ordinary citizen, tired of living in collective farm formalin, into which Alexander Lukashenko has plunged the whole country”.
“… She comes to Paris at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <…> Now Natalia Radzina is forced to live abroad in order to continue the struggle for political purity. "
"The tired and intimidated majority prefers to remain silent, although they are well aware of what is happening."
“Lukashenko is holding the country with weapons and fear,” says Nataliya Radzina. - We see murders, arrests, intimidation, mass layoffs. People turn into shadows. His real rating does not exceed 20%. ”
“The presidential election of December 2010 of the year buried all hopes of liberalization. Almost 700 people were detained, civil society was beheaded. ”
“... in the statements of Natalia Radzina, nothing says anything about sympathy for Russia. “Over the past two centuries, we have lost our culture, history and language due to Russian-Soviet domination. And Lukashenko still continues to work in this direction. ”
“The only thing that matters is the will of the leader at the helm.”
"The end of the semblance of democracy."
“She (Radzina. - O. Ch.) Is simply an ordinary citizen, tired of living in collective farm formalin, into which Alexander Lukashenko has plunged the whole country”.
“… She comes to Paris at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <…> Now Natalia Radzina is forced to live abroad in order to continue the struggle for political purity. "
"The tired and intimidated majority prefers to remain silent, although they are well aware of what is happening."
“Lukashenko is holding the country with weapons and fear,” says Nataliya Radzina. - We see murders, arrests, intimidation, mass layoffs. People turn into shadows. His real rating does not exceed 20%. ”
“The presidential election of December 2010 of the year buried all hopes of liberalization. Almost 700 people were detained, civil society was beheaded. ”
“... in the statements of Natalia Radzina, nothing says anything about sympathy for Russia. “Over the past two centuries, we have lost our culture, history and language due to Russian-Soviet domination. And Lukashenko still continues to work in this direction. ”
Radzina now lives in Poland.
Guantanamo workers in Russia will not be able to enter, or Our response to America. Artem Kobzev ("Voice of Russia") said that Russia can respond symmetrically to the adoption of the US "Magnitsky list". For this, Moscow will also create a list of persons who will be denied entry into the territory of the Russian Federation. It will be filled with the names of Americans involved in human rights violations. Vyacheslav Nikonov, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma, said in an interview with the Voice of Russia.
According to him, “the most logical would be to adopt an amendment that would provide an opportunity for the Russian state authorities to establish a list of persons who are prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation, and to provide for the possibility of freezing their assets if they are located in our country”.
Comrade Nikonov has already identified some individuals who may in the near future be persona non grata:
“This list should concern those persons who violated human rights not only of citizens of the Russian Federation, but also more broadly of citizens of other countries. I see no reason why there could not be, say, people who tortured Guantanamo prisoners or who committed war crimes in Iraq or Afghanistan or crimes against humanity in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. ”
The first to add to this list should be George W. Jr., who had a special love for torture by drowning. (They say that he was not indifferent to drilling the head with a screwdriver). The second legitimate place in the list should be Barack Obama, who promised to close Guantanamo before the 2008 elections of the year, but did not keep his word.
Superhero who will live on coupons. As transmits correspondent ITAR-TASS Alexander BekrenevaMayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker decided to try to live for at least a week, receiving foodstuffs on state tickets. By doing so, he wants to prove the need for government funding of school meals, which is why he publicly argued with one of the Twitter users.
Mr. Booker has entered into an electronic debate with a woman whose real name is hidden by the nickname "Tweet". Tweet said that sponsoring a school lunch program is "not the responsibility of the government" and that "there are no families who could not afford to pay for breakfast."
In response, the mayor wrote: “Let us try to live and feed our family on food stamps for a week or a month in New Jersey, where life is very expensive. Is it going? "
According to Mark Matzen, the representative of the mayor, the bet will take effect in December - after final approval of the details. By the way, “Twitter” announced that she was the wife of a serviceman, a veteran of the armed forces.
Corr. ITAR-TASS recalls that Democrat Booker is one of the most popular mayors in the United States. And in April, 2012, he and the police rescued a woman from a burning house - and the American media dubbed him "superhero."
"... she is no longer a superpower." Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, father of Reaganomics, a former employee of the US Treasury Department, former editor of the Wall Street Journal and author of How the Economy Was Lost: War of the Worlds, is on the website Infowars.com spoke in detail about why America is falling apart.
“The United States government,” writes Roberts, “and its subordinate people think of the United States as the“ only superpower in the world. ” But how to consider the country a superpower, if all its government ... is groveling at the feet of the Israeli Prime Minister? How can a country be considered a superpower if it does not have enough strength to determine its foreign policy in the Middle East? Such a country is not a superpower. This is a puppet state. ”
Comrade Roberts writes about how in recent days the American "superpower" cries and crawls in front of Netanyahu, who
“I again decided to kill Palestinian women and children in the Gaza Strip, intending to further destroy in Gaza what was left of the social infrastructure ...”
The US Senate, the US House of Representatives, the White House and the US media all at once, Roberts notes.
"Have declared their support for the crimes of Netanyahu".
According to the analyst, the Israeli lobby in the United States is the so-called American-Israeli Public Relations Committee. This, he writes,
"The only foreign agent who is not obliged to register as a foreign agent."
Both Democrats and Republicans, according to Roberts, share the “dishonor” of serving Israel - and this, instead of America being fair to the Palestinians.
But the White House is a puppet doll in the hands of the Israeli lobby, the journalist believes. After all, President Obama immediately announced that he "fully supports" the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. And Mr. Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser to the president, told reporters on November 17 that the White House
"Wants the same what the Israelis want."
But this is an exaggeration, Roberts said, because many Israelis are against the crimes of the Israeli government, which is in fact not the government of Israel, but the essence of the government of the "settlers", that is
“Crazy small land immigrants who illegally, with the support of Netanyahu, stole land from the Palestinians.”
Israel under Netanyahu is the equivalent of the Republic of Lincoln a century and a half ago, Paul Craig Roberts notes, referring to the war between the North and the South: the northerners conquered the southerners, and then destroyed the Indians, claiming that they, with their bows and arrows, prevented them from living .
But today the Palestinians are being destroyed in the same way.
“There is international law today to protect Palestinian residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. However, whenever the world tries to keep the Israeli government responsible for its crimes, the puppet Washington puts a veto on the UN decision on Israel. ”
The thought that Palestinians threaten Israel is absurd, says Dr. Roberts. It is as ridiculous as the one according to which the US threatens Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Pakistan and Iran. The government of any of these countries has never made threatening statements against the United States. Yes, even if such a statement was made, the journalist writes, it would have turned out to be nonsense.
"If a superpower can be threatened from such weak and distant regions, then it is no longer a superpower."
Observed and translated by Oleg Chuvakin
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