Sunday, July 2, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 7/2/2023 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND CIA DIRECTOR PUSHES ANTI-CHINA ECONOMIC POLICY, FRENCH COMMUNIST LEADER SUGGESTS SOCIAL MEDIA 'STATE OF EMERGENCY''

 


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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION UNDERWAY EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN JENIN AS ISRAEL ATTACKS WHAT IS BEING CALLED A TERRORIST OPERATIONS CENTER....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




An American source says that the notion of more land in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank) being turned over to the Palestinian Authority is part of Biden Administration efforts to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






RUSSIA'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF IT'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DMITRY MEDVEDEV TALKING ABOUT THE CONFLICT OVER THE NEW WORLD ORDER.



MEDVEDEV SAYS THE WEST WANTS TO IMPOSE A RULES BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND THERE MAY BE A THIRD WORLD WAR BUT THAT A COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE TO CREATE A FAIRER WORLD ORDER.


BUT THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN THE LONG RUN OVER DECADES...TASS RUSSIA




An agreement this weekend between the Teamsters Union and United Parcel Service here in the United States on ending a two-tier wage system.


UPS and the Teamsters making progress on other outstanding issues as the two sides seek agreement before the current contract expires at the end of the month...BLOOMBERG






IN THE NETHERLANDS A 31-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER THE DEFACING OF THE EMBASSY OF BELARUS.



WINDOWS WERE SMASHED AND GRAFFITI WRITTEN ON THE WALL ATTACKING THE RULER OF BELARUS PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO AS A 'TERRORIST'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





ISRAELI POLITICS AND RISING TENSIONS AS JUDICIAL REFORM OPPONENTS STEP UP THEIR PROTESTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANAYHU.



TODAY DEMONSTRATORS ERECTING A BARBED WIRE FENCE AT THE FRONT DOOR OF PARLIAMENT MEMBER DANNY DANON...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



TOMORROW ANTI-JUDICIAL REFORM PROTESTERS INTEND TO BLOCK ISRAEL'S BEN GURION AIRPORT.




At the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu star witness Arnon Milchan offering a defense over gifts given to Netanyahu and his wife Sara.



Milchan saying that he and Netanyahu were the best of friends...TIMES OF ISRAEL




In South Africa the Zulu king is said to be undergoing medical treatment outside the country for suspected poisoning.     The statement by the Zulu Prime Minister about the suspected poisoning is being disputed by royal spokesman...BBC NEWS



The Organization for Islamic Cooperation calling for collective action to prevent future Quran burnings.



The OIC holding an emergency meeting following the Quran burning Wednesday outside a mosque in Stockholm.



OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha says the burning by Iraqi national Salwan Momika was 'a despicable act'.



Taha said the international community needs to be reminded about the "urgent application of international law, which clearly prohibits any advocacy of religious hatred."...AFP FRANCE-TRT WORLD TURKIYE (TURKEY)




ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN THE HOMS REGION OF SYRIA EARLY TODAY.


SYRIA SAYS ITS AIR DEFENSES ACTIVATED IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK.


SYRIA REPORTING MATERIAL DAMAGE FROM THE ISRAELI ATTACK...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



ISRAEL SAYS THAT AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE AIMED AT ISRAEL EXPLODED IN MID-AIR...TIMES OF ISRAEL..



AND THIS MORNING THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ARE SAYING THAT AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE WAS LAUNCHED AT ISRAEL TRIGGERING AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON A SYRIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




    AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND THE UK ISSUING A JOINT STATEMENT CALLING ON ISRAEL TO BACK DOWN FROM NEW SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ("THE WEST BANK").



THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THOSE THREE COUNTRIES SAYING THEY ARE 'GRAVELY CONCERNED' ABOUT ISRAEL'S DECISION APPROVING 5,700 NEW SETTLEMENT UNITS...TIMES OF ISRAEL





US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns pushing the notion of "de-risking" from China.



Burns, delivering a lecture in the UK this weekend, says that no country should allow itself to be "at the mercy of a 'cartel of one' for critical minerals and technologies"...



(COMMENT) Mr. Burns advocacy of 'de-risking' seems to distract from the notion that the United States is leading a multinational effort that amounts to economic warfare against China...ASIA ONE SINGAPORE





The Open Society Foundations started by billionaire George Soros is cutting staff.



The staff cut follows the announcement that Alexander Soros his 37-year-old son is taking over the empire founded by the elder Soros.



The reduction in staff will amount to at least 40 percent in the coming months...NEW YORK POST



POLICE IN FRANCE MADE HUNDREDS MORE ARRESTS THIS WEEKEND AS SOMETIMES VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUED OVER THE POLICE KILLING OF 17-YEAR OLD DRIVER NAHEL.


NAHEL'S FUNERAL WAS HELD SATURDAY...(News Agencies)...



AN ATTACK ON THE HOME OF A MAYOR REPORTED WITH HIS WIFE INJURED.    LOOTING INCIDENTS REPORTED ACROSS FRANCE THIS WEEKEND AS WELL BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.



THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE NAHEL CALLING FOR VIOLENT PROTESTS TO END...(Info from BFM-TV France)



MEANWHILE FRANCE'S COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER FABIEN ROUSSEL SAYS THAT SHUTTING DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE A METHOD TO DEAL WITH UNREST.


ROUSSEL TOLD 'FRANCE-INFO' RADIO THAT HE PREFERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO CLOSE DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA RATHER THAN DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION...TASS RUSSIA






  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




RUSSIA SAID TO BE REPELLING UKRAINIAN ATTACKS





FOUR MORE TANKS FOR UKRAINE PROMISED BY VISITING SPANISH PRIME MINISTER





                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




A military source says that Russian forces stopped Ukrainian offensive action this weekend near a village in the Donetsk Region.


It's claimed that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers died and that five tanks and other military equipment included drones were destroyed...RIA NOVOSTI (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Kiev this weekend.


At a joint news conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky Sanchez promising four more Leopard tanks for Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




Israel plans to obtain a third squadron of F-35 warplanes from the United States.


The F-35I version of the stealth fighter is used exclusively by Israel.



Israel will be requesting 25 additional warplanes from the US to bring its F-35 total to 75...TIMES OF ISRAEL



There's been a dramatic reaction in Serbia, a nation with a population of just over 6.6 million people, to two mass murder attacks in May that involved firearms.



More than 108,000 "illegal weapons" including 82,000 pistols turned in by the population.



Tens of thousands continuing to protest in the streets of Serbia this weekend against the government accusing it of fostering a climate of violence...DPA GERMANY-NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)















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