Link: https://www.rt.com/news/597256-biden-israel-rafah-weapons/

West Jerusalem will be deprived of “offensive” US weapons if it launches a full-scale invasion | President Joe Biden has admitted that at least some Palestinian civilians in Gaza were killed by US-made bombs – and has vowed to halt the supply of any weapons that Israel could actively use in another major military operation in the southern city of Rafah. ● The US leader’s remarks come after Israeli tanks and troops entered the eastern districts of Rafah on Monday night, seizing the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. This was accompanied by airstrikes on the densely populated city. However, Biden believes that Israel has yet to cross Washington’s red line.

■ Biden says he will stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if they launch invasion of Rafah (CTV)
■ Biden admits 'Israel' killed Palestinian civilians using US bombs (Al Mayadeen)
■ 'Israel' committed 3,094 massacres, killed 15,000 children in 215 days (Al Mayadeen)

Link: https://southfront.press/martin-armstrong-west-governments-need-war-because-their-debts-are-no-longer-sustainable/

 ■ At the end of the 1980s, the reference geopolitical model was the unipolar world, based on Western primacy. What cultural, military, and economic pillars is the Washington Consensus based on? Is it true freedom? – The military in economic pillars that dominate Washington today have nothing to do with freedom. They have to do with people who were unwilling to accept the collapse of communism. Whereby the enemy was transformed by communism to ethnic racism.

 ■ With the birth of the BRICS, is it possible to talk about a multipolar option? What are the limits that you see in this geopolitical dimension? – The birth of the BRICS was caused by these people we call the neocons who engaged in ethnic racism and targeted Russia by removing them from the world economy under SWIFT. This woke up many in the world, realizing that the dollar was now being weaponized and was no longer a monetary instrument exclusively. Nations began to realize if they did not conform to the commands of Washington, then they to could be removed from SWIFT. Thus they have divided the world economy bringing to an end globalization.

 ■ Is it still possible to avoid a large-scale world conflict? – It is unlikely that we can avoid world war. Governments need war because their debts are no longer sustainable. They will use the war as the excuse for defaults – as was the case for WWII. They will create Bretton Woods II with the IMF digital currency as the reserve.

Link: https://www.trtworld.com/us-and-canada/study-finds-99-of-pro-palestine-protests-at-us-universities-are-peaceful-18022173

Data from ACLED, leading source of real-time data on political violence and protest activity across the globe, belies claims of Biden and Trump that Student Spring movement — campus protests against Israel's war on Gaza — is violent. | A new report has found that 99 percent of pro-Palestine protests at US colleges have been peaceful, despite remarks from President Joe Biden characterising such demonstrations as violent and ex-American leader Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans supporting police crackdown on students and scholars.

💬 "While some notable violent clashes have recently taken place, such as on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, where demonstrators and counter-demonstrators fought at a student encampment overnight on 30 April, the overwhelming majority of student protests since October — 99% — have remained peaceful," data from Armed Conflict Location & Event Data [ACLED] revealed.

■ US police target students opposing Israel's Gaza war at UCLA amid tensions (TRT World)

Link: https://twitter.com/PrimoRadical/status/1785834793126477920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1785834793126477920%7Ctwgr%5E6676d3033ef4ccebc0c3b4919e93605dbc0a8ec3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsortiumnews.com%2F2024%2F05%2F04%

Today, as anti-genocide protests continue across the nation, Democrats and Republicans joined hands to criminalize Americans’ First Amendment rights, expanding the definition of “anti-semitism” to include criticisms of Israel — eg, comparing Israel’s actions to that of the Nazis. pic.twitter.com/5M4jwsg2Mo

— Primo Radical (@PrimoRadical) May 2, 2024

■ Enforcing Silence on Genocide (Consortium News)
■ Albert Einstein Letter to The New York Times. December 4, 1948 (Internet Archive)
■ ‘US does not deserve to be Israel’s friend,’ says far-right Israeli minister (aNews)

Whatever the US does for "israel", it is not enough. It will NEVER be enough. Don't expect gratitude from the narcissistic personalities or the psychopaths. Why does the US continue to debase itself? – "Have You No Decency?" No, the Zionist jews have no decency at all. None.

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/why-are-pro-israeli-protesters-yelling-anti-black-slurs-at-p

Robert Inlakesh | In one case, a young Black woman is violently shoved to the ground by a crazed Zionist man, while in another case that was caught on video, a young man is caught yelling the N-Word repeatedly. | As the American corporate media and government mobilize in opposition to student protests across the United States, ridiculously attempting to portray pro-Palestinian demonstrations as being in support of terrorism and anti-Semitism, pro-Israeli counter-protesters launch a campaign of racist hate. Repeatedly there have been reports of and videos in which Zionists yell the N-Word, but why do they direct their hate towards Black people? ■ While student encampments are being set up on University campuses across the United States and beyond, with protests urging academic institutions to divest from Israeli-linked companies, the establishment is employing every tactic available to discredit and combat these efforts. Suddenly, US corporate broadcast media outlets, such as CNN and FOX News, who would usually object to the others' description of the color of the sky being blue, are condemning pro-Palestinian students together. With few exceptions, a bipartisan effort between Democratic and Republican Party representatives - who only seem capable of agreeing on financing war - has been launched to smear the anti-war movement as violent and anti-Semitic.

■ Pro-Palestine Protests Spread across the US Border to Canada, Mexico (Alahed News)
■ US Violently Clears Pro-Palestine Student at University of California: At Least 2,200 Arrested

Link: https://newstarget.com/2024-04-30-israel-wants-national-guards-deployed-against-student-protesters.html

Israel is not stopping at wreaking havoc in Gaza as they wait for billions of U.S. dollars to be funneled into the proxy war the Biden administration has been staging. The state is also meddling directly in American politics as it now calls protesting students terrorists and wants the U.S. National Guard to attack, arrest and suppress free speech in universities across the country. | Unsurprisingly, President Joe Biden agreed with Israel and accused the students of "blatant antisemitism." The president has been vocal about his all-out support and "loyalty" and has even publicly announced that his regime gives Israel $3.8 billion in military assistance annually. On Wednesday, Biden also signed into law a massive funding package that will provide an additional $17 billion to the country.

■ Biden Says Protests Haven’t Made Him Reconsider Support for Gaza Slaughter (Antiwar.com)
■ The Enemy Is Among Us? (Philip Giraldi)

Link: https://tass.com/world/1783071

The survey also found that 37% of voters believe another civil war is more likely to happen if incumbent President Joe Biden is re-elected | A total of 41% of potential US voters believe that the United States may face a new civil war within the next five years, including 16% who said the scenario is ‘very likely,’ according to an opinion poll published by Rasmussen Reports. ● Meanwhile, 49% of responders don’t think another civil war is likely in the next five years. The remaining 10% are not sure. ● The survey also found that 37% of voters believe another civil war is more likely to happen if incumbent President Joe Biden is re-elected, while 25% think the scenario is more likely if former President Donald Trump wins.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240503/anti-semitic-awareness-bill-direct-attack-on-free-speech-1118233876.html

On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed the HR 6090 Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which would encode the definition of anti-Semitism defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance into the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on shared ancestry, ethnic characteristics or national origin. | The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act would legally define criticism of the government or state of Israel as an act of anti-Semitism, and should concern every American, regardless of their views on Israel.

💬 “It would be as if you could not criticize US capitalism, and if you were to do so, you would be considered to be a bigot,” Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of history at the University of Houston told Sputnik’s The Critical Hour on Thursday. “Indeed, I think that you should correctly sense a whiff of what befell the United States in the 1950s with the so-called 'House un-American Activities Committee'.”

■ "Jews didn’t kill Jesus" – US House of Representatives (RT.com)
■ The Enemy Is Among Us? (Philip Giraldi)

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240502/odessa-massacre-ten-years-on-how-radicals-drowned-city-in-blood-to-subdue-ukraine-1118193803.html

Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the May 2, 2014 Odessa Trade Unions Building massacre, in which 48 anti-Maidan activists were burned alive by neo-Nazi thugs. The violence, coming soon after Kyiv kicked off its ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the Donbas, demonstrated the new regime’s readiness to drown Ukraine in blood to cling to power. | The US and EU-sponsored insurrection in the Ukrainian capital, which culminated in the ouster of the democratically elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych and his replacement by radical pro-US and ultra-nationalist forces seeking to scupper relations with Russia in favor of closer ties with the West, was met with anger by many residents in Ukraine’s southeast. Holding dear the centuries of common historical, cultural, linguistic, family, economic, and other bonds with Russia, residents of southeastern regions favored Ukraine’s entry into the Eurasian Union, and expressed opposition to the pro-EU, pro-NATO course of the new authorities in Kyiv. ● Odessa, Ukraine’s third-largest city after Kiev and Kharkov, was a crown jewel in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, bearing witness to almost all of the dramatic events of the 20th century. Odessa’s residents were involved in the 1905 Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. The city became a key center of resistance to the Nazis during the opening months of the Great Patriotic War, heroically holding out against numerically superior Axis forces for 73 days until mid-October 1941, and liberated in April 1944 after over two-and-a-half years of grueling occupation.

👉 Ukrainian politician names those behind Odessa tragedy in interview with TASS (TASS)
■ Ukraine’s neo-Nazis should face tribunal – Russia’s top senator (RT.com)

■ Ukraine's Whitewashed Odessa Massacre Report (Stephen Lendman)
■ The West on the Tragic Events in Ukraine: Lies and an Information Blockade (Nikolai Bobkin)
■ West bent on reviving fascism in Europe: Western cover-up of Odessa massacre (Finian Cunningham)
■ Washington, Ukrainian puppet regime prepare new fascist slaughter in Odessa (Alex Lantier)
■ Right Sector Thugs Attack Odessa Activists (Stephen Lendman)
■ The U.S. Elite Run a Ukrainian Genocide - Americans Are Ignorant of It (Eric Zuesse)
■ How Odessa residents were killed in the House of Trade Unions - details from the scene (+ PHOTOS)

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/for-ukraine-not-just-f-16s-but-the-weapons-for-them-too

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that F-16s could be carriers of nuclear weapons, and Moscow would take this into account in its combat operations. | "It’s not only the airplanes, but also the training of the pilots, training of the maintenance and also making sure we have the weapon systems to go with it," US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles Brown said. "That is the dialogue that we are having to not only just get to the airplanes but get to a full capability," he said. Kyiv [also] mentioned in early April that five groups of Ukrainian pilots were being trained in flying US F-16 fighter jets in the UK, Denmark, the US, and France. At the end of August 2023, the Netherlands said it would transfer 42 F-16s to Ukraine, while Copenhagen promised Kyiv 19 such machines.

■ NATO's Glaring Weakness On-Display in Moscow; Tanks and Armor Captured in Ukraine (HT)
■ Western Weapons From Ukraine On Darknet Marketplaces (Oriental Review)

Link: https://english.alahednews.com.lb/76092/393

Brown University reached an agreement on Tuesday with students protesting the “Israeli” aggression on Gaza that would see them remove their encampment from school grounds in exchange for the institution considering divesting from “Israel”. | The move represents the first major concession from an elite American university amid the continuous student protests that have paralyzed campuses across the country. ● In a statement, Brown president Christina Paxson said students had agreed to end their protests and clear their camp by 5 p.m. local time Tuesday and “refrain from further actions that would violate Brown’s conduct code through the end of the academic year.” ● In turn, “five students will be invited to meet with five members of the Corporation of Brown University in May to present their arguments to divest Brown’s endowment from ‘companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza.'” The board will vote on the proposal in October.

■ Student Protests Among ‘Most Important Things’ to Happen in US in Decades (Scott Ritter)
■ Russia Calls for Independent International Investigation of Mass Graves in Gaza (Sputnik)

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/police-crackdown-continues-against-pro-palestine-students-in

As the student movement for Gaza persists across US universities, police have been taking extreme measures to try and disintegrate pro-Palestine protests. | On Wednesday, police raided and tore down a student encampment on the campus of the University of Texas, leading to the arrests of dozens of students protesting "Israel's" genocide in the Gaza Strip and their universities' complicit role. ● At Fordham University, several students were arrested at a campus encampment following a police crackdown. Law enforcement was also deployed on standby near Columbia University following an earlier round of arrests against students. ● Following a warning from the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology threatening protesting students with disciplinary measures should they fail to shut down their on-campus encampment, protesters dug in, blocking an avenue in center-campus during rush hour. ● At the University of California, Los Angeles, police patrolled the vicinity after pro-"Israel" mobs attacked a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment.

■ US Police Attack, Arrest Pro Palestine Protesters at Columbia University (Alahed News)

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20240430/russian-air-defenses-shot-down-six-us-made-atacms-missiles-1118194962.html

The Russian military shot down six Ukrainian operational-tactical US-made long-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles over the previous 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

💬 "Air defense means shot down ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and two French Hammer guided aerial bombs during the day," the Defense Ministry said in a summary.

Earlier, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik that US President Joe Biden quietly directed his national security team to provide the ATACMS to Ukraine as part of the security assistance package announced in March, and that these munitions arrived in April. ● The United States kept the ATACMS delivery secret at the time in order to maintain Ukraine's operational security, the spokesman said.

■ Poland Officially Requests U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS (05/01/24)
■ NATO begins deploying troops to Ukraine and Russia is racing to win (05/01/24)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/596827-biden-gaffes-calculated-year/

White House staffers have corrected the US president’s public statements nearly 150 times so far this year, the Daily Caller says | US President Joe Biden has made so many mistakes in his public statements this year alone that his aides have been forced to correct him at least 148 times, an analysis of White House transcripts has shown. ● The review, conducted by conservative news website the Daily Caller and released on Monday, found that Biden has averaged more than one gaffe (1.3) per day in 2024. The analysis spanned 118 statements, speeches, and press encounters for which White House transcripts were issued and subsequently corrected by staff. ● Revisions have ranged from correcting Biden’s factual errors to adding words that he should have included, to changing the meaning of his comments entirely, the Daily Caller said.

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/police-take-down-gaza-encampment-at-university-of-utah

Only two hours after the encampment began in the University of Utah, state Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement warning protesters of what is Constitutionally protected free speech and what is not. | In another scene of college protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, hundreds gathered at the University of Utah in the state of Utah, as protestors called on the university to divest of its ties to "Israel". ● However, only two hours after the encampment began, state Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement warning protesters to mind what he said was constitutionally protected free speech and what was not. ● A message from the University of Utah then followed through a loudspeaker to demonstrators, "Students, faculty, staff, and community members, you have the right to express your viewpoint and we have heard you. You do not, however, have the right to set up structures or camp overnight. You are violating Utah state law and the University of Utah free speech policy". It continued to outline the resulting consequences.

■ Brown U. considers divesting from 'Israel' for encampment removal (Al Mayadeen)
■ LIVE: US university protests spread amid growing calls to end Gaza war (Al Jazeera)
■ Large police force invades Columbia University, seals off campus (Al Mayadeen)

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2024/5/1/nba-playoffs-bucks-and-76ers-win-to-stay-alive-cavs-take-lead-over-magic

Injury-riddled Milwaukee Bucks score a 115-92 win over Indiana Pacers, while Philadelphia 76ers beat NY Knicks 112-106. | Tyrese Maxey scored 46 points and Kelly Oubre Jr hit a tiebreaking layup in overtime as the visiting Philadelphia 76ers avoided elimination with a 112-106 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. ● Game 6 of the Eastern Conference series is on Thursday in Philadelphia, and if the 76ers can continue to stay alive, the teams will play a seventh game on Saturday in New York. Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 40 points.

Link: https://evol.news/news/top-eu-leader-covid-shots-are-biggest-crime-ever-committed-on-mankind-evol/

In a shocking statement, Christine Anderson, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Germany, has condemned the global mass COVID mRNA vaccination campaign as “the biggest crime to ever have been committed on mankind.” | Anderson made this explosive remark during an interview with reporter Anita Krishna. ● She believes that the global rollout of mRNA COVID injections will go down in history as the biggest medical scandal ever. ● Anderson’s comments come after she had her microphone cut off for calling EU President Ursula von der Leyen “corrupt” during a passionate speech in Parliament, where she demanded transparency regarding von der Leyen’s deal with Pfizer.

Link: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/netanyahu-urges-blocking-of-icc-action--us-officials-quick-t

According to Axios, US lawmakers from both parties are threatening the ICC with retaliatory action if it carries out its duties against Israeli officials. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked United States President Joe Biden to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials responsible for war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Axios said citing two Israeli officials. ● Reportedly, the names of Netanyahu, Security Minister Yoav Gallant, and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi have been circled as suspects of war crimes that the ICC will look to prosecute. [...] The ICC has been looking into war crimes committed back in 2014 in the Gaza Strip, however, it has produced no punitive decisions against individuals.

■ US Congress reportedly warns ICC over arrest warrants for Israeli officials (TRT World)
■ Israel fears ICC may order Netanyahu's arrest (rediff.com)
■ What is the International Criminal Court and why it has Israeli officials worried (AP News)
■ Russia says United States is being hypocritical over ICC and Israel (Investing.com)

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-israel-planning-ring-checkpoints-prevent-men-fleeing-rafah

Israel is setting up 'complex network' of checkpoints to prevent 'military age' men from fleeing Rafah assault, senior western official tells MEE | Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity. ● The checkpoints are designed to allow some women and children to leave Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli offensive, but unarmed, civilian Palestinian men will likely be separated from their families and remain trapped in Rafah during an expected Israeli assault. ● The previously unreported disclosure of Israel’s construction of a ring of checkpoints around Rafah underscores how Israel is pushing ahead with plans to attack the city where over one million displaced Palestinians are sheltering in tents and makeshift camps. ● The creation of gender-based checkpoints around Rafah would put a spotlight back on Israel’s practice of stripping and forcibly detaining male Palestinian men and children, as it faces rising scrutiny in the West of its conduct in the war. The rounding up of Palestinian males in Gaza and photographing them stripped to their underwear drew condemnation in December, with the US calling the images “deeply disturbing”.

■ 'Israel' has no 'Intl' credit' to invade Rafah: Ex-Israeli General (Al Mayadeen)
■ Live blog: Israeli army 'ready' to invade Gaza's Rafah in 72 hours (TRT World)
■ Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian officials say (Spectrum News)
■ 7 more Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes across Gaza (aNews)

Link: https://news.antiwar.com/2024/04/29/us-to-spend-320-million-constructing-gaza-pier/

President Biden pretends to want to get more aid into the Strip. | President Biden ordered the military to construct the pier "for aid deliveries" [They're building a pier to carry out the genocide, let's face it.] instead of pressuring Israel to open more land border crossings, which is by far the most efficient way to get more aid into the Strip. Israel will impose a strict inspection regime on aid shipments coming through the pier, requiring inspections before they’re shipped from Cyprus and again when the aid reaches the shore of Gaza. ● According to a report from The Jerusalem Post, the idea to build the pier came from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who proposed it to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in October. A reporter for Israel’s Kan news said last month that during a meeting of the Knessett’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu suggested using the pier to remove Palestinians from Gaza. [It'll probably be Cyprus first, and then into the rest of Europe later.] ■ Temporary aid pier off Gaza to be operational in May: Pentagon (aNews)