ISRAEL
Crisis with Jordan averted: Wounded security guard returns to Israel
After an intense two days, the staff of the Israeli embassy in Jordan has returned to Israel. They were joined by the wounded security guard who eliminated the Jordanian assailant that attacked him with a screwdriver in his home.
Israel removes flashpoint metal detectors at holy site
Israel’s security cabinet voted early on Tuesday to remove and replace them with less obtrusive surveillance.
…Replaced with “smart surveillance” – Palestinians reject new measures
…Vow to continue protests against the installation of surveillance cameras
Yes, please. Continue. Show the world how disagreeable you are!
Israel Hit With Rocket Fire From Gaza Amid Temple Mount Tension
WARS & RUMORS THEREOF
Syria war: Russia sends police to southern ‘safe zones’
It is the first time foreign personnel have been despatched to help implement the “safe zones” agreed with Turkey and Iran earlier this year.
Sweden to hold ‘biggest military exercise in decades’ with Nato amid fears over Russia
The first exercise, called Aurora 17, is scheduled for September and designed to strengthen the country’s defences and create a “credible and visible” deterrent to make its neighbours “carefully consider the risks of attacking” it, the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement.
NATO SHOWS UKRAINE SUPPORT AT SEA, BUT WAR IN EAST TURNS BLOODY
Erdogan Sees ‘No Harm’ in Turkey’s Purchase of Russian Missiles despite NATO Criticism
There will be “no harm” in Turkey’s upcoming purchase of a S-400 ballistic missile system from Russia, Turkish President Recep Erdogan has said, retorting to NATO criticism over the long-negotiated arms deal between Ankara and Moscow.
Ooh, they is cuddly! Is Turkey and Russia…! Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm!
US & GLOBAL ECONOMY
Battle Lines Are Being Drawn In Venezuela As The Socialist Nation Inches Toward Civil War
Obviously, the lack of food in Venezuela is a key factor in that nation’s unrest. Multiple studies have shown in the past that when food prices escalate to a certain point, riots and revolutions become very likely, even in cases where the population isn’t specifically revolting over the price of food. But in any case the lack of food, skyrocketing crime, rampant corruption, and flippant tyranny that are all fueling the unrest, and giving people like Oscar Perez lots of support in both high and low places.
WHITE HOUSE
Former CIA Director Calls For A Coup If Trump Fires Mueller
In the most vocal opposition to president Donald Trump yet, former CIA Director John Brennan said that if the White House tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, government officials should refuse to follow the president orders, as they would be – in his view – “inconsistent” with the duties of the executive branch.
ISLAM & NEW WORLD ORDER
HOW ISIS REMOTE-CONTROLS ITS EUROPEAN OPERATIVES TO COMMIT AN ATTACK: ‘BE QUICK’
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) directed two remote attacks on German soil last year.
Before they launched their assaults—a suicide bombing in Ansbach and an ax assault in the Bavarian city of Wurzburg —the perpetrators were in touch with the group’s fighters in Iraq and Syria.
Now a reporter from Germany has uncovered how ISIS directs those who reach out to the group with a desire to attack, detailing how the group’s influence in Europe goes much further than mere inspiration.