🔴‘Hannibal Directive’: Israel Killed Own Citizens on Oct 7 – UN

A UN investigation found “strong indications” that the ‘Hannibal Directive’ was used in several instances that day, “harming Israelis at the same time as striking Palestinian militants.”

The directive – officially revoked in 2016 – was put in place to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers by enemy forces who may use them as bargaining chips, allowing troops to open fire even if it caused the death of a comrade.

The report concluded that at least 14 Israeli civilians, including 12-year-old twins and a 68-year-old grandmother, “were likely killed as a result of Israeli security forces fire.”

Tel Aviv has yet to specifically address the Hannibal Directive accusations but it has rejected the overall report after it found Israel guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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❗️Israel-Born Dutch Senator Fails Security Check – Loses Cabinet Post

The move comes after a classified report by the Dutch secret service on Gidi Markuszower – with some journalists in the Netherlands suspecting him to be a Mossad agent.

Markuszower - who in 2010 pulled out of an election race following a report by the AIVD secret service about his alleged contacts with an unnamed foreign intelligence service - has yet to respond to a request by the Times of Israel for comment on the subject.

Lawmaker Marjolein Faber will replace Markuszower as Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom candidate for immigration and asylum minister, the leader of the Netherlands’ largest political party said.

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⚠️ FLASHBACK: Australian PM Gough Whitlam Admits He Was Blackmailed by Israeli Lobby to Support 1973 Yom Kippur War

Whitlam refused to have his govt coerced and remained neutral in the conflict.

Two years later, Whitlam was fired by the Governor General in what would become the most controversial moment in Australian political history… 🤔

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❗️One of the conditions for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be a statement from Kiev that it renounces its intentions to join NATO, Putin said.

Russia today makes another real peace proposal, but if the West and Kiev refuse, the bloodshed is their responsibility, he added.

After the outlined proposals for negotiations on Ukraine, Putin said that there are no talks about freezing the conflict, but about a complete cessation.

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⚠️ Candace Owens Claims Charles Manson Was “CIA Asset” Working with “MK Ultra Govt Program”

Hollywood exposed?

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📈Company Bankruptcies Soar in Germany

Some 5,209 companies filed for bankruptcy in Germany in the first three months of the year, the Federal Statistical Office revealed Friday, continuing an upward spike.

This year's first quarter figure was 26.5% higher than in the same time period last year. It was also 11.2% higher than in same quarter in 2020, before the coronavirus forced closures across the country.

Experts expect the number of corporate insolvencies in Germany to rise to around 20,000 cases in 2024 – with a mixture of high energy prices and high interest rates proving to be a lethal cocktail.

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🏁 NATO currently has 500,000 personnel across all branches of the armed forces in a state of high readiness, stated Stoltenberg.

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➡️China’s Premier Surface Combatant Ships Drill Together for First Time in South China Sea

🔴6-day “round-the-clock combat exercises”
🔴3x Type 055 destroyer (Renhai cruiser) detachment deployed
🔴Involved precision strikes, anti-submarine warfare, and air defense

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⚡️ The Estonian opposition is calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas over a €1.6 billion budget shortfall for ammunition, Euractiv reported.

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⚠️ ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria Spreads at Record Rate in Japan

The country has reported 977 cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in 2024 – already exceeding an all-time high of 941 infections detected last year.

In some severe cases, strep A bacteria can become invasive – seeping from cuts and wounds deep into soft tissue and muscle, where it triggers necrotising fasciitis, a “flesh-eating disease.”

Tokyo has been most affected by the record surge, with 145 cases in the first six months of 2024.

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➡️ JUST IN: ANC and white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance reach deal to form unity government in South Africa

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😂 Oops, Irony! 92% of drones used by American police, firefighters and rescue workers are... made in China

US drones cost 3x as much as Chinese ones - and are technologically inferior.

When reality meets imperialism.

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🇪🇺“Not in Good Faith”: NATO Officially Rejects Peace Proposal from Putin

Till the last Ukrainian?

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