The Taliban has fired hundreds of beardless men from Afghanistan’s security detail over their clean-shaven appearance.
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Venezuelan Supreme Court affirms Maduro win in highly contested election
Venezuela’s Supreme Court affirmed Nicolas Maduro’s win in the July presidential election on Thursday after the highly contested outcome.
‘No Israeli Withdrawal, No Ceasefire Deal’: Hamas
‘No Israeli Withdrawal, No Ceasefire Deal’: Hamas
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement released a joint statement on Thursday, confirming they will reject any agreement that does not include an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The joint statement was issued following a meeting between PIJ Secretary-General Ziad Nakhala and Hamas Shura Council head Mohammad Darwish in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
The statement stressed the “necessity of stopping the aggression and war to which the Palestinian people are being subjected and punishing the leaders of the occupation for the crimes they are committing against humanity.”
“The position of the resistance and the Palestinian people on achieving any agreement is a comprehensive cessation of aggression, a complete withdrawal from the Strip, the start of reconstruction, and the end of the siege with a serious exchange deal,” the joint statement added.
It also held “the occupation leaders responsible for aborting the efforts undertaken by the mediators through their insistence on continuing the aggression and denying what was done in previous stages, especially the proposal approved by the movement [Hamas] on 2 July.”
Additionally, the Hamas and PIJ statement renewed the call for the immediate delivery of sufficient amounts of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, warning of the “consequences of the continued collective punishment” by Israel.
The statement comes as a new round of ceasefire talks – unattended by Hamas – are expected to kick off in the coming days. The meetings were initially scheduled for Wednesday in the Egyptian capital but were delayed to an unspecified date.
“The high-level Cairo meeting regarding the negotiations will be held on Saturday or Sunday. The negotiating team is working around the clock to bridge the gap, including the Philadelphia file with Egypt,” an Israeli official told Yedioth Ahronoth on Thursday.
Wednesday’s Biden-Netanyahu phone call included the US President issuing the same repeat call for achieving a quick ceasefire, but with little other substance…
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 President Joe Biden spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu by phone last night about the threat presented by Iran and its proxy forces, and about the necessity for a ceasefire in Gaza.https://t.co/vhKiuBLo0x | @docinkc pic.twitter.com/wSLQmOmOwg
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) August 22, 2024
Hamas has rejected a new US-backed proposal – which Washington says Israel has agreed to – for failing to address the group’s demands for a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and several other issues.
It is unclear precisely what is in the new proposal. A Hamas official told Al-Sharq on August 20 that the proposal does not include an Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border, as Hamas’ terms stipulate. Netanyahu himself confirmed on the same date that Israel would refuse any withdrawal from the Gaza–Egypt border.
The source also said the proposal demands a screening mechanism to inspect displaced Gazans who would return to the northern strip as part of an agreement – one of the many Israeli conditions complicating recent negotiations.
Some pundits have pointed out that the US President could bring real pressure to bear on the situation if he wanted to…
I wrote in the Guardian about how Reagan with a single phone call made Begin end his Beirut offensive in 1982 in 20 mins. It turns out Carter did the same 4 years earlier, with the threat to cut off military aid.
Joe Biden could be doing so much *if* he wanted to stop Netanyahu. https://t.co/O4fjt70hPt
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 21, 2024
It also does not guarantee a permanent ceasefire. The US proposal states that “a permanent ceasefire will be discussed in the second phase within a specific limit, and if Hamas does not agree to the Israeli demands, the army will return to the war and carry out its military operations,” according to the source.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 08/22/2024 – 14:35
Influencer Andrew Tate placed under house arrest in Romania in new probe
A Romanian court on Thursday placed controversial influencer Andrew Tate — who is already awaiting trial over human trafficking and rape charges — under house arrest, a day after raiding his home in a new investigation involving minors. One of the world’s best-known influencers known for misogynist and sometimes violent maxims, Tate, 37, has already […]
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Next Issue Of The Wild Bunch: How To Defeat Large Violent Mobs Without Using Guns – Alt-Market.us
Issue #117 of The Wild Bunch Dispatch, Alt-Market’s exclusive newsletter covering concepts and tactics for defeating globalism, is set to…
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Nicaragua orders churches to pay taxes in ongoing crackdown
Nicaragua ordered churches and religious entities to pay income tax and forced the closure of more than 150 non-governmental organizations, according to an official statement Thursday, in a further crackdown on opponents of President Daniel Ortega. The resolution to “repeal” the law exempting such organizations from tax was published in the official La Gaceta newspaper, […]
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DAVID KRAYDEN: How do democracies die? From social media ‘crimes’
Forget the Nazis coming across the English Channel. They’re in London now.
Oprah Winfrey Completely Omits Democrat’s Long History of Supporting Segregation in DNC Speech
Oprah Winfrey brought the so-called “joy” to her surprise DNC appearance on Wednesday — literally belting out “Joooooy!” in her signature vocal vibrato to the thousands gathered at the Chicago convention. But what the former talk-show diva left out were historic facts in what amounted to yet another attempt by Democrat elites to manipulate black voters.
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Venezuela Supreme Court confirms Maduro’s reelection after fraud claims: statement
This is a developing story.. check back for updates.
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KENNY CODY: RFK Jr should endorse Trump
Let’s not mince words: if Kennedy were to drop out and endorse Trump, it would be one of the most patriotic moves a presidential candidate has ever made.