Tuesday, August 13, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/13/2024*DUTCH FARMERS GIVEN MANURE SPEADING EXTENSION*JEWISH PRAYER ON TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM STIRS CONTROVERSY*IRAN SAYS MAJOR NATIONS IGNORE ISRAELI PROVOCATIONS*

 


                                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)\




                         LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Missiles launched at a US-base near a gas field in Syria.   Two US officials say the projectiles failed to hit the case.   No casualties reported...Reuters-The Times Of Israel





In the Netherlands the Ministry of Agriculture allowing two more weeks for manure spreading in the country that was due to end on August 31st.



A farmers organization asking for the extension due to heavy rains.



The order speaks of the spreading being done 'in an environmentally responsible manner'.



Current exemption from European Union climate rules on manure spreading set to expire in the Netherlands next year...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



French politics the caretaker Prime Minister Gabriel Attal from President Emmanuel Macron's faction seeking a coalition of parties in the National Assembly to govern.


Attal wants to bring together political parties other than the "Far-Right" National Rally (RN) and the "Far-Left" La France Insoumise ("France Unsubmissive") (LFI).



Six major projects including defense of secularism and improving purchasing power mentioned for such a new government...


      BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)...



The Prime Minister-designate of the New Popular Front that won the election for the National Assembly last month says she is not discouraged.



Lucie Castets saying President Macron should follow convention and allow the winning group form a new government through agreements with other factions.



Castets saying Macron "doesn't have many other choices in reality"...


          BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 408.63 or 1.04 percent.



The NASDAQ rose 407 points or 2.43 percent.


At 517 pm New York Time the price of oil declining to 78 dollars 66 cents a barrel down one dollar 40 cents or 1.75 percent...Marketwatch



Ukraine imposing restrictions on the population of the Sumy Region.   Sumy neighbors the Kursk Region where Ukraine has launched an incursion.


Heavy fighting and intense air strikes reported in the area...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





MASS JEWISH PRAYER ON TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM STIRS CONTROVERSY IN AND OUT OF ISRAEL

                                                                    (UPDATED)



ISRAEL'S CONTROVERSIAL (SO CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT') NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM TODAY.



BEN-GVIR DECLARING JEWISH PRAYER IS ALLOWED ON THE SITE.



THOUSANDS OF JEWS PRAYED THERE THIS MORNING STIRRING UP POLITICAL CONTROVERSY AS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OBJECTED.



ORTHODOX JEWISH PARTIES IN HIS GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING BEN-GVIR'S POLICY OF JEWISH PRAYER ON THE SITE USUALLY RESERVED FOR MUSLIM PRAYER (AL-AQSA MOSQUE)...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



CONDEMNATIONS OF TODAY'S PRAYERS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, JORDAN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ALONG WITH UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS.


THE STATEMENT OF MR. BEN GVIR AND THE PRESENCE OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS PRAYING ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT WIDELY DENOUNCED AS A 'PROVOCATION'...AFP FRANCE-GULF TIMES



(UPDATED) IT IS REPORTED THAT HAMAS FIRED ROCKETS AT TEL AVIV WITH ONE LANDING IN GAZA AND ANOTHER IN THE SEA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...THERE WERE ALSO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA WITH 19 PEOPLE REPORTED KILLED...GULF TIMES




"The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to defend its sovereignty and national security, as well as to facilitate regional stability and develop means to deter the real source of terrorism and instability in the region..."



Iran's foreign spokesman responding to calls by the United States, the United Kingdom and other nations not to take military action against Israel following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.



Nasser Kanaani noted that France, German and the UK offered no criticism of Israel's actions.   He said those countries should speak out against Israeli provocations in relation to Iran and the war with Hamas in Gaza...Tass Russia




                         "definite and decisive"

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                            "a substantial level"


That is what the representative of Hamas in Iran is saying about Iran's planned military action against Israel...Mehr News Agency





               THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


               MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                     TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news...



A national security shakeup in South Korea with President Yoon Suk Yeol moving the country's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik to as National Security Adviser.



The Presidential Security Service chief Kim Yong-hyun named as South Korea's new Defense Minister...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling for reform of the UN Security Council.


Guterres speaking of 'cracks in the foundation of the council'.



He says African nations need more representation on the council with many conflicts there and many African nations contributing to peacekeeping forces...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)








    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


                                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




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