Tuesday, November 21, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 11/21/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK US HITS TARGETS IN IRAQ, ISRAEL TO CEASE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN HOSTAGE DEAL, NORTH KOREAN SPY SATELLITE IN ORBIT, PAKISTAN COURT RULES AGAINST KHAN SECRET TRIAL

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




Late night approval by Israel's cabinet of a deal for a cease-fire and release of Israeli hostages in Gaza but first...


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




A federal district judge ruling that undated mail-in ballots should be counted in Pennsylvania.


Current Pennsylvania law requires mail-in ballots to be dated...THE HILL





THE PENTAGON SAYS THAT TWO FACILITIES IN IRAQ HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN RESPONSE TO ATTACKS ON US BASES IN A 'PRECISE AND COVERT' WAY...NEWS AGENCIES-MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



A US BASE IN SYRIA ATTACKED WITH A MISSILE ACCORDING TO AN IRAN-AFFILIATED SHIA MUSLIM GROUP...TASS RUSSIA




Explosions reported in Ukraine tonight in the Kiev area and in the Zhitomir Region...TASS RUSSIA STORY ONE...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO




"X" SOCIAL MEDIA OWNER ELON MUSK DONATING REVEUNE ON THE SITE RELATED TO THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS TO CHARITABLE CAUSES.


FUNDS GOING TO HOSPITALS AND THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE...ELON MUSK "X" SOCIAL MEDIA



In Iraq a US AC-130 gunship destroying a truck after it was used to attack a US base.


Eight US soldiers wounded in the attack.


Casualties reported among the Iranian-affiliated militia in the truck...TASK AND PURPOSE





LATE NIGHT APPROVAL OF HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL BY ISRAEL'S CABINET

                                                                  (UPDATED)



TONIGHT ISRAEL'S CABINET MEETING FOR IMPASSIONED DEBATE ON A DEAL TO RELEASE SOME HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA.



THE DEAL INVOLVES RELEASE OF PALESTINIANS HELD IN ISRAEL'S PRISONS.



A CEASE-FIRE IS IN THE CARDS STARTING IN FOUR DAYS RELEASE OF FURTHER HOSTAGES RELATED TO HOW LONG THE CEASE-FIRE LASTS.


DURING A CEASE-FIRE ISRAEL COMMITTED TO NOT CONDUCTING AERIAL SURVEILLANCE OVER GAZA FOR SIX HOURS A DAY.


NATIONALIST MEMBERS OF THE ISRAELI CABINET OBJECT TO THE DEAL WITH RELIGIOUS PARTIES SUPPORTING IT OTHER POLITICIANS DID NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMIT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ENDORSING THE DEAL SAYING IT IS 'DIFFCULT BUT RIGHT'....(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...



IN THE END A VOTE BY THE CABINET TO APPROVE THE DEAL.


THREE CABINET MINISTERS FROM THE JEWISH STRENGTH (OTZMA YEHUDIT) FACTION OPPOSING THE DEAL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Three people arrested in connection with the shooting attack that wounded the founder of the "far-fight" Vox Party in Spain.


Two Spanish nationals and a British woman are the suspects in the November 9th attack on Alejandro Vidal-Quadras...SKY NEWS UK



POLITICS HERE IN THE USA THE LATEST MESSENGER/HARRISX POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADING JOE BIDEN 53 TO 47 PERCENT IN STRAIGHT MATCHUP.


IN A FOUR WAY CONTEST ITS TRUMP 43 PERCENT, BIDEN 37 PERCENT, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. 16 PERCENT AND CORNEL WEST 4 PERCENT.


A MORNING CONSULT POLL SHOWS TRUMP AT 44 PERCENT AND BIDEN AT 41 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS-LATEST POLLS







Dutch politics the Party of Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders is the leading party in the final poll ahead of tomorrow's election for 150 lower house seats.



28 seats for PVV, 27 seats for the Liberal (Capitalist) VVD Party and 27 seats for the Labor-Green Alliance.    


Getting 21 seats in the poll the New Social Contract Party of Pieter Omtzigt who has advocated for a technocratic cabinet of 'experts' to run the government...WIKIPEDIA DUTCH ELECTION POLLS




(Update) North Korea says it has successfully launched a spy satellite into orbit.



The launch at 10:42 pm local time (8:42 am Eastern US Time).



North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un watched the launch...TASS RUSSIA...



The launch followed a warning from north Korea to Japan's Coast Guard but the launch was just ahead of the time period specified for the launch.



The projectile flying over Okinawa and out into the Pacific Ocean.


Today's successful launch follows two failed launches earlier this year and North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un's visit to Russian space facilities in the Far East...BBC NEWS...NHK WORLD JAPAN



President Trump's Truth Social filing a 1.5-billion-dollar lawsuit against 20 media organizations.



Truth Social saying the media companies were involved in a "seemingly coordinated" campaign of false reporting.



The lawsuit argues their reporting that Truth Social lost 73 million dollars is "an utter fabrication"....FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE BLAZE STORY-DISCUSSION







A WARNING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ABOUT TWO-YEAR PRISON SENTENCES HANDED TO PROTESTERS OF THE 'JUST STOP OIL' MOVEMENT.



THOSE PROTESTERS DISRUPTED TRAFFIC AT THE DARTFORD CROSSING BRIDGE FOR SOME 40 HOURS IN A DEMONSTRATION LAST YEAR.



THE UN SAYING SUCH SENTENCES COULD STIFLE PROTEST.     THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMING TO SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO PROTEST BUT ALSO SPEAKING OF A 'LAW-ABIDING MAJORITY' BEING ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DAILY LIVES...BBC NEWS




A COURT IN PAKISTAN RULING THAT THE CLOSED DOOR PRISON TRIAL OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN ON CHARGES OF REVEALING STATE SECRETS IS ILLEGAL.


KHAN'S LAWYER ARGUING FOR AN OPEN TRIAL ON ALLEGATIONS LINKED TO KHAN'S REVELATION OF POSSIBLE US INVOVMENT IN HIS OUSTER FROM POWER LAST YEAR.



THE CHARGES AGAINST KHAN AND HIS FORMER AIDE SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI CARRY A POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS


The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 62.75 points.




At 5 pm New York Time the price of oil is 77 dollars and 76 cents a barrel up 16 cents...MARKETWATCH





Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accuses France of destabilizing the Southern Caucasus region.


Aliyev says France not only destabilizes its former colonies in Africa but supports starting a new war in the region around Azerbaijan.


He cited France's 'militaristic policy' over the provision of military aid to Armenia describing it as support of "separatist tendencies and separatists".


Azerbaijan recently seized the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian control... ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY






BRICS VIRTUAL SUMMIT ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION SAUDI CROWN PRINCE CALLS FOR TWO-STATE SOLUTION

                                                                  (UPDATED)


"There is no way to achieve security and stability in Palestine except through implementing international resolutions related to the two-state solution"

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SPEAKS AT BRICS VIRTUAL SUMMIT 11/21/2023-SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ


A virtual summit of BRICS member countries today discussing the Middle East situation.    Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin participating.


The BRICS leaders condemning violence against Israeli civilians and Palestinian civilians.


They called for independent and transparent investigations into the violence and other matters including "incitement" and "provocation"...TASS RUSSIA...



There was also a call for negotiations to establish "a sovereign Palestinian state"...TASS RUSSIA



China protesting after Australia claimed that two navy divers were hurt slightly by "unprofessional conduct" involving a Chinese warship using its sonar.


China describing Australia's claim as "completely untrue"...NHK WORLD JAPAN





NEW HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON MEETING PRESIDENT TRUMP AT MAR-A-LAGO...CNN





"President Trump is currently in excellent health"






The message from President Trump's doctor on Joe Biden's 81st birthday.


Dr. Bruce Aronwald offering an assessment that includes Mr. Trump having 'exceptional' results on tests of his cognitive skills...FREE REPUBLIC POST-FOX NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION







                      WAR IN ISRAEL

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP SAYS GAZA HOSTAGE IS DEAD




HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYS 14,000 PALESTINIAN DEAD, 6,800 MISSING IN ISRAELI OFFENSIVE



HAMAS LEADER SPEAKS OF HOSTAGE DEAL BEING CLOSE



            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL




                                    BBC NEWS BLOG




The Islamic Jihad terrorist group says an Israeli hostage in its custody is dead.    Israel is blamed for the death of Hannah Katzir...TASS RUSSIA





A senior Hamas official says there are 14,000 Palestinian dead since Israel began its military action in response to Hamas's brutal October 7th attack on Israel.



Khalil al-Hayya also says there are 6,800 missing many buried under rubble from the Israeli attacks...TASS RUSSIA





Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks of a deal between Israel and Hamas over hostages being close...(BBC News)








  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






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