Cui bono? Who benefits?
To understand #TRE45ON, you have to ask, how does it benefit #Putin.
Trump tells #MAGARepublicans to oppose #Ukrainian aid because it benefits Putin. Putin’s only hope in #Ukraine is a win by #ComradeTrump in November. pic.twitter.com/LWKRnlLYZJ
— CHUNTERKAP (@chunterkap) February 15, 2024
Day: February 15, 2024
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
According to the report, the US was preparing a package of sanctions that would include actions taken against the two far-right ministers who are influential members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.
The sanctions were considered amid exacerbated tensions between the US and Israel due to Washington’s insistence that Israel refrain from carrying out a full-fledged invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu, who spoke with US President Joe Biden earlier in the week, insisted that he planned to move forward with a military operation in Rafah on Wednesday.
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a mosque in Rafah, February 12, 2024 (credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA)
Could Biden reverse pro-Israel policies enacted by Donald Trump?
In addition to sanctions on Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, US officials told the WSJ that the White House wanted to enact a package that would reverse pro-Israeli policies set by Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, as a means to show America’s “strong message of discontent.”
The policies that were planned to be reversed included the 2020 decision to label all goods made in the West Bank’s Area C as “made in Israel,” as per the report. In the end, Washington settled on a special presidential order against four Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
This is a developing story.
The United States is considering imposing sanctions on Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) February 15, 2024
US Congress condemns Hamas sexual violence in bipartisan resolution; Tlaib abstains https://t.co/5s888dmqfK
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) February 15, 2024
Prime Minister Netanyahu to Biden:
“Recognition of Palestinian state would amount to handing out a prize to October 7 butchers” pic.twitter.com/ULaykRVPeN
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 15, 2024
It appears the Kremlin has no problem dishonoring its own veterans with senseless slaughter in a genocidal war, but it draws the line at meltable phalluses.https://t.co/hWW3smQF3h
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 15, 2024
#Breaking: Israeli security forces confiscated six military drones from UNRWA donations that entered the West Bank from Jordan via the Allenby Crossing.
Via @i24NEWS_EN pic.twitter.com/ZQkcN2SMHP— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 15, 2024
Interesting from 2019. “There is strong evidence…a Russian company called KB Arsenal is working on a new type of military satellite equipped with a nuclear power source. Called Ekipazh, its mission may well be to perform electronic warfare from space.” https://t.co/H90seRFaMd pic.twitter.com/mOSjwXFtGO
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) February 15, 2024
In a letter to Pope Francis, a group of Rabbis and scholars of Jewish-Christian dialogue express gratitude for his “outstretched hand to Jews worldwide” and for “his active opposition to anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism.”https://t.co/bfQZspANSE
— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) February 15, 2024
В Украине российскому олигарху Олегу Дерипаске заочно сообщили о подозрении в финансировании войны. Также были задержаны топ-менеджеры принадлежащих Дерипаске украинских предприятий, которые поставляли в РФ сырье для производства ракет “Искандер”https://t.co/dpFXHpV7U4
— Настоящее Время (@CurrentTimeTv) February 15, 2024