John Mullen (2024-02-03). Farmers' revolt in France. mronline.org Farmers in France are not a homogenous block, and the left needs to be able to unite with its more progressive elements to generalize revolt, argues John Mullen.

albawaba (2024-02-03). Turkish intelligence uncovers extensive MOSSAD network in Turkey. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In a developing narrative, intriguing details emerge as the interrogation of the seven suspects apprehended in a joint Mƒ∞T and General Directorate of Security operation unfolds in Istanbul and Izmir.As per insider information, it's revealed that MOSSAD initiated contact with the suspects, posing as a research company. Initial tasks involved basic research assignments to identify individuals, later escalating to more ominous roles such as extortion or potential assassinations.The suspects, while aware of their association with a foreign intelligence agency, continued their involvement with M…

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. (2024-02-03). Israel Bombed Belgian Aid Office In Gaza. popularresistance.org Belgian officials expressed outrage Thursday after Israeli forces reportedly bombed the office building of the Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation in the Gaza Strip, an attack that came after Belgium declined to join the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries in cutting off funding to the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency. | "The offices of Enabel, the Belgian development agency in Gaza, were bombed and destroyed," Hadja Lahbib, Belgium's foreign affairs minister, wrote on social media. "Targeting civilian buildings is unacceptable." | Lahbib and Caroline Gennez, Belgium's minister of developm…

newarab (2024-02-03). Belgium summons Israeli ambassador over bombing of agency. newarab.com Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs "I have just summoned the Israeli ambassador to express our strong condemnation of the destruction of Enabel offices in Gaza. Attacks on civilian infrastructure breach the principles of international humanitarian law," Lahbib posted on X. "All parties must adhere to it." | Images shared online showed the build…

MEE staff (2024-02-04). UK and US jets strike more Houthi targets in Yemen overnight. middleeasteye.net

Editor (2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…

Jake Johnson, Consortium News. (2024-02-04). Western Officials Warn Of War-Crimes Complicity. popularresistance.org More than 800 government officials in the United States and Europe released a letter Friday criticizing their countries' leaders for providing unconditional military and diplomatic support to Israel as it inflicts disaster on Gaza's population. The authors of the letter, who remain anonymous, wrote that their attempts to voice concerns internally about their governments' support for Israel's assault on Gaza "were overruled by political and ideological considerations." | "We are obliged to do everything in our power on behalf of our countries and ourselves to not be complicit in one of the worst human catastrophes…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-02-04). European farmers' protests: The fight back against the war on farming. expose-news.com Representatives from European farming groups went to Brussels last Wednesday to make their voices heard and show solidarity in the fight back against the EU's war on farming. As the farmer' protests …

Marta Paterlini (2024-02-03). World Report] Italy to expand care for eating disorders after protests. thelancet.com Nationwide demonstrations took place after the Health Ministry cut funding for anorexia and bulimia, but activists remain sceptical. Marta Paterlini reports.

albawaba (2024-02-03). ICJ greenlights probe into alleged genocide in eastern Ukraine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has greenlit an investigation into Ukraine's claim that Russia committed genocide against the Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine. The court, led by U.S. judge Joan Donoghue and consisting of a 16-judge panel, will specifically focus on determining if the alleged genocide took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, currently under Russian control.However, the ICJ ruled that it lacks jurisdiction over Ukraine's broader claim, which accuses Russia of violating the United Nations Genocide Convention by invading the country.The case originated from Rus…

albawaba (2024-02-03). Ukraine unleashes drones in daring naval operation, sinks Russian warship. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – In a dramatic revelation, Ukraine has disclosed a military operation near Crimea, the region annexed by Russia in 2014, asserting that they successfully attacked and sank a Russian warship.The Ukrainian military intelligence shared a video on social media, showcasing a fleet of drones encircling a ship and initiating gunfire. The video concludes with the ship submerging into the water. Ukraine identifies the sunken vessel as the Ivanovets, a Russian Navy ship, a confirmation echoed by Russian war bloggers.Valued between 60-70 million dollars, the Ivanovets, a small missile ship, is believed to have had…

Eric Zuesse (2024-02-03). "Victoria Nuland — she's the real ruler of Ukraine" dissidentvoice.org Alexander Mercouris has perhaps the best track-record of all prognosticators on the important international news-stories, and this very much includes on the important news stories regarding the Ukraine crisis, not only since Russia's invasion of Ukraine started on 24 February 2022, but going all the way back to 2016 when he first reported. And, more …

WSWS (2024-02-03). New Zealand establishes closer military ties with Australia against China. wsws.org A joint ministerial statement affirmed support for the alliance with the US and its war against Russia, the expanding conflict in the Middle East, and the US-war drive in the Indo-Pacific against China.

Larry Johnson (2024-02-04). Ukraine's Leadership Soap Opera Continues to Boil. sonar21.com Happier Times for the Troubled Couple | Oh my. The sad tale of a bromance gone bad. I guess Zaluzhny and Zelensky won't be hugging it out. | Looks like Ukraine's General Zaluzhny has more lives than a cat. There were news reports every day for the last week that Zaluzhny was out. We were informed last weekend that the comedian, Zelensky, fired Zaluzhny in a face-to-face meeting and Zaluzhny told him to stick it. (For my foreign readers who are not native English speakers the phrase, "stick it", means that Zelensky should shove the suggestion up his anal canal. Given Zelensky's proven prowess as a penis piano p…

Angela (2024-02-03). Friday 2/23: San Jose: Peace Vigil – Call for Ceasefire Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Bharat Dogra (2024-02-03). The Difference Between Common Perception and Reality Regarding the Ukraine Conflict. globalresearch.ca

Disasters Emergency Committee (2024-02-03). Ukraine Local Pooled Fund [EN/UK]. reliefweb.int Country: Ukraine | Sources: Disasters Emergency Committee, Start Network | Please refer to the attached files. | This guidance document for the

Larry Johnson (2024-02-03). Round Table with the Judge as U.S. Fulfills Ground Hog Day Prediction. sonar21.com Was a very busy day on the podcast front. In addition to my solo outing, I talked with RT about the sentencing of the CIA contractor who leaked the Vault 7 documents to Wikileaks, chatted with the Judge and Ray McGovern on the weekly roundtable and did an hour with Nima (that should post on Sunday). | News was breaking as Ray and I came on live with the Judge. We originally planned to discuss the soap opera drama in Ukraine but all networks were lighting up to report the U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Iraq were underway. This is a colossal waste of expensive U.S. weaponry that is going to achieve nothing sign…