Russia Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital – With A Catch
The announcement appeared on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
website. It began as a generic statement concerning their position on
the stalled negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis, but
concluded with the startling statement that they view West Jerusalem as
the capital of Israel.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The newly minted Trump administration – as well as the American
people – are being subjected to an ongoing, evolving disinformation
campaign to discredit, disable and destroy Donald Trump’s presidency in
its infancy.
Trump’s Sudden Strike On Syria Sends A Chilling Message To Kim Jong-un
North Korea almost certainly felt the geopolitical impact of
President Donald Trump’s strike on Syria Thursday. In response to a
brutal chemical weapons attack, the Trump administration is calling for
the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. military
carried out a missile strike Thursday evening on a Syrian airbase
housing the aircraft that dropped the chemical weapons on innocent
civilians in violation of international restrictions. “Years of previous
attempts at changing Assad’s behavior have all failed and failed very
dramatically,” Trump stated Thursday evening, suggesting that a new
approach is needed.
‘Assad bears full responsibility’: how the world reacted to Donald Trump’s missile strike on Syria
Donald Trump’s targeted military intervention in Syria has been
welcomed in western-friendly capitals as a “just” and “proportionate”
response to the use of chemical weapons. France and Germany issued a
joint statement saying that Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president “bears
full responsibility” for the precision strike which used sea-launched
cruise missiles to destroy a Syrian airbase. Meanwhile Donald Tusk, the
president of the European Council welcomed the move and said the EU will
“work with the US to end brutality in Syria”.
Russia calls for emergency UN meeting after US strikes on Syria
Russia wants an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to
discuss US missile strikes on Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
on Friday, describing the action as “thoughtless.” The ministry said in a
statement that Russia was also suspending a Syrian air safety agreement
with the United States,
Commander in Chief Trump makes it clear: The Americans are back
At 4:40 in the morning, two US warships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against the Syrian regime’s Al
Shayrat Airbase, where warplanes that carried out Tuesday’s deadly Khan
Sheikhoun chemical gas attack were based. It was a calculated strike,
carried out just hours after Defense Secretary James Mattis presented
military options on Syria to US President Donald Trump, and was praised
by Western and Arab leaders as well by Israel.
Amidror: US attack in Syria shows Iran that military option is indeed ‘on the table’
Iran, more than any other country in the world, is carefully taking note
of the US missile attack in Syria overnight, former National Security
Council head Yaakov Amidror said Friday. “More than any place in the
world, the decision makers in Iran are learning the reaction of the
Americans, taking into account that if they don’t behave, the military
option is on the table, unlike the previous administration,” Amidror
said during a conference call organized by The Israel Project.
Russia, Iran condemn US strike in Syria as Britain, Turkey give support
Russia and Iran condemned a US strike on a Syrian airbase on Friday as
Australia, Britain and Turkey gave their support, with Australian Prime
Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling it a “proportionate” response to the
use of chemical weapons. US President Donald Trump ordered missile
strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons
attack was launched, declaring he acted in America’s “vital national
security interest”.
Heavy security measures to be taken in Jerusalem for Passover, Easter
More than 3,500 policemen will patrol Jerusalem during Passover and
Easter with an emphasis on the Old City, where some 150,000 visitors
from around the globe are expected to gather at the Western Wall and in
the Christian Quarter. Following two recent stabbing attacks in the
Muslim Quarter, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said security will be
at its highest level to ensure the public’s safety.
Anti-Zuma protests across South Africa
Protesters are gathering in major South African cities calling for
President Jacob Zuma to step down after the sacking of a respected
finance minister. Crowds are building ahead of demonstrations in
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and the capital, Pretoria. Mr Zuma’s
sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan led to the country’s credit
rating being cut to junk status.
Trump welcomes ‘friend’ China’s Xi for talks
US President Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to
his Florida resort for their first summit. Mr Trump said the two men had
“developed a friendship” as they sat for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago
retreat. The American leader is expected to press his counterpart for
action on North Korea, and Mr Xi to seek assurances on Taiwan.
Uruguay to sell cannabis in pharmacies from July
Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final
stage in the country’s pioneering regularisation of the drug. The South
American country will be the first in the world to legally sell the drug
over the counter for recreational use. The move was set in motion in
2013 with a law that fully legalised the cannabis trade.
Close to Half of American Adults Infected With HPV
More than 42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 are
infected with genital human papillomavirus, according to the first
survey to look at the prevalence of the virus in the adult population.
The report, published on Thursday by the National Center for Health
Statistics, found that certain high-risk strains of the virus infected
25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women.
FCC Chief Ajit Pai Develops Plans to Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out preliminary
plans to roll back the agency’s net neutrality rules in a meeting this
week with trade associations, according to several people familiar with
the matter. The conversation shows that the FCC chairman is inching
closer to making his plans public…The plans appear aimed at preserving
the basic principles of net neutrality but shifting enforcement to the
Federal Trade Commission, while undoing…the regulatory overreach of the
FCC’s rules.
North Korea vows ‘most ruthless blow’ on United States after Donald Trump pledges to build up defences against Pyongyang
“Our army has already said that if there will be even the smallest
provocation from the United States during exercises, we are ready to
deliver the most ruthless blow,” Interfax news agency quoted ambassador
Kim Hyong-Jun as saying. “We have the readiness and ability to counter
any challenge from the US,” he was quoted as saying.
Cedar Hill At Center Of Mumps Outbreak
Dallas County Health and Human Services report 76 mumps cases in the
county, 56 of them coming from students and teachers in Cedar Hill ISD. A
letter went out to Cedar Valley College students and staff alerting
them about a high school student from Cedar Hill Collegiate Academy
taking classes there might have exposed others.
Israel ‘studying’ Russian statement on Jerusalem recognition
Israel says it is looking into a Russian statement that recognizes its
claim to Jerusalem while also recognizing the Palestinian claim.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it reaffirms “the status of east
Jerusalem as the capital of the future Palestinian state…we regard west
Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.” Hitherto, recognizing
Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel has always been a cornerstone of the
Kremlin’s Middle East policy…
U.S. Launches Missiles at Syrian Base After Chemical Weapons Attack
The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday night at a
Syrian airfield in response to what it believes was Syria’s use of
banned chemical weapons that killed at least 100 people, the U.S.
military said.
Now That Trump’s ‘Red Line’ Has Been Crossed, Will He Turn Damascus Into A ‘Ruinous Heap’?
Will a false flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province be the
trigger that causes World War 3 to erupt in the Middle East? In Part I
of this series, I discussed how previous chemical attacks that were
blamed on the Assad regime actually turned out to be false flag attacks
conducted by Syrian rebels that were absolutely desperate to draw the
United States into the Syrian civil war on their side. And considering
the fact that the Syrian rebels have been consistently losing territory
in recent months, they are now more desperate than ever
Ben Carson Uncovered Half a Trillion dollars in ‘Bookkeeping Errors’ in Obama’
Ben Carson has revealed massive incompetence and possibly corruption in
Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development, with over half a
trillion dollars improperly accounted for. The inspector general (IG)
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revealed this
week that for three straight years, Obama’s HUD staff cooked the books,
according to. These morons wouldn’t know a balance sheet from a fitted
sheet, reports Blacksphere.
Syria Denies, Condemns Use Of Chemical Weapons
With global sentiment turning against Syria again, and even president
Trump yesterday saying his opinion on Syrian policy has changed (it was
not immediately clear just how), on Thursday Syria’s foreign minister
dismissed allegations that the Syrian Army deployed chemical weapons in
the city of Idlib, saying the military will never use such weapons
against its own people or even terrorists.
Ron Paul: Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria Likely a False Flag
According to former Congressman Ron Paul, the chemical weapons attack in
Khan Sheikhoun that killed 30 children and has led to calls for the
Trump administration to intervene in Syria could have been a false flag
attack…“It doesn’t make any sense for Assad under these conditions to
all of a sudden use poison gases – I think there’s zero chance he would
have done this deliberately,” said Paul.
Mother Shocked After Daughter Comes Home From School With Birth Control Implant In Her Arm Miracle
Foster, a mother from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had no idea what her daughter
was in for when she took part in a sex-education presentation at her
school. After the presentation the 16-year-old girl wanted more
information, so the school decided to send her and several other girls
to a local clinic. The school’s principle informed the mom, and she gave
them permission, thinking that her daughter was going on an innocent
field trip.