NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/26/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND PEACE PROTEST IN PARIS, US PUSHES CHINA SENDING WEAPONS TO RUSSIA NARRATIVE, DEADLY TERROR ATTACK IN ISRAEL FOLLOWED BY RETALIATORY ATTACKS BY CIVILIANS, DOZENS OF MIGRANTS DEAD IN BOAT WRECK NEAR ITALY

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

            THE MARCH FOR PEACE IN PARIS OPPOSING THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S MILITARY SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE SUNDAY 2/26/2023

A protest opposing the military support being given to Ukraine by the NATO countries today.

Thousands marched in the streets of Paris...

More on this weekend's peace protest in Berlin later in the summary...

Twitter laid off at least 200 employees this weekend.   That's around 10 percent of the social media giant's workforce.

The layoffs involved data scientists, engineers and product managers...AAP-THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA

 (UPDATED) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HOLDING AN URGENT SECURITY MEETING LATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING A TERRORIST ATTACK AND THE JEWISH CIVILIAN RESPONSE TO IT.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT SAY A PALESTINIAN WAS KILLED BY JEWISH RESIDENTS NEAR THE SITE OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK AS THEY LAUNCHED RETALIATORY ATTACKS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MORE DETAILS  FURTHER DOWN IN THE NEWS SUMMARY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS....

Tonight the United States says that following talks in Jordan Israel has agreed to a freeze in the approval process for housing construction in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issuing a denial with "far-right" cabinet ministers in Israel kept in the dark about the meeting between Israeli and US officials plus Palestinian and Arab representatives.

The US saying that these talks will continue next month...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

More news from Israel including today's deadly terrorist attack later in the summary...

BEFORE AND AFTER CHINA'S PROPOSALS FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE UKRAINE CONFLICT FRIDAY THE UNITED STATES SAYING THAT CHINA IS CONSIDERING SUPPORTING RUSSIA WITH MILITARY WEAPONS.

TODAY US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN KEEPING THAT NARRATIVE GOING ON CNN SAYING THERE WOULD BE 'REAL COSTS' IF CHINA GAVE MILITARY HELP TO RUSSIA.

SULLIVAN SAID:

"Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real costs to China"...

RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY US GOV'T MEDIA...

US CIA Director William Burns claiming that he is 'highly confident" that China plans to send 'lethal weapons' to Russia...NEWSMAX...

ALSO THIS WEEKEND A LEAKED REPORT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY POINTING TO COVID-19 LEAKING FROM A CHINESE LAB...NEW YORK POST

The Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu says the Russians will have to push Ukrainian forces further back to protect Russian territory depending on the type of weapons Western nations supply Ukraine.

Shoigu echoing the recent comments of Russian President Vladimir Putin saying that longer-range weapons for Ukraine will force Russia to move the Ukrainians further away prolonging the Ukraine conflict...TASS RUSSIA

           FULL VIDEO REPORT ON PROTEST RALLY IN BERLIN FOR PEACE                                             2/25/2023 BROADCAST IN GERMAN

Tens of thousands in Berlin this weekend protesting against German government policies towards Russia seeking peace instead of war in Ukraine.

Some protesters carrying Russian flags which have been outlawed in the City of Berlin...TASS RUSSIA...

In Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) apparently retreating Ukrainian forces blowing up a dam.     That according to the Wagner Private Military Contractor fighting on the Russian side.

A local Russian official says homes and basements have been flooded following the demolition of the dam...TASS RUSSIA

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

Two Israeli men killed in a terrorist attack in Samaria.       The victims found shot next to a car near the village of Huwara.    

They were later pronounced dead...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...

Tonight mainstream media in Israel reporting violence aimed at Palestinians in Huwara originated by Jews living in Samaria ("settlers")...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Also in Israel another Saturday night of protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plan.

Organizers say hundreds of thousands were involved.

Some protesters biting police, setting fires and blocking highways...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

NIGERIA'S ELECTION RESULTS COMING IN TODAY MULTIPLE MAJOR CANDIDATES SEEKING THE PRESIDENCY HOPING FOR A VICTORY...BBC NEWS

 59 migrants killed when an overloaded boat sank near the southern Italian city of Crotone...AFP FRANCE-BARRONS

THE AFRICAN UNION CONDEMNING A STATEMENT FROM TUNISIA'S AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT ABOUT MIGRANTS.

PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED SAYING THAT BLACK MIGRANTS FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ENTERING NORTH AFRICA ARE PART OF A SCHEME TO CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP OF TUNISIA.

THE AU CALLING SAIED'S COMMENTS 'RACIALIZED HATE SPEECH'.

SAIED HAS ORDERED THE EXPULSION OF MIGRANTS FROM TUNISIA...AL JAZEERA QATAR

              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

In other news...

Chile deploying soldiers to its borders with Bolivia and Peru.

The soldiers mission involves crossing into Chile illegally. 

The troops ordered to deploy for 90 days by a decree from Chile's President Gabirel Boric.

They will conduct identity checks and detain anyone found to be in Chile illegally turning them over to police...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT)