Monday, February 20, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/20/2023 BRITISH DOCTORS VOTE FOR STRIKE, BIDEN IN KIEV, FIREARMS BAN IN WARSAW FOR BIDEN VISIT,

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)


A new tremor in the earthquake disaster area on the Turkish-Syrian border but first...




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



ONE DEAD AND 13 INJURED TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AT A METALS FACTORY IN OAKWOOD VILLAGE, OHIO SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...WJW FOX 8 CLEVELAND



The founder of the conservative activist media organization Project Veritas James O'Keefe ousted as CEO after a recent video exposing the pharma industry giant Pfizer over the COVID vaccine.



O'Keefe spoke to some employees of Project Veritas today...JAMES O'KEEFE VIDEO YOU TUBE (FULL 44 MINUTE VIDEO)...GREG PRICE TWITTER (VIDEO EMBED)...TOWNHALL






LATE TONIGHT THE KNESSET ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT VOTING FOR THE FIRST PASSAGE OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN.


THE VOTE 63-47 WITH SOME LAWMAKERS STAGING A BOYCOTT.


THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING IN OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


More on earlier developments in this story earlier in the summary....



In the nation of Suriname a wave of arrests following last Friday's January 6th style incident at the country's parliament building.



Police arresting anyone in the small nation on the northeastern coast of South America calling for protest against the government over cuts in subsidies for fuel and other necessities dictated by international banking terms for loans...STARNIEUWS SURINAME (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THE UNITED STATES BACKING AN ANTI-ISRAEL UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT CONDEMNING JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






       MONDAY NIGHT PROTEST WALK IN EISENACH GERMANY 2/20/2023



Monday night protests in Germany for peace and against the hostility towards Russia over Ukraine.



Numerous cities and towns sites of protest thousands on the streets including Freiberg in eastern Germany.    The banner fronting tonight's walk:


           "Frieden schaffen OHNE waffen"



       "Building Peace WITHOUT Weapons"...



FULL VIDEO FREIBERG, GERMANY PROTEST (PROTEST IS SEEN FOUR MINUTES INTO 97 MINUTE VIDEO)






Junior doctors in the UK voting to go on a 72-hour strike, maybe as early as the middle of next month.



Taking into account pay cuts imposed since 2008 and the rate of inflation which now exceeds 10 percent, the doctors are seeking a 26 percent pay increase...BBC NEWS




THE BANK OF ISRAEL RAISING THE COUNTRY'S PRIME LENDING RATE TO 4.25 PERCENT...YNET NEWS ISRAEL




MARKETS TODAY A MIXED PICTURE THE DOW INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 129.84 POINTS.


THE NASDAQ DOWN 68.56 POINTS.


AT 458 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL at 77 DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS A BARREL UP 79 CENTS...MARKETWATCH





A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AREA ALONG THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM LOCAL TIME (12 NOON EASTERN US TIME.


A 5.8 AFTERHOCK REPORTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS FOLLOWED BY FOUR OTHERS.


AT LEAST THREE KILLED AND 600 INJURED IN TURKIYE...TRT NEWS TURKIYE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BBC NEWS...


ALSO FIVE DEATHS REPORTED IN SYRIA FOUR FROM A STAMPEDE...TASS RUSSIA




"Today on our President's Day, Joe Biden, the President of the United States chose Ukraine over America, while forcing the American people to pay for Ukraine's government and war..."




That's some of the reaction coming in multiple tweets today from Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to the Joe Biden visit to Ukraine...MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TWITTER POST...



 Biden making a surprise visit to Kiev today.


Biden holding talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky...BBC NEWS BLOG...



Shortly before Biden arrived in Ukraine Russia was notified in name of "deconfliction"...TASS RUSSIA


In the Polish capital Warsaw a ban imposed on carrying firearms even for those who have legal permits to carry them.



It's all because of Joe Biden's visit there with a police spokesman talking about "security reasons"...TASS RUSSIA



More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...





ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU RALLYING WITH SUPPORTERS TODAY SAYING THE CONTROVERSIAL JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN WILL BE VOTED ON IN PARLIAMENT TODAY.


BUT HE URGED HIS OPPONENTS TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE THE JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN COMES TO A FINAL VOTE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...




THIS MORNING THE HOMES OF PARLIAMENT MEMBERS BLOCKED AHEAD OF THE EARLY VOTE ON PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN ...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un with a new warning as North Korea launched two more short range missiles eastwards into the sea today.


Kim Yō Jong saying in part that the actions of US military forces will determine:



"The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range"...



                           SKY NEWS UK



AS THE RHETORIC BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA HEATS UP NATIONS ALIGNED WITH THE US ARE STARTING TO PREPARE THEIR PEOPLE FOR THE NOTION OF CONFLICT WITH CHINA.


 GOVERNMENT MEDIA IN AUSTRALIA (ABC) HAS STARTED A SERIES "WHAT WOULD WAR WITH CHINA LOOK LIKE FOR AUSTRALIA".


EXPERTS INTERVIEWED FOR THE SERIES EXPRESS DOUBTS AND FEARS ABOUT HOW SUCH A WAR WOULD PLAY OUT UNCERTAIN OF VICTORY AND FEARFUL OF ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES.


VIEWS ALSO EXPRESSED THAT DIALOGUE IS NEEDED BEFORE THERE IS CONFLICT...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





                RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




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